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April 21, 2022 6:57 AM Subscribe
I'm hoping to follow accounts that post: interesting things, beautiful things, curious things.
I'm easily distracted by shiny things - art, gardening, music, literature, etc.
I'd like to see and learn about new stuff.
I am on the medium left side of the political spectrum but am open to interesting/thought-provoking viewpoints from the whole spectrum.
I'd like my feed to not just come from the US and not just come from overrepresented demographics.
I enjoy people who create their own content as well as people who post interesting stuff from others.
I'm easily distracted by shiny things - art, gardening, music, literature, etc.
I'd like to see and learn about new stuff.
I am on the medium left side of the political spectrum but am open to interesting/thought-provoking viewpoints from the whole spectrum.
I'd like my feed to not just come from the US and not just come from overrepresented demographics.
I enjoy people who create their own content as well as people who post interesting stuff from others.
Anne Helen Petersen is basically the reason I still have Twitter. I originally followed her because I like her longform journalism, and yeah, that's great, but she's an absolute MASTER of Twitter. She's a better link aggregator than most link aggregator sites like Longform.org ever were, and beyond just posting links, she'll usually showcase the writer as well. (I don't know if she does it intentionally, but a lot of the writers she does showcase tend to be from historically marginalized groups, if that matters to you.) But one of the reasons I like her journalism so much is because it's so wide-ranging and often hyper-specific, and since Twitter doesn't go as deep, she can be even more wide-ranging and hyper-specific, with the same sort of insight. But also, she mixes all that with random life stuff, like FanFare-y TV show observations and Zillow WTFs and dog pictures. I really don't understand how she isn't the most followed person on Twitter. Best Twitter account since Horse_ebooks.
posted by kevinbelt at 7:17 AM on April 21, 2022 [4 favorites]
posted by kevinbelt at 7:17 AM on April 21, 2022 [4 favorites]
May I suggest Reasons To Be Cheerful? It's a site a newsletter started by David Byrne highlighting not just problems, but solutions to those problems that are working all over the world. here is a link to https://reasonstobecheerful.world/
posted by lpsguy at 7:20 AM on April 21, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by lpsguy at 7:20 AM on April 21, 2022 [1 favorite]
Dr Kate Strasdin, @kateStrasdin. She posts about fashion history, it's light, it's BEAUTIFUL, and it is mind blowing the detail and intricacy of garments made pre-ready to wear fashion, many of the dresses are stitched *by hand*
posted by Sweetchrysanthemum at 7:25 AM on April 21, 2022
posted by Sweetchrysanthemum at 7:25 AM on April 21, 2022
Most of my Twitter is just the bite-sized versions of actual websites.
For example, Colossal (@Colossal) links to their website (which is also full of lovely), but if you just want some striking images in your feed, they're good for that too.
I'm a fan of @The_Millions, @ElectricLit, @lithub, and lots of lit mags, plus sci-fi and fantasy publishers for my literary interests. I don't know if the latter's your jam or not.
posted by xenization at 7:42 AM on April 21, 2022
For example, Colossal (@Colossal) links to their website (which is also full of lovely), but if you just want some striking images in your feed, they're good for that too.
I'm a fan of @The_Millions, @ElectricLit, @lithub, and lots of lit mags, plus sci-fi and fantasy publishers for my literary interests. I don't know if the latter's your jam or not.
posted by xenization at 7:42 AM on April 21, 2022
My favorite Twitter feed for this is WOMENSART, @womensart1.
I also follow art critic Sebastian Smee, and a number of major art museum accounts.
posted by Sublimity at 8:46 AM on April 21, 2022
I also follow art critic Sebastian Smee, and a number of major art museum accounts.
posted by Sublimity at 8:46 AM on April 21, 2022
Tong Bingxue for great photographs and videos from China, past and present.
posted by thebots at 9:05 AM on April 21, 2022
posted by thebots at 9:05 AM on April 21, 2022
Ada Palmer and the #SomethingBeautiful hashtag.
I'm a fan of @The_Millions, @ElectricLit, @lithub, and lots of lit mags, plus sci-fi and fantasy publishers for my literary interests.
Here's a big list of sf/f publishers; I bet most of them post to Twitter to announce new issues and stories.
posted by brainwane at 9:21 AM on April 21, 2022
I'm a fan of @The_Millions, @ElectricLit, @lithub, and lots of lit mags, plus sci-fi and fantasy publishers for my literary interests.
Here's a big list of sf/f publishers; I bet most of them post to Twitter to announce new issues and stories.
posted by brainwane at 9:21 AM on April 21, 2022
Avoiding friends, overt politics, journalists, and celebrities, I'm fond of these. Looking forward to more.
@traintoutopia - cool street art
@tokyopasserby - urban infrastructure stuff
@ism136 - museums, mostly
@kitaboshi_ - pencil designer who mostly posts about food.
@UnseenJapanSite - English language, curated, less-orientalist-than-usual Japanese news
@TubeTimeUS - cool electronics
@223playmount - playground architecture
@PublicDomainRev - curated old art and literature
@DeadDogLake - irreverent posts about reservation dogs and other US indigenous topics
@ArnallLabrador - queer Mi'kmaw activist in Labrador (looks like he's suspended again today, because people are awful. He'll be back.)
@antalalakam - lefty Cree artist and activist
@apihtawikosisan - lefty Métis/Cree scholar and film critic
@crab_feet - artist/musician who makes cool electronic stuff
@IronCovers - utility hole covers
@MrTimDunn - trains
@presentcorrect - mundane design and office supplies
@ubuweb - art films and modern/contemporary visual art stuff
@TheLabSF - contemporary visual art and performance
@gabrielkahane - experimental, orchestral music
posted by eotvos at 9:58 AM on April 21, 2022 [1 favorite]
@traintoutopia - cool street art
@tokyopasserby - urban infrastructure stuff
@ism136 - museums, mostly
@kitaboshi_ - pencil designer who mostly posts about food.
@UnseenJapanSite - English language, curated, less-orientalist-than-usual Japanese news
@TubeTimeUS - cool electronics
@223playmount - playground architecture
@PublicDomainRev - curated old art and literature
@DeadDogLake - irreverent posts about reservation dogs and other US indigenous topics
@ArnallLabrador - queer Mi'kmaw activist in Labrador (looks like he's suspended again today, because people are awful. He'll be back.)
@antalalakam - lefty Cree artist and activist
@apihtawikosisan - lefty Métis/Cree scholar and film critic
@crab_feet - artist/musician who makes cool electronic stuff
@IronCovers - utility hole covers
@MrTimDunn - trains
@presentcorrect - mundane design and office supplies
@ubuweb - art films and modern/contemporary visual art stuff
@TheLabSF - contemporary visual art and performance
@gabrielkahane - experimental, orchestral music
posted by eotvos at 9:58 AM on April 21, 2022 [1 favorite]
FYI, @womensart1 is controversial in a TERF-adjacent way. They post art by trans men as "women's art" and don't post art by trans women.
posted by I claim sanctuary at 1:13 PM on April 21, 2022 [4 favorites]
posted by I claim sanctuary at 1:13 PM on April 21, 2022 [4 favorites]
@BreeNewsome - antiracism
@chefjoseandres - feeding people in Ukraine
@gradydoctor - heartwarming hospital stories
@Imani_Barbarin - disability
@tressiemcphd - sociology
posted by Former Congressional Representative Lenny Lemming at 4:32 PM on April 21, 2022
@chefjoseandres - feeding people in Ukraine
@gradydoctor - heartwarming hospital stories
@Imani_Barbarin - disability
@tressiemcphd - sociology
posted by Former Congressional Representative Lenny Lemming at 4:32 PM on April 21, 2022
Ted Gioia is a very good and active aggregator in the "20th century art and culture" vein, though he finds and retweets other stuff too.
posted by Polycarp at 9:56 PM on April 21, 2022
posted by Polycarp at 9:56 PM on April 21, 2022
Response by poster: Thank you all - my feed is now full of interesting people and ideas.
posted by sciencegeek at 1:46 PM on April 23, 2022
posted by sciencegeek at 1:46 PM on April 23, 2022
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posted by mkb at 7:00 AM on April 21, 2022