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Yale University Press. Former indie bookseller; loves tea, cider, photography, and sleep
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I really can’t second this recommendation strongly enough, it’s one of a very small number of movie scenes I can’t even talk about without struggling not to cry

submitted 2 days ago • 7 comments

Everything is a nightmare, but I have made progress on sewing my first dress. Hem has just been pinned, not sewn.

submitted 20 days ago • 4 comments

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet: www.404media.co/declassified...

submitted 27 days ago • 1272 comments

My amaryllis has produced a 2nd bloom! The kit my mom gifted began growing in the box and first bloomed just as I was leaving for the long holiday.

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

Made a toile of a dress this weekend and successfully modified the bodice (plus figured out how to translate that to the pattern pieces). The focus and problem solving of sewing garments is a great doomscrolling alternative. (Yes the drawstring is off center, but that wasn’t important to fit)

submitted 30 days ago • 2 comments

Here I am, a factory worker enjoying his lunch in the North End of Boston on January 15, 1919. I’ve survived the influenza pandemic, I’m feeling good about life, and I’ve never been more confident I will not be swallowed up by a flood of liquid sugarcane extract

submitted 32 days ago • 78 comments

I made my first garment! It’s a skirt, with a pattern from soften studios (Clo Bias Skirt). I’m wearing it here with a sweater my mom made for me.

submitted 37 days ago • 2 comments

The Yale School of Architecture sponsored screening of The Brutalist reached capacity basically 45 minutes before it was set to start. Best friend and I did not make it in, despite arriving half an hour early. Pretty good evidence New Haven should have a first run movie theater!

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

One of my favourite things anyone has ever said about art. You'll be missed, David. 🌹

submitted 40 days ago • 24 comments

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I wrote about Neil Gaiman, and the women accusing him of sexual coercion, assault and abuse. www.vulture.com/article/neil...

submitted 43 days ago • 667 comments

Strong endorse! For editors looking for reviewers and also to reach out to potential authors, a current CV (with contact info!) helps so much.

submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments

I think the LOTR versions on Max reflect a remaster because the Council of Elrond does not look suitably orange/yellow.

submitted 56 days ago • 1 comment

Guinea worm used to afflict 3.5 million people each year. This year, thanks in part to Jimmy Carter, there have been 7 cases. He negotiated the longest humanitarian cease-fire in history to distribute water filters & larvicides www.scientificamerican.com/article/jimm... via @tanyalewis.bsky.social

submitted 58 days ago • 34 comments

I tend to commit hard to a hobby, so I made a tailor’s ham and filled it with wood shavings from my dad’s woodshop before I even made a garment. One side is green wool from a skirt I adored but no longer fits. The other is chambray from a shirt I loved that also no longer fits.

submitted 59 days ago • 1 comment