ell jay vee
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Anger about cladistics is part of my personal brand.
Yinzer. Queer. Probably thinking about systems theory.
Yinzer. Queer. Probably thinking about systems theory.
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Like many authors I am grappling with the Anthropic settlement "Works Allocation" with various incorrect claimants on numerous books. Including a claimant called "Lirael" for my book LIRAEL . . .
September 7, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Like many authors I am grappling with the Anthropic settlement "Works Allocation" with various incorrect claimants on numerous books. Including a claimant called "Lirael" for my book LIRAEL . . .
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The most absolutely massive flex from the state fair exhibit. This quilt is made of 40 years of prize ribbons from various categories at the New Mexico State Fair won by Carol St. Clair Johnson. She also won a prize for this quilt.
September 6, 2026 at 6:58 PM
The most absolutely massive flex from the state fair exhibit. This quilt is made of 40 years of prize ribbons from various categories at the New Mexico State Fair won by Carol St. Clair Johnson. She also won a prize for this quilt.
ai slop has driven me back to my cookbook collection which means that first off, thank you to the humans who wrote the cookbooks, and second off, WOW do i need to weed my cookbook collection holy cannoli
August 22, 2026 at 11:26 PM
ai slop has driven me back to my cookbook collection which means that first off, thank you to the humans who wrote the cookbooks, and second off, WOW do i need to weed my cookbook collection holy cannoli
I love Mehitabel. My mother gave me a copy of archie & mehitabel when I was maybe 8, and I read it to pieces.
“The Song of Mehitabel” — Don Marquis
this is the song of mehitabel
of mehitabel the alley cat
as i wrote you before boss
mehitabel is a believer
in the pythagorean
theory of the transmigration
of the soul and she claims
that formerly her spirit
was incarnated in the body
of cleopatra
this is the song of mehitabel
of mehitabel the alley cat
as i wrote you before boss
mehitabel is a believer
in the pythagorean
theory of the transmigration
of the soul and she claims
that formerly her spirit
was incarnated in the body
of cleopatra
donmarquis.com
August 22, 2026 at 11:23 PM
I love Mehitabel. My mother gave me a copy of archie & mehitabel when I was maybe 8, and I read it to pieces.
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Both of these. 10/10, no notes. 🙂 (And both are lines I'd have been delighted to have written.)
This is one of the best line deliveries in the history of film.
August 17, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Both of these. 10/10, no notes. 🙂 (And both are lines I'd have been delighted to have written.)
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He's back in the ICU with "low blood pressure" now, and frankly, this is looking like it might be it. Please, friends, if you or someone you know has a safe, comfortable, loving landing zone for his two cats, please please *please* speak up ASAP.
FRIENDS IN THE NYC AREA: Okay, this is a tough one, but please bear with me.
My wife's lifelong friend has stage 4 pancreatic cancer and is desperately seeking a home for his two cats when that time comes. The elder, Wally, is something like 13 years old and DELIGHTFULLY dim. The younger, Doris,
My wife's lifelong friend has stage 4 pancreatic cancer and is desperately seeking a home for his two cats when that time comes. The elder, Wally, is something like 13 years old and DELIGHTFULLY dim. The younger, Doris,
August 17, 2026 at 11:57 AM
He's back in the ICU with "low blood pressure" now, and frankly, this is looking like it might be it. Please, friends, if you or someone you know has a safe, comfortable, loving landing zone for his two cats, please please *please* speak up ASAP.
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Have you never thought how danger must surround power as shadow does light?
August 17, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Have you never thought how danger must surround power as shadow does light?
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For your convenience, the Pride and Prejudice live-posting super-thread 📚
July 16, 2026 at 8:22 AM
For your convenience, the Pride and Prejudice live-posting super-thread 📚
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it matters to have a pope whose official position is "nope actually your virulent antisemitism is a cancer that must be immediately sliced out to save the rest of the body and I simply don't care who that pisses off"
that's not just about these guys. that's a warning to everybody else
that's not just about these guys. that's a warning to everybody else
July 2, 2026 at 7:43 PM
it matters to have a pope whose official position is "nope actually your virulent antisemitism is a cancer that must be immediately sliced out to save the rest of the body and I simply don't care who that pisses off"
that's not just about these guys. that's a warning to everybody else
that's not just about these guys. that's a warning to everybody else
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and this is why I was explaining more in my gc about Vatican 2 today, the journalism on this is really tiptoeing to NOT include relevant info like "so what exactly is this doctrinal disagreement about?"
I feel like portraying it as a fringe theological dispute between catholic sects over the 2nd vatican council and finger pointing over who's a heretic, rather than as a conflict with a fringe far right sect that says Jews are going to hell and Muslims are rapists hides the general interest aspect.
July 2, 2026 at 8:11 PM
and this is why I was explaining more in my gc about Vatican 2 today, the journalism on this is really tiptoeing to NOT include relevant info like "so what exactly is this doctrinal disagreement about?"
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bell centre temp check: an english-speaking child just screamed "WHAT THE FUCK" so loud that i heard it in the press box.
May 28, 2026 at 12:58 AM
bell centre temp check: an english-speaking child just screamed "WHAT THE FUCK" so loud that i heard it in the press box.
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some jokes write themselves
May 26, 2026 at 4:36 PM
some jokes write themselves
what are the odds that the habs anthem singer cannot speak english whatsoever and just does the us natl anthem phonetically
May 28, 2026 at 12:15 AM
what are the odds that the habs anthem singer cannot speak english whatsoever and just does the us natl anthem phonetically
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Neither grief nor pride had so much truth in them as did joy, the joy that trembled in the cold wind between sky and sea, bright and brief as fire.
May 3, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Neither grief nor pride had so much truth in them as did joy, the joy that trembled in the cold wind between sky and sea, bright and brief as fire.
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Jeff Goldblum - The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984) www.tumblr.com/atomic-chron...
May 2, 2026 at 7:17 AM
Jeff Goldblum - The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984) www.tumblr.com/atomic-chron...
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On this date 20 years ago, THRONE OF JADE was released!
ICYMI, I'm giving away a different vol of the Temeraire series every month to celebrate HIS MAJESTY’S DRAGON 20th anniversary.
Today, I’m offering a different edition of TOJ on all socials; feel free to enter more than one!
See info in pic.
ICYMI, I'm giving away a different vol of the Temeraire series every month to celebrate HIS MAJESTY’S DRAGON 20th anniversary.
Today, I’m offering a different edition of TOJ on all socials; feel free to enter more than one!
See info in pic.
April 25, 2026 at 4:00 PM
On this date 20 years ago, THRONE OF JADE was released!
ICYMI, I'm giving away a different vol of the Temeraire series every month to celebrate HIS MAJESTY’S DRAGON 20th anniversary.
Today, I’m offering a different edition of TOJ on all socials; feel free to enter more than one!
See info in pic.
ICYMI, I'm giving away a different vol of the Temeraire series every month to celebrate HIS MAJESTY’S DRAGON 20th anniversary.
Today, I’m offering a different edition of TOJ on all socials; feel free to enter more than one!
See info in pic.
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"Waymo has told advocates that expecting it to respect bike lanes is 'too high a bar' because customers expect to be dropped off in them."
To be crystal clear, it's illegal for a car to be in a bike lane. It doesn't matter what Waymo's customers expect; the company shouldn't be doing it.
To be crystal clear, it's illegal for a car to be in a bike lane. It doesn't matter what Waymo's customers expect; the company shouldn't be doing it.
Waymo Is Not In The 'Vision Zero' Toolbox: Data - Streetsblog New York City
At least two of the cities where Waymo operates have not experienced declines in traffic-related injuries and deaths.
nyc.streetsblog.org
April 23, 2026 at 1:29 PM
"Waymo has told advocates that expecting it to respect bike lanes is 'too high a bar' because customers expect to be dropped off in them."
To be crystal clear, it's illegal for a car to be in a bike lane. It doesn't matter what Waymo's customers expect; the company shouldn't be doing it.
To be crystal clear, it's illegal for a car to be in a bike lane. It doesn't matter what Waymo's customers expect; the company shouldn't be doing it.
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given the flyers-pens game apparently had at least five players from each in the sin bins, I think it would be hilarious if that meant a 0-on-0 until the first penalties run out. impractical, but hilarious; you were all so badly behaved the game is now effectively two minutes shorter!
April 23, 2026 at 2:37 AM
given the flyers-pens game apparently had at least five players from each in the sin bins, I think it would be hilarious if that meant a 0-on-0 until the first penalties run out. impractical, but hilarious; you were all so badly behaved the game is now effectively two minutes shorter!
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Don’t let this fly under the radar: the Trump administration wants to kick ~6 million more people off of food assistance programs, including nearly 2 million children.
That would save just $1 billion a year, while Trump spends upwards of $1 billion per *day* on his new forever war.
Priorities.
That would save just $1 billion a year, while Trump spends upwards of $1 billion per *day* on his new forever war.
Priorities.
March 29, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Don’t let this fly under the radar: the Trump administration wants to kick ~6 million more people off of food assistance programs, including nearly 2 million children.
That would save just $1 billion a year, while Trump spends upwards of $1 billion per *day* on his new forever war.
Priorities.
That would save just $1 billion a year, while Trump spends upwards of $1 billion per *day* on his new forever war.
Priorities.
My mother passed away recently, and my siblings & I would like a permanent copy of her voicemail greeting, the one you get when you call her. I'm apparently googling the wrong things to find out how to do this. She had an iPhone, we have the passcode. Help?
March 29, 2026 at 5:16 PM
My mother passed away recently, and my siblings & I would like a permanent copy of her voicemail greeting, the one you get when you call her. I'm apparently googling the wrong things to find out how to do this. She had an iPhone, we have the passcode. Help?
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Social movement scholar here again. So, why protest?
Nihilists were out yesterday arguing that "protests don't do anything."
A short 🧵:
Nihilists were out yesterday arguing that "protests don't do anything."
A short 🧵:
March 29, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Social movement scholar here again. So, why protest?
Nihilists were out yesterday arguing that "protests don't do anything."
A short 🧵:
Nihilists were out yesterday arguing that "protests don't do anything."
A short 🧵:
korean bbq maggi noodles, fried egg, and uzbek carrot salad is totally a healthy lunch what are you talking about
March 29, 2026 at 4:52 PM
korean bbq maggi noodles, fried egg, and uzbek carrot salad is totally a healthy lunch what are you talking about
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1. The largest medical organization in the United States, the American Medical Association, has reaffirmed that gender affirming care for trans youth is medically necessary.
It disavowed the New York Times reporting.
Incredible development for trans youth.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
It disavowed the New York Times reporting.
Incredible development for trans youth.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
The Largest Physician Organization In The US Reaffirms Gender-Affirming Care Is Medically Necessary
The American Medical Association is setting the record straight on trans people’s health care—expressing its full support of keeping decisions in the hands of doctors, patients, and their families.
www.erininthemorning.com
March 27, 2026 at 2:06 AM
1. The largest medical organization in the United States, the American Medical Association, has reaffirmed that gender affirming care for trans youth is medically necessary.
It disavowed the New York Times reporting.
Incredible development for trans youth.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
It disavowed the New York Times reporting.
Incredible development for trans youth.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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let's say you take a walk each night. one night while you're out, you see a corner of your neighbor's home burst into flame. no one else is around; you don't know if the homeowners are in. you can act--call 911, pound on the door, shout to wake them in case they're asleep--and you SHOULD act. why? 🧵
March 27, 2026 at 11:40 PM
let's say you take a walk each night. one night while you're out, you see a corner of your neighbor's home burst into flame. no one else is around; you don't know if the homeowners are in. you can act--call 911, pound on the door, shout to wake them in case they're asleep--and you SHOULD act. why? 🧵
Quote this with your most "I wrote this for me, but you can read it if you want to" fic:
There are a couple of contenders, but the one that is essentially about the 1995 Newsweek bisexuality cover story is pretty damn high up there.
archiveofourown.org/works/61844080
There are a couple of contenders, but the one that is essentially about the 1995 Newsweek bisexuality cover story is pretty damn high up there.
archiveofourown.org/works/61844080
March 28, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Quote this with your most "I wrote this for me, but you can read it if you want to" fic:
There are a couple of contenders, but the one that is essentially about the 1995 Newsweek bisexuality cover story is pretty damn high up there.
archiveofourown.org/works/61844080
There are a couple of contenders, but the one that is essentially about the 1995 Newsweek bisexuality cover story is pretty damn high up there.
archiveofourown.org/works/61844080