Terrific edition. I’ve already read it in my mail browser, because I’m a supporter. But I’d like you to see it, too.

I've posted about glass flowers before, but never had an article so rife with pictures and details on the history. Well worth a gander with your cuppa.

"Oxford commas are a sign you write with ai" I will find such a unique way to rip out your spine that they'll make a movie about it

The name of the firm that “designed” this fascist dancehall is McCrery Architects, Washington DC. Hitler had his Albert Speer, and apparently the pedo-prez has his James McCrery. Well done sir. You’ll forever be remembered as architect to the pedo-fascist regime which destroyed the White House

The choice cannot be between "win every election from here until forever" or maga fascism. Liberalism will need to fight for structural permanence just as aggressively as fascism does.

We've reached that point in the week where we would all benefit by seeing pictures of baby bats eating bananas.

Int’l Court of Justice Finds Israelis Broke Law by Starving Palestinians of Gaza

The spectacularly odd defenses of Platner are reminding me that it's a really good thing to let things sit a day before commenting on them. There's no shame in having liked him and changing your mind given new information.

Adding this to all my work and personal email signatures.

Israel’s Latest Strikes on Gaza expose the fragile illusion of Peace

THIS was when I knew. In 1979, he sent people to tear them down at night after he'd been told, and agreed to, preserve them.

Bless this lady.

In case you have friends who wonder if Donald Trump thinks of himself as a king, or what he thinks of millions of people peacefully exercising their First Amendment right. He *hates* over half of this country. Hates them. Hates us. And he's deranged.

Whoaser.

There's plenty of places to go for updates, and people here who will make sure you're up-to-date. The only reason to give these trying-to-troll you sites oxygen is ego. Don't fall for it. Make Bluesky Better For All.

Head to a protest today. I can almost promise you will feel less hopeless. That's exactly what they don't want. There are more of us than there are of them.

Really looking forward to this. Catch the 1st Season, if you haven't. Quality.

How to Dismantle a Dictatorship, Step 4: Block validation. Report, block, and add the Trump White House and other regime accounts to blocklists. Do not engage. #3E #BlueSky 👇❌🚫 @whitehouse-47.bsky.social @homelandgov.bsky.social

Thread.

Remember.

Not that interested in "ranking" lists bt it *is* at least IMDB users. Glad to see the most-politically-misunderstood " #horror " movie, THE HUNT made top 20, weird to me that THEY/THEM landed so far down; tonally uneven, bt still brave (says guy w/two at-risk kids) 99? Nice work #filmmaking #horror

Hey MAGA/GOP Instead of calling us names, threatening & trying to scare us? Why don’t you hold 2500 Pro- Trump rallies tomorrow? You can call it them #WeProtectPedophiles Oh, that’s but right bots, trolls aren’t real & Republicans & MAGA are all bullies but cowards

Beauty. Why is it the Women Of Color doing most of the speaking up? And these masked Whyte boys who are the biggest cowards.

Happy 27th #Anniversary to my gorgeous sweetie @sopranospinner.bsky.social. Met 34 years ago when she was 28 & I was 37 performing leads in Lully's Amadis & spent the next couple of years in NYC leading roles together more often than we worked apart. Never had a better partner onstage or off. ALT

The circadian rhythm of the Queen Of The Night got borked by the heavy rains all day yesterday. It’s 11AM & normally these wd all have closed again by the time the Sun came up. Smells heavenly. I’m assuming this is the last time @soprannome99.bsky.social & I will ever see these in daylight. #garden

The future of The Republican Party, just following Trump's lead. Worse the longer you read.

Beautiful work, and they use ALT. Following. (my Feed is prettier than yers)

LOUDER FOR THE CHEAP SEATS!

#Robot deliveries valiantly negotiating the cold wet streets of L.A. Me too, little guys; me too.

Cool #fungus on my morning walk. Laetiporus species, possibly L. gilbertsonii. Sources are saying fecking edible, if well cooked.

Wait I made the meme

Some great October postings, here:

Next time one of your "friends" mentions those FBI Agents in the crowd, you can console them with the fact that Trump also forgot that he was President on Jan. 6th. 2021. But maybe they should see a doctor, just in case.

Tony also thinks you should stop doomscrolling.

Fun and informative; goes 13 deep.

TRON [1982] Not only the visual and SFX were way ahead of its time, but legends of art & illustration worked on it. Here some concept art from Syd Mead and Moebius and some behind the scene photos of Jeff Bridges & Cindy Morgan in costume.

Photographer: Ralph Eugene Meatyard (American, 1925–1972) “Sitting boy with mask and masked hands”. 1960. #Halloween #Mask

Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.

Breaking: Nobel Prize Total Landscaping awards President Donald Trump the Nobel Peace Prize.

“It’s the lovechild foretold in South Park.” (“If this was behind Biden *once* MAGA would’ve been holding prayer circles daily outside the White House”) lol

If you want some great Hallowe'enish images in yr Feed for October, go follow this gent. And his ALT game is sublime.

ICE now very literally at war with Presbyterians

It’s gone so quickly from ‘boat people’ to all immigrants. So quickly from ‘I don’t mind if they come here legally and pay taxes’ to ‘actually it’s anyone foreign’. We are living in the ‘first they came for’ poem. All to give the population a scapegoat so the super rich can hoard yet more wealth.

Two years after Hamas attack, Israel's economy weakened by its international isolation flip.it/kaveTE

Bulfinch’s The Age of Fable was once the Victorian handbook of myth. Schoolchildren and scholars alike met Theseus, Cupid, and Odin in its pages, bridging classical lore and English letters. #MythologyMonday