FUN FACT: When I was cast in KAOS on Netflix, the mood board was heavily influenced by Baz Luhrmans Romeo + Juliet. Mercutio was prominent on the board. It wasn’t until part way through filming that the creators found out he is my dad. Netflix Netflix UK & Ireland Harold Perrineau

Everyone gets to read about this in our anthology because John Wiswell is awesome! starsandsabers.com/2024/08/16/ant…

You gotta read all the way to the end

One more day of smoky skies for Seattle, the smoke will clear out tonight with a marine push. #wawx

What is Corinnα 🤍's favourite line from Heartstopper? Episode 2 of the Heartstopper Podcast is out now! 🍂

It will be interesting to see how many public commenters they hear and how many are turned away.

Murtaza Hussain I was really struck by this quote in an essay by Garth Greenwell I read yesterday and it made me wonder whether a part of the reason ChatGPT is so confident in its wrong answers is partly bc it’s trained on petabytes of nuance free posting

We know the NYT isn’t super interested in checking Israel’s claims, but even if you accept their framing & believe this attack would be acceptable if they’re telling the truth (and the IOF are serial liars), what even is a “militant center” in a refugee tent city?

Friends with SAD. It’s time to start using your lightbox. You want 10,000 lux coming at you. My faves are from Northern Light Technologies. I have one that lives at work & one for home. Those light boxes cost $100-$150. You can get one with your FSA.

I cannot believe people elected to the city council are literally saying they need more drug banishment zones because of the inevitable spillover from the other drug banishment zones. Like, YES. THIS IS LITERALLY WHY THEY DIDN'T WORK THE LAST TIME SEATTLE TRIED THIS.

Just fyi: when there is asymmetrical lying, there will be asymmetrical fact checking.

Books on Folklore: Green, brown, autumnal, gilded edging, Celtic font for the title, interwoven gothic design, dark, rich, leaves, mysti- My Book: YELLOW!!!!

CNN’s Abby Phillip last night: “[W]hen there is asymmetrical lying, there will be asymmetrical fact checking.” It's aspiration only, but the right principle. Now the practices have to catch up. Via POLITICO Playbook

Fall is here and it’s time for my annual reminder: acorns are edible and I drew a whole zine to teach you how to eat them 🐿️ Read for free: ko-fi.com/s/8d34f77329

I like this reframe very much, and it's how my research has shifted in the past few years to be molecular infectious disease biology in service of the queer community. That's my place in the literature, and I'm filling it with my friends.

I really believe Democrats should be telling voters what exactly Trump is talking about when he says `post birth abortion` - because it’s so much worse than it sounds.

I am search of dual timeline stories: books, movies, anything! If there's a romance subplot, even better! Suggestions? 👀

This tree provides shade

Fantastic news! REI is now accepting low-income eBike vouchers. It’s amazing how quick REI went from “we will not be reenrolling in the program this year” to “we are passionate about the program and happy to resume it”.