Blaloch

Writer of fantasy, faerie tales, and whimsically dark fiction. The veil is thin. Open your eyes.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

30,000 hours of footage, equivalent to 3 years and 7 months, were filmed to capture the blooming of 77 types of flowers, and the result is spectacular.

[CoolDownStlouis.Org @HeatUpSTL]

We welcome a cold front. But our erratic #Stlwx hasn’t seen the last of another heat wave. And old brick homes bake even with temps being in the 80s with no trees around. @SalArmySTL is one of our many partners, coolin’ it down. We need more new A/Cs at https://t.co/mCf1owtQyT.

[Blaloch @blaloch]

More for reading later.

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Cambridge scholar Ally Louks overcame a wave of trolling on her way to seeing her obscure academic research find a massive new audience. https://t.co/x73uwnQ3Zd

[Blaloch @blaloch]

Also, saving to read.

[Dr Ally Louks @DrAllyLouks]

Should anyone want to read my reflections on causing a stink and going viral, my article with The New Statesman is linked below: https://t.co/Hnqmzhz2DE

[Blaloch @blaloch]

Saving so I can read.

[Dr Ally Louks @DrAllyLouks]

A brief, conversational summary of my thesis is available to read here. Of course, there is more to it than I could fit into so few words, but it is a place to start.

https://t.co/IEcfYZP61f

[NWS St. Louis @NWSStLouis]

Extended period of bitterly cold🥶 temps this week as the arctic air has moved in. Temps will remain below freezing thru at least Friday with the coldest conditions today thru Thursday. Morning lows will be in the single digits to near zero. #stlwx #mowx #ilwx #midmowx

[Lawrence Police @LawrenceKS_PD]

Snow storms in Lawrence: A thread.

1. If you're leaving your house because you have to work, just be careful. If you're leaving your house for a mango rhubarb slushee, first of all, gross, second of all, you don't need it.

[А. Z. Fоrеmаn: Seriouѕ Рhіlоlоgy, Ѕіlly Веhаvіоr @azforeman]

My translation of a pre-Islamic Arabic preserved in Abū Tammām's Ḥamāsah, the lament of a women for a fallen kinsman (possibly a kinsman who had been exiled).

Roaming the land, he sought　safety from death, and died.
I only wish I knew　what wrong killed you and why.
Did you die sick, untended? Or waylayed in the night?
Or was your stroke of chance　what killed the desert shrike?
Wherever a lad may roam　the Fates in ambush lie.
Everything that you won　came at the hardest price.
All things are murderous　the day your time arrives.
What good that young men have　did you lack in your life?
Disaster deafens you　to questions I now cry.
I'll steel myself, for you　will never again reply.
I wish my heart could face　your death a moment's time.
I wish the Fates had spared　your life instead of mine.

The poem's antiquity is suggested by the fact that its particular meter falls outside the Khalīlian system and may actually be unique in the Jāhilī corpus. Abū Tammām's attribution to the mother of Ta'abbata Sharra need not be taken seriously

[Blaloch @blaloch]

@MattHoliner this link is behind a paywall. If you don't subscribe to the Post Dispatch, can't access.

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

More pictures of the Dujiangyan bookshop... the store features a play area for children with bamboo shelves, and strategically placed mirrors that create an illusion of infinite books.

[Fossilized Tree Resin @Jamberee13]

One day I hope you find happiness, and also an ancient locket glittering against soft moss that seems to call to you. I hope you place it on your neck and feel a terrible power rise up. I hope you overtake your enemies with the thorned vines you now control, I hope—

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

instead of having a credit score everyone should be assigned a library card at birth, and the card is good for libraries all over the nation and there are prizes for having read a certain number of books.

[Blaloch @blaloch]

@MattMenietti Prayers are away. It's always ok to ask. 🫶 🙏🏼

[James Martin, SJ @JamesMartinSJ]

Another reason for the church to advocate for LGBTQ people: not only to show them "respect, compassion and sensitivity," as the Catechism asks, but also to protect their lives. In many places, LGBTQ issues are a matter of life and death. https://t.co/PkudmL3Ki2

[Blaloch @blaloch]

This is an absolutely beautiful thread.

[Defense of Ukraine @DefenceU]

Another russian missile strike on the city of Zaporizhzhia. 17 civilians were killed.
If #UAarmy had modern Western anti-missile systems, we could have prevented such tragedies.

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

If all you know of the world is people on cable news trying to make you afraid, you’re missing out on so much. There are poems to read and raspberries to be plucked and dogs frolicking in autumn foliage. Don’t let fear and rage blind you to the glory that shines in all things.

[Blaloch @blaloch]

Saving this hours long, ongoing thread.

[Borzou Daragahi 🖊🗒 @borzou]

Just in awe of this small young woman in Mashhad who stands bravely as regime goons strike her repeatedly. The guy speaking is trying to defuse the situation, saying “Brother don’t hit her.”

[Thord Are Iversen @The_Lookout_N]

Here we have another good Norwegian initiative!

@NorwegianAidUkr delivers emergency vehicles and equipment to Ukraine.

They run on donations, so please consider giving them a helping hand.

[The Kyiv Independent @KyivIndependent]

One bracelet costs about $40. The collected money will be spent on drones for the Armed Forces.