“Pity the nation whose people are sheep, and whose shepherds mislead them. Pity the nation whose leaders are liars, whose sages are silenced, and whose bigots haunt the airwaves. Pity the nation that raises not its voice, except to...acclaim the bully as hero” Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 1958

“Pity the nation whose people are sheep,
and whose shepherds mislead them.
Pity the nation whose leaders are liars, whose sages are silenced,
and whose bigots haunt the airwaves.
Pity the nation that raises not its voice,
except to...acclaim the bully as hero”
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 1958
#poetry

Black and white abstract scratchboard drawing, vaguely resembling a landscape, digitally manipulated to add illegible handwritten text to create texture in the upper 3/4 of the canvas. The bottom is dark gray with black scribbling. Noise has been added to give it a grainy quality.

A Good Person (The Human Spectacle)

#Art #Abstract #TextArt #Scratchboard #DigitalArt

Close up of the torsos of two female nudes. The one behind (in purple) is lying on her back with one hand draped over her ribcage and the contours of stomach muscles and navel. The one in front (in pink and peachy tones) is lying on her side with her arm bent and one breast visible.

Added to the libraries:

The Poems of Sappho (translated by John Myers O'Hara)

Happy Pride!

#BookSky #Poetry #Lesbian #Literature #Pride #Books

Agreed, with one caveat. I think what most critics fear is that it would be utter lawlessness and chaos. But people with good leadership skills exist everywhere, and other people naturally follow them. The State fears its own irrelevance.

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series of objects on canvas 8

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The background is white glaze over a mostly blue background. On the left, a dark blue shape with red accents connects with a blue trail, suggesting skid marks behind a a vehicle. On the right, there is a red oval around a blue patch of underpainting with a larger form underneath it in red, yellow, and blue. Both are connected to the form on the left with broken lines. Composition was made by selective glazing.

It Looked Like an Accident (the human spectacle)
#Art #Painting #Acrylic #Abstract

I wrote this poem for you the least you could do is read it

Anthropomorphized pea pod sitting in a blue chair reading a book. An end table next to the chair has a lamp shining warm yellow light onto the pea, who is smiling.

The dark mode libraries on Telegram and Signal will be open to the public on July 4, 2025. All books will be free to download and share with your family and friends.

#Books #DigitalPublishing #Accessibility

She absolutely does. I'm excited about this one, too! More from her in the works ...

Contents menu of Anarchism and Other Essays (Emma Goldman): Biographic Sketch, Preface, Anarchism: What it Really Stands For, Minorities Versus Majorities, The Psychology of Political Violence, Prisons: A Social Crime and Failure, Patriotism: A Menace to Liberty, Fransisco Ferrer and the Modern School, The Hypocrisy of Puritanism, The Traffic in Women, Woman Suffrage, The Tragedy of Woman's Emancipation, Marriage and Love, and The Drama: A Powerful Disseminator of Radical Thought. The page is in dark mode.

Contents menu of Anarchism and Other Essays (Emma Goldman): Biographic Sketch, Preface, Anarchism: What it Really Stands For, Minorities Versus Majorities, The Psychology of Political Violence, Prisons: A Social Crime and Failure, Patriotism: A Menace to Liberty, Fransisco Ferrer and the Modern School, The Hypocrisy of Puritanism, The Traffic in Women, Woman Suffrage, The Tragedy of Woman's Emancipation, Marriage and Love, and The Drama: A Powerful Disseminator of Radical Thought. The page is in light mode.

The first two paragraphs of Biographic Sketch, with default paragraph text.

The first paragraph of Biographic Sketch in dyslexia mode, which increases the font size, line height, letter and word spacing.

Added to the libraries:

Anarchism and Other Essays (Emma Goldman)

If you've ever been curious about what Anarchism really is versus what most people think it is, this is the book for you.

#BookSky #Books #DigitalPublishing #Accessibility #Philosophy

"The problem that confronts us today, and which the nearest future is to solve, is how to be one's self and yet in oneness with others, to feel deeply with all human beings and still retain one's own characteristic qualities."

- Emma Goldman

#Anarchism #Literature #Philosophy

Loss aversion: The psychological pain of losing is twice as powerful as the satisfaction we feel from gaining. We often make decisions to avoid a potential loss rather than to achieve an equivalent gain.

#Psychology #CognitiveBias #CriticalThinking

Delighted to have a poem in the wonderful Abridged - one of my dream publications.

So much quality art and poetry in this issue - like walking in other people's dreams.

Grab a copy @ccadld.bsky.social Derry on Saturday from 7pm

@abridgedmagazine.bsky.social

www.abridged.zone/liam-campbel...

Photo of a standing black woman in red t-shirt and jeans by a white wall on ehich a large-scale pencil drawing of a black woman hangs

Barbara Walker, contemporary artist known for her figurative drawings and paintings #WomensArt

One of the most disgusting acts of cowardice I've ever seen.

I’ve added the last few remaining copies of some TWIN PEAKS prints from several years ago to the Sale in my shop - collhamilton.bigcartel.com/category/twi... #twinpeaks #art

That is, by trying to learn the meaning and substance of life in all its complexities, by freeing herself from the fear of public opinion and public condemnation."

#Anarchism #Literature #Feminism #Philosophy

by refusing to be a servant to God, the State, society, the husband, the family, etc.; by making her life simpler, but deeper and richer.

#WIP, Anarchism and Other Essays (Emma Goldman)

Goldman insists a woman's freedom comes from herself:

"First, by asserting herself as a personality, and not as a sex commodity. Second, by refusing the right to anyone over her body; by refusing to bear children, unless she wants them;

Pluto as visualized by NASA's New Horizons.

-Credits: NASA

Distorted portrait of individual in pastels and white, with indistinct features. Background is in muted shades of blue and violet.

Unseeing (Revival)
#Art #Portrait #Sketchbook #DigitalArt

The cover of the novel Interesting Times by Terry Pratchett. The title and author's name are on top in a yellow square. The cover features a wizard dressed in a red robe with golden stars, and a score of other creatures fighting.

In the light of recent events, it seems like a good choice for a re-read. 📚💙 #pratchett

Summer reading is a quiet vacation, a journey to escapism.

Summer tides officially arrived and prepping book list. The best part of the season.

Create the week, make it amazing.

Photo: Pierre Guillaudo
Annie Ernaux
French author
Nobel Prize Literature

#5amwritersclub
#WritingCommunity

Front cover to Sarah Werner, ‘Studying early printed books 1450-1800, a practical guide’.

Getting ready to co-teach (from tomorrow) the @ies-sas.bsky.social London Rare Books School course ‘The New Trade In Old Books’. Looking again at books that I will be recommending.

Joe McLaren's cover for my third novel Everything Will Swallow You. The book will be published on September 11th.

THREAD. After a tough few months (involving my ex-publisher Unbound ceasing to pay their authors, then disintegrating) I am enormously relieved to reveal Joe McLaren's fantastic cover for my 3rd novel.

The book will be published on September 11th.

I believe it's the best thing I've ever written.