I should probably mention if TV or radio producers need a knowledgeable art reporter specializing in art crime to talk about the theft at the Louvre, I am available

You will not believe—or perhaps you will—how much solid information you can learn in a mere two hours. See you Sunday!

SNAP benefits are going to be paused on November 1. If you are able, now is a good time to give to food banks, food pantries, or local mutual aid groups.

Reading Rainbow episode 3 is live now on KidZuko on YouTube! 🌈🎉📚 Let's read "More Than Peach" by Bellen Woodard, who was just 9 years old when she wrote this inspiring story celebrating every beautiful shade of who we are ✨💖😊 youtu.be/e4VIV48ZB0M?feature=shared

Speaking of our favorite defunct magazine… !!! 🥰

The Flytrap has in-depth stories that are fun to read. Unsurprising, since they have a lot of former Bitch writers, and that was always a favorite quality of the writing in Bitch, RIP. So - go subscribe! Subscription levels for every size wallet. Also makes a great gift for the holidays.

Ever seen a 750-pound muskox face off with a 210-pound pumpkin? 💥 Hudson did, and won! 🏆 Catch more pumpkin-smashing, leaf-crunching, fall fun during #ZooBoo, October 18 & 19. 🎃🐾

Listen - this is is a topic I get really heated about. Like, it’s one of the only things Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and I fully agree on - gambling is bad. And sports betting is absolutely vile. It ruins lives and ruins the fun of watching sports, and can affect how games are played! Yuck.

I’m sorry but it’s not up to you to decide if a student’s accommodations are unreasonable. if a student did everything necessary to get accommodations for “anxiety” then trust me, they need them. I once tried to apply for accommodations & it was so heartless & confusing I gave up.

plenty of federal workers have put their livelihoods on the line reporting from inside the federal govt but somehow we can't get ONE SINGLE intrepid reporter at the NYT to tell us how the editorial team is purposefully covering for fascists

A good way to keep your protest high going is to make a donation today to a group that's been doing the work. An abortion fund, a group that feeds the unhoused, a group that assists immigrants...Lots of fascism fighters out there stay needing your money.

I’ve been reading @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social’s Hope in the Dark this week (it’s been on my list, and it just came in at the library - thanks, interlibrary loan!), and what timing. I highly recommend a read or reread because even though it largely addresses the Bush years, it’s also for these times.

Just saw some neighbors walk by at dusk, and all three have lights of some sort with them so they’ll be visible to cars - awesome job, neighbors! Keeping yourselves and drivers safe. ❤️

New Yorkers, please help us to spread the word. Make copies of our zine and share it across the city!

This is where we live (we don’t live in The Woodlands proper, but most of our daily lives happens there), in a SUPER red county. This is remarkable. AND, there was another protest up in Conroe, the county seat. If you’ve read @agordonreed.bsky.social’s Juneteenth, you’ve read about this area.

In absence of our beloved Link, let’s do a FUND FRIDAY. Drop your info for: -medical/dental -legal -housing -transportation -food -the many things I have not listed that you or your loved ones need Hop in the thread and boost other people out if you can and donate if you’re able. pand for attn

All three kitties helped me with yoga just now, so it was a great day on the mat. ❤️

🎃 October 15 🎃 Urban cowboy

If any IU alums out there are interested in taking part in a coordinated response to IU’s attack on the Media School and the IDS, please slide into my DM’s and drop your email. #IU #IUB #iufb Please share widely!

#RecipesfromtheAmericanSouth Could yall help me repost this over 50x: WASHINGTON DC 10/16/15 @ Politics and Prose at Union Market Thank you!

We're always exploring alternative revenue streams, and I can't enough hype @theflytrapmedia.com's absolutely badass merch store, which features the gorgeous art of our creative director rommy torrico, along with work from freelance artists who are always paid a fair rate for their work.

The Program in Sustainable Design at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign is hiring 2 tenure-track faculty. Among the perks: you could be my departmental colleague. Not on the search, but happy to answer questions. illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

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🚨The absence of media coverage of this natural disaster in Alaska, the lost/missing people, and the destruction of the aftermath is up to us to share. Please help if you can - even if it is just spreading awareness. There is no FEMA going to help them. 1/2

This sweet girl keeps me safe, just like her big sister (and nemesis) did before her. 🥰

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

This story is so infuriating and heartbreaking. Imagine having to go through this. :(

FYI: If you know of intersections of religion and pushback to ICE/DHS in general, but especially Chicago, feel free to drop me a line. You can reach me via Signal at: jackmjenkins.60

fyi - Since I’m a fellow Presbyterian, the Rev. David Black has been popping up as a suggested friend on my facebook in the last week, and I am delighted to report, he is hugging a dog in his profile picture. Love it. ❤️

Oh, and fuck Christopher Columbus.

My friend Sascha is a professional musician and he's lost a viola bow on the way to Heathrow. Please signal boost to help him get it back.

Working on a knit blanket while in this webinar. Seems like a perfect cozy activity as we prepare for a cute new paranormal romcom read and mornings and evenings in Houston are actually getting cool! ❤️🍁🍂🧶☕️

It really is a Matthew 25 moment. What choices are we going to make each day when we encounter people who need us?

If you can you should… if you can’t don’t block the generosity of others Giving is how we get through

The moon is cool right now.

The linktree with the links to the app in the app stores is down the thread, but this is so cool, and something I’ve been looking for! (I love when people have collected links to Black-owned businesses in one place in articles or websites in the past, and this has the advantage of being updated.)

Baby giant tortoises thrive in Seychelles after first successful artificial incubation

Louise V Durham, stained glass and driftwood sculpture, Shoreham by Sea, UK #WomensArt

oh hell yeah youtu.be/nGZOFyLrCwk?...

White Oak Bayou near I-10 and Taylor Street becomes the latest site.

Just in case someone missed this detail: Wells Fargo used the ICE orks to clear out a building of lawful residents to make a buck Again, a military terror purge was carried out with naked children in handcuffs for the benefit of Wells Fargo execs A corrupt corp that will bleat at any reciprocity

We live in a very red county in Texas where conservatives are out to ban all kinds of books they don’t like and get their (poorly written) favorite books into libraries, but we have awesome librarians keeping great books on our shelves regardless of the obstacles. Support your local libraries!

😭😭😭 This weekend, I requested that my county library purchase @itsafronomics.bsky.social’s ‘The Double Tax’ since it wasn’t in their catalogue, and I just got an email that they are including it in their next purchase at the end of the month! I know that more people will benefit from having it here!

Is there good recent historical work on the Barbary pirates? I know Colley has written about narratives of enslavement, but is there anything by someone using non-European sources in a significant way? 🗃️

Greta Thunberg stays on message. It’s important that she says the actions of the flotilla were responding to calls fm Palestinians themselves, and that we not get distracted, but keep our eyes on Gaza, other places that are suffering, our complicity in that suffering, and how we can act to stop it.

One of the reasons I read and listen to Roxane Gay as much as possible is that her thoughtfulness helps me clarify my thoughts when they are in a muddle, and then takes me in more fruitful directions. This interview is a must-listen for these muddled times.

Books through Bars Philly is looking for book donations which will be matched this week: bookshop.org/wishlists/c8... #BannedBooksWeek

JOB! The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is hiring an arts reporter: jobs.dayforcehcm.com/en-US/gannet...

Me to the pistacchio I didn't manage to pry open

I spoke to a Venezuelan woman who was arrested in this raid and later released with her 4yo son. She said agents broke down their door, pointed guns at them and made sexualized remarks about Venezuelan women. When she returned to her apartment it was boarded up and all her possessions were gone.