I once borrowed a quarter off Dennis Hopper to use the payphone at the old Austin airport.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
June 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I once borrowed a quarter off Dennis Hopper to use the payphone at the old Austin airport.
Absolutely not, ever. My three audiobooks are read by a beautiful human who took a lot of time to get the voices and the tone just right. It was worth every penny. AI will never be an option for me as an author or as a listener. Nope.
Hold the damn line on this, authors. I have dozens of books I can't turn into audio right now because I can't afford to pay a narrator, but I WILL NOT use AI to circumvent them.
We all stand together or we all get cooked.
We all stand together or we all get cooked.
ABSOLUTELY NOT FUCK THIS SHIT
ABSOLUTELY NEVER
OVER MY DEAD BODY
ABSOLUTELY NEVER
OVER MY DEAD BODY
March 11, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Absolutely not, ever. My three audiobooks are read by a beautiful human who took a lot of time to get the voices and the tone just right. It was worth every penny. AI will never be an option for me as an author or as a listener. Nope.
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“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”
A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.
A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.
February 22, 2025 at 4:50 AM
“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”
A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.
A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.
If you want to take a break, beat inflation, and listen to some stories about the good guys beating the Nazis, my #audiobooks are a Chirp deal today until Monday! Only $1.98 for all three!
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The Roses Underneath
In post–World War II Germany, typist Anna Klein is unexpectedly recruited as a translator by Captain Henry Cooper. When they come across a mysterious collection of art hidden away in a villa outside o...
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February 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
If you want to take a break, beat inflation, and listen to some stories about the good guys beating the Nazis, my #audiobooks are a Chirp deal today until Monday! Only $1.98 for all three!
#WWII #Historical #fiction
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#WWII #Historical #fiction
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Listen up, self.
Get away from your computer and go out there and experience some art or culture or human connection, my friends. ❤️
February 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Listen up, self.
Like everything worth doing, in writing it's the action that's important. I need this reminder at least twice a week.
"I was afraid to claim myself a writer...but I did it anyway." Inspiring guest post by Heather Harwood on the magic of experimenting with new forms and growing in confidence.
#writingcommunity #guidedwriting
#writingcommunity #guidedwriting
On the Challenge of Growth — Blue Stone Writers
“Stay afraid, but do it anyway. What’s important is the action. You don’t have to wait to be confident. Just do it and eventually the confidence will follow.”
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February 14, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Like everything worth doing, in writing it's the action that's important. I need this reminder at least twice a week.
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Most of us have used Global Positioning System (GPS) for navigation & we can thank Gladys West for creating the foundation for GPS.
She used her mathematical & programming expertise to invent an accurate model of the Earth.
She was inducted into the US Air Force Hall of Fame.
She used her mathematical & programming expertise to invent an accurate model of the Earth.
She was inducted into the US Air Force Hall of Fame.
February 12, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Most of us have used Global Positioning System (GPS) for navigation & we can thank Gladys West for creating the foundation for GPS.
She used her mathematical & programming expertise to invent an accurate model of the Earth.
She was inducted into the US Air Force Hall of Fame.
She used her mathematical & programming expertise to invent an accurate model of the Earth.
She was inducted into the US Air Force Hall of Fame.
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Fantastic.
As expected, Deb Haaland, former Congresswoman and Secretary of the Interior, announces that she’s running for Governor of New Mexico.
February 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Fantastic.
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Refreshing
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A campus sign said, ‘Tell us something good.’ Students delivered.
“I woke up on my first alarm,” said one student in the viral video. “I just pet a dog,” said another.
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February 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Refreshing
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So, that halftime show made it clear, yet?
REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENTS NEED ART
It's the air and the fuel and the light and the map
REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENTS NEED ART
It's the air and the fuel and the light and the map
February 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
So, that halftime show made it clear, yet?
REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENTS NEED ART
It's the air and the fuel and the light and the map
REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENTS NEED ART
It's the air and the fuel and the light and the map
This was honestly such an inspiring and fortifying way to spend my morning. I love that the super bowl halftime show of all things was a powerful work of subversive art in this moment.
I am proud of all the people who DIDN'T understand Kendrick's performance taking the time to LEARN more about the cultural impact & significance.
We see you.
We thank you.
We appreciate you.
We see you.
We thank you.
We appreciate you.
February 10, 2025 at 11:26 PM
This was honestly such an inspiring and fortifying way to spend my morning. I love that the super bowl halftime show of all things was a powerful work of subversive art in this moment.
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This is America, 2025
In one weekend (!!), one New York Times photographer, Doug Mills, travels from Gitmo to the Super Bowl to take two unforgettable images of where we're at as a nation
In one weekend (!!), one New York Times photographer, Doug Mills, travels from Gitmo to the Super Bowl to take two unforgettable images of where we're at as a nation
February 10, 2025 at 11:48 AM
This is America, 2025
In one weekend (!!), one New York Times photographer, Doug Mills, travels from Gitmo to the Super Bowl to take two unforgettable images of where we're at as a nation
In one weekend (!!), one New York Times photographer, Doug Mills, travels from Gitmo to the Super Bowl to take two unforgettable images of where we're at as a nation
I first thought this during the FL re-counts in 2000. Every night we would tune in to see what happened today like it was a soap opera. There was little talk or analysis about what shifts were being set in motion for future elections. People treated it like, well, the Super Bowl. And so here we are.
this poll says to me that a lot of americans just think everything is a TV show with zero consequence www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-a...
CBS News poll — Trump has positive approval amid "energetic" opening weeks; seen as doing what he promised
Trump's deportation plans are popular, but Americans say there's not enough focus on lowering prices.
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February 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I first thought this during the FL re-counts in 2000. Every night we would tune in to see what happened today like it was a soap opera. There was little talk or analysis about what shifts were being set in motion for future elections. People treated it like, well, the Super Bowl. And so here we are.
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You can check out all of these wonderful books on our website or request any of them to your local indie bookstore today 📚
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Books for Black History Month - University of Texas Press
To kick off Black History Month, we at UT Press have picked our books, past and present, that we think best reflect our mission.
utpress.utexas.edu
February 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
You can check out all of these wonderful books on our website or request any of them to your local indie bookstore today 📚
utpress.utexas.edu/b...
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Dorothy B. Porter changed libraries 💜
The Dewey Decimal System used to only have two classifications for Black people: 325 (colonization) & 326 (slavery). Each book by a Black person was put into one of these classifications. A book of poetry? Classified as colonization.
Enter Dorothy B. Porter 🧵
The Dewey Decimal System used to only have two classifications for Black people: 325 (colonization) & 326 (slavery). Each book by a Black person was put into one of these classifications. A book of poetry? Classified as colonization.
Enter Dorothy B. Porter 🧵
February 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Dorothy B. Porter changed libraries 💜
The Dewey Decimal System used to only have two classifications for Black people: 325 (colonization) & 326 (slavery). Each book by a Black person was put into one of these classifications. A book of poetry? Classified as colonization.
Enter Dorothy B. Porter 🧵
The Dewey Decimal System used to only have two classifications for Black people: 325 (colonization) & 326 (slavery). Each book by a Black person was put into one of these classifications. A book of poetry? Classified as colonization.
Enter Dorothy B. Porter 🧵
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My first illustration is of Diahann Carroll in the tv show Julia (1968-1971). She was the first Black actress to star in her own TV series where she didn't play a domestic worker. She was a young widow raising a 5 year old son in a nice apartment while working as a nurse. #bhm #blackhistorymonth
February 2, 2025 at 7:42 PM
My first illustration is of Diahann Carroll in the tv show Julia (1968-1971). She was the first Black actress to star in her own TV series where she didn't play a domestic worker. She was a young widow raising a 5 year old son in a nice apartment while working as a nurse. #bhm #blackhistorymonth
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Sculptor Augusta Savage in her studio in 1937. She was the first African-American woman to open her own art gallery in the U.S.
February 1, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Sculptor Augusta Savage in her studio in 1937. She was the first African-American woman to open her own art gallery in the U.S.
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Oh hey, it's the first day of Black History Month! Which hero should we highlight today? How about Guion Bluford, the first black astronaut!
Happy Black History Month! ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
#blackhistorymonth
Happy Black History Month! ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
#blackhistorymonth
February 1, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Oh hey, it's the first day of Black History Month! Which hero should we highlight today? How about Guion Bluford, the first black astronaut!
Happy Black History Month! ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
#blackhistorymonth
Happy Black History Month! ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
#blackhistorymonth
Grabbing a friend and going to buy some books today!
All right y’all, so here’s the deal.
We’re struggling. Our monthly goal is to sell 1500 books. This month, we’ve sold less than 400.
We need your help. We HAVE to sell 1500 books by the end of Feb to keep our doors open. This was supposed to be a video, but Bluesky can't do 2 mins of video(Thread)
We’re struggling. Our monthly goal is to sell 1500 books. This month, we’ve sold less than 400.
We need your help. We HAVE to sell 1500 books by the end of Feb to keep our doors open. This was supposed to be a video, but Bluesky can't do 2 mins of video(Thread)
February 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Grabbing a friend and going to buy some books today!
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Here are two pages from Let This Radicalize You that you may need tonight. Peace to all.
February 1, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Here are two pages from Let This Radicalize You that you may need tonight. Peace to all.
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Help me identify this WWII soldier for a story I'm writing. My deadline is Feb. 14. The portrait was made between 1943 & 1945 in Pittsburgh's Hill District. He has a rifle medal on his chest, Service Forces patch & a Corps of Engineers insignia on his hat. Please repost & help me ID him. 🗃️
January 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Help me identify this WWII soldier for a story I'm writing. My deadline is Feb. 14. The portrait was made between 1943 & 1945 in Pittsburgh's Hill District. He has a rifle medal on his chest, Service Forces patch & a Corps of Engineers insignia on his hat. Please repost & help me ID him. 🗃️
I help architects develop and craft AIA Fellowship applications for a living. This portrayal is so old and tired and doesn't actually reflect the thoughtful, imaginative and collaborative work so many architects (many of whom are not white men!) do in their communities every day.
'... falls into the trap of the clichéd portrayal of the architect as tortured male genius, working in solitude ...' - @edwinheathcote.bsky.social
January 30, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I help architects develop and craft AIA Fellowship applications for a living. This portrayal is so old and tired and doesn't actually reflect the thoughtful, imaginative and collaborative work so many architects (many of whom are not white men!) do in their communities every day.
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Please follow the official Auschwitz account. They post a daily picture of someone who was murdered there, with a very brief bio.
Lives cut way too short. Innocent babies and children are especially hard to see. We need to remember them.
We should send the daily posts to our representatives.
Lives cut way too short. Innocent babies and children are especially hard to see. We need to remember them.
We should send the daily posts to our representatives.
30 January 1931 | A Hungarian Jewish boy, Béla Lörincz, was born in Szamoskrassó (Cărășeu).
In 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz. He did not survive.
In 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz. He did not survive.
January 30, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Please follow the official Auschwitz account. They post a daily picture of someone who was murdered there, with a very brief bio.
Lives cut way too short. Innocent babies and children are especially hard to see. We need to remember them.
We should send the daily posts to our representatives.
Lives cut way too short. Innocent babies and children are especially hard to see. We need to remember them.
We should send the daily posts to our representatives.
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I was to give a talk at a big US Attorney's Office next week abt the complicity of German lawyers in the creation of the Nazi state. Yesterday the Justice Department cancelled it.
Irony is dead.
I've got an op/ed on this I'm looking to place. Help appreciated.
#LawSky #Skystorians #Holocaust
Irony is dead.
I've got an op/ed on this I'm looking to place. Help appreciated.
#LawSky #Skystorians #Holocaust
January 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I was to give a talk at a big US Attorney's Office next week abt the complicity of German lawyers in the creation of the Nazi state. Yesterday the Justice Department cancelled it.
Irony is dead.
I've got an op/ed on this I'm looking to place. Help appreciated.
#LawSky #Skystorians #Holocaust
Irony is dead.
I've got an op/ed on this I'm looking to place. Help appreciated.
#LawSky #Skystorians #Holocaust