These Violent Delights Have Violent Ends

The exposed neck: from the accessory nerve (emerging) to the vocal fold. © Mosby/McMinn

Humanity has managed and mismanaged natural environments since the beginning of our existence. What is different now is that we have a scientific understanding of how ecology works and we can organize our society based on this.

June 14, 2025 - ICE throws gas at anti-ICE protesters in Portland, Oregon, who immediately put a traffic cone on it to contain the gas, and then use boards to help fan the gas back at ICE. [video]

Sewing is a very practical skill to learn, but if you don’t have anyone to teach you, the sheer volume of techniques out there can make getting started overwhelming. This is a good step-by-step guide to getting started.

June 8, 2025 - Anti-ICE protesters in Los Angeles stop a column of police cars by bombarding them with rocks and objects from an overpass. [video]

Photos from the LA Riots against ICE (2025)

do it now! don’t lose months, years, or decades! there is a life beyond doomscrolling, and it’s finite (sorry. sorry. i know okay)

Mary Gaitskill, from Lost Cat as featured in Granta [ID’d]

Jia Li (Chinese, b.1964), Summer Light, 2015, Watercolor on paper

Pádraig O' Tuama, Kitchen Hymns

(that's nice at least, I do like bullfrogs)

Castle in the Sky (1986) dir. Hayao Miyazaki