"Maybe have going to happen" is how, if I remember, Ursula Le Guin described her history of a future local culture, Always Coming Home.
It's been so long on my #TBR list I can't find my copy. Maybe I gave it to someone. I guess that puts it on my to-be-purchased list too. Thanks a lot, #TBRuary.
It's been so long on my #TBR list I can't find my copy. Maybe I gave it to someone. I guess that puts it on my to-be-purchased list too. Thanks a lot, #TBRuary.
February 10, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Time travel books always hook me, and these short stories are really good. They go about as far back as possible, pre-dinosaur, to the age of the trilobites.
You can probably tell I've read the first volume but not the second, so it's my #TBRuary book today, Silurian Tales by Steven Utley.
You can probably tell I've read the first volume but not the second, so it's my #TBRuary book today, Silurian Tales by Steven Utley.
February 9, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Time travel books always hook me, and these short stories are really good. They go about as far back as possible, pre-dinosaur, to the age of the trilobites.
You can probably tell I've read the first volume but not the second, so it's my #TBRuary book today, Silurian Tales by Steven Utley.
You can probably tell I've read the first volume but not the second, so it's my #TBRuary book today, Silurian Tales by Steven Utley.
Thanks to #TBRuary, tonight I flipped through this anthology by high school students. This weekend I'll finally read some of the 72 short essays in it. I've meant to for years.
February 7, 2026 at 5:52 AM
Thanks to #TBRuary, tonight I flipped through this anthology by high school students. This weekend I'll finally read some of the 72 short essays in it. I've meant to for years.
An "iambic pentameter" is the wrong answer to a question on the amateur radio license exam.
February 6, 2026 at 2:48 AM
An "iambic pentameter" is the wrong answer to a question on the amateur radio license exam.
For #TBRuary, here is my to-be-read #Murderbot book. The first four were twice read. A full spectrum of gender appears in the books, including a main character with no gender.
Hint: For quotes from the books in your feed, follow @murderbotbot.bsky.social
Hint: For quotes from the books in your feed, follow @murderbotbot.bsky.social
February 5, 2026 at 6:17 AM
For #TBRuary, here is my to-be-read #Murderbot book. The first four were twice read. A full spectrum of gender appears in the books, including a main character with no gender.
Hint: For quotes from the books in your feed, follow @murderbotbot.bsky.social
Hint: For quotes from the books in your feed, follow @murderbotbot.bsky.social
Thank you, @lizzieblackwood.bsky.social, for thinking up #TBRuary.
February 4, 2026 at 7:06 AM
Thank you, @lizzieblackwood.bsky.social, for thinking up #TBRuary.
I discovered this short story writer in the 1990s. RIP, Howard Waldrop. I still often think about the worlds he built, surprising alternatives that showed the un-inevitability of history.
January 18, 2026 at 6:48 AM
I discovered this short story writer in the 1990s. RIP, Howard Waldrop. I still often think about the worlds he built, surprising alternatives that showed the un-inevitability of history.
Don't give up the ship.
November 23, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Don't give up the ship.
#NoKings was the Sunday headline in my mom's hometown paper. (I have to wait for my dad's hometown paper, which only publishes on Wednesdays.)
June 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
#NoKings was the Sunday headline in my mom's hometown paper. (I have to wait for my dad's hometown paper, which only publishes on Wednesdays.)
For #NoKings Day, here is Senator Adam Schiff, @schiff.senate.gov, eloquently quoting the Declaration of Independence.
Spoiler: What King George was doing in 1776, it's what Donald Trump is doing now.
(Excerpt from a speech about the mistreatment of Senator Alex Padilla on June 12, 2025.)
Spoiler: What King George was doing in 1776, it's what Donald Trump is doing now.
(Excerpt from a speech about the mistreatment of Senator Alex Padilla on June 12, 2025.)
June 14, 2025 at 9:13 AM
For #NoKings Day, here is Senator Adam Schiff, @schiff.senate.gov, eloquently quoting the Declaration of Independence.
Spoiler: What King George was doing in 1776, it's what Donald Trump is doing now.
(Excerpt from a speech about the mistreatment of Senator Alex Padilla on June 12, 2025.)
Spoiler: What King George was doing in 1776, it's what Donald Trump is doing now.
(Excerpt from a speech about the mistreatment of Senator Alex Padilla on June 12, 2025.)
My dad and his high school girlfriend wrote an anti-Hitler sketch for a high school show in 1943. My dad played Hitler!
I'm proud to share this news on Memorial Day. My dad was drafted two years after that show.
I never heard that story from him. I discovered it in a newspaper archive yesterday.
I'm proud to share this news on Memorial Day. My dad was drafted two years after that show.
I never heard that story from him. I discovered it in a newspaper archive yesterday.
May 26, 2025 at 10:19 PM
My dad and his high school girlfriend wrote an anti-Hitler sketch for a high school show in 1943. My dad played Hitler!
I'm proud to share this news on Memorial Day. My dad was drafted two years after that show.
I never heard that story from him. I discovered it in a newspaper archive yesterday.
I'm proud to share this news on Memorial Day. My dad was drafted two years after that show.
I never heard that story from him. I discovered it in a newspaper archive yesterday.
I opened a world map and saw why Trump wants Canada and Greenland. He wants to be president of the biggest country.
Russia is the biggest, only 11th in economic size, but #1 in land.
Canada is also bigger than the USA. 9th in economy, but 2nd in land. It irks him.
Largest economy? US. Not enough.
Russia is the biggest, only 11th in economic size, but #1 in land.
Canada is also bigger than the USA. 9th in economy, but 2nd in land. It irks him.
Largest economy? US. Not enough.
May 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I opened a world map and saw why Trump wants Canada and Greenland. He wants to be president of the biggest country.
Russia is the biggest, only 11th in economic size, but #1 in land.
Canada is also bigger than the USA. 9th in economy, but 2nd in land. It irks him.
Largest economy? US. Not enough.
Russia is the biggest, only 11th in economic size, but #1 in land.
Canada is also bigger than the USA. 9th in economy, but 2nd in land. It irks him.
Largest economy? US. Not enough.
I opened a world map and saw why Trump wants Canada and Greenland. He wants to be president of the biggest country.
Russia is the biggest, only 11th in economic size, but #1 in land.
Canada is also bigger than the USA. 9th in economy, but 2nd in land. It irks him.
Largest economy? US. Not enough.
Russia is the biggest, only 11th in economic size, but #1 in land.
Canada is also bigger than the USA. 9th in economy, but 2nd in land. It irks him.
Largest economy? US. Not enough.
April 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I opened a world map and saw why Trump wants Canada and Greenland. He wants to be president of the biggest country.
Russia is the biggest, only 11th in economic size, but #1 in land.
Canada is also bigger than the USA. 9th in economy, but 2nd in land. It irks him.
Largest economy? US. Not enough.
Russia is the biggest, only 11th in economic size, but #1 in land.
Canada is also bigger than the USA. 9th in economy, but 2nd in land. It irks him.
Largest economy? US. Not enough.
I opened a world map and saw why Trump wants Canada and Greenland. He wants to be president of the biggest country.
Russia is the biggest, only 11th in economic size, but #1 in land.
Canada is also bigger than the USA. 9th in economy, but 2nd in land. It irks him.
Largest economy? US. Not enough.
Russia is the biggest, only 11th in economic size, but #1 in land.
Canada is also bigger than the USA. 9th in economy, but 2nd in land. It irks him.
Largest economy? US. Not enough.
April 26, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I opened a world map and saw why Trump wants Canada and Greenland. He wants to be president of the biggest country.
Russia is the biggest, only 11th in economic size, but #1 in land.
Canada is also bigger than the USA. 9th in economy, but 2nd in land. It irks him.
Largest economy? US. Not enough.
Russia is the biggest, only 11th in economic size, but #1 in land.
Canada is also bigger than the USA. 9th in economy, but 2nd in land. It irks him.
Largest economy? US. Not enough.
If you see this post, quote with a bridge from your gallery.
February 13, 2025 at 6:30 AM
If you see this post, quote with a bridge from your gallery.
Paul Krugman moved to Substack. paulkrugman.substack.com
But an email from the New York Times said, ”After nearly 25 years, Paul Krugman is retiring from The Times.”
Leaving isn't ”retiring.” I feel misled. The NYT made me think Krugman stopped writing six weeks ago.
He's @pkrugman.bsky.social
But an email from the New York Times said, ”After nearly 25 years, Paul Krugman is retiring from The Times.”
Leaving isn't ”retiring.” I feel misled. The NYT made me think Krugman stopped writing six weeks ago.
He's @pkrugman.bsky.social
February 3, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Paul Krugman moved to Substack. paulkrugman.substack.com
But an email from the New York Times said, ”After nearly 25 years, Paul Krugman is retiring from The Times.”
Leaving isn't ”retiring.” I feel misled. The NYT made me think Krugman stopped writing six weeks ago.
He's @pkrugman.bsky.social
But an email from the New York Times said, ”After nearly 25 years, Paul Krugman is retiring from The Times.”
Leaving isn't ”retiring.” I feel misled. The NYT made me think Krugman stopped writing six weeks ago.
He's @pkrugman.bsky.social