Every now and then it's nice to pick your head up from your book, have a good look at the world around you, take a hard pass and immediately go right back to reading. Balance is important ❤️
Your favorite weirdo's favorite weirdo
@bransdancepants.bsky.social
Trying to reserve judgment. Failing miserably.
For Vogue, I talked to Ramell-Correen Frederick, aka Cheeks, who embroidered Knicks gear in the streets of Brooklyn after Game 5. He uses a 104-year-old hand-crank, chainstitch embroidery machine that he named Jessica.
The New York Artist Embroidering Knicks Merch on the Street
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glad to be born at a time when i got to see what life was like before the internet and will be dead before AI completely destroys humanity
Savoring this from Toni Morrison. “We really have to learn to love thinking again. Not fretting, not worrying, but thinking. Life really is thrilling. But many people are unaccustomed to enjoying the problematics of life…you can use your mind to learn, to change things and to think things through.”
this is what some of you look like in short sleeve button-up shirts
@leathau.bsky.social You are the woman who made me whole- heartedly fall in love with podcasts. I have remained subscribed to Strangers for years, and I'm so excited to see you're back!
“the olden days” included finding enough coins under your couch cushions to get a full meal at taco bell
Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza. We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
A Day for Gaza
Today, The Nation is turning over its website exclusively to stories from Gaza and its people. This is why.
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Ok I've cut the chord on the clock. Who should I be following here for a good time? I need suggestions, please!
a donkey is standing on a dirt field and asking for something .
ALT: a donkey is standing on a dirt field and asking for something .
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By mainstreaming conspiracies and threatening election workers, the far-right extremist movement is attempting to destabilize democratic institutions. At the same time, gerrymandering prevents communities of color from achieving fair representation. #VotingRights #Democracy
NEW: CISA has frozen all of its election security work; the agency is also reviewing everything it’s done to help state and local officials secure their elections for the past eight years. www.wired.com/story/cisa-e...
Top US Election Security Watchdog Forced to Stop Election Security Work
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has frozen efforts to aid states in securing elections, according to an internal memo viewed by WIRED.
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