Chalecos Salvavidas
@chalecos.bsky.social
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Chalecos Salvavidas
@chalecos.bsky.social
· Mar 28
LIBRARY DEPT:
I love libraries!
Recently, in Chelsea, NY, a duck library has materialized!
The premise is simple:
GIVE A 🦆
TAKE A 🦆
Support your local library!
I love libraries!
Recently, in Chelsea, NY, a duck library has materialized!
The premise is simple:
GIVE A 🦆
TAKE A 🦆
Support your local library!
June 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
LIBRARY DEPT:
I love libraries!
Recently, in Chelsea, NY, a duck library has materialized!
The premise is simple:
GIVE A 🦆
TAKE A 🦆
Support your local library!
I love libraries!
Recently, in Chelsea, NY, a duck library has materialized!
The premise is simple:
GIVE A 🦆
TAKE A 🦆
Support your local library!
"…mildly erotic with its curvaceous plaster walls."
-Michael Kimmelman on the renovation of The Frick
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/a...
-Michael Kimmelman on the renovation of The Frick
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/a...
The Frick Glows With a Poetic, $220 Million Renovation
The museum, based in Henry Clay Frick’s 1914 Fifth Avenue mansion, reopens with a deft expansion worthy of a New York treasure.
www.nytimes.com
April 17, 2025 at 12:14 PM
"…mildly erotic with its curvaceous plaster walls."
-Michael Kimmelman on the renovation of The Frick
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/a...
-Michael Kimmelman on the renovation of The Frick
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/a...
QUOTES DEPT:
"A thousand of my father’s most subtle syllogisms could not have said more for celibacy."
-L. Sterne, Shandy
"A thousand of my father’s most subtle syllogisms could not have said more for celibacy."
-L. Sterne, Shandy
April 3, 2025 at 3:49 AM
QUOTES DEPT:
"A thousand of my father’s most subtle syllogisms could not have said more for celibacy."
-L. Sterne, Shandy
"A thousand of my father’s most subtle syllogisms could not have said more for celibacy."
-L. Sterne, Shandy
READING DEPT: Elias Canetti
In bed with some light reading.
In bed with some light reading.
March 24, 2025 at 3:50 AM
READING DEPT: Elias Canetti
In bed with some light reading.
In bed with some light reading.
READING AND WRITING DEPT:
You have to put in the 10,000 hours.
Garner told The Paris Review: “The diaries are how I turned myself into a writer — there’s my 10,000 hours.”
-from Helen Garner’s diaries
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/b...
You have to put in the 10,000 hours.
Garner told The Paris Review: “The diaries are how I turned myself into a writer — there’s my 10,000 hours.”
-from Helen Garner’s diaries
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/b...
‘My 10,000 Hours’: The Diaries That Made Helen Garner a Writer
“How to End a Story” collects three volumes of the Australian novelist’s self-conscious, sometimes harrowing journals.
www.nytimes.com
March 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
READING AND WRITING DEPT:
You have to put in the 10,000 hours.
Garner told The Paris Review: “The diaries are how I turned myself into a writer — there’s my 10,000 hours.”
-from Helen Garner’s diaries
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/b...
You have to put in the 10,000 hours.
Garner told The Paris Review: “The diaries are how I turned myself into a writer — there’s my 10,000 hours.”
-from Helen Garner’s diaries
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/b...
@slotkin.senate.gov: you need to say “SPENDING IS GOOD, AND HERE’S WHY: FREE EDUCATION FOR EVERYBODY, HEALTHCARE, SCIENCE FOR THE FARMERS AND THE REST OF US, WHATEVER!"
Own why democrats can govern, goddammit!
Own why democrats can govern, goddammit!
Welker to Slotkin: "Democrats were in charge for four years. You were in Congress at the time. Why didn't Democrats do more to cut government spending when they were in charge?"
March 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
@slotkin.senate.gov: you need to say “SPENDING IS GOOD, AND HERE’S WHY: FREE EDUCATION FOR EVERYBODY, HEALTHCARE, SCIENCE FOR THE FARMERS AND THE REST OF US, WHATEVER!"
Own why democrats can govern, goddammit!
Own why democrats can govern, goddammit!
Nice to see Leonard Cohen remaining culturally relevant.
A character in the red-glasses skit on SNL: "I once went down on Leonard cohen."
A character in the red-glasses skit on SNL: "I once went down on Leonard cohen."
March 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Nice to see Leonard Cohen remaining culturally relevant.
A character in the red-glasses skit on SNL: "I once went down on Leonard cohen."
A character in the red-glasses skit on SNL: "I once went down on Leonard cohen."
MAKE YOUR OWN DAMN EMOJIS DEPT:
Type in Emoji Kitchen into the google browser and mix and match emojis.
Because it’s things like this that really matter right now.
Type in Emoji Kitchen into the google browser and mix and match emojis.
Because it’s things like this that really matter right now.
February 15, 2025 at 10:25 PM
MAKE YOUR OWN DAMN EMOJIS DEPT:
Type in Emoji Kitchen into the google browser and mix and match emojis.
Because it’s things like this that really matter right now.
Type in Emoji Kitchen into the google browser and mix and match emojis.
Because it’s things like this that really matter right now.
MY CELEBRITY AUTOBIO DEPT:
Chow Yun Fat at a screening of John Woo’s Hard Boiled, Divine on a NYC street. Asked for an autograph and got one. He was divine! Jerome Hellman, ditto autograph. Got a wave back from Tom Hiddleston on a NYC sidewalk.
Chow Yun Fat at a screening of John Woo’s Hard Boiled, Divine on a NYC street. Asked for an autograph and got one. He was divine! Jerome Hellman, ditto autograph. Got a wave back from Tom Hiddleston on a NYC sidewalk.
February 11, 2025 at 8:19 PM
MY CELEBRITY AUTOBIO DEPT:
Chow Yun Fat at a screening of John Woo’s Hard Boiled, Divine on a NYC street. Asked for an autograph and got one. He was divine! Jerome Hellman, ditto autograph. Got a wave back from Tom Hiddleston on a NYC sidewalk.
Chow Yun Fat at a screening of John Woo’s Hard Boiled, Divine on a NYC street. Asked for an autograph and got one. He was divine! Jerome Hellman, ditto autograph. Got a wave back from Tom Hiddleston on a NYC sidewalk.
PARAPHRASE DEPT: Hamlet
"There is more philosophy in fiction, dear reader, than are dreamt of in philosophy."
"There is more philosophy in fiction, dear reader, than are dreamt of in philosophy."
February 3, 2025 at 8:43 PM
PARAPHRASE DEPT: Hamlet
"There is more philosophy in fiction, dear reader, than are dreamt of in philosophy."
"There is more philosophy in fiction, dear reader, than are dreamt of in philosophy."
February 2, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Reposted by Chalecos Salvavidas
This amounts to the most significant data leak in cyber history. Private individuals in the data business now have access to your Social Security information.
This violates privacy laws in every state. Hopefully, state AGs will file suit & pursue criminal charges.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
This violates privacy laws in every state. Hopefully, state AGs will file suit & pursue criminal charges.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Full Access to Treasury’s Payments System
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2025 at 11:45 PM
This amounts to the most significant data leak in cyber history. Private individuals in the data business now have access to your Social Security information.
This violates privacy laws in every state. Hopefully, state AGs will file suit & pursue criminal charges.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
This violates privacy laws in every state. Hopefully, state AGs will file suit & pursue criminal charges.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
READING DEPT: PROUST
I have decided to begin reading Proust again this year, and this time finish it. The elegant Penguin Modern Classics paperback editions, from the UK are expected to arrive on February 12. I am intimidated and excited in equal measure. I hope to recapture my focus.
I have decided to begin reading Proust again this year, and this time finish it. The elegant Penguin Modern Classics paperback editions, from the UK are expected to arrive on February 12. I am intimidated and excited in equal measure. I hope to recapture my focus.
January 31, 2025 at 4:49 AM
READING DEPT: PROUST
I have decided to begin reading Proust again this year, and this time finish it. The elegant Penguin Modern Classics paperback editions, from the UK are expected to arrive on February 12. I am intimidated and excited in equal measure. I hope to recapture my focus.
I have decided to begin reading Proust again this year, and this time finish it. The elegant Penguin Modern Classics paperback editions, from the UK are expected to arrive on February 12. I am intimidated and excited in equal measure. I hope to recapture my focus.
AI SNAFU DEPT: "Journalism" Fail
The HAL 9000 is just running the show now, so STFU.
The HAL 9000 is just running the show now, so STFU.
The AI madness is so far out of control that "Our product wrote a completely false news alert and credited a real news source" doesn't even rate a corporate comment, let alone an ashamed apology and pulling the product www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC complains to Apple over misleading shooting headline
Apple's new artificial intelligence features falsely made it seem the BBC reported Luigi Mangione had shot himself.
www.bbc.com
December 15, 2024 at 1:15 AM
AI SNAFU DEPT: "Journalism" Fail
The HAL 9000 is just running the show now, so STFU.
The HAL 9000 is just running the show now, so STFU.
TEXT-SPAM DEPT:
"Is there still room for improvement in the proposal we discussed last time?"
"Is there still room for improvement in the proposal we discussed last time?"
December 2, 2024 at 7:03 PM
TEXT-SPAM DEPT:
"Is there still room for improvement in the proposal we discussed last time?"
"Is there still room for improvement in the proposal we discussed last time?"
Thanksgiving day mood.
November 28, 2024 at 9:52 PM
Thanksgiving day mood.
WIKIPEDIA LITERARY LIVES:
John D. Macdonald, Weight Loss: "Following his 1945 discharge from the army, MacDonald spent four months writing short stories, generating some 800,000 words and losing 20 pounds (9.1 kg) while typing 14 hours a day, seven days a week."
John D. Macdonald, Weight Loss: "Following his 1945 discharge from the army, MacDonald spent four months writing short stories, generating some 800,000 words and losing 20 pounds (9.1 kg) while typing 14 hours a day, seven days a week."
November 27, 2024 at 4:59 PM
WIKIPEDIA LITERARY LIVES:
John D. Macdonald, Weight Loss: "Following his 1945 discharge from the army, MacDonald spent four months writing short stories, generating some 800,000 words and losing 20 pounds (9.1 kg) while typing 14 hours a day, seven days a week."
John D. Macdonald, Weight Loss: "Following his 1945 discharge from the army, MacDonald spent four months writing short stories, generating some 800,000 words and losing 20 pounds (9.1 kg) while typing 14 hours a day, seven days a week."
READING & BOOKS DEPT: Sometimes you just have to buy a book because it has this in it: J. G. Ballard and Bob Dylan traveling together to a Richard prince exhibit.
My heart is full. I am done. Nothing can top this.
My heart is full. I am done. Nothing can top this.
September 22, 2024 at 9:44 PM
READING & BOOKS DEPT: Sometimes you just have to buy a book because it has this in it: J. G. Ballard and Bob Dylan traveling together to a Richard prince exhibit.
My heart is full. I am done. Nothing can top this.
My heart is full. I am done. Nothing can top this.
T-SHIRTS I READ TODAY DEPT:
I’m too sober for this.
I’m too sober for this.
September 22, 2024 at 12:27 AM
T-SHIRTS I READ TODAY DEPT:
I’m too sober for this.
I’m too sober for this.
MUST WATCH DEPT:
Mr. K • 2024
Dir: Tallulah H. Schwab
A little bit of Kafka, a little bit of Walser. Looks like my kind of cinematic recipe.
Mr. K • 2024
Dir: Tallulah H. Schwab
A little bit of Kafka, a little bit of Walser. Looks like my kind of cinematic recipe.
September 17, 2024 at 7:13 PM
MUST WATCH DEPT:
Mr. K • 2024
Dir: Tallulah H. Schwab
A little bit of Kafka, a little bit of Walser. Looks like my kind of cinematic recipe.
Mr. K • 2024
Dir: Tallulah H. Schwab
A little bit of Kafka, a little bit of Walser. Looks like my kind of cinematic recipe.
"…a vase in a window, a blip on the radio, a misplaced brick in a wall."
-The New Yorker, page 36, Sept. 16, 2024
-The New Yorker, page 36, Sept. 16, 2024
September 12, 2024 at 12:11 PM
"…a vase in a window, a blip on the radio, a misplaced brick in a wall."
-The New Yorker, page 36, Sept. 16, 2024
-The New Yorker, page 36, Sept. 16, 2024
READING DEPT: WARHOL, PHILOSOPHY
A whole day of life is like a whole day of television.
-p. 5
You can do so much more with a chair than you can with a painting.
-p. 6
A whole day of life is like a whole day of television.
-p. 5
You can do so much more with a chair than you can with a painting.
-p. 6
June 17, 2024 at 2:58 AM
READING DEPT: WARHOL, PHILOSOPHY
A whole day of life is like a whole day of television.
-p. 5
You can do so much more with a chair than you can with a painting.
-p. 6
A whole day of life is like a whole day of television.
-p. 5
You can do so much more with a chair than you can with a painting.
-p. 6
EPIGRAPH DEPT:
Janet Malcom’s Reading Chekhov, A Critical Journey
"What torture it is to cut the nails on your right hand!"
-Chekhov, letter to Olga Knipper,
October 30, 1903
Janet Malcom’s Reading Chekhov, A Critical Journey
"What torture it is to cut the nails on your right hand!"
-Chekhov, letter to Olga Knipper,
October 30, 1903
May 28, 2024 at 1:26 AM
EPIGRAPH DEPT:
Janet Malcom’s Reading Chekhov, A Critical Journey
"What torture it is to cut the nails on your right hand!"
-Chekhov, letter to Olga Knipper,
October 30, 1903
Janet Malcom’s Reading Chekhov, A Critical Journey
"What torture it is to cut the nails on your right hand!"
-Chekhov, letter to Olga Knipper,
October 30, 1903
DREAM DEPT:
I’m in line to check my luggage and get my boarding pass at the airport, with my dog, which in the dream is the wrong breed, when I suddenly realize I left my passport at home.
I’m in line to check my luggage and get my boarding pass at the airport, with my dog, which in the dream is the wrong breed, when I suddenly realize I left my passport at home.
May 20, 2024 at 2:56 AM
DREAM DEPT:
I’m in line to check my luggage and get my boarding pass at the airport, with my dog, which in the dream is the wrong breed, when I suddenly realize I left my passport at home.
I’m in line to check my luggage and get my boarding pass at the airport, with my dog, which in the dream is the wrong breed, when I suddenly realize I left my passport at home.
"There were some things, some anger or passion that was beyond my understanding and had been tamped down for too long."
-Diane Williams, from the Oct. 2, 2018 NY Times profile
Once you read her your mind will order speech into her cadences.
www.nytimes.com/2018/10/02/b...
-Diane Williams, from the Oct. 2, 2018 NY Times profile
Once you read her your mind will order speech into her cadences.
www.nytimes.com/2018/10/02/b...
Diane Williams, a Master of the Very Short Story, Has a Very Big New Book (Published 2018)
The 72-year-old avant-garde writer and editor will publish a career-spanning collection this month.
www.nytimes.com
May 12, 2024 at 12:12 AM
"There were some things, some anger or passion that was beyond my understanding and had been tamped down for too long."
-Diane Williams, from the Oct. 2, 2018 NY Times profile
Once you read her your mind will order speech into her cadences.
www.nytimes.com/2018/10/02/b...
-Diane Williams, from the Oct. 2, 2018 NY Times profile
Once you read her your mind will order speech into her cadences.
www.nytimes.com/2018/10/02/b...