Sesame Street has a new home!

Netflix announced it has picked up Sesame Street after HBO recently dropped it. That’s good news. Even better news: when new episodes come out, they’ll be released to public television at the same time that they’re released on Netflix. Over the years they’ve had to change up their format a bit, but that’s both in response to the changing competition and in response to learning more about how kids learn than we knew in the 1970s.

Sesame Street still needs our support. Netflix is providing a basis for their funding but not everything. Plus, the current administration has cut federal support, so there are still financial gaps to fill.

Warmups: messing with humanity’s women

On May 20, 2025, writing-prompt-s posted:

A mischievous alien species decides to remotely mess with humanity. Without warning, all females on Earth gain the ability to hear the thoughts and access the memories of nearby males. The aliens give it one hour before deciding whether to make it permanent.


“Get down here now!!” One of the human women had figured out how to message the ship.

Curious, the aliens landed in Central Park. In minutes their ship was surrounded by women of all ages, shapes, sizes, and descriptions.

The woman closest to the ship, who was clearly waiting for them, wore a shirt with a patch on it that said “Lucy”. She was in heavy work pants, boots, and carrying a baseball bat.

The aliens talked amongst themselves and decided maybe they’ll stay in the ship.

“Yeah I thought you would,” Lucy muttered loud enough for their microphones to pick up. “Shut the thought converter off right now or you’ll never make it back into the sky alive.” The crowd of women roared in agreement, a sound that shook the earth below them for miles around.

“Why would we do that?” One of the aliens asked through the comms system. They sounded both smug about the trouble they’d caused and curious.

“Because we already know what the boys think. And we already know most of their memories. We don’t need that information to survive or thrive here.”

“Because we’re a culture that believed in privacy, nd you’re breaching the privacy of all the men on earth.”another woman added.

“AND YOUR DEVICE CAUSES MIGRAINES IN 51% OF THE POPULATION YOU JACKASSES.” a woman who until that moment had been clutching her temples in obvious pain. Women all around shook their heads in agreement.

“And you’re not smart enough use it without supervision.” Lucy finished. “We’ve got to confiscate it before you get yourselves hurt.” The women behind Lucy cheered.

“Hey! What makes you think we’re not smart enough to use it?” another of the aliens objected.

“EXHIBIT A: YOU HAVEN’T FIGURED OUT WE’RE READING YOUR MINDS…” Lucy shouted in obvious frustration.

Warmups: the Time Machine

From promptsforthestrugglingauthor on tumblr:

Writing Prompt #3059

“It’s your fault he’s gone.”

“I know.”


“We agreed we weren’t going to send Timmy into the Time Machine!”

“I know.”

“We agreed it was too dangerous!”

“I know.”

“And yet you did it anyway!”

“Well technically he stepped onto the dias willingly.”

“But he wouldn’t have if you hadn’t lied to him!”

“I didn’t lie to him! I told him it would send him to the supermarket and we did!”

“Wait, you what?” He fiddled with the screen. “I thought we were sending him 15 million years back in time.”

“No! No no no. We’re out of orange juice. The store closed at 9pm. I sent him back to get OJ and donuts for tomorrow morning. We sent him 15 minutes back in time. M-I-N not M-I-L.”

Timmy banged the door open while his brothers continued to argue. “I got OJ, donuts, and those mini muffins you both like. What’s up?”