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Delighted by this bit of historically accurate costuming in #Tenzing on @appletv -- Edmund Hillary's goofy striped cotton sun hat, made by his sister-in-law Rose, now in the Canterbury Museum in Christchurch.

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 1444: Don't waste time trying to identify trends. Publishers have whole departments to do this, and are still routinely surprised by "surprise bestsellers." Instead, write what you love, and hope other people will love it, too...

A new bookstore opened in Kyiv. I visited it today. russian drones burn warehouses full of books and damage whatever they can reach. A new bookstore opened in Kyiv. russia will never win.

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Still patiently waiting to be "left behind" by AI rather than it chasing me across every damn space like a slasher in a low budget flick.

Plotting a trip to London to see this...

As both an academic and a writer, I am repelled by the "this looks like a long document. Would you like me to summarize it for you?" that seems to appear at the top of every pdf viewer now. NO. The *entire point* of good writing (either books or journal papers) is that every sentence has a purpose.

So while authors and publishers are arguing about divvying up the settlement money, Anthropic have got away with mass theft. Whatever they pay out is simply a cost of business. The shit machine they built with that theft still exists despite a complete lack of consent and blatant law-breaking.

I appreciate that Dolly Parton refused to participate in "dress respectability" and, by her own account, modeled her aesthetic after a town "tramp," who she thought was beautiful. She separated aesthetics from character and understood "classiness" to be about how you treat people, not how you dress.

I've really been struggling to work the last couple of years due to health issues. So I thought instead of trying to write a whole book, this time I'd work on two whole books at once 🙄😆 I really love writing. It's going to take a few years to progress, but it's worth it 🩷 #writing

I do not want a new AI assistant. I especially don't want it to have a cutesy, female-coded name. I just want your existing service to continue working properly.

"Movement and change are the essence of our being; rigidity is death; conformity is death: let us say what comes into our heads, repeat ourselves, contradict ourselves, fling out the wildest nonsense, and follow the most fantastic fancies without caring what the world does or thinks or says."

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I’m in a bookstore now. This shelf holds books from publishers affected by the russian attack on August 1, when eight million books were destroyed. The bookstore is asking people to buy their books. I wanted to remember this shelf.

Can't stop laughing 😂 I love Yorkshire so much 🤍

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Something for fashion lovers to look forward too 😊 📖

Until we can all get our heads round producing and consuming less, this is a good victory over waste

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 7825: Even if you're hoping for publication, not everything you write has to be for others. Practice writing for yourself: it takes off the pressure, and may lead to unexpected discoveries...

You're going to get left behind if you don't use Al." Leave me then. Leave me with my critical thinking skills, my ability to read and write long- form, and books without needing Al summaries.

I love books & I love food. My TBR pile never dwindles. I wish it were possible to binge-eat books, so instead of calories you'd gain knowledge and wonder 🩷

Iconic feminist graffitti (UK), 1979, photographed by Jill Posener, British photographer and activist #womensart

More people should know this

Fashion designer Jeremy Scott delivers commencement speech to Kansas City Art Institute graduates. Wait for it…

Someone needs to get this game reproduced!

“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” ― Cicero

Let it be clear: you are wanted here.

My mom did the best she could with the resources she had.

Unsolicited writing advice, no 1. Whatever other reasons you may have to write, never lose sight of your joy. Joy is enough of an end in itself.

Whenever I start one of Georgette Heyer's classic Regency romances I have to finish it on the same day. She's just so good.

Unsolicited writing advice,. no. 2145667: The number of words you write a day, or the time you spend writing, is irrelevant. What matters is that you make progress. One good sentence is better than ten pages you'll have to cut later.

Last week, a gentleman returned this rather dilapidated copy of this famous book to us after 50 years. He had found it in his attic! Presumably this means there is a pristine copy somewhere in our libraries....

People should read. I'm tired of people not reading. Please, if you can, PLEASE, read! Read everything, but especially fiction! Read comics! It will help you with empathy AND make you smarter. Please, read.

In 2002, at the age of 91 years, artist Louise Bourgeois created 'Ode a L'Oubli' (Ode to Forgetting),  a book of 35 fabric pages made from her own cloth saved from different eras of her life #Womensart

NASA failed to predict the real splashdown risk.

I love how a tiny piece of textile can bridge centuries and hold such powerful significance 💕

📚 Happy International #ChildrensBookDay! Today we celebrate the wondrous children’s books that introduce young readers to remarkable women—from Drs. Wu & Maathai to Drs. Goodall & Bath & so many more. Share their stories of exploration, discovery, courage, persistence... #kidslit #litsky #booksky

My desire to expand my horizons by reading new books is waging war with my impulse to find comfort in rereading old favorites.

'Unforgettable: Women Artists from Antwerp to Amsterdam, 1600-1750 opened this month at the the Ghent Museum of Fine Arts (MSK), after an earlier run in Washington DC. The exhibition seeks to restore women to one of the most feted periods of art history'.

Unsolicited writing advice, no.96: Don’t worry about whether or not you’re a proper writer. Don’t worry about whether or not you’re any good, or whether you will be judged, or rejected. Just write. Have fun. Enjoy what you do. Everything else can wait.