Today marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Earle Hyman. Known to generations of TV viewers as Cosby’s dad, he had a significant theatrical career, including a variety of landmark Shakespeare roles. We're honored to have his papers as part of the Folger. www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...

I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.

Our English teacher never even tried to tell us that Yeats once fought a dark wizard.

My fav Astarion Book Discourse take so far is the one where Neil Newbon sat at cons & explained how this is the guy before he meets the player character and your agency helps change him as a person because he actually hates the book and was making subtle facial gestures to secretly warn real fans

Kind of obsessed with this spooky season scene my 12-year-old painted today.

Christopher Columbus was dragged back to Spain in chains by a crusading knight, convicted of tyranny and immeasurable cruelty, pardoned by Isabella but banned from returning to Hispaniola. Fuck Columbus.

Spent this past week in Mississippi. Of all the college mascots, Delta State University's Fighting Okra is the greatest mascot.

How big is this school that the marching band and symphonic isn't just the same kids- wow

TW@twesq.bsky.social · 22h ago

marching band for a Texas high school was at a competition so the orchestra stepped in and this is cool

This is kind of wonderful, Alison Brown wrangled a handful of pretty decent old bluegrass guys to play “Old Town Road”. Nas X’s impact… immeasurable youtu.be/a_GCX5IoCds

Alison Brown & Steve Martin - Old Town Road (feat. Del McCoury & Dan Tyminski)

YouTube video by Alison Brown

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Magnolia with seed pods and lichen in the October drizzle ... Magnolia is a large worldwide genus that is part of one of the earliest flowering & seed producing plant families (Magnoliaceae) - the family predates bee evolution - beetles and flies pollinate the waxy flowers. 🌿

I’d rather have nice safe emotions about shows on the entertainment media; having them about things real-life humans said and did just led to stupid decisions.

this fall, consider dressing like the man in gary bunt's paintings

Solar canopies above crops produced clean energy while reducing heat stress, boosting summer yields by 20% and improving barley quality in field trials.

Solar canopies sitting 5 meters above a corn field produced clean energy while shielding the plants from the worst effects of the extreme heat and helping to reduce evapotranspiration, boosting crop yields by 20% during summer heatwaves. 🌽 Another s…

Solar canopies sitting 5 meters above a corn field produced clean energy while shielding the plants from the worst effects of the extreme heat and helping to reduce evapotranspiration, boosting crop yields by 20% during summer heatwaves. 🌽 Another site produced a better quality barley yield. 🌞

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for as long as i've been alive, republicans have ran the same playbook: a few weeks before voting begins, they roll out completely fabricated smear campaigns. these things are always coordinated, so the talking points take over the news. the party is never electorally punished for their dishonesty.

This article offers half a dozen reasons why people have stopped having friends and family over, but it ignores the fact that the women who planned parties and kept homes tidy enough for unplanned guests are now working for pay full-time (usually more than 9-5). www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

The dreadful decline of hosting at home: ‘I feel shame any time a friend comes over’

It used to be quite normal to pop next door for a coffee or invite friends over for dinner. But not any more. What’s behind this change – and just how damaging is it?

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Galveston Bay frozen over, 1886. It's pretty amazing to see a boat on frozen ice in Galveston, but it happened. Courtesy the Rosenberg Library

TOMORROW YOU WILL GRAB THE SUN WITH BOTH HANDS AND DEVOUR IT. FOR NOW DO YOU WANT TO TEXT A FRIEND?

23rd century kids are going to take US history tests with questions like “how many years after Obama left office did it take the Republican Party to stop running against Obama” and the answer will be something like “150”

In highly important news from history today, it’s the 80th anniversary of the 21st birthday of Christopher Tolkien, notable now for the wording (especially the small print) of the invitation to the party

This one is from the Archaelogical Museum in Nafplio.

It was a Maxfield Parrish kind of night…. Black Mountain, NC. (IYKYK)

“‘Accidental landlords’ — .. home owners who tried to sell, couldn't, and are now listing on the rental market. .. At the beginning of August, 11% of all single family home to rent in Texas were from accidental landlords. Today, it’s 14%.” - Parcl Labs

It's just been announced at NYCC so I guess I can tell you that I'm writing The Regulators for Marvel. My five issue comic series will be out in 2027. Mutants, magic and monsters woven into the very fabric of Jim Crow America.

I know the feed is bleak, but please have a brand new lamb picture. I wasn’t expecting this one, and he might be a premie, but his mom is great and he is eating well.

❗Attention, union supporters ❗ We're asking Wizards and Hasbro to voluntarily recognize our union—and you can help! Sign our petition today and show our leadership that you want change in the gaming industry. actionnetwork.org/forms/uwotcp...

A memorial for lives lost to suicide and their surviving families who grieve them was dedicated by the Archdiocese of Chicago earlier this year at Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetery.

First suicide memorial by a US archdiocese signals a compassionate shift by the Catholic Church

A memorial for lives lost to suicide and their surviving families who grieve them was dedicated by the Archdiocese of Chicago earlier this year at Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetery.

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"And the gold rolled through his veins Like a thousand railroad trains And eased his mind in the hours that he chose While the kids ran around wearin' other peoples' clothes There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose" (John Prine)

The blackbird of exasperation has replaced the bluebird of happiness until further notice.

Verhoeven's "Starship Troopers"

Julia Carrie Wong@joolia.bsky.social · 4d ago

Is there a work of art that was created well before the current era that you feel explains Trump and MAGA and everything better than anything contemporary? For me it’s Assassins (1990) but I’m curious if other people have one.