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@lauraeh

NYC by way of Chicago. Editor, design historian and educational consultant, now having fun telling people where to go (as a museum volunteer).

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Fl has no income tax, but they charge for everything, like having your garbage picked up.

07.03.2026 23:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

OMG she graduated from my HS, class of 2015.

07.03.2026 15:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Γ‰douard Vuillard, The Newspaper, 1896-98, showing a woman reading a newspaper in a decorated interior

Γ‰douard Vuillard, The Newspaper, 1896-98, showing a woman reading a newspaper in a decorated interior

If I were to recommend only a single exhibition in NYC right now it wouldn't be a big, splashy museum presentation but rather a small, ravishing show of Γ‰douard Vuillard's early interiors at Skarstedt in Chelsea. Absolutely stupendous. Open through April 25 (thread) www.skarstedt.com/exhibitions/...

06.03.2026 17:50 πŸ‘ 95 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1

Thank you @timeshighered.bsky.social for publishing my essay advocating for the value of developmental editing in scholarly writing & publishing!

Takeaway for authors: learning to edit your own work in this way will help you get published better (and faster)

13.01.2026 18:20 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

French was no longer a spoken language (!)

05.03.2026 05:14 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My maternal grandmother and grandfather ran a business together. She was probably more of a businessperson than he was.

05.03.2026 04:59 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
a very misty view of the chicago river in downtown

a very misty view of the chicago river in downtown

unironically one of my favorite kinds of chicago weather

04.03.2026 23:10 πŸ‘ 852 πŸ” 88 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 6

The most famous line from Lincoln's second inaugural address is also probably the most misunderstood: "with malice toward none, with charity for all."

I'm a fan of Frederick Douglass's gloss on it.

04.03.2026 17:58 πŸ‘ 104 πŸ” 42 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3
I Know Where I'm Going! 4K restoration trailer - in cinemas from 20 October 2023 | BFI
I Know Where I'm Going! 4K restoration trailer - in cinemas from 20 October 2023 | BFI YouTube video by BFI

I Know Where I'm Going youtu.be/EVXs_bUXQ_8?...

04.03.2026 00:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Astoria the Wild Turkey shows her iridescence in the warm evening light in The Battery. πŸ¦ƒ ❀️ πŸŒ…

04.03.2026 00:18 πŸ‘ 113 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3

Between roughly 1971 and 1994 there was only one year with less than 1500 murders in NYC.

In 1990 there were more than 2200. Six per day basically

Six murders. Per day.

Last year, 2025, there were 305.

02.03.2026 01:47 πŸ‘ 91 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Everything old is new again

03.03.2026 06:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Hermitage

03.03.2026 06:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
They look like a photoshop project or a hallucinogenic nightmare or like someone though squirrels were easter eggs, but in fact, these squirrels (one shown close up, and one with a full body, both striped in impossibly bright blue, orange and red, with only the tiniest bits of normal-brown-squirrel fur) ARE REAL.

They look like a photoshop project or a hallucinogenic nightmare or like someone though squirrels were easter eggs, but in fact, these squirrels (one shown close up, and one with a full body, both striped in impossibly bright blue, orange and red, with only the tiniest bits of normal-brown-squirrel fur) ARE REAL.

I know the world is a nightmare right now, but I just discovered that India has squirrels that look like this, and I need you to know it too.

03.03.2026 01:58 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Buy CD PINK FLOYD - The Dark Side Of The Moon

Buy CD PINK FLOYD - The Dark Side Of The Moon

On 1 March 1973: Harvest (UK) and Capitol Records (US) release #PinkFloyd's 8th studio album "The Dark Side of the Moon"; it stays on the Billboard Top 200 Album chart for most of the next 14 years, selling over 50 million copies worldwide.

01.03.2026 12:15 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Have some vodka.

02.03.2026 04:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸͺ¬πŸ§Ώ Edinburgh Castle in Autumn

buy my photos as prints: scottishwallart.com

#edinburgh #castle #scotland #cemetery #autumn #travel #history #architecture #landscape #graveyard #alttext

24.10.2025 11:17 πŸ‘ 156 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A photo of a paper sign with a Chicago Public Library logo that says "La Biblioteca PΓΊblica de Chicago estarΓ‘ cerrada el lunes 2 de marzo, 2026, en ConmemoraciΓ³n del DΓ­a de Pulaski"

A photo of a paper sign with a Chicago Public Library logo that says "La Biblioteca PΓΊblica de Chicago estarΓ‘ cerrada el lunes 2 de marzo, 2026, en ConmemoraciΓ³n del DΓ­a de Pulaski"

I love Chicago

01.03.2026 20:54 πŸ‘ 142 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 4
My photo shows a Roman Rippenschale (ribbed) blue glass drinking cup with a rounded body and slightly flaring rim. There is some breakage to the rim. The ribs run vertically around the body of the cup, with horizontal bands of white trail decoration around the cup. At the rear of the museum display case, part of a larger ribbed dark blue glass bowl can be seen.

My photo shows a Roman Rippenschale (ribbed) blue glass drinking cup with a rounded body and slightly flaring rim. There is some breakage to the rim. The ribs run vertically around the body of the cup, with horizontal bands of white trail decoration around the cup. At the rear of the museum display case, part of a larger ribbed dark blue glass bowl can be seen.

A 2,000 year-old Roman blue glass drinking cup found in Trier, Germany.

Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier
πŸ“· by me

#Archaeology

01.03.2026 19:13 πŸ‘ 487 πŸ” 100 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1
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World's Largest Box of Chocolates, Kansas City, Mo Has 5,000 lbs of real, edible Chocolate πŸ˜‹ www.worldrecordacademy.org/2024/7/world... / @tebarrett.bsky.social @chaosonpaper.bsky.social @piperformissouri.bsky.social @lesliejones4mo.bsky.social @docsociology.bsky.social @lalawriter71.bsky.social

25.02.2026 16:39 πŸ‘ 50 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 0
Miniature, painted on vellum by Limbourg brothers & BarthΓ©lemy d’Eyck 1412-16 & 1440.

Miniature, painted on vellum by Limbourg brothers & BarthΓ©lemy d’Eyck 1412-16 & 1440.

The month of March
Mars, Le ChΓ’teau de Lusignan, Poitou
Miniature, on vellum,1412-16 & 1440
Two oxen pull a peasant’s plough; vines are pruned, soil turned & seed sowed. A dragon (MΓ©lusine) flies over the right tower.
Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry
MusΓ©e CondΓ©, ChΓ’teau de Chantilly

01.03.2026 05:54 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I keep reading that and it seems hard to believe that people really think they're the same person.

01.03.2026 06:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Now watching Judgment at Nuremberg (1961).

01.03.2026 01:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If you are younger than 83, you have never seen the US drop a single bomb as a formally declared act of war according to its constitution.

18.06.2025 22:20 πŸ‘ 1479 πŸ” 329 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3

β€œI wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo.

β€œlmao" said Gandalf, β€œwell it has.”

01.07.2024 16:44 πŸ‘ 2800 πŸ” 921 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 45
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Master of illusion: perspectival frescoes at Villa Farnesina Rome, by Baldassare Peruzzi, versatile Italian Mannerist architect & artist (1481-1536); apprenticed to Bramante, worked with Raphael & Sangallo, left drawings to his pupil Serlio for publication.
Sala delle Prospettive, Villa Farnesina

28.02.2026 06:25 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I have really come to dread Friday nights

that’s when the Trump administration always tries to slide their most illegal shit under the radar when they think no one is watching and they can get away with it

28.02.2026 07:00 πŸ‘ 256 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

So many of these jerks think they're big LOTR fans, and they don't know the first thing about it. They're more like orcs.

28.02.2026 01:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ich thynke but litel of a Mondaye bleake
Tuesday grey and Wednesdaye eke
Thursdaye Ich care not for thee
Yet Fridaye Ich am yn love

[dreamye lute arpeggio]

Mondaye thou kanst fall awaye
Tuesdaye, Wednesdaye, myne herte slaye
No mirthe ys founde upon Thursdaye
Yet Fridaye Ich am yn love

27.02.2026 18:34 πŸ‘ 235 πŸ” 61 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm told that the East Coast of the US (including Boston) will experience a rare event, the selenelion when the rising sun and the setting moon will be visible at the same time, at around 6 AM Tuesday March 3.

www.wcvb.com/article/rare...

28.02.2026 00:39 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1