David O'Brien

tenure

@bakerbarnes loves the stick library at the beach: #AGoodPlace

US garment workers helped pioneer multi-ethnic labor unions, which united people across racial, religious, gender, linguistic, and cultural divides. Also native-born citizens and immigrants. I think about that sometimes when I see people suggest such divides are unbridgeable.

my revised manuscript incorporating the peer reviewers suggestions

Annie Leibowitz’s iconic 2003 cover for Vanity Fair Featuring: Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, Harrison Ford, Jack Nicholson, Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Jude Law, Samuel L. Jackson, Don Cheadle, Hugh Grant, Dennis Quaid, Ewan McGregor, and Matt Damon

Depending on the yarn and fibers, a hand-knit sweater can be uniquely beautiful in a way that's not easily replicated by machine-made counterparts. Hand-knitting can result in a slightly uneven texture, which adds visual interest to an outfit. Machine-made knits can be quite flat in comparison.

Clint Eastwood on a Skateboard in Rome in 1965.

How many people could even CONCEIVE of doing this, let alone do it and so brilliantly on a primetime TV show. ORSON WELLES transforms himself (that’s full costume hair & make-up) into ‘Falstaff’ on THE DEAN MARTIN SHOW (1968)

No such thing as unskilled labor: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/s...

Derrick Downey Jr. runs a popular Instagram account, where he shares videos of how he takes care of squirrels in his neighborhood. He provides them with food and medical care, and has even helped them nurse their young. Recently posted a charming video of his new tattoo. IG derrickdowneyjr

Young foxes frolicking: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...

Released 22yrs ago today. TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE (2004)

receiving feedback on my paper

A favourite photograph of mine showing Rosa Rugosa from a previous summer, I particularly like this photo because of the green foliage in the background which I think makes the perfect backdrop for these beautiful roses 🌿♥️🌿 #RoseWednesday #FlowerPhotography

Sissy Spacek in her first credited on-screen role PRIME CUT (1972)

Fred Astaire & Rita Hayworth in a beautiful publicity still for their 1942 picture - ‘You Were Never Lovelier’

but enough about academia

GROUNDHOG DAY (1993)

VIVIAN MAIER was a Nanny for 40yrs who unbeknownst to anyone spent her free time taking over 150,000 photos of whatever interested her. 2yrs before she died her photos were found in a lock up she’d failed to keep up payments on and her decades of incredible work suddenly exploded upon the world.

Love these photos of a gansey sweater over at Highland Threads. Such great knitting. A gansey is a type of fisherman sweater with identical front and back sides. Last photo shows one from Flamborough Marine, my favorite contemporary maker for this style. highlandthreads.co.uk/wick-museum

“We need the tonic of wildness... We can never have enough of nature.” - Henry David Thoreau Wishing you a lovely evening and a tremendous Thursday! #dailyflowers 🌱 #flowerreport #bloomscrolling #garden Photo by my niece. May 2022. SoCal garden.

great, i just wasted 10 years studying linear effects in asymmetric organic synthesis

it’s season of mists and mellow fruitfulness season, mthrfkrs

#Painting by Nathalie Orselli #art

Goddamn, this point by @anandwrites.bsky.social really needed saying.

“Hang on to your hope.” E. B. White in 1973.

If feeding a hungry kid accidentally benefits an "undeserving" kid, I am prepared to live with this devastating outcome.

philosophers should have simply *answered* the deepest and most intractable questions ever posed. instead they've chosen to fuck around. disappointing

Daughter: "Daddy can I have eggs for brekkie?" Me: "Sure how you want 'em?" Daughter: "Dunno, something interesting" Me:

What awful, awful news.

Sir Ian McKellen orates 'The Stranger's Case' from 'Sir Thomas More' by Shakespeare about the Evil May Day xenophobic riot of 1517 in London. This passage was written 400 years ago, but times never change. Humanity refuses to change its unwarranted bias against 'others'.

Had to grade a ton of student writing this week and developed a list of “real talk” questions to ask them about common issues I saw in their papers. It turned into a surprisingly productive conversation.

The Store from 1983 is a really good documentary about this store. Really good if you like christmas stuff too www.imdb.com/title/tt0086...

The manager was right — some longtime shoppers closed their accounts in protest — but Marcus stuck with his decision. At the time of the flagship's closure, the Main Street store had been open for 112 years.

These victories were achieved through the efforts of Civil Rights activists, along with support from Neiman Marcus president Stanley Marcus, who was an early advocate for desegregation. The Neiman Marcus Dallas store manager purportedly warned Marcus that he would destroy his business this way.

The downtown Neiman Marcus flagship was one of the first major Dallas businesses that broke with these practices. In 1961, the company desegregated its Zodiac Room, a swanky lunch spot frequented by Dallas elites. Later, they welcomed Black shoppers to come and buy clothes without restrictions.

For instance, they had to try on clothes over their clothes, put on protective covers when trying on hats, or weren't allowed to make returns once they brought the clothes home. These policies stemmed from racist fears that white customers would refuse merchandise previously worn by Black shoppers.

Neiman Marcus closed its downtown Dallas flagship on Wednesday. The store played a notable role in the history of desegregation in Dallas. Previously, Black shoppers across the US could enter department stores, but they weren't allowed to try on clothes without adhering to certain conditions. 🧵

Sidney Poitier — New York (1959)

J’aime ces moments où tout devient silencieux… juste le ciel, la nature et quelques pensées. 🌿🤍pensez a vous abonné😊

I collect scattered hopes and return them as reasons to smile… #TinyMessenger #photography #ladybeetles #ArtInNature #nature

I’d buy anything from this shop.