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Retired teacher, following books, ideas, opera, art and art history.
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Botticelli's angels (detail)
July 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Botticelli's angels (detail)
Saw Owen Wilson while leading a group of students through the Musee d’Orsay. Despite my pleas of “kids, he deserves privacy just like anyone”, our group basically swarmed him. He was way more gracious than we deserved, and posed for countless selfies with us.
Got overexcited when I saw Ralph Fiennes at a William Blake exhibition @tate.bsky.social & squealed: 'Look! It's Joseph Fiennes!' Still cringeing from the withering look he gave me.
July 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Saw Owen Wilson while leading a group of students through the Musee d’Orsay. Despite my pleas of “kids, he deserves privacy just like anyone”, our group basically swarmed him. He was way more gracious than we deserved, and posed for countless selfies with us.
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In bullet belts, spiked cuffs, leather jackets, bandanas, and Iron Maiden t-shirts, the women of Botswana’s metal subculture resemble characters from post-apocalyptic cinema, like the road warriors from Mad Max.
The Queens of Botswana's Metal Scene
South African photographer Paul Shiakallis’s series Leather Skins, Unchained Hearts provides a visual alternative to the stereotypical metalhead in the popular Western imagination.
hyperallergic.com
July 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
In bullet belts, spiked cuffs, leather jackets, bandanas, and Iron Maiden t-shirts, the women of Botswana’s metal subculture resemble characters from post-apocalyptic cinema, like the road warriors from Mad Max.
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I would do anything to avoid living in a design like this
The incredible Miami home of rockstar Lenny Kravitz (1999)
July 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I would do anything to avoid living in a design like this
This is a beautiful piece.
“Can two things be true? Can I be proud and confused at the same time? What if the worst thing you believe about yourself — that your Indigeneity is not something to be proud of — is reinforced by a country you love?”
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
“Can two things be true? Can I be proud and confused at the same time? What if the worst thing you believe about yourself — that your Indigeneity is not something to be proud of — is reinforced by a country you love?”
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
FIRST PERSON | I love Canada. But I'm also Blackfoot and see the harm this country has done to my people | CBC News
Shaylene Lakey is a Blackfoot woman living in Canada. She asks: What if the worst thing you believe about yourself — that your Indigeneity is not something to be proud of — is reinforced by a country ...
www.cbc.ca
July 19, 2025 at 2:21 PM
This is a beautiful piece.
“Can two things be true? Can I be proud and confused at the same time? What if the worst thing you believe about yourself — that your Indigeneity is not something to be proud of — is reinforced by a country you love?”
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
“Can two things be true? Can I be proud and confused at the same time? What if the worst thing you believe about yourself — that your Indigeneity is not something to be proud of — is reinforced by a country you love?”
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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I've been saying this for years
July 19, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I've been saying this for years
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"That things 'just go on' is the catastrophe."
—Walter Benjamin
—Walter Benjamin
July 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
"That things 'just go on' is the catastrophe."
—Walter Benjamin
—Walter Benjamin
From my backyard last night. I love the vibe of a summer evening when storms are looming in the distance
July 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
From my backyard last night. I love the vibe of a summer evening when storms are looming in the distance
So many professionals I know say they are using AI literally all day long in the course of doing their jobs. Lawyers, investors, engineers, doctors. AI is as woven into their work as email. All say it’s freeing up cognitive capacity for them and none is worried about the numerous, huge downsides
July 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
So many professionals I know say they are using AI literally all day long in the course of doing their jobs. Lawyers, investors, engineers, doctors. AI is as woven into their work as email. All say it’s freeing up cognitive capacity for them and none is worried about the numerous, huge downsides
me and my book project
July 19, 2025 at 12:17 PM
me and my book project
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Funding for PBS has been attacked, and it is worth returning to Fred Rogers’ testimony to Congress on why PBS is worth our time. Share widely, because this message must continue to be known.
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May 1, 1969: Fred Rogers testifies before the Senate Subcommittee on Communications
YouTube video by Road Less Marveled
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May 4, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Funding for PBS has been attacked, and it is worth returning to Fred Rogers’ testimony to Congress on why PBS is worth our time. Share widely, because this message must continue to be known.
youtu.be/fKy7ljRr0AA?...
youtu.be/fKy7ljRr0AA?...
Uh oh, I have a parking fine. I better send money to DJ Lizard
July 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Uh oh, I have a parking fine. I better send money to DJ Lizard
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Puts 490,000 High-Res Images Online & Makes Them Free to Use
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Puts 490,000 High-Res Images Online & Makes Them Free to Use
Update: The Metropolitan Museum of Art has put online 492,000 high-resolution images of artistic works. Even better, the museum has placed the vast majority of these images into the public domain, mea...
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July 17, 2025 at 10:39 PM
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Puts 490,000 High-Res Images Online & Makes Them Free to Use
Post a gif of who you wanted to be as a kid.
July 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Post a gif of who you wanted to be as a kid.
Things are bad I know, but at least people are coming to the defense of the rococo.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Trump’s Gilded Design Style May Be Gaudy. But Don’t Call it ‘Rococo.’
The US president’s taste for gilded decor is often dismissed with comparisons to an ornate European style of the 18th century. But the real Rococo deserves a second look.
www.bloomberg.com
July 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Things are bad I know, but at least people are coming to the defense of the rococo.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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"Reich citizenship will not be laid in the cradle of every one born in Germany, but will be ceremoniously conferred on him after he has shown himself worthy of it through special accomplishments, through loyal services to the State." NY Times, July 6, 1933.
July 12, 2025 at 8:18 PM
"Reich citizenship will not be laid in the cradle of every one born in Germany, but will be ceremoniously conferred on him after he has shown himself worthy of it through special accomplishments, through loyal services to the State." NY Times, July 6, 1933.
The more extreme it gets, the more certain it is that the pendulum will swing back. It’s going to brutal for a while still, but I really believe on the other side of this, there is going to be a progressive resurgence that will be unstoppable.
Terrible people always exist, and always will, but I’ve never felt the level of despair I feel now. This is really bad and getting worse every day.
does anyone who’s significantly older than me want to tell me if things have always been like this? Like is this just a once-in-a-generation struggle against the worst assholes who have ever lived that we gotta do for eternity, or is this fairly unusual
July 13, 2025 at 1:18 AM
The more extreme it gets, the more certain it is that the pendulum will swing back. It’s going to brutal for a while still, but I really believe on the other side of this, there is going to be a progressive resurgence that will be unstoppable.
Celebrity IQ calculator:
Let IQ represent current IQ
Let IQ’ represent original IQ
Let m represent too much money
Let y represent years that have passed
IQ = (IQ’ / m / y) -100
Let IQ represent current IQ
Let IQ’ represent original IQ
Let m represent too much money
Let y represent years that have passed
IQ = (IQ’ / m / y) -100
C’mon man, not him too 😩
The only thing that ages worse than comedy is comedians
July 12, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Celebrity IQ calculator:
Let IQ represent current IQ
Let IQ’ represent original IQ
Let m represent too much money
Let y represent years that have passed
IQ = (IQ’ / m / y) -100
Let IQ represent current IQ
Let IQ’ represent original IQ
Let m represent too much money
Let y represent years that have passed
IQ = (IQ’ / m / y) -100
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"These books are not pornography. Nor are they obscene. What is obscene is a Supreme Court decision that denies the basic humanity and equality of LGBTQIA+ people," write @jonfreadom.bsky.social and @tasslyn.bsky.social in @slj.com.
The nine picture books cited in Mahmoud v. Taylor are not pornography. Nor are they obscene. "What is obscene is a Supreme Court decision that denies the basic humanity and equality of LGBTQIA+ people."
@penamerica.bsky.social
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The Ugly Stereotype Beneath the Supreme Court Ruling on LGBTQIA+ Books
The nine picture books cited in Mahmoud v. Taylor are not pornography. Nor are they obscene. What is obscene is a Supreme Court decision that denies the basic humanity and equality of LGBTQIA+ people.
www.slj.com
July 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"These books are not pornography. Nor are they obscene. What is obscene is a Supreme Court decision that denies the basic humanity and equality of LGBTQIA+ people," write @jonfreadom.bsky.social and @tasslyn.bsky.social in @slj.com.
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they should make superman GAY
July 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
they should make superman GAY
Somehow I'm still shocked that official correspondence from the WH is written in the same style as his tweets, with random capitalizations, whiny thumb-sucking tangents, etc. Does he actually sit there and write letters like this himself?
Now more than ever we must all stand strong for this country.
Only by working together will we be able to get through this by building new internal and external markets, supporting our local businesses and workers and standing firm with a Team Canada approach.
Only by working together will we be able to get through this by building new internal and external markets, supporting our local businesses and workers and standing firm with a Team Canada approach.
July 11, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Somehow I'm still shocked that official correspondence from the WH is written in the same style as his tweets, with random capitalizations, whiny thumb-sucking tangents, etc. Does he actually sit there and write letters like this himself?
New Paris Review landed ❤️
July 10, 2025 at 1:02 AM
New Paris Review landed ❤️