this halloween in the midst of an unrelenting torrent of bad news here in the u.s. we've had a small bright spot in our building. one of our neighbors is in the first grade & has really embraced the holiday. he waylaid my partner in the lobby a week ago to catch him up on the countdown of days

hmmm maybe @golikehellmachine.com might boost this? hi @golikehellmachine.com ! presto is an alternative streaming service for those who listen to classical & jazz, they pay per second listened. there's a link below to an article, from them, discussing the difference this can make.

& we aren't (yet! i live in hope!) charging them by weight for the excess wear on our streets.

before my sardinia trip in september i had a gel manicure & damn if that auto paint esque shit did not hold up astoundingly well to 7! straight days of 1) long swim early in the morning, & 2) every additional swim i could finagle among strolls, figs, gelato & insanely good seafood.

finder of fact finding his whole voice here.

@cwarzel.bsky.social @adamserwer.bsky.social as writers who publish in the atlantic, i urge you to use your access to amplify @kathleenbelew.bsky.social 's scholarship, which i frankly wish was less relevant to the moment.

I encourage all the media outlets who are about to send people to ”war ravaged” Portland to think twice. Some of the strongest extremism reporters in the country live in this region; journalists who understand the culture of the Northwest and the history of activism here. Do it right this time okay?

You can blather all you want about right of way, but our infrastructure gives right of way to cars by default. They might be legally wrong when they kill me, but it doesn’t make me less dead.

Caught 2 people breaking 5/7 of your rules! -not looking left or right -not visible in those dark clothes -distracted by eating -not wearing helmets -put themselves in danger even with the right of way

Italy has moved me to tears for 3 days straight. Bravo ❤️

i didn't lend it, but my anton karas lp was not in its sleeve the morning after my pre-move-to-paris swan song party 😢😢😢

one of the lasting joys of my recent trip to italy was discovering & following the soc media account of a roman yarn store, cafilan. in the end i didn't trek out to visit in person but it never fails to delight when their endless parade of glittery, fluffy, blingy yarns pops up in a feed.

could we get the list of those who've told chotiner "thanks, but no thanks"? feel like it would be useful as an aide to talent spotting.

Contrast with: 10 years for buying baking supplies atlantablackstar.com/2025/09/19/m...

i have such simple, achievable, sensible, boring desires that yet appear utterly out of reach in my lifetime in this absurd country. like why is it crazy utopian to want to board an actually *slow* train at 9 p.m. in sf, tuck myself into a sleeper berth, & wake up in union station l.a. at 7 a.m.???

hi @marisakabas.bsky.social excellent follow up question below 👇

California needs to compete in Eurovision.

I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/

eternally grateful that my 84 yr old dad sends cc his children on emails to the local pu radio station re the credulousness of the morning/interview call in show hosts towards rightwing bs. 💓💓💓 know so many who've lost parents to the rightwing/conspiracist swamp

@walterscheidel.bsky.social 's escape from rome is an extremely interesting though (in this moment) nerve-wracking read, found this particularly alarming 👇

It would be inaccurate to say that at least one person is dead because the secretary of health and human services is a conspiracist creep. Partly because 80 Samoan children are also dead because of that fact

One of the more under appreciated events that made possible the explosion in small-scale touring radical fringe theatre of the late sixties and seventies was the invention of the Ford Transit in 1965. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

this is a very short & extremely important thread, please read 👇

something incredible happened earlier today, a lifetime achievement i never even thought was in my most ambitious grasp - i stumped the staff at britex. britexfabrics.com i've decided to handsew buttonholes on my latest handknit bc it turned out lovely & i look forward to wearing it for years,

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Due to mass confusion, clarifying again: Tsunami Watch: Tsunami of indeterminate magnitude is possible; stand by. Tsunami Advisory: Tsunami is likely *but will probably be small.* Evacuations unlikely. Tsunami Warning: Tsunami is likely *and may be large.* Evacuations needed.

For William Powell's birthday, I wrote a short piece about how he had chemistry with everyone, including inanimate objects. I think this came from being aware of his surroundings and also *interested* in whatever was around him. He was ALERT. More: www.sheilaomalley.com?p=196579

if they don't win an international design award for this, there is no justice in the world.

let's say the epstein situation unrolls to irretrievably expose bill clinton & other elite democrats as guilty-complicit. i think there is a good probability this is correct. & as a lifelong lefty- reliable dem voter bc no other practical option, i say with all my heart, body & soul - BRING IT ON.

@moiradonegan.bsky.social @adriandaub.bsky.social you gus should have @philipncohen.com on in bed with the right, would be super enlightening.

Europe. This isn’t an American problem. It’s a climate problem and a CAR problem. It’s an attention problem. It’s an exhaustion problem, because even with parental leave, being a parent is exhausting. Drive in your sock feet. Put your shoes in the backseat with the baby. It really works.

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let's say the epstein situation unrolls to irretrievably expose bill clinton & other elite democrats as guilty-complicit. i think there is a good probability this is correct. & as a lifelong lefty- reliable dem voter bc no other practical option, i say with all my heart, body & soul - BRING IT ON.

think there may be some flaws in the plan to repurpose Alcatraz as a prison. nb - not my swim! i'm a piddling swimmer at the best of times & currently going through an extended malaise preventing dips even in the cove.

think there may be some flaws in the plan to repurpose Alcatraz as a prison. nb - not my swim! i'm a piddling swimmer at the best of times & currently going through an extended malaise preventing dips even in the cove.

i highly recommend godchildren. our goddaughter* is spending a solid 6 weeks with us this summer & it is delightful. * chosen family style, not a formal ecclesiastical situation & god knows her parents weren't involved, but best describes the relationship.

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re choking - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... training lots of men that this is normal, acceptable sex they have a right to, assume consent to, and/or feel aggrieved if consent refused is one way to shore up the ole patriarchy & it's an open & terrifying ? which way causation runs.

nor cal psa - this is an outstanding year for stone fruits. regina peaches from the market this week are amazing. going to make peach ice cream next week!

@agordonreed.bsky.social we watched a circa 2000 bbc film on brendel last night, man & mask, it was wonderful. highly recommend! so many wonderful moments, with mathais goerne rehearsing winterreise, playing with his son & other young musicians, rattle & a vintage sausage fest vienna phil 🙄,

a knitterly lesson for political & community building action: very small individual actions when repeated & combined not only have the potential to result in large, important end results, they are actually the only way to get to the finished object.

this album is a real treasure, i very highly recommend it. just one excellent song after another, gorgeously played by kashkasian on the viola.

further to blenheim apricots - my partner gave a jar of jam to the downstairs neighbors. young t., age 6, on having some for the second time told his father "you should ask him for more." ☀️

a very important thread 👇 as @nuclearanthro.bsky.social says, there is no national security with trump in power.

I wish we could take a minute to celebrate that a Muslim and a Jew are running for mayor of this nation's biggest most Jewish city in a horrible time of war and division. And they endorsed each other! And neither are extremists. They want what most people want: peace and justice.

Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on. slate.com/technology/2...

sad that Juneteenth is becoming associated in my mind with surprisingly frequent opportunities to block racists on this platform, but hey - super happy to block hard & fast.

the destruction of chattel slavery is one of the great accomplishments in our nation's history and the reason conservatives hate celebrating it is because doing so legitimizes the black counter-narrative of the united states

do yourself a huge favor today - listen to brendel's impromptus. www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/catalogue...

A “shift” never happened. A chaotic raid at a worksite and a warrantless sweep in our communities have the same outcome. Bullshit rhetoric aside, they’re hunting us down while we’re trying to feed you. Who’s actually in charge?