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@perceptivemolecule
Dubious Brooklyn gentile
Last night: wife, kids & I went down the hall to our neighbor's apt and watched Emperor's New Groove with her This morning: I finished Simplicity by @mattielubchansky.com Striking similarity!
It's *very* something that the temporary morgue set up for the victims of the factory fire is now condos. www.famous-trials.com/trianglefire...: "The bodies were taken to a temporary morgue set up on a covered pier at the foot of East Twenty-sixth Street." The pier at the foot of E26th today:
And I found this really sweet, in an odd way - dark survivor's humor that would work just as well today.
trianglefire.ilr.cornell.edu/primary/surv... - this was the most shocking anachronism, for me. I can't imagine a person today who'd say, "ah, of course I won't get paid wages for the day I worked when the factory caught fire, the *physical dollars* burned".
trianglefire.ilr.cornell.edu/primary/surv... - that relatable feeling when you're creating a historical artifact, but your co-interviewer won't shut up
@laughlax.bsky.social I am terminally offline, so you may have seen this already, but it made me think of energysky
if you see this, we IMPLORE YOU to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation
Can't pick a specific verse to quote, I'll just drop all the non-repeated lyrics
I'm one of today's lucky 10,000, what a great website. I love these friends and they aren't even outtakes
It's been more than a year since I first saw The Third Sex by @adamjrineer.bsky.social & co, but I cannot stop thinking about the ridiculous nerd who goes to a magazine stand, asks for a gay mag, is handed a copy of Die Insel (pictured), flips through... then goes back and complains (1/2)
@bradlander.bsky.social came and waved a rainbow flag at us while we were lined up waiting to march in the Brooklyn Pride Parade! He's the only politician I saw there in person this year, it was endearing.
My holds list is slowly filling up with books that are on order, but not yet available 😆