Hmm. 🤔 maybe…

Want to be terrified even more? Check out these scary novels from my recent Minnesota Strib roundup.

Toddler looking up at a tall Jack Skeleton scarecrow.

Two toddlers standing next to scarecrow display of Little Boo Beep with sheep made from acorns.

Toddlers sitting next to a scarecrow made from faucets for limbs and nose and metal bucket for a head to look like a robot.

Toddlers outside a tiny yellow house sorting pumpkins on its tiny front stoop.

A great visit to the Minnesota Arboretum @MN_Arboretum yesterday with our littles. Sorting pumpkins in little houses and voting for the best scarecrow display.

Pittsburgh here’s your special assignment. These are the advertisers on your local Sinclair station that refused to air Jimmy Kimmel. Free speech.

Today’s winner is ….

Dr. Noa Sterling, OBGYN | Pregnancy + Postpartum (@drsterlingobgyn) on Threads 1. The science is clear: there is no link between acetaminophen use during pregnancy and autism in children. 2. Any fever in the first trimester is dangerous and should be treated with acetaminophen....

www.threads.com/@drsterlingo...

There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.

An important read and disappointing decision (at least 2/3 of it).

Image is of angry student from NYT article. Headline under image reads “College Profs are using ChatGPT. Done Sydney’s aren’t happy.”

Students, prof of 40 years here. If you don’t want your profs to use AI, find a school where lectures, CANVA & Power Point are NOT the primary modes of delivery. Demand better.
#assessmentaslearning
#authenticteaching
#teachingandlearning
#educationmatters

Aw, come on!!!
#wordsmatter
#wordle
#iwrite

Please read this by the great @sifill.bsky.social . We must come together to pass this test. ⬇️ Our humanity demands it.

The more they lie, obfuscate and deny the glaringly obvious facts, the more I suspect they’re trying to protect the signal chats we haven’t seen yet.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DHNBWVOoHMa/

Descartes when he realized that people who don't think also exist.

Inside The Pitt’s Stunning Mass-Shooting Episode: “It Felt Intimidatingly Important” The Pitt’s 12th episode depicts an ER in the immediate aftermath of a mass-casualty event. Noah Wyle, creator R. Scott Gemmill, and more explain the extraordinary lengths the show went to in order to ...

www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...

Meta's Massive AI Training Book Heist: What Authors Need to Know  - The Authors Guild Today, The Atlantic published a search tool that allows authors to check if their works are in LibGen, an illegal pirate site AI companies copied for their AI systems. This is a similar tool to the on...

If your books, like mine, were pirated and then used illegally by META to train its AI, here’s an update from The Authors Guild.

authorsguild.org/news/meta-li...

Right now, it’s the little wins, my friends (see below). I snitched on a bunch of lit characters. Professor McGonigall for supporting Hermione more than Harry, that Miss Jean Brodie was only encouraging her ‘girls,’ that Mr Brockelhurst was abusing Jane Eyre, a white student.

💯

Carole on bright orange couch with three dogs.

Hanging with John & Scott’s pups in Palm Springs: Dixie, Jack & Tito
#dogsrlove

Yes, NYTimes, we do. Our brains are on fire right now so sshhh!

Headshot of Cynthia Erivo with nose ring.

According to #broadwayworld Cynthia Erivo will Star as Jesus in JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR at the Hollywood Bowl.
#shewalksonwater
#hosanna
#musicaltheater
#superstar

Pete, you have the resources and the connections. Get answers for us.

“Let me in.”

#aliens
#daleks
#doctorwho
#phonehome

Issa Rae cancels her event at the Kennedy Center after Trump was announced as chairman:

“Due to what I believe to be an infringement on the values of an institution that has faithfully celebrated artists of all backgrounds through all mediums, I’ve decided to cancel my appearance at this venue.”

Indeed.

Kendrick’s Super Bowl Performance Pulled Off a Double Whammy Lamar gave us “Not Like Us,” but also a much-needed dose of something else.

Yes, that was him flashing a lowercase “a” necklace.

The half-time show was exactly what we needed: “The revolution will be televised…”

My morning almost took a nasty turn.
#notfiber
#gravyanyone