khaleesi @Dumphim2017 In America you don't say "I lack empathy and basic critical thinking skills" you say "I'm just not political" which means, "I am so privileged that politics has never been personal for me so I'm not engaged and I think it makes me smarter than people who are." Isn't that amazing?

Last night I dreamed I had a short story published in a literary anthology that an international crime syndicate was trying to suppress. All of the authors in the anthology were at risk, and the FBI assigned Tina Fey to be my bodyguard. She and Lucy Liu were moving Tina's futon into our guest room.

‘Is it life? We can’t tell’: Nasa’s Curiosity rover finds organic molecules on Mars Scientists think they are looking at chemical building blocks of life preserved for 3.5bn years

www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

What have we to lose from love
except what lacks foundation
Words can only carve the space
we fill with expectation

~ from Jack O’Roses (Terrapin Station Suite), Robert Hunter and Jerry Garcia

Screenshot of a tweet responding to another tweet. @SketchesbyBoze writes "In Fahrenheit 451, the abolition of reading began with tech companies simplifying books into summaries that you could read in five minutes. Because people no longer engaged with the texts, they forgot how to think.Then came the book-burnings." Quote tweeting a tweet by @AntonJaegermm "Very cool how every piece of digital technology is now purposively designed to breed illiteracy" Attached to that tweet is a document or image we can't see. instead we see a pop up that reads "This appears to be a long document. Save time by reading a summary.”

“This appears to be a long document. Save time by reading a summary.” HELL NO.

This is what happened to me. I was rescued by Ray Bradbury, Robert A. Heinlein, and David Gerrold, bearing lanterns in the night.

We are burdened with glorious purpose.

A chilling and all-too-realistic story. Well worth reading.

A thought for Superman Day.
#SupermanDay #inspiration #fypシ

Patti Smith with William S. Burroughs

NASA's Artemis 2 moonshot was just the 'opening act' for America's return to the moon, space agency chief says Artemis 2 kicks off a lunar "relay race" that will lead the NASA and its international partners to a moon base and, eventually, Mars, NASA chief Jared Isaacman says.

www.space.com/space-explor...

Imagine being scared of diversity but not dictatorship.

François Ozon on his Camus-inspired film, ‘The Stranger’ François Ozon’s adaptation of Albert Camus’s classic novel “The Stranger,” recently screened at the Rendez-vous with French Cinema and playing at San Francisco’s Roxie Theater starting April 10, is hi...

www.ebar.com/story/165052

Sunrise over the ocean, Tybee Island. Photos by my friend Lisa.

One of the neighborhood cats is hunting chipmunks in the backyard.

We are home from our wedding/handfasting weekend on Tybee Island! Group selfie is by my brother Jason, who officiated as our Beach Rev! And thank you to @crutledge.bsky.social for taking care of Althea while we were away!

the closer I'm bound in love to you
the closer I am to free

~ Indigo Girls, “Power of Two”

Senator Mark Kelly @SenMarkKelly In the middle of a historic mission back to the Moon, this Administration is proposing to a 47% cut to NASA science and a 23% cut to NASA's budget overall. Last week's launch showed our country and world what we're capable of when we work together toward a common goal. None of that can happen without support for science and research.

Hubby & Hubby in Chippewa Square, Savannah

Thanks! Michael and I were married yesterday (April 11), on the beach on Tybee Island, barefoot, both wearing kilts, with my brother Jason officiating and about 20 loved ones gathered round.

The beach is our wedding chapel.

And if we ever leave a legacy
It's that we loved each other well

We got our coffee and breakfast bagels at the Surfing Goat and had breakfast on the Tybee Island Pier this morning.

Thank you! 🩷

François Ozon on his adaptation of Albert Camus’s The Stranger: “The idea was to make a very erotic movie” François Ozon has brought Albert Camus’s classic existentialist novel The Stranger to the screen in brooding, Bressonian black-and-white. He tells us about drawing out the sensual elements of the stor...

Looking forward to seeing this new film adaption of The Stranger by Camus when it’s released in the US.

www.bfi.org.uk/interviews/f...

Photo of a cat with its eyes closed, cuddled up next to a statue of the Buddha, also with his eyes closed. The caption reads: Always return to your breath... Breath of peace breath of compassion breath of love for yourself and for all beings.

Man it sure is nice to finally have enough adult trauma to really take the edge off all the childhood stuff, balance is important

“Life is a garden, not a road. We enter and exit through the same gate. Wandering, where we go matters less than what we notice.”
~ Kurt Vonnegut, Cat’s Cradle

there was music in the cafés at night
and revolution in the air

My life is infinitely better out of the closet, away from the secrecy and shame. A life of honesty and radical openness is wonderful, and my relationships - all of them - are more authentic. I am surrounded by love.