enjoyable little video on how wool gets graded and sorted IG community_clothing and campaignforwool

"The professional poet remains unincorporably alien... Selling poems provokes thought about what their value is and who can measure that... Adequate pay calls forth an adequate poem." —Anne Carson, The Economy of the Unlost

Micah makes some compelling points here.

The highly publicized, dramatic raid on an apartment building in Chicago was all a sham. Pure theater to traumatize and terrorize people. People who deserved better, who deserved help. Excellent piece examining the lies & depravity of this administration.

'Skeleton Wearing a Top Hat Playing the Shamisen for a Small Dancing Yōkai' (circa 1870) Kawanabe Kyōsai

Sometimes the internet is wholesome

I’m on a jag of getting rid of one issue per day from my massive stack of New Yorkers. Lots of reading, lots of skimming, lots of skipping. Here’s today’s victim.

“Respect the office” should also be obeyed by the person who holds the office. If they don’t, not clear why anyone else would.

Lists are where it's at here, and I continue to add folks to mine. My ART FOLKS list might be worth pinning if that's your thing. Please let me know if there's someone I should add. I'm always looking and want to see as much as possible. Cheers! bsky.app/profile/did:...

PSA you do not have to read until the end or at all and no I’m not being hyperbolic please spend your time doing literally anything else yes even you media sickos ily

Scooter considers his place in the universe.

that famous Nina Simone song was, in fact, about Mississippi for a reason and not because she randomly picked a state name out of a hat

this doesn't mean the South is hopeless, it doesn't mean that we shouldn't keep trying to win elections and fight the MAGAs in the South, but maintaining this fantasy nonsense about how the South doesn't REALLY have a uniquely racist culture in a number of respects is just foolishness

as a white liberal with Southern roots, quite frankly, I think other white liberals from the South need to get the fuck over their oddly defensive attitude about what should be pretty blindingly obvious.

Connecting one computer to another computer to facilitate the sharing of information was a mistake.

Technically not me, but this is me.

This kind of attention to detail simply costs more, my friends.

Why are my posts so expensive? 1) maintaining a studio for draping (flou) & a studio for tailoring (tailleur) 2) all emeralds ethically sourced 3) trips to the Bodleian 4) hand-stitching on bias cut point d’esprit 5) the exorbitant cost of eel 6) knife skills/braising Hope that helps.

I think those of us who grew up with BBS sites know all too well that moderation is always messy and drama filled. It's a pick your poison kind of situation: Nazis, spam, and trolls, or griping and ban dramas? And it's labor. In the BBS era most mods were community volunteers with strong stomachs

“The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn’t work and then they get elected and prove it.”--P.J. O’Rourke, whose birthday it is today.

my heart wants a beautiful, neatly arranged home like the ones featured in architectural digest. but my spirit wants to adopt as many cats and dogs as my living space humanely allows. very difficult dilemma.

gothic architecture is canonically the stupidest fucking shit i love it so much

Hear me out: the 1000-year mortgage.

Just back from a lovely walk in the woods at my friend’s place.

It's not a coincidence that they published that right after women just took a lot of power in an election.

I choose being in the woods with a bear over reading/listening to this.

I don't really understand the compulsion to trash-talk something/someone that other people are celebrating/reveling in, but I do know that I'll block you for it.

if you're ever Photoshopping your own face into the smoke of the Twin Towers, Adobe should have a pop-up that says "are you sure that whatever it is you're doing is a good idea"

Republican barely squeeks out a win: Mandate! Mandate! Dem wins overwhelmingly: Not so fast...

Outside of school board elections, disappointing Texas results last night. People voted overwhelmingly for a bunch of largely unnecessary or shitty changes to the state constitution, and Prop Q, a very necessary property tax increase in Austin, went down in flames

the age of woke is over, the age of dark woke begins

So much for the tolerant Left (laudatory)

this is genuinely wild

There were millions of dollars spent on anti-trans ads in NJ and VA. Anyone care to comment on those campaigns getting blown out, since we were told trans issues lost Democrats the election in 2024?

Politicians should probably get on Bluesky to get better in touch with the American electorate.

Perhaps my favorite thing about yesterday is that it feels like communities all over may have surprised themselves. We were the ones we were waiting for.

I know all politics are local, but I would love to believe that "I believe in the dignity of all people" is a clear, simple, and winning political platform anywhere. I hope more people run with that message.

had a dream last night about a journalist interviewing politicians, replying to each waffling, mealy-mouthed answer (or flat out lie) from their subjects with an increasingly adamant WRONG ANSWER, then pulling out notecards and asking pointed follow-up questions. pols looked TERRIFIED. it was GREAT!

the entire twitter and group chat poisoned elite of American society who decided Trump winning an election by 1.5% heralded a thousand year reich may have miscalculated a bit

TURN THE VOLUME UP is the new rallying cry.

I gotta say it’s nice to look at a magazine cover and know that it’s not about hopes dashed or lost opportunities

But then what are people supposed to do with their “democrats in disarray” templates, Greg?!

Time for the full Democratic Party to embrace addressing basic needs wholeheartedly.

you don't have to put on blackface to get social media attention. you can simply develop mild depression, join a menswear forum, spend the next 15 years arguing about pants, and then weaponize the knowledge against your enemies on social media.

I've been watching a shitload of PBS lately, so I once against encourage you to subscribe to PBS Passport and be a Viewers Like You with me.

Death, like life, is neutral. It happens regardless of position, contribution, or virtue. But whether your life is celebrated, or your death is, is within the compass of your agency. People who do the celebrating are merely doing you the last courtesy of acknowledging your moral capacity.

…and was then proselytized by a friendly man who wanted to know if I know Jesus. This made me (a) look up the etymology of “proselytize,” and (b) wonder if any of you have ever been approached cold by a proselytizer from any non-Christian religion. www.etymonline.com/word/prosely...

Walked to my polling place, chatted with a nice neighbor & her kid in line, voted, then walked to get myself some lunch.

There are few things people crave more in the world than a sandwich they can no longer have.

The headlines that have pics of Spanberger and Mamdani like "Which Way Modern Dem Man??" Come on. The answer is OBVIOUSLY (and has been, and will be) "both," "all," "whichever". What part of "gigantic diverse coalition of half the electorate" is confusing to people?