Rev. Mitties DeChamplain ministering at Ground Zero, I will always cherish your mentorship and our friendship 💕

New study: ”Philosophy majors scored higher than students in all other majors on standardized tests of verbal and logical reasoning, as well as on self-reports of good habits of mind, even after accounting for freshman-year differences.” theconversation.com/studying-phi...

Dubai Highlights 🇦🇪

It’s been a minute since I’ve been on NJ Transit, commuting back and forth from Somerville to NYC. This morning I had a brief trip back to take care of a few things in town. 🚊

How do gold deposits form deep underground? New research in central China’s West Qinling Mountains reveals a conductive zone and vertical pathways that transported gold-bearing fluids—linking tectonics to mineral riches. Read more: geosociety.co/4l2pBpt #Geology #GSAPubs

On this day in 1969: Drag queens and trans women applied make-up and carefully chose outifts to enable them to walk New York’s streets. Hustlers dressed for their next punter. Butch and femme dykes prepared for a night out at the #Stonewall Inn. In the early hours the next morning a riot broke out.

Why have tranquil gardens, silent monasteries, and nuns sitting in pairs by the river been gently influencing culture? The aesthetics of a serene and simple life appeals to those of us craving quiet community.

Safe-haven gold near a one-month low as global tensions ebb reut.rs/44m6aRo

It's Primary Day, NYC! If you haven't voted yet, polls are open until 9 PM tonight. Check out all of LID's primary endorsements here: lidbk.com/2025-lidbk-e...

Happy Days Are Here Again! And the gifts of love, the arts, and music are never more important than they are now, particularly in these troubled times. What an absolute joy to meet Anthony Roth Costanzo hosting WQXR Celebrates Pride at The Greene Space! 🏳️‍🌈🎶 @wnyc.org

Drake (my dog) enjoying a post lunch walk nap while I edit a character of my book 📕 #Symphonia #philsky #philosophy

So much fun on this photo shoot! Congrats on the win!

American Photography 40 Winner VINCENT RICARDEL @vricardel @gaypololeague.bsky.social @palmerpalmbeach @apa_dc The Gay Polo League is based in Wellington FL. #ap40 #photographer #ilovethiswork #americanphotography #lgbt #gay

Polo up for GPL Chantilly! 🇫🇷🏇

Umberto Eco’s enduringly popular manual “How to Write a Thesis” is more than a guide for undergraduates; the book is a celebration of the magical process of self-realization.

#booksky #writingcommunity

Three authors look at how the performing arts intersect with questions of epistemic justice in this advance article. doi.org/10.1093/aest... #philsky

20,000 Rare Books from General Theological Seminary Library Acquired by James Cummins Bookseller www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-n...

Greetings from the House of Harry Winston - Dubai! 🇦🇪💎✨

Thank you for the FABULOUS birthday wishes!! 🥳🥂 Looking forward to another brilliant year!! 😎💎✨

🎭 Absolutely epic Heggie’s Moby-Dick at the Metropolitan Opera - it was a whale of a time! 🐋🎶

“Jewels are more than my love and my life; they are an insatiable obsession” Happy Birthday Mr. Winston! 🥂💎🥳

It’s not just polo, it’s gay polo. Want to see more of the story? 🏳️‍🌈🏇 ➡️ www.tiktok.com/t/ZT25r9X4f/ #gaypolo #gaypololeague #gpl #polo #polosport #poloclub #pololife #poloplayer #lgbtq #lgbtqcommunity #gayathlete #lgbtqsports #debsdocsproductions

In an essay from 2017, Toni Morrison, who was born on this day, in 1931, recalled some lessons on work that she gleaned from her father. nyer.cm/1otRPRB

Keith Haring died of AIDS aged 31 on 16 Feb 1990. One of his last works, Unfinished Painting, was deliberately incomplete, reflecting the devastating, unquantifiable loss to the arts due to AIDS. #LGBTplusHistoryMonth

In honor of #BlackHistoryMonth, the National Park Service and historians pay tribute to the Black cowboys and cowgirls who made their mark on the wild west. buckrail.com/celebrating-... #tellemwhatwedid ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

How do artists sustain themselves year after year? Two recent books ask a wide variety of people—dancers, writers, filmmakers, architects—why they keep creating.

Word of the Day is ‘bayard’ (16th century): one who has the supreme self-confidence of ignorance.

Show night with the boys to see Dead as a Dodo 💀🦤 absolutely mesmerizing performance that takes you through an emotional roller coaster!

Tickets for #GPL2025 are now Live! 🎟️🏇🏳️‍🌈 Join us as we celebrate 15 Years of Gay Polo!

Fabulous evening with @sdnyc.bsky.social for Defiant! Great to meet and connect with members of the Stonewall Democratic Club of NYC! 🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🗽

恭贺新禧 - Good luck in the year ahead! Happy Lunar New Year!🎉🧧🐍 Throwback to my trip to Hong Kong last year

Happy Lunar New Year!🧧 🎉

The philosopher Martin Hägglund believes that atheism is a path to a more meaningful life, as well as political and economic transformation.

2010 was the start of something special. The 1st International Gay Polo Tournament!

If Mariann Budde’s sermon earlier this week—in which she addressed Donald Trump, personally and directly—came across as radical, that just says something about the times we are in, the bishop says. nyer.cm/r38o35C

GPL in the House!! 🏳️‍🌈🏇👏

La Vie Bohème 🎭🎶

Online survival guide 1. Find a book that looks entertaining or enlightening, get an e-version of it (@archive.org has many free pub domain books), and copy it to your phone 2. Whenever you are tempted to go on social media, open the ebook and read it for ten mins 3. Carry on with your offline life

“I had a feeling that there were people watching what was happening and wondering, Was anyone going to say anything?” Bishop Mariann Budde explained. “Was anyone going to say anything about the turn the country’s taking?” So, she took a breath, and spoke. nyti.ms/3WtmNY2

Thank God for Episcopalians: religionnews.com/2025/01/21/i...

I no longer believe art can save the world, but I believe still that it can save me. So in the face of chaos, misinformation, hatred & ignorance, I'm going to make more art, experience more, share more, pay for more & publish more. I started this in darkness & it'll continue to be my light. 🖤🤍

Seems appropriate for today’s commute

Snowy day chapter edits with the Sunday Polo match on #polo #sunday

If you ask ‘Why?’, you’re a philosopher, and you’re awesome | Aeon Essays Diving into the ring of darkness beyond things easily answerable, asking ‘Why?’ questions is what make humans awesome | by Eric Schwitzgebel ⁦‪(@eschwitz‬⁩) aeon.co/essays/if-yo... #philosophy

Little bit of reading and research in at the @nypl.bsky.social before the snow comes rolling in 🤓📚❄️

Supporting Queer Artists 🏳️‍🌈🖼️

🖼️ Images and primary sources from #ArtstorOnJSTOR inspire #VisualLiteracy and critical thinking. They're valuable tools for encouraging humanities and STEM students to explore humanistic questions in the classroom. Learn more in the newest @jstordaily.bsky.social Teaching Resources article.

I read a book today—one I bought over 5 years ago. Books don’t have deadlines—they wait for you, patiently, until the moment is right.