Wendy
@hyssop.bsky.social
Minneapolis, France, dogs, books, food and criminal justice reform. If I’m not here I’m out walking.
Garfield was not a cartoon. He was a PROPHET. #Caturday
"Today is August 4, 2026" There Will Come Soft Rains By: Ray Bradbury
Hi, hi. It's been a while and I still have some left so do you mind if I promote my Changing Landscapes zine? 40 pages dedicated to ruined structures (and vehicles!) in the North Pennines. £10 including P&P - UK only. Info & buy: www.mariegardiner.co.uk/zines-and-pr... #Photography #Zine
Today is my birthday (turning 30), which is the only time each year when I ask you for a repost should you like my art. Have a good day! 🦦🌿✨️ - Simon
You don't think you really have a storming the winter palace and shooting the damn Romanov kids switch in you and then you read an anecdote like this. Jesus Christ.
Paul Duane 🥔@paulduane.bsky.social · 6d agoMilch, while at Yale, was invited to join the notorious Skull & Bones fraternity alongside the likes of George Bush. He declined. This is the anecdote Ted Mann tells to illustrate his reasons for declining:
Just checking in to say Happy #worldembroideryday! I create colourful pictures with thread using the needle like a paintbrush. I hope they take the viewer on a journey of imagination. 😊 Here’s just a few of them…🪡🌿🌺✨#stitchedart #thesewingsongbird
Can’t believe Glen Hansard is gone. What an unbelievable tragedy. I loved his and Lisa O’Neill’s rendition of Fairytale of New York at Shane MacGowan’s funeral: m.youtube.com/watch?v=ptay...
Glen Hansard and Lisa O'Neill Perform "Fairytale of New York" at Shane MacGowan's Funeral
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Crushed by the Hansard news. A lesser known corner of Hansard‘s life was his close friendship with Eddie Vedder. The two were a beautiful example of how to support one another through grief. That story doesn’t fit into a social media post but this performance does youtu.be/S35d9KgruNs
Pearl Jam - Falling Slowly with Glen Hansard - Baltimore (September 12, 2024)
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"Dear Applicant, With deep regret, I write to inform you that Washington’s July 2026 administration of the NextGen bar exam has been cancelled. We will not continue tomorrow. . . . We do not have sufficient confidence that the technology issues have been resolved . . . . We sincerely apologize."
David Ziff@djsziff.bsky.social · last wk.Report on today's NextGen Bar Exam in Washington State: www.reddit.com/r/barexam/co... "TLDR; NextGen Washington Bar Cancelled for today; stressed out for over 6 hours and didn't even get to take the test; NCBE is nowhere to be found . . . ." Not a great start!
Today, six months after the murder of Alex Pretti by DHS agents, the Trump administration continues to suppress efforts to bring his murderers to account. His mother writes here.
This story is crazy. It would appear Trump admin officials rigged their nationally televised high school civics contest to keep a young man from a Sikh family out of the finalists. www.notus.org/national/ame...
Suspicion and Doubt at the National Civics Contest
America’s finest young scholars competed to mark their country's birthday. It led to a disputed finish in the age of mistrust.
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I love John Waters' memories of Mary Oliver from working for her at her bookstore in Ptown when they were both young. lithub.com/john-waters-...
John Waters on Working for Mary Oliver in Her Bookstore
In this week’s episode of A Phone Call From Paul, Paul Holdengraber and John Waters discuss his new memoir, Mr. Know-It-All (or as he describes, a “self-help book for lunatics,” w…
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good article and, crucially, a good list at the end of cookware/kitchenware lines that are still quality (and family owned)
@laperry2.bsky.social · 2w ago
Two people tried to enter a screening of The Odyssey without buying tickets after hiding inside a miniature model of the Trojan Horse. 😂😂😂
To save their storied wooden canoes from wildfires, an Ely YMCA camp sunk them in a lake
To save their storied wooden canoes, an Ely YMCA camp sunk them in a lake
Nearly all of Camp Widjiwagan’s legendary fleet of wood canvas canoes is safe, with 19 of them cached underwater in an ancient practice.
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Not sure how many people are actually going to take the time to comb through this but this is a cool journalistic effort.
Annotated full transcript of Trump’s speech claiming US election vulnerabilities
President Donald Trump tried to convince Americans in a primetime address that their elections are vulnerable to fraud. CNN annotated the speech with context and analysis.
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Sharing for today's #ArtRepostJuly #Green Tisha Mark ©2026, Homeland No. 2603, oil, 4"x4" This tiny piece has been accepted into The Green Show to benefit the Greenbelt, Essex County's Land Trust. Show opens 8/2 at Slow River Studio: www.slowriverstudio.com/gallery #art #SciArt #Massachusetts
The beautiful game. The people’s game. Throughout this World Cup, we have been reminded of a simple truth: football belongs to everyone. So does the joy and community it creates. Yesterday, I joined New Yorkers on Rikers Island to watch England take on Argentina.
