All of Evan Gershkovich’s @wsj reporting is now paywall free.
As you read these, remember Evan was out on assignment, trying to bring us all more articles like these, when he was detained in Russia last week. #IStandWithEvan https://www.wsj.com/news/author/evan-gershkovich
Driving through #Hopi to get to the other side of #NavajoNation for a #uranium cleanup article I came across a sign for a coffee shop.
I stopped only for coffee, but after talking with Hopi Grounds coffee shop owner Gary Tso - I knew this was a story.
The doors were locked.
The teachers were armed.
TN expanded firearm access.
The police arrived in minutes.
Covenant school had everything that MAGA GOP assured us prevents & stops mass shootings. And 3 babies & 3 adults were murdered in seconds.😳
IT’S—THE—GUNS
#GunReformNow
@zaxusemk That was a fun way to kill an unusual Sunday where I didn't have to work. I hope to catch you again!
#Blues #Slideguitar #RoryGallagher I ran across this today, and I guess we can add lap steel to the list of instruments he played. The audience participation is crazy! #acoustic "River of Whiskey" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMim0D0dqLk&ab_channel=RoryWeb2011
Everyone is suddenly reporting what I’d already tooted/was already announced the other day, that #Trump will speak from #Florida on Tuesday after arraignment.
Dear The News:
Do not carry one word of this live. If he makes real news, report it afterwards, show clips if you must, but don’t play into his tiny hands yet again.
Who am I kidding? Sigh.
There need to be more good reconstructive recordings of Chaucer that distinguish all the sounds reconstructible for 14th century Middle English, and I guess if you want a thing done right you gotta do it your own self.
So here's me reading the first 78 lines of the prologue to the Canterbury Tales (the opening and the description of the Knight), complete with a somewhat freehanded modern English prose paraphrase.
Are you familiar with Bessie Smith?
She was referred to as the "Empress of the Blues", but it seems like she has been lost to modern consciousness. That makes me sad. Will you check out this amazing woman?
While it's very obvious that I'm launching a debut book at the end of May, it's less obvious how happy I am to be doing it mostly on @Mastodon.
I swing for a lot of cultural fences with The Dent in the Universe and I play fast and loose with quantum physics.
Imagining the kind of response I'd get from bad faith readers on Twitter makes me shudder. Conversely, the rewarding, supportive response I've gotten from Mastodon users has been amazing.
My newest artwork in soft pastel is a fox portrait. I am particularly happy with how the eyes turned out. I always strive to put some life into the eyes and think I've succeeded here.
See this wildlife art in my online gallery at https://mm-anderson.pixels.com/featured/fox-red-and-gold-mm-anderson.html and soon to be listed on the other sites in my profile. #PastelArtwork #TraditionalArt #WildlifeArt #ArtistsOnMastodon #MastoArt #art #wildlife #animals
@AriCohn I was saddened to hear of your passing.
JUST IN: A federal judge has just ORDERED Llano County Texas to return "all books" that were removed from their libraries due to their content or viewpoint.
Library patrons successfully argued that "content-based restrictions" were likely unconstitutional.
The Texas judge is also prohibiting the officials from removing any more books while a lawsuit remains pending.
The books that were banned included a book for teens that calls the Ku Klux Klan a terrorist group, Isabel Wilkerson’s “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents” and a comedic children’s book with three stories from Dawn McMillan’s “I Need a New Butt!” series.
The decision could set wide reaching precedent in light of recent book banning in Florida, supported by Ron DeSantis.
What a great victory for books! 💙
[I’ve gifted this article on #knitting at #meetings. No paywall - it should stay free through 04/14/2023]
Knitters Say Stitching Helps Them Follow the Thread in Meetings
An official in Wales was called out for knitting in a virtual meeting, setting off a debate over etiquette. Experts say the fine-motor movement activates the parts of the brain used for focus.
Teacher, parent to 4-pawed children, and know just enough to be dangerous. Litigation disaster tourist--just along for the ride.
Navy spouse in the mountains of AZ.
#rorygallagher is the most underrated, unknown guitar god of all time.
The name is how I always understood the line from #T-Rex #bangagong instead of the actual "diamond star halo."