clive

clive, 23 hours ago to random

I’m reading the collected poems of F. R. Scott, a lawyer and major architect of Canada’s left-wing party the NDP

This is from 1973

Scott’s one of my fave old-school Canadian poets — dry, acerbic, with brilliant turns of phrase

“Carry him off with a roar of gears
He would choose no other hymn.”

🔥

clive, 3 days ago to random

Okay people 🤘

it's your LUCKY DAY 🍀

My latest "Linkfest" newsletter 📬 just dropped, otherwise known as ...

... "the opposite of doomscrolling" 🎇

Free to read, free to subscribe too (or pay-what-you-want to help keep it free for all): https://buttondown.email/clivethompson/archive/linkfest-20/

This issue includes:

🎨 bubble-wrap pointillist art
🔮 online tarot
📋 the 1963 "symbolism survey"
🚢 the disastrous "roller ship"
💗 why humans are growing an extra artery
✏️ very old "ogham"
🌗 a time zone for the moon

clive, 6 days ago to random

Know any NYC students, or their parents?

The mayor closed the libraries on Sundays, and is set to close them Saturdays too -- citing budget constraints 📚

The budget's being debated right now!

So, if you live in NYC?

Here's a form that'll auto-send a letter to your city councillor telling them to vote to "keep the libraries open sundays": https://actionnetwork.org/letters/open-the-libraries-nyc/

Forward it to any students in NYC 🤘

Parents can use it too -- just rewrite the opening salutation to say "I'm a parent"

suzannealdrich, 1 month ago to Writers

Any #writers here? Are you fans of Scrivener, or Ulysses, or perhaps Obsidian Notes? Looking around for a writing system that will be future-proof. Also love the idea of using Markdown because that’s what my blogs all use now. #writing #writersofmastodon