There are far too many of us!

Aw that’s fantastic!
Never went near him because the crowds were so large, doh! Also missed him when he came to this town with his photo exhibits — double doh!

Two men in fatigues with their hands ziptied being arrested by Capitol Police

Dozens of people in fatigues lined up in the Capitol Rotunda with signage demanding an end to the Iran War

Dozens of US military veterans were arrested at the Capitol today during a protest against the Iran War.

Photos via @frankthorp.bsky.social

Boston — Governor Maura Healey today nominated Vince DeMore to serve on the Massachusetts Parole Board. If confirmed by the Governor’s Council, DeMore will fill the vacancy created when Tonomey Coleman was confirmed as an Associate Justice on the District Court. Governor Healey also nominated Thomas Trilla to serve as Clerk Magistrate for the Northeast Housing Court. “My administration is committed to a parole system that prioritizes public safety and delivers fair and just decisions,” said Governor Maura Healey. “Vince brings a deep understanding of the justice system from multiple perspectives, including as a prosecutor, defense attorney and a Special Victim’s Counsel in the JAG Corps. He understands the responsibility of these decisions and will help ensure they are balanced, fair and grounded in evidence. I am also proud

maura healey (demon governor) has nominated a prosecutor to fill a vacancy on the parole board which will make the board 60% cops: two parole officers, one probation officer, and this new prosecutor.
the gov council meets on wednesday for a confirmation hearing.
i'll thread some things you can do:

Sent, thanks!

Isolated, masked. Book Moon: curbside only, no events, total grind. Boo. But: alive! Barely saw people. Then: vaccinations WOOHOOO! (I keep getting 'em.) Never went back to restaurants (pickup, phew). Missed travel, friends, family. Somehow got Long Covid. Since: lie on couch, repeat ad infuckinitum

This Is Just To Say

I have turned off
the AI features
that were in
the update

and which
you were probably
hoping
to monetize

Fuck you
they were stupid
so unnecessary
and so annoying

I was a bit surprised how few pics I had but no (decent) ubiquitous phone, so . . . :)

I remember @gavingrant.bsky.social having an inflatable couch at a BEA and wondered when folks would use these to protest Vance!

Jedediah Berry sits on an orange inflatable Couch while surrounded by many inflatable anime(?) characters while a woman dressed in white holds one next to him. Who is the most puzzled: Jed, the woman, the people in the background at BEA?

Eek! Poor couches! Keep them away from that horror!
Had a great time carrying ours around with various people including poor Jed there in the pic. It was hilarious offering it to people to have a rest and a laugh. We ran a scavenger hunt with @sparkwatson.bsky.social at the same BEA, nuts!

Lying around minding my own business when suddenly I have to read a whole essay? A whole essay about Trouble in Paradise? A whole essay about Trouble in Paradise for a new 4K release? Don't mind if I do, thank you!

This — Hachette's imprints being pushed rightward by owner billionaire Vincent Bolloré — is exactly what Ibram X. Kendi is writing about in Chain of Ideas

Any candidate who'll

actually run government
set the DoJ on gop (etc.) grifters
abolish ICE
raise taxes on millionaires/billionaires
gut AI funding
raise fed min wage
sign Medicare for All & UBI into law
fund wind & solar

Because everyone's one illness from going under

hc4us.org/national-nur...

A writer's writer, Sandlin leaves legacy of encouragement A writer’s writer and mentor to many, the prolific author was a creative catalyst, and resident satirist. He died at 75 on March 29.

Here’s a wonderful remembrance of Tim Sandlin in the Jackson Hole News&Guide www.jhnewsandguide.com/news/feature...

I had two college dreams as a HS senior: either Mills College to study experimental music (final choice!), or Hampshire for my self-designed historical puppetry major.

It is such a disappointment that current weird kids will have neither option available to them.

weirdo strangers telling lies for money is american tradition, hard to get more american tbh

from conning the native people with “land purchases”, to patent medicine, flim flam men, pt barnum, tv preachers

youtu.be/2-rfCnW5VlE?...

💚​🕊️​ The Global Sumud Flotilla to #Gaza is about to set sail.

From Barcelona, more than 70 vessels and 1,000 people are preparing to sail in peaceful civilian resistance and solidarity with Gaza.

#ceasefirenow #humanitarianaid

The tone of her "The Mount" is *so weird* (adulatory); like, it's a highly kinky setup (what if aliens came and treated us, quite literally, like horses) with deep symbolic resonance, treated with all the apparent innocence of a John Christopher Tripod book. Great writer.

A good excuse to remind people this book is available (although it doesn't contain this specific story) locusmag.com/review/moon-...

Political operative, Michael Trujillo, who works in California recounts the times he began hearing from women who had been abused or harassed by Eric Swalwell. He heard for more than 20.

More than 20 women. And leadership knew.

“Gertrude Hermes, the designer of this brass door knocker, was primarily a wood engraver and sculptor but also a painter, printmaker and book illustrator. She was the first woman engraver to be elected to the Royal Academy in 1963. Many of her subjects in sculpture and prints were animals and children. This frog door knocker was one of a series designed for her friends.” “This door knocker was one of several cast for Gertude Hermes. This example was for her own use. At least three others are known to have been made. One was for the illustrator, Betty Swanwick, RA, RWS, one was for the novelist and poet, Naomi Mitchison and the third was for the artist, Eric Kennington.”

#FrogFriday 🐸:
#Frog Door Knocker, 1935
Designed by Gertrude Hermes (UK, 1901-83); made by Henry Hope & Sons, Birmingham
Cast brass, L 18.0 x W 11.8 x H 5.0 cm
V & A Museum M.57-1981 collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O93054/...
#ArtDeco #WomenArtists

Travel Light by Naomi Mitchison

Short, whimsical in the good way, also angry in the good way. For a book written 70 years ago it reads very modern and does delightful things with myth and history. I realise the term is slightly pejorative but a cozy written by someone who has ideas is probably the booktok summary.

The illustration on the front of the books has a girl riding on the back of a Pegasus, with a dragon in the background.

Lunch break reading, Travel Light by Naomi Mitchison. What a beautiful cover 🥰 #BookSky

Hello tout le monde, j'ai lu Voyage Léger de Naomi Mitchison, éditions Callidor.

Pour lire mon avis, c'est par ici : urlz.fr/v6S3

#fantasybooks #conte #imaginaire #avislecture #jeunesse

Small pleasures: when a book makes you read another book, and you greatly enjoy both.

"Travel Light" by Naomi Mitchison was mentioned by Blue to Red, and I picked it up. It was delightful!

(I am coming to the end of TIHYLtTW and I am inconsolable - just so beautiful).

Travel Light, a miniature epic of magic and mundanity, is back in print this year from Virago, thanks in part to the enthusiasm of fans like El-Mohtar, and the chaotic influence of a former Twitter user called "bigolas dickolas wolfwood"

www.ft.com/content/412a...

For the FT this weekend, I wrote about the 70-year history of one of my favourite weird books — Naomi Mitchison's fantasy (?) novel for children (??) Travel Light, which @amalelmohtar.com calls "like sunlight... beautiful, warm and strange"

www.ft.com/content/412a...

Just listened to the first episode with David Mitchell, and it's so lovely! Congratulations, everyone! Thank you so much for letting me help out with such a cool project!

TN may execute Tony Carruthers on May 21 without considering evidence that could prove his innocence. Sign this to stop the execution + allow forensic testing! @uscedp.bsky.social actionnetwork.org/petitions/no...

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