This is an excellent thread. Tldr: discussing problems without lifting up and exploring solutions isn't going to result in meaningful systemic change. Solutions, envisioning a better future, providing practical steps forward for individuals and institutions are key.

My dog is sad and I can't fix it. I have never failed so utterly as in this moment.

Finished Rivka Galchen's "Little Labors" today. A tiny, weird, perfect book.

Woke from my first dream in over a year with maskless crowds that didn't end in a panicked attempt at escape. The pandemic is far from over, but that was a nice shift.

Many things are Dumb and Bad but then there's this dog, who loves me and sometimes lays her big goofy head on my leg

okay who's got a quick and dirty technique to help alleviate "oh fuck my shoulders have been hunched around my ears for seven hours"

Huge heads up on PayPal Twitter Tip Jar. If you send a person a tip using PayPal, when the receiver opens up the receipt from the tip you sent, they get your *address*. Just tested to confirm by tipping Yashar Ali 🐘 on Twitter w/ PayPal and he did in fact get my address I tipped him.

the amount of tired I am right now is Too Many

Last night was so, so much joy: beloved friends gathered safely together after more than a year apart. I don't see myself as faithful anymore, but today I can't stop thinking about the Biblical idea of grace, of blessings we do not deserve and are entirely too vast to earn.

WE'RE BACK BABES Hello from The Bar where we shared our first kiss. We are indeed obnoxiously besotted, four years to the day after our very first date. I am marrying the best and loveliest and kindest human. We are so astoundingly lucky.

This is the smallest of small potatoes, but it looks like the ONE venue we've found (out of dozens!) that could accommodate our wedding within our budget is ghosting us. It'll all be fine in the end, of course, but I'm pissed and sad and taking a moment to publicly mope.

how do i get a job as a cicada, sleeping for 17 years then waking up to scream sounds like the ultimate goal

I'm nine pages into "The Argonauts" and I am absolutely sure this book is going to destroy me.

Not just for our dear Duchess, but for me, specifically, if you'd all be so kind.

Today was rad