parsnip & star machine
@soowrites.bsky.social
bilingual(🇬🇧🇰🇷) cellist/writer/lawyer
poetry as contemporaneous reflection, contemplating such topics as expression, sensory inspiration, power and its abuse, community, healing & agency. sometimes painting
I worked on this book: tinyurl.com/3kjjxabv
poetry as contemporaneous reflection, contemplating such topics as expression, sensory inspiration, power and its abuse, community, healing & agency. sometimes painting
I worked on this book: tinyurl.com/3kjjxabv
Pinned
From my parsnip soils I slowly rose
Small as gnats or just specs of dust or dirt itself
But in the fresh air and open space
Free to move, easily stunned
2/
Small as gnats or just specs of dust or dirt itself
But in the fresh air and open space
Free to move, easily stunned
2/
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Happy New Year! We love sharing these pro-book posters from the Works Projects Administration Poster Collection in the Library's Prints and Photographs Division. Of the 2,000 WPA posters known to exist, the Library of Congress's collection of more than 900 is the largest.
January 1, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Happy New Year! We love sharing these pro-book posters from the Works Projects Administration Poster Collection in the Library's Prints and Photographs Division. Of the 2,000 WPA posters known to exist, the Library of Congress's collection of more than 900 is the largest.
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You probably heard the US admin is threatening to break up the National Center for Atmospheric Research: but did you know they already froze funding for the 9 regional Climate Science Adaptation Centers? From tracking invasives to helping tribes with drought, here's why the CASCs matter ⬇️
From invasive species tracking to water security – what’s lost with federal funding cuts at US Climate Adaptation Science Centers
The people who manage America’s aquifers, wetlands, shorelines and recreation areas rely on federal science as they face new and rising risks in a changing climate.
theconversation.com
December 29, 2025 at 12:02 PM
You probably heard the US admin is threatening to break up the National Center for Atmospheric Research: but did you know they already froze funding for the 9 regional Climate Science Adaptation Centers? From tracking invasives to helping tribes with drought, here's why the CASCs matter ⬇️
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The Trump administration is using declining fertility rates to embrace unabashedly pronatalist rhetoric.
I spoke with sociologist & demographer Karen Guzzo about if we should *actually* be worried about declining birth rates.
I spoke with sociologist & demographer Karen Guzzo about if we should *actually* be worried about declining birth rates.
Trump Wants Women To Have More Babies. Just 1 Problem.
The Trump administration is using declining fertility rates to embrace unabashedly pronatalist rhetoric.
www.huffpost.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The Trump administration is using declining fertility rates to embrace unabashedly pronatalist rhetoric.
I spoke with sociologist & demographer Karen Guzzo about if we should *actually* be worried about declining birth rates.
I spoke with sociologist & demographer Karen Guzzo about if we should *actually* be worried about declining birth rates.
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This is New England's version of the Louvre heist.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
$400,000 worth of lobster stolen en route to Costco stores, shipper says
The lobsters, which were not alive, were on their way to Costco stores in Illinois and Minnesota, according to Rexing Companies.
www.nbcnews.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
This is New England's version of the Louvre heist.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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❤️ Photo from my collection, ca. 1950s.
December 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
❤️ Photo from my collection, ca. 1950s.
exactly — and is a practice in itself.
The purpose of art criticism is not to find fault, it is to find understanding.
December 27, 2025 at 6:56 AM
exactly — and is a practice in itself.
Yes please
Can someone please respond to Stephen Miller with this message from Frank Sinatra?
December 26, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Yes please
😂😂😂
Imagine watching Sinatra, son of Dolly & Antonini born in Genoa & Sicily, respectively, and Martin, son of Gaetano & Angela, born in Montesilvano, Italy & Ohio respectively, (Angela to parents born in Monasterolo, Italy), and crusading against the value of children of immigrants to the U.S.
December 26, 2025 at 11:26 PM
😂😂😂
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Even as Trump denies reality by backing fossil fuels and attacking renewable energy and scientific research, a new study shows 65 percent of US voters see the connection between the climate crisis and inflation, from rising costs of coffee and chocolate to skyrocketing homeowners insurance premiums.
US voters linking climate crisis to rising bills despite Trump’s ‘green scam’ claims
New polling shows 65% of registered US voters believe global heating is affecting cost of living
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Even as Trump denies reality by backing fossil fuels and attacking renewable energy and scientific research, a new study shows 65 percent of US voters see the connection between the climate crisis and inflation, from rising costs of coffee and chocolate to skyrocketing homeowners insurance premiums.
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Anjali's wisdom
If you saw the cut feature on Rama Duwaji and are tempted to go cut your hair immediately, consider this your reminder to call your oldest friend and talk it out first
December 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Anjali's wisdom
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ICYMI: The full Law Dork report on Tuesday’s big SCOTUS decision against the Trump administration in its effort to send troops into American cities.
Supreme Court, on a 6-3 vote, rejects Trump's effort to deploy National Guard in Illinois for now
More than two months after DOJ asked for "immediate" relief, the Supreme Court said no on Tuesday. Also: A Kavanaugh note on Kavanaugh stops.
www.lawdork.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
ICYMI: The full Law Dork report on Tuesday’s big SCOTUS decision against the Trump administration in its effort to send troops into American cities.
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Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing a text, writing an email, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing since the dawn of time.
December 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing a text, writing an email, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing since the dawn of time.
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Brett Kavanaugh (September 2025): The facts and how they relate to the law don’t matter. Assume ICE and other federal forces always act with integrity, always respect rights, and consistently impose minimal burden.
Brett Kavanaugh (December 2025): Should I not have done that? Was that wrong?
Brett Kavanaugh (December 2025): Should I not have done that? Was that wrong?
Kavanaugh in a footnote in today's opinion says "the officers must not make interior immigration stops or arrests based on race or ethnicity."
December 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Brett Kavanaugh (September 2025): The facts and how they relate to the law don’t matter. Assume ICE and other federal forces always act with integrity, always respect rights, and consistently impose minimal burden.
Brett Kavanaugh (December 2025): Should I not have done that? Was that wrong?
Brett Kavanaugh (December 2025): Should I not have done that? Was that wrong?
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Well, if he hadn't lived so long he might not have damaged his legacy quite so badly as he has with Gaza
Jürgen Habermas: Germany’s political and cultural phenomenon
Two new books bring fresh insights into the philosopher who has towered over seven decades of German public life
www.ft.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Well, if he hadn't lived so long he might not have damaged his legacy quite so badly as he has with Gaza
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The CBS 60 Minutes Doc confirms what we knew: The U.S. is currently using our tax dollars to imprison brown people with no criminal record in torture camps overseas.
It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...
It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...
CANCELLED 60 MINUTES CECOT DOC
YouTube video by eoin higgins
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The CBS 60 Minutes Doc confirms what we knew: The U.S. is currently using our tax dollars to imprison brown people with no criminal record in torture camps overseas.
It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...
It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...
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Y’all know we have a tool for finding exactly these kinds of bad redactions, right? free.law/open-source-...
December 23, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Y’all know we have a tool for finding exactly these kinds of bad redactions, right? free.law/open-source-...
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What I love in these complex glass-making instructions from the Library of Ashurbanipal is a reference to older texts.
“Copy of an ancient tablet”, reads a line from this, to us, ancient tablet.
A reminder that the scholars writing these instructions worked to preserve older knowledge and history
“Copy of an ancient tablet”, reads a line from this, to us, ancient tablet.
A reminder that the scholars writing these instructions worked to preserve older knowledge and history
January 10, 2025 at 11:03 AM
What I love in these complex glass-making instructions from the Library of Ashurbanipal is a reference to older texts.
“Copy of an ancient tablet”, reads a line from this, to us, ancient tablet.
A reminder that the scholars writing these instructions worked to preserve older knowledge and history
“Copy of an ancient tablet”, reads a line from this, to us, ancient tablet.
A reminder that the scholars writing these instructions worked to preserve older knowledge and history
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Around a glass-making kiln in ancient Assyria, you mustn’t forget to set out figurines of kubu-demons to keep any outsiders away from your work.
“One who is impure cannot cross their presence…. The persons that you bring close to the kiln must be purified.”
“One who is impure cannot cross their presence…. The persons that you bring close to the kiln must be purified.”
January 10, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Around a glass-making kiln in ancient Assyria, you mustn’t forget to set out figurines of kubu-demons to keep any outsiders away from your work.
“One who is impure cannot cross their presence…. The persons that you bring close to the kiln must be purified.”
“One who is impure cannot cross their presence…. The persons that you bring close to the kiln must be purified.”
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Instructions to make glass in ancient Assyria specify the right day and even times of day to carry out the complicated steps.
“In the dead of night, you ignite the kiln chamber…”
You lay the foundations for the kiln only after “you search repeatedly for a suitable day during a favourable month”
“In the dead of night, you ignite the kiln chamber…”
You lay the foundations for the kiln only after “you search repeatedly for a suitable day during a favourable month”
January 10, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Instructions to make glass in ancient Assyria specify the right day and even times of day to carry out the complicated steps.
“In the dead of night, you ignite the kiln chamber…”
You lay the foundations for the kiln only after “you search repeatedly for a suitable day during a favourable month”
“In the dead of night, you ignite the kiln chamber…”
You lay the foundations for the kiln only after “you search repeatedly for a suitable day during a favourable month”
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Making glass in ancient Assyria was not easy. You had to repeat several stages of grinding, mixing, heating, and cooling.
At various points, you had wait until the mixture glowed white, red, or yellow before doing the next step.
“When (the glass) glows yellow, you stir it once in your direction”
At various points, you had wait until the mixture glowed white, red, or yellow before doing the next step.
“When (the glass) glows yellow, you stir it once in your direction”
January 10, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Making glass in ancient Assyria was not easy. You had to repeat several stages of grinding, mixing, heating, and cooling.
At various points, you had wait until the mixture glowed white, red, or yellow before doing the next step.
“When (the glass) glows yellow, you stir it once in your direction”
At various points, you had wait until the mixture glowed white, red, or yellow before doing the next step.
“When (the glass) glows yellow, you stir it once in your direction”
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“You burn a good, smokeless fire. You remove the (glass) as soon as it (begins to) turn white. You cool it off and grind it down.”
Several stages in the production of glass, as described in a broken clay tablet from the Library of Ashurbanipal.
Several stages in the production of glass, as described in a broken clay tablet from the Library of Ashurbanipal.
January 10, 2025 at 11:03 AM
“You burn a good, smokeless fire. You remove the (glass) as soon as it (begins to) turn white. You cool it off and grind it down.”
Several stages in the production of glass, as described in a broken clay tablet from the Library of Ashurbanipal.
Several stages in the production of glass, as described in a broken clay tablet from the Library of Ashurbanipal.
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How to make glass in ancient Assyria.
First, you grind your ingredients separately, which can include certain kinds of stone, roasted carnelian-coloured seashells, “white plant”, and salicornia ashes.
Then, “You mix them together” and place them in a cold kiln with four openings
First, you grind your ingredients separately, which can include certain kinds of stone, roasted carnelian-coloured seashells, “white plant”, and salicornia ashes.
Then, “You mix them together” and place them in a cold kiln with four openings
January 10, 2025 at 11:03 AM
How to make glass in ancient Assyria.
First, you grind your ingredients separately, which can include certain kinds of stone, roasted carnelian-coloured seashells, “white plant”, and salicornia ashes.
Then, “You mix them together” and place them in a cold kiln with four openings
First, you grind your ingredients separately, which can include certain kinds of stone, roasted carnelian-coloured seashells, “white plant”, and salicornia ashes.
Then, “You mix them together” and place them in a cold kiln with four openings
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If you — like me — enjoy perusing very ancient instruction manuals, you may also like this thread about Assyrian glassmaking techniques known from cuneiform tablets bsky.app/profile/moud...
How to make glass in ancient Assyria.
First, you grind your ingredients separately, which can include certain kinds of stone, roasted carnelian-coloured seashells, “white plant”, and salicornia ashes.
Then, “You mix them together” and place them in a cold kiln with four openings
First, you grind your ingredients separately, which can include certain kinds of stone, roasted carnelian-coloured seashells, “white plant”, and salicornia ashes.
Then, “You mix them together” and place them in a cold kiln with four openings
December 23, 2025 at 8:18 AM
If you — like me — enjoy perusing very ancient instruction manuals, you may also like this thread about Assyrian glassmaking techniques known from cuneiform tablets bsky.app/profile/moud...
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December 23, 2025 at 7:41 AM