Kate, I'm so sorry to read your news. Sending you all wishes for strength and courage, the finding of moments of light amid the dark, love and patience and comfort to you and your loved ones.

Matt, your reunion sounds delightful. Good luck with the showing.

All best traveling luck to Brendan and Laura--safe travels, safe arrivals.

Sheryl, I'm so sorry. I have hope there will be medical help that, well, helps Mr. S, and gives you and Gary some relief ongoing.

And, Happy Aurelia Day!!

I only ever go to Twitter anymore when someone points me at it, and half the time when that happens I can't manage to log in, so deactivating my account would probably be painless if I, uh, know how to do that. Also seems kind of unnecessary given my lack of involvement.

None of that lessens my intense despisal of Elon Musk, of course.

I block liberally on Twitter but I learn a lot from the site - disability issues, indigenous peoples and land back movements, farm and labor issues, etc - so while I’ll watch the situation carefully I don’t know that cutting that off is worthwhile. But we’ll see. I hound a discord server even though I don’t really know what that is. I’ll especially be watching some of the activist circles I follow and take my cue there.

Separately- has anyone heard from Windsparrow? I really hope she and Daniel are okay.

I block liberally on Twitter but I learn a lot from the site

I basically follow Black Twitter, A's Baseball Writers, Classic Film Twitter and a random selection of musicians, filmmakers and writers. I don't know of another platform that gives you the combo of reach and narrow deep focus. It allows me direct access to a lot of creators I like, but also just allows me to listen to others who know their subjects in depth.

Thank you for the birthday happies! I spent most of the day running overstage light hang for A Christmas Carol and then came home to nurse a lingering migraine. But, the folks in the production office got me a lovely assortment of goodies from Goddess and the Baker (I just finished a slice of rainbow cake) and I may try to get a nicer-than-my-norm meal this evening. My parents called, which is normal, and my brother called, which never happens. So that was nice.

I've never been a very active Tweeter but I do like following writers, historians, and various folks with particular insights into their specialties. I'm waiting to see how things shake out.

Windsparrow commented on FB this morning:

Daniel will need another surgery. This will happen Monday or Tuesday.

Timelies all!

Well, we’re here at OVFF. The trip yesterday was very rough. Mr. S had a major meltdown on the flight such that we had to have the flight attendant call paramedics to meet us at the gate. Ended up going to the ER. Today has been a little better, but there were some meltdowns. This will probably be the last con out of state for a while, Sigh…

Went to the NWSL championship and the fan fest beforehand. Lots of fun, got a few autos but not all I wanted, realized I don’t recognize as many players when they’re made up and in regular clothes, not with ponytail and game jersey. Sadly the team we were rooting for lost, and then when we left, someone had smashed in the window of my friend’s car!! Shitty.

Pity about the window, but I’m glad the rest was fun.