Oh, Annie Dillard, don’t go. This book was so important to my understanding of the world, life, and writing. Thank you for the unforgettable image of your neighbor skating down frozen streets in the night, and all your beautiful words.
A Previous Life
@apreviouslife.bsky.social
traveler/book collector/writer/ Often delayed by curiosity
Historic Poe House faces new threat as West Baltimore redevelopment continues
Historic Poe House faces new threat as West Baltimore redevelopment continues
The Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum, located in the 200 block of N. Amity Street, is where the famed writer began writing short stories and launched his literary career.
cbsnews.com
Rest in peaches, Wendell Berry. And because I am not as well adjusted as he: God dammit, cosmos, take the destroyers and leave us the artists.
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
Please blow up the public comment (included below): BREAKING NEWS (7/15) — The administration wants to destroy Chaco Canyon without consulting Tribal Nations. It’s an irreplaceable historic & cultural site with 4,700 archeological sites that could be lost to the bulldozers of oil & gas development
No surprise - this is one of the best written and most important books Ive ever read. Congratulations to Brian who is also a super kind human!
Brian Goldstone@brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 5mo agoI don't quite have words yet. I'm stunned, grateful, disoriented. My deepest, deepest thanks to the five families without whom this book would not exist. It has been the honor of my life to know and learn from you.
The way I cry to this song. She is pure genius.
RAYE - Nightingale Lane. (Live at Abbey Road Studios)
YouTube video by RAYE
youtu.be
Ooohh I could get lost in any of these
ashley fairbanks@ziibiing.com · 5mo agonew bucket list unlocked for my adhd craft friends:
I joined Amanpour & Company to talk about why "working homeless"—a term that should be a scandal—has become an ordinary fact of American life. 40% of officially-counted homeless people have jobs. And that's before we get to the millions who are rendered invisible, who are never counted at all.
Working and Homeless: The Invisible Population Growing Every Year | Amanpour and Company
YouTube video by Amanpour and Company
youtu.be
This is why Edward Norton is my forever crush
Patch Zircher@patrickzircher.bsky.social · 6mo agoWatching Edward Norton, on Colbert, talking about Walt Whitman. I like Edward Norton. Lot of people would rather he yucked it up, kept it light & breezy, but it's refreshing to see someone care about poetry. He knows it isn't popular with the masses but he talks about what he cares about regardless.
EVERYONE, especially people making decisions about public policy, NEEDS to read this.
Brian Goldstone@brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 8mo agoIn America today, millions of people are just one medical bill, one missed paycheck, one rent hike away from becoming homeless. THERE IS NO PLACE FOR US will be out in paperback on March 3. Preorder here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/645871...
I need this person in my life and I need that birdwatching coat! The joy 😭
derek guy@dieworkwear.bsky.social · 8mo agoI dig the "tailor coat." IG mysteryfashionist
Arthur Sze has been named the new U.S. poet laureate. He succeeds Ada Limón, who has held the position since 2022. During his term as poet laureate, Sze plans to have a special focus on translating poetry originally written in other languages. Read more: at.pw.org/ArthurSze
Also highly recommend attending meditation sessions in person, playing ultimate frisbee, mountain biking, or hiking, talking to your neighbors, and going outside to look at the full moon. It’s still pretty gorgeous tonight.
Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 9mo agoRough vibes on this website today, likely because people feel Hopeless and Helpless Because Can't Stop It and No One Who Is Supposed To Is Trying To So Now We're Fighting Each Other™. I recommend activities such as book, or potentially instrument if you like instrument, or even do talk on phone.
I do not like reading digital versions of magazines and newspapers. I like reading physical copies of them that I hold in my hands. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Anyone else watching Craft in America? I love every single episode! Just fascinating. #craftinamerica www.pbs.org/show/craft-i...
Craft in America
Unearth the splendor of American culture crafts and the people behind the artistry.
pbs.org
Just watched this - wonderful.
Music Files@musicfiles.bsky.social · last yr.The Only Girl in the Orchestra won the Best Documentary Short Film at this year's Oscars. Directed by Molly O'Brien, the film is about her aunt Orin O'Brien, a double-bass player who in 1966 became the New York Philharmonic's first female player. More... mfiles.co.uk/jims-blog.htm
The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go.
a man on a bike is flying in front of a full moon
ALT: a man on a bike is flying in front of a full moon
media.tenor.com
Alan Sepinwall@sepinwall.bsky.social · 9mo agoThe #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go. (I would not object to such an outcome.)