Forbes launched ForbesPredict in January as part of an effort to reverse declining traffic from search engines and keep users on its website longer.
Now, on a story about about a Louisiana man that killed 8 children, they’re asking you to predict if Congress will do anything about it.
I don’t know what came over me, but I am making my way through my TBR list. For the past few months I haven’t been in the mood for any of them so I bought new books! So far I’ve read four from the list.
#tbr #tbrlist #readsky #booksky
Honeysuckles
Fall
Lavender
I miss punch cards. I’m so tired of giving my phone number or being told to download an app.
2 lines into a book: this is the worst. it’s so slow. i don’t know what any of these names mean. what’s going on?
20 chapters into a book: i don’t know how i’m going to continue living when this book ends
10 Things That Never Happened by Alexis Hall lying on a star covered quilt.
My current read! I did have a hard time getting into it, but I’m enjoying it now :)
I really enjoyed Sunrise on the Reaping and am actually excited to see the movie!
#currentlyreading #currentread #booksky #readsky
"Late Evening" - my oil painting
I should be at home reading my book
FBI agent Denise played by David Duchovny and Dale Cooper, played by Kyle Maclachlan, Twin Peaks 1990
David Duchovny played a transgender woman, Denise, on Twin Peaks in 1990 and when greeting Cooper, the show's protagonist, she says, "I prefer Denise, if you don't mind" and Cooper responds with "OK" and her identity is settled within a couple seconds and was a non-issue, 36 years ago.
Painting of a tabby cat in a summer meadow. Surrounded by dandelions and other flowers.
Cat in the Summer Meadow, Bruno Liljefors (1860-1939).
The US is like that neighbor who thinks its ok to buy new cars, boats, ATVs, etc., but not ok to pay for piano lessons, braces, a new mattress, or anything else intangible.
It really is ok to use tax revenue to pay for things besides war, war equipment, and bases everywhere in the world.
I could understand if it was a nonprofit and the money was put towards a charity, but if it’s for profit then that leaves a bad taste in my mouth. My local used bookstores offer store credit.
A hard copy of Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
Told myself I’d never go back to YA dystopian novels yet here I am!
#hungergames #sunriseonthereaping #booksky #currentlyreading
My painting SOUTHERN UTAH
the worst part about writing a novel over multiple years is the desire to consistently keep rewriting it
at some point you have to call it done
but one rewrite more won't hurt, right? it'll just make it better
...just this one part. no, just this one chapter
Crap, I just wrote a paragraph and dammit it’s good. Now the rest of the story looks worse in comparison.
#writesky #writersky
lol I understood what you meant. I’ve been playing WoW since I was 6!
A photo of a computer monitor that shows the word count for a document. That word count is: 4045 words.
Started writing a new book. This one feels a lot more personal to me than my historical one. 🌲☀️
#currentlywriting #writesky #writingsky
An interesting interview I read for one of my college classes. It’s from 2018 but feels relevant to today.
#iran #usa
Art by @timpsingleton
It’s as easy as shutting your effin mouth!
And did I mention… it’s free?!
I got my first ever celebrity lookalike and I can’t tell if it was a compliment or an insult.
A chubby brown pet mouse stands on hind legs
Mouse fact: this is a mouse
pipsqueak, a pup with with brown, black, and white wiry hair sleeps inside a bright yellow banana-shaped dog bed. her eyes are closed and one little paw rests on the open peel.
This is Pipsqueak. Her bed is a banana. Technically speaking it is a banana split, but either way, very a-peeling. 12/10 (IG: sassypebs)
I wrote 632 words yesterday! That’s the most I’ve written in a while (excluding schoolwork) :D
#writersky #writesky
1. Horrifying ruling out of the 4th Circuit.
An all-Republican 4th Circuit panel has just ruled that states can compel trans adults to "appreciate their sex" by enacting care bans.
It even directly says that trans adult care bans are legal in the ruling.
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Adding books to my To Be Read queue like I’m gonna live forever.
In middle school, 2010s, we had a week long unit in our computer class where we learned about deceptive marketing as well as how easy it is to lie on the internet. A website claimed there was a species of octopus that lived in trees in the PNW. Class believed it until the teacher told us the truth.
DVDs on a shelf. From left to right: BBC’s Merlin, Supernatural, Practical Magic, Scooby-Doo Zombie Island, Scooby-Doo Cyber Chase, The Thing, Emma., Doctor Who seasons 1-4, Lost, The Truman Show, Clueless, Mean Girls, When Harry Met Sally
I don’t know why I ever left physical media behind
#dvdcollection #moviesky #scoobydoo #doctorwho #lost
I need some recommendations for the best Arthurian novels - the original Malory (there must be a good modern English version?), retellings, re-imaginings, modern and old, including works that aren't quite retellings but take a lot of inspiration (like The Everlasting by @alixeharrow.bsky.social).