On why we shouldn't move on too quickly from Trump's effort to imprison six members of Congress for making a video... my new column: www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...

Annunciation page spread, with a prophet, many birds, and a dog (of course). From the Hours of Mary of Burgundy. Today is her birthday.

I promise not to Tabula Rasa you 💖 #BTVS

You are so boring. Be my Valentine. #Hollanov

It took a few hours but I have jettisoned Amazon Prime, the Prime Visa card, & my subscribe+saves. I'd been bargaining with myself about this for a while but finally decided the convenience wasn't worth giving Bezos my $$$. Oooof. There are too many things to boycott, but this is a big one.

snip of a potential pollen comic #spirk

The Pride flag at the Stonewall Monument is re-raised! New Yorkers won’t let Donald Trump erase LGBTQ+ history, or trample the rights of our LGBTQ+ neighbors.

That is one zen bodega cat right there.

I find it bleak how many people seem to have given up on having any kind of intellectual life. Depression is rampant because we’ve abandoned books & hobbies in favor of joyless amusements. The single most attractive thing a person can do is read often & delight in learning.

It took a few hours but I have jettisoned Amazon Prime, the Prime Visa card, & my subscribe+saves. I'd been bargaining with myself about this for a while but finally decided the convenience wasn't worth giving Bezos my $$$. Oooof. There are too many things to boycott, but this is a big one.

so given who Tom Homan is and who he works for, a good rule of thumb would be to not believe a word he says

Another view of the Chelsea Neighbor’s demo at Target against their cooperation with ICE & dumping of DEI. #protest #newyorkcity

Her being a piece of shit is mutually exclusive of any menopause stage she may be in, and this is misogynistic as fuck

Now demonstrating. Chelsea NYC # boycotttarget. #iceout

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Harold and Maude. I was 10

Now demonstrating. Chelsea NYC # boycotttarget. #iceout

NJ Gov. Sherrill issues order restricting ICE activities on state property https://gothamist.com/news/nj-gov-sherrill-issues-order-restricting-ice-activities-on-state-property

Imagining the Normans in Sicily writing to their cousins, some time in the late eleventh century: "Dude! This island _we_ conquered is SO COOL! The food! The climate! The fashion! The chicks! Did I mention the food? But hey dude, I'm sure England is OK too."

Damn, @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social's got hands today.

Say hi to Dad, Bud

#StarTrek #bi #Spirk

Things in life are just not going well; I’m exhausted and depressed as shit. Send sunflowers, roses and chocolate chip cookies… or Biscoff Nothing Bundt Cake.

The New York City Council has formally urged the National Park Service to reinstate the Pride flag at the Stonewall National Monument, after it was removed earlier this week. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani condemned the removal in a statement. 📷 Getty

This is Flambo. He's using his talking dog buttons to accuse his small foster brother of being a cat. Nothing can convince him otherwise. 13/10 for both (IG: flambothedog)

Carnival, 1936 by Niklaus Stoecklin

Nighttime Haunting, 1958 by Niklaus Stoecklin

Italian landscape, San Gimignano, 1921 by Niklaus Stoecklin

Rue Beaubourg, Paris, 1927 / Rue Beaubourg, Paris, 1929 by Niklaus Stoecklin

Evening in front of my garden, 1930 by Niklaus Stoecklin

Some timeline cleanser for you. 🐱

ICYMI yesterday, had me head completely bent by this pic of Keshed in - get this - Manhattan. There's a pic somewhere of Ghost Signs being waved by a striking rail worker on a picket line I'll always treasure. This is different in so many ways, but fuck's sake, I'll love it forever just the same.

Latin bands ruled NYC nightlife in the 40s and 50s.

Today I went to Brooklyn Heights to get my library card renewed, visited a newish used record nearby whose owner's girlfriend turns out lives in my complex, & attended a knitting social at my local library branch that was just me, the facilitator, & one other person. We had a nice conversaton.

🎉🎉🎉 Woohoo! We've had a pair of Long-eared Owls take up residence in Central Park! Welcome to the big city! 🦉🦉🦉 #Owls #CentralPark #birding

When the revolution comes, I’m fighting on the side of We Rate Dogs.

Two mail carriers at the next table in this coffee shop and they are in LOVE. Holding hands, leaning in, contented smiles, basking in each other. Both in their mail carrier uniforms. It's so nice! This is part of why those of us who work from home grab the laptop and go get a coffee sometimes

Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."

McIVER: Do you consider yourself a religious man? LYONS: Yes mam McIVER: How do you think judgment day will work for you with so much blood on your hands? LYONS: I'm not going to entertain that question McIVER: Do you think you're going to hell, Mr Lyons?

Britains smallest Shetland Pony Lucky. Dennis Hutchinson, ca. 1980

No half hour is so sloooooow as when you arrive before the place opens and it’s cold.

morning

Good morning. We are open. Easing back in to it. Lots to catch up on. If we can’t chat for ages over the next few days apologies

The Beatles at the Capitol Theatre, 27th May 1963 #thebeatles #capitoltheatre #cardiff #wales #caerdydd #cymru #cardiffmusichistory

This seems accurate. As such, heading to Brooklyn Hgts shortly to get my library card renewed.

I hate to tell you this but the only way I've really found to do this is to be kind to myself. Extremely fucking annoying to find that, like, sleep, eating right, exercising, attending to sensory needs, giving myself sufficient mental downtime--actually fucking works. I hate it.

It's the William Gibson thing about the future being here, just unevenly distributed. The collapse is here, just unevenly distributed.

This is the story. Bringing him home didn’t solve all the problems, it just shifted to the ptsd he’ll have to live with as best he can. Make no mistake: he’s damaged for life and hundreds of other kids are still locked up and will go through the same thing if they’re ever freed.