Brown Rice by Don Cherry is a great album.

Kolkata winter is dipping to 11 degrees C, no better time to vicariously experience a winter rooftop party in the city.

c. 1100 year old embroidery from Sweden. samlingar.shm.se/media/2CB9D6...

we can walk through our bones into a kingdom in the marrow or find the back door in the spine that empties into the universe stay or go; inside or infinity & i was told by an old poet: we can die by it.

"Sci-fi has long claimed to be the multicultural literature of the future. This is the real thing.” --Wall Street Journal My debut The Girl in the Road is on sale on ebook for $4.99:

austerityprogram.bandcamp.com/album/bible-... Another minor highlight of 2025 was this by The Austerity Program. Pulsating, laconic noise rock. Stripped down, focused, oddball stuff FFA Melvins, Helmet, Godflesh

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Even though the State may have fabricated a key conspiracy meeting, relied on a discredited witness & hasn’t produced any physical evidence, #SupremeCourt refused bail to Muslim activists #UmarKhalid & Sharjeel Imam, reports @betwasharma.bsky.social article-14.com/post/how-the...

In 1887, British forces kidnapped & exiled the King of Opobo in today’s Nigeria. British Palm oil traders had persuaded the government that the tariffs he imposed restricted their profits. It was a milestone in the Scramble for Africa and indirect rule by Britain. alanlester.co.uk/blog/antisla...

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It's ironic how so many don't like clowns, and are even terrified of them, yet half of the USA voted for one!

He swam the seas before the continents broke water; he once swam over the site of the Tuileries, and Windsor Castle, and the Kremlin.

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This, from ECONOMICA by Victoria Bateman, sums up so much of what I read about evolving interpretations of the past: 'Women can frequently be found in the numerous archaeological relics that survive from the past; the question is whether or not we choose to take them seriously.'

I wish I was writing a book. It would be nice.

Now that STRANGER THINGS is over, where will children with annoying faces find work?

I swear, every fash-fic road leads inexorably back to Helena fkn Blavatsky How did one con artist do so much lasting damage to the world

"Oh, we can't slay the dragon Smaug, he's a job creator!"

I don't have any esoteric interests. I used to be a useful quiz team member in college because I'm interested in a lot of things and know a little about all of them. Sometimes a generalist is a good thing.

Good mourning fiends. Listening to the debut from Reekmind, who play slow, doomy death metal. Their sound is simple but hits a certain death/doom sweet spot I'm in the mood for this morning. reekmind.bandcamp.com/album/mired-...

When a culture decides to vandalise itself...

The ground holds secrets in David Barnett's "Scratch Moss." Our new review explores this devastating five-timeline folk horror tale. From coal pits to Red Clogs, the dread runs deep. #FolkHorror #BookReview gnofhorror.com/scratch-moss... @davidmbarnett.bsky.social

Hey! Want to learn about line breaks with me? I am teaching a 2-hour workshop about it this month via @onlypoemsmag.bsky.social! Check it out! shop.onlypoems.com/products/end...

THE SUBSTANCE has tonnes of visual style, great practical effects. It's also extremely unsubtle and, despite commenting on real issues, quite shallow. Lately it feels like horror films are just getting more and more safely on the nose.

A real cool dude.

This is something I sometimes fall short on.

I assure you, you don't have to hand it to Marjorie Taylor Greene, & even if she is making sense, you can probably find somebody else, who's much better, who's making sense that you can uplift.

These text games have really good replay value for me, not so much to try different paths as because I love stepping into their world. My comfort games, I guess.

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As a child, not once did I anticipate how much flatulence my adult human body would produce.

Noon of raptors, dusk of crows Bats' flight by moon light And at sunrise: squirrel cries So it happens, so it goes.

Relieved to finally speak with my mom and aunt in Caracas. Nearly 48 hours without power after it was knocked out during the attack. They’re okay, thanks to all the neighbors that banded together to take care of one another. This isn’t the kind of thing that’s getting covered in US media

2 cats are sleeping atop me so I'm basically in bliss.

"I want to make records until I die, exploring different things as time goes on. Having Scott Walker as the model for that keeps the lights on creatively for me." Jamie Stewart on Scott Walker - Bisch Bosch (Xiu Xiu release Xiu Mutha Fuckin' Xiu: Vol. 1, on 16 January 2026) buff.ly/3aAFGmB

Patti Smith snaking through The Revenge of Vera Gemini like an insidious memory of some other song.

Nearly six years in prison with no trial and no bail for peaceful protest, framed by the state for a state sanctioned pogrom against their own minority population. Our courts dance to the tune of the regime.

To break it into simple words, they're Muslims, and they must spend 8-10 years in jail without being guilty of any crime. The Delhi riot has been a classic case of a politically manufactured riot by the BJP. The actual accused have been garlanded, moving up the Sangh ladder,... (1/3) #UmarKhalid

I'm going to try to watch THE SUBSTANCE instead of yet another police bodycam video on youtube.

Scat-singing to my dogs beguiles them but agitates my neighbours.

We all suspected this but it’s incredible to see a systematic study on the automation of caste bias in GPT-5. The harm is immense, especially when we consider India is already OpenAI’s second largest market. Screenshots of findings that will haunt me below www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/01/1...

One of the reasons art is good and important is that bad people can make good art too. Another reason is that good art can have deeply vile subject matter. A third reason is that whatever it is we won't stop making art.

. From 'Self Portrait at 28' (2001) —David Berman 🎂🎈🎁 #poetry #poem #birthday

Everyday I tell my cat Dolly Potts she's 'tops in beauty, grace, and glamour'. You should try complimenting someone regularly too, especially if it is true.

I know non of yous can stand to listen to any shredding but that’s because your fucking boring, the idea that a solo can only have value if you could also sing it is such a stale chain letter of an opinion, you’re playing an instrument, let it rip!!!

Example: Bush 2 using the 9/11 to justify invading the country that had hurt Bush 1.

all cats used to be the size of lions, but each time you pick them up they become smaller. this might sound crazy but it is absolutely true. if not for some brave souls who picked up lions, we wouldn't have housecats today.

Cat #caturday #kleineKunstklasse #artshare #art #abstract #abstractart #watercolor #Katze #cat #chat

This silver groat of James III of Scotland (1484-1488) was one of the 1st coins minted in Northern Europe with a realistic portrait in the Renaissance style. This example from the Lord Stewartby Collection is one of the best preserved I've ever seen.

While the world's attention is on Venezuela, Israel is kicking aid organizations out of Gaza. Make no mistake, everything we're seeing is connected and all links back to US empire.