Two striking DC33 workers, one of whom is pregnant, were the victims of a hit-and-run last week when a drunk driver drove into their picket line. Tyree Ford, a sanitation worker and father of four, sustained serious injuries and is still in critical condition. www.gofundme.com/f/tyree-ford...

Using embroidery and yarn, Peruvian artist Ana Teresa Barboza creates textile art depicting land and seascapes #WomensArt

This is Tub and Blue. They simply cannot figure out how to get their tennis ball that fell in the pool. Still 12/10 because they really are trying

honestly god bless Philadelphia

We as a society place too much emphasis on appearance when it comes to picking a romantic partner and not enough on being someone who will always always talk shit with you about people who annoy you

The perfect bird feeder doesn't exi--

"I was so relieved my parents were supportive, but I knew I had one more person to tell: Sharon, my family’s Bank of America Wealth and Investment manager."

I have been sick for a week and I just read about "something going around" in a subreddit, which I guess is how I get my information now that the CDC is officially spending the next four years determining when and how microscopes became gay.

YOU CAN FIND THE FULL WORLDWIDE LIST OF INDEPENDENT RECORD STORES, WHERE YOU CAN LISTEN TO AUDIO FRAGMENTS FROM "MIXES OF A LOST WORLD" AT THECURE.COM/MOALW/ THE UNIQUE RECORDS WILL THEN BE AUCTIONED OFF WITH ALL PROCEEDS GOING TO WARCHILD

I swear I'm not trying to start shit, but if you need to ask ChatGPT a question about your job every day, you might consider that you are bad at your job.

a writing residency where you go for a long nature walk, sleep for three days straight, & then write one or two paragraphs before you go home

The world needs more of this and less of most other things

Loss of white privilege should not be a criteria for fast-tracked asylum.

Your School House Rock moment......

Impossible to communicate to people that once you decide that a group more vulnerable than you can be sacrificed in the name of your own safety or interests that you have already entered into an tacit agreement that you can also be sacrificed in the interests of a group less vulnerable than you.

You could have an intense Summer Camp Horror season if you want. Here's a curated list with something for everyone. Slashers, Middle Grade, Cozy, Folk, Graphic, Emotional, enjoy! @chucktingle.bsky.social @brianmcwriter.bsky.social @delilahsdawson.bsky.social @timmeyer.bsky.social check the alt text

Type design peaked with Winona Ryder’s drawers in Heathers

On Dec. 23, 1776, Thomas Paine wrote in “The Crisis,” these words: THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. ...

I would like for stupid people to stop making important decisions that affect my life

It seems Tesla is detecting vehicles that may have problems, and artificially running their odometers faster so the warranty expires before they have to do any service Just incredible grift

my husband has invented a dish he calls ‘cheez it salad.’ no further questions

Ruth Miller, artist who creates hand-embroidered portraits from her studio on the Mississippi Gulf Coast #womensart

Contemporary Nova Scotia textile artist and quilter Laurie Swim creates quilt art which captures her local landscapes #womensart

Just seen this poem by John McCullough in Broken Sleep’s ‘Opening Line’. It has stopped my heart - it’s like it was written just for me!

Never trust anyone who hasn't fallen in love with a pen.

There’s no such thing as A.I “art.” It’s a soulless amalgamation of plagiarised data. That is the antithesis of art.

Ñandutí, Paraguayan lace. The name means "spider web" in Guaraní, the official, indigenous language of the country. Due to Spanish colonialism, it is related to Tenerife lace #WomensArt

UK contemporary sculptor known as Anna & the Willow creates nature-inspired sculptures made from rods of willow #womensart

Please stop using ChatGPT in general, but also, please, please stop using it and then taking what it says to you as fact. It's usually wrong! It doesn't fact check itself. It just creates approximations of information based on other text! It's basically magnetic poetry that sets the world ablaze.

Choose 20 Poems that have stayed with you or influenced you. One Poem per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just screenshots (with alt text) or links. Day 6 #Poemchallenge #poetrysky

Choose 20 Poems that have stayed with you or influenced you. One Poem per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just screenshots (with alt text) or links. Day 5 #Poemchallenge #poetrysky

Choose 20 Poems that have stayed with you or influenced you. One Poem per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just screenshots (with alt text) or links. Day 4 #Poemchallenge #poetrysky

Choose 20 Poems that have stayed with you or influenced you. One Poem per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just screenshots (with alt text) or links. Day 3 #Poemchallenge #poetrysky

i don't care how well-behaved your dog is, if it's not explicitly an off-leash area you should have your dog on a leash. some people are scared of dogs. some dogs are reactive. you are not the main character of the universe. damn i feel more strongly about this than i thought

Choose 20 Poems that have stayed with you or influenced you. One Poem per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just screenshots (with alt text) or links. Day 2 #Poemchallenge #poetrysky

Choose 20 Poems that have stayed with you or influenced you. One Poem per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just screenshots (with alt text) or links. Day 1 #Poemchallenge #poetrysky

Creative writers reveal model that 'tells techbros shilling AI to go to fuck themselves sideways with a splintered broomhandle'

the sound of all my English professors crying out at once

The hardcover of House of Bone and Rain is still only $14 on Amazon, so I’m sharing the New York Times review that called it things like “ferocious” and “stark, authoritative, sometimes surprisingly beautiful.” Free article, so feel free to share! www.nytimes.com/2024/08/08/b...

It's always a good idea to wipe your feet, wherever you are.

"There are no strangers, just inhabitants of this so-called Earth, searching for refuge in the hands of being completely and utterly fuckin’ lit. It is a labyrinth with no endings, only beginnings."

Leah Gardner, contemporary Chicago-based oil painter #WomensArt

You know the world is bleak when we’re getting both Mamma Mia and Phantom back on Broadway

absolutely dying at the report that when the Eagles were asked whether they’d accept an invite to the Trump White House to honor their Super Bowl victory, the answer was a "massive no.” death to fascism, go Birds 🦅

Imagine having so much money that you can travel anywhere, buy anything you want, feed hungry kids…but instead of doing that, all you do is try to hurt people. What a fucking cruel, sad loser you’d be if you did that, right?

WYOMING: “Thank you, Madam chairman.” “I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.” “Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”