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Anne Hjortshøj @annesaurus.bsky.social · 10h

It's worth saying that nearly every white guy over 50 I know is on statins, and is at least aware of their blood sugar. Please, please, please get your heart looked at and your blood pressure controlled (and cancer screenings done). Not everything is avoidable but a lot is. bsky.app/profile/carn...

Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 11h

I’d been thinking for a while that it seems like a startling number of rappers have died in their mid-40s to mid-50s from natural causes but it didn’t really feel like an epidemic until I saw this list. 😦

Deaths of Hip-Hop Artists Reveal the Alarming State of Black Men’s Health

Neo-soul singer D'Angelo joins growing list of Gen X Black male performers who are dying relatively young.

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Anne Hjortshøj @annesaurus.bsky.social · 12h

I'm a fan of Mills, she's done well as governor, but I do not want her to be Maine's senator. bsky.app/profile/pbum...

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 12h

A quick look at how unusual Mills' election to the Senate would be. www.pbump.net/o/a-79-year-...

A 79 year-old freshman senator would be … unusual

Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) has announced her intention to run for Senate against the state's well-known — ahem — incumbent, Susan Collins. When the next Senate term begins in January 2027, Collins wil...

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Anne Hjortshøj @annesaurus.bsky.social · 12h

This. I am a native Mainer and I only have a few "tells." But if you listen to older women between say, Yarmouth and Brunswick, that's my accent.

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · 12h

Don't ask who is going up against Janet Mills, ask who Janet Mills is going up against.

Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · Aug 29

This story has it all: aquaculture, Black Flag, Bernie Sanders, Star Trek as policy, John Hodgman, male tears, and a candidate citing Luthen’s monologue from Andor.

Meet Graham Platner, the Maine oysterman trying to crack the senate. @grahamformaine.bsky.social

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The Political Awakening of the Oyster Farmer Gunning for Susan Collins

Graham Platner’s campaign launch has been a sudden sensation. But what he’s building now is rooted in the work of a lifetime.

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Anne Hjortshøj @annesaurus.bsky.social · 13h

RIP. Such a talent. And it's awful to see yet another great one pass at around 50, it's too common.

Anne Hjortshøj @annesaurus.bsky.social · 14h

yeah I'm scrambling to find a reliable news source that isn't socials...

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Anne Hjortshøj @annesaurus.bsky.social · 1d

(I'm sure NC is absolutely tickled by this.)

Anne Hjortshøj @annesaurus.bsky.social · 1d

Art geek moment: Nick Cave's soundsuits and the inflatable frog costumes being used in Portland (OR) are directly related, and by directly related, I mean indistinguishable. They are the same.

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Anne Hjortshøj @annesaurus.bsky.social · 10d

Update, two restarts fixed the issue…both restarts required an assist from Siri, though, because the iPad didn’t recognize that I was swiping to confirm restart. 🤦‍♀️

Anne Hjortshøj @annesaurus.bsky.social · 10d

I updated to the latest iOS on my devices last night. All is well on my phone, but my iPad now has a very irritating swipe delay. I advise against updating, if you haven’t yet.

(If you know of a fix, please share, I‘ve done all the usual things.)

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Anne Hjortshøj @annesaurus.bsky.social · 11d

A Friday Fragments, featuring tariff damage to American-based furniture manufacturers (bad) and some fangirling at Wendy Goodman of Design Hunting fame (good). elementsofdesign.substack.com/p/friday-fra...

Friday Fragments

Design is still a business.

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Karyn @karynregal.bsky.social · 12d

He is history truth bombing the train!

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Karyn @karynregal.bsky.social · 12d

Ok, we are now getting REAL SALEM MA TALK from the conductor on @mbta_cr. “DO YOU KNOW WHERE MOST OF THAT HISTORY ACTUALLY HAPPENED? DAAAAAANVERS!” HAVE A GOOD TIME IN SALEM!”

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Anne Hjortshøj @annesaurus.bsky.social · 13d

RIP Jane Goodall. Nominative determinism at its best. She was a truly good human being. people.com/jane-goodall...

Jane Goodall Dies at 91 While on Speaking Tour: She Was a 'Tireless Advocate' for Nature

Jane Goodall, the renowned conservationist and animal welfare advocate who became the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees after spending decades studying them in the wild in Tanzania's Gombe Stream...

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Anne Hjortshøj @annesaurus.bsky.social · 13d

This clip highlights the degree to which much of business-speak is avoidance of the conflict associated with making a decision.

LLMs are a mirror, it’s just our output in a probabilistic blender.

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Halloween name @bootsmcgoot.bsky.social · 13d

"i just use it to generate ideas"

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 20d

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

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Anne Hjortshøj @annesaurus.bsky.social · 21d

I enjoyed their 1998 Boston show. Great music with a side of many strobes.

Anne Hjortshøj @annesaurus.bsky.social · 21d

Non-paywalled archive link: archive.is/qYCjX

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Anne Hjortshøj @annesaurus.bsky.social · 21d

This NY Magazine article on the AI boom in SF is gonzo in the best way. nymag.com/intelligence...

The AI Kids Take San Francisco

Brilliant, workaholic teenagers are flooding the city — and reshaping our future in their image.

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Anne Hjortshøj @annesaurus.bsky.social · 25d

Published a Friday Fragments on cheap art: how to make it, how to buy it, where to get it in Boston imminently (art fair + open studios). open.substack.com/pub/elements...

Friday Fragments

Art on the cheap

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 26d

IT'S OFFICIAL: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York State, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and New York City have formed the Northeast Public Health Collaborative.

The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.

Map of Regional Public Health Coalitions

Northeast Public Health Collaborative (Blue)

West Coast Health Alliance (Yellow)

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Anne Hjortshøj @annesaurus.bsky.social · Sep 12

Mimi Pond has finally finished her graphic novel about the Mitford sisters. It took her six years. (If you don't know who Pond is, you're in for a treat, and after you read the article, you should watch Beauty is Embarrassing). www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/b...

An Obsessed Cartoonist Gives the Outrageous Mitford Sisters a Makeover

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Anne Hjortshøj @annesaurus.bsky.social · Sep 12

Thank you, sir.

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Anne Hjortshøj @annesaurus.bsky.social · Sep 12

I woke up my erstwhile newsletter, you might enjoy it. (I'm also considering alternate platforms to Substack, for reasons.)

substack.com/inbox/post/1...

Friday Fragments

Quick design takes to carry you into the weekend

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WBUR @wbur.org · Sep 11

Josh Kraft has dropped out of the Boston mayor's race. His exit is an abrupt shift for a candidate who spent $5.5 million of his own money on the campaign.

Josh Kraft bows out of Boston race for mayor

Josh Kraft has dropped out of the Boston mayor's race, two days after incumbent Michelle Wu trounced him in the city's preliminary election.

www.wbur.org

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