Screaming

Kind of the best writing advice I've ever seen

I hope 2026 is kind to us all

We just accept it because it’s always been this way but ‘Ringo Starr’ is a bonkers thing to call yourself when the other guys are John, Paul, and George. It’s like having a band where everyone else uses their real name and then the drummer goes yes please call me Crackers Creamsworth

'Cloud Dancer': A Measured Response Regarding Pantone's decision, and so on, and so forth

sorry I'm late! I have at last broken my silence on Pantone's Color of the Year johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/cloud-danc...

As you can see, Cloud Dancer is the color of a MacBook charger in its waning days of service. The color of bad news delivered with bureaucratic indifference. The color of congressional insider trading. The color of a person’s thoughts while ignoring war. The color of an email from an exec proposing a live-action remake. The color of the popcorn ceiling in the hotel room of said exec’s extramarital affair. It is the color of the word “exec.” It is the color of a slightly crooked command hook in a college dorm. The color of the humming sound that an overhead fluorescent light makes in a disillusioning job. The color of the familial obligation that pushes you to begrudgingly accept a call. The color of ChatGPT’s blood if ChatGPT could bleed, if ChatGPT could be slashed with a sashimi knife and if milky fluid could come gushing out of its jugular. It is not, as some are saying, the color of a white person. It’s a decidedly nonhuman, anti-human hue. It is, however, the color of the discussions on the subject, as well as the color of the awareness of the context from which those discussions inevitably spring. It is the color of offending by trying very hard not to offend. It is the color of a corporate apology. It is the color of a machine saying, “I hear you.” When the decision was revealed, I knew I would never own a house.

Man this graf from @jpbrammer.bsky.social -- whew. Brilliant.
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It may sound radical, but if one guy has so much wealth and power that he can use the large newspaper he owns to publicly threaten to ruin a service we all rely on, presumably as a bargaining tactic to get lower rates, we probably need to tax that guy until he can't do that anymore.

Greed is Destroying the World YouTube video by Drew Gooden

good video especially if you want something succinct and accessible to link to politically disengaged or centrist or etc people you know www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8Z3...

These guys are great! I donate every year and may I suggest that some of the crafts they sell on behalf of the elders make great Christmas presents?

evergreen

Ahead of the 1st shutdown of US food aid to hungry Americans in 60 years, some of the 200,000 Little Free Library locations are converting into food pantries. Thanks @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social

I'm excited to announce I'll be doing a 12-hour charity livestream of Slay The Spire this Monday on my YouTube channel to support trans rights!

All proceeds will be going to the Transgender Law Center, the largest trans-led organization in the U.S. More details coming soon!

If you’re planning on watching any Lynch, my advice is: don’t watch any analysis videos, don’t think about what stuff is “supposed” to mean, just get your own unique experience from it!!

I think people have become far too concerned with the “correct” interpretations of media. Just experience it!!!

Creators For Peace Wildfire Relief Fund ❤️ if you have the ability to donate, please do. if not, please share where you can. so many people have been affected in such a small amount of time. anything helps.

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You gotta make art that sucks in order to make art that fucks

The Mountain Goats - This Year YouTube video by megasupersharkattack

I AM GONNA MAKE IT THROUGH THIS YEAR IF IT KILLS ME

Solaris, and other films by Andrei Tarkovsky now available for free on YouTube Andrei Tarkovsky classics Solaris, Stalker, The Mirror and more besides are now available in full (and legally) on YouTube.

Public service announcement: Andrei Tarkovsky classics #Solaris, Stalker, The Mirror and more besides are now available in full (and legally) on YouTube.

I kid you not, @itch.io has been taken down by Funko of "Funko Pop" because they use some trash "AI Powered" Brand Protection Software called Brand Shield that created some bogus Phishing report to our registrar, iwantmyname, who ignored our response and just disabled the domain

Who is excited to learn Roman numerals together?
I, for one

Here's your daily reminder that bookstores keep the love of reading alive — but they also keep neighborhoods beautiful. They are places to gather, to celebrate stories, to find community.

Please do your holiday shopping at your local independent bookstore, if you are lucky enough to still have one.

The most important thing in writing is to finish. A finished thing can be fixed. A finished thing can be published. A finished thing can be made into a movie.

An unfinished thing is just a dream. And dreams fade if you don't hold on tight enough.

So finish the thing.

PSA – The Queens Public Library offers $50 virtual library cards and it’s amazing for anyone who uses Libby and want to access more titles/copies than your local library has

a poorly drawn cat made with black pen in a high textured paper, the cat is sitting very strangely, with its legs up

the picture that inspired the drawing, the cat is white and has some orange and black spots on its forehead

chilling

me at 2am ordering from the hot dog vendor on the street