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"Gender Queer has achieved pantheonic status, earning recognition as not just a major achievement in the world of comics, but an important work of literature."
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Whalefalls are amazing! So cool to have so many in one place!
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Dr. @katiejwells.bsky.social testified before the House Workforce Protections Subcommittee. As healthcare becomes a major frontier for gig-based work, she highlighted how gig nursing platforms are targeting policymakers with legislation that upends worker protections & exposes patients to risks.
“‘This strike connects the precarious conditions that affect cultural workers to the broader fight against the institutions that enable genocide through art-washing and arms funding,’ the Art Not Genocide Alliance (ANGA) said in a statement posted to Instagram.”
Each summer, goat herds graze steep, hard-to-reach hillsides across Oakland, clearing dense vegetation that, without proper management, can fuel fast-moving wildfires. HUGE thanks to these four-legged firefighters! 🐐🔥
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Author Maia Kobabe and Oni Press publisher Hunter Gorinson discuss how a edition of the graphic memoir, which is among the most banned books in the U.S., enhances what has already become a landmark co...
wrote about meditation and psychedelic therapy helping me (in addition to therapy and psych meds) despite my deep mistrust of Wellness
“Ethiopian skaters present a poetic reflection of West Coast skate culture on an internationalized scale in both style and energy.”
Researchers uncovered an enormous deep-sea accumulation of whale remains in the southeastern Indian Ocean, showing long-term, specialized ecosystems and an extensive fossil record that offers new insi...
Italian culture workers and arts collectives announced this week that they would be joining trade unions and other organizations across the country in participating in a “general cultural strike” on June 12. The strike will focus on supporting Palestine and championing workers’ rights.
TODAY: @supremenothing.myatproto.social on meditation grifters. “Quacks and mountebanks have been a consistent feature of life in the U.S. for roughly as long as it’s existed, and they are currently experiencing one of their cyclical renaissances.” flaminghydra.com/meditating-o...
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On June 12 a nationwide strike is planned by Italian arts workers. The strike is in part organized by the Art Not Genocide Alliance.
I have meditated every single day for 400 days today, according to my tracker app. I took up the practice after a traumatic incident threw me out of balance; I needed very badly to self-regulate, and ...
Oakland's Café Colucci teamed up with Ethiopia Skate—a grassroots collective that promotes skateboarding in the country. Their collaborative t-shirt celebrates the evolving lineages of Ethiopian foodways, and, of course, skating.
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48 Hills
Oakland's Cafe Colucci collabs with Ethiopia Skate to boost burgeoning scene halfway across the world.
