The US Civil war was heavily photographed, which hit the home front, and devastated everyone. One thing that hit me really hard, was the fact that slavery was so recent, there is photographic evidence.

As we've been watching Ken Burns' Civil War, one thing that struck me was a portrait photo of Jefferson Davis and his 2nd wife, Varina Davis. She is such a trophy wife. She came from two wealthy southern families and was a total trophy wife. She eventually became a writer.

Got up to water the plants this morning, and decided to pick a few marigolds.

fucking frozen pizza ass lookin moon. making me wanna eat it. jerk.

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A lot of people don’t realize the dust bowl wasn’t a natural phenomenon. It happened when agrobusiness interests dramatically transformed the plains without regard for drought, and created vicious dust storms that choked whole families to death. That’s what I think of when I read about data centers.

I'm going to a bbq today, and decided to make this salad. Using the tomato juices as the base for the dressing really amps up the flavors.

I would rather see Tom Cruise than a royal tbh

Some of you weren’t raised by PBS, and it shows.

I know I'm late to the party, but I'm finally watching Ken Burns' Civil War. I learned that "Battle Hymn of the Republic was written by an abolitionist women. It was partially inspired by John Brown. There's a specific line,"let us die to make men free ...his truth is marching on"

In 1979, Geraldine Chaplin (daughter of Charlie) recreates the Aphrodite figure from the #LudovisiThrone, wearing a diaphanous "Delphos" gown by the Venetian designer #Fortuny that had belonged to her mother, Oona O'Neill (daughter of Eugene). 🏺👗🎬🎭

In the Black community “The Rockford Files” was appreciated because they had Black characters with substance and depth, dismissing many of the TV police procedure stereotypes of the day. And Isaac Hayes, of course. #AT40

Join us next weekend to celebrate our newest local icon Jimothy as we present a proclamation in his honor to commemorate Jimothy Summer. We invite all local artists to bring their Jimothy-themed art for a friendly art competition. Long live, Jimothy!

Then we sauteed the shishito! They were delicious

Fresh picked Shishito peppers from the garden

The Taco Bell finger pointing is a psyop to redirect attention from the real culprit, the deregulation and lack of oversight in our food supply

A quick little PSA: Step 1) Go to your Bsky settings Step 2) Click to go to Accessibility Step 3) Click the "require alt text before posting" box Step 4) Optional, but "click the display larger alt text badges" box Step 5) Use it

ass out flower ate this is how i like pollinate

What I want vs what we got

A reminder that cities used to have terrible air quality like we have today on a regular basis and the current administration continues to actively dismantle the protections and regulations that cleaned that up.

Guess who drove in busy North Seattle traffic??? And I didn't cry!

First we went to therapy, and now on to driving lessons! Gonna cry,and learn to take left-hand turns!

By the way doing your lipstick on the bus is socially acceptable now, I’m not even the only femme with her kit out.

Coming home from a community meeting in N Aurora tonight my two-bus trip home took 77min. It’s a 14min drive. That’s the hidden time tax riders pay every day. I never take for granted how far we’ve come in delivering a fair transportation system in Seattle, and yet we have so much further to go.

“Canciones” is one of her best. But even after all the money Linda made for her label, they hated the idea of a Spanish-language album. “You owe me this,” she said. “Canciones” was for years “the biggest-selling non-English language album in US history, going double platinum and earning a Grammy” ✨

Happy Infowars Day everyone. Please watch this instead of the president.

Tonight's meal was so good, and so varied. I enjoyed every bite, and feel ruined.

The universe is smiling upon me today. A friend has a prepaid Omakase service they can't go to, bc it's passed the cancellation date. E and I get to go in her place tonight!

Here are the best 19m35s of my life. My interview with Sam Neill. youtu.be/ek25L_6Y6QI?...

"America saw what it wanted to see on the face of its newest icon. And everyone saw it wrong." www.notus.org/metro/viral-...

I'm pretry sure NO restaurants will be mad about my advice but I have now lived in 10 VERY different cities/neighborhoods & one thing to NEVER DO is ORDER WONDER. NOT EVER. And do NOT use GRUBHUB or whatever app to order from local restaurants. DO NOT DO IT! Do some research & ORDER DIRECTLY! DO IT!

It's not helpful when people tell me learning to drive in Seattle is the hardest driving city. All it does is make me anxious all over again...

In 2021, I watched 43 Sam Neill movies and rated them. I kept it in a Twitter thread. Now it's on @popheist.com If I'm done writing about Sam, now I have to sit and think about what's happened. Ugh. popheist.com/best-sam-nei...

Something that sounds so old timey now is that when I was a young kid, every afternoon one of the local channels would have a small town pretty girl pull the lottery numbers for the day. A mediocre white guy would announce them, and that was that. On to MASH reruns.

Michael Fanone's take on Lindsey Graham is one of the most powerful I've read:

I spend a full day's worth of work on every article I do because of research and writing AND GRAPHICS and I'm losing my mind while also being absolutely, literally, broke so any subscriptions I can get from being radically honest would be great popheist.com/products popheist.com/x-men-97-202...

Capricorn: Everyone is impressed by your ability to carry an unreasonable emotional and professional burden without crying in the break room. Have a lukewarm tap water to celebrate.

I think free climbers are freaks. And i will never understand them

We really are at that part of Mariners July where they're losing every damn game

There is a very hot barista that works one of my favorite spots. He appeared at my ballet class, and it turns out he's hot and a really good dancer 😭

This makes sense to me. Pioneer Square is back to being a serious contender for Seattle’s primary literary arts district. A big, sprawling bookish street fair would be a fun time!

I wanna eat this so bad! 😭

If I were empress I would simply cancel the recession and provide venues with live entertainment money.

Also, I’m just gonna say it, Platner’s mustache probably got food caught in it all the time.

i dreamed you couldn’t post memes unless they had a wizard in them so i took a short break from work to doodle the one i kept posting on here in the dream

All the looks featured in #robertwun's Fall 2026 couture show.

i like discourse where one guy says something awful and we all mock him, not the discourse that requires talmudic levels study and a conspiracist’s wall chart full of characters

We are officially 1/4 of the way to where we need to be. Paying through venmo, paypal or square are preferred, as they get to us instantly and we can minimize our late fees significantly. Other methods take a few days to deposit. We may not have fancy investors or grants, but we have communitea!

To improve accessibility on streets and sidewalks, SDOT is updating our Americans with Disabilities Act Transition Plan. Please take our survey, whether you are a person with a disability, a family member, a caregiver, an advocate, or you want a more inclusive city: www.seattle.gov/transportati...