“Poor people have a right to art!” They sure do. So get to it.

My book about how Americans have remembered, forgotten, and manipulated the history of George Washington and slavery over the past 250 years comes out in April. And Titus Kaphar’s art makes it the one of the coolest covers you’ll see next year. uncpress.org/978146969352...

Hey, congratulations to all of Olivia Nuzzi’s horny media critic defenders. Heckuva job!

at this rate I think I'm just having turkey for dinner tomorrow

quick,

The Internet Archive just released tens of thousands of seed catalogs, spanning over two centuries! They are both lovely and interesting. Check them out! archive.org/details/usda... 🗃️ #c18th #c19th #c20th #illustration

Excuse me what the fuck is ELF flavor

imagine what we could be doing if the federal government wasn't actively trying to throttle the growth of this industry

when its definitely not a hostage situation

The new Ursula K. Le Guin exhibition at Oregon Contemporary is a sprawling love note to Portland's most far-out visionary. The exhibition compiles her hand-drawn maps, and features a reproduction of her NW Thurman writing room... plus doodles of cats!!

bring back excommunications

This was happening under Obama the Deporter-in-Chief. And because we didn't stop it then, the problem has gotten worse

Here's a DM saying my account was somehow locked. I was like, "ha, nice one," and promptly reported it. But be careful folks. There are scoundrels here too.

No. The Thing is a movie about a bunch of people who all distrust and hate each other trapped in one building as the tension between them slowly builds until it reaches a breaking point. It's a Thanksgiving movie.

Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”

My friends, I present to you, my boy Nemo.

There’s at least one GOP super PAC pushing last-minute phone banking efforts for the past couple weeks, TN Republicans are frantic behind the scenes about losing a seat they won by 20+ last cycle Special elections are legendarily squirrelly but whatever happens next, that’s NOT nothing

Every day, a new reason to put in the field for why you're cancelling your crunchyroll subscription.

"celebrating" thanksgiving outside the ice facility is so tacky and disrespectful. Please reconsider guys.

Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷

Sometimes you get high and start waxing idiotic about how The Simpsons is about the journey from Judaism ("Abraham" Simpson) to Hellenism ("Homer" Simpson) and then finally to Christianity ("Bartholomew" Simpson) and then someone tells you to shut the fuck up, and they’re right to do so.

We would never refer to anyone as a “treatlerite” in Ghana, as we find that phrase to be in poor taste. We instead use the more colloquial “Eaty Amin.”

iwona b horyn, too, but you don’t see me decomposing about it

I have a root canal scheduled for tomorrow that I desperately need. There are a lot of people who are hurting right now and I can push it back if need be but if I can get a little bit of traction on this today I might be able to get it taken care of. Please post 🖤 and thank you loves

Seattle and Portland area folks: These two sweeties need a new foster home by December 12th. One boy, one girl, both fixed. They’ll come with food, toys, and litter (also a cat playpen if you want it). Would really appreciate any shares to cast a wider net.

The CDC has turned off its vaccine search tool. The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code. They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.

"[T]he [claim file] records ... can be revelatory. Some told us they received case notes exposing how they had been funneled into programs the health insurance company deployed to cut costs. A few obtained audio recordings of phone calls showing company staff introducing errors into their cases."

We've been busting the myth of Thanksgiving every year since 1970. #NationalDayOfMourning

guys, the Fullcast's resident ER doc kindly requests you use the goddamn hand guard

@ingridblythe.bsky.social have you said "hey lotus" in a really bad peter griffin voice yet

lol sign worked

if anyone wants to put me out of my misery, that'd be great

Everyone knows data centers use a ton of water. What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains. And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.

At $93 of $1175 for rent (need $1082)! Thank you to everyone who's shared or been able to donate so far!

I can't wait to see all of my mutuals that play Fortnite regularly to not touch the game for the entirety of the season in solidarity of all of their trans homies! It's so nice knowing so many people that aren't just allies when it's convenient for them! 🙂💖 Hint. Fucking. Hint.

Buses have been free in Tucson for years now. City check: still standing.

Ok palate cleanse time. In case you missed it, here's my most popular post ever

Today I learned that stalking a 17 year old girl, writing up a 400 page 'dossier' about her, falsely reporting her to the police and smashing her phone does not constitute 'harassment'. One wonders what *would*.

“The state and the different settler factions may quarrel over timing, optics, and methodology, but they agree on the destination.”

great, they’re already breaking the first rule

I can't fucking believe they still call it "Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor"

"Hey do you want to go to MILF later?"

sour apple blowpops are pretty fucking terrible. they're not even a little bit sour.

To recap: •Universal healthcare would save 68,000 lives & $450B annually •Every $1 spent on SNAP results in $1.80 boost to local economies & small businesses •The child tax credit decreased child poverty to a historic low of 5.2%, abolishing it increased it by 45% 1/2

What you need to know about the first bird flu death in humans since January and the virus subtype behind it: 🧪 🛟 www.scientificamerican.com/article/firs...

Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old

Between Thursday and next Monday, join us in hitting pause on buying from corporations that enable Trump’s fascist agenda: weaintbuyingit.com/?utm_source=bluesky

Moments ago: tenants of the South Shore apartment building that federal immigration agents raided at the end of September held a presser to announce they're forming a tenants union. They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration. More updates TK.

Art Briles has been hired as the head football coach at a D2 school and so is back in the news. If you want to understand why this hire is upsetting for many, here's the long piece @dansolomon.com and I wrote back in 2019 about How Baylor Happened: web.archive.org/web/20190208...

it's kinda silly but I'm actually really excited about my $4.25 😭