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"Maybe let’s be patriots of a country that doesn’t exist yet; A country still to come, where all those fine aspirations have been cultivated until they are, at last, and for the first time, actually true..."

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For 🏳️‍🌈Pride🏳️‍🌈 an article about historical gender diversity in the Balkans, part of the @globalvoices.org Gender Diversity Spotlight: globalvoices.org/2026/06/29/g...

We report: feels like late August, yellow grass along the roads, and fair weather clouds sweeping the sky. Our expert finds flowers of early summer in the undergrowth; on the banks of the streams, in the shadows of the willows and the oaks. The afternoon is too long for August.

You meet such interesting characters when you are church-crawling. Forgotten saints, petrified pilgrims. In stones that feel sacred to some, I find a sense of ghost-homes. I can't help but expect some of them to start speaking in long ache for conversation. – #MattAdams #Churchcrawling

Clownfish start life male The largest, most dominant fish in the group becomes female When she dies, the largest male transitions to female to take her place Trust the real science: Biology is nonbinary 🏳️‍⚧️🧬

The oldest known instance of the "Cool S", a symbol of unknown origin, on a tenth century Viking runestone. This sigil has persisted through the centuries and is still found today. Scholars believe its origin is unrelated to the letter S, and that it may have originally been part of a ritual.

Lynda Barry did not squeeze your heart and simultaneously explain the point of all art with the barest of line drawings so you could tell me that AI is "inevitable."

Out on a run and came across a couple having a break up. The woman yelled that the guy cared more about “his YouTube videos” than her. Fully expected it to be some Andrew Tate shit until he sheepishly said “trains mean so much to me but you’ve never understood that”

For me, everything is about the writing. I keep writing because I’m addicted to being human, and I feel most alive when I’m writing. Why would I ever trade that for something which bypasses the most transformative part of the process? I write to live. I don’t want a machine to do it for me.

We report: the rain is long gone, and the storm is miles and miles away now, which is the only way we can see it in its full expanse. There are still echoes of thunder over the hills; the storm cell is still developing outwards, and we can clearly see the wall of rain beneath.

Today we’re featuring @simodasketch, who created this INCREDIBLE set of tutorials on KNEES!! #anime #anatomy #drawing #manga #characterdesign #illustration #artistsontwitter #ArtistsOfTwitter #artistsonx

Findings like these are produced regularly but readers will never see them in the nyt.🧵

Reminder: as ICE just got $70 billion more (fuck ICE), we are still sending out whistles to anyone who wants them. linktr.ee/3Dwhistles

Today’s special featured artist is the talented @Lady_Redhaired, who made this brilliant reference page for drawing FEET by dividing the forms up into FOUR DISTINCT AREAS! #ANIME #manga #characterdesign #illustrator #ArtistsOfTwitter

In the face of rising government surveillance and the suppression of left organizing, independent libraries are part of growing efforts to expand non-state alternatives including mutual aid networks, free stores, and free universities.

Here's an easter egg in the new Lego Batman that I think all of you will REALLY appreciate. It's so good, I had to make a video.

Stop what you're doing, the Danes have made another helmet related video and it too has a historical theme 😆 youtu.be/Zl9WFQf_AD4?...

Reference vs Art I like to post this occasionally as part of my "you can learn 3D really really badly and it can still be useful for your process" agenda

Ah yes, the "Thdpsssps"

Oh hell yeah @amnesty.org comes out swinging: "Amnesty International finds that standalone generative AI systems... are fundamentally incompatible with IHRL. As such, Amnesty International is calling for a prohibition of such systems." www.amnesty.org/en/documents...

some jokes write themselves

It's the end of the month, and we're still trying to catch up on bills after the Unfortunate Disappearance Of The Money, so it's time for a "let's try to pay June's rent!" sale! For the next 3 days you can run away with all our most adorable, geeky items at a discount. thebrokencircle.etsy...

So God created mankind in his own image, In the image of God he created them; Male and female he created them. - Genesis 1:27 Fucking Bible says God is non-binary, but these people never read the book.

Here are some nice mushrooms

idk why this makes me emotional like that’s us all the way from MARS 😭😭

The colors and quality of light in Greenland are unlike any I have seen. Softly undulating waters reflect the sky above, while two icebergs contrast against the cyan/green horizon. #photography #nature #bluesky #landscape #greenland #landscapephotography #naturephotography #sunset #travel

Italian Futurist painter Giacomo Balla Vortex, space, form (1914) #GiacomoBalla #ModernArt #Futurism

Hey so if you're in the USA, the FCC is floating the idea of making shows put a warning up if they include or discuss trans people and trans lives. A short paragraph saying this is messed up would help a lot! You gpt less than a week. Submit your comment by May 22: www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings...

your moment of calm

Good morning! Sunset in Nova Scotia photographed by Eve Raymond. Amazing clouds and color..

One of my roommates in grad school was getting a PhD in Ancient Greek military history and it was like living with a gender studies major.

This is a very successful hybrid considering the shape of the flowers, fragrance, color, and growth habit. I am happy to see it flower again Cattleya Canhamiana var. coerulea ‘Azure Sky’ AM/AOS #orchids #flowers #gardening #nature #bloomscrolling #photography 📷🌱🌴🪴sky

To be right-wing is to live your life like Willy Wonka at all times, conjuring up a world of pure imagination and not being all that concerned with the welfare of children.

My book is 50% off through Princeton's Spring Sale if you were looking to snag it at a deal. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Heeey Brother! -2026 Another armour study

what i'm trying to do with this series is to use the 'short' format to put key issues in an international perspective in this case, that other countries' experience shows the folly of surrendering rights to appease the fascists youtu.be/LsHTBtovrSg?...

Bizarre, psychedelic advertising for Levi's: The Stranger (1971), dir. John Urie, Snazelle Films

Proportional representation or bust. Ultimately the only way to thwart gerrymandering is to not have districts at all.