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simpsome.bsky.social
Mary Simpson
@simpsome.bsky.social
Writer, artist, everything is here: https://linktr.ee/simpsome
"To everyone who pulls me aside to whisper with the best intentions, 'You have already won': I am sorry, but the days of moral victories are over," Mamdani told the crowd. "As my father told me years ago, when the right wins power, the left writes a great book. Those days are over too." 🔥🔥🔥
June 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Moms running the Mother’s Day half! 💪 @kaythaney.bsky.social
May 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Reposted by Mary Simpson
Brooklyn bus stop ads being replaced with guerilla public service announcements.
May 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The Metro North Pleasantville station has had this arrangement of vintage chairs for years 🤎
May 1, 2025 at 12:55 PM
“I know art dealers, and I am afraid to sell to them for they are people who don’t always pay.”
—Courbet to his family, Paris, 1845

*For a long form essay I’m reading all of Gustave Courbet’s letters; occasionally I’ll post some of his best quotes here
April 29, 2025 at 11:13 PM
By Joseph Fosano
April 27, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Last night I was thinking about the phrase “Bleeding heart liberal” and how we got here, where having so much empathy for other people that your heart bleeds for them could be an insult. Turns out it was coined in 1938 against a bill that aimed to end lynching:

www.atlasobscura.com/articles/ori...
The True Origins of the Phrase 'Bleeding-Heart Liberal'
Thank Westbrook Pegler, Joe McCarthy, and Ronald Reagan.
www.atlasobscura.com
March 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Is it just me or is it a Gen X thing to take the random username you had in 1996 and use it as your handle on every platform for the rest of your life
March 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Just spent 3 incredible weeks at Interlude, a residency for artists with their families near Hudson, NY 🤗 apply here: www.interluderesidency.org/residency
March 12, 2025 at 7:10 PM