www.wired.com/story/weight... 🤯

A bumper edition of writing prizes, bursaries, and residencies with upcoming deadlines. Go get ‘em, they could change your writing careers! freelancewritingjobs.substack.com/p/freelance-...

A program in New Mexico highlights the contributions of women through historical markers. The initiative, started by the International Women's Forum - New Mexico, has placed nearly 100 markers across the state.

The work of Helen Fay, who has been a full time artist #printmaker since 1992 #Womensart

This is the coolest photograph I have ever seen www.iflscience.com/the-fall-of-...

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There is a story that Alberto Morrocco's wife Vera, seen here at the breakfast table in the 1950s, was constantly searching for missing bowls, plates and jugs that had been commandeered for a still life, what her husband called a more important purpose than originally intended.

“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath 50 reasons to want more walkable cities.

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Actors of Bluesky! My friend is looking to cast the last two roles in his play. He's looking for: Mollie Supporting. Female. 50-70 Rabbi Rosh Supporting. Male. 40-70 Please share!

If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.

One writer with an independent sensibility will be selected to go on an all-expenses-paid trip to the 2026 #SundanceFilmFestival, where they will receive invaluable, one-on-one mentorship from Cassian and learn more about how he helped bring films like DALLAS BUYERS CLUB and MUDBOUND to the screen.

🚨 DEADLINE REMINDER 🚨 Writers, you've got just TWO WEEKS LEFT to submit your feature script for consideration in the thirteenth annual Cassian Elwes Independent Screenwriting Fellowship! Learn more and submit here: buff.ly/sXaVrYr

I got an actual "Your silence on this subject is deafening" message this AM, so, super-quick: Nobody here owes anyone commentary about anything. This is a public park. It's full of interesting people. We hang out here, make friends, and chat, and then we leave to do whatever it is we do. That's it!

Conan O’Brien get Pope Leo and Werner Herzog on your podcast together challenge

#SpoonTok is a quirky TikTok trend where #neurodivergent creators—especially in the autistic community—submit their favorite spoons to be judged, rated, or lovingly roasted. It’s part meme, part community bonding, and all about celebrating special interests. 🥄✨

From @kaysarahsera.bsky.social's book, No Matter the Wreckage. #poetry #books #writing

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New AMC ad just dropped:

Milton Glaser’s 10 Rules for Life & Work: The Celebrated Designer Dispenses Wisdom Gained Over His Long Life & Career

It really is fun, and it's a shame it didn't get seen more.

Scamtech will now help you better hide the fact you're using scamtech to lie to people.

"LLMs are just tools!" Oh really? When was the last time you tried to hide the fact that you used a spell checker? When was the last time you pretended to be able to hammer in a nail with your bare hand? People don't try to hide the fact that they're using tools.

What a guest list! Why don't I get invited to the cool parties at the Pope's house...?

I watched every episode of this show and have no idea who she is. We’ve got to insist on actors reaching a certain level of fame before they have their diva insanity phase.

happy 10th birthday to fisher 🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲

The whole thing here: deadline.com/2025/11/pope...

Who knew the Pope was a deep-thinking movie dude...? 🤯

A native of the Kayaye village (Gambia), dressed head to toe in boughs and leaves as part of the Kongcorong ceremony. Featured in Major William Gray's 1825 account of his doomed trip through Western Africa. From our essay on failed colonial expeditions: publicdomainreview.org/essay/f...

The State Department is required to publish “a thorough, accurate, and reliable” history of U.S. foreign policy within 30 years of the events. But it deleted documents about the risk of inadvertent nuclear war. https://wapo.st/49TiRY4

#screenwriting #scriptsky "'Unfilmables' refer to information or elements written into a script that cannot be visually represented or heard on screen." Some good examples here of how to turn an "unfilmable" into a "filmable." www.scriptreaderscheatsheet.com/post/16-unfi...

A golden hour glow in Clarendon Quad after the rain earlier this week. 🌧️

This week, I discussed whether the AI investment boom is an unsustainable bubble and how a potential crash could reshape policy and public sentiment with Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research's Ryan Cummings, AI Now Institute's Sarah West, and Blood in the Machine's Brian Merchant.

Probably worn by ordinary medieval folk. A good ‘mouser’ protecting grain would have been highly valued. Maybe it was a protective charm symbolising triumph over the enemy,and/or a humorous token worn by cat aficionados! 🐈

Here’s an article about medieval cat badges: www.academia.edu/42200412/_Th...

Also today, it’s the 390th anniversary of the burial of Thomas Parr, a humble farmer who got married at 80, did penance for committing adultery at the age of 102, was widowed at 112, remarried at 122, and died at 152 of... being in London after a lifetime in the country. Yes, of course it’s all true

An AI pioneer is convinced that most in his field have been led astray by the siren song of large language models.

For #Caturday Behold the mouse! 🐭🐈 So says the inscription on this #medieval badge of a cat with mouse in mouth! Lead alloy, circa 1300-1500. 📷 British Museum www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o... #Archaeology

Le chien de la concierge. André Kertész, 1926.

So happy to learn that the Castro Theater has been saved! #filmsky www.kqed.org/arts/1398367...

Can confirm, I did say this, over on Threads. I stand by it here as well. And everywhere else!

Shoeshine Boys, Harlem, New York Morris Engel, c.1935

UK-based Yemeni artist Asmahan A. Mosleh, known for her hugely intricate mandala artworks #WomensArt

At Instant Classics we've got a cracking two-part mini series on Boudica, rebel queen....in the first episode, how did the rebellion start? how far had Britain been 'conquered' anyway? can we only see her through Roman eyes? tinyurl.com/mrtfbfn7

“For example, did it mean that we could no longer try to recruit qualified first-generation students from rural parts of Virginia, ... or even serve matzah in the dining halls during Passover, because each of those efforts would be advancing diversity, equity, and/or inclusion?” 🧐

Regular heavy alcohol consumption can cause more severe stroke at an earlier age, according to researchers.

Many of David Tindle's paintings possess what might be called a quiet profundity. For the art critic Brian Sewell, Tindle was: 'a painter in that quietly Romantic tradition of British art ... concerned with everyday, intimate, domestic subjects.'

Here’s something that’s really important for everyone to understand. If we design our cities just for cars, they fail everyone, including drivers. If we design our cities with many great CHOICES in how to get around, they work better for everyone, including drivers. Spread the word.

Inside cover design of Marie Neurath’s book Machines Which Seem To Think, 1954