Reposted by C.P. Hornartnau @artnau.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Untitled, from the series Chewing Gum and Chocolate, 1959 by Shōmei Tōmatsu 14112
Reposted by C.P. HornHetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Sewers are one of the most transformational interventions to human health in history, yet they are rarely understood or recognised for their impact. So we are holding an event about them next Tuesday. In person in London or watch online! www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/searc...thebritishacademy.ac.ukThe secret life of sewersFrom the Big Stink to the fatberg, London's history has always flowed through what (and how) we flush away. Sewers are one of the most transformational, yet least recognised interventions in the histo... 1015856
Reposted by C.P. HornDavid Hayden @seventydys.bsky.social · 04/10/2026My short essay on Bruno Schulz’s Cinnamon Shops for @grantamag.bsky.social granta.com/best-book-of...granta.comBest Book of 1934: Bruno Schulz’s Cinnamon Shops (Sklepy cynamonowe)David Hayden on why Bruno Schulz’s Cinnamon Shops (Sklepy cynamonowe) is the best book of 1934. 1257
Reposted by C.P. HornWhitney Trettien @whitneytrettien.bsky.social · 28/09/2026In the 1860s, chess player Howard Staunton produced a photo-facsimile of Shakespeare's First Folio. It was one of the earliest attempts to use new technology to reproduce an old book. @folger.edu has Staunton’s proof sheets. I looked at them last week. If you like media/books/history, they're fun.whitneytrettien.substack.com“How on earth came the t turned into s?!!!!”On Howard Staunton’s photozincographic facsimile of Shakespeare’s First Folio 27424
Reposted by C.P. Hornsepoy @sepoy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Spent yesterday packing up a beloved and vitally important cultural organizations' library and archive and the precarity of knowledge and knowledge collectors in this world where a mime machine supposedly knows all knowledge is insane.gothamist.comA massive MTA archive ended up in a Virginia warehouse. A Brooklyn man brought it home.The collection of documents comes from a subway obsessive. 11811
Reposted by C.P. HornRyan Godfrey @ryangodfrey.com · 21/09/2026In Philadelphia you can request, receive and return a ballot every day of the week at City Hall, Room 140, and at any one of 10 satellite offices. They will be open through October 27 for this purpose. 131
Reposted by C.P. HornBathsheba Demuth @brdemuth.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Coming in February! An edited collection on rivers past and present and how they move. The code E27RIVER gets you 30% off a preorder from Duke. #envhist #rivers #envhum 614154
Reposted by C.P. HornConcretebotany @concretebotany.bsky.social · 16/09/2026A wee little Pansy (Viola x wittrockiana) shot today in Queen Village. #Bloomscrolling 0361
Reposted by C.P. HornDeclan Gaffney @greyskiesthinking.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Thanks to a passing reference in Diderot I have been lured into the world of the serinette, a miniature barrel organ with flageolet pipes used to train canaries to sing popular songs in the 18th/19th centuries. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbEA...youtube.comSerinette Mougenot - bird organYouTube video by Cylindres, Manivelles & CO 264
Reposted by C.P. HornJ.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Nan Goldin (Electric Gaja, Paris, 2010) - BOTD #Caturday 2369
Reposted by C.P. HornA-boo-etha: Large Haunted Parsnip Split-Level @abbaetha.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I’m obsessed with embroidery. Can I interest anyone in blackwork? 811424
Reposted by C.P. HornConcretebotany @concretebotany.bsky.social · 17/08/2026A Tree of Hell (Ailanthus altissima) growing out of the latch well of a trailer, shot yesterday north of Gray's Ferry Avenue, in the area between Forgotten Bottom & Devil's Pocket. 2332
Reposted by C.P. HornDean Sabatino @deansabatino.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Learned of the death of Andy Bresnan last evening. He was a musical genius, bandmate and wonderful friend. Love your friends and stick together, people! 1121
Reposted by C.P. HornKirkdale Bookshop @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social · 05/09/2026cover desgin by ol' Marcel Duchamp 072
Reposted by C.P. Hornold roadside pics @roadside.xor.blue · 05/09/2026heritage wine cellars barrel sign, route 20, north east, pennsylvania, 1988 01017
Reposted by C.P. HornEmile Chabal @emile-chabal.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Another "try before you buy" opportunity, with the publication online of this excerpt of my book on Hobsbawm and total history writing by @myhnn.bsky.social. www.hnn.us/article/the-...hnn.usThe Art of Writing HistoryHow Eric Hobsbawm brought revolution to a broad audience. 1147
Reposted by C.P. HornConcretebotany @concretebotany.bsky.social · 04/09/2026#Cockscomb shot in Grays Ferry last Tuesday. #Pavementplants 1394
Reposted by C.P. HornSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Attention Philadelphia! We're hosting a rally to demand that Drexel University maintain The Academy of Natural Sciences Museum open to the public. Join us on Tuesday morning at 10am in front of the academy. Please spread the word, we need all hands on deck! RSVP here: luma.com/1qwnrqz2 171410895
Reposted by C.P. HornJennifer Jordan @sociologyofplants.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Somewhere on this planet my book Beer Ghosts is being printed and bound as we speak, officially publishing on Oct. 20. If you are interested in beer, women, work, the 19th century, and hand-crafted research and writing, it might be of interest! press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...press.uchicago.eduBeer GhostsThe little-known story of the young women who played a vital role in the rise of America’s great breweries.Water, malt, yeast, and hops: these are essential ingredients of beer. Hops, specifically, pl... 33316
Reposted by C.P. HornMichael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Wayne Thiebaud, "Clown Spirit," c. 2019 37710
Reposted by C.P. HornRemedios Varo @remediosvaro.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Microcosm botfrens.com/collections/69/content… 1568
Reposted by C.P. HornMoMA Paintings and Sculpture @moma.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Max Ernst, Lunar Asparagus, 1935 botfrens.com/collections/14377/cont… 0336
Reposted by C.P. HornJ.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Julio Cortázar (with scenes from Michelangelo Antonioni's "Blowup", based on Cortázar's short story "Las babas del diablo") - BOTD 1206
Reposted by C.P. HornEvan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I was today years old when I learned Dolly Parton recorded Woody Guthrie's song "Deportee (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos)" in 1980. It's a heartbreaking song about immigration and specifically deportation plane that crashed in 1948 killing dozens of Mexican "bracero" workers. Her version is beautiful💔youtube.comDolly Parton - 04 - Deportee (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos)YouTube video by littlesparrow185 5482173
Reposted by C.P. Hornold roadside pics @roadside.xor.blue · 26/08/2026dell creek motel sign, lake delton, wisconsin, 1988 418037
Reposted by C.P. HornConcretebotany @concretebotany.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Bull #Thistle (Cirsium vulgare) shot Thursday north of Gray's Ferry Avenue, in the area between Forgotten Bottom & Devil's Pocket. #Bloomscrolling #Wildflowers #BullThistle #SpearThistle 1183
Reposted by C.P. HornRichard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 23/08/2026This painting by Duncan Grant from 1918 shows the back bedroom window of 46 Gordon Square in London where he lived with fellow artist Vanessa Bell. The composition is made up of layered geometric shapes which shows Grant was familiar with cubism, then developing in France. 220431
Reposted by C.P. HornInternet Archive @archive.org · 21/08/2026✒️ From ancient scripts to avant-garde typography, the Letterform Archive collection at the Internet Archive preserves the art and history of letterforms. Browse thousands of digitized artifacts from typography, graphic design, calligraphy, and the letter arts.👇 archive.org/details/lett... 130685
Reposted by C.P. HornPostcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Chlorine is eating Sarah's hands. 830850
Reposted by C.P. HornJesse Locker @jessemlocker.bsky.social · 15/08/2026An amazing study of of tattoos from 19th-century Parisian prostitutes: Du tatouage chez les prostituées by Albert Leblond (Paris : Société d'Éditions Scientifiques, 1899). Many excellent tattoo ideas here! archive.org/details/b217... 314141
Reposted by C.P. HornDavid Anderson @dranderson15.bsky.social · 13/08/2026I'm happy to announce that my anthology of Black sea writing, I Will Take to the Water: An Anthology of African Americans and the Sea, is scheduled to be published by the University of Chicago Press in December 2026. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo... 12379113
Reposted by C.P. HornLauren Kindle @laurenkindle.bsky.social · 20/07/2026“The cat wants to eat my anchovies” oil on canvas, 30 x 24 inches. 0142
Reposted by C.P. HornKirkdale Bookshop @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social · 09/08/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1fd...youtube.comSamuel Beckett's "Stirrings Still", read by Leonard Fenton (1989)YouTube video by Ian Greaves 032
Reposted by C.P. Hornrodmoo.bsky.social @rodmoo.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Wrote about the Mordecai Richler archives for @reviewcanada.bsky.social reviewcanada.ca/magazine/202...reviewcanada.caMordecai’s Versions | In the archives of a literary great | Literary Review of CanadaRod Moody-Corbett uncovers the archives of literary giant Mordecai Richler. 222
Reposted by C.P. HornJ.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Tonight's viewing - "Arena - According to Beryl" www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSAR... 0103
Reposted by C.P. HornAssociation for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 31/07/2026Copies of the first edition of Robert Burns’s 𝘗𝘰𝘦𝘮𝘴, 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘤𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵 are 3 times rarer than the Shakespeare First Folio. Patrick Scott & Allan Young are tracking the histories of surviving Kilmarnock Editions #BookHistory #C18 www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2017/11/kilm...thebottleimp.org.ukThe Kilmarnock Burns and Book History - The Bottle ImpAllan Young and I have just published the first-ever attempt to track down all surviving copies of Burns’s first book, Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (Kilmarnock: Wilson, 1786), the Kilmarnock... 152
Reposted by C.P. HornConcretebotany @concretebotany.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Late Boneset (Eupatorium serotinum) shot yesterday north of Gray's Ferry Avenue, in the area between Forgotten Bottom & Devil's Pocket. 0151
Reposted by C.P. HornRose Ruane @regretteruane.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Them: you better not be a cunty little melodramatic moth when I get there… Me: 37414
Reposted by C.P. HornFilip Dedic @filipdedic.bsky.social · 19/07/2026here’s the 2007 short animation for some post-apo sunday moody pleasure:youtube.comPřijdou vlahé deštěYouTube video by mproko 041
Reposted by C.P. HornRichard Wells @slipperyjack.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Leslie Megahey's wonderful 1979 BBC Sheridan Le Fanu ghost story adaptation, if you haven't already seen it. If you follow me I'm sure you have. Dutch Golden Age art, quiet uncanny dread, Charles Gray narration, hits all the sweet spots for me..! www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwr0...youtube.comSchalken The Painter (1979)YouTube video by Filmes 58010
Reposted by C.P. HornIsaac Levitan @isaaclevitan.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Dandelions www.wikiart.org/en/isaac-levitan/da… 021
Reposted by C.P. HornJake Blumgart @jblumgart.bsky.social · 15/07/2026“Hundreds of trees fell in Philadelphia within a matter of minutes during a weekend storm that left a narrow but destructive band of what one official called “unprecedented” damage in its wake in the region.” www.inquirer.com/weather/phil...inquirer.comMicroburst storms caused unprecedented tree damage in some Philly-area neighborhoodsIsolated instances of high winds primarily impacted parts of Philadelphia and Montgomery County, knocking down hundreds of trees within minutes. 031
Reposted by C.P. HornStephen Hopkins @phil-lol-ogist.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Ladies! If your man: *has a burning passion... for hell *speaks mostly in dead languages *is peer-reviewed (so you know he’s worth the commitment) *has a robust index *is dense, yet actually makes sense when you open him up That’s not your man: that’s Translating Hell, my new book! 38716
Reposted by C.P. HornMr and Mrs Trellis @thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Tears & celebrations as Shropshire river 'wiggle' restored A section of the River Kemp, in south Shropshire, had been straightened by landowners in 1800s, disconnecting it from its natural floodplain & reducing biodiversity. Now water is flowing in the meander again.. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukTears and celebrations as Shropshire river 'wiggle' restoredThe meander in the River Kemp has been restored in a project led by Severn Rivers Trust. 0164
Reposted by C.P. HornEmma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 12/07/2026A couple of larkspur (and a blackbird singing) in Wicken in June: 271927236
Reposted by C.P. HornJohn Coffey @iconjohn.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Must be at least 8-10 cars totaled in a 2 block area at 4400-4600 Larchwood Ave in West Philly. I’m 3 blocks away and winds of the microburst intensity. 002
