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"It was my hands that troubled me most; what to do with one’s own hands while posing. And even though Horst himself was so young & inexperienced, & made me feel so confident, I still had no idea of what to do with myself." 📷 Horst P. Horst, Lisa Fonssagrives' Hands, 1941

Thousands are marching in Selma calling for a full restoration of the voting rights act.

Blood, yellow bile, black bile, phlegm, Harpo, and Zeppo

Just texted a friend that all was going well, as I had put the muffins in the dryer, and friends, all was not going well. (NB: muffins were not actually in the dryer, thank the patron saint of doofuses.)

And not a word of a lie.

Kid yesterday in class I was covering briefly so the teacher could pee, looking at the stickers on my computer: What does that (solidaridad sin fronteras) mean? Me: Solidarity without borders. Him: My sticker is a simpler version of the same thing. Me: What's yours? Him: Fuck ICE. 💛

Just an owl-dorable little fluff! Meet our newest (and cutest) resident, a baby spectacled owl growing steadily behind the scenes. The owlet’s sex is still unknown; our veterinary team plans to perform a simple blood test in a few weeks, once the chick is a bit older.

This week has also seen a release day--the third and final Sons of Ymre book is now loose in the world!

Today in Great Meanness to Cats, I will not let Maeve have a coffee bean, no, not even the one that fell on the floor and bounced intriguingly.

Aah! SABLE had been nominated for an Eisner Award!!!

Nadine's Botanical Tête-à-Tête

The academic equivalent of always reblog Tom Holland lip syncing to Umbrella is always reblog The Snake Fight Portion of Your Thesis Defense

Dr. Rubeliz Bolivar Barrios has been released! She should never have been locked away by ICE. As an emergency and trauma doctor, she served patients in South Texas with dedication. I am grateful that she will be reunited with her 5 year-old daughter Milena and husband.

when people defend the use of AI to help them write it usually boils down to “I’m stuck” or “the hard part is hard” and it makes me think of how muscles only get stronger thru microscopic tears caused by effort/stress

@sarahweinman.com really loved this "even when it doesn’t quite work, the fences she’s swung for are those most wouldn’t even attempt to swing at" in your newsletter. That's a quality I like in books, generally, I think, that ambition.

Citrus fruits hand made from paper: Orange, Lime, Lemon, and Calamondin. It's fascinating how each species has it's own characteristic flowers, leaves, buds, and of course fruit. #sciart

Today is a good day to read a book from a small Antifascist press. How’s about COYOTE RUN by @lilithsaintcrow.com? Or preorder THE FINAL CHRONICLE OF YENEH by @jomiles.bsky.social or A DUBIOUS CLAMOR by @marissalingen.bsky.social. Imagining the defeat of authoritarians is good for you.

PCOS (polycystic ovary syndrome) is now PMOS (polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome). The name change follows a multiyear process stemming from a recognition that ovarian cysts aren't the primary aspect of the condition, which affects multiple body systems, and many patients don't have them.

My aunt, Priscilla Stephens Kruize, can no longer live on her own at age 87 & assisted living costs are huge. Our family launched a fundraiser to help fund her care until she gets financial aid. She is a civil rights HERO who has given so much to others - and now she needs us. gofund.me/8db8323e6

FYI trans Americans with a Canadian ancestor can apply for expedited processing on their applications for Canadian citizenship!

once again, just spitballing, what if we just provided for everyone's basic material needs

Sir, thys ys an abyss

AND SIDE BY SIDE THEY WANDER is out the 19th from @tordotcom.bsky.social, so if you felt like pre-ordering...now's the time! Look how gorgeous it is. So many secret mushrooms!

If someone ends up thinking something I wrote is AI, that’s frankly neither my fault nor my problem, and I’m not going to alter the voice I’ve come to find comfortable in an attempt to avoid it

Breath, 2025 by Hana Choi www.instagram.com/hanachoiart/

Salvador Dali met his match in Philippe Halsman A great shot from 1954

Snufkin Spots the Roast Chicken. (Photo by Edward Nix.)

Kevin Gonzalez has died just hours after reuniting with his parents, NBC Chicago/Telemundo Chicago reports: www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/c...

"Portrait of the Artist's Mother," 1897, by renowned African American artist Henry Ossawa Tanner. Sarah Elizabeth Tanner was one of eleven children born to an enslaved woman who is said to have sent her children to freedom by the Underground Railroad

Like every Mother's Day today I am asking that you consider a donation to @nationalbailout.bsky.social to help free mamas who are separated from their families by the injustices of pretrial detention systems. secure.actblue.com/donate/freeb...

Lynx held a moment of silence for Alex Pretti and Renee Good ahead of the season opener at Target Center:

Lois Mailou Jones, The Musician, c. 1940

Hungary’s parliament sings “Ode to Joy” — the anthem of Europe — after Péter Magyar is sworn in as prime minister. Hungary is once again a proud member of the European Union.

Cat Fashion #caturday Kourken Pakchanian Vogue, July 1972

These are life-saving drugs. Get all the way bent. Banning himself would be the healthiest thing for the country -H

I've neglected to post here how excited I am for the new Poems of Sylvia Plath edited by Amanda Golden & Karen Kukil. Finally, a full view of Plath's poetry is available to readers. For US folks, Blackwell's ships free: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...

just three days left! ask your local comic book shop to get CASTIEL #1!! 👼: www.dynamite.com/htmlfiles/vi...

I call this piece, "I Have a Book Coming Out"

Check in with the law professors in your life, they may have seen this

Katharine Hepburn, photographed by American fashion photographer George Platt Lynes (1946)

ICE creeping around in South Minneapolis. Keep your eyes out and your whistles ready, neighbors

That's right, it's MY COVERRRR! LOOK at how pretty! ADMIRE the deep bluey green color, an ornament to all shelves! MARVEL at how Matt Curtius managed to evoke my story, which does in fact include a lot of music and also harpies! PREORDER today! or, you know, a different day soon!

Friends! Thrilled to announce that my novelette "The Snatchers" is out at @uncannymagazine.bsky.social!!! It's a sci-fi horror satire and a reimagining of "The Invasion of the Body Snatchers". What if everyone in the world turned into one person: the Leader? Would that be enough to fix everything?

The gorgeous Folio Society edition of The Starless Sea, illustrated by Cristina Bencina, is now available! So honored to have Folio work their magic on this one. 🖤 Sail the Starless Sea and breathe the haunted air here: www.foliosociety.com/usa/the-star...

horrible. this country’s turn away from science based medicine in the name of “wellness” is killing children and will kill a lot more. www.propublica.org/article/more...

This is a thread that's well worth reading and thinking about.

Congrats to Julie K. Brown! She was awarded a #Pulitzer Prize special citation today for her groundbreaking reporting in 2017 & 2018 for the Miami Herald exposing Jeffrey Epstein's systematic abuse of young women and the justice system & powerful network of associates that protected him for years.

An ink-stained dream, An echoing cry. Your secrets won't stay down.

I reposted this before reading, because I know I love Adrienne's writing. Now I've read, and wow. An incredible story. I feel like I have been knocked sideways in the best way.