Toscha
@poemless.bsky.social
Lover of lovely things, problematic takes, and my rescue dog. Hater of Illinois Nazis.
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Oh, I didn't realize it was supposed to be the *coolest* undergrad courses you took.
Performance Art
Experimental Film
Cinema of the African Diaspora
Russian Theater & the Avant-Garde
Existentialism
Performance Art
Experimental Film
Cinema of the African Diaspora
Russian Theater & the Avant-Garde
Existentialism
i confess. the coolest undergrad courses i took were the following
-freud, shakespeare, & dostoyevsky
-astronomy
-american history colonial to civil war
-literature of the absurd
-french, french, french
-freud, shakespeare, & dostoyevsky
-astronomy
-american history colonial to civil war
-literature of the absurd
-french, french, french
Five classes I took in college (undergraduate):
Nietzsche
Magical Realism
Russian Literature
Readers Theater
Liberal Arts Math
Nietzsche
Magical Realism
Russian Literature
Readers Theater
Liberal Arts Math
January 31, 2026 at 5:38 AM
Oh, I didn't realize it was supposed to be the *coolest* undergrad courses you took.
Performance Art
Experimental Film
Cinema of the African Diaspora
Russian Theater & the Avant-Garde
Existentialism
Performance Art
Experimental Film
Cinema of the African Diaspora
Russian Theater & the Avant-Garde
Existentialism
I want to know more about this coat.
January 31, 2026 at 4:36 AM
I want to know more about this coat.
For some reason we were discussing the Scythians at dinner, which turned to conversation about Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring. Now I see someone here post they are going to the symphony to see it.
This is the current vibe. Imagine it with Diaghilev's Scyths doing their pagan jumping & stomping.
This is the current vibe. Imagine it with Diaghilev's Scyths doing their pagan jumping & stomping.
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring // London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle
YouTube video by London Symphony Orchestra
youtu.be
January 31, 2026 at 2:01 AM
For some reason we were discussing the Scythians at dinner, which turned to conversation about Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring. Now I see someone here post they are going to the symphony to see it.
This is the current vibe. Imagine it with Diaghilev's Scyths doing their pagan jumping & stomping.
This is the current vibe. Imagine it with Diaghilev's Scyths doing their pagan jumping & stomping.
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CNN in Minneapolis: We are seeing thousands and thousands of people, we've been standing on the corner here for the past ten minutes. This this crowd has not let up. It's just continuous.
January 30, 2026 at 9:19 PM
CNN in Minneapolis: We are seeing thousands and thousands of people, we've been standing on the corner here for the past ten minutes. This this crowd has not let up. It's just continuous.
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The TL outside the US:
"Time to cozy up with some tea and a book."
The TL in the US:
Walkouts. Strikes. Masses in the streets protesting in snow at night. War chants. Punk music. Protest songs. Prison art. Freed journalists. Anti-ICE graffiti. Governors referencing Fort Sumter. Crazy vibe-shift.
"Time to cozy up with some tea and a book."
The TL in the US:
Walkouts. Strikes. Masses in the streets protesting in snow at night. War chants. Punk music. Protest songs. Prison art. Freed journalists. Anti-ICE graffiti. Governors referencing Fort Sumter. Crazy vibe-shift.
January 31, 2026 at 1:45 AM
The TL outside the US:
"Time to cozy up with some tea and a book."
The TL in the US:
Walkouts. Strikes. Masses in the streets protesting in snow at night. War chants. Punk music. Protest songs. Prison art. Freed journalists. Anti-ICE graffiti. Governors referencing Fort Sumter. Crazy vibe-shift.
"Time to cozy up with some tea and a book."
The TL in the US:
Walkouts. Strikes. Masses in the streets protesting in snow at night. War chants. Punk music. Protest songs. Prison art. Freed journalists. Anti-ICE graffiti. Governors referencing Fort Sumter. Crazy vibe-shift.
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It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall.
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
January 31, 2026 at 12:41 AM
It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall.
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
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Two others arrested are Trahern Crews, co-founder of Black Lives Matter Minnesota and 2024 Bush Foundation fellow; and Jamael Lydell Lundy, a longtime government staffer who is running Minnesota Senate District 65.
This is a developing story.
thetriibe.com/2026/01/jour...
This is a developing story.
thetriibe.com/2026/01/jour...
Journalism organizations condemn the arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort as vindictive attacks on press freedom • The TRiiBE
Two Black journalists were arrested by federal agents days after both filmed an anti-ICE protest inside a Minnesota church.
thetriibe.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Two others arrested are Trahern Crews, co-founder of Black Lives Matter Minnesota and 2024 Bush Foundation fellow; and Jamael Lydell Lundy, a longtime government staffer who is running Minnesota Senate District 65.
This is a developing story.
thetriibe.com/2026/01/jour...
This is a developing story.
thetriibe.com/2026/01/jour...
Not my girl rolling up to the pearly gates like
a woman in a sequined dress is walking in the fog .
Alt: RIP Goddess Catherine O'Hara
media.tenor.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Not my girl rolling up to the pearly gates like
Soviet Film
Broadcast History
1960s in the Media
Nations and Nationalism
Gender and Feminism
Broadcast History
1960s in the Media
Nations and Nationalism
Gender and Feminism
Never mind jobs you had, tell me five (or rather: five of the) classes you took at university.
1. Political Science
2. History
3. Economic History
4. Economics
5. Communications
1. Political Science
2. History
3. Economic History
4. Economics
5. Communications
Never mind jobs you had, tell me five (or rather: five of the) classes you took at university.
1) History
2) History of art
3) German
4) Medieval archaeology
5) Archival knowledge
1) History
2) History of art
3) German
4) Medieval archaeology
5) Archival knowledge
January 30, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Soviet Film
Broadcast History
1960s in the Media
Nations and Nationalism
Gender and Feminism
Broadcast History
1960s in the Media
Nations and Nationalism
Gender and Feminism
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Recall that Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered not long ago by a fake cop who showed up at their door looking like this guy
This is from Georgia Fort’s video.
DEA?!? Gotta be a “task force.”
DEA?!? Gotta be a “task force.”
January 30, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Recall that Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered not long ago by a fake cop who showed up at their door looking like this guy
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The arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort, plus the New York Times story about using facial recognition to take away PreCheck and Global Entry from observers, reveals how closely linked these two missions are. There is no separating ICE’s twin missions of ethnic cleansing and ideological terror.
January 30, 2026 at 1:53 PM
The arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort, plus the New York Times story about using facial recognition to take away PreCheck and Global Entry from observers, reveals how closely linked these two missions are. There is no separating ICE’s twin missions of ethnic cleansing and ideological terror.
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A drawing by a 5-year-old girl detained at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas with her mother Hayam El-Gamal. “I am 5 years old” is written at the top of the page. Lower down, next to stick figures, are the words “let us go.” Courtesy of Eric Lee, Lee & Godshall-Bennett, LLP
January 29, 2026 at 9:20 PM
A drawing by a 5-year-old girl detained at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas with her mother Hayam El-Gamal. “I am 5 years old” is written at the top of the page. Lower down, next to stick figures, are the words “let us go.” Courtesy of Eric Lee, Lee & Godshall-Bennett, LLP
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Art nouveau façade of ‘A la Cloche d’Or’ (= At the Golden Bell), now a jewellery store, in Rue des Manneliers, Lille (1906)
January 29, 2026 at 6:54 AM
Art nouveau façade of ‘A la Cloche d’Or’ (= At the Golden Bell), now a jewellery store, in Rue des Manneliers, Lille (1906)
This is a crime against my dog personally.
🚨, brace for a snowy Friday! Expect 2-3 inches from 9AM-3PM. Heavy lake effect snow could add 6+ inches near Lake Michigan from afternoon through late night. Roads may be slick and visibility low. Stay safe! ❄️
January 29, 2026 at 8:10 PM
This is a crime against my dog personally.
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A group of hundreds, many of them nurses still wearing badges after walking from their nearby hospitals, performed a Nightingale Tribute — a traditional send off for nurses — for Alex Pretti, who was killed Saturday by immigration enforcement agents in Minneapolis.
Chicago health care workers honor Alex Pretti, call for abolition of ICE and general strike
chicago.suntimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:16 AM
A group of hundreds, many of them nurses still wearing badges after walking from their nearby hospitals, performed a Nightingale Tribute — a traditional send off for nurses — for Alex Pretti, who was killed Saturday by immigration enforcement agents in Minneapolis.
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Here is another example of a Worth dress using fabric by Jean Dunand, this one from 1926. The fabric uses a "Far Eastern" fish motif, which was popular in his work in the 1920s-30s. In fact, you can see it on a screen that was also in the exhibit. This particular dress was owned
January 29, 2026 at 4:41 AM
Here is another example of a Worth dress using fabric by Jean Dunand, this one from 1926. The fabric uses a "Far Eastern" fish motif, which was popular in his work in the 1920s-30s. In fact, you can see it on a screen that was also in the exhibit. This particular dress was owned
This was hard to watch, and I can't tell if it is due to Hawke's performance or how astonishingly pathetic his character is. That said, I recommend it for Patrick Kennedy's performance as E. B. White alone! And for the music, of course.
January 29, 2026 at 6:07 AM
This was hard to watch, and I can't tell if it is due to Hawke's performance or how astonishingly pathetic his character is. That said, I recommend it for Patrick Kennedy's performance as E. B. White alone! And for the music, of course.
I told my partner who is from the literal Soviet Union, "Bruce Springsteen has done a song about Minneapolis. Wait. Do you even know who Bruce Springsteen is?"
"Of course I know who he is. I listened to him in my youth."
"In the USSR?"
"Yes. Some people in Holland were smuggling tapes to us."
"Of course I know who he is. I listened to him in my youth."
"In the USSR?"
"Yes. Some people in Holland were smuggling tapes to us."
this is kind of weird but I think I just realized I don’t really know who Bruce Springsteen is
January 29, 2026 at 1:27 AM
I told my partner who is from the literal Soviet Union, "Bruce Springsteen has done a song about Minneapolis. Wait. Do you even know who Bruce Springsteen is?"
"Of course I know who he is. I listened to him in my youth."
"In the USSR?"
"Yes. Some people in Holland were smuggling tapes to us."
"Of course I know who he is. I listened to him in my youth."
"In the USSR?"
"Yes. Some people in Holland were smuggling tapes to us."
It's been so cold this January that I actually felt the difference between 0° and 3° "real feel" temps. I even observed an icicle melting in the direct sunlight. A beautiful sight.
January 28, 2026 at 9:21 PM
It's been so cold this January that I actually felt the difference between 0° and 3° "real feel" temps. I even observed an icicle melting in the direct sunlight. A beautiful sight.
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Schumer calls for Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller to be removed from their jobs.
January 28, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Schumer calls for Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller to be removed from their jobs.
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A bright jewel in dress form, the classic #1920s aesthetic but with some lovely decoration. The trompe l’oeil bow over the hips flows to a beaded hem and a frost of lace appears at the edges #ksumuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
January 28, 2026 at 5:08 PM
A bright jewel in dress form, the classic #1920s aesthetic but with some lovely decoration. The trompe l’oeil bow over the hips flows to a beaded hem and a frost of lace appears at the edges #ksumuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡