Heathen Skates

I am generally a person who believes in science and trusts experts but my most anti-science belief is that if it’s 83 degrees but “feels like” 92 degrees than it is in fact 92 degrees

Approximately one month until

PAWPAW SEASON

Seeing the March of the Pigs video for the first time as a youth changed me irrevocably (in a good way, I'd like to think).

Ozzy Osbourne, Rock God Despite Himself (1948–2025) The Prince of Darkness, who gave us heavy metal as we know it, has been laid to rest.

I wrote about John “Ozzy” Osbourne—a working class lad made good, who rose from a slaughterhouse killing floor to the highest echelons of rock stardom in spite of himself, who gave us heavy metal and left a more complex legacy than many realize—for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/cult...

Fiiiine, apparently half my readers enjoy an info dump, so here we go!

Grasslands Sequester Carbon Too or “Why trees are not the be-all and end-all.”

Ahem. *takes a sip of water*

when they close it all up, I do believe this will go down as the funniest video on the internet

Hey all ~ just wanted to drop you a line and let you know that if you're going outside today, BE CAREFUL. I'm receiving reports of wantons on wheels.

I had a friend tell me chat gpt was their best friend and it made me feel a deep sorrow I can't quite express articulately.

I be jammin

I love when a friend gets weird about the genre whiplash of some of my playlists.

"How can you go from Missy Elliott to Dolly Parton?!"

"Because I have a deep and wide love for damn near all music, that's how!"

this is one of my ultimate “could never get away with this today” movies

genuinely an impeccable way to teach kids that poverty is an artificial social construct and the cops use violence to enforce it

also Friar Tuck is one of cinema’s greatest Catholics I am serious

death to tyrants! from disney’s animated robin hood

“keep politics out of kids movies”

disney in 1973:

This is a twitter post by typewriter-worries that says: there's this extremely kind soul of a woman on instagram (user name: Epicurious Expeditions) that makes accessible recipes that don't require standing, chopping, or a stove and she just have a permanent place in my heart. She also has a Youtube, Tiktok, and Facebook under the same name: Epicurious Expeditions.

There's an account on Instagram, Youtube, Facebook, and TiKTok called Epicurious Expeditions that's all about accessible cooking; no standing, chopping, or stove required.
www.youtube.com/@EpicuriousE...

If you've ever asked yourself, "is a Maine Coon right for me?", my youngest Maine Coon just SNAPPED OFF the metal faucet in my bathroom headbutting it for the cool and wet.

As a southern gal, this makes my heart happy (and especially so that it's punctuated correctly in this piece).

Y'all, we need to talk about 'y'all' The word fills an important gap in our language, but it was once stigmatized. The story of "y'all" also includes powerful cultural forces, from hip-hop to ideas of welcoming inclusivity.

'bout time y'all got on board

it’s fucked up how much exercise helps your mental health lol

Friends don’t let friends walk by a mushroom without saying “hey look a mushroom”

And the cats

BTW, I asked for the list of 100 books, but they are working on it, so please don't flood their email address with requests. However, they seem to be happy to recommend books if you give them a topic. Their site is full of cool stuff, including signed copies by Joan Didion.

I've found the perfect Instagram account. Seattle's Twice Sold Tales owner Jamie recommends books and shows her cats. That's it.

IG twicesoldtales

Front view of a white dress with lace trim at the bottom of the skirt and cuffs. Black and gold embroidered bees cover the skirt and fly upwards in an asymmetrical pattern across the bodice

Back view of the white dress showing the lace trim and black and gold embroidered bees running around the hem and back of the neck

Bodice detail of the white dress showing the lace cuffs and with the black and gold embroidered bees covering the bodice

I haven’t shared Doucet’e early #1900s bee dress in a while and it is perfect bee weather so here it is. The white background highlights the unusual embroidery darting about the surface of the gown, each striped insect alighting on different parts of the dress #madparis #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

ALL Haymarket Books are 40% off through August 22nd! ✊🏾✊🏿✊🏽

Goose and a Watermelon.

Say what you want about rabbits but those sumbitches can skedaddle

How do you expect this country to be better if your sense of solidarity is so selective and you take pleasure in punching down on people who are going through some of the worst times of their lives? How DARE you expect solidarity from people you treat like this?

I don't have much to add to the 'you voted for this haha' conversation that people haven't already said, but something I think a lot about is the real lack of solidarity I see with communities in the South after disasters and the profound lack of understanding about who actually lives there.

Read news, op-eds, and analysis, not AI summaries. Create your own art (even if it's messy) or hire an artist to do it. Do your own homework. Talk to people, not chatbots. Keep your thinking and skills sharp and cherish our messy humanity. That's the new punk rock.