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Congrats to BART rider and Oakland legend Alysa Liu on winning a gold medal at the Olympics and making the Bay Area proud!

Our coat rack fell off the wall and now we're just throwing our coats in a big pile. Superior system, really.

higgledy-piggledy whale statements

JAMES MERRILL CHRISTMAS TREE From loes torn hamin Had been fed, looked after, kept still, Meant, I knew— of course I knew - That it would be only a matter of weeks, That there was nothing more to do. Warmly they took me in, made much of me, The point from the start was to keep my spirits up. I could assent to that. For honestly, It did help to be wound in jewels, to send Their colors flashing forth from vents in the deep Fragrant sables that cloaked me head to foot. Over me then they wove a spell of shining — Purple and silver chains, eavesdripping tinsel, Amulets, milagros: software of silver, A heart, a little girl, a Model T Two staring eyes. Then angels, trumpets, BUD and BEA (The children's names) in clownlike capitals, Somewhere a music box whose tiny song Played and replayed I ended before long By loving. And in shadow behind me, a primitive IV To keep the show going. Yes, yes, what lay ahead Was clear: the stripping, the cold street, my chemicals Plowed back into the Earth for lives to come — No doubt a blessing, a harvest, but one that doesn't bear, Now or ever, dwelling upon. To have grown so thin. Needles and bone. The little boy's hands meeting About my spine. The mother's voice: Holding up wonderfully! No dread. No bitterness. The end beginning. Today's Dusk room aglow For the last time With candlelight. Faces love-lit, Gifts underfoot. Still to be so poised, so Receptive. Still to recall, to praise.

James Merril’s poem “Christmas Tree,” written while he was dying of AIDS. 1995.

had the mystic thing been caught?

Credit where it's due, no way could I accurately predict what Q3 goals my team may or may not hit. I doubt I could win $10 estimating my own work. I bet this person is a hell of a PM.

This is what it's like to live in the Midwest. Beef truck.

Saw a fantastic Yasmin Williams set at Hardly Strictly a few years ago. Glad to see her stand up for what's right.

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

Turned away once again from the DMV for insufficient proof of address. How many days in a down must I put on mascara.

new bloops on the hotline

no human interaction I promise

(419) 452-4857

Some enclamted evening

clam roll

Italian subs are very important to me.

Muting the word "BlueSky" on BlueSky.

Dunno, haven't tried it

Fuck ICE

I've interviewed many WIC eligible and enrolled parents and the program is already barely worth it for a lot of people. It's challenging to shop for WIC items and the appointments can be a burden. The fruit and veggie budget is a highlight. This will result in people dropping out and getting $0.

Ataulfo mango, my best friend.

The city of Buffalo has proven they can be trusted with chicken, I'll give you back. The rest of the country is filled with dry, stringy chicken on pizzas.

That would be a better outcome than the chicken staying on and tasting bad (inevitable)

Stop trying to put chicken on pizza.

Prediction: the uncanny sheen and omnipresent golden light of AI images will cause human photographers and graphic artists to navigate towards the intentionally ugly

I think buying a Polish butter mold might solve most of my problems.

In these uncertain times, I'm so glad that my husband and I have made careers in academia and government, two stable institutions that we can count on!