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FYI: if you crave more of that sweet Odyssey discourse, Emily Wilson is coming to the Pratt Library in September! calendar.prattlibrary.org/event/emily-...

Emily Wilson: "Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea"

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Worked out this morning (put on a pair of compression socks all by myself)

Short Story Shoutout@short-story-shout.bsky.social · 2w ago

Many thanks to Frank over at @short-story-shout.bsky.social for featuring "The Flatlander" this week!

On 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐨’s “The Flatlander” in 𝐆𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭: "The required beats in a cautionary tale are clear, and Pasko hits them all. But as is the case with most exceptional stories, she tinkers around the edges of the form, and in doing so, elevates her story above it." @cpasko.bsky.social #booksky #litfic

The day I've been dreading for two and a half years finally happened: forgot my badge at home, didn't realize until I was at the office, and have stuff on the calendar that meant I had to do my commute twice instead of just going back to bed. I think I could've done better but it was a decent run.

Josephine "beckbook.com" Riesman@josie.zone · 2w ago

"God sent me down to kiss a lot of people."

Playboy's "20 Questions" with Carrie Fisher, cover date April 1983 (Sorry there wasn't enough room in the alt-text boxes for all the text!!!)

Photo of Carrie Fisher wrapped up in a sheet against an NYC backdrop

Courtney Pasko @cpasko.bsky.social · 4w ago

Saw Indy on the big screen/35mm tonight for the first time and in addition to obviously looking and sounding gorgeous, it was SO FUN to see in a warm, all-ages crowd! Good laughs including my past-life cameo.

Theater door with listing for Raiders of the Lost Ark in 35mm at AFI

Iconic co-ed from the classroom scene in “Raiders of the Lost Ark” with LOVE YOU written on her eyelids

Courtney Pasko @cpasko.bsky.social · 4w ago

My OB, aka my new best friend, sent me home after today's appointment with instructions to "go get yourself a doughnut." 🫡

Courtney Pasko @cpasko.bsky.social · 4w ago

Have been reading Nancy Lemann and dreamt last night I was back in New Orleans.

HAD@havehashad.com · last mo.

I* love and feel seen by this one! *a person who called my cat, named Poe, "Doodoe" this morning for complex but very real etymological reasons

incredibly fun one today from Garrett Mostowski!! https://www.havehashad.com/5sfwn

hex@hexliterary.bsky.social · last mo.

"She says the goal is not to outsource our feelings to a landform. Easy for her to say. She has a face like a retired planet." 🌑

"My therapist says I need a healthier way to process my anger, so I purchase a personal volcano online. Outer insulation. Apartment scale. Sweet pick, the seller writes..." Today, @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social offers a tender and furious new piece. Don't miss "My Personal Volcano," now on hex! 🌋👇🌋

Bringing my copy of Pride & Prejudice along to a dr's appointment I'm nervous about like some people carry the bible

We picked out a paint color called "Cotton Balls" this weekend and I can't stop repeating it to myself. COTTON. BALLS. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixOJ...

Nadine's Cotton Balls / Twin Peaks

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Saw two does with two teeny fawns eating some flowers off North Charles this afternoon. Happy Pride 🏳️‍🌈 !

ergot.@ergot.bsky.social · last mo.

Fun spine-tingly dreamy feelings from @iamchrisscott.bsky.social :

"Most of the dreams Carla describes to me are about people from her life. Children and grandchildren...Her eternally upset mother. Old friends, dead friends." Today on ergot.: 'Carla Tells Me About Her Dreams' by Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social www.ergot.press/authors/Chri...

Matt Ford@mford.bsky.social · last mo.

So annoying that people this stupid have this much lifetime power. Just a bunch of lead residue and beef tallow ping-ponging around inside that empty boomer skull.

Thomas says in a concurring opinion that the Commerce Clause only allows Congress to regulate interstate “commerce,” not “manufacturing” or “agriculture.” (????)

JUSTICE THOMAS, concurring.
I agree with the Court’s interpretation of the Federal In-
secticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and its applica-
tion of our preemption precedents. I therefore join its opin-
ion in full. I write separately to call attention to some of the
underlying constitutional infirmities in the Act.
First, the Act likely exceeds Congress’s authority under
the Commerce Clause, which authorizes Congress to regu-
late “Commerce . . . among the several States.” Art. I, §8,
cl. 3. This power allows Congress to regulate “selling, buy-
ing, and bartering” across state lines. United States v.
Lopez, 514 U. S. 549, 585 (1995) (THOMAS, J., concurring).
It does not allow Congress to regulate “agriculture” or
“manufacturing,” activities entirely “separate” from “com-
merce.”

The tap water is extra chloriney right now and not to be dramatic but it's kind of ruining my day

Happy Father's Day

Handsome Christopher Plummer Wink Wink

Alt: Christopher Plummer as Captain Von Trapp in "The Sound of Music," winking at Julie Andrews (offscreen)

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Finally found a Father’s Day card that doesn’t have bible verses, excessive superlatives, or jokes about alcohol. Just old-fashioned fish puns like god intended.

At the 7-11 buying supplemental m&ms for the trail mix I packed because I simply cannot endure this kind of peanut ratio for a moment longer

Tony Corsentino @notalegalrecord.net · 2mo ago

6/16/25 vs 6/16/26 🌻

Photo of a new garden from above, showing a lot of plain mulch between some small green plants and flowers.

Photo of the same garden from above one year later, now much greener and filled-in, if somewhat brown due to drought conditions.

"Moms.gov also features three links to adoption information, all from anti-abortion organizations. One of them is Focus on the Family, a far-right evangelical organization designated a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, one of Trump’s enemies du jour." www.autonomynews.co/anti-abortio...

The Anti-Abortion, Pronatalist Agenda Behind Moms.Gov

The Trump administration is directing people to crisis pregnancy centers while systematically attacking access to legitimate reproductive health services.

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Watched Disclosure Day last night

Screencap of Fox Mulder from the X-Files episode "Humbug" (Season 2, episode 20). Mulder is wearing a boxy 90's gray suit and overcoat and standing in front of a trailer, posing in a somewhat heroic but mostly silly way with his hands on his hips and one foot on a stoop.

It is simply Too Easy to spend one hundred dollars

Rabih Alameddine@rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 2mo ago

RIP, dachshund king

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