photo of quilt art, Jazz Stories: Mama Can Sing, Papa Can Blow #1: Somebody Stole My Broken Heart, 2004. a woman in a yellow dress sings before a band consisting of a horn player, a bass player, and a drummer.
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rest in peace, Faith Ringgold
Oh you thought the earthquake before the eclipse was wild? Mount Etna in Sicily is sending out volcanic Spaghetti-O's right now: apnews.com/video/italy-...
They're talking about water being diverted from crops to data centers.
Octavia E. Butler predicted that we will soon have ballots that only have the candidates' photos because most won't be able to read and people will decide based on who looks "presidential" and tells them what they want to hear.
I love many of these songs. But is it fair to hate the *term* “yacht rock”? I do not & never will have a yacht. My love for this music comes from back in the day when it was just what was on the radio. 😕
In just three weeks we're hosting--online--poet & scholar @seminewblack.bsky.social who will explore how Black #poetry and other artwork 1990-2015 engaged/interrogated the period's dominant ideology of "colorblindness," looking especially at intersections of text & image. Free: register today!
May His Memory be for a Revolution
Quite the #Oscars image by @vpsreports.bsky.social
This is a relief: researchers who test the tests confirm that COVID rapid home tests are sensitive to new variants. Please test whenever you feel even slightly sick or have been exposed to COVID. You can have it and transmit it without symptoms 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/covi...
It will be sold online and in the family planning aisle of drugstores, convenience stores and supermarkets later this month, the manufacturer announced Monday.
WaPo Headline: Dropping aid from planes is expensive and inefficient. Why do it?
We never ask this about bombs.
That's so weird I must have missed the nyt breaking news alert
Picture below is of bird straddling two flowers with both legs apart like Van Damme.
What does it mean to unmake history? To sound a future one. Don't miss today's episode with Canisia Lubrin, about her 59 stories that, alongside Torkwase Dyson, with pen and with brush, unmake the 59 Black codes of King Louis XIV. Audio: tinhouse.com/podcast/cani...
Four panel comic Person 1: I created something (small box labeled art) Person 2: you'll never make a living from art Person 2: can i have it for free? @ eattherichcomic
Four panel comic Person 1: I created something (small box labeled book) Person 2: you'll never make a living from art Person 2: can i have it for free? @ eattherichcomic
It’s truly amazing to see this particular comic traveling around social media uncredited and apparently edited. Original from FB on left.
Artist: eat the rich comedian / FB
eattherich_comic / IG
Being a Christian and a capitalist requires way more theological creativity than being Christian and LGBTQ-affirming IMO
Fantastic story!! 🔥🔥 Thanks for the link!
The February 2024 Lights & Shadows Poetry Book Giveaway is accepting entries through the end of the month. Read the rules and enter at the link to win a free poetry book of your choice for you and a friend!
www.cortneylamarcharleston.com/lights-shado...
What other forms of knowledge are too expensive to maintain, Duke U? Asking for a society.
Ouch damn
Library Folks: A new article co-written by me dropped today - The Library is NOT for Everyone (Yet)
Disability, Accommodations, and Working in Libraries. I hope you will take a look 👀 crln.acrl.org/index.php/cr...
I hate the way our bodies fail us, miracles though they may be…
Golden dragon looking radiant, framed by a golden-red sun.
Happy Lunar New Year! 🐉
Hey, folks! The deadline for applications to REDI has been extended to Feb. 21. If you just needed a bit more time—you got it! Send us your interested / curious students! ✌🏽
In case you missed it, there’s still time to read my amicus brief in Trump v Anderson: www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23...
