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Freelance journalist, too broke to retire, autistic older dad. Loves literature, film, good TV and above all music. Made and stayed in South Africa.
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18/20: paintings influenced/inspired. No particular order, no explanations, no reviews. Just Paintings. #art #ArtSky #artchallenge

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AP heading: "Trump says he wants to imprison US citizens in El Salvador. That’s likely illegal." Likely? Maybe, maybe not? WTH?

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Frightening

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17/20: paintings influenced/inspired. No particular order, no explanations, no reviews. Just Paintings. #art #ArtSky #artchallenge

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CNN heading: "Katy Perry, Gayle King and 4 other women are headed for the ‘edge of space.’ Here’s what that means." It means some people have too much money.

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Great artist gone... Mario Vargas Llosa, the Peruvian-Spanish Nobel Prize-winning author whose work focused on the evils of totalitarianism and who once ran for president, has died at age 89.

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16/20: paintings influenced/inspired. No particular order, no explanations, no reviews. Just Paintings. #art #ArtSky #artchallenge

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15/20: paintings influenced/inspired. No particular order, no explanations, no reviews. Just Paintings. #art #ArtSky #artchallenge

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Ukraine could be partitioned like Berlin after the second world war, Donald Trump’s envoy to Kyiv has suggested.

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Analysis by the United Nations reveals only Palestinian women and children were killed in at least 36 Israeli strikes on Gaza between March 18 and April 9.

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U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff has told President Donald Trump that giving Moscow "ownership" of four occupied Ukrainian regions would be the fastest way to achieve a ceasefire.

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14/20: paintings influenced/inspired. No particular order, no explanations, no reviews. Just Paintings. #art #ArtSky #artchallenge

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www.nytimes.com/badges/games...

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I've never failed a test involving English writing or grammar. Until now. Flunked one to determine if I'm good enough to edit AI replies. Test was generated and marked by AI , of course. Hard to get over this...

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13/20: paintings influenced/inspired. No particular order, no explanations, no reviews. Just Paintings. #art #ArtSky #artchallenge

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12/20: paintings influenced/inspired. No particular order, no explanations, no reviews. Just Paintings. #art #ArtSky #artchallenge

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Huh. I'm admittedly having a bit of a giggle over this one. #Rubio #travel #politics #Brussels #Belgium #news www.brusselstimes.com/1526014/brus...

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Funny how different the word "trumped-up" sounds these days.

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11/20: paintings influenced/inspired. No particular order, no explanations, no reviews. Just Paintings. #art #ArtSky #artchallenge

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I hate royalty. 1 Belgium's Prince Laurent has lost a legal bid to receive social security benefits on top of his six-figure allowance. 2 American academic faces years in jail for insulting Thai monarchy. 3 Prince Harry is in court to appeal the downgrading of his security.

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Just because I'm a fan. Visiting his German Pavilion in Barcelona was bucket list for me. edition.cnn.com/2025/04/07/s...

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Right after the Russian missile attack on Kryvyi Rih that killed 20 people, including 9 children, the Russian Ministry of Defense admitted to the strike. They claimed it was aimed at a restaurant full of Ukraine-NATO generals, bragging about taking out a gazillion NATO soldiers and destroying

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An Israeli air attack on a media tent in Gaza has killed at least two people. The bombing near the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis early on Monday also wounded several other reporters. – Al Jazeera

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10/20: paintings influenced/inspired. No particular order, no explanations, no reviews. Just Paintings. #art #ArtSky #artchallenge

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9/20: paintings influenced/inspired. No particular order, no explanations, no reviews. Just Paintings. #art #ArtSky #artchallenge

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Police published a bodycam footage of the first moments after yesterday's russian missile strike on Kryvyi Rih, which killed 18 people, including 9 children Some of the things said: "these kids are gone", "there is a little boy still breathing", "another missile coming, run", "his leg is torn off"

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Best friend dropped by now, back from a bucket list US trip with his autistic son. They had a fantastic time. Then we saw his new Cincinnati Reds cap was made in Myanmar. The country that got big tariffs and zero first responders from the US this week. Make America Good Again!

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"Tragically, three-year-old Tymofii died in the hospital today. Seven-year-old Radyslav. Arina, who will forever be seven as well. Nine-year-old Herman. Fifteen-year-old Danylo. Fifteen-year-old Mykyta. Fifteen-year-old Alina. Kostiantyn, who will forever be sixteen.

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Best friend dropped by now, back from a bucket list US trip with his autistic son. They had a fantastic time. Then we saw his new Cincinnati Reds cap was made in Myanmar. The country that got big tariffs and zero first responders from the US this week. Make America Good Again!

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