Congrats to Torrey House Press on their 2026 American Book Award for Indigenous anthology “Beyond the Glittering World"! (THP also published "Mostly White" by Mumblers author Alison Hart ("The In-Between Sky") #Booksky tinyurl.com/Mostly-White tinyurl.com/Glittering-W... tinyurl.com/In-between-Sky

Mostly White | torrey-house-press

by Alison Hart | Paperback| ISBN 9781937226954 | 182 pages. Spanning four generations of a mixed-race family, Mostly White is a powerful tale of inter-generational trauma and the healing brought by wi...

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Good morning and happy #thicktrunkTuesday

An aging Bohemian and a young poet in NYC's Greenwich Village in the last century #friendship #influencers #intuition #memoir #aging How can we know the value of our lives? Tally: An Intuitive Life

Tally: An Intuitive Life

Tally: An Intuitive Life, published by All Things That Matter Press, by Mary Clark. PJ (Paul Johnston) came to Greenwich Village, New York City from Georgia in 1919 at the age of twenty. There he e…

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So excited about this! #booksky

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Melina Matsoukas to direct Octavia E. Butler’s classic “Parable of the Sower” for Warner Bros

Something for these many hot summer days🌞 #LandscapePhotography #Nature #ECK #BlueSkyArt #Minnesota

Sunsets last peek at sunset in Minnesota #LandscapePhotography #Nature #ECK #BlueSkyArt #Minnesota

Interesting shadow at Grantchester parish church #WindowsOnWednesday

Enjoying the beauty of the botanical gardens in St. Louis, Missouri during my 2024 visit.

I watch some old series, eg "Columbo". Interesting how his character style changed from tough to deceptively bumbling as years rolled by. With Agatha Christie you knew how it was done & the hook was "who did it". With Columbo you knew how it was done & who did it - the hook was how he got them.

Tuesday

Self Portrait in A Teapot ~ 16x16 Oil/Panel/Palette Knife

From 100 million to 500 million, the growth rate is too fast! Pentagon's interest in AI is growing stronger.

Forbes@forbes.com · 3mo ago

The deal is part of the Defense Department's accelerating push to embed artificial intelligence across military decision-making.

Happy Caturday to all who celebrate

keeping an eye out for the magic as night falls art by Maggie Vandewalle

All this talk about Trump 2028 then Obama 2028. No. Absolutely fucking no. The 22nd Amendment is really clear, so there is no “if Trump runs then Obama runs,” Don’t let him move the Overton window of what is legal in our country. Outrage at Trump’s dictatorial desires is the only acceptable take

The godmother of punk Patti Smith met Pope Leo XIV this morning.

I crocheted Patti Smith’s Horses cover

Anthropic says Claude AI hacked three companies during cyber tests reut.rs/4yP1TnF

Anthropic says Claude AI hacked three companies during cyber tests

Anthropic said on Thursday its AI model Claude hacked into the systems of three companies during testing after a ​configuration error gave it internet access, days after rival OpenAI disclosed a rogue-agent episode involving ‌AI firm Hugging Face.

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Fauci may invoke his 5th Am right, despite Biden’s pardon, which applies only to crimes he “may” have committed in the past. Unless Congress grants him immunity from using his statements against him, he has a reasonable fear of future prosecution from this DOJ. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Anthony Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment right not to answer questions at GOP-led Covid hearing, calls Rand Paul ‘unhinged’

The former top health official said he was invoking the Fifth Amendment to avoid the possibility that Republicans on the Senate committee might try to prosecute him for perjury.

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Joni Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, painter, poet, genius #WomensArt

This is what our taxpayer dollars are going for Not to help the American people, just for the pleasure of the Mad King

Christopher Webb@cwebbonline.com · last wk.

The guy who campaigned on grocery prices is gold-plating horse statues on our dime. It’s going to be hard to tell the difference between Washington, DC and the Las Vegas Strip in a minute.

Hey, look! I found my twin in Montpelier, Vermont when I passed through on my road trip in May.

Yes!

Unconventional Director Sets Shakespeare Play In Time, Place Shakespeare Intended https://theonion.com/unconventional-director-sets-shakespeare-play-in-time-1819569151/

for all the critiques of Wilson’s Odyssey translation over the years, i don’t think i’ve seen one as coolly withering as “a graphic novel of The Odyssey could be terrific, too”

Corey Atad@coreyatad.com · last wk.

lmaoooooooooooooooo Wilson: this Nolan guy makes dumb action movies Oates: this Wilson lady is writing YA (young adult)

Jared Kushner's brother Josh Kushner would be among lead backers of FIFA for-profit entity overseeing the World Cup. UEFA, which runs European soccer, denounced the move. 'It is not FIFA's to sell,' UEFA said in a statement. 'None of us are the owners of football.' www.cnn.com/2026/07/28/s...

FIFA plan for privatizing World Cup meets fury from UEFA | CNN

FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s plan to privatize World Cup using investors with ties to US President Donald Trump attacked by European soccer body UEFA.

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A stately giant along an informal #trail along a forest service unpaved road above Hope Valley, #California, off of Highway 88 as it heads to Carson Pass in the #SierraNevada mountains. For #ThickTrunkTuesday. #ECK #landscapephotography #hiking #nature #outdoors #trees #WestCoastKin