We’ve rounded up some of the best of what our authors have been doing, reading, and thinking this week.
They say you shouldn't work in bed or you'll never be able to sleep, which is incredibly unfair to whores, writers and mattress salesmen.
— Sloane Crosley (@askanyone) January 19, 2017
Important to note that a vital corollary to the Great Man Theory of History is the Really Shitty Man Theory of History (RSMTH).
— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) January 19, 2017
"Do u want to see a possum eating a banana & melon?" Ann: "No." Me: "Do u hear the dainty slurp from outside?" A: "Yes." "That's the possum"
— Jeff VanderMeer (@jeffvandermeer) January 19, 2017
It's times like these that make me wish I had evolved a coating of osteoderm armor. pic.twitter.com/EBmLx3fizc
— Brian Switek (@Laelaps) January 19, 2017
Sky News is showing loads of footage of all the port-a-loos on the streets of DC. A metaphor for the next four years, I'd say.
— Lauren Elkin (@LaurenElkin) January 19, 2017
In my imagination nearly every woman I have ever written knows how to open a door with a credit card.
— Laura van den Berg (@Lvandenberg) January 19, 2017