“I just think we as a society moved on too quickly from Janet Planet.” - @infopetal.bsky.social

SUNY and CUNY are great deals. Socialize the Ivies and distribute their endowments to our public universities.

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03.27.25 Exhibition Lecture | Zara Pfeifer and Daniel Jonas Roche: The Social Life of Cooperativ... YouTube video by The Cooper Union

Cooper Union lecture from last year, with several Jessor family members & building residents present :)

recommend this show at citygroup.nyc! even more so for the accompanying pamphlet put together by Brad Isnard, Daniel Jonas Roche, & Zara Pfeifer (whose beautiful photographs, shown at Cooper Union last year, are viewable digitally at citygroup & here: www.zarapfeifer.com/thank-you-he...)

pre-wealth studies

RIP to a real one (Hampshire College)

I despise when tech execs describe resistance to a new tech product or paradigm as "being scared" i.e. "I understand why musicians are scared but.." it's so condescending. being politically against something or exercising your right to opt out can come from many places other than "being scared"

I feel in my bones that there's a new Ferrante on the way. please Miss Diva, we need this

"The Living Room was a space that especially elevated the voices of the oppressed, including the Palestinian struggle,” said Durham City Council Member Nate Baker, noting the duplex’s prominently placed Free Palestine yard sign and the political activities the space hosted. “Was that a motivation for Duke to shutter The Living Room? I don’t know. It would not be out of character from what universities across the country have done to silence recent anti-genocide and anti-apartheid campaigns."

& this crucial detail via @natebakerdurham.bsky.social

"Creedon was, per city directories, the latest in an unbroken line of largely working-class renters at 407 Swift stretching back more than a century: machinists, textile workers, postal clerks, waitresses, painters, students. Her departure means one of Durham’s increasingly scarce parcels of naturally occurring affordable housing has seen its last tenant."

essential reading, essential reporting by Lena @writingthings.bsky.social

no more archives events without archivists

On June 13, @nycplan.org is hosting a Library Art and Propaganda Fair! Our call for art submissions is now available and open until March 31st. Anyone can submit. Please share with your networks. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Durham County is goated for this

Tim Walter mentionedddd

The same way you don't want people bombing you and your loved ones is the same exact thing that other people feel where they live.

more dancers on Bluesky, more dance writers on Bluesky

UNC Student Group Illuminates Administration’s Decisions Several recent policy changes at the University of North Carolina flagship have been made in secret with little, if any, communication to campus. The students in TransparUNCy are working to expose the...

Cool to see students doing cool things www.insidehighered.com/news/student...

U.S. Girls - Woodstock ’99 (Short Film) | Polaris Prize 2020 YouTube video by CBC Music

fave MacArthur Park interpolation

please, please. not another "magazine about the labor of ..." on Substack ... we're so tired ... the call is coming from inside the rent-stabilized apartment ...

Michaela in a green and white striped shirt holds a copy of Miranda July’s All Fours outside a green wood little free library. Dead brown and orange leaves in the background.

craaaaaaazzzieeee little free library pull

in NYC?

when hospitals end trans youth care programs, it’s time to ask mamdani about his platform:

“…hold private hospital systems denying GAC accountable—hospitals that continue to deny trans youth access to gender affirming care are in violation of NYS Constitution.”

www.nyc.gov/mayors-offic...

A man in a suit stands speaking, with text criticizing Mayor Mamdani for not honoring his commitment to allocate 0.5% of the city expense budget to NYC public libraries in his preliminary budget. Visit NYC PLAN.ORG for more information

The bottom line is that NYC Public Libraries need increased and most importantly STABLE funding annually. Mayor Mamdani promised both and this preliminary budget is a BROKEN PROMISE. There’s time for him to rectify this. NYC library patrons expect that he will.

OK, let’s discuss what’s happened with the proposed NYC public libraries budget for FY 27. Mayor Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov released his preliminary budget yesterday. This kicks off the city budget process. [Long thread]

A copy of Zohran’s campaign platform re. library funding, still live on his site. The overall text reads: “Libraries are critical to our city’s success—they enable access to the internet, provide cool from summer heat, serve as vital community hubs, and help New Yorkers seek career advancement and education. Yet, Eric Adams’ library closures have been devastating. As a state legislator, I supported neighborhood organizing to restore funding to Astoria’s Broadway Library and have used Assembly discretionary money to fund programming at the Queens Public Library. As Mayor, I will end the practice of using library funding as a bargaining chip in budget negotiations and commit 0.5% of NYC’s budget to libraries, ensuring we have enough revenue for robust services and well-staffed facilities.” In the image I have highlighted the final sentence.

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The New School will cut 16 minors next fall - The New School Free Press 16 minors at The New School, predominantly at Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts, will be cut next fall, according to a document obtained by The New School Free Press and confirmation from university...

(not fully art school but) www.newschoolfreepress.com/2026/02/04/t...

gf has to keep reminding me that the movie we’re seeing tomorrow will not have the Kate Bush song in it