cara

descendant of Robert the Bruce. cleaver of souls, meager self-apportioner. occasionally warm, never hot. ghost in a castle.

[cara @carathebruce]

my moon and me
not as good as we've been
it's the dirtiest clean i know

my care, my coat
leave on a high note

https://t.co/n46fCV28hY

[VICE News @VICENews]

"Sea ghosts" haunt Tasmania

[Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior]

Trump GOP acolytes: stop calling yourselves the "Party of Lincoln"

[magical realist wx @MagicWeather]

Rain tonight, turning to snow after midnight, then dreams of cold voices singing in the shadows, words you almost understand. Almost.

[Sylvia @SylviaObell]

Annual reminder Diana Ross invented glamour

[Amanda Gotera @amandapractica]

POTUS. Speaker of the House. Secretary of Education. Secretary of Defense.

[Jan Mieszkowski @janmpdx]

Four hundred years ago, readers of Euclid didn't have the option of blocking the pop-ups.

[Haggard Hawks 🦅📚 Words | Language | Etymology @HaggardHawks]

A LAPSUS LINGUAE is a slip of the tongue.
A LAPSUS CALAMI is a slip of the pen.

[NYC CLC, AFL-CIO @CentralLaborNYC]

Each year, the @FDNY sends a truck to the site of the #TriangleFire, to raise a ladder to the 6th floor. That's as high as it went in 1911.

[Operators Manual @manual_txt]

How To Open A Door
- grasp the handle
- apply positive pressure opposite the negative trajectory
- feel the weight of every mistake

[Gregg Caruso @GreggDCaruso]

What Happens When Bookstore Employees Get Bored. These are great!

[Abby Heugel @AbbyHasIssues]

1. Rage against the machine.
2. Check to make sure machine is plugged in.
3. Apologize to the toaster for the misunderstanding.

[Julian Dutton @JulianDutton1]

Photo: Albert Butter, 2017.

[bex, now on bluesky @bookbeaut]

A man asks me "what do you mean when you say emotional labor?" I pause, trapped in the paradox of whether or not to answer

[NY Public Library @nypl]

Celebrate Flannery O'Connor's birthday by reading her wonderful work: https://t.co/kW6URK7maH

[PostcardFromThePast @PastPostcard]

I had nearly forgotten what sunshine looked like.