Alison Nastasi

Neuroscientists & sound designers from @skywalkersound unravel the mystery behind the Shepard tone. My debut for @PopSci. popsci.com/science/shepar…

A word on the many reasons, practical and aesthetic and even political, why I'm holding onto physical media: newyorker.com/culture/the-fr…

URGENT: If you live in SoCal & have a flatbed truck, Wetlands & Wildlife Care Center needs your help to evacuate 1,000 animals ahead of #TropicalStormHilary 714-374-5587.  Ask for Debbie or Janet. Address: 21900 Pacific Coast Hwy Huntington Beach CA 9264. @KTLA #HurricaneHilary

@weischoice Law & Order

Tell me: what's your "I'm doing housework and want a TV show on in the background" show of choice?

"Maybe it was because I was reading Rilke at the time & realizing as I read how much of his writing is inhabited by angels. Reading Rilke every night, perhaps I got used to the idea of angels being around." Read a 1987 essay by Wenders on WINGS OF DESIRE: criterion.com/current/posts/…

medieval italian writer boccaccio, when writing about paradise, described a land with a mountain made of grated parmesan cheese, inhabited by people who spent all day making macaroni and ravioli and rolling them down the mountain for the other inhabitants to eat

ideas for Dickensian cat names - a thread (#1)🧵🎩😼 for the haughty feline: Lady Dedlock

Last year, a coworker randomly asked me to hand-deliver an antique violin across the country. I said yes, because why not. I had no idea what I was getting into, and now I need your help. A 🧵

Polaroids by Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979-84.

@preetishenoy @HarperCollinsIN @JacarandaLit @SmitaKhanna3 @Srishtipub One of my faves—the photo and the person. Thank you, @preetishenoy!

Got featured in “Writers and their Cats” — a beautiful book by @alistasi . Such an honour to be featured alongside the writers i highly admire like Neil gaiman and Murakami. #books #writers #cats

@bookauthority Thank you!

Greetings @alistasi, We're delighted to inform you that "Writers and Their Cats" made it to BookAuthority's list of best Animal Photography books of all time! bookauthority.org/books/best-ani…

It’s been confirmed that #Columbo will get the Blu-ray treatment via @KinoLorber and will be released in two boxsets this year - with a raft of extras to be included 🤘🏼 bit.ly/401L3zT

From FB 1/3 It’s official, we’re desperate 😔 Sky hasn’t received ONE inquiry since arriving to us November last year. No one has sent an email. No one has called about her. No one asks to visit with her. We have posted her multiple times…still nothing.

Umberto Eco died 7 years ago today. Here he is tracking down a book in his personal library.

#HBD, Jim Jarmusch! “In a Jarmusch movie, the simple fact of being somewhere new, somewhere potentially confusing, is nourishment for the senses, tonic for the imagination.” Dennis Lim — criterion.com/current/posts/… @criterionchannl — criterionchannel.com/directed-by-ji…

"Here lies one whose name was writ in water."

Addio a Gina Lollobrigida, grande attrice del cinema italiano. Aveva 95 anni.

@preetishenoy Forced naps! 💕

My cat Kasper ensures always that I get adequate rest 👇🏽🥰 #CatsOfTwitter #Cat

An animal shelter just north of New York City is closing at the end of January. Any animals remaining will be euthanized. 20 cats and 12 dogs remain per a volunteer at the shelter. If you were thinking about adopting, here's a real opportunity to rescue. #dogs" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">mvanimalshelter.com/home/#dogs

One of the most beloved free-to-use photos in the Library's collection is of Brünnhilde, for obvious reasons. We're happy to report that 2023 comes with a freshly digitized photograph of Brünnhilde from another angle. 😻 More of our free-to-use photos: go.loc.gov/mlqO50MhxCu