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.

A cool shower after being out in ~180 air quality is an unexpected summer treat

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Thousands Of Books Are Piling Up In Chicago Libraries Due To Staffing Shortage

The backlog has librarians scrambling to find space and keep track of books in the system. Library workers say it's a ripple effect of a delivery driver shortage — and patrons have started checking ou...

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can't sleep watched a tsunami wave simulation for washington state from a hypothetical magnitude 9.2 Alaska earthquake and now I can't sleep www.youtube.com/watch?v=Htf3...

Tsunami wave simulation for Washington State from a hypothetical magnitude 9.2 Alaska earthquake

YouTube video by Washington State Department of Natural Resources

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Income tax backlash? Nowhere to be seen for WA Democrats

It's long been radioactive in Washington politics to push for an income tax. So would there be backlash for Democrats in Tuesday's voting? That's a big no.

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If you need me I’ll be in my angry dome

i know votes are still being counted but the more i look at this michigan senate map the more it becomes clear that it kind of looks like a mitten

watching this live made me laugh out loud

Magnus Lehnsherr@i-magnus.bsky.social · 19h ago

#WNBA but present it like a soap opera.

your doomsday scenario or mine

Cookie Monster's Take Me Out To The Ballgame

Cookie Monster is in the booth with Boog at Wrigley, will be singing Take Me Out (to the ballgame, not the Franz Ferdinand song, unfortunately) in the 7th

I saw it was bunching up near Wenatchee as it's trying to push through the Cascades. This is from a few hours ago... Yes, those numbers are between 1000-3000.

All great families should follow this progression.

Zebulon Vitruvius Pike@vitruviuspike.bsky.social · yesterday

Please stop flying your personal drones over wildfires. They can ground or collide with our firefighting aircraft, disrupting time critical firefighting and threatening people’s homes. Your photos are not worth someone’s home. If you fly, we can’t.

And, a man has been arrested in connection with a Spokane fire

NPR@npr.org · yesterday

Five state primaries are being held today, and Michigan is a key focus for Democrats who want to see how progressives fare in races. And, a man has been arrested in connection with a Spokane fire. n.pr/4wHu2Me

"Martin" is thinning apples at a non-union work site in Parker WA. Due to wildfire smoke, there is a 175 "unhealthy" AQI. He is earning WA minimum wage. #WeFeedYou

Yeah ☹️ approaching 180 around my neighborhood If you have to have something delivered this week, and you're able, consider leaving a bigger tip for people forced outside in this mess 💙💚

LP@likkitp.ynyaproductions.com · yesterday

We don't have it anywhere near as bad as the communities going through it with the wildfires right now. Even so, the AQI is pushing up slowly on this side of the mountains, please be aware for your own health.

The Spokane fire was arson How long until someone makes a bet and then sets the fire themselves

Jacob Gellman@jacobgellman.com · yesterday

There is no way that betting on wildfires should be legal. www.oregonlive.com/wildfires/20...

The federal government granted my request in full for an emergency declaration to help cities, counties, the state and tribes fight our record setting wildfires, with the exception of debris removal. We have support for emergency shelters, food and water, search and rescue. Read more here:

#OnThisDay in 1889, the Great Spokane Fire destroyed downtown Spokane (then known as Spokane Falls) www.historylink.org/File/7682

As a writer I try to remember that the fact that something annoys me personally does not necessarily make that thing important enough to write about

I honored the Ancestors today with an act of Rebellion. I VOTED!!

WA: the air is gross but ballots are due today Remembering the last election, when one of my coworkers (an immigrant) excitedly told me she voted for the first time 💕

This is, imo, the correct answer, tho I also think it would be dope if we found the Amber Room en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber_R...

Amber Room - Wikipedia

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G. Willow Wilson@gwillow.me · 6d ago

What's your personal great white whale of an unsolved mystery? The thing you desperately hope is solved before you die because you need to know the answer? Mine is the Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum heist. Where the hell are the Rembrandts. I need the full story

Actually I have another one: why is it that when you buy a packet of 50 bobby pins or hair clips, you will lose 47 of them within a month, but the last 3 will be with you til judgment day

G. Willow Wilson@gwillow.me · 6d ago

What's your personal great white whale of an unsolved mystery? The thing you desperately hope is solved before you die because you need to know the answer? Mine is the Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum heist. Where the hell are the Rembrandts. I need the full story

www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Arson suspect arrested in devastating Spokane wildfire

A Spokane man seen near the starting point of a major wildfire was arrested Monday night for investigation of first-degree arson.

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I am sick of being sick of things that I am sick of

I have two books coming this fall & both of them received Kirkus stars 😭💕 Xasteyo!!!!!!!