sometimes there is absolutely nothing more fun than understanding works of art through people's varied professional perspectives

Deidre Lynch@drbibliomane.bsky.social · yesterday

You can/should read Emily Wilson's latest take on the Odyssey, but I'm logging on to convey my hairdresser's reaction. She was AGHAST that Nolan, with his million $ budget, gave Matt Damon ONLY 6 hair extensions. As a result, his hair did not blow around properly, & that ruined the film for her.

I think I need to either stop going to therapy or switch therapist. He cut me off so many times yesterday so he could tell me a story about his past and that’s not helpful.

Coffee is magic. That is all.

Decided to play today's The Loop and accidentally sacrificed a pinecone to the volcano gods. www.britannica.com/games/loop

Bluesky's nuclear block supports a culture of consent. Each user can completely prevent another user from having any access to them on this site. Right wing harassers on X hate consent. They hate being told "no." They hate not being able to force their posts onto others and target others.

What the actual fuck?

Charles Johnson@charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 2d ago

Comcast store punished low sales by smashing pies in workers’ faces, lawsuit claims

You had me at the picture, then the word noir was added and just take my money now.

IndieWire@indiewire.com · 2d ago

Takashi Miike's latest film will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival before Neon releases it stateside.

Only those seeking to play girls sports. Does this mean anyone can play on the boys teams without this to?

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d ago

An initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play

Massachusetts farm installs 832 solar panels above berry fields, and the berries grown underneath turned out sweeter and juicier and could change the future of American farming - The Economic Times share.google/GDGqQBgisqhG...

Massachusetts farm installs 832 solar panels above berry fields, and the berries grown underneath turned out sweeter and juicier and could change the future of American farming

A Massachusetts farm is integrating solar panels above berry fields. This agrivoltaics project generates electricity while shading the crops. The elevated panels create a cooler microclimate, retain...

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A sensible govt would be putting ALL of their resources into this.

Suw@suw.bsky.social · 3d ago

Crops grown underneath solar panels produce more, require less water and are more resistant to extreme weather, even during a hot, dry summer. We need agrivoltaics to be rolled out asap, for both the electricity and the better growing conditions. microgridmedia.com/solar-panels...

There’s a hell of a thunderstorm happening. Really makes me want to stay in bed, but someone needs to keep the cat in cat food. I must get up and go to work.

I have comments, but they are probably things I shouldn’t type on the internet.

Angry Peach Goma

Alt: Angry Peach Goma

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Charles Johnson@charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 3d ago

“A gentler approach with employers.” That’s one way to put it. Trump Administration Is Undoing Plans to Boost Workplace Heat Protections The Biden administration took steps to shield workers from extreme temperatures. The Trump administration is taking a gentler approach with employers.

I am making it a habit to always look for the labor story behind these nasty scandals. The consumers are almost never the only ones being harmed.

The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor

The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.

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Reading this article about Thomas Eakins and 2 of his paintings, and I get the bottom and this is the last paragraph. Once again why are men? webpage archive link to the full article. archive.ph/o1DUC

My cops don’t do what copaganda TV shows pretend they do go back almost 4 decades. When I was in high school someone broke into our apartment while my younger sister and I were home. Luckily for us they just stole stuff out of our bedroom and we didn’t even know they were there until after.

Phineas@phineas.bsky.social · 3d ago

If you haven't seen it yet the replies and quotes on this post are a fascinating collection of stories showing how much cops care about crime

a republican congressman allegedly broke his two-year-old daughter's collarbone and he somehow hasn't been run out of congress. there really is no bridge too far for these ghouls.

‘Platner on steroids’: Max Miller abuse claims have Republicans silently sweating

The Ohio lawmaker denies the allegations as an Aug. 5 deadline to drop off the ballot approaches.

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Yeah, Kat Tenbarge was much nicer to Jack Osbourne than I would have been, I would have just told him to go fuck himself. Also, if you're going to accuse a writer or journalist of using "AI" on the basis of em dashes, absolutely positively go fuck yourself.

Kat Tenbarge@kattenbarge.bsky.social · 4d ago

So I woke up this morning to find out that Ozzy Osbourne’s son made a video falsely accusing me of using AI to write a Rolling Stone article about the Tate brothers.

One day several years ago, I got an anonymous handwritten, threatening letter delivered to my campus mailbox, and then someone (the same person? someone else?) DM'd me on twitter from a burner account, with a photo of my driveway with my car parked in it. This is real and it's dangerous

Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 5d ago

There are a lot of important things going on. Maybe this isn’t a top twenty concern. But, this is actually workplace harassment, the kind that can get people killed.

The magical #book trolley #Baltimore 📚💙 ✏️🖤

I’m astonished by the ability of my fellow humans to forget the events we all just lived through. Folks remember the masks and the remote school. The million US dead are rarely mentioned. Folks, we lived through a plague.

airbnb I’m staying at unintentionally created the toughest punk album cover of 2027

This is far from the first time Trump was caught money laundering. In 2015, his casinos were fined $10 million for over a hundred instances of money laundering going back to at least 2003, many involving Russian oligarchs.

FinCEN.gov

WASHINGTON, DC – The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today imposed a $10 million civil money penalty against Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort (Trump Taj Mahal), for willful and repeated violations of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA).

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Reuters Legal@legal.reuters.com · 4d ago

The disclosure marks the first time a bank has formally tied money laundering concerns to Trump's family business.

I visited the new African American museum in Bucks County yesterday. I was so impressed I purchased a membership. It’s vital to support places that are showing our nations true history and not the white supremacy version the federal government is spewing . youtu.be/5QncbIEkLz8?...

African American Museum of Bucks County on Boone's Farm.

YouTube video by Bucks County Places

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OK, small point here, but it’s almost certain he meant “parameters of a deal,” but he can’t spell and is very dumb, so he used “perimeters of a deal” and news orgs are just running with it like that’s a perfectly normal thing to say, which it absolutely is not. That’s not a thing anybody says.

NBC News@nbcnews.com · 4d ago

BREAKING: Trump pauses attacks on Iran, citing “perimeters of a deal” that would end Tehran’s “nuclear threat” and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Holy shit, “Just one small problem Sell their houses to who, Ben? Fucking Aquaman?” is a Haiku

Listen Threads is a hellscape, but when the horny wicker romance trailer drops and I have to find out about it from the group chat because bluesky is not collectively losing their shit... I do yearn for the days of a more consolidated Romancelandia. 😂 youtu.be/HP0BWBWn14I?...

WICKER | Official Trailer | Only In Theaters October

YouTube video by Black Bear

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I'm convinced people who idealize the police have never had to interact with them in their professional capacity and formed that high opinion based entirely on TV's hypercompetent detective fiction in which every crime is solved and justice always served, which is completely divorced from reality.

I’ve been thinking a lot about this storey, combined with the news that Elon Musk helped cut funding for wildfire prevention, combined with the news that the Trump administration only sends emergency aid to Republican states.

Lindsay Beyerstein@beyerstein.bsky.social · 5d ago

I can't stress enough what a crisis this is. Trump's own intelligence agencies concluded that Iran attacked Minnesota's critical infrastructure and Trump is saying that it's Minnesota's own fault and denying it was Iran. The federal government won't defend blue states in a literal war.

I’m having a spectacular hair day. Switched to a cheaper shampoo and conditioner and my hair is like yes, this is good, stop overspending.

christ if that’s not a metaphor for our times