Kate Beall
@katebbeall.bsky.social
Writer, baker, candlestick maker (?), / All of me out to sea | Words in Feral, HAD, and elsewhere | she/her https://beall.carrd.co/
Erik Satie preferred to compose in a room that had a sort of funeral gloom lit by a single tapered candle. Haydn believed he couldn't compose unless he was wearing the ring given to him by Frederick the Great. I compose myself according to the pattern of the room's shelves.
'You'll choke too' - an aerial embroidery landscape inspired by all the wildfires happening right now... I'm upset every time I smell smoke outside and somehow we have people starting them maliciously too! But we all breathe the same air so they'll choke too (1/2 - see thread for close-ups)
i don't like to police genre, but it's not dark academia unless somebody gets squished in one of these bad boys
Brown University has a widget that tracks the cost of the Iran war to American consumers (as contrasted to whatever the Pentagon is spending). Per-household cost now exceeds $600. iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
Folks, I'm sorry to have to do this, but after my bike ride to work, I'm gonna go ahead and issue a Patty and Selma Air Quality Alert for The Front Range today.
Perfect first line of a short story: "So I bought a little city (it was Galveston, Texas) and told everybody that nobody had to move, we were going to do it very gradually, very relaxed, no big changes overnight."
This explains why this Parlando Project episode is getting a spike in traffic on this morning’s date. Click to hear a musical performance of the Sara Teasdale poem that inspired Bradbury & a link to Wally Wood’s graphic story version. frankhudson.org/2019/03/18/t...
There Will Come Soft Rains
A single work of art can inspire and be reformed by others as it lives—or rather, if it lives, as there is no choice in the matter. No work of art once it has escaped its creator lives for one mome…
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Granite Geek NH@granitegeeknh.bsky.social · 3d agoThe 1950 Ray Bradbury story "There Will Be Soft Rains" is about life after the nuclear holocaust. As a reddit post pointed out, it is set far in the future: Aug. 4, 2026 - tomorrow. www.reddit.com/r/books/comm...
a thing that records everything I say for later analysis and overthinking? thanks I grew my own
In honor of fucking off to an island with no reception for the next week, here's an older essay on wilderness and the internet for The Disconnect, an online magazine you have to turn off your wi-fi to read. Wish this one was still around! I loved the premise.
The Disconnect: Issue One
The Disconnect is an offline-only magazine of commentary, fiction, and poetry.
thedisconnect.co
When the Siberian Bacteria with Stem Placenta Baby Drips $165,000 hits
聖☆Alex Degen@adactivity.bsky.social · 5d agoJust got an advertisement on the internet that is making me insane
I’m feeing really jazzed about the limitlessness of human creativity today
hi11ary.bsky.social@hi11ary.bsky.social · 5d agothe dirty martini of iv drips
Sometimes I feel a little bleak about…*gestures around* Sometimes I am delighted by the creativity and joyfulness of our species, which includes some scientists who started an OnlyMarms to fundraise, pitched the reality series “The Secret Lives of Marmot Wives,” and named a marmot Dan’s Hat
Tiney Ricciardi@tineywristwatch.bsky.social · last wk.OnlyMarms is one way researchers at the Rocky Mountain Biological Lab in Gothic are raising awareness about yellow-bellied marmot. Next month, they will also be hosting Fat Marmot Week when the public can vote for their favorite furry rodents. www.denverpost.com/2026/07/29/f...
ONLY MARMS
Tiney Ricciardi@tineywristwatch.bsky.social · last wk.OnlyMarms is one way researchers at the Rocky Mountain Biological Lab in Gothic are raising awareness about yellow-bellied marmot. Next month, they will also be hosting Fat Marmot Week when the public can vote for their favorite furry rodents. www.denverpost.com/2026/07/29/f...
No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...
Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation
PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...
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Hey Philadelphia!! Do you want this mural on your building?? Here’s what we’re looking for: You must own the building. Must be in Philly The flatter the surface the better! The more people that will see it the better. We want to install in September Email me if that's you SkypeAScientist@gmail.com
When I see Odysseus and his men making all these unpleasant discoveries, I can’t help but think of the time I found shrimp tails in my Cinnamon Toast Crunch
We've had this untanned puff adder skin in the family for decades and I'd like to see if I can repair its sad and crackly condition. I'm always more interested in learning from people in conversation than watching YouTube, so hit my up if you're a nerd for this stuff.
COMING THIS SUMMER GET READY FOR THE RIDE OF YOUR LIFE JUST BECAUSE YOU COULD NOT STOP FOR DEATH DOESN'T MEAN HE COULD NOT STOP FOR YOU
Jesse Hawken@jessehawken.bsky.social · last wk.Studio execs are going to want to adapt more poems for the big screen now
Voters in Colorado Springs’ congressional district may elect a Democrat for the first time, poll shows coloradosun.com/2026/07/28/j... #copolitics
Voters in Colorado Springs’ congressional district may elect a Democrat for the first time, poll shows
Democrat Jessica Killin’s campaign paid for a poll showing her within just 1 percentage point of Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank, with 11% of the electorate undecided
coloradosun.com
I wrote about the Nolan Odyssey for the LRB. I'll summarize some of my main points below, in case you don't feel like reading all that. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated Man
As they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...
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Academics and creative writers who have had a good experience running or participating in an online/remotely-meeting writing group: What made it work well for you? What do you recommend?
