fester's quest @nmohlmann.bsky.social · 6hIn Wisconsin on Lake Michigan dead alewives wash up en masse at some point every year, but that's probably the only downside. 110
Reposted by fester's questKevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 8hMeanwhile, there are a fair number of us who've been regular contributors in the teaching and learning section for years (a decade, in my case), and the CHE's editorial staff won't even answer our emails. The editor I worked with got reassigned, and I've been ghosted ever since. 1392
Reposted by fester's questShannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 8hThis is John Cage’s handmade paper, composed of milkweed, cattail, pigweed, honeysuckle, saffron, and more — at the NYPL 112918
Reposted by fester's questShaily Patel @vox-magica.bsky.social · 8hso tired of this take. ask some conservatives if they want to make adjunct salaries and see how eager they are. gosh, i wonder why lots of left-leaning folks choose professions like teaching, counseling, and care work? must be indoctrination! no, we just give a shit about others and our world. 28215
fester's quest @nmohlmann.bsky.social · 8hOne of my daughters used the acronym TMI and my son, who had not heard of it and did not grasp how it's used asked what it meant. She said, "Too much information," and he began cracking up, saying, "Who says that?? 'Oh nO! You're telling me ToO mUcH iNfOrMaTion! Only tell me one fact a day!'" 120
Reposted by fester's quest❤️🫀 momo (heartily good bad) 🫀❤️ @momo.thingsabout.xyz · 9hthe big problem with the tolerant left is that i know for a fact they would send liberty biberty to the hague to meet madame la guillotine despite the fact that liberty biberty never chose to be born 192
Reposted by fester's questDr SpookyGoth @ghostingdani.bsky.social · 8hA guillotine would be ineffective in this instance, we're just gonna punt it off the roof of the Hague. 041
Reposted by fester's questEmory 🩶 @emory-f8.bsky.social · 10hDid you know? In the Victorian era, a widowed lighthouse keeper repeatedly rowed into the dangerous waters of New York Harbor to rescue people from drowning? Kate Walker spent decades at the isolated Robbins Reef Lighthouse. #Victorian #history #lighthouses 3317
Reposted by fester's questkonnaire @konnaire.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Putting the :/ in https:// 92428750
Reposted by fester's questChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 11hmeanwhile people have been telling us since 2025 that we have to vote for him in 2028 131295226
Reposted by fester's questskELLY @ellyzoe.bsky.social · 13hMy day was very much like Darwin’s! This has to be one of the more relatable famous-person quotes ever. 0242
Reposted by fester's questDan "Scary" Greene @dmgreene.bsky.social · 13hWhen I was working in Boston, I got to do this unpaid Harvard fellowship that required you to show up a few times a month. I had no idea how people who did not live there managed to pull it off. But it turned out many of their parents had also passed through Harvard and had a pied a terre to spare. 1315
Reposted by fester's questDoctor Science ❌👑 @doctorscience.bsky.social · 13hBuy links: 📚 Children of Owl by Darcie Little Badger @littlebadger.bsky.social illustrated by Abigail Rajunov @abigailrajunov.bsky.social hard: bookshop.org/p/books/chil... ebook: www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...bookshop.orgChildren of OwlFrom the peerless master of contemporary fantasy comes a tale of three cousins and the world of creatures, ghosts, and murderers that surrounds their trailer park. Illustrated throughout with comics p... 152
Reposted by fester's questConor @ernekid.bsky.social · 13hThe thing about Joe Biden is that not only was he a dogshit president but he’s not interesting or fun enough to be on those worst presidents of all time lists. He’s destined to be forgotten. Millard Fillmore-ass Presidency. 142
Reposted by fester's questJordan Kurella @jordankurella.com · 17hwaking up every day in 2026 like: 114353991
Reposted by fester's questJesse Pohlman (He/Him) @jpohlmanwriting.com · 15hI get the idea of cutting the US off, and I really do appreciate that. Like, please, do that. We deserve it. But the Orcas fucking don't, do they? 1136
Reposted by fester's questMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 15hAnd what real man wants to be on a platform filled with GIRLS?!?! EW GROSS 1883161328
Reposted by fester's questyour friend dusti @dusti.bsky.social · 17hI have a new poem (a couple years in the making) up at Chrysalism today. They do good work there — you should check them out. www.chrysalism.art/issue-1/pape...chrysalism.artpaper chickens (Sidney, Nebraska) | Discover Inspiring Local Writing — Join Now — ChrysalismExplore original poetry and essays by emerging writers inspired by Nebraska's prairie. Discover stories of love, longing, and identity. Join Chrysalism for creative expression. 022
Reposted by fester's questEllen McGrath Smith @ellenbreezely.bsky.social · 17hGetting older does have some perks. So happy to have my poem, "Skeleton Days," as part of Gyroscope Review's Crone Power issue. You can check out the issue here--and don't forget to take your Metamucil! www.gyroscopereview.com/2026/10/fall... 011
Reposted by fester's questSix-Song Playlists @6songplaylists.bsky.social · 18hThe best analysis of the perniciousness of today’s solipsism is the book Immediacy, or The Style of Too Late Capitalism by @annakornbluh.bsky.social 1166
Reposted by fester's questyblent.bsky.social @yblent.bsky.social · 17hPossibly just a stoner thought, but has anyone else thought of the story in Queneau’s Exercises de Style as a kind of prosaic, deflationary rewriting of “À Une Passante”? -In the street vs on a bus -Majestic femme vs ridiculous homme -Feston/ourlet vs hat with cord -no 2nd meeting vs 2nd encounter 011
Reposted by fester's questMatthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 17hClearing Richard Nixon’s name is definitely a kitchen table issue. 093
Reposted by fester's questSarah Burris @sarahburris.bsky.social · 20hY'all I just caught the Kennedy Center claiming it isn't closing while telling vendors it's closing and now they're selling all of their Steinway pianos www.alternet.org/alternet-exc...alternet.orgKennedy Center moves to sell all of its Steinway pianosPhotos show piano movers rolling massive Steinway grand pianos through the red-carpeted halls of the Kennedy Center this week. 861172724
Reposted by fester's questJohn Hollingsworth @fiatjusticia.bsky.social · 19hThis is the crux of the issue. It’s not just enough to “vote harder”; the Democratic Party leadership has to fix their hearts. But they are completely beholden to the consultant class…which is mainly focused on raising money…which requires that their donors know, “nothing will fundamentally change” 15932
Reposted by fester's questjon christian @jonchristian.net · 19hThe guy who quit Anthropic saying AI is poised to kill humankind strongly appears -- though he didn't respond to a request for comment -- to have some extremely bizarre old tweets futurism.com/artificial-i...futurism.comThese Strongly Appear to Be the Old Tweets of That Anthropic Employee Who Quit Citing Risks to Humankind and They Are… Pretty BizarreOld tweets that appear to belong to former Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon have resurfaced, and they contain questionable assertions. 52712
Reposted by fester's questDr SpookyGoth @ghostingdani.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I'm at a point where I need another Brontë scholar to look at a draft and either tell me, "It's great, keep going," or tell me I'm off the ledge and to stop. Any takers? It's about Wuthering Heights although any Brontë person can probably give me the necessary head-check. 065
Reposted by fester's questRobbie Richardson @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Amazing to see my pal and former colleague Liz Ellis win this- she’s awesome! 1144
Reposted by fester's questClay Copper @claycopper.bsky.social · 20hGet in losers we're facilitating identify theft 26614
Reposted by fester's questYonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Public anger comes for John Roberts The chief justice’s summer retreat in Maine used to be one of boating, potluck dinners, touch football and easy friendships. Locals called him “John.” Now a swirl of anger has been rising at him, transforming his getaways. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...nytimes.comJohn Roberts Retreated to His Island. Supreme Court Critics Found Him. (Gift Article)After decades of potlucks and paddle-boarding on Maine’s midcoast, rising anger and protests have left the Supreme Court’s chief justice more isolated than ever. 2191795402
Reposted by fester's questJeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 21hWhat a brilliant piece. It reads like a fictional journey to a fictional society in part because she is describing a cult. A man more or less LARPing into oblivion while causing harm in the medium and short term. 411825
Reposted by fester's questKing's Arts & Humanities @kingsartshums.bsky.social · 20h👑 What was life like for the women courtiers of Charles II? @kerrylouisehistory.bsky.social, @apuddleofmuddle.bsky.social, Dr Hannah Dawson and Catharine MacLeod examine how women embraced travel, consumerism and libertinism at this @cemskcl.bsky.social event on 22 October. buff.ly/H0MXfq5buff.lyWorldly Women at the Court of Charles II: Exile, Excess, and the Expanding World — CEMS KCL BlogJoin CEMS for a conversation on women and the Restoration, featuring Dr. Annalisa Nicholson, Dr. Kerry Apps, Dr. Hannah Dawson, and Catherine MacLeod. 066
Reposted by fester's questJeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-... 117111832764
Reposted by fester's questPaul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 01/10/2026This is a cool photo of Venus! Photographed through the rings of Saturn. 1053387
Reposted by fester's questBenjamin Balthaser @blbalthaser.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Left critics esp - bc they think perhaps of themselves as reasonable - tend to discount just how much Christian messianism has been a shaping foundation of the US and Anglophone empire 2184
Reposted by fester's questmaura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun. 159171814229
Reposted by fester's questNathan Newman @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026That Bannon says that about Newsom should be the kiss of death for his nomination prospects. Definition of an acceptable nominee is someone who is Steve Bannon's worst nightmare. 22680160
Reposted by fester's questCommand & Couture @burnafterbriefing.bsky.social · 01/10/2026WAR & COUTURE No. 2 A Fever Dream’s Staffing Problem: cables from the military-industrial glamour offensive. Cheap autonomous pew-pews. Fast adaptation. Sexy C2. Rock hard bases. US supply chains. Very war. Very lethal. Awkwardly dependent on everyone you fired who knows Python. 2276
Reposted by fester's questMemento (artemis) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · 01/10/2026me tomorrow 141997463
Reposted by fester's questDan Mason / Ghost Enterprise @danmasonvapor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Would Lightning McQueen have car insurance or health insurance? 3153
Reposted by fester's questEmory 🩶 @emory-f8.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Did you know? In the Victorian era, an author tried to convince people that insects belonged at elegant dinner parties, complete with multi-course menus featuring beetle larvae, moths, and grasshoppers? Vincent M. Holt published a small book titled Why Not Eat Insects? #Victorian #history 2232
Reposted by fester's questHeather Chacon @wickettred.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Best fishnet hose go 231
Reposted by fester's questDr SpookyGoth @ghostingdani.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Kyrsten Sinema's ex-boyfriend and former bodyguard said he threw her paintings into her swimming pool in part because he felt disillusioned by her relationship with a major U.S. Artificial Intelligence software developer as the war in Gaza drags on. 152
Reposted by fester's questLadyBusiness @ladybusiness.bsky.social · 30/09/2026On my way to a job interview, smartly leaving the iced coffee at home 1224534613
Reposted by fester's questStephen Watkins @drawcansir.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I'm really enjoying Gibbon's footnotes in Decline and Fall. My favourite so far is this banger about 'camelopardalis'* (aka the giraffe): 'The tallest, the most gentle, and the most useless of the large quadrupeds.' 🦒 Ouch. *Q: Why don't we use the Latin? It's so brilliantly apt because ungainly. 051
Reposted by fester's questThomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is the funniest shit on earth except for all the war crimes. 67616
Reposted by fester's questRachel Banner @ishmaelcallme.bsky.social · 30/09/2026artist Amanda Blake! visualindex.co/collections/...visualindex.coAmanda BlakeAmanda Blake received her BA in fine arts from the University of Oregon, studied watercolor in Siena, Italy and oil painting and print making at the Chautauqua Art Institute in New York. Her paintings... 031