Richard Hell's novel Godlike has been re-released by NYRB Classics. Andrew Holter spoke to Hell on his literary trajectory, the inevitable Rimbaud and (Tom) Verlaine comparisons (and other noms de plume), the New York School poets, and his fearlessness of influence. proteanmag.com/2026/02/13/a...

Are we cheating again? Important to rid Canada of the "nice" label.

I went all out for romantic love and the need to hear great love stories that endure …this week in the Toronto Star. Many thanks to my editor @debdundas.bsky.social www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

I am curious how much does it cost NYers to do laundry each month?

Researchers celebrate early results of a drug that may become the first treatment for a serious complication of pregnancy called preeclampsia. It's got the potential to save many lives.

1940 Irish language scif-fi book Manannán by Máiréad Ní Ghráda It is the first Mecha Robot outside of Japan and mention of a Gravity assist in fiction. It was never republished or translated.

Tennessee reports first pediatric flu death of season amid high illness rates. www.wbir.com/article/news...

Everyone is in love today at MoMA Especially the seahorses in L’Hippocampe, 1934

‘They All Tried to Break Me’: Gisèle Pelicot Shares Her Story www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/m...

Keep getting swiped on the head by bunches of flowers. Love is blooming out here.

Headline of the day; everyone go back to bed. www.theregister.com/2026/02/11/a...

“Most people are still scrolling because there’s nowhere else to go”: An Interview with @badaude.bsky.social — @monalisavitti.bsky.social minorliteratures.com/2026/02/10/m...

completetheday.info For those who don’t know, Rob was one of five people killed at the Annapolis newspaper on June 28, 2018. The others were: Gerald Fischman John McNamara Rebecca Smith Wendi Winters

Good morning, Bluesky. Today would have been Rob Hiaasen’s 67th birthday. Last week, HH Hiaasen’s memorial installation, Complete the Day, was installed in City Hall’s South Gallery, asking visitors to consider how they would complete the days of loved ones taken by gun violence. Please visit.

In case anyone forgot or didn't understand the reference www.wgbh.org/news/2017-10...

Staring at my feed, just hoping America survives a man singing a song.

It should always be in Spanish boludas ❤️ Me encanta

Is that GaGa?

Buns!

Which shirt is Seattle? That’s my back up team to Buns.

I am cheering for Buffalo and Bad Bunny 🎶

The testosterone adverts have started and I have eaten all the Super Bowl snacks …

Plus I think more women should have swords.

I interviewed Lisa McGee and the stars of her excellent new show How to Get to Heaven from Belfast www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...

It’s weird how, long as they are, the Epstein Files feel like a quick synopsis of, pretty much, forever. This is excellent.

The great Chester Himes and Griot, his beloved blue point Siamese, named "after the magicians in the courts of West African kings." Himes also said that if he stayed away too long, Griot would wreck his studio and chew up his books. #Caturday

Stormy Norma outside. Boil the kettle in case you get power cut 🚨💨 #bcstorm

I have been trying to retrain my brain away from video content, since it mashes concentration and isn’t informative. I can’t abide the way the adverts/algorithm/vanity contributors relentlessly humiliate and degrade ageing in women. Those aren’t my values & I don’t covet youth in the slightest

Did you know our new issue is themed around Eglinton? To mark the new transit line opening tho there was no guarantee it would coincide.

“All artists are involved in their time.” Dionne Brand A Map to the Door of No Return

If there has been a colder day in the past 25 years, I don’t remember it. Be careful out there, New Yorkers.

Lewis Gibson & Lilah Fear 🇬🇧 skating to The Spice Girls. Massive Queer Energy 🏳️‍🌈 They’re being hailed as the new Torvill & Dean. #WinterOlympics #MilanoCortina2026

Shout out to my Ottawa people waking up to -35. Boil the kettle

We're open to submissions next Friday (13th February) for gorse 15: Eureka!/EYPHKA! Full details on the website: gorse.ie/gorse-15-eur...

Icelandic director Hlynur Pálmason weaves scenes of quiet domestic life against the backdrop of an arresting landscape in his newest film. n.pr/4cfXyRJ

And now so many more people are learning about Edouard Duval-Carrié's artwork, about the Haitian Revolution and then they're gonna start wondering about why Haiti was forced to pay reparations to France and

In the name of all the ... innovative doping in the nether regions!

One confusion: Are we supposed to momentarily forget the existence of far right Italian govt during this cuddle fest segment of equality, Mandela and children's rights?

Hey it's my friend Charlize.

It wasn't live.

ok this is not live so... since I think Nessun Dorma (?) was already sung. See how hopeless the internet is. You cannot figure out anything. Even the basics like is this live or did this happen, while I was at the library?

I wonder where they'll find the dancers, singers, musicians, poets, writers, acrobats etc to do these gigs once the billionaires and tech utopians have destroyed any hope of us earning any kind of living or accessing cultural funding support. Good luck getting AI bots to do trapeze & play trombone

Nothing like watching this with a wee bit of a fever. Trippy.

I am getting Betty Boo vibes from these silver snowflake flag holders. It's deep freeze meets Thunderbirds Christmas tree. J'aime.

is this live this Olympic opening? I am confused. Am I watching it on repeat?

Are these Italian snowsuits grey or brown? Were they brown and now they are grey?

I like these French astronaut outfits.

Not sure about these people who are leading out each individual team and look like they are wrapped in clingfilm. It is Milan and fashion is always befuddling to me.

Respect to the Netherlands fella with a bolt in jaw there...I have 3 screws in mine. (Down from two plates and 6 screws) No gold tooth tho'

I love the solitary/cúpla duine teams. (a few people)