Andrea Feldman
@visaforviolet.bsky.social
Curmudgeon. Lapsed zine publisher. Cat person. Armchair traveler.
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Andrea Feldman
@visaforviolet.bsky.social
· Nov 27
Hello Bluesky! Do I need more social media in my life? No! But am I sick of No Joy in Muskville (a bit heavy on GOP sociopaths) and Instagram (ads n’ grifters)? Yes! So here I am. Enjoy this photo of my shy kitty Little Miss luxuriating in the sunshine.
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People who frequent the intersection of Green End Avenue and Valley Road on Aquidneck Island know that the area is Gravy’s turf. Story by @leahbcrowley.bsky.social: www.wpri.com/news/local-n...
November 26, 2025 at 1:35 AM
People who frequent the intersection of Green End Avenue and Valley Road on Aquidneck Island know that the area is Gravy’s turf. Story by @leahbcrowley.bsky.social: www.wpri.com/news/local-n...
Fuuuuuuckkkkk Amazon.
“After that extra-contaminated water leaves Amazon’s data center, it then gets dumped and sprayed across local farmland in Oregon.”
Eewwww
Eewwww
Everyone knows data centers use a ton of water.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
November 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Fuuuuuuckkkkk Amazon.
Extremely sad to hear the news that cartoonist & musician JD King has died. I discovered his work when he illustrated a @lindamariesmith55.bsky.social record in the early 1990s, but he was also known for his band, the Coachmen, featuring a young Thurston Moore. www.tcj.com/rip-j-d-king...
RIP J.D. King - 1951-2025 - The Comics Journal
JD King, whose jazz-infused comics and illustrations appeared in many alt publications and national ad campaigns, died in early November, 2025.
www.tcj.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Extremely sad to hear the news that cartoonist & musician JD King has died. I discovered his work when he illustrated a @lindamariesmith55.bsky.social record in the early 1990s, but he was also known for his band, the Coachmen, featuring a young Thurston Moore. www.tcj.com/rip-j-d-king...
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Help Michael Hurley's daughter.
November 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Help Michael Hurley's daughter.
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A pair of snowy owls has taken up residence along a Lake Michigan beach, sparking curious speculation about how long the Arctic birds of prey will call Chicago home.
A pair of snowy owls spotted along Lake Michigan beach draws crowds in Chicago
A pair of snowy owls has taken up residence along a Lake Michigan beach, sparking curious speculation about how long the Arctic birds of prey will call Chicago home.
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November 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
A pair of snowy owls has taken up residence along a Lake Michigan beach, sparking curious speculation about how long the Arctic birds of prey will call Chicago home.
They mostly hate each other but sometimes …don’t?
November 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
They mostly hate each other but sometimes …don’t?
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One of only a small handful of releases on Dome’s short-lived, eponymous record label, Desmond Simmons’s curious sole album, 1981, was produced by Dome/Wire legends Bruce Gilbert + Graham Lewis, remastered and reissued for this new edition
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boomkat.com/products/alo...
November 20, 2025 at 1:18 PM
One of only a small handful of releases on Dome’s short-lived, eponymous record label, Desmond Simmons’s curious sole album, 1981, was produced by Dome/Wire legends Bruce Gilbert + Graham Lewis, remastered and reissued for this new edition
boomkat.com/products/alo...
boomkat.com/products/alo...
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One of the best bits of my job @thequietus.com is asking @danieldylanwray.bsky.social to write about Sheffield & its music & this is going to be such a brilliant book on a fertile city (arguably one under-celebrated compared to certain places across the Pennines that never shut up about themselves)
This - finally - is the definitive musical history Sheffield so richly deserves.
GROOVY, LAIDBACK AND NASTY is @danieldylanwray.bsky.social's authoritative and hugely entertaining story of the city, told through its independent artists, scenes and spirit.
Coming May 2026 geni.us/GroovyLaidba...
GROOVY, LAIDBACK AND NASTY is @danieldylanwray.bsky.social's authoritative and hugely entertaining story of the city, told through its independent artists, scenes and spirit.
Coming May 2026 geni.us/GroovyLaidba...
November 20, 2025 at 1:19 PM
One of the best bits of my job @thequietus.com is asking @danieldylanwray.bsky.social to write about Sheffield & its music & this is going to be such a brilliant book on a fertile city (arguably one under-celebrated compared to certain places across the Pennines that never shut up about themselves)
It’s 11pm and someone has been chainsawing something for the last hour in my neighborhood. Trees? Bodies? Wtf are you doing at this hour, you absolute cretin?!? 💤
November 20, 2025 at 4:01 AM
It’s 11pm and someone has been chainsawing something for the last hour in my neighborhood. Trees? Bodies? Wtf are you doing at this hour, you absolute cretin?!? 💤
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“Once a species is extinct, it’s gone. Is that the legacy we want to leave behind?” - Stephanie Adams, NPCA’s Director of Wildlife
Proposed Assault on Endangered Species Act Would Push Park Wildlife Toward Extinction
“The proposed changes, coupled with the mass firing of dedicated staff at US Fish and Wildlife and the National Park Service, put the fate of species like Pacific salmon, the ghost orchid, and the red-cockaded woodpecker in a potentially dire position. ...
www.npca.org
November 19, 2025 at 9:26 PM
“Once a species is extinct, it’s gone. Is that the legacy we want to leave behind?” - Stephanie Adams, NPCA’s Director of Wildlife
At the cat vet! (Routine, don’t worry.)
November 19, 2025 at 2:37 PM
At the cat vet! (Routine, don’t worry.)
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Four decades back a major label released a debut album that sounded like almost nothing on earth while still sounding incredibly familiar. Our man in San Francisco Ned Raggett takes stock of it all
Happy Birthday to the JAMC's Psychocandy, which turns 40 today!
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Happy Birthday to the JAMC's Psychocandy, which turns 40 today!
buff.ly/nflmjN6
November 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Four decades back a major label released a debut album that sounded like almost nothing on earth while still sounding incredibly familiar. Our man in San Francisco Ned Raggett takes stock of it all
Happy Birthday to the JAMC's Psychocandy, which turns 40 today!
buff.ly/nflmjN6
Happy Birthday to the JAMC's Psychocandy, which turns 40 today!
buff.ly/nflmjN6
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A pair of snowy owls on the coast of Chicago
November 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
A pair of snowy owls on the coast of Chicago
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In light of the assault on American science by its own government that launched in January this year, we published the Anti-Autocracy Handbook in June to provide some guidance to scholars about how to respond to an emerging autocracy. The handbook is available at: sks.to/autocracy. 1/n
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November 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
In light of the assault on American science by its own government that launched in January this year, we published the Anti-Autocracy Handbook in June to provide some guidance to scholars about how to respond to an emerging autocracy. The handbook is available at: sks.to/autocracy. 1/n
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Link to study:
Clinical Trials Affected by Research Grant Terminations at the National Institutes of Health
This cross-sectional study summarizes the number of trials with terminated grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and calculates the proportion of affected trials among those with previou...
jamanetwork.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Link to study:
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A female wolf has been doing something unusual on the Central Coast of British Columbia. She's learned to pull crab traps up from the water, yanking on a rope to bring it to the surface. But is it tool use? Very fun story from @phiejacobs.bsky.social for @science.org
Have wild wolves learned to use tools?
Video captures a lone female pulling crab traps out of the water, but does it count as tool use?
www.science.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
A female wolf has been doing something unusual on the Central Coast of British Columbia. She's learned to pull crab traps up from the water, yanking on a rope to bring it to the surface. But is it tool use? Very fun story from @phiejacobs.bsky.social for @science.org
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Never thought I'd get to sing back ups for Ricky Martin. Here's the track from Palm Royale:
youtu.be/pJK88OHxdmM?...
youtu.be/pJK88OHxdmM?...
Comin' Home Baby (from Palm Royale Season 2)
YouTube video by Ricky Martin - Topic
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Never thought I'd get to sing back ups for Ricky Martin. Here's the track from Palm Royale:
youtu.be/pJK88OHxdmM?...
youtu.be/pJK88OHxdmM?...
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I am very pleased to announce that Phil King/@junkshopper's 'Lush: A Far From Home Movie', is now on YouTube for all to see.
I very much enjoyed appearing with Phil last year at various events, at home abroad, discussing the film with him and the audience.
www.youtube.com/watchv=ow3jE...
I very much enjoyed appearing with Phil last year at various events, at home abroad, discussing the film with him and the audience.
www.youtube.com/watchv=ow3jE...
Lush: A Far from Home Movie
YouTube video by 4AD
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I am very pleased to announce that Phil King/@junkshopper's 'Lush: A Far From Home Movie', is now on YouTube for all to see.
I very much enjoyed appearing with Phil last year at various events, at home abroad, discussing the film with him and the audience.
www.youtube.com/watchv=ow3jE...
I very much enjoyed appearing with Phil last year at various events, at home abroad, discussing the film with him and the audience.
www.youtube.com/watchv=ow3jE...
Pulp! Tiny Desk Concert! Truly stretches the limit of how many musicians can jam themselves into a lil corner and still sound like they’re playing to a stadium. Four songs, old & new. All stupendous: www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Kl...
Pulp: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Pulp! Tiny Desk Concert! Truly stretches the limit of how many musicians can jam themselves into a lil corner and still sound like they’re playing to a stadium. Four songs, old & new. All stupendous: www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Kl...
I have been super sick for two weeks and finally, finally have an appointment to see my GP. I’m exhausted, have zero appetite, zero energy. Walking pneumonia? I’m afraid I’m probably going to end up on antibiotics, although I hope not. Just fun all around!
November 12, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I have been super sick for two weeks and finally, finally have an appointment to see my GP. I’m exhausted, have zero appetite, zero energy. Walking pneumonia? I’m afraid I’m probably going to end up on antibiotics, although I hope not. Just fun all around!
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Regina Giménez - Geometría cósmica - gouache and collage on paper, 95x68 cm (2017)
November 12, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Regina Giménez - Geometría cósmica - gouache and collage on paper, 95x68 cm (2017)
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Barbican Centre, London:
A reminder that the excellent GAMERA THE BRAVE will have its UK theatrical debut (!) at the Barbican Centre, London, on 10 December 2025. It will be introduced by Japanese cinema expert Yuriko Hamaguchi. Spread the word! 🐢
Get your tickets: www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/202...
Get your tickets: www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/202...
a close up of a turtle with smoke coming out of it 's mouth
ALT: a close up of a turtle with smoke coming out of it 's mouth
media.tenor.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Barbican Centre, London:
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Access to vaccines is not a privilege — it is a human right.
In @statnews.com today, Stefan Peterson and I write about using a human rights-based approach to deal with vaccine denialism and the return of measles, whooping cough and diphtheria
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
In @statnews.com today, Stefan Peterson and I write about using a human rights-based approach to deal with vaccine denialism and the return of measles, whooping cough and diphtheria
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
Kids have a right to vaccinations. Let's bring in the lawyers
Children suffering from diseases that should have been consigned to history is a moral failure. Access to vaccines is a human right.
www.statnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Access to vaccines is not a privilege — it is a human right.
In @statnews.com today, Stefan Peterson and I write about using a human rights-based approach to deal with vaccine denialism and the return of measles, whooping cough and diphtheria
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
In @statnews.com today, Stefan Peterson and I write about using a human rights-based approach to deal with vaccine denialism and the return of measles, whooping cough and diphtheria
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
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happy birthday, Vic…you are missed
November 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
happy birthday, Vic…you are missed