Reposted by BxknitsVelma R👀t @colorbombvelma.bsky.social · 4hA local celebrity snapped by a visiting tree aficionado 🌲 141
Reposted by BxknitsKristen Hanley Cardozo @khandozo.bsky.social · 18hDead people gossip: The model for this painting was a young George Meredith. While the painting was underway, Wallis and Meredith's wife fell in love and later ran off together. Meredith would go on to write a number of works about how Victorian marriage was a fucked up mess. 2113
Reposted by BxknitsRachel @rachelneedsanap.bsky.social · 29/09/2026People called him an antisemite, & he has responded with an extraordinary & continuous outpouring of radical love & respect for Jews in his city. He’s out there celebrating every holiday, distributing food for Sukkot, citing Talmud, & wishing Bukharian Jews a happy Hol haMoed in Uzbek. 38020
Reposted by BxknitsErin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 20hIt has been an interesting few days in my feed, but one fascinating thing is people telling me that historians have caused as much damage as bad bridge builders, but the idea seems to be that anyone who makes claims about the past is a historian and son that just ain’t true. 17313
Reposted by Bxknitsfrank: print witch @mxfrankduffy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026can confirm this is now at 40%! 061
Reposted by BxknitsProf Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This is the cutest funniest thing I think I have ever seen. Baby goats are the GOAT @willdalrymple.bsky.social xx 35514
Reposted by BxknitsHistory and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 26/09/2026🧵8 Posts: High on the windy ridge above the Spen Valley, beside Walton Cross Farm at Hartshead, stands a remarkable survivor from Yorkshire’s medieval past. At first glance, it appears to be little more than a weathered block of grey gritstone. Yet this is the surviving base of 317551
Reposted by BxknitsLeon Jackson @drleonj.bsky.social · 22hArchival Names of the Day are: Polly Moho and Mrs Tiptoe, who were plaintiff and witness, respectively, in Sally Grant's 1819 Boston prosecution for profane swearing 🗃️ 0325
Reposted by BxknitsNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Teach your son to wait. Teach him that other people are as important as he is. Teach him to apologize and go back to the end of the line if he made an entitled decision. Teach him that girls and women deserve respect in *all* scenarios—not just during sex. 21336253
Reposted by BxknitsBrooklyn Botanic Garden @brooklynbotanic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Lightscape 2026 tickets are on sale now! ✨ This year’s newly imagined trail is a love letter to the Garden’s four seasons of splendor. Bring friends and family and step into a world brimming with beauty, where luminous installations meet light-kissed landscapes, right in the heart of Brooklyn. 133
Reposted by BxknitsLibby @libbystigaard.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Good 🧵. My conversations about consent with my kid were kicked off by him REALLY wanting to pet other people's dogs. He understood having to ask first, but wanted to ignore anything other than an outright no. ("He's not really friendly.") We had a lot of convos about recognizing soft no's and 416047
Bxknits @bxknits.bsky.social · 23hMy husband and I voted today. Filled out our ballots, sealed them up and put them in the official ballot drop box at the town hall. Hopefully two less people in line on Election Day will make it easier for two other voters who show up in person that day. 110
Reposted by BxknitsAlex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Windows and mirrors are not in opposition to each other. Along with sliding glass doors, they offer options for children. It's a call for diverse literature, not a literacy crisis problem to be solved. 15515
Reposted by BxknitsAlex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Children need books that are windows, mirrors, AND sliding glass doors. Books that are mirrors aren't inherently worse than books that are windows. Children (and adults, too) deserve to have all kinds of literature, reflective, informative, and transformative. 15412
Reposted by BxknitsMicah @rincewind.run · 29/09/2026Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay “They were men who felt that The Time Had Come. Regimes can survive barbarian hordes, crazed terrorists and hooded secret societies, but they're in real trouble when prosperous and anonymous men sit around a big table and think thoughts like that.” 349595
Reposted by BxknitsPolly SinclairLewis Fry @sinclairlewis.bsky.social · 23hHiveMind™️ Request: have any of you lovely people covered a wall with cork board? I know there are tiles out there, but I’m considering a large wall. Also, did you have to remove the cork at some point and how did that go? 223
Reposted by BxknitsChaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Measuringe the value of educacioun by returne on ynvestment onlye ys lyke measuringe the value of a garden by the weight of the floweres 7407116
Reposted by BxknitsSteffen Hope @hopesteffen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026For the feast of Saint Michael the Archangel, here is a view from the remnants of the twelfth-century church atop Slottsfjellet (Castle Mount" in Tønsberg, southeastern Norway. It was part of a castle complex. Churches dedicated to Michael were often, but not always, located on summits. 22110
Reposted by BxknitsKirsten M @piperewan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Same with my music degree. It was a major accomplishment just to finish it. I use my liberal arts education every day of my life. No degree is a worthless degree. 011
Reposted by BxknitsSteffen Hope @hopesteffen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026An addendum on the feast of Saint Michael: In Norwegian folk-belief, this was the day when mermaids - or rather a troll lady of the sea - would let their cattle graze on land. If people saw these troll-cows grazing at dawn, the fodder would turn bad during the winter. 2119
Reposted by BxknitsAda Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026New Mexico shuts the door on new uranium mines. Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard signed an executive order banning new uranium mining across 52,609 km² of state trust land, although 2 leases running into the 2030s will be allowed to keep operating. buff.ly/v6fkl9b #ShareGoodNewsToobuff.lyNew Mexico bans new uranium mining on state trust landsThe ban covers 13 million acres of state trust lands and directs cleanup of approximately 50 abandoned uranium sites that pose contamination risks. 04711
Reposted by BxknitsSuzanne Karr Schmidt @drkarrschmidt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026ImPRESSed Yet? I am thrilled to announce that Impressive Textiles: Premodern Printing on Fabric will be published October 27 in print and Open Access with @acmrs.bsky.social, thanks to 30 textile and print scholars, and 1 groundbreaking exhibition @newberrylibrary.bsky.social! #CoverReveal 1/5 1525390
Reposted by BxknitsKirsten M @piperewan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I know the official #inktober has terrible circumstances. Thing is, I was 2-3 years in before I found out it wasn’t just a generic term, but now it is. Even the anti-inktober crowd uses the hashtag. I do hope you do click on the hashtag; there will be a ton of amazing artwork from many prompt lists. 101
Reposted by BxknitsDavid @archaeomather.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Details of the Palace Theater in Luverne, Minnesota - constructed in 1915 and listed in the National Register of Historic Places. 2254
Reposted by BxknitsTom Wambsgans’ Second Wife, PhD @drwambsgans.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is your periodic reminder that when Chicago PD murdered 17 year old Laquan McDonald in 2014, Mayor Rahm Emanuel covered up the murder to help his reelection bid. 062
Reposted by BxknitsAnna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026Let the history books show that STUDENT reporters brought national attention to unchecked abuse. I hope that their cups and opportunities forever overfloweth.This is courage.abcnews.comDistrict attorney reopens case of alleged Cornell University 'gang rape'Prosecutors in central New York say they are reopening the case of alleged gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity. 31381372
Reposted by BxknitsChise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 28/09/2026GOOD NEWS! Researchers have discovered a new antibiotic, known as manikomycin, that may be a bulwark in the fight against drug-resistant superbugs. By attacking the ribosome in a never-before-seen way, manikomycin can evade the existing mechanisms pathogens have developed to resist antibiotics. 7238681137
Reposted by BxknitsClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I remember a really frustrating conversation with a generally decent cishet white guy about a news story where a woman was roofied. he went off about wishing he could beat that guy up to avenge her, and I was like "how about start with calling out your friends' sexist tweets?" and he was like 😳 12154415
Reposted by BxknitsMartha Smith @mostlymartha.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This is the most important thing men can do, and they must be doing it immediately. People create culture. People can change it. If you can't remember the last time you created some social awkwardness by telling another man to stop with that shit, you probably aren't pulling your weight. 5610223
Reposted by BxknitsRich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Journalists observe this on a daily basis, and not one of them asks the question: “Why.” 761608304
Reposted by BxknitsBrian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Without commenting specifically on the allegations at issue, my recommendation to the Cornell board of trustees in 2003 was to abolish fraternities and sororities at the university. 844975
Reposted by BxknitsCitizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 20/06/2026The most heartbreaking rendition of the U.S. National Anthem. Then the beat drops. #BlackSky 🎶👑🎻🔥🌱 32815
Reposted by BxknitsT.J. Stiles @tj-stiles.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Never sell anyone out. In fact, if you're asked about banning 12-year-olds from softball, just say, "You're asking me to sell out kids for my political career. I'm not going to do that. Let's stop demonizing people in tougher circumstances than you or I will ever experience. They have guts." 151590322
Reposted by BxknitsDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Let’s be honest, we all want to drop that Debbie Downer friend who says things like “we should really study for the exam” or “that sounds kinda unconstitutional.” 1344396
Bxknits @bxknits.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I don’t need AI to make my grocery list, because I can do that myself with the store app. I’ll be damned if I will ever let AI actually order my groceries for me, because as long as I am physically able I’m going to pick out my own produce, thank you very much. 060
Reposted by BxknitsKristen Hanley Cardozo @khandozo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026When people imagine their lives being easier, we imagine a frictionless world where the work is not just done for us, but DONE THE WAY WE WANT IT without effort or management. And that's not how it works. Someone has to make effort. Someone has to manage. The genie resents his captivity. 1121
Reposted by BxknitsKristen Hanley Cardozo @khandozo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026When people who aren't the primary organizers of particular tasks imagine how you could make them easier, they often imagine automating them without realizing all of the microdecisions that go into domestic labor. 1192
Reposted by BxknitsKristen Hanley Cardozo @khandozo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026That is, it's not enough to have a trained staff, they still have to be managed well. And an LLM will still need to be managed well, and who do you think that task will fall on? 2121
Reposted by BxknitsKristen Hanley Cardozo @khandozo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I have so many thoughts on outsourcing household management to LLMs, and they're too numerous and complicated to all put here, but one 19th-century thought that occurs to me is that with servants far less common now, we've lost sight of what it means to have a home staff. 2185
Reposted by BxknitsTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Technology enthusiasts severely overestimate the average person’s desire or willingness or capacity to build and use AI agents. I understand some work roles that could mandate or encourage it but that is no way a tech revolution. Agents are best for structured, clearly delineated tasks. 321869305
Reposted by BxknitsRachel @rachelneedsanap.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It honestly sounds like far too much work. I am not going to put in the effort to 1) learn a bunch of computer programming, 2) re-organize my entire life into tasks an AI could help with, and 3) build specialized AI agents to do those tasks. My life has no room for these things. I don’t want them. 45412
Reposted by BxknitsKarl Steel @karlsteel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Read a (positive) review of another eco book that's all about minimalism and if you think your sustainable hobby farms can undo this shit, cute, but we need big aggressive state capacity, thanks. 4221
Reposted by BxknitsVelma R👀t @colorbombvelma.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Another exquisitely informative 🧵 from dr. c0nc0rdance, this time on 🫘 061
Reposted by BxknitsKristen Hanley Cardozo @khandozo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Mike Johnson feels like a folksy automaton made by Walt Disney in the sixties that has somehow been granted its wish to become a real evil boy. Some kind of evil Velveteen Rabbit situation at play there. 2102
Reposted by BxknitsArthur Urbano 🌍📷🏛️🛫🇮🇹🤌😷 @arturoviaggia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026#SartorialTheology 051
Reposted by Bxknitscmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026If you are a graduate student in the humanities (construed as broadly as possible), what is the MOST EXCITING book published in the last five years to you? Please repost if you’re not a graduate student! 29484479
Reposted by BxknitsSteffen Hope @hopesteffen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I've written a short & very acerbic blogpost, outlining one of the reasons I hate generative AI, namely that it strengthens authoritarians in their constant war against reality. This is essentially a draft piece, so any feedback is very welcome. my-albion.blogspot.com/2026/09/auth...my-albion.blogspot.comAuthoritarianism, generative AI, and the war against realityQuis evadet? - Hendrick Goltzius, 1594 In the past three years, generative AI has infected daily life on a destructive scale. It is a ... 075
Reposted by BxknitsGetty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 27/09/2026#Ghosts were all the rage in the 1860s, but as scary as the “spirit” in this photo may look, the only danger to the seated man… is financial. 💸 Learn about the supernatural scammer in Getty’s collections 👉 gty.art/2XQz5P8gty.artThe Man Who Photographed GhostsGhost photographer William H. Mumler duped the rich, profited, and got sued 0184
