🚨Lil Treasures #82: Bird Buddies & True Crime

Good morning and Happy Friday! Just a reminder that the newsletter is on a semi-sabbatical while I’m working on a new project. Thank you all so much for your patience with me, and I hope you enjoy these treasures and tweets!

🐦  I’ve given in completely to the hobbies that come with getting older - tending to my plants, watching and identifying birds, etc. We have a lot of trees in our backyard so we have a lot of bird visitors, especially lately - and we’re always trying to figure out what they are before they fly away (specifically Ben - this is one of his many hobbies). ANYWAYS for the rest of you fellow nature lovers - there’s this cute bird feeder that will notify you of any visiting “bird buddies” and takes a picture and organizes them into a digital bird scrapbook! It is the most adorable thing!

🎧  I asked for some podcast recommendations on Instagram a few days ago and you guys totally delivered! If you’re headed out on a summer vacation road trip or need a good podcast for your commute, here are some suggestions from the wisest people on the internet (you, of course).

• For the true crime junkies:
  Killer Role
  Dr. Death
  Mommy Doomsday
  Tom Brown’s Body
  Your Own Backyard
  CounterClock
  The Line
  Chameleon: Hollywood Con Queen
  

• Other captivating topics:
  In God We Lust
  Trashy Divorces
  American Rehab
  Anything for Selena
  Embedded

😴 Hi, have you had trouble sleeping for the past, I don’t know, 1.5 years like I have?The internet apparently knows I am sleep-deprived because I got sucked into an Instagram ad for this adult swaddle blanket. It might be too good to be true, but also I really want to be swaddled, so I’m thinking it might be a great companion for my sleep hat.

🤝 The We Got You Club spreadsheet is still going strong! Check it out if you have a need or if you can meet a need. One of the coolest things is to go back and see how needs are being met from total strangers!

Here are this week’s Tweets:

Jane Coaston @janecoaston

It's a bad idea to have your entire worldview shaped by personal animosity.

Danté Stewart (Stew) @stewartdantec

It’s clear that what many call “Christian” and “biblical and family values” is actually just white supremacy, sexism, and homophobia wrapped up in the name of Jesus. It neither loves nor liberates. It is neither powerful nor saves. James Baldwin is right: this faith is broken.

Gabe Hudson @gabehudson

Anne Carson

D.L. Mayfield @d_l_mayfield

well guys my 10yo found out about climate change it's going to be a long, hot, angsty summer

Owl! at the Library 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze

ladies, you deserve better than to stand alone in a cold lake offering a sword to the future king of England. the sword is yours. the throne is yours. come out of the lake. become the queen you were born to be.

Kevín @KevOnStage

How much have you spent on your kids? Me:

jenny wen @jenny_wen

my love language is DMing coworkers a little joke when we're on the same zoom and seeing the slight upturn in their expression when they read it

Lil Bit 🌈 @LizerReal

my graffiti career is going well

This tweet (and the rest of the thread) where people rallied behind this intern and shared their own mistakes while on the job is the best thing!

HBOMaxHelp @HBOMaxHelp

We mistakenly sent out an empty test email to a portion of our HBO Max mailing list this evening. We apologize for the inconvenience, and as the jokes pile in, yes, it was the intern. No, really. And we’re helping them through it. ❤️

Have a great weekend, friends! I’ll see you in the comments!