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FUCK ICE painting. With stick. 11x14 (plus stick) purple background hot pink text.

🚨 ART AUCTION 🚨
This delightful FUCK ICE painting was made with hot wax and razor blades. Stunning purple and pink. 11x14 PLUS A STICK. Winning bid will go to help people in Minnesota. Food. Rent. Bid in the comments. Shipping extra.

'Kyiv At War' Art Print — Molly Crabapple Torn from the pages of her sketchbook, Molly drew this scene when she was in Kyiv, Ukraine, in the summer of 2022. It depicts a destroyed Russian tank parked in front of Golden Domed St Michael’s mona...

I drew this piece in Kyiv, and am selling prints to raise money for the humanitarian work of Solidarity Collectives in Ukraine

www.mollycrabapple.com/shop/p/new-b...

Insist on sending it by messenger, in an envelope sealed with wax.

Oh honey, claymation ain’t an ear worm! It’s amazing claymation.

MacArthur Park is a legit good song, my dude. Go to your room.

NOPE NOPE NOPE DON'T DO THAT JIM.

I love the fact that millions of people now have the song MacArthur Park stuck in their heads.

“Seeing like an LLM”

Let's make it clearer. This week's in-depth briefing from our volunteer collective at @unbreaking.org is on extraordinary acts of courage and decency by ordinary people fighting back against inhumane attacks on their neighbors.

unbreaking.org/blog/this-we...

You too could have this hat.

TRYING Beanie BACK IN STOCK!!!  It is cold, times are hard, and you are doing everything you can.  Put a hat on your head that says TRYING. Made by pals, this beanie is olive with a fully-embroidered TRYING patch (...

And @dansinker.com’s hat here! shop.dansinker.com/products/try...

How to Die (and other stories) — MULE BOOKS This is a pre-order! Book will ship in February. On April 2, 2024 I sent out a newsletter asking people to send me questions. I promised to answer a question a week. This book is the result of that (...

Get @monteiro.bsky.social’s book here! www.mulebooks.com/store/how-to...

Person wearing green sweater and green hat with orange patch that says trying, and holding a black hardcover book by Mike Monteiro called How to Die. The lettering is pink and features an ice cream cone plus the bottom of another cone that has been bitten down.

You know it’s a good day when the mail brings a brilliant book by @monteiro.bsky.social and great merch from @dansinker.com

Hey if you or anyone you know is looking for an experienced technical writer/editor, full or part time, remote only, get in touch with my pal @jagosaurus.bsky.social who is a good egg and looking for work right now. I genuinely wish I could hire her. She’s a catch.
www.linkedin.com/in/jane-g-a8...

Kexp.org also has great notes in their playlists, happy International Clash Day! www.kexp.org/playlist/

International Clash Day, so get thee to KEXP www.kexp.org/read/2026/2/...

It would be so fucking satisfying to slam a door right now.

Clickens, now with...actual occasional surprise clucking! @erikahall.bsky.social you goddess. clickens.chicken.pics/personable/2...

Get some awesome art (on a stick)!

I have a small (very, very small) collection of books my father filched from libraries in the 1970s.

Donate to Help Brooklyn Park Families Make February Rent, organized by Erin Ayala The occupation of the Twin Cities by federal agents has left many families s… Erin Ayala needs your support for Help Brooklyn Park Families Make February Rent

Everything sucks. We are all overwhelmed. What can we do? Well… we can help others. Let’s help some Brooklyn Park, Minnesota folks make their rent payments. We're going to clear the board, folks get their rent money, and it’s gonna feel amazing. Wins all around! www.gofundme.com/f/minnesota-...

Paging @annaleen.bsky.social

A million years ago I took a course on the history of modern design. Wonderful prof began on the first day talking about the social meaning of clothing, what we were wearing (jeans) and then announced "I, of course, am wearing a black turtleneck, the uniform of revolutionaries the world over."

Queen Esther: Blackbirding Album Release Blackbirding is songwriter/musician/producer/vocalist Queen Esther’s bold new album—an electrifying blend of Black Americana, alt-country and rock that confronts America’s buried histories head-on.

If you are in NYC or can get there on March 21st, do not miss @queenesther.bsky.social's album release show at Joe's Pub/The Public. You will thank me. publictheater.org/performances...

Wonderful! (Somehow I missed that one in Dec.)

What a mensch and great teacher you are! Is there any way you can share some that info publicly? Absolutely invaluable, and it's not only the unpublished writing students who could use it. Raising my hand, for example, I've got books on the shelves but have no idea how to deal with lit mags.

TIMELINE CLEANSE

When's a time that a stranger helped you in an unexpected, maybe even small way?

Beautiful thread that prompted a memory of something that happened 30 years ago. I hope everyone has a story to share. And/or says hi to a stranger today.

My wallet was stolen and had been tossed in the gutter after thief took the cash. Stranger found it, contacted my credit card company to get it back to me. I met him on a corner with flowers. This was in NYC, not a small town. Years later I wrote a book about why people should talk to strangers.