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Catherine Rockwood @martin65.bsky.social · 26m

what I'm saying is, _I_ think it is a livestock counting-rhyme that Le Guin made up, in Gontish or some earlier speculative variant of that speculative language. and I think she made it up that way because she was a complete _nutter_ (strongly complimentary).

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Catherine Rockwood @martin65.bsky.social · 29m

you will doubtless be delighted to learn that the Le Guin goat-calling charm from a Wizard of Earthsea ("Noth hierth malk man/hiolk han merth han!" may be a livestock counting-rhyme.

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Yan tan tethera - Wikipedia

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1h

Immigrant Nobel Prize winners exiting the United States

Florian Scheuer @florianscheuer.bsky.social · 3h

I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.

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Joe Kassabian @jkass99.bsky.social · 2h

Because when you burn down a house and nobody ever rebuilds it, someone is still forced to live in the ashes

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 23h

Thatcher was born 100 years ago and her reign feels a lifetime away. Why is her effect on the country still so huge? | Martin Kettle

Today’s politicians need to learn that she is not the answer to contemporary problems, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

www.theguardian.com

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Catherine Rockwood @martin65.bsky.social · 10h

Jane Eyre, sometime around junior year of HS, early 1990s.

Catherine Rockwood @martin65.bsky.social · 12h

"bedspread" is country?
...welp.

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Meg Trevey @megglin.bsky.social · 16h

I know I shared this yesterday, but I cannot stop thinking about this piece, especially this part:

"I thought I was the hopelessly broken one. But I was a fire alarm among people who couldn't smell smoke...

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 2d

"There just isn’t enough time. There’s only what we manage to make of it—what we build, what we protect, what we remember to carry to the car. The gas mask. The snacks. The question we forgot to ask. The name of the person taken." My latest.

The Emergency Is the Atmosphere

“It’s meant to exhaust us. It’s meant to destroy us."

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this corrosion says unban Łink @roguesecunit.bsky.social · 13h

Sending love and strength to Chicago every day.

Wherever you live, get ready. Boston/Mass, if you're not LUCE trained yet, you should be: go to the link below and click the "ICE Watch Interest Form" button.

www.lucemass.org

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 14h

As y'all have probably heard, there has been a lot of ICE activity on the North Side of Chicago today. At least four people were kidnapped by ICE in the Rogers Park neighborhood. Folks mobilized throughout the day to do ICE Watch and Rapid Response work.

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🜄 greybriar 🜁 @greybriar.art · Oct 17

Black Water - another older piece to transfer over here.

#sciart #wildlifeart

A digital painting of a polar bear as seen from above, swimming in cold black water.

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Catherine Rockwood @martin65.bsky.social · 13h

I absolutely cannot get an action shot because a.) they are too fast for my camera and b.) I am too busy laughing to even try. But you can extrapolate from this picture.

Photo shows a tall golden-brown hound mix standing next to a little black-and-grey merle beagle mix with brown points. He is a lot bigger than she is. She doesn't seem intimidated.

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Marcelo Teson @marceloteson.com · 14h

@tressiemcphd.bsky.social had a theory that I really vibed with about how autism crosses class barriers and so these rich assholes hate it so much because there's nothing they can do with their money to prevent it, so they're trying to make it something you get because you chose something.

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Catherine Rockwood @martin65.bsky.social · 13h

Imagine a shark being havocked by an ornery remora--kind of like that.

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Catherine Rockwood @martin65.bsky.social · 13h

One very funny thing about having a tall dog and a short puppy is that she hides _under_ him when he's standing up, and snipes at his legs and face from there.

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Tori Williams Douglass @toriglass.bsky.social · 14h

{re-upping a personal mutual aid request}

hey Seattle area friends! still looking for someone to foster a 3 year old, 45 pound husky for a friend who lost their housing until they get back on their feet.

Could I get a boost? happy to share additional details with anyone interested 🩵🐕

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Hannah Grieco @writesloud.bsky.social · 20h

Reminder! Tonight, @alinaetc.bsky.social and I will be reading and talking about poetry and prose collections. 🥰

Free, but RSVP for the link!

writer.org/event/grieco...

Virtual Craft Chat w/ Hannah Grieco & Alina Stefanescu - The Writer's Center

The Writer’s Center presents a FREE virtual chat about the craft of writing! We’re joined by fiction writer Hannah Grieco and poet Alina Stefanescu for a cross-genre discussion about their new collect...

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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · Apr 9

Paul Robeson had his passport revoked and was blacklisted for his political activism.

Was recently learning about artists who rallied to support him financially so he could feed his family.

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Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 1d

Tonight, with @climatena.bsky.social & the Climate Mobilization Project, learn how training in mental health care can support mutual aid, survival organizing, & local resilience! You might like it! www.eventbrite.com/e/community-...

Community climate resilience: Integrating mental health skills & mutual aid

The Climate Mobilization Project will describe their work at the intersection of mutual aid and climate action + more.

www.eventbrite.com

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Anna Orridge @anna-orridge.bsky.social · 1d

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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 1d

There's an ICE office that's become a detention center right next to the Burlington Mall. Burlington's town government wants to "investigate and take corrective action." https://bit.ly/46X0jDj

Burlington Town Meeting votes to condemn ICE center

Effort seeks access to inspect the facility and enforce zoning compliance.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 1d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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chris-ture from the black lagoon @thecorlew.bsky.social · 1d

golden opportunity to learn from one of the greats here

Juan Martinez @fulmerford.com · 1d

Hi, everyone! I‘ll be teaching Novel-in-a-Year with @storystudiochicago.bsky.social in 2026. This will be my third iteration of the class, with first drafts as the focus this time around. Registration is now open and will close November 7:

www.storystudiochicago.org/advanced-wri...

Novel in a Year: First Draft with Juan Martinez - StoryStudio Chicago

This is the year to write your novel Novel in a Year: First Draft is a unique opportunity to join a writing cohort, study novel craft, workshop key scenes, measure your progress, meet deadlines, and g...

www.storystudiochicago.org

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Catherine Rockwood @martin65.bsky.social · 1d

Lord knows how he managed that.

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Catherine Rockwood @martin65.bsky.social · 1d

There was a leak into our living room this morning because part of the roof is, uh, not there right now--there's a tarp, but it was raining hard. The owners of the company emailed to check in & within fifteen minutes the foreman was emailing back I GOT TWO GUYS ON IT

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Catherine Rockwood @martin65.bsky.social · 1d

The foreman on the construction crew is a huge guy who worries about communication between us and the crew. He says "Sorry" all the time (sort of like "Saaaury,") when something goes wrong, then disappears briefly to smoke a cigarette and discuss construction-edits with the head carpenter.

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Ross White @rosswhite.com · 3d

I get sad when I see one of my longtime fave journals has come to its end, but I also try to celebrate two things:

1. Someone-- or many someones-- gave us a boatload of their time and attention to make that beautiful thing, and we were lucky to receive that gift as long as we did.

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