Mary Holzman-Tweed

I am of the simple opinion that stuff like this is the peak of human endeavour and we can cut it out with the missiles and demonic computers in favour of getting really good at a cool little thing

You really, really, REALLY don't want to miss this. It's given me several "must visit" travel plans, as well as a couple "never *ever* going there" (the tunnel story!!!) warnings. Charming in places, deeply thought provoking in others, downright chilling in some, all in all a must read.

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Goth/Steampunk/Neo-Victorian jewelry, cuff-links, tie bars, hair things & more!

I'm awaiting payment on several book things but bills noted below have made things pretty dire.

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You don’t always have to “pick a side” in international conflicts. Sometimes (most times, really) there isn’t really a clear “good guy” and “bad guy”.

It’s okay to sit with that discomfort instead of picking a winner like it’s a sports game.

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She is herself a haunted building.

My photo shows a three quarter profile of an ancient Egyptian figurine of a leaping dog facing left. Carved from ivory, now a warm caramel brown colour with glossy surface. The dogs eyes are outlined in black, the ears are floppy, the mouth is slightly ajar (the inside of the mouth is painted red - not sen in my photo). The front and back legs are outstretched as if running at full speed. A lever under the dog’s chest opens and closes the mouth so that the dog looks as if it’s barking. Dimensions: L 18.2 cm × H 6.1 cm × W 3.6 cm. Dated to Late Dynasty I8, I400-I350 BC, reign of Amenhotep III who was Tutankhamun’s grandfather. The dog is mounted on a thin metal rod in a display case. In the background in the same display case is a ‘galloping’ brown horse, which is the handle of an ancient Egyptian fly whisk or light whip.

A very good boy! 🐾🐕😍

An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.

The Met 📷 by me

#Archaeology

Excellent point! I concur, further testing is required.

This is very sad news, but I am glad to see that The Deadlands will continue.

Read this and then: support the zines and publishers you love. It is tough, rough times for small publishers and zines. Do what you can to help them continue their good work.

Now THIS????

is a white man!

this is how you white man!!!!!!!!!

Always repost Paul Robeson singing I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night to Scottish coal miners.

Utopia in Our Time: The Posters of Molly Crabapple | Poster House Enchanting, haunting, and poignant, beloved illustrator Molly Crabapple’s posters showcase the resilience of community, the power in solidarity, and the spirit of celebration. Deeply intersectional…

I’m having my first ever museum solo show at Posterhouse: The Museum of Poster Art. It’s open now until April

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I remember as a kid, the palpable anxiety in my house when it looked like my dad might have to strike. Going on strike takes *so* much courage, for the union, for their families. Organized labor is so important. Support them every way you can.

The cover for Uncanny Magazine Issue 65, “The Duet" by Nilah Magruder: Two women sit at a piano. One is wearing a lilac dress with a locket around her neck, her skin is a dark shade and her hair white. Next to her, the second woman is wearing a red dress, and has black hair worn up in a bun-like style. Her head and hand are not attached to her body, giving the impression that she is not human but a robot of some kind. Both are smiling as they play together. The quote reads: "Once upon a time, so long ago that streams ran thick with silver, and the sun shone in rays of molten gold, an old woman squatted on the green, flower-choked bank of the Sarasvati River and scrubbed fancy clothes for patrons far more fortunate than she."

Reading 2025 fiction?

Try the short story "Finer than Silk, Brighter than Snow" by Shveta Thakrar @shvetathakrar.com!

You can read it here!

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I really like Enchanted Living, I think you'd enjoy it too.

I still have those issues of Victoria. I was so sad that the reboot didn't include fashion.

some other familiar grocery store names that are brands for producer-owned agricultural co-ops:

Blue Diamond
Bob's Red Mill
Land O'Lakes
Tillamook
Welch's

The girl has never not been fleeing the house.

Happy dryer lint!

'The Silence' - Giorgio Kienerk (1900)

Grateful for any interest & support our recent release, AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC: HAUNTED HISTORY STRANGER THAN FICTION, has received, and hope folks will newly discover our non-fiction examining ghost lore (critically, personally & viscerally) through the lens of Gothic literature & women's history. 🖤

Would you be willing to share your Ao3 bookmarks?

Get to know your mutuals. List 10 random things you like:

Oolong tea
Fancy nail polish
Gothic Horror
Pigeons
Death & The Maiden art
Scented candles
Crossword puzzles
Herkimer diamonds
Tibetan food
Roses

Never go to Starbucks? Cool. Going on strike is *hard*, and doing so requires bravery. Show your solidarity & support by donating to the strike fund! It'll keep the workers fed, housed & resourced while they're fighting.

My immediate response was "Ooh, big floofy stretch!"

Yes, I am going to keep re-upping this off & on until the end of the year because it is, alas, topical to the current situation in the USA (meant to take place a few decades in our future).
Activism is also the small, ordinary, collective actions of people keeping their heads above water day to day.

@holzman-tweed.bsky.social knows this *deep*. Churros, subway candy, make me feel loved. Mushrooms make me feel thought of. Something I mentioned wanting? Within 3 days, it's on my plate, and I feel pampered. A man who shows love with food? Priceless.

Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.

Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...