Susan Pigman 📚
@1susyq.bsky.social
Avid reader, dog walker, and occasional poet. “It is not everyone,” said Elinor, who has your passion for dead leaves.” Jane Austen
Edgar:
“Come on, sir, here's the place; stand still.
How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low!
The crows and choughs that wing the midway air
Show scarce so gross as beetles. Half way down
Hangs one that gathers sampire, dreadful trade!”
#KingLear_2025
Samphire plant —
“Come on, sir, here's the place; stand still.
How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low!
The crows and choughs that wing the midway air
Show scarce so gross as beetles. Half way down
Hangs one that gathers sampire, dreadful trade!”
#KingLear_2025
Samphire plant —
November 12, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Edgar:
“Come on, sir, here's the place; stand still.
How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low!
The crows and choughs that wing the midway air
Show scarce so gross as beetles. Half way down
Hangs one that gathers sampire, dreadful trade!”
#KingLear_2025
Samphire plant —
“Come on, sir, here's the place; stand still.
How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low!
The crows and choughs that wing the midway air
Show scarce so gross as beetles. Half way down
Hangs one that gathers sampire, dreadful trade!”
#KingLear_2025
Samphire plant —
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IT GOT BETTER
📍Central MN
📍Central MN
November 12, 2025 at 3:05 AM
IT GOT BETTER
📍Central MN
📍Central MN
Cordelia:
“Alack, 'tis he! …
Crown'd with rank fumitor and furrow-weeds,
With hardocks, hemlock, nettles, cuckoo-flow'rs,
Darnel, and all the idle weeds...”
#KingLear_2025
Like Ophelia —
“…fantastic garlands did she make Of crow-flowers, nettles, daisies, and long purples..”
“Alack, 'tis he! …
Crown'd with rank fumitor and furrow-weeds,
With hardocks, hemlock, nettles, cuckoo-flow'rs,
Darnel, and all the idle weeds...”
#KingLear_2025
Like Ophelia —
“…fantastic garlands did she make Of crow-flowers, nettles, daisies, and long purples..”
November 12, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Cordelia:
“Alack, 'tis he! …
Crown'd with rank fumitor and furrow-weeds,
With hardocks, hemlock, nettles, cuckoo-flow'rs,
Darnel, and all the idle weeds...”
#KingLear_2025
Like Ophelia —
“…fantastic garlands did she make Of crow-flowers, nettles, daisies, and long purples..”
“Alack, 'tis he! …
Crown'd with rank fumitor and furrow-weeds,
With hardocks, hemlock, nettles, cuckoo-flow'rs,
Darnel, and all the idle weeds...”
#KingLear_2025
Like Ophelia —
“…fantastic garlands did she make Of crow-flowers, nettles, daisies, and long purples..”
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Getting excited for this event on Sunday at Lost City Books. If you’re in or close to DC… www.eventbrite.com/e/the-queen-...
November 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Getting excited for this event on Sunday at Lost City Books. If you’re in or close to DC… www.eventbrite.com/e/the-queen-...
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The hilarious thing about the reading list that Elon Musk apparently begged to have publicly posted to prove that he's not, pace Joyce Carol Oates, a subliterate buffoon is that it's just as dreadful as you might expect, and I don't believe he's read any of them anyway.
November 11, 2025 at 1:43 AM
The hilarious thing about the reading list that Elon Musk apparently begged to have publicly posted to prove that he's not, pace Joyce Carol Oates, a subliterate buffoon is that it's just as dreadful as you might expect, and I don't believe he's read any of them anyway.
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Wait do I have it correct that Joyce Carol Oates said Musk was a shell of a man with no joy in his life and he totally saw it and said "No I'm not" and now he's searching the titles of different movies he likes and replying "great movie"
November 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Wait do I have it correct that Joyce Carol Oates said Musk was a shell of a man with no joy in his life and he totally saw it and said "No I'm not" and now he's searching the titles of different movies he likes and replying "great movie"
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CORDELIA
O dear father!
It is thy business that I go about
William Shakespeare
#KingLear_2025
IV,4,23-24
Ellen Terry as Cordelia in 'King Lear'
National Portrait Gallery London
O dear father!
It is thy business that I go about
William Shakespeare
#KingLear_2025
IV,4,23-24
Ellen Terry as Cordelia in 'King Lear'
National Portrait Gallery London
November 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
CORDELIA
O dear father!
It is thy business that I go about
William Shakespeare
#KingLear_2025
IV,4,23-24
Ellen Terry as Cordelia in 'King Lear'
National Portrait Gallery London
O dear father!
It is thy business that I go about
William Shakespeare
#KingLear_2025
IV,4,23-24
Ellen Terry as Cordelia in 'King Lear'
National Portrait Gallery London
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Let my gravestone read "PUNCTUATION GOES INSIDE THE QUOTATION MARKS."
November 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Let my gravestone read "PUNCTUATION GOES INSIDE THE QUOTATION MARKS."
“Kent (as Caius):
Of Albany's and Cornwall's powers you heard not?
1st Gentleman:
Tis so, they are afoot.”
#KingLear_2025
(Illustration by Arthur Rackham)
Of Albany's and Cornwall's powers you heard not?
1st Gentleman:
Tis so, they are afoot.”
#KingLear_2025
(Illustration by Arthur Rackham)
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
“Kent (as Caius):
Of Albany's and Cornwall's powers you heard not?
1st Gentleman:
Tis so, they are afoot.”
#KingLear_2025
(Illustration by Arthur Rackham)
Of Albany's and Cornwall's powers you heard not?
1st Gentleman:
Tis so, they are afoot.”
#KingLear_2025
(Illustration by Arthur Rackham)
“World, world, O world!
But that thy strange mutations make us hate thee,
Life would not yield to age.”
King Lear
#ShakespeareSunday
But that thy strange mutations make us hate thee,
Life would not yield to age.”
King Lear
#ShakespeareSunday
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 AM
“World, world, O world!
But that thy strange mutations make us hate thee,
Life would not yield to age.”
King Lear
#ShakespeareSunday
But that thy strange mutations make us hate thee,
Life would not yield to age.”
King Lear
#ShakespeareSunday
“To live in the world of creation-to get into it and stay in it-to frequent it and haunt it—to think intensely and fruitfully-to woo combinations and inspirations into being by a depth and continuity of attention and meditation— this is the only thing.”
—Henry James
#SundaySentence
—Henry James
#SundaySentence
November 10, 2025 at 12:23 AM
“To live in the world of creation-to get into it and stay in it-to frequent it and haunt it—to think intensely and fruitfully-to woo combinations and inspirations into being by a depth and continuity of attention and meditation— this is the only thing.”
—Henry James
#SundaySentence
—Henry James
#SundaySentence
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“The White House’s assault on the rule of law is so deeply disturbing to me that I feel compelled to speak out. Silence, for me, is now intolerable.” ~ Mark L. Wolf #SundaySentence
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
“The White House’s assault on the rule of law is so deeply disturbing to me that I feel compelled to speak out. Silence, for me, is now intolerable.” ~ Mark L. Wolf #SundaySentence
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Finish him JCO
November 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Finish him JCO
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Buried deep inside the new, depressing biography of Robert McNamara I found my #sundaysentence for this week, a quote from the Gnostic Gospel of Thomas: "If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you."
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Buried deep inside the new, depressing biography of Robert McNamara I found my #sundaysentence for this week, a quote from the Gnostic Gospel of Thomas: "If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you."
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
Servant #2
“Let's follow the old Earl, and get the Bedlam
To lead him where he would; his roguish madness
Allows itself to any thing.”
#KingLear_2025
“Boys of Bedlam,” folk song, Steeleye Span
youtu.be/Uz9tggUNlIU?...
“Let's follow the old Earl, and get the Bedlam
To lead him where he would; his roguish madness
Allows itself to any thing.”
#KingLear_2025
“Boys of Bedlam,” folk song, Steeleye Span
youtu.be/Uz9tggUNlIU?...
Boys of Bedlam
YouTube video by Steeleye Span - Topic
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Servant #2
“Let's follow the old Earl, and get the Bedlam
To lead him where he would; his roguish madness
Allows itself to any thing.”
#KingLear_2025
“Boys of Bedlam,” folk song, Steeleye Span
youtu.be/Uz9tggUNlIU?...
“Let's follow the old Earl, and get the Bedlam
To lead him where he would; his roguish madness
Allows itself to any thing.”
#KingLear_2025
“Boys of Bedlam,” folk song, Steeleye Span
youtu.be/Uz9tggUNlIU?...
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The man who ended USAID is the world's first trillionaire
November 7, 2025 at 2:14 AM
The man who ended USAID is the world's first trillionaire
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THIS IS AMAZING. ALSO WHAT, IF ANYTHING, DID WE FORGET TO RUIN?
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
THIS IS AMAZING. ALSO WHAT, IF ANYTHING, DID WE FORGET TO RUIN?
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teaching Woolf is going great, as you can see
November 4, 2025 at 8:11 PM
teaching Woolf is going great, as you can see
FOOL.
Sings.
"He that has and a little tiny wit—
With heigh-ho, the wind and the rain-
Must make content with his fortunes fit,
Though the rain it raineth every day."
#KingLear_2025
A longer version of this song appears at the end of Twelfth Night:
youtu.be/42FTiZzIvpU?...
Sings.
"He that has and a little tiny wit—
With heigh-ho, the wind and the rain-
Must make content with his fortunes fit,
Though the rain it raineth every day."
#KingLear_2025
A longer version of this song appears at the end of Twelfth Night:
youtu.be/42FTiZzIvpU?...
Feste's Song from "Twelfth Night"
YouTube video by Wm. Thomas Sherman
youtu.be
November 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
FOOL.
Sings.
"He that has and a little tiny wit—
With heigh-ho, the wind and the rain-
Must make content with his fortunes fit,
Though the rain it raineth every day."
#KingLear_2025
A longer version of this song appears at the end of Twelfth Night:
youtu.be/42FTiZzIvpU?...
Sings.
"He that has and a little tiny wit—
With heigh-ho, the wind and the rain-
Must make content with his fortunes fit,
Though the rain it raineth every day."
#KingLear_2025
A longer version of this song appears at the end of Twelfth Night:
youtu.be/42FTiZzIvpU?...
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Attended this great Anselm Kiefer exhibition last week in St Louis with my dear @lisasass.bsky.social
Some tremendous paintings, a few left me cold or baffled, those giant ones in the main hall truly were colossal and overwhelming.
I will say that his work must be a preservation nightmare.
Some tremendous paintings, a few left me cold or baffled, those giant ones in the main hall truly were colossal and overwhelming.
I will say that his work must be a preservation nightmare.
“[Kiefer] had a long love affair with the STL Art Museum and #STL itself.”
His work first arrived in US in 1983. SLAM acquired first of its Kiefers in 1987.
Had an amazing time at this exhibit with @ianfjanssen.bsky.social. SLAM has made it crazy easy to go—accessible, expansive, memorable.
His work first arrived in US in 1983. SLAM acquired first of its Kiefers in 1987.
Had an amazing time at this exhibit with @ianfjanssen.bsky.social. SLAM has made it crazy easy to go—accessible, expansive, memorable.
The paintings are bigger than a building, made just for St. Louis by one of the decorated artists on earth
In a temporary show at SLAM, you can see paintings tying the Mississippi to the Rhine – all for free
www.firstalert4.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Attended this great Anselm Kiefer exhibition last week in St Louis with my dear @lisasass.bsky.social
Some tremendous paintings, a few left me cold or baffled, those giant ones in the main hall truly were colossal and overwhelming.
I will say that his work must be a preservation nightmare.
Some tremendous paintings, a few left me cold or baffled, those giant ones in the main hall truly were colossal and overwhelming.
I will say that his work must be a preservation nightmare.
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When I read the full transcript of the interview, I realized there had been no pushback, no corrections, no challenging follow-ups. The entire interview had been an open-ended opportunity for Trump to tell rambling lies, only to have them cleaned up into a more polished product.
60 Minutes Obeys in Advance
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
When I read the full transcript of the interview, I realized there had been no pushback, no corrections, no challenging follow-ups. The entire interview had been an open-ended opportunity for Trump to tell rambling lies, only to have them cleaned up into a more polished product.
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In late 19thC France, the modern world looked bright, bold, joyous. And here it is in pictorial form in Paul Signac's 'Les Andelys, les bains' (1886). It was a time of astonishing experimentation when artists were rethinking how we see.
November 4, 2025 at 8:28 AM
In late 19thC France, the modern world looked bright, bold, joyous. And here it is in pictorial form in Paul Signac's 'Les Andelys, les bains' (1886). It was a time of astonishing experimentation when artists were rethinking how we see.
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Nvidia accounts for roughly eight per cent of the market capitalization of the S. & P. 500, the highest concentration in any one stock in at least forty-five years.
- Stephen Witt, Information Overload, New Yorker, Nov 3, 2025
#sundaysentence
- Stephen Witt, Information Overload, New Yorker, Nov 3, 2025
#sundaysentence
November 2, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Nvidia accounts for roughly eight per cent of the market capitalization of the S. & P. 500, the highest concentration in any one stock in at least forty-five years.
- Stephen Witt, Information Overload, New Yorker, Nov 3, 2025
#sundaysentence
- Stephen Witt, Information Overload, New Yorker, Nov 3, 2025
#sundaysentence