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Former bookseller, writer, webmaster. Interested in literature, art, classical music, investments, civil rights, design, science, cooking. Progressive, ally. #RESIST
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Joan Miro - Woman and Bird in the Night (1945) #PAINTING #ART

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Bill Schenck (b. 1947) - He's A Sweetheart Undercover (1991) #ART #PAINTING

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Why do both #McAfee and #Norton warn us about totally #fake #threats we're supposed to have? Even if you're actually PAYING for the damn stuff, they do it to sell you more.

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Sungwoo Chun: Chung-Hwa Mandala (1994, oil on canvas) #PAINTING #ART #KOREAN

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California now 4th largest economy in the world, with a GDP greater than Japan's #California #GDP #Economy abc7news.com/post/califor...

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Emperor Huizong of China - Auspicious Cranes (Hanging Scroll, 1112 CE) #ART #PAINTING #CHINESE

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Yes, Trump's Easter message attacked political opponents, judges, law enforcement and others #Trump #Easter www.snopes.com/fact-check/t...

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#Trump #Tariffs

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#Congress Takes Another Step Toward Enabling Broad Internet #Censorship: #Trump said earlier this year that he would personally use the takedown provisions to censor speech critical of the president #FreeSpeech www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

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Tesla accused of using sneaky tactic to dodge car repairs: a class-action lawsuit for alleges it's avoid fulfilling obligations in warranty agreements attached to its customers’ vehicles #Tesla #Musk www.thestreet.com/automotive/t...

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Kiss up prize of the century goes to El Salvador's President Bukele who tweeted: #Trump #Bukele #ElSalvador

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Gustave Caillebotte - Young Man at His Window (1876) There's a quality in his technique, sometimes that reminds me of Magritte, oddly enough. #PAINTING #ART #IMPRESSIONISTS

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Early 20th century American Expressionism: Hill Top at High Noon (1925, oil on board) by Charles Burchfield (1893-1967) #PAINTING #ART

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Arizona and the Sonoran Desert's iconic Saguaro cacti are dying at intense rate due to extreme heat: 20% dead since 2020. #climate #climatechange #globalwarming #climatecrisis

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Georgia O'Keeffe - Sky Above Clouds II (1963) #PAINTING #ART

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Edgar Degas - The Orchestra of the Opera (c1870, oil) #PAINTING #ART Interesting that the orchestra is painted in a relatively realistic style similar to Manet's up to that time, but the dancers in the background have a more impressionistic look, much as in his later works featuring dancers.

submitted 68 days ago • 1 comment

Some #algorithm, #YouTube. "Do They Know It's Christmas?" Do YOU know it's April?

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Watching #Trump's "government" in action is like watching a game of pin the tail on the donkey #CASHPATL #FBI #ATF apnews.com/article/atf-...

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Ron Pastucha - Laugh (1994, mixed media on canvas) #PAINTING #ART

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Detail from William Wegman's Cinderella #WilliamWegman #PHOTO #CINDERELLA

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When "no #DEI" simply means blatant #racism: #Holocaust book, Maya Angelou's autobiography among nearly 400 items pulled from Naval Academy library in DEI purge www.cbsnews.com/news/dei-pur...

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Jean Dubuffet - Site Aleatoire (1982, acrylic on canvas-backed paper) #PAINTING #ART

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If #Trump's aim is to form some sort of US-Russian alliance vs all other nations, he's even dumber, crazier, and/or compromised than I thought. #Russia

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Robert Yarbo - Suspension of Disbelief (1987) #PAINTING #ART

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Takeaway from #Wisconson: #Elon #Musk = political liablity.

submitted 77 days ago • 0 comments

THE GOP IS COMPROMISED!

submitted 78 days ago • 3 comments

Ged Quinn - Tarsus, from a Distance (2013) #PAINTING #ART

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Frank Romero - The Closing of Whitter Boulevard #PAINTING #ART #CHICANO #LosAngeles

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Paul Gaugain - Le Gardien de Porces (1886, oil, detail) #PAINTING #ART #FRENCH #POST-IMPRESSIONIST #GAUGAIN

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Thank you

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No individual should have this kind of power in a democracy-to add insult to injury, there is no evidence that the Orange Palpatine has ever read a book, or visited a museum apnews.com/article/trum... Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding for programs with 'improper ideology'

submitted 82 days ago • 2 comments