charming little display in a Roman bookshop

"Acoustic zoning has a long history that we can trace back to the separation of the 'hammering trades from the learned professions' and attempts to muffle 'the din of traffic in the proximity of the sick.'" (Karin Bijsterveld, via this 2013 article by me)

EAR TO THE WIRE - Amodern

What might media archaeologists of the Kittlerian variety have to learn from archaeologists of the Indiana Jones school? In studying the networked urban environment, there’s much to be gained by takin...

amodern.net

山本 由伸 完投試合!

山本 由伸 完投試合!

Start your child's reading journey early with Books from Birth—in partnership with Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. Sign up and your child will get a FREE, age-appropriate book in the mail every month until age 5! ➡️ Register today: https://bit.ly/492C8CD

had a go at baking scones & making apricot jam (small batches of each, only took about 30min total, incl. prep). served with clotted cream (motivated the whole operation).

In light of the FT article about AI, Museums, and Cultural Heritage, a reminder of the BRAID supported workbook and toolkit put together by Jo Tidy et al. (inc. myself) exploring "Coloniality, Collections and the Responsible Use of AI in Museums and Heritage" sites.google.com/sheffield.ac...

The USPS is unveiling several new policies that are threatening to disrupt the midterms. We hear a lot of anxiety about this from our readers — so we launched a call for questions a few days ago. Let us know what's on your mind about mail voting in the midterms, & our team will answer you! ⬇️⬇️⬇️

the odd pass by in this direction

the odd pass by in this direction

Frederic Jameson, After Year Zero:On Postwar German Thought - ed. Carson Welch, @versobooks.bsky.social, September 2026 www.versobooks.com/products/353...

After Year Zero

In this series of accessible lectures, Fredric Jameson explores German philosophy and critical theory as it de­veloped in the wake of World War Two. Focusing on key thinkers — Horkheimer, Adorno, Heid...

versobooks.com

history: the one true view from nowhere *smile–gleam–ding*

White House report brands Smithsonian leadership as radical activists who can't be trusted

The report released late on Independence Day by the White House Domestic Policy Council comes in the midst of Trump’s aggressive campaign to overhaul some of Washington's most sacred cultural and hist...

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history: the one true view from nowhere *smile–gleam–ding*

White House report brands Smithsonian leadership as radical activists who can't be trusted

The report released late on Independence Day by the White House Domestic Policy Council comes in the midst of Trump’s aggressive campaign to overhaul some of Washington's most sacred cultural and hist...

pbs.org

Coming up this Saturday July 11, 5PM at Ibeam Brooklyn, choreographer Rachel Bernsen and I will lead a special workshop on enhancing multi-sensory awareness in music performances using simple sound and movement exercises. #music #improvisation kyokokitamura.com/kyoko-kitamu...

here comes the July edition of Track Changes, ft. Philly gem Zach Blackwood & @gion.bsky.social, visiting from Denver! 🗞️ tell you all about it in the newsletter: track-changes-series.beehiiv.com/p/track-chan... 🎟️ tickets tickets tickets : july-2026-track-changes.eventbrite.com

1991 @chuckdpe.bsky.social & @flavorflav.bsky.social ⏰ calling... 🎚️🎶🎤 And I judge everyone One by the one Look, here come the judge Watch it, here he come now I can only guess what's happ'nin' Years ago he woulda been the ship's captain [...] Can't truss it (We the man, you just visitin') 🔈🔉🔊

If one could seize America Or at least a fine forgetfulness That seeps into our outline Defining our volumes with a stain That is fleeting too, But commemorates Because it does define, after all: [] that threesome Waiting for the light to change, [] Upside down in the reflecting pool. Ashbery '74

an excellent entry, nice to see

Anna Alexandrova@annaalexandrova.bsky.social · last mo.

SEP finally covers #psychotherapy (what counts as one, how it should be evaluated, relation to #wellbeing and #mentalhealth, nature of its expertise). Important work by @plutynski.bsky.social and Megan Delehanty #philsky #ethics #philmed

🤘 using fennel 🤘 in my soffritto 🤘🎸🎶

ordinary object in portobello (edinburgh) giving vague vibes of david smith sculpture

1991 @chuckdpe.bsky.social & @flavorflav.bsky.social ⏰ calling... 🎚️🎶🎤 And I judge everyone One by the one Look, here come the judge Watch it, here he come now I can only guess what's happ'nin' Years ago he woulda been the ship's captain [...] Can't truss it (We the man, you just visitin') 🔈🔉🔊

lone heron wading and extending its neck in the shallows of the Water of Leith, Edinburgh 🪶

If one could seize America Or at least a fine forgetfulness That seeps into our outline Defining our volumes with a stain That is fleeting too, But commemorates Because it does define, after all: [] that threesome Waiting for the light to change, [] Upside down in the reflecting pool. Ashbery '74

Woodwind maestro Ned Rothenberg discusses his first solo album in over a decade, 'Looms & Legends,' which alternates between pieces that create sonic fabrics through extended techniques and those that tell linear stories through melodic narrative. Ned Rothenberg and the Indigenous Sound of Nowhere:

Ned Rothenberg and the Indigenous Sound of Nowhere

The saxophonist and woodwind specialist discusses his first solo album in over a decade, 'Looms & Legends,' which alternates between pieces that create sonic fabrics through extended techniques and those that tell linear stories through melodic narrative.

thetonearm.com

Next week @artandinequality.bsky.social will be in Venice (8-9 June) to present part of our #ArtandInequality project togetehr with Serena Galasso and her #ThiMa #MarieCurie project. Our paper will focus on #textiles, #gifts, #donations and #charity in 1300 #Tuscany #medievalsky

duck soup 🥸🪶

duck soup 🥸🪶