Ingrid
@artichokeindigo.bsky.social
New Orleans museum worker, childless cat lady
Idk I got sweaty today wrapping Christmas presents
December 13, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Idk I got sweaty today wrapping Christmas presents
If you’re a Mosley and you don’t change your surname at 18, I feel pretty comfortable burdening you with the sins of your grandfather
December 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM
If you’re a Mosley and you don’t change your surname at 18, I feel pretty comfortable burdening you with the sins of your grandfather
I just reread The Devil Comes Courting. What a beautiful, moving book. You’ve got me bawling over telegraph cable.
December 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I just reread The Devil Comes Courting. What a beautiful, moving book. You’ve got me bawling over telegraph cable.
They are saying your accounts must be set to public. And your dependents’ accounts. Were you trying to keep your kid from the full firehouse of the internet? Too bad!
December 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
They are saying your accounts must be set to public. And your dependents’ accounts. Were you trying to keep your kid from the full firehouse of the internet? Too bad!
An “unbudgeable turkey”
December 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
An “unbudgeable turkey”
there’s a parallel mythology that it was to deter mosquitoes. I can definitely say that a blue porch ceiling painted with modern paint deters no mosquitoes at all, but it makes you wonder
December 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
there’s a parallel mythology that it was to deter mosquitoes. I can definitely say that a blue porch ceiling painted with modern paint deters no mosquitoes at all, but it makes you wonder
The director of the fort museum in Jodphur told me Jodphur’s blue paint (originally lime wash with indigo) was supposed to deter insects. And “haint blue” in the southern US came from enslaved people following the mythology of west Africa that blue around house openings keeps out spirits, but
December 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The director of the fort museum in Jodphur told me Jodphur’s blue paint (originally lime wash with indigo) was supposed to deter insects. And “haint blue” in the southern US came from enslaved people following the mythology of west Africa that blue around house openings keeps out spirits, but
Have you seen Crashing? Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s not Pete Holmes’. Jonathan Bailey is insanely charming in it, considering how annoying his character is.
December 7, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Have you seen Crashing? Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s not Pete Holmes’. Jonathan Bailey is insanely charming in it, considering how annoying his character is.
I *think* in fact you’ll find it’s the plague-themed “lockdown Christmas special” episode of Upstart Crow, the sitcom about William Shakespeare.
December 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I *think* in fact you’ll find it’s the plague-themed “lockdown Christmas special” episode of Upstart Crow, the sitcom about William Shakespeare.
Inspector Puffpants has a new rookie!😻
November 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Inspector Puffpants has a new rookie!😻
What’s the difference between -0% and +0%?
November 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
What’s the difference between -0% and +0%?
This is really lovely, thank you!
November 16, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This is really lovely, thank you!
One of my absolute favorites! It’s where I learned about basic color terms entering languages in a set order (why so many languages don’t or previously didn’t have a word for blue). A set of short essays full of interesting facts interspersed with memoir and flights of fancy
November 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
One of my absolute favorites! It’s where I learned about basic color terms entering languages in a set order (why so many languages don’t or previously didn’t have a word for blue). A set of short essays full of interesting facts interspersed with memoir and flights of fancy
I object to this guy framing this as “the working class” though. If they owned a sawmill and employed 50 people, they were never working class. “Racists”, “idiots”, or “white people” would all have been a more accurate term.
November 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I object to this guy framing this as “the working class” though. If they owned a sawmill and employed 50 people, they were never working class. “Racists”, “idiots”, or “white people” would all have been a more accurate term.
Have you read The Anthropology of Turquoise by Ellen Meloy? There’s a hilarious section about historic paint names. ‘Skating’, ‘wireless’, ‘momentary agitation’
November 16, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Have you read The Anthropology of Turquoise by Ellen Meloy? There’s a hilarious section about historic paint names. ‘Skating’, ‘wireless’, ‘momentary agitation’
All I want is for one (1) tv or movie writer making a character a conservator to talk to a real life conservator long enough to internalize that we are called conservators and not conservationists. But I will nevertheless watch watch Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson read a soup can.
November 16, 2025 at 2:44 AM
All I want is for one (1) tv or movie writer making a character a conservator to talk to a real life conservator long enough to internalize that we are called conservators and not conservationists. But I will nevertheless watch watch Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson read a soup can.
I’ve done that only to find them waiting for me, holding the door for an eternity
November 15, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I’ve done that only to find them waiting for me, holding the door for an eternity
Holding the door for someone who’s a little too far away= you’ve inconvenienced me and made you thank me for it
November 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Holding the door for someone who’s a little too far away= you’ve inconvenienced me and made you thank me for it
This is Ashes, who came to my family when I was six. He loved this drawer of my dress-up play clothes. He was such a good dad to the three who followed.
November 13, 2025 at 10:33 PM
This is Ashes, who came to my family when I was six. He loved this drawer of my dress-up play clothes. He was such a good dad to the three who followed.
Reminds me of this bit in Cold Comfort Farm
November 11, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Reminds me of this bit in Cold Comfort Farm
Beautiful! My grandma’s needlework of the Kay Nielsen illustration is one of my most precious possessions
November 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Beautiful! My grandma’s needlework of the Kay Nielsen illustration is one of my most precious possessions
I bought some whistles the other day
October 28, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I bought some whistles the other day