I would not have known that my books are in the database if I hadn't seen this post. If you're a writer check yours!

'Follow the money.'

So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism. Got it.

All aboard the Kafka Subway! I’ve had dreams like this. Sculptor Michel de Broin took doors from MR-63 métro cars and turned them into this interactive installation at Arsenal Contemporary gallery in #Montréal. Très Inception! www.arsenalcontemporary.com

Larry Summers is still on multiple prestigious boards, a fellow at think tanks, etc. @americanprogress.bsky.social you going to do anything about this?

NYT: “Epstein emails a distraction from the Republican shutdown victory” WSJ: “We estimate the Epstein files to be 67% Trump by weight”

Travel right Day or Night

NEW: DHS launched a $200mln+ ad campaign, featuring, Kristi Noem, aimed at stemming illegal immigration. We found the firm secretly hired for the work has ties to Noem. @justinelliott.bsky.social, @josh-kaplan.bsky.social & @amierjeski.bsky.social: www.propublica.org/article/kris...

Most architects have designed their first museum project in architecture school. Therefore, most architects have the capacity and knowledge of museum design despite the rarity of commissions. Institutions should know this or be ill advised. #architecture #museums

Might you have missed some of the depth of Tuesday's results, beyond the big headline races? I'd been watching roughly 200 races heading into Election Day, so here's a thread of some of what you don't want to skip over! 🧵

This right here.

RIP to the busiest air travel days of the year.

Remember how much effort Republicans put into trashing @petebuttigieg.bsky.social who did amazing job as Transportation Secretary. Trump & Musk & Duffy have destroyed extremely stable & necessary government services so quickly & thoroughly, their attempt to deflect blame are absurd (and won't work)

I’m still shocked that stories like this which come out daily still get largely ignored. The most corrupt person to ever hold any public office in US history. I will keep posting them every day and try to amplify them, even when most media doesn’t care. www.wsj.com/finance/curr...

critiquing capitalism from the inside, since 1973; a speedrun through Gerhard Richter's 50+ year history of making Lobby Art greg.org/archive/2025...

Profiles in umbradge

you've got to click around on this map, and the graphics here ... it's astounding. @haidee.bsky.social did such a great job with this:

Chair for The Dutch Kitchen. Charles Rennie Mackintosh. 1906. Image: Bonhams.

Les jeux sont faits #NYC #NYCvotes

No weapons of mass destruction were found.

Daylight Donuts Nowata, OK

“every time theres a republican president the economy collapses” feels like pretty easy messaging on the economy

The GOP: TheDo-Nothing, Know-Nothing, party

Dodgers Fans In Echo Park Celebrate Another World Series Victory @shoton35mm.bsky.social

Current* conditions near Port Washington, WI:

But that bathtub would have comfortably fit one and a half William Howard Tafts.

All Hallows' Day

A Kimono decorated with skeletons, from Japan, 1840-1860 CE, now housed at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London

New York City #Halloween

'Interior Decorator in Chief'

Taking the poor hostage because you want to destroy their safety net forever and blaming on the people who want to fix the problems is, well, perhaps the greatest GOP gaslighting of all time.

Good morning! Last night, Illinois’ legislature passed a law, SB2111, which will fund a major expansion of service for the Chicago region’s transit systems, thanks to new revenue sources. The law also takes a major step forward in coordination between agencies.

“Nord Express” by Adolphe Mouron Cassandre (1927), seen today in the Gatsby at 100 exhibit at Mia, the Minneapolis Institute of Art.

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

A soft rain in NYC rn #itslashingout

The History Behind The Lion Sculptures At The Boston Public Library www.wbur.org/news/2016/09... #Boston #BostonHistory

Current* conditions near Grand Haven, MI:

Smith deliberately shopping for a *less* favorable venue is an unforgivable mistake that typifies everything wrong with Garland’s DOJ (which ultimately hangs on Biden)

Kakistocracy

Scoop - Trump has fired all the sitting members on the Commission on Fine Arts, an independent agency expected to review his construction projects.

This needs to be shared! Way to go, Malaysia! 👊

Prada Marfa, only real and better.

The Do Nothing, Know-Nothing Party #GOP

She was elected to the House a month ago. But Mike Johnson has refused to swear her in, knowing it would narrow his small majority and provide the final signature needed to force a vote on an Epstein papers resolution. Now she's suing. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/u...

Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY. There was also a 71% drop in air pollution. Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople

ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase. The President is building an army to attack his own country.