Fun.

Congrats, Ralph! I'm right behind you--thesis semester in the spring (on the fiction side)!

Believe in yourself.
Start that book or short story.
Finish your WIP or your book of poems.
Don't give up.

#5amwritersclub #amwriting #writers #writerslife #writing #author #WIP #poetry #wattpad #authors #mystery #mustread #BookWorm #amreading #NaNoWriMo #writingcommunity #writerscommunity

Congratulations to Coco Gauff for winning her first French Open title!

We really LOVE this.

Thank you, Episcopal Church.

Watercolor painting of a rocky beach. Large colorful rocks in foreground, ocean waves, ship and hills in the distance. Blue sky with white clouds.

Sparkling Seashore in Sainte-Maxime 💙 #Scape #watercolor
A little vitamin sea for today's scape. I loved painting this coastal scene, the colorful rocks and waves called to me. #art #landscape #ocean #sea #beach #nature #travel #France

1-elizabeth-kennen.pixels.com/collections/...

This stuff hits closer and closer to home, w/ the things we love attacked. Salute to @electricliterature.com for marching on!

9 Books About Women Without Children - Electric Literature In a world that expects all women to become mothers, what happens to those who circumvent motherhood?

Books by women who placed writing, not having children, at the center of their lives. (@nicolelouie.bsky.social)

Released 43 years ago today
"Know Your Rights", a single by the Clash from their album Combat Rock.

The Clash-Know Your Rights Live !! US Festival 1983

#punk #punks #punkrock #theclash #knowyourrights #history #punkrockhistory #otd

bookstore.org - shop online and support independent/local bookstores!

Sign reads HEY! You're about to walk by a BOOKSTORE. Are you okay?

2 books, the handmaid tale and the color purple

The indie bookstore around the corner had this sign. So I went inside and bought 2 books from the banned book section. Support local small businesses. Read banned books. Drink your Ovaltine.

Sad day: After decades and decades of reading, minus some years when I lived elsewhere when there was only print, I just cancelled the now anti-freedom, anti-free speech, anti-press @washingtonpost.com #washingtonpost.

Hey, artists, in case you were wondering if your work matters: I'm a scientist working on climate change and biodiversity, and I would not be who I am today without The Lorax, The Secret of NIMH, Watership Down, The Last Unicorn, and The X-Files. I know I'm not alone. Thank you for all you do.

The sun rise captured with a waterproof housing for my camera. The great big ball of fire left an amazing reflection on the ocean’s surface

The sunrise over the ocean is a reminder of nature’s incredible power to heal and restore.

#sunrise #thephotohour #scape #seascape #ocean #oceanphotography #art #photography #christopherwarren #stormhour #travel #traveladdicts #weareroamers #nikon #

Police raided a forger’s workshop in Rome. They found dozens of pieces, including fake Picassos and Rembrandts | CNN Italian police have seized dozens of forged artworks attributed to famous artists such as Picasso and Rembrandt in what authorities have called a “clandestine painting laboratory.”

Italian police have seized dozens of forged artworks attributed to famous artists such as Picasso and Rembrandt in what authorities have called a "clandestine painting laboratory."

Imagine being rich enough to do anything you want and choosing to take food and medicine from starving children to give yourself even more money.

Visitation A house on the forested bank of a Brandenburg lake outs…

Just read this--great. a bit challenging but amazing.

www.goodreads.com/book/show/86...

King and Goffin began writing "The Loco-Motion" inspired by the sound of Dee Dee Sharp and brought in Eva to record the demo. The Cookies sang backup on the demo and King herself played piano and sang. Don Kirshner loved Eva’s demo so much that he decided to release the demo. #blackhistorymonth2025

Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.

Anthony Mackie is finally starring in an Anthony Mackie movie Marvel needs a Captain America. America just might need a hero. After two decades as a sideman, it’s Mackie’s turn.

New #CaptainAmerica: “This is the first time in my career that people are going to go see an Anthony Mackie movie." www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen... #BlackHistoryMonth

Congrats on the book...and the foreword, @stevenbauthor.bsky.social!

Review | Anne Tyler delivers another delightful exploration of sorrow and joy “Three Days in June” returns to familiar themes and a familiar setting for fans of Tyler. But that doesn’t make it any less enjoyable.

Rings familiar, from reviewer Ron Charles, who in younger years saw "recurrent elements of #AnneTyler’s stories as a flaw. But I’ve grown to see...decades-long focus on quirky families and wounded people as no more limiting than the rules for writing a sonnet." www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...

Please, everyone, call your members of Congress, and say this...

Straight to the point, straight from the city who knows him best...

Yes yes yes …about time!!!!

a bald man with glasses is giving the middle finger ALT: a bald man with glasses is giving the middle finger

Companies standing by their DEI policies

Costco
Delta
Cisco
Apple
Pinterest
Microsoft
Goldman Sachs
JPMorgan Chase
Proctor and Gamble
Logitech

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.

Contact your Members of Congress to say that you know about and object to the murky illegality in which Elon Musk is operating. Please spread the word especially to your moderate-right associates who may not be hearing what's happening. #democracy
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

Such a great post. Tariffs are news, sure, but when will we start talking about the assault on democracy? #AmIinRussia?

"Armstrong spoke adoringly of his mother and sister, forever grateful for their encouragement." #BlackHistoryMonth