Reposted by cephalopod strategiesTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Stabs this whole interview with a copy of The Caliban and The Witch. 121112220
Reposted by cephalopod strategiesThey Call Me Doctor Mae @dr-maeforrest.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I want to hear sad teens from Omaha sing strained lyrics about how much their life sucks over a shitty used guitar. I want to hear insane noise made by a mentally ill trans woman. I want blues from a man who bears the scars of institutional racism. I dont want AI to simulate it. I want the real deal 36517
Reposted by cephalopod strategiesZoe TunnHELL ➡️ NYCC @zoewithasword.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I cannot overstate how hard "jealousy professor" embedded itself into my brain 016733
Reposted by cephalopod strategiesU.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 02/09/2026Ten years ago today, CPSC shared its first safety meme. What started as a single baby floating in a force field in outer space has become a universe with dozens of safety characters spanning hundreds of safety graphics sharing thousands of safety messages. 301565287
Reposted by cephalopod strategiesAlistair Davidson @moh-kohn.eurosky.social · 29/07/2026THERE ARE BABY BEAVERS IN GLEN AFFRIC FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 400 YEARS AND WE HAVE VIDEO news.stv.tv/highlands-is...news.stv.tvBaby beavers born in Scotland's 'most beautiful glen' for the first time in 400 yearsThere are known to be at least two beaver kits in the Highlands. 018759
Reposted by cephalopod strategies🎃GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE🎃 @golikehellmachine.com · 24/03/2026hope you don’t need anything that comes in [checks notes] plastic packaging 19930226
Reposted by cephalopod strategiesIan Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 24/03/2026I had no idea about this aspect of Hughes' life and work. 12633282
Reposted by cephalopod strategieswes(is no longer)injapan @wesinjapan.bsky.social · 28/02/2026 4640177
Reposted by cephalopod strategieslizardbreath 🦎🪦🎃 @spindlypete.bsky.social · 15/02/2026oh RIP to mr tofte! my cousins and i all grew up around his grandkids and he worked at the highway dept with our grandpa bob, they were both draftsmen. he was a nice man and of course he built the world's best theme park by hand www.oregonlive.com/pacific-nort...oregonlive.comFounder of iconic Oregon roadside amusement park dies at 96Roger Tofte spent seven years building the woodsy wonderland — and another 50 watching crowds flood in. 0625
Reposted by cephalopod strategiesJulia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 25/01/2026load bearing tweet for a settler colonial society 1845971228
Reposted by cephalopod strategiesBilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 04/01/20262025 was mostly garbage, but there were some good moments. One of my favorites was when a family of beavers built a dam in just a few days, saving the Czech Republic 30 million Czech koruna (US$1.2 million) for a wetland restoration project the government had been planning for 7 years. 🦫 🌿nationalgeographic.comThese eager beavers saved the Czech government $1.2 millionAfter plans stalled for a new dam in the Czech Republic, eight beavers saved the day seemingly overnight. “At this point, nothing that beavers do surprises me.” 6881274
Reposted by cephalopod strategiesMarco Chitti @chittimarco.bsky.social · 28/12/2025🧠: gondolas for ski 🧠🧠: gondolas for urban transit 🧠🧠🧠🤯: gondolas for apples The gondola connecting the central treatment hub of the largest apple producers consortium in Italy to the underground storage facility. Opened last November. 921034
Reposted by cephalopod strategiesDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 07/12/2025Some good news. “A wild beaver has been spotted in Norfolk for the first time since beavers were hunted to extinction in England at the beginning of the 16th century.”theguardian.com‘No one knows where it came from’: first wild beaver spotted in Norfolk for 400 yearsCameras capture lone creature collecting materials for its lodge in riverside nature reserve 9748150
Reposted by cephalopod strategiesClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 01/12/2025this just flooded my brain with so much dopamine 125746
cephalopod strategies @ghostoftoast.bsky.social · 19/11/2025do I know any folks with a focus on nyc slang & speech patterns c1918, especially of teenagers? trying to help out a canadian academic who's in need of second pass on a chapter of their novel, set in this era, lmk if this is you, thanks! 000
Reposted by cephalopod strategieswelcome 2 my skinner box @heysawbones.bsky.social · 07/11/2025you ever think about the works progress administration? I sure do. I wish that was a thing now. I would be so glad to contribute my labor to like. A random ass local bridge 451537233
Reposted by cephalopod strategiesChris Gug @gugunderwater.bsky.social · 04/11/2025The most colorful #squid I’ve ever seen! And such a cooperative poser too! #🦑 #cephalopod #chromatophores #calamari #underwater #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #blackwaterphotography #blackwatervideo #kumeisland #kumejima #okinawa #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug 6634194
Reposted by cephalopod strategiesthe Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 22/10/2025greatest thread I’ve ever seen 727338
Reposted by cephalopod strategiesjenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 22/10/2025I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile. 423167306912
cephalopod strategies @ghostoftoast.bsky.social · 13/10/2025I love the toad in the little blue truck books, he has such an excellent vibe, what a mensch. 010
Reposted by cephalopod strategiesMichael Love @elkmovie.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Ancient Roman trying a banh mi: "ah yes, this is tasty and recognizable" Ancient Roman trying eggplant parmesan: "what the fuck" 421944
Reposted by cephalopod strategiesDr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 02/10/2025a) this poem is a banger b) it expresses the exact frustration that grips me every time someone ""feministly"" explains that military history is Boy Stuff 1043872
Reposted by cephalopod strategiesJen Golbeck @jengolbeck.bsky.social · 20/09/2025I found this birding book along the side of the road on the Tamiami trail in the Everglades on 8/25/25. It is so well loved with sightings going back decades. If you're a birder (I am not) please spread the word and hep me find the owner so they can be reunited 11377227
cephalopod strategies @ghostoftoast.bsky.social · 23/07/2025hey y'all, I'll be hosting(with my dear friend tex) my old radio show circa rad, tonight from 7-8p pst! listen in pdx on 91.1 & 107.1, or from anywhere via the internet! xray.fm/shows/circaradxray.fmCirca Rad /// XRAY.fmRad music (or close enough). Join the hunt for lost gems and new treasures every Wednesday at 7pm. We serve indie rock, global psychedelica, lo-fi, art punk, a particular sort of americana, Portland-... 010
Reposted by cephalopod strategiesでんか @k-hermit.com · 03/07/2025Tiny, colorful baby scallops — a total cuteness overload in one dish! You might think, “This person posts the same creature every year!” But honestly, seeing the same life return year after year is something truly wonderful𓂃🫧 10874342781
Reposted by cephalopod strategiesKendra, spooky version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Thinking about the Cave of Hands, some of the art dating back to 7,300BC, where 25% of the hand prints are thought to be that of children. Imagining those people gently holding their child up to the cave walls, and using their tiny little hands as a stencil. Art = love = the human soul 3642001171
Reposted by cephalopod strategiesKaren K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 25/06/2025Optimism? For city politics? In this economy?! 31053
Reposted by cephalopod strategiesInnsmouth Looksmaxxing @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 18/06/2025If you're trans I love you, and if you're looking for any glimmer of a sign from the universe to stay with us let it be this 1318127
Reposted by cephalopod strategiesthe beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 12/06/2025"you're unhappy because you spend too much time on your phone" speak for yourself i'm posting this shit from desktop like a true lunatic 7590622038
Reposted by cephalopod strategiesOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 02/06/2025"Harriet Tubman, along with Black soldiers, took part in a daring Union raid of Combahee Ferry near Beaufort, South Carolina. She became the first American woman to lead a major military operation when she and at least 150 Black soldiers helped to rescue more than 700 Black Americans..." 292890964
Reposted by cephalopod strategiesDr Ella Hawkins @ellamchawk.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Today is National Biscuit Day, and it’s about time that I populated this account with biscuit (cookie) sets from the past few years. Here are some of my favourites. 🧵 First up, a set inspired by the delicious designs of William Morris and John Henry Dearle. 33884391885
Reposted by cephalopod strategiesjbimmy.bsky.social @jbimmy.bsky.social · 19/05/2025This is a quilt my Granny made using dresses my mom and aunts wore in the 30s and 40s. All the stars are made from the flour sack fabric she used to make their dresses. I love this quilt so much! Thanks for the reminder of all of those wonderful women! 517016
Reposted by cephalopod strategiesgeoffrey 💀 (scary now) @parsnip.bsky.social · 14/05/2025the 90s were a wild time. if i told you how many magazines there were you wouldnt even believe me 2987459791
cephalopod strategies @ghostoftoast.bsky.social · 29/04/2025something deeply delightful about my lil brother, who lives in the northern gulf islands, rural bc, describing the difference between "town", "downtown", and "the city". 010
Reposted by cephalopod strategies地獄へようこそ。お出口は左側です @smolizzyhands.bsky.social · 26/04/2025hey LA pirate people, if you have a way to get to 936 seward and can save some of this stuff from getting destroyed via weather exposure there are film nerds all over the world who would love you forever 7352215
Reposted by cephalopod strategiesKaren K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 28/02/2025The next time someone calls a reporter "biased" or an activist — especially someone who is a woman, a person of color, LGBTQ+, an immigrant, and/or disabled — ask them to articulate the difference between bias and expertise: longreads.com/2018/03/29/i... 171365562
Reposted by cephalopod strategiesSilver Sprocket @silversprocket.net · 14/04/2025Raeghan Buchanan was interviewed recently in the PBS News Hour segment "How Black Musicians Have influenced Punk Music" in the company of artists from the iconic "Death", "Pure Hell", "Rough Francis", and "Special Interest"youtube.comHow Black musicians have influenced punk musicPunk music is known for its raw, aggressive sound, edgy fashion and mosh pits. It’s also known for being predominantly white, but that's changed a lot in rec... 7234106
cephalopod strategies @ghostoftoast.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Corinna Repp's album It's Only The Future might be 20 years old, but it's so apropos for these dark, murky, and troubled times. 000
Reposted by cephalopod strategiesAngelo Villagomez @taotaotasi.bsky.social · 23/03/2025If you are interested in working in conservation in the Pacific Islands I strongly recommend using the knowledge contained in this report www.capturingknowledge.orgcapturingknowledge.orgCapturing Knowledge Home"In 1980, when I went out to Micronesia, I used to strap my guitar over my back and go village to village. That’s how I’d meet people. I’d start singing. I was known as the traveling troubadour.... 084
Reposted by cephalopod strategieslizardbreath 🦎🪦🎃 @spindlypete.bsky.social · 10/03/2025in what will be a surprise to nobody, the catfish sold under the giant werewolf statue is fucking good as hell 4794
Reposted by cephalopod strategiesSpace Witches, Esq. @popelizbet.bsky.social · 23/02/2025come for my mail carrier you have to come through me 0152
Reposted by cephalopod strategiesthe Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 15/02/2025Have of course known the enigma tune since it was new — this is absolutely wonderful 218829
Reposted by cephalopod strategiesRiotGrlErin @riotgrlerin.bsky.social · 07/02/2025just over here photoshopping muppets onto the cover of elle magazine: thread 20062061323
![In late 1934, Langston Hughes, already established as a leading voice of literary Black America, traveled to Mexico City, where he stayed for more than five months and began translating short fiction by prominent Mexican and Cuban writers. These stories, as he wrote to a friend, explore “the revolutions and uprisings, sugar cane, Negroes, Indians, corrupt generals, [and] American imperialists,” and are “mostly all left stories, because practically all the writers down here are left these days.” But when Hughes proposed publishing the stories as a book, to be titled Troubled Lands, his agent discouraged him from further pursuing the project and it remained unpublished, until now, with only a handful of the translations making their way into contemporary magazines. This volume presents Hughes’s translations of these stories together for the first time as he originally envisioned. Edited by Ricardo Wilson, the book also features an introduction and brief biographies of the included writers.
Troubled Lands features thirty-three stories by eighteen writers, including Rafael Felipe Muñoz, Nellie Campobello, Lino Novás Calvo, Luis Felipe Rodríguez, Germán List Arzubide, Pablo de la Torriente-Brau, and Juan de la Cabada. The collection depicts Mexico in the wake of its revolution and Cuba in the years between the brutal regimes of Machado and Batista](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wlamchyb2ae65fgx75sfaqsq/bafkreiabxdfrb2572rx2ljk6uqrs7rv3krxgs675zbq6n6ykrnysls47yi)
