Cormac Culkeen
@cormacculkeen.bsky.social
Poet, writer, devourer of books. Amused/ bemused at the state of modern life. Fond of collecting malapropisms. Founding Editor of Ragaire literary magazine. Chipping away at a novel and second poetry collection. Prizes kindness.
Cobweb-Covered Skeleton Gripping Senate Desk Expected To Seek 15th Term
Every so often I get to think of something that is not awful. I interviewed Henry freaking Rollins about his quest with Ian MacKaye and a few other schemers to revive Vengeance Records, The Cramps’ record label: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
How two punk icons are giving the Cramps a second life
“If you lose culture," Henry Rollins explains, "the society dies.”
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“Life is a concept, like the “universe", that expands as soon as we reach what we think is its edge.” ― Kamand Kojouri Art by Juan Brufal
Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966) Mill Pond, 1945. Oil on masonite.
It’s Sidney Lumet’s birthday. Here’s Ned Beatty & Peter Finch in the chilling ‘The world is a corporation’ scene from Lumet & Chayefsky’s Network. Lumet has Beatty go from barnstorming to super subtle in the blink of an eye. It’s a dazzling & terrifyingly prescient speech. youtu.be/yuBe93FMiJc?...
Ned Beatty's NETWORK speech-by Paddy Chayefsky
YouTube video by Gart Williams
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Koho Shoda (Japan, 1871–1946) : Moonlit Sea, 1930 woodblock print 28.3 × 22 cm | 9-1/2 x 6-7/8 in Private Collection Further descriptions in the alt text 👇
☹️ #Pareidolia #Iseefaces #FacesInThings #FacesInPlaces #ThingsWithFaces ©️ (Photographer unknown, source: Facebook)
This is a beautiful thing. These shelter dogs get to pick their own toys.
Claude Monet (1840–1926) "The Undergrowth in the Forest of Saint Germain" (1882) Oil on canvas.
"We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading." ~ B. F. Skinner
It’s been five years since Alex Jones lost InfoWars to the Sandy Hook families. As the verdict came down, he asked: “Do these people actually believe they’re getting any money?” He hasn't paid them a penny. Well, The Onion is going pay them anyway. The new InfoWars begins July 2nd at 8 p.m. ET.
The Onion says it won’t wait for the courts, will launch Infowars to pay Sandy Hook families
The Onion’s staff is tired of waiting for the courts to settle its pending takeover of Alex Jones’ brand, so the new Infowars will launch next month.
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Gustav Klimt, Field of Flowers Look for flowers in your world today.🏵️
here's today's post: "losing loser loses his unwinnable war" — and for what? thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post —
losing loser loses his unwinnable war
and for what?
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Boris Groh (Ukrainian Artist, born 1994) "Night Walking", 2017. Ink, Brushes, Paper, Size n.d. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
Listen to your children read. Read to your children. Read alongside your children. Take them to libraries. Talk about what reading means to you & what it can unlock in them. Tell them it doesn’t matter if it’s comics, magazines or books as long as they’re engaged with the written word.
Vote Reform for mass unemployment. If Farage and Tice win, they'll destroy a million jobs, while offering nothing in return. Spread the word: for the sake of their billionaire funders, they will throw you out of work. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Nothing says stupidity like Reform's obsession with destroying British jobs | George Monbiot
Claims that our prosperity depends on oil and gas are bunkum – unless you’re a Reform backer with fossil fuel interests, of course, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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They should build loads of data centers all over the place that contain huge quantities of books that people can borrow for free if they fill out a form to get a data center card and promise to return the books on time and don’t make too much noise in the data center.
Lovely writing folk! Ragaire Literary Magazine is seeking submissions for Issue number 6! We're looking for poems, stories, essays and cover art. Submissions are open until July 15th or until the maximum number of submissions have been reached. Our submission guidelines can be found on www.ragmag.ie
Ragaire Literary Magazine
A literary magazine for anyone who enjoys late night wandering or sitting up talking long into the early hours about literature and poetry.
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RIP Anthony Head. Loved many things he was in, including the Nescafe Gold Blend adverts. But best of all, he showed us that, whatever the problem, a librarian can find an answer for it. #LoveLibraries #AnthonyHead #LibrariansRock
Just watch this… And for the love of God, please see Farage for what he is. His response to Sarah Everard Vs his response to Henry Nowak Jaw dropping.