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H.E.D. Houseman @hedhouseman.bsky.social · May 16

people watching! at the ballet

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Jeanna Kadlec @jeannakadlec.bsky.social · May 8

read this:

Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · May 8

A report from the scene of a horrifying kidnapping on the streets of Worcester, MA today by @billshaner.bsky.social www.welcometohellworld.com/they-dont-ne...

They don't need a warrant

A federal kidnapping in Worcester

www.welcometohellworld.com

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The Onion @theonion.com · May 8

Pope Leo XIV: ‘There Couldn’t Be A Better Time To Get The Fuck Out Of America Forever’

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H.E.D. Houseman @hedhouseman.bsky.social · May 8

Also enjoyed a roaring debate about the evangelicalism/protestanizing of American Catholicism!! n

H.E.D. Houseman @hedhouseman.bsky.social · May 8

You are all simply tourists in my reality, where my relatives have been talking about the Conclave like playoffs season for the past three days

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H.E.D. Houseman @hedhouseman.bsky.social · May 8

Incredible day to be attending an ultra-Catholic Scilian-American funeral with all my first, second, and third cousins

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Christine Jacobson @cejacobson.bsky.social · May 1

tonight ! I strongly suspect this will be a much-needed respite ♥️

Christine Jacobson @cejacobson.bsky.social · Apr 15

please come to Houghton Library on May 1st and hear about botanical paper mosaics! queer scrapbook interior collages! Emily Dickinson's stationery! craft-based pedagogy in collaboration with archives! from the great @drbibliomane.bsky.social @amyeelkins.bsky.social Jen Bervin, & Mande Zecca ✨🪡📜

flyer for event that reads "Houghton Library and the Harvard English Department present SURFACING CRAFT IN THE ARCHIVE | Deidre Lynch, Mande Zecca, Amy Elkins, and Jen Bervin | Thursday May 1, 5:30-7:30PM Edison and Newman Room Houghton Library Harvard Library

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H.E.D. Houseman @hedhouseman.bsky.social · Apr 24

truly what the fuck!!

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tim d (he/him) @timdevin.bsky.social · Feb 2

as an alternative to amazon, how about Massive Bookshop?

all books are 10-20% off list price. they offer free shipping if you order 2 or more

and all proceeds go to a bail fund in Western Mass.

@massivebookshop.bsky.social

Massive Bookshop

The bookstore that bails people out of jail.

massivebookshop.com

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H.E.D. Houseman @hedhouseman.bsky.social · Apr 18

This books rule so hard but god I wish I could give Tolkien a noogie for being such a nerd.

H.E.D. Houseman @hedhouseman.bsky.social · Apr 18

If you ever worry about keeping a stupid joke in your writing, know that J. R. R. Tolkien calls two founding ancient hobbits “Marco” and “Blanco” in like the first 20 pages of LOTR.

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · Apr 11

H.M.Saffer, Spring Colors III

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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · Apr 8

Meanwhile, a black lung epidemic is tearing through Appalachia, killing men as young as their 30s. And the Trump admin just defunded NIOSH, the worker health agency that’s been tracking it. inthesetimes.com/article/coal...

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Carry Somers @carrysomers.bsky.social · Apr 7

Thrilled to reveal the cover of The Nature of Fashion! 🌿 This book traces fashion’s connection to the natural world across landscapes and centuries, myth & memory. Out Sept (UK) & Nov (US) @chelseagreenbooks.bsky.social @rizzolibooks.bsky.social. Big thank you to my agent @juliasreading.bsky.social

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Jeanna Kadlec @jeannakadlec.bsky.social · Apr 7

"Even if you buy the most sustainable & ethical clothing available to you right now, your clothes arrive haunted by the conditions of their production. The ghosts of the supply chain follow them even after you wash and dry & toss the package it shipped in."

hedhouseman.substack.com/p/all-our-cl...

All Our Clothing is Haunted

Working on a commemorative banner and sewing in public

hedhouseman.substack.com

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H.E.D. Houseman @hedhouseman.bsky.social · Apr 8

I wrote about working on the Tatter Library commemoration banner for the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, sewing in public, and the haunted-ass clothing production systems in our lives. open.substack.com/pub/hedhouse...

All Our Clothing is Haunted

Working on a commemorative banner and sewing in public

open.substack.com

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Lauren 🎃'Neal @laurenoneal.bsky.social · Apr 8

Imagine a world so technologically advanced we could PRE-de-extinctify species...

Lauren 🎃'Neal @laurenoneal.bsky.social · Apr 8

Hell yeah, let's put a lot of money and effort into bringing back dire wolves and woolly mammoths so they can be immediately wiped out again by climate change.

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H.E.D. Houseman @hedhouseman.bsky.social · Apr 8

I wrote about working on the Tatter Library commemoration banner for the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, sewing in public, and the haunted-ass clothing production systems in our lives. open.substack.com/pub/hedhouse...

All Our Clothing is Haunted

Working on a commemorative banner and sewing in public

open.substack.com

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Helena Fitzgerald @hellafitzgerald.bsky.social · Mar 27

well it seems today yet again confirms my decision to keep this one tab open on my phone for the better part of a decade

Hayao Miyazaki's thoughts on an artificial intelligence

YouTube video by Manhattan Project for a Nuclear-Free World

www.youtube.com

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H.E.D. Houseman @hedhouseman.bsky.social · Mar 25

The amount of gorgeous stuff people are jettisoning from their grandparents and parents house is a plague of forgetting

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H.E.D. Houseman @hedhouseman.bsky.social · Mar 25

Fucked up my whole night by looking at vintage sewing machines, looms and spinning wheels on FB marketplace

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H.E.D. Houseman @hedhouseman.bsky.social · Mar 19

Morning report: Frost again, but the crocuses are emerging. Blue jays are ravaging the bird feeder. A mated pair of cardinals have staked out the pea trellis. The trunks of trees in woods are bare where hungry deer have stripped them. The first signs of trillium and glory of the snow have arrived.

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H.E.D. Houseman @hedhouseman.bsky.social · Mar 10

Morning Report:

The sun was egg yolk yellow coming through the curtains. The sky is a cloudless sea. The chickadees and tits are crowding the feeder. A pair of robins is building nest in bare vines of the arbor. The catty ice is gone and so all are all the holly berries. No long underwear needed!

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H.E.D. Houseman @hedhouseman.bsky.social · Mar 5

everything about this is so funny

Jessica McKenzie @jessimckenzi.bsky.social · Mar 5

there are a couple things about this call for submissions that made my eyebrows shoot up. implying "the outline" (founded 2016) was a part of the "early internet" is at the top of that list

-Typebar Magazine's founding editor, Matt Wolfbridge, is always looking for pitches of “literary analysis, cultural criticism, and stories about typewriters.” “On the early Internet, witty blogs and interesting essays were waiting around every corner. Remember The Awl? The Toast? The Outline? Today’s internet is full of SEO spam, AI-generated garbage, deranged political agitprop, and outrage bait. Our editorial mission is to give people smart, thought-provoking, and fresh stories to read online.” The rate is $50 per essay. Send pitches to matt@typebarmagazine.com

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Larissa @ladylanyc.bsky.social · Mar 4

Fashion is powerful.

Einav Rabinovitch-Fox @einavrfox.bsky.social · Mar 4

Since we are talking about tariffs again, I'm reposting my Time piece on the topic. In a world full of McKinley's be more like Mrs. Astor.
time.com/7202002/fash...

The History That Exposes the Flaw in Trump's Tariff Logic

Tariff fights can backfire, because the government can't easily shape the preferences of American consumers.

time.com

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