Grief is that thing when you think you're okay, and then the theme of Skyrim comes up, and you're crying like a baby.

What better way to go through #Spooktober than dreaming of a new witchy book? I just backed "The Witch's Child and other Dark Tales from Old Flanders" on @kickstarter.com @signemaene.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/sig...

Reading people giving out 1-2 stars reviews to books because of a bad audio narration really gives me an itch to reconsider the whole "audiobooks are the same as books" stance. What. The. Fuck. Is like giving a book a bad review because you didn't like the font they used in printing. Fuck you.

I know, I know. We don't.

Still the only rendition of Galactus that actually works. #FantasticFour

I will never *not* dance by myself while walking alone at night if my random mix decides to play "Walking on Sunshine". Sue me. #SpnFamily

Recently, my book THEY CALLED US ENEMY was banned – again – in Tennessee. Book bans are out of control. Huge parts of American history are being restricted. To join me in standing up for the freedom to read, go to pen.org/action. @penamerica.bsky.social @topshelfcomix.bsky.social @idwpublishing.com

The full moon in paintings 🌕 ⋆⭒˚.⋆

Casa degli Atellani is closed. At 65 Corso Magenta lies a ghost of Milan’s layered history: gifted by Ludovico il Moro, reimagined by Piero Portaluppi, and sold with dreams of hotel luxury. Come and visit it with me, hoping its future won't be behind closed doors. www.shelidon.it/lets-visit-c...

I'm reading concerns on the introduction of AI in schools and you're right, I see you. Then again, we did better. Our new National guideline on how to teach history to students is colonialist, outdated and supremacist. Who needs AI to make mistakes when you have a far-right government?

Like the world needed to be any shittier at the moment 😔 RIP to Julian McMahon. A wonderful actor who I fell in love with way back on Charmed and Nip/Tuck 💔

This year at Milano Pride, I marched because activism is about making space, holding space, being the space so others can feel a little safer, a little stronger, a little more seen. I walked with my colours, instead the usual 🏳️‍🌈, to show I'm not just a one-day ally. I *am* queer. And I am here. 🩷💜💙✊️

Here is are some otters to help calm your nerves.

Oscar at the Crown. A futuristic, dystopian Mad Max biography of Oscar Wilde set in a nightclub. Every bit as bonkers as it sounds. The story lost me (more Real Housewives than Oscar at points, but that's for another day), the design, staging and the cast's enthusiasm made it absolutely worth it!

Pendant jewel in the form of a Nereid with child incorporating baroque pearl. Late 16th century, western European make. (British Museum)

You don't side with a bully, even if they hit someone you happen to dislike. They didn't ask you before they striked them, they won't ask you next time they strike. And, as far as you know, the next one might as well be you. That's what a bully does.

Friends don't ask stupid questions to friends who appear to be in trouble. Friends lead friends to the Bucklebury Ferry, no questions asked. #rewatchingLOTR

To give you an idea, today I discovered that I can't promote a post on Instagram (by clicking on the wrong button) because I never agreed to have my data used outside the basic functioning of the app. If I don't give them my data, they won't take my money. That's how much your data is ACTUALLY worth

Sort of for #BookWormSat but mainly for #caturday this gorgeous poster advertising holidays to #Egypt in the 1920s. #artdeco #posterart #illustration #cats #artsky #catsky

My blog will celebrate Pride Month with one post a day highlighting the presence and persistence of queer people from ancient times to the Renaissance. Let's debunk the myth that queerness is a modern phenomenon: we have always been here. And that’s where we’ll stay. www.shelidon.it/category/cal...

Darling, I don't care that he's not involved in the production. He gets money from it. I won't watch it.

Some guy on Twitter made a point of announcing that thousands upon thousands of men are descended from rapists, and we women "aren't going to like it when [they] stop asking nicely." Which, you know, surprise surprise brother, but you're also not going to like it when we stop refusing nicely.

Yes, my ADHD and I will always have something that's out of place. A label sticking out, a scarf weirdly wrapped, a loose button. Let's assume I appreciate your will to signal it (which I don't). What gives you the idea you can FUCKING TOUCH ME to FIX IT YOURSELF? It drives me ballistic, I swear.

✨New blog post: "The Architecture of Memory: Calvino, Borges, and the Digital Archive" What can imaginary libraries teach us about cloud storage? From The Name of the Rose to curated archives, this is a journey through digital design and the ethics of what we choose to keep. www.shelidon.it?p=19080

"I feel within me a peace above all earthly dignities, a still and quiet conscience." Henry VIII A3 S2 #ShakespeareSunday #DoctorWho

I'm on a rooftop bar with ambient music and almost every table has someone listening to their own shit without earphones and I think I'm going to kill someone.

Sleeping Beauty Illustration by Hans Arnold (1925-2010) #WyrdWednesday

Since it apparently needs to be said: As a Jew who works on a university campus, I am safest in a country that protects academic freedom and liberal values of due process of law. Anyone who supports extrajudicial detention of students for "wrong" ideological opinions is not doing it for my safety.

25 March is #Tolkien Reading Day and this year's theme is Fellowship and Community. What will you be reading? We shall be updating our website with details of events we are hosting for #TolkienReadingDay - look out for more details! www.tolkiensociety.org/events/tolki...

american masculinity is so amazing. caring about clothes as a man apparently makes you "gay" but our position on geopolitics totally depends on whether you wear a suit

Whenever you welcome guests, treat them with kindness, grace and respect. Simple as that.

Flight of Fancy by William Mortensen, 1927. #WitchcraftThursday

Wonderful behind the scenes shot of Gene Hackman getting prepped for the finale of The Birdcage (1996).

Here are some nice mushrooms

Jousting knight design on a cameo pendant - the perfect choice for any fashionable occasion! The figure of the knight jousting is shown against a background of Roman architecture, suggesting a late post-Medieval date for the original object this drawing was done of.

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Saturday is for Moss Maidens from Hookland. I need to be at least three people somehow. New page scan for you Monday, I expect.

"They had not sailed another league, A league but barely three, When she espied his cloven foot And wept most bitterly. "'Oh, hold your tongue, my love,' he cried. 'Why weep you so mournfully?'" - "The Daemon Lover" (British Ballad) 🎨Charles Vess #BookologyThursday

Ah, that beautiful ADHD urge to listen to your new record *while* you re-watch that TV series for the 100th time *while* you continue the second run of that videogame (without missing on the dialogue and soundtrack, of course). Of course dinner is burning on the stove as we speak.

Me and Jean Sibelius have two very different definitions of what we mean by "Allegro", but we sure do agree on the definition of "Sad".

Despite the disapproval from the Orthodox Church, for East Slavic girls, it was customary to hide hex bags somewhere in the corner of a guy’s home to make him fall in love or to ensure their marriage. #stvalentinesday #dailyspooklore #folklore Image: A. Shishkin

this reception is playing hidden figures and you're telling me this movie was nominated for three oscars, was one of the most profitable films of 2016, and has a climax where a dude ends bathroom segregation with a crowbar, and yet bathroom bans are still considered a distraction by most americans?

Here are some nice mushrooms

There is nothing brave or new in CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD. It's a tap dancing vision of a Black Captain America. My review via @ebertvoices.bsky.social.

In #JapaneseFolklore it is believed that bodies of water often have a nushi, or guardian spirit, that can take various forms including dragons, snakes and in the case of the pond at Joren Falls on the Izu Peninsula, a spider. Full tale here: www.curiousordinary.com/2024/03/jore... #WyrdWednesday

This is true for many neurodivergence traits. Don't be that guy who says "oh, I get that too!" and DO NOT be the guy that says "I guess we're all a bit neurodivergent." That's not helping. It's diminishing and vexing. The point is not the tendency to experience something. The point is the intensity.

Thread 🧵 1/ I’m writing this to provide an insight into how I (and some other autistic people function) despite the fact that I know few will read it. I hope it provides some insight… every autistic person is different but this is how it can affect me and a little porthole into my world.

Today's story is "The Water King and Vasilissa the Wise", and it's full of tropes, from people riding on the back of eagles to a favour granted in exchange for "whatever you have at home that you don’t know of". Enjoy! #MerfolkMonday www.patreon.com/posts/merfol...

If books keep getting banned, I demand the return of speakeasys. Alcohol, illicit book clubs, maybe some drag acts. Hell, let’s just do this anyway.