Wake up, a new scandal that would end any other presidency just dropped. bsky.app/profile/cram...

Congrats on the callout from the New York Times! Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/u...

I just wish I could lock my account, which would preserve my experience no matter how big the platform became.

The sleekness of the blue dress with its clean lines sits against the colourful addition of a crochet collar and cuffs. The #1930s interest in craft written onto the fabric of this gown #goldsteinmuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

My custom always

The sole promise of using LLM's in war is to entirely remove a Stanislaw Petrov from the decision chain. (Oh, remember how LLM's were found to advocate nuclear strikes in 95% of tested scenarios?) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanisl...

The fish doorbell in Utrecht is back for another season! “Did you spot a fish? Press the Fish Doorbell! Then our lock keeper can let the fish through.” [visdeurbel.nl]

I just sent this email to the news director at NBC4 Washington about the unprofessional and disrespectful way they handled publishing the body camera footage of the DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace that was obtained via my FOIA lawsuit:

We had another super session on Saturday! We'll be sharing some photos, stories and stats over the next few days. First, here's a model steam train that was partially seized up. Jim used some sewing machine oil to release it. The owner provided a length of track to test the train on. Look at it go!

happy intergalactic women’s day!! long live gaia’s stepdaughters.

Generational destruction

To end our orange week, #ootd is this 1923-4 silk chiffon velvet evening gown. In contrast to yesterday's gown, it has a unfitted, low-waisted silhouette, accented with a high, straight neckline and small straps. Yet, it also has the same elegance and demure, both in a lovely

This is a good piece, worth your time if you’re at all interested in theater.

New collection on Layers of London created using fieldwork, photography, stamp-based prints, and digital mapping to records overlooked historical artefacts in contemporary London. #digitalhumanities

“So be it” makes any and every statement sounds hard.

The peak of civilization

NO NO NO YOU DON’T GUYS LET ME PLEASE SPREAD THE GOSPEL OF FREE TAX USA federal is free, state is $16, handles even my chaotic freelancer taxes just fine, same step-by-step “designed for normies” kind of interface as TurboTax but NOT EVIL tell everyone you know www.freetaxusa.com

I shit you not America 250 is ringing the opening bell at the NYSE tomorrow www.nyse.com/_events/NDE1...

If this isn’t the most apt metaphor for what we’ve seen in the last year. Guy could have just skated, not changed a single thing, and would have been seen as a success.

Hard to believe the guy bankrupted a casino.

Braille edition of The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Before universities opened their doors to women, one woman spent 7 years making a quilt of the Solar System to teach other women astronomy: www.themarginalian.org/2018/12/06/e...

holy shit

I think this is about the temperature but honestly it works for decades as well

Attacks leave dead vs killed

"Gloria" shared this pic of herself picking strawberries in CAs Central Coast. "The water was up to my knees making it very hard to push my cart. My feet were so wet and cold, I couldn’t feel them. Growers have us harvest despite the flooding to avoid losing product." #WeFeedYou

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One, two, three, four, what are we fighting for? Don't ask me, I don't give a damn. The next stop is V̶i̶e̶t̶n̶a̶m̶ Tehran. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/a...

Good Afternoon✨ Avre Potabilis Chimice Preparat i- Arbol de la Vida (Alchemical Tree of Life - 17th century)

Happy International Women’s Day!

Never miss a chance to tell my favourite science joke: Q: What did Crick & Watson discover? A: Rosalind Franklin’s lab book.

Happy International Women's Day to the original International Woman

It is absolutely insane that the US appears to have targeted desalination plants first – putting them onto the board. Iran seems to have already retaliated against one in Bahrain. This is one of the most obvious ways this could spiral.

here's another thing i hate: when companies change their AI computer voice to be more "human". under no circumstances do I want that. i want every computer in my life to sound stilted and weird because it's a computer, not a person, and it is a violation of natural law for it to speak in our voice

Great data analysis of what would US would be like if it were just an average country in its cohort of wealthy democracies, e.g. “the nation that would exist if our democracy functioned to serve the public rather than protect the already powerful”. [kottke.org]

I once knew phone numbers!!!!! 😫

Damn they took an hour out of International Women's Day that's crazy

Multiple news outlets are reporting a US attack on an Iranian #desalination plant. If verified, this violates international law protecting #water systems during wars, and it sets a dangerous precedent, given intense dependence of Gulf countries on desalination. timesofoman.com/article/1691...

This can't be the same brain that knew all the channel numbers

An engaging archive of well-designed postage stamps that emphasize "iconography, form, typography and branding". [kottke.org]

we have saved daylight but at what cost

Happy International Women’s Day! Acknowledging the hands of countless women in the needle trades through the lens of the women in Norman Hartnell’s embroidery workroom. Their legacy survives in the glittering gowns they embellished. Dress 1950s #RCT #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

happy how the fuck do I change the microwave clock day to all who celebrate

Who could ever forget Daen Mrkon’s amazing baseball career with the San Diego Chargers?

O God!

Leaving a public comment is easy and took me less than a minute. Link toward bottom of article. Super worth-it.

making the rounds in other corners of the internet, needs to be shared here. Salem Girl Scouts for restoration of bus service. The kids are alright

Women curators, designers, and collectors have played a huge part throughout our history at The Museum of English Rural Life. For #InternationalWomensDay 2026, read about the stories of three women from our earlier years in our new blogpost. merl.reading.ac.uk/news-and-vie...

Annual Historyposting Award Categories: -Best history thread -Best use of historical images -Best history hashtag/feed -Best history journal account -Best heritage account (other than the MERL it’s just not fair otherwise) -Best history conference account -Best history puns -Worst history puns 😏 🗃️