currently wearing my hat with a frog holding a knife that says “I beg to differ”

How Alice Hamilton Waged a One-Woman Campaign to Get the Lead Out of Everything At first a crusader for workplace safety, the trained physician railed against the use of the toxic and ubiquitous material

I only learned of Alice Hamilton last year. A badass: “…she walked right up to Charles Kettering, head of research for General Motors, and declared, “You’re nothing but a murderer.”
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when PinkPantheress interpolates a melody from Wham’s Everything She Wants at 0:38 mark of Kaytranda’s Snap My Fingers

cross-stitched saying “I can do all things through spite, which strengthens me.”

real sugar Pepsi in a room temperature glass bottle poured over ice is the best cola drinking experience

If it doesn't feel supportive to the person, it's not support. It's something you're doing to suit your own needs.

Today in 1977 began the 504 sit-ins by disabled people. The protest was the longest occupation of a federal building and a reminder that our human rights and access protections were not gifts from the ableds, but fought for by us, and in this instance with a big assist from the Black Panther party.

i love IM compared to subq because it is so quick - i hate the slow push injecting, it starts to hurt my thumb

falling asleep thinking about paint drying

Wayne Thiebaud, Coffee, 1961

Green stone (serpentine?) columns at WI state capitol

A long skinny wall mounted speaker that has been carefully painted to match the green stone

They trompe l'oieled the JBLs at the Wisconsin State Capitol

those are definitely all in the cabinet of “things i hated because i shelved (and re-shelved) them nonstop while working at a bookstore in college”

man in a suit holding a case, in a rotuda building

man, in profile, passing by a piece of art

John Coltrane at The Guggenheim Museum.
William Claxton, 1960

Wishing a peaceful trans day to all, visible or otherwise. May your circumstances improve.

camping road trip to the Grand Canyon

i had something similar happen for another buzzy title, except i put the e-book on hold at the library, then when it arrived months later, i immediately returned it after five minutes thinking “dang why didn’t i click read sample first??” lol

Close-up painting of tree trunks and grassy expanse nearby

To mark the birthday of Vincent van Gogh—iconic modern artist born today in 1853—a thread of some of my favorite, relatively lesser known works by him. First up, the stunning multi-colored variegation of his Tree Trunks in the Grass, made in last months of his life krollermuller.nl/en/vincent-v...

spending the afternoon reading Omar El Akkad’s book because my library hold came through

A watercolor color image of a dark eyed junco in a huge pair of barrel legged jeans with a studded belt and chain. Text on an orange field reads "Dark Eyed JNCO"

one of my favorites 🧡

Illustration of a shark and a seal in a car driving with the words "The horrors persist but so do I"

just keep moving along 🦈
#art #sharks

also from what i remember they were not a PAC - more like book discussion/organizing meetings to get white people politically educated

wow i forgot about SURJ - is my memory maybe from 20 years ago?? definitely pre-2012

up early making vegan enchiladas for queer brunch

now I have to go watch every Fosse performance this video references

Emma Bunton - Maybe (HD) YouTube video by RIPa4ok

“Maybe it’s nothing, maybe it’s all just in my mind”

youtu.be/AdW9oM6ZMME

So Philip Glass just joined TikTok. He only has like 4 posts and they’re simply him in what I assume is his living room playing the piano. First comment on one I saw was “your piano is too close to the fireplace, you’ll dry it out” and if that’s not the internet in a nutshell I don’t know what is.

something is in the air - i added this track to my monthly work playlist after hearing it in a store!

cross-stitch sign of the saying “I can do all things through spite, which strengthens me.”