"The tragedy of the Internet is that it has promoted the village idiot to the level of bearer of truth” --Umberto Eco

@bruces.bsky.social Alan has been talking about his work with Sinclair again. Deep in writing his six book Long London series, drawing on this.

Jaymie Moore@jaymiemoore.bsky.social · 5d ago

"Psychogeography is the fact that you have an opinion about a space the moment you step into it.” - Wilfried Hou Je Bek (want proof Bek isn't from Moorcock's mind) Reading an interview with Alan Moore in today's Flaming Hydra. flaminghydra.com/issue-619/

This is neat

Mississippi Free Press@mississippifreepress.org · last wk.

OPINION: "Before the first day of class, our professor asked us to complete a short survey. One question asked us to place ourselves somewhere on the political spectrum. It seemed simple enough, but it made many of us uncomfortable." Read the column written by Graham Bodie's IMC-559 students.

Also!! Just this morning, I met a young man who was named after a serial killer. Purposefully. I am not saying which one but it's a name you would know. He is only in his early 20's and apparently this has been a big life problem for him. As I imagine it would be!!

Garden update here - we are in a battle to save the salad cucumbers! www.patreon.com/CindyPotts/p...

Hey. Good morning. Breathe. | Cindy Potts

I have just eaten a very unwise amount of sugared walnuts. But that's okay, because many things have already been accomplished this morning.

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A friend asked if the lettuce is okay. A friend asked if the parsley is okay. A friend asked if the eggs are okay. A friend asked if the cilantro is okay. My friends none of this is okay.

YOU MUST HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT TO HAVE STRENGTH TO WIN A RIGHTEOUS BATTLE.

I am not an active comic reader anymore, but what I really miss is reading Previews. This big fat book of story synopsis & projects people were working on. That's how I found Concrete which I loved that series a lot. I wonder if Previews is even still a thing.

Check out the cool art at the Wild Center in Tupper Lake

Many of our resources are in zine format! Check them out here:

Resources — Interrupting Criminalization

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This is so lovely- and so true of what I have learned from Deva Designs and Celtic Knotworks over the years!

SageNatural@sagenatural.bsky.social · 2w ago

New post up on the site: tinyurl.com/ytf2k56a Ramblings per the title, with a thank you at the end. #PostsWithAudio (1/2)

'Foxgloves And Finches' by Annie Soudain, contemporary UK printmaker #womensart #summer

Pete Hegseth: "We need our warriors to embrace the Spartan mindset" U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians*

The smoke has my hubby violently ill this morning. Gave him one of my anti-puking pills. Thankfully it worked but today's off to a rough start. Hoping the storms clean the air a bit.

Read China Mieville's new book the last days of new Paris last night and it is a life changing book for me. as was Holdstock's Mythago Wood. Same big idea, presented by a master storyteller, encountered 40 years apart.

The creator of Roger Rabbit (who is 85 years old by the way) is a good sort Crossposted with @openvibe.social

Church in Wales says trans rights. I did not see this coming, brought me to tears & I'm not even a christian

Anupama Ranawana@msamrc.bsky.social · 3w ago

Incredible statement from the Church in Wales on the ignominious Code of Practice: "The Church in Wales will not use equality law exemptions to exclude trans people from our worship, our sacraments, our pastoral care, or our common life." www.churchinwales.org.uk/en/news-and-...

The hollyhocks are blooming!

"we have found strong evidence that the Voynich manuscript is not meant to be bound in quires at all (as is the norm) but, instead, was originally a collection of individual bifolia meant to be read in sequence (called “singulions”)."

Digital Medievalist@digitalmedievalist.bsky.social · 3w ago

📣 Voynich alert! 'Singulion Structure and the Voynich Manuscript', by Colin Layfield and Lisa Fagin Davis Our latest article from the Digital Medievalist Journal: 🔗 tinyurl.com/45hsw3an @lisafdavis.bsky.social #medievalsky #DigitalHumanities

The wild fire smoke is very bad but still the garden & chores need doing. We have the tiniest percentage of impact here and still breathing is impacted. You should see the poor horses. Every time this happens they look so sickly.

I have posted a garden tour on my patreon. It's not fancy, but it will be a ton of food. www.patreon.com/posts/163790...

Q&A | ‘We have to bear our memory. Even if it is a nightmare, it should belong to us’ 💭 Museums Journal sits down with China's most famous dissident, Ai Weiwei, to talk history, rebellion – and his hopes of being forgotten

Q&A | ‘We have to bear our memory. Even if it is a nightmare, it should belong to us' - Museums Association

Museums Journal sits down with China's most famous dissident, Ai Weiwei, to talk history, rebellion - and his hopes of being forgotten

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Live in such a way that when you die, people don't need to be scolded for mentioning all the horrible shit you did.

My first ever black currants harvest!

Likely of interest to many friends, readers and publishers especially.

Millie Abecassis@millieabecassis.com · last mo.

Thanks to the 36 (and counting) people who already subscribed to the quarterly small press SFFH new release lists! You have no idea how happy it makes me. If you haven't subscribed yet, here you go! 👇 #SmallBooks

This looks great!!

Matthew Daniel Eddy🌻@bookscribbler.bsky.social · 4w ago

Can't wait to read this! Ann Blair's work played a fundamental role in shaping my understanding to the kinds of #agency embedded in the #earlymodern #writing and #reading practices that shaped #health and #naturalhistory #information #systems. #bookhistory #hstm press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

I'm not saying it's not an important news story but now that you know, and you've decided what to do about it (tell others, share a thread, call a political office or sign a petition, etc) it's okay if it's time for you to stop interacting with it for your own health and safety.

I cannot think of enough keywords to mute to stop being shown posts about sexual assault. Statistically, 60-80% of you (yes, that high) have your own experiences. Many of you have experiences of being disbelieved. Maybe you also need to take a break and disengage for a while and process that.

No one is emphasizing to nonlawyers enough that the pace ay which this Supreme Court is changing the law has never been seen before in US history, and all of the history of common law for that matter

Friends! I recently learned not having enough magnesium in your system can cause feelings similar to a heart attack. Especially in hot weather make sure you have enough magnesium. Tell your friends.