Evie Shockley

photo of quilt art, Jazz Stories: Mama Can Sing, Papa Can Blow #1: Somebody Stole My Broken Heart, 2004. a woman in a yellow dress sings before a band consisting of a horn player, a bass player, and a drummer.

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rest in peace, Faith Ringgold

Mount Etna blows spectacular smoke rings into the sky Mount Etna in Sicily, the largest active volcano in Europe, has been blowing spectacular “smoke rings” into the sky since Wednesday.

Oh you thought the earthquake before the eclipse was wild? Mount Etna in Sicily is sending out volcanic Spaghetti-O's right now: apnews.com/video/italy-...

They're talking about water being diverted from crops to data centers.

Octavia E. Butler predicted that we will soon have ballots that only have the candidates' photos because most won't be able to read and people will decide based on who looks "presidential" and tells them what they want to hear.

I love many of these songs. But is it fair to hate the *term* “yacht rock”? I do not & never will have a yacht. My love for this music comes from back in the day when it was just what was on the radio. 😕

Evie Shockley: "Black Graphics: Slavery and Black Women's Bodies (of Work)" The Rutgers professor and poet will share her current research.

In just three weeks we're hosting--online--poet & scholar @seminewblack.bsky.social who will explore how Black #poetry and other artwork 1990-2015 engaged/interrogated the period's dominant ideology of "colorblindness," looking especially at intersections of text & image. Free: register today!

May His Memory be for a Revolution

Quite the #Oscars image by @vpsreports.bsky.social

COVID Rapid Tests Reliably Detect New Variants Researchers who “test the tests” say that COVID rapid tests have kept up with new variants

This is a relief: researchers who test the tests confirm that COVID rapid home tests are sensitive to new variants. Please test whenever you feel even slightly sick or have been exposed to COVID. You can have it and transmit it without symptoms 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/covi...

First over-the-counter birth control pill heads to stores Women will be able to buy the pill without a prescription later this month at pharmacies and grocery stores.

It will be sold online and in the family planning aisle of drugstores, convenience stores and supermarkets later this month, the manufacturer announced Monday.

WaPo Headline: Dropping aid from planes is expensive and inefficient. Why do it?

We never ask this about bombs.

That's so weird I must have missed the nyt breaking news alert

Picture below is of bird straddling two flowers with both legs apart like Van Damme.

Canisia Lubrin : Code Noir - Tin House Award-winning poet Canisia Lubrin talks about her debut fiction, Code Noir. The fifty-nine stories in this collection are each prefaced by one of Louis XIV’s fifty-nine “Black codes,” the rules of con...

What does it mean to unmake history? To sound a future one. Don't miss today's episode with Canisia Lubrin, about her 59 stories that, alongside Torkwase Dyson, with pen and with brush, unmake the 59 Black codes of King Louis XIV. Audio: tinhouse.com/podcast/cani...

Four panel comic Person 1: I created something (small box labeled art) Person 2: you'll never make a living from art Person 2: can i have it for free? @ eattherichcomic

Four panel comic Person 1: I created something (small box labeled book) Person 2: you'll never make a living from art Person 2: can i have it for free? @ eattherichcomic

It’s truly amazing to see this particular comic traveling around social media uncredited and apparently edited. Original from FB on left.

Artist: eat the rich comedian / FB
eattherich_comic / IG

Being a Christian and a capitalist requires way more theological creativity than being Christian and LGBTQ-affirming IMO

Fantastic story!! 🔥🔥 Thanks for the link!

The February 2024 Lights & Shadows Poetry Book Giveaway is accepting entries through the end of the month. Read the rules and enter at the link to win a free poetry book of your choice for you and a friend!
www.cortneylamarcharleston.com/lights-shado...

What other forms of knowledge are too expensive to maintain, Duke U? Asking for a society.

Ouch damn

Library Folks: A new article co-written by me dropped today - The Library is NOT for Everyone (Yet)
Disability, Accommodations, and Working in Libraries. I hope you will take a look 👀 crln.acrl.org/index.php/cr...

I hate the way our bodies fail us, miracles though they may be…

Golden dragon looking radiant, framed by a golden-red sun.

Happy Lunar New Year! 🐉

Hey, folks! The deadline for applications to REDI has been extended to Feb. 21. If you just needed a bit more time—you got it! Send us your interested / curious students! ✌🏽

In case you missed it, there’s still time to read my amicus brief in Trump v Anderson: www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23...