you're telling me this math is poly

as a former president of the smith college fencing team, i know more than two sword lesbians that could have kicked his ass while dealing with a torn ACL.

(It's not more than that because not everyone who tore their ACL was a lesbian.)

"you look like the author photo on a book that got me through high school"

I grew up with (Americanized) Italian Rice Pie. All carbs can be sweet if you try hard enough.

I like noodle kugel! ...... in limited amounts. A small portion, deeply enjoyed..... and then there's an entire pan of noodle kugel, just staring at me.

Also: the man at Dunkin wearing a shirt that defines “regulah” coffee confirmed I wanted cream and sugar, but didn’t need to confirm I wanted it iced, which perhaps suggests I’m more bisexual than I am a New Englander?

To whichever millennial small god in charge of soundtracks who cued up Death Cab For Cutie’s You Are A Tourist as I checked out of a Boston hotel during a VERY difficult week: very good job, no notes.

Workers harvesting carrots

Easter is an important day for many and sharing a meal is a traditional part of this celebration. People like "Bonita" who harvests carrots in CA’s Central Coast, make these sacred meals possible. #WeFeedYou

if i have to read this many posts about Challenger than i have to go listen to frank turner’s song “silent key”, apparently

(to my nerdiest friends- you will not find strict adherence to truth in the lyrics, set expectations accordingly)

Just so you understand, this is as if you prepared for argument in front of a panel that included Cookie Monster, and Cookie Monster asked you a question about cookies, and you had not thought about cookies in advance.

Imagine claiming to be a Star Trek fan while expressing disdain for at least 90% of what Star Trek is (and always has been)

oh no everyone in the middle of the night i woke up with an idea for a fanfic, and upon waking I think that it might be a perfectly reasonable idea that I might actually be capable of writing.

(i have never actually WRITTEN fic before)

I have a disability joke, but it’s not accessible right now

that's fascinating!

Ken-ee-more.

As if they were spelled Copeley and Kenemore.

only about 6 times in the book, though, so it's still much better than that one time that a book largely about the research out of one particular army lab in Natick was narrated by someone who said "Natick" wrong every time out of at least a hundred.

Yes :(

Saskia, we have spent so many wonderful hours together. You do so many accents so beautifully. You do not get paid enough for the work you do.

Also, you do not need to just add an extra e in the middle of place names!!!!!!!

I just yelled “KENMORE!!!! COPLEY!!!!!!” at full volume in an empty (save the cat) house because an otherwise very good audiobook narrator has never been to Boston.

Oh, middle school alternated Christmas Carol at Trinity Rep and Nutcracker at PPAC, and an overnight on the Joseph Conrad at Mystic Seaport.

I’m pretty sure there was at least one school-organized field trip, but also I just… was brought to an awful lot of churches with “First” in their name at one point or another, and in RI it’s hard to tell if that means “first in the country” or “first on this street”

I, somehow, never went to Slater Mill like many Rhode Island children, but I did somehow end up seeing a whole lot of “oldest in the country” religious buildings like Touro Synagogue

When it comes to food testing, there's a patchwork of laws and a lot of loopholes, and as consumers, we've relied on companies largely agreeing to voluntary recalls. If companies are going to decline more often, a complete overhaul of food safety is that much more important.

tiktok just served me a harry styles SNL sketch not from THIS weekend, but from six years ago, and honestly I was unaware of the full depth and breadth of his work.

I do now feel better about how many people don't realize that I'm bisexual.

friend, this is Marcus Junius Brutus

CAESAR has declared himself DICTATOR FOR LIFE and MUST BE STOPPED

can you rush a donation of ten denarii today to show that you STAND WITH THE REPUBLIC?

I absolutely think less of people who have a substack (vs using another platform). Especially media people and especially if they have started it in the last two years. If you can’t be bothered to care about the platforms you use, I don’t really want to read what you think about basically anything.

@DarriogMelanie on X: A top Trump official has been walking around with an electronic device gifted to him by senior foreign intelligence officials. Mar 14, 2026 Where are all of the “but, her emails,” Republicans on this one?

Officials are normally presented with ceremonial swords or paintings or whatever. But these guys are so fucking stupid that foreign intelligence agencies can literally give them an "Honorary Electronic Communications Device for a Very Special Boi" and they fall for it every time.

Hi! I’m Matt’s spouse! I’ve put this together!!! rustpad.io#TQMMxx

He probably doesn’t mean we’re retiring the currency coin, any of the other options are more likely, but…. I can’t rule it out, either.

THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!