What my gym lacks in a pool, it makes up for in an abundance of free weights and a blessed lack of TVs. I've fully gone over to the dark side, it's great.

Gym girlie, you say?

Are you tired of AI slop taking over your feed and invading your personal space? TRY MAKING A ZINE ABOUT LINGUISTICS INSTEAD and winning a prize while you're at it! Prizes include books donated by a ton of fabulous writers (and also me). Deets and list of prizes in thread!

a sure sign that something is "highly accepted" is if you have to threaten to impose the power of the state against those who don't accept it

Shit is exhausting, pocket friends, but today Dog Sadie found a secret outdoors-only toy in the hall closet and this is the best day of her life.

He was! Equal opportunity mansplaining!

On a train heading into NYC, and the guy behind me is telling the stranger next to him anecdotes of how wobbly skyscrapers are. Turns out the stranger is a structural engineer who specializes in skyscrapers. First guy moves seats ASAP. I love this for both of them, just in different ways.

Sure, that clears it up, thanks.

Tired: the information economy Wired: the class action settlement micropayment economy

Girl, you don't have the range.

Yes! Making for peeps is a type of communion with them, too! It honors and acknowledges who they are to you and reiterates their worth! ❤️

This weekend I volunteered at a conference about art where the care and attention paid to human experience, the dignity and joy of making stuff with your own two hands, and conversations with complicated people fed my stony soul. Flee this AI horseshit, make things, and be with people. It's good!

Going to have to start checking the game calendar so I don't accidentally wear the opposing sides colors, lest I cause my brethren to stumble, go birds.

On demand! Finally!

Lo, mark ye the changing of seasons (e-commerce edition):

The first tune she'll learn is a little Italian number called "Lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch'entrate," godspeed!

We already fucked up with Gulf of, y'all--it's on us to save geography. LOOSE TAKES SINK LAKES.

Pro tip! The less you post about "Lake America," the less written evidence of its use there is, and the less likely any reputable dictionary company will enter it into their dictionaries. ONLY *YOU* CAN PREVENT BAD LEXICOGRAPHY

I think _a lot_ about the Velvet Revolution and the process of de-Sovietization these days.