Happy May Day to the workers of the world! Today is about joy, solidarity, and rebellion, and has been since a Black anarchist named Lucy Parsons led the country’s first May Day march in 1886. The cops called her “more dangerous than a thousand rioters.”

Be dangerous, beloveds.

Amidst police violence at Columbia, CUNY and UCLA, the news that my friend Paul Auster has died. In 1968 he was one of the Columbia student occupiers, fleetingly captured by British filmmaker Peter Whitehead in a documentary called The Fall

Hungry faint- Natalia Leonova.

Word of the day is 'quockerwodger' (19th century): a puppet individual whose strings of action are pulled entirely by someone else.

A school in rural Denmark, 1969. Behold the knitwear.

#ReadingList | Minimal Wonder

John Pawson is a British architect whose work is known for its minimalist aesthetic. He is known for his simplicity in form and primarily white colour palette.

Phaidon publishes a visual biography of the architect: bit.ly/44It0S1

Closing date for applications May 30th. Interested in PhD study that reveals hidden histories of makers or making processes across a broad range of practices, supervised by me? Then click to read more and apply: shorturl.at/nw257

For the many, not the few. Forever solidarity. #internationalworkersday

« I was looking for a quiet place to die. »
Paul Auster , The Brooklyn Follies

Paul Auster (February 3, 1947 – April 30, 2024)

Thank you for your writing, for your unique voice. #rippaulauster

Ah , Paul Auster x

' When a person is lucky enough to live inside a story, to live inside an imaginary world, the pains of this world disappear. For as long as the story goes on, reality no longer exists.' (The Brooklyn Follies)

I filed my taxes today. This is a bad time to work in the creative fields but onwards we march.

Over 1,500 years ago, someone carved a six-oared ship into a cave wall in Fife, creating what is thought to be Scotland's earliest depiction of a boat ⛵️

Now a plaster cast of the carving has returned to the village, enabling those unable to access the cave to see it up close.

Today someone popped in for the third time because George Ward filmed a few seconds of his dad. So many stories echoing throughout this exhibition. It's a joy.

Are you interested in researching the history of girls' & women's magazine reading in the 20th century? I'm looking for PhD researchers to work on the Femorabilia LJMU collection. Applications for Liverpool John Moores University studentships open - please contact me to discuss! ljmu.ac.uk/research/phd-s…

When you turn 35, you should win an itemized list of all the people you didn't realize were flirting with you in your 20s.

This Instagram account is collating public transport patterns from around the world.

instagram.com/idontgiveaseat/

Back at quiz night where we finished a respectable second.

This from the BBC website on what Kate Forbes' supporters think. Unfortunately for them, the real world is hoaching with those who want the right to choose, rights over their own bodies, queer people, and so on. It's not going to wash.

Recently I ticked off something on my bucket list. Just a small something, but it's wonderful to be so surprised by life. I think that's what I'd tell my 20 yo self: life never stops amazing you, so don't worry about having achieved everything by age 23.

Daniel Day-Lewis #botd - photographed by Annie Leibovitz, 1992