Sarah Shay
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Annual reminder that saying "holiday" when you explicitly mean "Christmas" is not a magic inclusivity spell!
December 9, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Annual reminder that saying "holiday" when you explicitly mean "Christmas" is not a magic inclusivity spell!
Don't wait until you have no choice but to run to the drugstore and pay $20 for some bougie-ass plant-based candles that look like crayons.
PSA: Today is a good day to make sure you have enough Chanukkah candles.
December 9, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Don't wait until you have no choice but to run to the drugstore and pay $20 for some bougie-ass plant-based candles that look like crayons.
Engagement bait be like "What's a food you've eaten six times? Hard Mode: can't say hamburgers, hot dogs, or ice cream!!!"
December 8, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Engagement bait be like "What's a food you've eaten six times? Hard Mode: can't say hamburgers, hot dogs, or ice cream!!!"
Hey, I need a Jew who has seen the Hallmark Hanukkah movie with Vic Michaelis to tell me how bad it is. Worth watching for Vic? And how much is it a Christmas movie in a Hanukkah skin?
December 8, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Hey, I need a Jew who has seen the Hallmark Hanukkah movie with Vic Michaelis to tell me how bad it is. Worth watching for Vic? And how much is it a Christmas movie in a Hanukkah skin?
And since to look at things in bloom
Fifty springs are little room,
About the woodlands I will go
To see the cherry hung with snow.
AE Housman
Fifty springs are little room,
About the woodlands I will go
To see the cherry hung with snow.
AE Housman
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 7, 2025 at 8:32 PM
And since to look at things in bloom
Fifty springs are little room,
About the woodlands I will go
To see the cherry hung with snow.
AE Housman
Fifty springs are little room,
About the woodlands I will go
To see the cherry hung with snow.
AE Housman
Hey @hankgreen.bsky.social, why does the Focus Friend website contain an ad/link to an AI photo editor? Did y'all get hacked?
December 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Hey @hankgreen.bsky.social, why does the Focus Friend website contain an ad/link to an AI photo editor? Did y'all get hacked?
Unfortunately there is absolutely no way to look up the question "Why would a sports federation even give out a peace prize" without seeing the recipient's face, and that horror is not worth the comparatively mild curiosity. But it does seem, as the kids say, sus.
December 6, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Unfortunately there is absolutely no way to look up the question "Why would a sports federation even give out a peace prize" without seeing the recipient's face, and that horror is not worth the comparatively mild curiosity. But it does seem, as the kids say, sus.
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Spider-Man rules apply. Nobody knows who she is. We’ve all never seen her before.
December 5, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Spider-Man rules apply. Nobody knows who she is. We’ve all never seen her before.
Jordan Myrick on @gastronauts.bsky.social giving a perfect encapsulation of what it's like as a queer woman trying to flirt with other women.
December 6, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Jordan Myrick on @gastronauts.bsky.social giving a perfect encapsulation of what it's like as a queer woman trying to flirt with other women.
Forget the Mona Lisa, we have a new inscrutable smile 😍
December 6, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Forget the Mona Lisa, we have a new inscrutable smile 😍
Also: they only pay *most* artists $0.003. Anyone with under a thousand streams per month gets *nothing*.
An artist in that category once got a lot of new fans streaming one album, which would have gotten them over that hurdle. Spotify called it "unusual streaming activity" and removed the album.
An artist in that category once got a lot of new fans streaming one album, which would have gotten them over that hurdle. Spotify called it "unusual streaming activity" and removed the album.
Spotify has laid off thousands in recent years, while reportedly paying artists $0.003 per stream.
Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.
Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?
Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.
Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?
December 4, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Also: they only pay *most* artists $0.003. Anyone with under a thousand streams per month gets *nothing*.
An artist in that category once got a lot of new fans streaming one album, which would have gotten them over that hurdle. Spotify called it "unusual streaming activity" and removed the album.
An artist in that category once got a lot of new fans streaming one album, which would have gotten them over that hurdle. Spotify called it "unusual streaming activity" and removed the album.
I love that Past Me can still make me laugh.
You're telling me a mans fielded this park?
December 3, 2025 at 6:31 AM
I love that Past Me can still make me laugh.
This thread is so cool. Theater!
Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
December 3, 2025 at 1:31 AM
This thread is so cool. Theater!
First album blasted in my earbuds to protect myself from Christmas music at the grocery store of the year: Nemo's "Arthouse." First listen since it came out in August, and I'm liking it! Definitely succeeds in marrying their earlier more lofi work with the bombast of "The Code."
Arthouse - YouTube
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December 2, 2025 at 9:35 PM
First album blasted in my earbuds to protect myself from Christmas music at the grocery store of the year: Nemo's "Arthouse." First listen since it came out in August, and I'm liking it! Definitely succeeds in marrying their earlier more lofi work with the bombast of "The Code."
This was either the best or worst day to discover a new favorite artist, depending on how important it is that I keep paying rent 🙃
Currently running a holiday sale on my store! This is a great time to snag anything that might have caught your eye. I've also added a slew of new prints, tapestries, and greeting cards.
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December 2, 2025 at 1:22 AM
This was either the best or worst day to discover a new favorite artist, depending on how important it is that I keep paying rent 🙃
Attn @pawluh.bsky.social
Scenes from a Hallmark Hanukkah Movie Written by Someone Who Has Definitely Met a Jew
EXT. SMALL TOWN BUS STOP – DAY
(A beautiful woman with slightly wavy brown hair steps off a bus. She’s RACHEL, a corporate lawyer from The Big Cit...
www.mcsweeneys.net
December 1, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Attn @pawluh.bsky.social
Celebrate Tom Stoppard (Z"L) today by listening to the 1978 radio play of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (which is secretly the best version).
*Stoppard - Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead - 1978 Petherbridge Hardwicke : Tom Stoppard : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppardwith Edward Petherbridge - Guildenstern, Edward Hardwicke - Rosencrantz, Freddie Jones - The Player,...
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November 30, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Celebrate Tom Stoppard (Z"L) today by listening to the 1978 radio play of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (which is secretly the best version).
If you see this, I IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation.
November 29, 2025 at 3:06 AM
If you see this, I IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation.
Look, when you're right you're right.
"Clue" is a Thanksgiving movie.
It's about a bunch of people being emotionally (okay, literally) blackmailed into gathering for a meal they don't want to attend.
It's about a bunch of people being emotionally (okay, literally) blackmailed into gathering for a meal they don't want to attend.
November 29, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Look, when you're right you're right.
I respect everyone's God-given right to block anyone they want on social media for any reason. However: if you're a fan of the author Tom Cox, he just blocked two people for politely reminding him that alt text on images are an important accessibility tool. Maybe let him know you agree!
November 28, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I respect everyone's God-given right to block anyone they want on social media for any reason. However: if you're a fan of the author Tom Cox, he just blocked two people for politely reminding him that alt text on images are an important accessibility tool. Maybe let him know you agree!
Trying to think of the most noteworthy concerts I've seen from a layman's perspective. Maybe Elvis Costello, Weird Al, Nickel Creek, OKGo, and Mandy Moore (got free tickets in '07 and went as a lark, but goddamn is she great live).
That sounds fun. 5 concerts off the top that I've seen:
The Pogues
Leon Redbone
Esperanza Spalding
Gwar
The Darkness (last week actually)
The Pogues
Leon Redbone
Esperanza Spalding
Gwar
The Darkness (last week actually)
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
The Mountain Goats
James McMurtry
Chris Pureka
Ani DiFranco and Melissa Ferrick
Gallagher
The Mountain Goats
James McMurtry
Chris Pureka
Ani DiFranco and Melissa Ferrick
Gallagher
November 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Trying to think of the most noteworthy concerts I've seen from a layman's perspective. Maybe Elvis Costello, Weird Al, Nickel Creek, OKGo, and Mandy Moore (got free tickets in '07 and went as a lark, but goddamn is she great live).
Me: Oh boy, my first time making bread that requires an overnight proof...I hope I don't sleep through my alarm tomorrow!
The little gremlins in my brain who make nightmares happen: I wouldn't worry about that😈
The little gremlins in my brain who make nightmares happen: I wouldn't worry about that😈
November 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Me: Oh boy, my first time making bread that requires an overnight proof...I hope I don't sleep through my alarm tomorrow!
The little gremlins in my brain who make nightmares happen: I wouldn't worry about that😈
The little gremlins in my brain who make nightmares happen: I wouldn't worry about that😈
Just realized that the only two Game Changer episodes Siobhan has been on are "Escape the Green Room" and "Deja Vu." Absolutely unhinged. No softballs for ol' Vornie Tom.
November 26, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Just realized that the only two Game Changer episodes Siobhan has been on are "Escape the Green Room" and "Deja Vu." Absolutely unhinged. No softballs for ol' Vornie Tom.
This Is the War Room, Charlie Brown!
This place is not a place of honor, Charlie Brown.
It’s over, Charlie Brown. I have the high ground.
November 24, 2025 at 10:37 PM
This Is the War Room, Charlie Brown!
This man must be protected.
November 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM
This man must be protected.