Lainie Marie
@lainielipson.bsky.social
editor, writer, painter, textilian. 🇨🇦 + 🇺🇸
No bots or fake accounts - will block.
No bots or fake accounts - will block.
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For #ArtAdventCalendar day 2, a rock star of the Sonoran Desert. (ID in alt text) 🪶
December 2, 2025 at 12:26 PM
For #ArtAdventCalendar day 2, a rock star of the Sonoran Desert. (ID in alt text) 🪶
ugh, this hurts
"...painted by two of the foremost American artists of the twentieth century, Ben Shahn and Philip Guston.....They are on the walls of the Wilbur J. Cohen Building in Washington, DC, one of forty-five federal properties currently earmarked for sale."
www.alternet.org/trump-destro...
www.alternet.org/trump-destro...
Trump admin selling off historic public art to the highest bidder
Painted figures haunt an empty building. A boy leaning on a pair of crutches. A father and son wandering a barren railroad track. A nuclear family at a picnic table. These poignant scenes were painted...
www.alternet.org
December 2, 2025 at 4:26 AM
ugh, this hurts
really might have to delete any business that has sent me 30 separate "Time's Almost Up!!!!!!!" emails today. I can't buy anything, and email #31 is not going to change that.
December 2, 2025 at 2:29 AM
really might have to delete any business that has sent me 30 separate "Time's Almost Up!!!!!!!" emails today. I can't buy anything, and email #31 is not going to change that.
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President Biden - never stopped being presidential even after going through cancer treatment, showing great leadership and stamina.
The felon couldn't be bothered being presidential, is destroying our country and pardons criminals like himself.
The felon couldn't be bothered being presidential, is destroying our country and pardons criminals like himself.
November 30, 2025 at 12:29 AM
President Biden - never stopped being presidential even after going through cancer treatment, showing great leadership and stamina.
The felon couldn't be bothered being presidential, is destroying our country and pardons criminals like himself.
The felon couldn't be bothered being presidential, is destroying our country and pardons criminals like himself.
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Airbus found intense solar storms, like solar flares, could cause pilots to lose control of the Airbus A320 series of planes, including A319, A320, and A321s. About 6,000 of the single-aisle planes, which are the bestselling passenger aircraft in the world, need the repairs. https://cnn.it/4phBeeb
November 28, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Airbus found intense solar storms, like solar flares, could cause pilots to lose control of the Airbus A320 series of planes, including A319, A320, and A321s. About 6,000 of the single-aisle planes, which are the bestselling passenger aircraft in the world, need the repairs. https://cnn.it/4phBeeb
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When a politician says: we’ll deregulate health insurance and send you a “freedom account” check, ask: freedom to buy what? If insurers don’t offer real policies or can cherry-pick only healthy people, that money is a coupon for a store that’s not open.
November 28, 2025 at 12:52 PM
When a politician says: we’ll deregulate health insurance and send you a “freedom account” check, ask: freedom to buy what? If insurers don’t offer real policies or can cherry-pick only healthy people, that money is a coupon for a store that’s not open.
I love this story too, so sweet
good news everyone the Mistaken Text From Grandma Thanksgiving buddy drama is still going strong
this story delights me every year
this story delights me every year
From text to tradition: Jamal Hinton and Wanda Dench mark 10th Thanksgiving together after accidental invitation.
November 28, 2025 at 3:11 AM
I love this story too, so sweet
I have never made a pie but I think this secret is good for many things
PIECRUST! A MANIFESTO!
I once wrote someone trying to impress a new love some piecrust instructions and thought I'd share them here:
The secret of good pie is: keep your heart warm but your butter cold.
I once wrote someone trying to impress a new love some piecrust instructions and thought I'd share them here:
The secret of good pie is: keep your heart warm but your butter cold.
November 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I have never made a pie but I think this secret is good for many things
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“Ladies, we know you aspired to full citizenship and equality in the public sphere and the home alike, but unfortunately men are feeling a little blue so it’s time for you to get back in the kitchen again.” -an article, white paper, or book that gets published like three times a week now.
November 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
“Ladies, we know you aspired to full citizenship and equality in the public sphere and the home alike, but unfortunately men are feeling a little blue so it’s time for you to get back in the kitchen again.” -an article, white paper, or book that gets published like three times a week now.
Great writing, shrewd analysis, discouraging reality of the Epstein class. Gift article.
Opinion | How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Great writing, shrewd analysis, discouraging reality of the Epstein class. Gift article.
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Once again: read @mariahblake.bsky.social's "They Poisoned the World: Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals"
bookshop.org/p/books/they...
bookshop.org/p/books/they...
EPA just approved new ‘forever chemical’ pesticides for use on food
Critics warn the EPA’s approvals of new PFAS pesticides could expose more Americans to “forever chemicals” through their food.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Once again: read @mariahblake.bsky.social's "They Poisoned the World: Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals"
bookshop.org/p/books/they...
bookshop.org/p/books/they...
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Unreal: "The EPA is moving forward with approvals for pesticides containing 'forever chemicals' as an active ingredient... The agency also announced plans to relax a rule requiring companies to report products containing PFAS and has proposed weakening drinking water standards for the chemicals."
November 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Unreal: "The EPA is moving forward with approvals for pesticides containing 'forever chemicals' as an active ingredient... The agency also announced plans to relax a rule requiring companies to report products containing PFAS and has proposed weakening drinking water standards for the chemicals."
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Pentti Saarikoski, tr. Herbert Lomas
November 23, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Pentti Saarikoski, tr. Herbert Lomas
I get this. I'm constantly doing things that just have me shaking my head at my complete absence of chill.
wish i could be cool and mysterious but unfortunately i can't shut the fuck up
November 23, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I get this. I'm constantly doing things that just have me shaking my head at my complete absence of chill.
I write to my senators +reps and the replies are so cookie-cutter and neutralized fake-speak that it hardly seems worth it. But today I got a response from @bennet.senate.gov that felt more personal and sincere. (Took so long that I can't remember what I wrote to him about, though.)
November 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I write to my senators +reps and the replies are so cookie-cutter and neutralized fake-speak that it hardly seems worth it. But today I got a response from @bennet.senate.gov that felt more personal and sincere. (Took so long that I can't remember what I wrote to him about, though.)
This is an absolutely beautiful story, and beautifully written and photographed. Gift article. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How to Fix a Typewriter and Your Life (Gift Article)
This is the story of how a man traded steady, grinding corporate security for a dying craft and, in the process, found his soul.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:54 AM
This is an absolutely beautiful story, and beautifully written and photographed. Gift article. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
No longer have a subscription so I can't gift-article this, but this is a really shameful statistic. Other countries create walkable cities and we make being a pedestrian a life risk.
Yearly deaths caused by cars and trucks striking pedestrians rose 70 percent between 2010 and 2023, an examination of federal data and other public records by The Post shows.
The deadliest roads in America
The number of pedestrians killed by vehicles has increased in the U.S., with road infrastructure and inadequate safety measures among key contributing factors.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
No longer have a subscription so I can't gift-article this, but this is a really shameful statistic. Other countries create walkable cities and we make being a pedestrian a life risk.
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im beginning to think it was a mistake to stake our entire economy on chatbots and fake internet money
November 18, 2025 at 12:39 PM
im beginning to think it was a mistake to stake our entire economy on chatbots and fake internet money
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I can’t believe how stupid everything is
November 17, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I can’t believe how stupid everything is
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Pope Leo absolutely cooking
November 16, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Pope Leo absolutely cooking
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Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
It is the worst kind of irony that @fetterman.senate.gov is posting about his amazing top-tier medical care after a fall this week when he just voted to let millions of Americans face enormous rate hikes for barely-minimal health insurance.
November 16, 2025 at 4:49 AM
It is the worst kind of irony that @fetterman.senate.gov is posting about his amazing top-tier medical care after a fall this week when he just voted to let millions of Americans face enormous rate hikes for barely-minimal health insurance.
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Michelle Obama says the US is not ready for a female President
November 15, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Michelle Obama says the US is not ready for a female President
So - Square, which you've likely used if you buy stuff online, now will spam you with marketing junk mail. And the only way to unsubscribe is to first create a profile by, you guessed it, giving them your name, email address, and phone number. F*cking hell.
November 14, 2025 at 10:42 PM
So - Square, which you've likely used if you buy stuff online, now will spam you with marketing junk mail. And the only way to unsubscribe is to first create a profile by, you guessed it, giving them your name, email address, and phone number. F*cking hell.