Michele Tepper

A photo of the plaques marking the graves of the parents, sister, brother in law, and niece and nephew in law of Jorge Luis Borges in Buenos Aires’s famous cemetery the name of which escapes me at the moment

Borges is not buried in Buenos Aires, but his parents and other relatives are

I thought it was Slate but I can’t find it. He maybe finally got sick of having to mention his column where he said Dylan would never win

A small brown dog out in the country with other dogs. She looks happy

Dog also enjoying a break in her routine

(thanks again for the Eva’s hookup @jameshupp.bsky.social @lauraolin.bsky.social )

I say this because: it's not fun to realise that you're living through a period of history where the institutions we used to rely on might be prevented from disseminating true information to people who need it. But, we have been here before and we can take inspiration and courage from the past.

Mendoza, Argentina. Heading closer to the Andes today, and then to BA and then Patagonia

The skies were even clearer this morning

The man got dinged for visiting his child’s grave. Intense pundit brain

For Argentina, it’s kind of northern! But yes.

Just a spectacular view of Malbec fields with little luxe cabins built in the fields. In the distance, the Andes

Just a terrible view from this hotel room

He gets a songwriting credit so his estate’s getting paid either way

Every future Mayor & Council MUST have active plans to address strategic retreat.

My primary criticism of "City of Yes" is that it didn't center global warming & known environmental issues. We must build up on the high land and evacuate the low, while rebuilding a sanitation system.

LFG!

When I spoke at RISD over ten years ago, I got turned around and I sure enough ended accidentally walking up Crew Hill. Enjoy your frappe!

They are still boarding people so I probably would have been ok regardless but I’m really glad I didn’t risk it

Commuter trains in NY always leave a minute late, and once you know that, the trick is ruined for you

Ran across Terminal D in MIA but I made my flight. Now to let the adrenaline wear off enough to rest

Here’s a comprehensive list of appropriate responses upon hearing that a man murdered worshippers at a synagogue:

1- this is fucked up, fuck that guy, fuck antisemitism, solidarity with the victims

2- see above

A friend and I did a Tumblr when the movie of A NORMAL HEART was on HBO, because she’d been around queer kids who had no context for the story. Even having lived through it, there was a lot I’d forgotten, and it was useful to me as well as (I hope) to others!

Back when I did this kind of thing, the pitch for why more NYC newsrooms should have dedicated MTA reporters—not even "transportation" generally, just MTA—was that the MTA's annual budget was larger than that of 10 states.

Mr Pope is my Father, call me Leo

Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall

💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

A small brown dog enjoying a French fry

A small brown dog really going to town on a French fry

Not everyone in this household is fasting

May you be retweeted only for good, and delivered from dunks

And to you and yours as well!

They are all swapping information on which supermarket chains carry them. Thank god I’m leaving the country.

Did you know you can get candy-corn marshmallows?

You know it’s October when the family candy-corn group text returns

Reasons To Go See 'One Battle After Another,' Ranked Top ten, here we go... TEN: It is a three-hour movie that deals with heavyyyyyy political themes related to Our Current Moment In Time and yet it still absolutely breezes by, especially in its second...

reasons to go see One Battle After Another, ranked...

... by me

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Jane Goodall Dies at 91 While on Speaking Tour: She Was a 'Tireless Advocate' for Nature Jane Goodall, the renowned conservationist and animal welfare advocate who became the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees after spending decades studying them in the wild in Tanzania's Gombe Stream...

RIP Jane Goodall. Nominative determinism at its best. She was a truly good human being. people.com/jane-goodall...

Overnight, Trump and Republicans in Congress shut down the federal government.

They shut it down because they’re determined to strip healthcare from millions of Americans, to enrich the billionaires they serve, to continue the assault on our rights.

We must fight back.