David Thomas

Montana, grizzlies, coyotes, cats, The Double Negative, Dylan, Chekhov, Norman Mailer, river meanders, Crow Indians, Dostoevsky, Madison River, D. H.Lawrence

[Megan Abbott @meganeabbott]

“I never see my bad guys as simply bad. They want pretty much the same thing that you and I want: they want to be happy.”

Happy birthday, the king himself, Elmore Leonard …

[rachaelnolegs @rachaelnolegs]

How far I’ve come from this ❤️❤️❤️

[Frank Vatel @Vatel1675]

Always thought the 1962 adaptation of CAPE FEAR was an improvement on John D. MacDonald’s source novel. In the book, Max Cady is a vague threat. It took Mitchum to make him specific. Behind that dead-eyed leer, there’s something ready to snap.

Airs tonight. #TCMParty

[cara williams @carawil17888192]

URGENT WILL BE EUTHANIZED 10/11

Pledges needed for vetting and transport

Millie a stray police were called about a dog tied out and left on a railroad tracks. 

#54529154
Female
Young

Russell Cnty-Phenix City AL

#rescue #adopt  #dogs #deathrowdogs #deathrow  #codered

[Aaron Gwyn @AmericanGwyn]

We finished Blood Meridian in the Contemporary Fiction class I’m teaching this semester. Posted all 6 lectures on YouTube.

Have taught Cormac’s novel for 22 years & this is the best it’s ever gone. So proud of my students: they made me sound smart!

https://t.co/S2psaGpF48

[David Thomas @vanya42st]

@sallymauk Two Dot

[David Thomas @vanya42st]

@sallymauk Not many towns in Montana don’t have a river running close to them—Two Dit, White Sulfur, Jackson, Jordon, Ovando—

[Dr. Linda Berman @LindaBerman4]

“I closed the box and put it in a closet. There is no real way to deal with everything we lose.”

Joan Didion
#loss

[Richard Brody @tnyfrontrow]

In loving memory of Terence Davies, who died today at seventy-seven; I had the honor of meeting him; his joyful exuberance matched a starkly tragic sense of life; he was the greatest filmmaker of the passion of memory, positive and negative, and of history as a living presence.

[David Ullrich @DavidUllrich202]

'One of the biggest on record'

Ozone hole bigger than North America opens above Antarctica

The recently measured ozone hole over Antarctica, as detected by the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite, is one of the largest on record, according to a report from the European Space Agency. The hole reached an astounding 26 million square kilometers on September 16, 2023 - approximately three times the size of Brazil.

The satellite hosts a cutting-edge multispectral imaging spectrometer known as Tropomi. The instrument enhances atmospheric monitoring capabilities by identifying distinct "fingerprints" of various gases across different segments of the electromagnetic spectrum. This allows for more precise and higher resolution imaging of a wide array of pollutants.

https://t.co/PmCQ7g3qxl

[YourOtherMotherLisa @YourOtherMom]

Me, walking up to your ring camera

[Maritsa Georgiou @MaritsaGeorgiou]

Former U.S. Rep. @Liz_Cheney spoke at last night's @MansfieldCenter lecture, moderated by former Mont. Gov. Marc Racicot, telling the crowd the role Rep. Jim Jordan played in the events leading up to J6 should disqualify him from becoming Speaker of the House. 🧵

[RHenry 🇺🇸 @Chiefstormsky]

Someone knows that outfit…

[Alina Stefanescu @aliner]

Tonight is new roofs, old notebooks, and Kleist-related counterfactuals.

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

Years ago, anthropologist Margaret Mead was asked by a student what she considered to be the first sign of civilization in a culture.

The student expected Mead to talk about fishhooks or clay pots or grinding stones.

But no.

Mead said that the first sign of civilization in an ancient culture was a femur (thighbone) that had been broken and then healed. Mead explained that in the animal kingdom, if you break your leg, you die.

You cannot run from danger, get to the river for a drink or hunt for food. You are meat for prowling beasts. No animal survives a broken leg long enough for the bone to heal.

A broken femur that has healed is evidence that someone has taken time to stay with the one who fell, has bound up the wound, has carried the person to safety and has tended the person through recovery.

Helping someone else through difficulty is where civilization starts, Mead said."
We are at our best when we serve others.

Be civilized.

Credit: Ira Byock.

[David Thomas @vanya42st]

@RebeccaSolnit Wow—ORWELLIAN!

[John Dabell @John_Dabell]

You can't run away from cancer, but what you can do is run towards the fire and attack it.