Um...so I accidentally stumbled onto the UVA law library's collection of 6,000 drawings by courtroom sketch reporter Ida Libby Dengrove, who worked in NYC mostly in the '70s & '80s, & they're kind of...amazing..?? This one is tagged "Clown Attack" (thread) archives.law.virginia.edu/resources/18...
Linda Lowenthal
@lindalow.bsky.social
Bostonian, copy chief at MIT Technology Review, lover of other people’s dogs.
I believe I speak for many when I say: Where did Rama get that coat?!?
Last week, Boston received a letter from AG Bondi threatening to prosecute officials and withhold funds unless we cooperate with carrying out mass deportations. The US Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures.
Life is sweet (and photography skills minimal) at the neighborhood dog bar.
This whole thread was making me laugh so hard I finally had to explain.
i keep cracking up at this post on AI writing
Lalalala, hell in a handbasket, here’s some vital apple news. www.wbur.org/news/2025/06...
Historians discover one of North America's oldest living apple trees in Maine
The Drap D'Or de Bretagna is one of a few historic apples that are the genetic ancestors of many of the common varieties we eat today. And the Verona Island tree is the only known living specimen in N...
wbur.org
So is this guy “Elie” hitting up all Jewish-looking people in Boston for 35 bucks or was he legit? (I did give it to him.)
Dry socks after coming in from the rain = unchallenged as one of life’s top pleasures.
Hive mind of Bluesky: Does the signature or logo on this silk scarf ring any bells with anyone? I cannot make it out. I found one on eBay that interprets it as “Moniohie” but I’m not convinced.
Can’t believe I was in Wilmington and failed to go to the Baldwin apple monument.
Am I the only one baffled by the wildly jolly tone being taken on NPR this morning? <now turning off news for rest of day>
Someone has either too much or not enough faith in the strength of the ice on the Charles.
I guess there’s only one good thing about the prospect that Donald Trump will probably live forever.
If you have a chance to see this, do! I mean, whatever chunk of it you feel like sitting through, but it’s oddly mesmerizing.
Christian Marclay’s The Clock is back at MoMA // I loved this the first time ‘round and it is a trove of design www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/a...
Unfortunately (?) for me, this is the point at which Bluesky informed me “Now the feed knows what you like!”
Nothing better is going to happen on TV today than a Speaker named Johnson flipping out because Jake Tapper keeps saying "penis."