woman bundling a swan into a car, like some sort of avian kidnapping
William Vanderson, 1936
'The swan was named Leila and belonged to a Mrs. Watson of Chesham, Buckinghamshire. According to Mrs. Watson, Leila could open doors and acted as a guard dog'
It’s probably too late for this.
But it would be beyond meaningful to see my dad recognized at the “In Memoriam” part of the Oscars.
He died in June.
He worked for decades in the movie business, marketing movies. Big movies. Like Star Wars.
I can’t express how much it would have meant to him.
This reminds me of something Toni Morrison wrote.
Attention Maine:
Still nah?
ESPN push alert ESPN President Donald Trump plans executive order that would "solve all of the problems" facing college sports now
oh ok
Out of the 14 council members, only 6 are paying attention while someone asks them to stop senselessly killing
“I cannot hug him, I cannot kiss him.”
One woman, an aunt of a man who was killed during an LAPD interaction by bullets fired from officers. She says it was due to a pretextual stop.
Several aides in the back visibly laughing. Several councilmembers do not look up from their desks.
LA City Council’s City President Marqueece Harris-Dawson says he has been pulled over four times while a member of the council; the most recent was this week. He missed a committee meeting because of the stop, according to him.
Among the questions: “how do you have this vehicle,” according to him.
Stand up to be recognized, speak up to be heard, sit down to be appreciated.
You know you’re at a Black funeral when:
Photo of a few square inches of tree trunk. Growing on the tree trunk are several grey lichens (growing flat on tree), a lichen that looks like a bunch of tiny egg yolks, and a bright red fungus that looks like a half dozen or so round/oval red blobs.
A few square inches of tree trunk. At least 4 species of lichens (Parmelia, two Physcia species and Caloplaca) plus Red Tree Brain Fungus. #lichen #fungi #fungifriends.
I don't understand how we have to beg people to get vaccinated while other people are fine shooting themselves up with untested compounds for unproven "gains" risking god knows what
The most famous line from Lincoln's second inaugural address is also probably the most misunderstood: "with malice toward none, with charity for all."
I'm a fan of Frederick Douglass's gloss on it.
Toad grabs a cast iron skillet from his kitchen. From "Christmas Eve" In *Frog and Toad All Year*
Toad found a frying pan in the kitchen.
“I will hit that big animal with this,” said Toad. “All of his teeth will fall out.”
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The Tyee is proud to have published this important investigation by @rachelgilmore.bsky.social. We condemn this egregious harassment of a journalist for doing her job, and have offered support as she deals with this disturbing situation.
“Native American history is American history,” U.S. Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs William Kirkland told the Mississippi Free Press. “You cannot celebrate one without the other.”
Planting trees in the sea could act as a huge carbon sink and save millions of dollars in storm damage every year. What is stopping us from doing it? www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
You might recall this thread about a slop book scam website from last month.
Today I got a fake invitation to do a radio interview which claimed the station was in partnership with the very same slop website.
Artist, impresario, couturier: V&A to stage Schiaparelli retrospective
I feel like I have heard every English synonym for "war" over the course of the past week
Who was smuggling in 18th century Britain? My refreshed database for prosecutions for smuggling in England and Wales c. 1721-1732 is live with over 4,000 entries. From naval officers to farmers, smuggling was big business. #twitterstorians #earlymod #history
www.davidchansmith.net/smugglingdat...
OH MY GOD.
New thread, obviously, as to not confuse the polling thread. 🪶 🐣
FOLKS, WE GOT EM! The second gosling encounter of baby bird season 2026. 🪶 🐣
Looking for some writing gig work. If anyone has any leads, I would be grateful.
My job was recently terminated, so in need of something to help me get through til another job lines up, or I get published.
A military vet who drove school buses when he retired.
A sharecropper who ran numbers when sharecropping retired itself.
I move words around on a tip tappy machine and grade papers.
Exactly. And shout out to editors specifically.
Last year when I was checking into a hotel, the desk person was wearing Meta glasses. I kindly asked them to take them off. They were annoyed. I said, “I do not consent to you looking at my credit card and ID with Meta glasses on.” My instincts were correct: www.bbc.com/news/article...
