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Few people know that studying anti-bird spikes almost got me arrested. 👮 I snapped this picture of carefully placed spikes on security cameras at a London train station—just because I thought it looked funny. Within seconds I was surrounded by police. They didn’t find it funny. 😬 1/5 #birds 🧪🪶

submitted 8 days ago • 11 comments

Just finished reading Siri Hustvedt's 'What I Loved'. Man, that book had me in tears several times, and I've read some sad books lately about grief that didn't make me cry at all (see: 'Crying in H Mart'). The first two parts are incredible.

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

I just learned what emu eggs look like! The pattern reminds me of vermiculate masonry (meant to look like worm tracks) and also Ken Price's sculptures.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

It's odd when you spend years looking for a difficult bird and have limited success, but then suddenly the bird shows up and hangs out with you for an hour, in the open, less than two meters away. Yellow-eared Toucanets NEVER come to feeders... 1/2 #birds #toucanoftheday #toucans #costarica

submitted 47 days ago • 29 comments

I was out in the backyard when the local wolf chorus started up. Such an amazing sound. There was one calling from north east of my cottage and the pack was answering from the southwest. I apologize for my breathing. I had to run into the house and find my phone. I’m still vibrating.

submitted 47 days ago • 88 comments

the mystery of the jacket worn by David Wojnarowicz at the ACT UP action at the FDA, 10/11/88, which now only exists in a few pics and video stills. I’m writing about the jacket rn and looking for other views. he was with the group that made tombstone signs; his read R.I.P. BABIES WHO GOT PLACEBO’S

submitted 47 days ago • 2 comments

Still furious about the time i brought over an (expensive) panettone and my brother in law and his mom toasted it (!!!) and ate it with butter (!!!!!!).

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments

Repurposed Assad tank in Syria.

submitted 73 days ago • 104 comments

Just finished "Creation Lake", Rachel Kushner's new book. Really enjoyed this one! The aloof, jaded and opinionated narrator, the lengthy 'early man' sections, the descriptive minor characters...oof!

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HASTINGS: I say, Poirot, this vial’s labeled “hyaluronic acid”! Is it a poison? SKINCARE HERCULE POIROT: Non, mon ami. This acid, it replenishes the skin’s barrier naturale HASTINGS: So this is a gal who takes care of her skin. SKINCARE HERCULE POIROT: irritated The gentleman may use it as well

submitted 98 days ago • 47 comments

This weekend I read my first Neil Gaiman novel, "The Ocean at the End of the Lane." Some passages about being a child were spot on, but mostly I found the story & fantasy elements to be pedestrian.

submitted 104 days ago • 0 comments

Last week I finished reading A.B. Yehoshua's "A Journey to the End of the Millennium", historical fiction set in 999 about the marriage between a North African Jewish merchant and a German Jewish woman & the ensuing culture clash. Dense & descriptive prose, very little dialogue, a fascinating read.

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reaching peak nyc summer earlier than expected: the arrival of the WWF episode of ice cream vs fire truck decible level

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Oh, you superstar. Look at him posing! 🪶

submitted 271 days ago • 13 comments

The floating/hanging bed in the interior of Mark di Suvero's loft at 195 Front Street is insane!! The building was destroyed shortly after the photo was taken, 1966-67. Photo by Danny Lyon.

submitted 348 days ago • 0 comments

lets do a baby bump of bitcoin

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#meinthirtyyearsortomorrow

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so this is the place where i can post all my twitter drafts

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