Did another bout of wardrobe indexing & discard pile-making. I've reached the point where I'm now letting go of clothes that I still love but which are too big. Not sure whether to put them on Vinted or sell to Plus Bklyn. Some I'll squirrel away to sell next spring. Closet less chaotic now.

#nowreading. Choi is the real deal. #books #reading

I wrote about the importance of literary friction and how the acts of thinking and learning and growing are anathema in our increasingly fascistic world. Which is all the more reason to double down on them. lithub.com/in-praise-of...

In Praise of “Wordy, Old Prose.” (Or, F*ck Your AI Reading Buddy)

More than two years ago I wrote an angry piece about how lame the bulletpointization of books is: the point of reading and engaging with books is not so the reader can consume little bullet points …

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Made my run to the cannabis shop in the rain before it got heavy #newyorkcity

Next up… The legendary Maureen O’Grady discusses her job as lead features writer at Boyfriend magazine, her friendship with The Beatles, the Twist & Shout photo shoot, and the unintentional friction with Brian Epstein - as well as her memories of this incredible time. With you on Sunday morning 👍

this thread is amazing

Chef Kennedy🐸🏳️‍🌈@kennedytcooper.bsky.social · 2d ago

Mid Century Modern tableware and where I think it would stand on trans issues, a thread

Commemorating a genuinely important event and a reminder that Granada TV broadcast a series called 'Blues And Gospel Train!'

Brian Groom@groomb.bsky.social · 2d ago

Blue plaque unveiled to mark 1964 gig at a Manchester railway station by Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the 'godmother of rock and roll'. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Feather canyons everywhere this evening

caught some musketeer vibes and well, this happened 👀 #hollanov #heatedrivalry #wip #shanehollander #ilyarozanov

make an unintentional case for public transportation without knowing you have

Christopher Owen@oysta.au · 2d ago

found another new type of guy

Awwww.

‘Everything Looked Like Me’: Adopted Childhood Friends Discover They’re Sisters (Gift Article)

Meena Geltink and Minal Tijssen were adopted from India by families in the Netherlands and grew up less than 100 miles apart.

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(Almost) everybody likes pets.

Humans Love Having Pets. Seems Like Some Other Primates Do, Too. (Gift Article)

We aren’t the only animals that like to take care of other species. A new study finds that the roots of keeping a pet may stretch deep into our primate past.

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#nowreading. Choi is the real deal. #books #reading

Here I am at jury duty waiting for them to open the room in which I will wait more until 5 pm. Sigh.

ROSIE: “.. I'm back in the spotlight all thanks to President Ompa J. Loompa, who is watching us this evening from inside a catering cart. You know, I couldn't have done it without you, sweetie. You brought me back just like you did with fascism and the measles." $DIS

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/o...

Opinion | To Save Higher Ed, Professors Need to Get a Little Weird (Gift Article)

Teachers need to model the passion they want to see.

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Spending the afternoon with my friends in the Bronx whose apartment complex has a pool. First swim this year.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/o...

Opinion | To Save Higher Ed, Professors Need to Get a Little Weird (Gift Article)

Teachers need to model the passion they want to see.

nytimes.com

Following on from first nicetomeet.com dinner, got together with one of the women I'd met. We met at the Grand Bazaar outdoor market, discovered we both adore shopping, lunched together. Turned out to have loads in common, "got" each other at once. I'm delighted I signed up for this.

NancyKay Shapiro 📖🎸🎶🐶🗽🧶@nancykay-alt-acct.bsky.social · last wk.

Yesterday I attended a NiceToMeet.com (matches older adults looking to make new friends) dinner meetup, and had a great time. I wrote a description of it that's too long for Bksky, here. herself-nyc.dreamwidth.org/2267322.html

100 percent true. All of it.

McSweeney's@mcsweeneys.net · 6d ago

Behavioral Changes: - Facial expressions now accurately reflect internal thoughts. This feature cannot be disabled. - People-pleasing has been moved to Legacy Support and will no longer receive security updates. buff.ly/31NgFok

Spotted a Great Blue Heron taking off on Central Park's Pool, landing and then snagging a little (emphasis on little!) breakfast. 😂😂😂 #Heron #CentralPark #birdsseenin2026

For some reason I'm reminded of Rosenberg defense attorney Manny Bloch asking David Greenglass, as Greenglass paved the way for his sister's execution, "Are you aware that you are smiling?"

Gregory Kohn@kohngregory.bsky.social · last wk.

In the wake of Arday's death, Nathan Cofnas (who led the X mob against him) states his motivation. Beyond whistleblowing, he states that after a 'revolution' removes professors like Arday, it will open opportunities for him to become 'head of the department of eugenics and race science at Harvard'.

I enjoyed this. ordinaryabundance.com

Ordinary Abundance

A walk through a modern apartment, through the eyes of the people for whom everything in it was new.

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I bet you could hand out free water bottles there, pick up the empties, and solve a couple dozen rape cases just off random DNA testing.

AFP News Agency@en.afp.com · last wk.

🇺🇸 Supporters of Tate brothers rally in Miami ahead of bail hearing Supporters of Andrew and Tristan Tate gathered outside a Federal Detention Centre in Miami ahead of the brothers' bail hearing, doing push-ups, chanting and holding banners calling for their release.

#Bookmail. I declined it was time to reread Margaret Drabble whose #books seem to be mostly out of print in the US.

Yesterday I attended a NiceToMeet.com (matches older adults looking to make new friends) dinner meetup, and had a great time. I wrote a description of it that's too long for Bksky, here. herself-nyc.dreamwidth.org/2267322.html

I must sound like a stuck record but this was fantastic yet again. If you haven't subscribed, why not!

Backlisted Podcast@backlisted.bsky.social · last wk.

New INVENTORY by Andy Miller, available now via our Patreon. This week - Skaro Monsters and Mersey Beats: The Now! Sounds of Liverpool, Past and Present. www.patreon.com/backlisted