Botticelli's angels (detail)

Saw Owen Wilson while leading a group of students through the Musee d’Orsay. Despite my pleas of “kids, he deserves privacy just like anyone”, our group basically swarmed him. He was way more gracious than we deserved, and posed for countless selfies with us.

In bullet belts, spiked cuffs, leather jackets, bandanas, and Iron Maiden t-shirts, the women of Botswana’s metal subculture resemble characters from post-apocalyptic cinema, like the road warriors from Mad Max.

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I would do anything to avoid living in a design like this

This is a beautiful piece. “Can two things be true? Can I be proud and confused at the same time? What if the worst thing you believe about yourself — that your Indigeneity is not something to be proud of — is reinforced by a country you love?” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I've been saying this for years

"That things 'just go on' is the catastrophe." —Walter Benjamin

From my backyard last night. I love the vibe of a summer evening when storms are looming in the distance

So many professionals I know say they are using AI literally all day long in the course of doing their jobs. Lawyers, investors, engineers, doctors. AI is as woven into their work as email. All say it’s freeing up cognitive capacity for them and none is worried about the numerous, huge downsides

me and my book project

Funding for PBS has been attacked, and it is worth returning to Fred Rogers’ testimony to Congress on why PBS is worth our time. Share widely, because this message must continue to be known. youtu.be/fKy7ljRr0AA?...

Uh oh, I have a parking fine. I better send money to DJ Lizard

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Puts 490,000 High-Res Images Online & Makes Them Free to Use

Punishing our kids for being who they are. www.cbc.ca/news/alberta...

Post a gif of who you wanted to be as a kid.

Things are bad I know, but at least people are coming to the defense of the rococo. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

"Reich citizenship will not be laid in the cradle of every one born in Germany, but will be ceremoniously conferred on him after he has shown himself worthy of it through special accomplishments, through loyal services to the State." NY Times, July 6, 1933.

The more extreme it gets, the more certain it is that the pendulum will swing back. It’s going to brutal for a while still, but I really believe on the other side of this, there is going to be a progressive resurgence that will be unstoppable.

Celebrity IQ calculator: Let IQ represent current IQ Let IQ’ represent original IQ Let m represent too much money Let y represent years that have passed IQ = (IQ’ / m / y) -100

"These books are not pornography. Nor are they obscene. What is obscene is a Supreme Court decision that denies the basic humanity and equality of LGBTQIA+ people," write @jonfreadom.bsky.social and @tasslyn.bsky.social in @slj.com.

they should make superman GAY

Somehow I'm still shocked that official correspondence from the WH is written in the same style as his tweets, with random capitalizations, whiny thumb-sucking tangents, etc. Does he actually sit there and write letters like this himself?

New Paris Review landed ❤️

love the idea that AI has like racism controls that you can just turn up

Trump drops his 50% copper tariff news right in the middle of the trading day, prices spike 10% immediately, and there is zero oversight around who else in the WH knew, who they called right before, etc. And the same insiders will know just ahead of the chicken-out when it comes. So shameless.

Proposed Ohio equal rights constitutional amendment would negate same-sex marriage trigger ban heartlandsignal.com/2025/07/07/p...

Folds: If we’ve been told our whole lives that we can’t spend money on the arts because they’re not important—then why was taking over the Kennedy Center and the arts the first thing they did? It is extremely important. It’s the bedrock of self-expression.

Instead, the 90s gave us Friends, in which a bunch of people who should've been basically broke instead lived inexplicably lavish lives. And that kind of unquestioned upper-middle-class default is what we've gotten ever since.

Say what you like about show jumping but it’s a sport where all genders compete together, on equal terms, for the same prize money

Beautiful Spruce Meadows

Here in W. Canada we take cowboy cosplay very seriously, especially during Stampede. And our new PM shows up in a sports coat? Button down collar? No belt buckle? And that $10 tourist-grade hat? He can play Trump like a violin, so I guess it’s fine that he fails in the western wear department. ☹️

Me after every social gathering

My Christian friends are lovely people and despise these hate preachers. “That’s not the true message of Jesus, etc etc.” But the bible does contain lots of hate, as well as good. Whatever position you want to take, you can find verses that support it. Why not close the book once and for all?

Reading up on the latest around how to smoothly integrate AI into a typical workplace. Amazed at how many orgs have a long-term goal of “100% AI adoption” without first envisioning an ideal future of work or any other beneficial outcomes. Fear of being “left behind” driving everything

🧵Solidarity with Francesca Albanese. She is facing a barrage of lies and smears + the Trump Admin is calling on the UN to fire her. Why? Because there is simply no arguing with her devastating new report on the companies profiting from genocide. Stay tuned for our interview on @zeteo.com.

unstoppable

The administration is so farcical, its destructive impact so profound, the machinery that should constrain it so neutralized, this is the best opportunity in living memory for the entire system to be radically reinvented. The worse these extremes get, the greater this opportunity becomes.

Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Wars, Star Trek, lord of the rings or marvel.

This is the most urgent reform needed for America to become a democracy

What a rainbow. That dark band in the middle, amazing

What a glorious sight!

Deer outnumber people about 10 to 1 in our community, which makes gardening decisions really easy… don’t bother planting anything that blooms 😥

Tens of thousands march against Hungary's government, for LGBT rights - www.reuters.com/world/tens-t...

"More than 30 embassies have voiced support for the march, which will also be attended by European Commissioner for Equality Hadja Lahbib and about 70 members of the European Parliament." #Pride #Hungary

Lovely twilight and new moon.

'Motozue of the Daimonjiya' from the series 'Contest of Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters' - Chokosai Eisho, 1797. #Caturday #ukiyoe #JapaneseArt