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An Edward Gorey drawing showing a morose looking black bird on a branch. He (and this feels very much like a he) is pointing downwards with one scraggly wing, and looking straight ahead with debt-filled eyes. His beak is long and sharp, like winter on the Great Plains. He is pointing with his right wing, but this means he is pointing to your left. Your wicked, sinister side. This is no accident. The Bird makes no such mistakes. But he is talking, and the text tells us that he is saying, "Beware of this and that." Honestly, you feel his message in your bones.

Some days I just feel like this Edward Gorey bird gets it.

Some of you have never been bullied by a cat and it shows

A little white cat paw reaches out, out through the bars of a cat carrier to grab an ankle.

Fed up at the vet

Costume showing spider with umbrella made of a web

Costume showing anthropomorphised piece of corn

Costume showing crab with a crown

Costume showing anthropomorphised coral, big moustache and holding stick.

Happy #FatTuesday! Here's a few costume designs by artist Charles Briton for the 1873 New Orleans Mardi Gras. See more great carnival designs, and learn about their creators, in our essay by @allisoncmeier.bsky.social : publicdomainreview.org/essay/illust... #MardiGras

I propose to make universal the old policy of the Blackfriars conference at the American Shakespeare Center:

If you do not end your paper on time, you will be forced to exit, pursued by a bear. Literally, a bear will come take your paper from you.

Museum educator standing behind a billowing cloud, with SUB-ZERO SCIENCE on screen in background

Happy Darwin day! And a fun evening at Denver Museum of Nature & Science making dino valentines, hearing an ‘Evolution of Love’ lecture, witnessing an exploding rose and romance novel soaked in liquid nitrogen…

They have good non alcoholic options as well!

Events Explore interactive, super fun exhibits that let kids learn and discover on their own terms. See hours, admission, and what’s happening at our museum.

Denver folks! Thursday Feb 19th - Joy on Tap brewery, food, and fun, 21+ night at Children’s Museum - best deal in town!
www.mychildsmuseum.org/events/Event...

“FIRE ICE” print - red ink, matchstick image

And the classes I WISH I’d taken (ones that got away, never worked with schedule)

1. History of Statistics
2. Arts of Africa
3. Japanese Woodblock Prints
4. Literary Environments: Wilderness to Cityscape
5. Dreams and Literary Interpretations
6. Economic Plants and Human Health
…

1. Science in Victorian Britain
2. Japanese Handscrolls
3. Biological Poisons & Toxins
4. Food & Culture in Medieval England
5. Plagues: Past & Present

Couldn’t wait to pick classes each quarter.

Ring the alarum-bell! Murder and treason!

As tens of thousands across America protest the violence that ICE sows with impunity, federal agents shot and killed another person in Minneapolis today.

ICE terrorizes our cities. ICE puts us all in danger. Abolish ICE.

I didn’t either! Seems like a collaborative event between USPS, History Colorado, and the State.

Enormous Christmas chandelier over the Brown Palace tea room. This is where the steers are held.

Blurry, black, and fluffy steers, with purple flowers in foreground (camera chose to focus on the flowers tied to their pen) they look uncomfortable and I felt bad for them.

Rodeo royalty sent to entertain us in the (long!) line to meet the steers. Teen gals dressed to the nines in glittering, customized rodeo wear.

Yesterday: Finally made it out to see the prize steers (Boots & Mile High) at the Brown Palace

First Day of Issue ceremony program envelope with John Fielder stamp and pin. 150 250 anniversary sticker, all artfully arranged on the lap of someone who did not realize how fancy everyone else would dress for this and is in jeans.

First Day of Issue Ceremony - Colorado 150 Stamp

An infographic titled "Tear Gas: Chemistry, Dispersal Methods & Effects". It details the active agent in tear gas, 2-chlorobenzalmalononitrile, showing its chemical structure. It explains dispersal via burning canisters (using charcoal and potassium nitrate) or sprays. Health effects include eye, nose, and respiratory irritation lasting 15–30 minutes. Treatment steps advise moving to fresh air, removing clothing, and flushing with water or saline.

US ICE agents have been using tear gas on protestors in Minneapolis. There's been plenty of tear gas misinformation flying around on social media; here's a summary of the chemistry and the best way to get rid of it (TLDR: water): www.compoundchem.com/2020/06/09/t...

#ChemSky 🧪

Agreed! It’s just animals, but I’m thankful for the work @animalphotorefs.bsky.social is doing to help provide free non-AI images to artists!

Infographic on snowdrops, Alzheimer's and chemical warfare. Snowdrops contain poisonous alkaloids which, if they are eaten, can cause vomiting and diarrhoea. Falling levels of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine are associated with Alzheimer's disease. Galantamine stops an enzyme that breaks acetylcholine down. Organophosphate nerve agents target an enzyme that breaks down acetylcholine; galantamine can bind reversible to this enzyme, blocking the nerve agents.

Snowdrop season is coming in the Northern Hemisphere!

What links these winter flowers with Alzheimer's treatment and nerve agents? Find out in this infographic! www.compoundchem.com/2018/02/08/s...

#ChemSky 🧪

Hundreds Demonstrate Against ICE in Denver, Including Jeanette Vizguerra About 350 protesters gathered at the Capitol and then marched through downtown in solidarity with Renee Good, who was fatally shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis.

About 350 protesters gathered at the Capitol and then marched through downtown in solidarity with Renee Good, who was fatally shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis.
https://www.westword.com/news/denver-demonstrators-protest-ice-honor-renee-good-40828000/

Winter lights on buildings, DnF tower in distance, American flag in distress, anti ice signs, protestors marching, bundled up against cold

Denver anti-ICE march down 16th Street

Denver Capitol ICE Protest: When, Where, What to Know Colorado protests are organized in solidarity with Renee Nicole Good, the Colorado woman shot by ICE.

Colorado protests are organized in solidarity with Renee Nicole Good, the Colorado woman shot by ICE.
https://www.westword.com/news/denver-capitol-ice-protest-when-where-what-to-know-40827452/

TV, surrounded by plants, showing Ken Burns’ American Revolution

Ringing in 2026 with my Dad, my partner, and Kennie B

EXCLUSIVE: Mamdani Will Be Sworn In At Abandoned Original City Hall Subway Station - Streetsblog New York City Zohran Mamdani will be sworn in as mayor of New York City at midnight on Jan. 1 inside the old abandoned City Hall subway station.

if I were elected mayor of a city I too would insist that every ceremony took place in an abandoned tunnel or secret passage of some kind

1. Metz, Bibliothèque municipale, 1588 f. 72v https://www.flickr.com/photos/bmmetz/12497461423/in/album-72157640916985905/

2. Verdun, Bibl.mun., ms 0107, f. 008 https://bvmm.irht.cnrs.fr/iiif/9684/canvas/canvas-1283591/view

3. Morgan Library, MS M.81 (The Worksop Bestiary), f. 10v http://ica.themorgan.org/manuscript/page/3/77019

4. Bibliothèque Municipale de Valenciennes, MS 101 (Bestiary of Hugh of Fouilloy), f. 189v https://bestiary.ca/beasts/beastgallery217.htm

🎄#MerryChristmas to those who celebrate, please enjoy these festive-looking #hedgehogs.🎄🦔
(In the medieval bestiary, the hedgehog's story usually involved it rolling around and collecting fallen fruit on its quills to bring home to its children - fruit kebabs to go!)

My judgy inner monologue sure does

Painted wooden circle with ghost, cat and moon stickers.

Exhibit title - Nourished - alongside floor to ceiling mixed media work of onion goddess

Pink-skied mixed media work, women and flamingos gathering hibiscus, bowl of sorrel in foreground

Artist, her mother, and grandmother - mixed media portraits surrounded by glittering grapevines, a beautiful tribute.

Jazz Holmes exhibit at Denver Botanic Gardens - well worth your time!

Long Before Pantone, This Bird-Based System for Describing Color Was a Hit In the early 20th century, ornithologist Robert Ridgway published a massive dictionary to categorize birds’ hues, from Peacock Blue to Duck Green. His work still resonates for artists and designers...

“In the early 20th century, ornithologist Robert Ridgway published a massive dictionary to categorize birds’ hues, from Peacock Blue to Duck Green. His work still resonates for artists and designers today.”
www.audubon.org/magazine/lon...