my brain decided we should listen to Hadestown while doing chores today so there's also been some cathartic crying
jen m is a spider in a window
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cosmic muddle. learner, teacher, reader, writer, dancer, human. living in the midwest of the united states, paying attention to the seasons. she/they
the words for 1986 are cursed and i will not be participating in this. also, stud muffin.
Merriam-Webster@merriam-webster.com · 5d agoFind the 5 words from your birth year that perfectly describe YOUR vibe ⬇️ www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler/
when i went to trade school in the basque country i took a class that was about your rights as a worker understanding how your paycheck broke down when you could strike everything we could do that too, we don't have to view trade training as merely about service.
mtsw@mtsw.bsky.social · yesterdayRepublicans love pushing vocational-only education instead of comprehensive-education because they want a healthy supply of low-cost servants and less competition for the professional and boss jobs they want their own kids to have.
"Every Flock license plate reader camera operated by the Winona Police Department has been sawed off and stolen in what investigators believe was a coordinated theft." www.valleynewslive.com/2026/08/04/e...
All of Winona Police Department’s Flock cameras cut down and stolen
Lost cameras valued at about $24,000
valleynewslive.com
The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Ryland Grace of California, Scientist: Who lived Eight Years, all alone in an un-inhabited Ship on the Coast of Tau Ceti; Having been comatose, wherein all the Men perished but himself. With An Account how he was at last as strangely deliver'd by Pyrates
donated blood today for the first time in years and my new blood org is big on emphasizing HUMAN BLOOD. HUMAN BLOOD SAVES LIVES. so if you’re an alien or some type of cryptid they are not interested.
TIL this apartment building in Duluth used to be part of Work People’s College, a socialist and eventually IWW-run college for future labor leaders. Started as a HS and Finnish seminary but students struck in protest of rules against discussing social issues. Socialists bought the struggling school
I am making it a habit to always look for the labor story behind these nasty scandals. The consumers are almost never the only ones being harmed.
The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor
The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.
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I have been wanting to read these. I love Heists. I'm currently DMing a group through Keys from the Golden Vault and it's been really fun.
Noctambulate@noctambulate.bsky.social · 3d agoThe legendary kingpin Uncle Rich in Colson Whitehead’s COOL MACHINE divides his heists into those he does to meet obligations and those he does for sport: “A man builds his legacy. It accrues. And one day you have to hang your hat. Three money jobs and three personal jobs. Then I’m out.”
I don't think I've posted here about how much I've been loving Slow Horses (Apple TV). But I've been loving Slow Horses.
"more fantasies of the good life need to be invented. turning the present from hunger to fantasies of better making do, that is the obligation of the Left." Berlant
Anna Kornbluh@annakornbluh.bsky.social · 2w agothat was such a great conversation, here's a different one: from 1976-2026, best, fave, more interesting, most significant TV, film, or lit representing "the good life" however you conceive it procedural, realism, comedy, utopia, any genre or style and emphasis on the fictional
what we love to see from the heart of it all
Harvey J. Miller@mobileharv.bsky.social · 3d agoCincinnati has developed a Climate Migration Readiness Plan to absorb as many as 525,000 newcomers by 2050. It calls for building much denser housing, expanding public transit and decreasing the city’s reliance on fossil fuels.
ok i gotta log off and do my creative writing and read Don Quixote
thanks to this becoming real i was able to scroll through the past two plus weeks of Odyssey posts by people i follow and honestly had a great time. timeline pre-Wilson review and post was quite different although there were some good sharp critiques in the pre-Wilson era
jen m is a spider in a window@patientspider.bsky.social · last wk.my kingdom for the ability to search a keyword and filter by only people i follow :( i will continue to moan about this until it becomes real
as soon as I can, I'm going to post an inventory-clearing sale on my personal shop, but for now, perhaps you want to buy some prints to support two dykes through a big move & period of unemployment? 👀 www.inprnt.com/gallery/kati...
I stopped watching Harlots mid-season 3 at the beginning of the pandemic because it was too stressful but seeing Samantha Morton in the Odyssey reminded me how amazing she is and how I’ve been meaning to get back to it.
I liked this quite a lot. A good J.P. Brammer essay is worth paying $6 for.
JP@jpbrammer.bsky.social · 4d agoI wrote about 'The Odyssey,' which I saw in IMAX with tickets I later learned could have netted me $4,000. Well whatever. HERE ARE MY EXPENSIVE THOUGHTS ON 'THE ODYSSEY.' johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/the-odysse...
The song over the credits of the Odyssey was very silly. I am intrigued that Christopher Nolan decided to cowrite on a rap song.
Is Calypso in the Odyssey (film) a manic pixie dream girl? Is she one in the epic?
Zendaya in the Odyssey felt very similar to her character in Dune: mysterious woman in robes who gives the main male character intent stares like when my cats are trying to tell me something with their eyes because they can’t use human language
This is unironically what all cars should look like, they shouldn't go over fifty miles an hour, and an average person should be able to service it in their driveway.
noninfluencer faceless low production value YouTubers who teach their fellow humans how stuff is put together and how to fix stuff and how to cook stuff are just about the very best humans
The Gurgling Cod (he/him)@thegurglingcod.bsky.social · last wk.I did a little research on YouTube took the front of the dryer off, wiggled the drum a little bit and the fastener came out and the dryer seems to be working normally again. 💅🏻
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CHOP FROM THE TOP
Anna Kornbluh@annakornbluh.bsky.social · last wk.CHOP FROM THE TOP 14 of the University's highest-paid officers and employees earned more than $1 million in FY 2025, with nine making more than $2 million Duke’s strategic realignment included layoffs+buyout offers that led to the departure of nearly 600 staff. dukechronicle.com/article/duke...
restrooms are political! in addition to the mentioned histories, there's a whole disability access angle
tamara nopper@tamaranopper.bsky.social · last wk.Public bathrooms, once common, are difficult to find now because of the history of segregation against African Americans as well as the targeting of LGBT individuals. now.temple.edu/news/2022-09...