J. Baumanis.
@baumanisj.bsky.social
Ostensibly a writer. Not Latvian enough.
Breaking social media silence to honor the life of this great writer. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
N Scott Momaday, Pulitzer-winning Native American novelist, dies aged 89
The Kiowa tribe member’s debut House Made of Dawn is credited as the starting point for contemporary Native American literature
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2024 at 1:03 PM
Breaking social media silence to honor the life of this great writer. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
This came up on my Spotify so I’m obliged to tag @somoroffmatthew.bsky.social and say this record is beautiful, fascinating, innovative, breathtaking, but yes, also weird as hell https://open.spotify.com/track/3lpRlIEa9gnUXFHjDgI97p?si=Cf2WEYJdQEqBUAoT36DdgQ
Will O' the Wisp
Gil Evans, Manuel de Falla, Miles Davis · Song · 1960
open.spotify.com
January 11, 2024 at 3:07 PM
This came up on my Spotify so I’m obliged to tag @somoroffmatthew.bsky.social and say this record is beautiful, fascinating, innovative, breathtaking, but yes, also weird as hell https://open.spotify.com/track/3lpRlIEa9gnUXFHjDgI97p?si=Cf2WEYJdQEqBUAoT36DdgQ
Reposted by J. Baumanis.
The US Department of the Interior acknowledges me as an American Indian but still won’t acknowledge my tribe b/c we refused to leave our homeland in TX over 150 yrs agoooo.
January 11, 2024 at 1:08 AM
The US Department of the Interior acknowledges me as an American Indian but still won’t acknowledge my tribe b/c we refused to leave our homeland in TX over 150 yrs agoooo.
Yeah sex is good but have you ever listened to Marketplace on NPR consistently?
January 11, 2024 at 12:24 AM
Yeah sex is good but have you ever listened to Marketplace on NPR consistently?
I mostly keep politics to a minimum but as the West’s support flags, Eastern European solidarity is more important than ever
January 10, 2024 at 1:57 PM
I mostly keep politics to a minimum but as the West’s support flags, Eastern European solidarity is more important than ever
Bubbly beet kvass on a cold rainy day
January 9, 2024 at 5:26 PM
Bubbly beet kvass on a cold rainy day
I feel attacked.
www.tasteatlas.com/worst-rated-...
www.tasteatlas.com/worst-rated-...
23 Worst Rated Baltic Foods
List includes: Rosolje, Obuolių sūris, Griķi, Maizes zupa, Mulgipuder.
www.tasteatlas.com
January 6, 2024 at 3:22 PM
I feel attacked.
www.tasteatlas.com/worst-rated-...
www.tasteatlas.com/worst-rated-...
Reposted by J. Baumanis.
In an effort to spend more time here instead of ‘the other place’ I have swapped the apps on my phone.
January 6, 2024 at 2:57 PM
In an effort to spend more time here instead of ‘the other place’ I have swapped the apps on my phone.
Social media be like:
BREAKING! Debunked “news” story from 2019!!
BREAKING! Debunked “news” story from 2019!!
January 6, 2024 at 2:34 PM
Social media be like:
BREAKING! Debunked “news” story from 2019!!
BREAKING! Debunked “news” story from 2019!!
Reposted by J. Baumanis.
SHEINE LENDE GOT A STAR FROM KIRKUS!!!! This is the first review for my book & I’m so happy & grateful that the themes resonated with the reader 😭💕 Xastéyó!!!!! www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews... www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
January 5, 2024 at 7:50 PM
SHEINE LENDE GOT A STAR FROM KIRKUS!!!! This is the first review for my book & I’m so happy & grateful that the themes resonated with the reader 😭💕 Xastéyó!!!!! www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews... www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
I’m trying to put together a Spotify playlist of baroque- and classical-adjacent mid-century pop and jazz https://open.spotify.com/track/5Zpy2HR2vYLjlTQVd81DLH?si=L_tvaXWBS_SiFid-rZ7wHA
Paris 1919
John Cale · Song · 1973
open.spotify.com
January 6, 2024 at 12:23 AM
I’m trying to put together a Spotify playlist of baroque- and classical-adjacent mid-century pop and jazz https://open.spotify.com/track/5Zpy2HR2vYLjlTQVd81DLH?si=L_tvaXWBS_SiFid-rZ7wHA
Reposted by J. Baumanis.
This feels like a Star Trek episode.
January 5, 2024 at 7:24 PM
This feels like a Star Trek episode.
Cereal: Is it soup? Or is it really pasta?
January 5, 2024 at 12:38 PM
Cereal: Is it soup? Or is it really pasta?
Jerusalem artichoke is God’s idea of a joke. A high brow one about humans eating something so ridiculous, and a low brow one about humans farting.
January 4, 2024 at 2:08 AM
Jerusalem artichoke is God’s idea of a joke. A high brow one about humans eating something so ridiculous, and a low brow one about humans farting.
So I may not be perfect but the guy next to me chose the airport shuttle bus as the place to low key break up with his girlfriend
January 3, 2024 at 4:19 AM
So I may not be perfect but the guy next to me chose the airport shuttle bus as the place to low key break up with his girlfriend
Reposted by J. Baumanis.
I’m George Takei and I support this message.
December 30, 2023 at 10:54 PM
I’m George Takei and I support this message.
Reposted by J. Baumanis.
By this day in 2002 all Russian soldiers in Moldova and Georgia were promised to be removed.
They were not. But please believe us when we negotiate now about our soldiers in Ukraine.
They were not. But please believe us when we negotiate now about our soldiers in Ukraine.
December 31, 2023 at 10:31 AM
By this day in 2002 all Russian soldiers in Moldova and Georgia were promised to be removed.
They were not. But please believe us when we negotiate now about our soldiers in Ukraine.
They were not. But please believe us when we negotiate now about our soldiers in Ukraine.
When your email sends an automated vacation reply and receives an automated vacation reply in response
December 31, 2023 at 2:58 PM
When your email sends an automated vacation reply and receives an automated vacation reply in response
Reposted by J. Baumanis.
Rad as hell to find my upcoming novel on this list. And with such heavy duty writers! Humbled.
This month's column features books by Seth Dickinson, @bleakhousing.bsky.social Tlotlo Tsamaase @mikechenwriter.bsky.social Shubnum Khan @raynayler.bsky.social @tanaudel.bsky.social @chadlutzke.bsky.social & more!
December 30, 2023 at 12:31 AM
Rad as hell to find my upcoming novel on this list. And with such heavy duty writers! Humbled.
Review on hotel website: The rooms are TOO SMALL!!
Translation: I’m from Texas and there isn’t even enough room to park my F-150 in the room and still have room for individual beds for my family of eight and our five dogs
Translation: I’m from Texas and there isn’t even enough room to park my F-150 in the room and still have room for individual beds for my family of eight and our five dogs
December 29, 2023 at 9:13 PM
Review on hotel website: The rooms are TOO SMALL!!
Translation: I’m from Texas and there isn’t even enough room to park my F-150 in the room and still have room for individual beds for my family of eight and our five dogs
Translation: I’m from Texas and there isn’t even enough room to park my F-150 in the room and still have room for individual beds for my family of eight and our five dogs
Traveling to see family for Christmas has all the stress, hassle, and expense of a vacation but somehow feels obligatory and guilt ridden instead of decadent and indulgent
December 29, 2023 at 6:28 PM
Traveling to see family for Christmas has all the stress, hassle, and expense of a vacation but somehow feels obligatory and guilt ridden instead of decadent and indulgent
Post a banger that isn’t in English
Jacqueline Taieb - Le coeur au bout des doigts
https://open.spotify.com/track/6SfLHjKD666UfI5PFHGxnN?si=kQ989KenTi6dwJnMcbLW_A
Jacqueline Taieb - Le coeur au bout des doigts
https://open.spotify.com/track/6SfLHjKD666UfI5PFHGxnN?si=kQ989KenTi6dwJnMcbLW_A
Post a banger that isn’t in English
Hector Lavoe, “Vamos a reír un poco”
Hector Lavoe, “Vamos a reír un poco”
December 27, 2023 at 10:51 PM
Post a banger that isn’t in English
Jacqueline Taieb - Le coeur au bout des doigts
https://open.spotify.com/track/6SfLHjKD666UfI5PFHGxnN?si=kQ989KenTi6dwJnMcbLW_A
Jacqueline Taieb - Le coeur au bout des doigts
https://open.spotify.com/track/6SfLHjKD666UfI5PFHGxnN?si=kQ989KenTi6dwJnMcbLW_A
The smell of your mom baking shake n bake pork chops circa 1991
December 27, 2023 at 10:29 PM
The smell of your mom baking shake n bake pork chops circa 1991
Bluesky adopting a butterfly logo to contrast with that other place's bird? I like it.
December 27, 2023 at 1:59 PM
Bluesky adopting a butterfly logo to contrast with that other place's bird? I like it.
Reposted by J. Baumanis.
A sticker seen on someone's Tesla. 😆😆😆
December 25, 2023 at 8:12 PM
A sticker seen on someone's Tesla. 😆😆😆