History is our record of what happened in the past and how we interpret it. Erasing Black people or any group from history is evil.

"...whether he had traveled to New York and his awareness of NYC Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social before leaving." Umm, what the ever-living fuck? How is this in any way relevant to their "job" (such as it is)?

I still remember my anthropology professor’s favorite joke from college: “What did Watson and Crick discover?” “Rosalind Franklin’s notes.”

Planted 4 varieties of radish (in little seedling/germinating trays), some spinach, arugula, and lacinato kale. Also started pruning the pomegranate as I removed the some of the last of its fruit. Wondering whether to finally give up on the sad root-bound little ficus we inherited with the house.

So we're doing phrenology again, I see. The adage that every AI "innovation" is a grift continues to be true.

Conservative feminism is a contradiction in terms, there will be no further discussion

Godzilla has appeared in 47 movies, yet his acting has never improved.

He caught us hurrying through the chill green shadows like adulterers. The river was opening and closing its stone lips. The river was pressing Seurat to its lips. - Anne Carson, "On Chromoluminism"

Last month the superb Sphinx Virtuosi opened their concert with a lush arrangement for 18 strings of "La Bella Cubana" by José White Lafitte (1836-1918). Later found this nostalgia-tinged version by El Trio Cubano, recorded (unbelievably) over 100 years ago

This may interest some of you: The first space opera by a Black Author, John P. Moore's THE MARTIAN TRILOGY, is now available, thanks to the work of Dr. Lisa P. Yaszek and others. Originally published in THE ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION in 1930. www.amazon.com/Martian-Tril...

Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.

A democratic sweep was the perfect way to honor Dick Cheney's death. Well done, everyone. See you tomorrow.

Just unfollowed someone who gave Jame's 'Turn of the Screw' one star on Good Reads. This isn't someone I've followed long and, although, they're an author, they're not someone I've read or am likely to read so sheer tone-deaf ignorance is enough to get me to say "au revoir" and move on.

The president of the United States thinks asylum-seekers come from mental asylums. He says it in almost every interview where the topic of migration comes up. How is this not 25th Amendment territory? How is he not an embarrassment to this entire country?

It is very clear the gutting of Teen Vogue is about silencing their excellent political coverage. Corporations want you uninformed and shut off from meaningful journalism. And they’re staggeringly successful at it so far.

it’s weird to see people be like “poor Usha” as if she is a guiltless victim with no agency, like she is a grown ass woman who chose and continues to choose to be with a horrible man idk why we always need to infantilize the grown ass women married to horrible men

It's Halloween, Flanders' witches are joyously cackling while dancing to strange, wild music in the woods. Our project has just reached 80% funding! Thank you so much! 🖤🌙🖤 kck.st/492NqKt

Exclusive: Zeteo’s Prem Thakker goes on the campaign trail with Zohran Mamdani on this final weekend, to talk Islamophobia, New York’s pigeons, Halloween costumes, whether he has any regrets, and more. Watch/share/subscribe: zeteo.com/subscribe

My favourite minor historical coincidence is that the solicitor in the defence of Chatterley was the son of the solicitor who acted in defence of The Well Of Loneliness

When you see Mamdani looking all normal doing normal person things—petting bodega cats, riding public transport—you realize just how bizarre and estranged our average candidate for public office is. Rich martians in flesh suits

Something rather unusual for All Souls Day: Richard Strauss conducting a performance of his lovely Allerseelen (featuring soprano Annette Brun) in a 1947 radio broadcast from Lugano, Switzerland. youtu.be/pnvFviwENR8?...

The skull of Saint Mary Magdalen at Saint-Maximin Basilica in the Provence Verte region of France. #AllSaintsDay

If your book or show about LA doesn’t have quinceañeras, smog alerts, deep hatred for the 405, people speaking Armenian, Farsi, and Korean, gangsta rap nostalgia, blue-collar entertainment workers, getting so used to brushfires you don’t even call your parents about them, just text… it’s not my LA.

So, um, I'm not a sportsball kind of gal BUT...I have a lot of friends in/from Los Angeles, most of whom can trace their family history there back to the Spanish and Mexican eras, and they are thrilled by this World Series outcome and I am very very happy for them.

What the hell is going on with Bluesky admin and moderation?!? I'm seeing bizarre labeling and hiding of the most anodyne posts as well as people not able to see their mutuals' replies. This is not OK. This does not make anyone "safer". It's enraging and it needs to stop NOW.

I'm not a Nobel winning economist, but it seems to me the world's largest retailer and the worlds largest delivery services laying off hundreds of thousands right before the busiest retail and delivery season of the year is perhaps not an optimistic indicator of Trump's promised "Golden Age"

I admit to being a 1-person PR spox for #JayWright but I'm glad to see his *Transfigurations* (aka Collected Poems Pt 1) is finally out now in the UK. Though he's 1 of the greatest living poets in the English language/greatest living Black poets this didn't happen until he'd reached 91 years of age!

The women married to fascists are usually also fascists. They weren't "tricked" into being with these people. They chose them.

ICE Agent, 7-Year-Old Both Wearing Same ‘Military Commando’ Halloween Costume

I have never wanted to have children of my own and honestly don't think I would have been an especially good or even "good enough" parent, but, as I age, I do love being around children and seeing their joy and wonderment at anything new. Halloween is so fun because of them.

Happy Halloween

The ruling class has had 20 years to come up with something better than “buy less avocado toast” to explain why you can’t afford a house. And they’ve opted to just play the old hits.

The Uninvited Guest, Adolph Menzel, 1844. #31DaysOfHalloween

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1833-1965. 🦇 #Gothtober #31daysofhalloween

Narcissus receiving the revelation of his identity. “Then Narcissus no longer says: I love myself as I am; he says: I am the way I love myself.”

Reading my last unread volume of stories by Sarban, 'The Sacrifice' (Tartarus Press edition). I've held on to this for a while because I hated the thought that there was no more new strangeness from this oddest of authors once I read this. On the final story now and feeling rather sad.

Please understand that people will not be "going without SNAP/EBT/food stamps" - people will be going without FOOD. Actually and literally.

Even winning this year’s Halloween costume prize couldn’t ease Carol’s existential ennui. “Another October, another ghost, another shiny prize. Maybe a pig’s ear would cheer me. Ah nuts, who am I kidding.”

Friends down the street host our popular local Little Free Library and I wonder if I should talk to them about temporarily changing it to a food pantry.

As a follow up to my Khrikuli Liszt sonata post, can I interest you in Marie Jaëll's 18 Pièces pour le piano d'après la lecture de Dante? This is an extraordinary cycle. It reminds me of late Liszt and Debussy at his thorniest but it is distinctive and not quite like anything else I've heard.

So, um, yeah... Remember how I just said I really wanted to hear David Khrikuli play Liszt. Well, here you go! From March 2023. It's fabulous, as expected. Someone give this man a recording contract ASAP. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqjJ...

Caroline Pritchard, Joanna Ho & Dan Santat created the book THE DAY THE STORIES DISAPPEARED. It emphasizes no one is invisible in stories. Books make all our voices worthy ✨ YOUR voice deserves to be told. You belong in books, belong in Libraries, belong in the world… you belong everywhere 💚

If you and your children are not ready for a particular book, that is okay. It is not okay to limit the access to books, stories, and experiences for other families. Every book is not for everyone, but every book is for someone. bookriot.com/the-day-the-books-disappeared-school-visit-cancelation/

@zohrankmamdani is a deeply thoughtful human being and we think he would make the best NYC mayor imaginable. We feel this as New Yorkers, as Jews and as human beings who are desperate for kindness, compassion and empathy to be represented in our politics. GET OUT THE VOTE here bit.ly/4nxYXFp

Just read an article about removing Nazi tattoos. One of the tattoo removal artists is fine just removing the face tattoos and leaving the body tats like swastikas for white supremacists because she doesn't want to be "invasive" and I am just...No words but fuck you, I guess.

Listening to David Khrikuli's second round performance at the 2025 Chopin Competition, and while I think the whole "scandal" surrounding this year's results is mostly hopped up slow news day yellow journalistic nonsense, I do feel he should have medaled. (1/?) www.youtube.com/watch?v=02zt...

I like how Zohran Mamdani scandals are like "He called his old cousin his aunt one time" and Andrew Cuomo scandals are like "He sexually assaulted 13 women."

Mourn Lia Smith. Remember her. Remember that trans rights are human rights.

Did you know that over 1.3M active duty service members and veterans rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families? Now you know.