TIL it can snow at 51 degrees

You're not asking for advice but FWIW a set of nitelites and plug-in pheromones really helped with our 18-year-old's extensive evening screaming

The flap was excised from a terrible pair of jorts the kid had the good sense to repurpose. She pronounced it "epic."

She desire mole. Or maybe a tagine.

Orange messenger-style bag with a blue triangle flap, red sides, and a purple geometric pattern strap. Looks like something you'd get at a craft fair, not a tween's second sewing project!

I helped an 11 yo make her dream sewing project today and we were both delighted

This book is perfect

Tortitude requires fortitude

Firestarter, at approximately the same age as Drew Barrymore

Someone who tells you there are no comp titles for a forthcoming book has not looked hard enough for comp titles.

This is the first explanation I've heard that makes any sense whatsoever

Time to paint a chicken!

You can behold the chickens here: chicken.pics

I encourage you to send the link to anyone who just needs to stare at a wall of chickens for a while.

Péter Magyar, who unseated Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán Sunday in a landslide, shared a bombshell with reporters that the outgoing leader had diverted taxpayer funds to bankroll the American Conservative Political Action Conference. trib.al/ct7GGV3

Refreshing!

If your chapters are too long, try to pinpoint the cause. It's likely either:

1) too much evidence
2) too much background
3) too many arguments
4) all of the above

Most writers' work can be condensed by 10-20 percent though aggressive line editing, but more than that, gotta address the above.

Constructive version! Most books published by US-based university presses feature chapters in the 8-12,000 word range, including all citation apparatus. The more crossover-y the book, the shorter the chapters. Readers really struggle with anything longer than 15K.

Just confirming that Made by History will now be back up and running in the next few weeks with a new home and new partners at the Philadelphia Inquirer. Exciting! So, if you have pitches, now's the time to start sending them to madebyhistory@inquirer.com 🗃️ #MadebyHistory #HistoryMatters

Replace every how-to-publish panel with one on the material realities of publishing. This is where I’m at.

How one tells the story of Feynman's "feigned incompetence" as a legitimate productivity strategy without mention gender or even helpers is beyond me

SHOCKLEY!!!!!

What if we just cleared Congress of all the abusers and sex pests this week

what is stopping us

who cares what party they are in

Have been listening to a concentration/productivity audiobook bc apparently I hate myself, but the real news is that EVERY SINGLE EXAMPLE is a terrible person. Woody Allen! Rowley! Feynman! SHOCKLEY!

I blame my basement bean bucket habit on Fukushima, but it's true that most of my fellow white people regard it with horror or wonder, depending on the economy

Ok ok it's ok if you share THAT post, it's hilarious

for the international ideological movement.

It's not just that Orbán losing inspires hope in other competitive-autocratic countries ruled by right-wing nationalist authoritarians. It's that his loss materially changes things in those other countries, because he's been operating as a headquarters and funding source...

orBán Voyage

Coming Home May Be the Most Dangerous Part of Artemis II

And guess what, there were concerns about the heat shield today www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/s...

Coming Home May Be the Most Dangerous Part of Artemis II

Gift link to the heat shield story (it's just as well you didn't read it until tonight, trust me) www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/s...

Hello, I made you a feed of your cats watching the Artemis II splashdown bsky.app/profile/did:...