Jane Espenson @janeespenson.bsky.social · 21mWhat are the candies you only saw at Halloween when you were growing up? In my youth there were Root Beer Barrels, Smarties (the American kind, like SweeTarts), Necco Wafers, and Laffy Taffy... All rarely seen except in a big plastic pumpkin. 16243
Reposted by Jane EspensonJohnny Normality (Spooky Mode) @probgobl.in · 3hI forgot to put the bins out last night so I had to run down the drive with them this morning and the garbageman LET ME HAND FEED THE TRUCK. Huge win. 911816
Jane Espenson @janeespenson.bsky.social · 3hLove my ebike! So joyous - and I can go to nearby towns and through, you know, nature! 060
Jane Espenson @janeespenson.bsky.social · 6hWent looking for Halloween tchotchkes for my mom at the Hallmark store and was surprised by the relatively small 'Ween section. Why? Because it's already Christmas at the Hallmark Store, of course. 8410
Jane Espenson @janeespenson.bsky.social · 6hJust started the new Jasper Fforde novel, Dark Reading Matter and I'm loving it. All the Ffordian stuff I love best. If you've read the other Thursday Next books, I think you'll adore it. 3320
Jane Espenson @janeespenson.bsky.social · 8hI’m gonna go back and like all my best ones. Never thought of it! 020
Reposted by Jane EspensonWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 9hThe Hague is far too good for Stephen Miller 431203384
Reposted by Jane EspensonMickDundee58 @lairdmickd.bsky.social · 16h"My wife asked me why I had to sneeze so loudly". "I told her, it's not that I have to . . . Achoos to." 27111
Reposted by Jane EspensonPhil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Also, wear a mask. Remember during early COVID when an entire strain of influenza went extinct? That was due in part to masking. I still wear mine whenever I'm out shopping. 436139
Reposted by Jane EspensonVajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 16hI share this because sometimes a jolt of pure rage is quite invigorating and it will cleanse out your lymphatic vessels … anyway here is a slopmonger selling a "translation" of WUTHERING HEIGHTS into "modern English" to make it "actually readable." 2018036
Reposted by Jane EspensonColin Brown @colinmbrown.bsky.social · 21hVoltaggio Brothers imply the existence of the Wattagio Brothers (not as good under pressure but much more energetic) 2244
Reposted by Jane EspensonCIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Raw milk poses serious infection risks with no added health benefits, pediatrician group warns In a statement released this week, the organization renews its call for a ban on the sale and distribution of unpasteurized milk products. Read more: bit.ly/4rOh4dL 16532
Reposted by Jane EspensonJakebe, the Hobbit Hare @jakebe.bsky.social · 06/10/2026YES on 40 NO on 41 NO on 42 for all CA friends out there 1011441112
Jane Espenson @janeespenson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I didn’t see myself till I got to the mistaken word one. 000
Reposted by Jane EspensonPaul @pauljonmilne.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Dennis Haysbert on high alert 0153
Reposted by Jane EspensonBlue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I don't know how people find these random old posts, but sometimes they find a winner. Yesterday someone liked this 2+ year old image and it let me see it again. Look at baby Colin Robinson. 231403175
Jane Espenson @janeespenson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The TV in my dermatologist’s waiting room is cycling through a slide show of Upsetting Moles. 13510
Jane Espenson @janeespenson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I just ate a plum someone might've been saving-- what meme? 8400
Reposted by Jane EspensonDr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!" Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds. 7069641903
Reposted by Jane EspensonThe Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This gets my vote for the best thing I've seen on the Internet today: 437113582487
Reposted by Jane Espensontoilet bones @toiletbones.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Found the email I sent when I got accidentally added to the faculty listserv of an orthopedic surgery clinic and nobody would remove me so I sent this email to all faculty/staff/med students and they removed me almost immediately 190113333086
Reposted by Jane EspensonAndrew Deck @andrewdeck.bsky.social · 05/10/2026ChatGPT is adding the signatures of real New Yorker cartoonists to its AI-generated images. So far, I've found the signatures of more than 15 contributors. "It’s slop, and unlike the other slop that I’ve encountered, this is slop that’s pretending to be me." www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat... 9041791681
Jane Espenson @janeespenson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I was on the same flight to Vegas with Alice in Chains once. They weren't in chains though but did wear seatbelts. 100
Reposted by Jane EspensonTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026folks, i can't tell you how many times i've rewatched this ad *that republicans are paying people to see* 1383306584
Reposted by Jane EspensonDoug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Today in People Are Good: I went back to my alma mater for a career panel. There was a reception beforehand, where a prof stopped in her tracks and stared at me and went "Doug?" I recognized her but wouldn't have guessed that she even remembered me. Hadn't spoken to her since graduating. (20+ yrs) 310010
Reposted by Jane EspensonRosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 05/10/2026Spooky bird stories. My Halloween comic from 2024. 171782599
Reposted by Jane EspensonMike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Just saw someone say their AI runs their fantasy football team and I can’t stop laughing. Like, I’m sure everyone’s doing it or something but it’s very funny to me that pretending to be a team manager was so hard that you needed to pretend to pretend to be a team manager 214104271652
Jane Espenson @janeespenson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I saw Carol Leifer open for Seinfeld and she was better than he was. 221
Reposted by Jane EspensonBen Johnson 🏺👻 @gamedesignerben.bsky.social · 01/10/2026When witches are cackling and telling you “Fire burn and cauldron bubble,” take a step back. Breathe. Those are normal things for fire and cauldrons to do. They’re trying to mess with you. 212859707
Reposted by Jane EspensonBrian Poindexter For Congress @poindexterforcongress.com · 05/10/2026Ohio: today is the deadline to register to vote! Make sure you're registered! olvr.ohiosos.gov 28440
Reposted by Jane EspensonChise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 05/10/2026WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality. 5040401267
Jane Espenson @janeespenson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Or maybe underlining the point? I’m not sure. 3381
Jane Espenson @janeespenson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This is a very funny review if you can disentangle it from the many many ads that interrupt and crowd the text, slightly undercutting its point. 71016
Jane Espenson @janeespenson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I hadn’t thought of it this way. Now I’m recalling this was an objection to women getting the vote at all— they’d all have to vote the way their husbands told them too. 1300
Reposted by Jane EspensonCat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 05/10/2026this is my favorite genre of social media post and I am soliciting links or screenshots to your favorites 27169431090
Reposted by Jane EspensonFeena van @feenavan2099.bsky.social · 03/10/2026"Before Stonehenge was raised, before Egypts first pyramid broke ground,before the Nazca people drew their famous lines across the Peruvian desert,someone in what is now southern Arizona shaped a 272-foot fish into the earth On April 23,2026,"a border-wall contractor drove heavy equipment across it"gadgetreview.comTrump's Border Wall Construction Destroys 6,500-Year-Old Arizona Geoglyph – Older Than StonehengeArizona's 6,500-year-old Las Playas Intaglio, the oldest dated geoglyph in the Americas, was irreparably damaged by border wall construction in April 2026. 8620241248
Reposted by Jane EspensonAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Since this summer, ICE has been arresting asylum applicants at airports. Many came legally, then applied for asylum. They have been here for years just stuck in a massive line, working and paying taxes while they wait. No prior admin would have arrested them. Their “overstay” is due to DHS delay. 3386134
Jane Espenson @janeespenson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026We briefly toyed with the idea of incorporating the falling of the stones in the show The Nevers - thinking it had happened at the end of 1899 when our story was set. Discovering it was a year later ended the idea. 120
Reposted by Jane EspensonLisa Carey @msleedy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Genuinely concerned about what's happening to the space-time continuum in this toilet. 1133568789
Reposted by Jane EspensonGail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 04/10/2026You guys want to hear a short but adorable story that happened right in front of me at the baggage claim in NYC yesterday? I wasn't part of it and there are bits I didn't catch but holy crap, I can't stop thinking about it. 5440441211
Reposted by Jane Espensonjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/10/2026someone call up will smith we need him to do something 189101571131