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If you need a break from the horrors Julianna Barwick and Mary Lattimore have teamed up to release an album that sounds like lying in an enchanted garden surrounded by fairies and woodland creatures
youtu.be/KPEXlMIcFBs?...
youtu.be/KPEXlMIcFBs?...
Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore - Perpetual Adoration (Live Session From San Diego, CA)
YouTube video by InFiné Music
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January 16, 2026 at 12:36 AM
If you need a break from the horrors Julianna Barwick and Mary Lattimore have teamed up to release an album that sounds like lying in an enchanted garden surrounded by fairies and woodland creatures
youtu.be/KPEXlMIcFBs?...
youtu.be/KPEXlMIcFBs?...
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<lifts up geriatric sin eater on a palanquin, his face bloated and rotten, the sins of the populace oozing out of pores like maggots, a sulfurous cloud surrounds him causing others to vomit in his presence>
this is our leader. we owe it to him to defend him. he is also in charge of communications.
this is our leader. we owe it to him to defend him. he is also in charge of communications.
January 15, 2026 at 5:32 PM
<lifts up geriatric sin eater on a palanquin, his face bloated and rotten, the sins of the populace oozing out of pores like maggots, a sulfurous cloud surrounds him causing others to vomit in his presence>
this is our leader. we owe it to him to defend him. he is also in charge of communications.
this is our leader. we owe it to him to defend him. he is also in charge of communications.
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one of the best white boys to do it was Silas Soule who was an abolitionist in bloody Kansas, served in the Union Army, abstained from Sand Creek, testified against Chivington, and was murdered on the streets of Denver for his courage.
Silas Soule - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 14, 2026 at 5:07 AM
one of the best white boys to do it was Silas Soule who was an abolitionist in bloody Kansas, served in the Union Army, abstained from Sand Creek, testified against Chivington, and was murdered on the streets of Denver for his courage.
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f’real, this is a hell of a Wikipedia page (if gnarly, cw: massacre)
one of the best white boys to do it was Silas Soule who was an abolitionist in bloody Kansas, served in the Union Army, abstained from Sand Creek, testified against Chivington, and was murdered on the streets of Denver for his courage.
Silas Soule - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 14, 2026 at 5:11 AM
f’real, this is a hell of a Wikipedia page (if gnarly, cw: massacre)
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happy bday German polymath Albert Schweitzer, b.1875.
“Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.”
“Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.”
“Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.”
“Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.”
January 14, 2026 at 10:33 AM
happy bday German polymath Albert Schweitzer, b.1875.
“Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.”
“Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.”
“Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.”
“Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.”
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happy bday writer Tillie Olsen, b.1912, Wahoo, NE.
“Never saw so many peaceful wrecks in my life.... That's what I want to be when I grow up, just a peaceful wreck holding hands with other peaceful wrecks.”
“Never saw so many peaceful wrecks in my life.... That's what I want to be when I grow up, just a peaceful wreck holding hands with other peaceful wrecks.”
January 14, 2026 at 10:54 AM
happy bday writer Tillie Olsen, b.1912, Wahoo, NE.
“Never saw so many peaceful wrecks in my life.... That's what I want to be when I grow up, just a peaceful wreck holding hands with other peaceful wrecks.”
“Never saw so many peaceful wrecks in my life.... That's what I want to be when I grow up, just a peaceful wreck holding hands with other peaceful wrecks.”
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happy bday writer Walter Mosley, b.1952, Los Angeles.
“We are not trapped or locked up in these bones. No, no. We are free to change. And love changes us. And if we can love one another, we can break open the sky.”
“I'm just a survivor from the train wreck of the modern world.”
“We are not trapped or locked up in these bones. No, no. We are free to change. And love changes us. And if we can love one another, we can break open the sky.”
“I'm just a survivor from the train wreck of the modern world.”
January 12, 2026 at 12:18 PM
happy bday writer Walter Mosley, b.1952, Los Angeles.
“We are not trapped or locked up in these bones. No, no. We are free to change. And love changes us. And if we can love one another, we can break open the sky.”
“I'm just a survivor from the train wreck of the modern world.”
“We are not trapped or locked up in these bones. No, no. We are free to change. And love changes us. And if we can love one another, we can break open the sky.”
“I'm just a survivor from the train wreck of the modern world.”
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Midnight Diner available on Netflix is beautiful, haunting, affecting. Subtitles not dubbing. Poetry of the city from a great Japanese director. www.netflix.com/watch/80113542
Watch Midnight Diner | Netflix
A scarred man operates a midnight diner in the backstreets of Shinjuku. No one knows his name or his story, but his customers each bring him theirs.
www.netflix.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:41 AM
Midnight Diner available on Netflix is beautiful, haunting, affecting. Subtitles not dubbing. Poetry of the city from a great Japanese director. www.netflix.com/watch/80113542
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Most of my beloved comics from early childhood have the "STILL ONLY 35 cents!" call-out
January 11, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Most of my beloved comics from early childhood have the "STILL ONLY 35 cents!" call-out
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R. Hunter reaches for lines like this a number of times in the canon and doesn't always land flush, but that is exactly the line that hits for me, reflecting on Weir's contribution to American music, and to my life, and how lucky we who were here for it are. 1/4
Such a long, long time to be gone
And a short time to be there
RIP Bob Weir www.jambase.com/article/bob-...
And a short time to be there
RIP Bob Weir www.jambase.com/article/bob-...
Grateful Dead Guitarist Bob Weir Has Died
Grateful Dead co-founding guitarist Bob Weir has died at age 78.
www.jambase.com
January 11, 2026 at 12:57 AM
R. Hunter reaches for lines like this a number of times in the canon and doesn't always land flush, but that is exactly the line that hits for me, reflecting on Weir's contribution to American music, and to my life, and how lucky we who were here for it are. 1/4
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My piece originally published in Parabola Magazine
THE SCIENCE OF NOT GETTING LOST: Finding Spirituality You can Rely On
johnshirley.medium.com/the-science-...
THE SCIENCE OF NOT GETTING LOST: Finding Spirituality You can Rely On
johnshirley.medium.com/the-science-...
May 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
My piece originally published in Parabola Magazine
THE SCIENCE OF NOT GETTING LOST: Finding Spirituality You can Rely On
johnshirley.medium.com/the-science-...
THE SCIENCE OF NOT GETTING LOST: Finding Spirituality You can Rely On
johnshirley.medium.com/the-science-...
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I know I’ve said this before, but Tolkien lost almost all his friends in the Somme, and certainly knew the seductive appeal of despair, and built an entire epic with the constant theme of the power of hope to effect triumph. Aurë entuluva!
January 10, 2026 at 3:09 AM
I know I’ve said this before, but Tolkien lost almost all his friends in the Somme, and certainly knew the seductive appeal of despair, and built an entire epic with the constant theme of the power of hope to effect triumph. Aurë entuluva!
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Recalling this one.
January 10, 2026 at 4:12 AM
Recalling this one.
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The videos coming out of Iran are truly remarkable. Solidarity with the people of Iran. Solidarity with prisoners, victims of torture and human rights abuses, and people who just want bread to eat and clean water to drink.
Iran protests latest: Internet blackout continues after huge anti-government protests
Huge crowds of protesters have been marching through Iran's capital and other cities, with people heard calling for the overthrow of the supreme leader.
www.bbc.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:59 AM
The videos coming out of Iran are truly remarkable. Solidarity with the people of Iran. Solidarity with prisoners, victims of torture and human rights abuses, and people who just want bread to eat and clean water to drink.
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Poem by Thomas A Clark.
January 9, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Poem by Thomas A Clark.
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I hold the raised
arms of winter trees
to a winter sky
arms of winter trees
to a winter sky
January 9, 2026 at 2:12 PM
I hold the raised
arms of winter trees
to a winter sky
arms of winter trees
to a winter sky
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January 8, 2026 at 10:29 PM
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we need to be nourishing ourselves regularly so that there's enough bandwidth for action
AND
so that our spirits are strong enough to say no to the motherfuckers who want us to concede and fold
(all the people who didn't just follow orders? what were THEIR inner resources? Yeahhhh.)
AND
so that our spirits are strong enough to say no to the motherfuckers who want us to concede and fold
(all the people who didn't just follow orders? what were THEIR inner resources? Yeahhhh.)
fortify inside
why spiritual practice matters during the rising authoritarian tide
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:55 PM
we need to be nourishing ourselves regularly so that there's enough bandwidth for action
AND
so that our spirits are strong enough to say no to the motherfuckers who want us to concede and fold
(all the people who didn't just follow orders? what were THEIR inner resources? Yeahhhh.)
AND
so that our spirits are strong enough to say no to the motherfuckers who want us to concede and fold
(all the people who didn't just follow orders? what were THEIR inner resources? Yeahhhh.)
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Interesting to read this bit while I’m also reading “On Repentance and Repair” by @theradr.bsky.social. 🐋
January 4, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Interesting to read this bit while I’m also reading “On Repentance and Repair” by @theradr.bsky.social. 🐋
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And the war against immigrants/brown and Black people continues in Minneapolis and elsewhere.
I just watched two women get kidnapped right in front of me in Northeast Minneapolis.
ICE is still terrorizing our city.
ICE is still terrorizing our city.
January 8, 2026 at 4:44 PM
And the war against immigrants/brown and Black people continues in Minneapolis and elsewhere.
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Violence is too often sloppy; it spills over. Misogynists kill a lot of men, racists kill white people, ICE in its attacks on immigrants and anyone who looks like them just killed a white US citizen. When you're a hammer, everything looks like a nail; when you're a gun everyone is a target.
January 8, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Violence is too often sloppy; it spills over. Misogynists kill a lot of men, racists kill white people, ICE in its attacks on immigrants and anyone who looks like them just killed a white US citizen. When you're a hammer, everything looks like a nail; when you're a gun everyone is a target.
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The Lowdown is the best damn show not enough people are watching. I can exclusively report that FX has ordered a second season of the delightful Ethan Hawke comic mystery series: www.whatsalanwatching.com/the-lowdown-...
The Lowdown, the best show you're not watching, is coming back for Season Two
FX has officially renewed the Ethan Hawke-led comic mystery series
www.whatsalanwatching.com
January 7, 2026 at 5:32 PM
The Lowdown is the best damn show not enough people are watching. I can exclusively report that FX has ordered a second season of the delightful Ethan Hawke comic mystery series: www.whatsalanwatching.com/the-lowdown-...
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she was a poet
among other things
where do the poems
go when the poet
has been killed?
I picture the snow
in Minnesota
falling on a lake
and want to write
her name—
Renee—
on its cold
white page
among other things
where do the poems
go when the poet
has been killed?
I picture the snow
in Minnesota
falling on a lake
and want to write
her name—
Renee—
on its cold
white page
January 8, 2026 at 12:59 AM
she was a poet
among other things
where do the poems
go when the poet
has been killed?
I picture the snow
in Minnesota
falling on a lake
and want to write
her name—
Renee—
on its cold
white page
among other things
where do the poems
go when the poet
has been killed?
I picture the snow
in Minnesota
falling on a lake
and want to write
her name—
Renee—
on its cold
white page