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Marcel Duchamp, Rrose Sélavy et moi esquivons les ecchymoses des esquimaux aux mots exquis [Rrose Sélavy and I dodge the bruises of the Eskimos with exquisite words], 1924

Kurt Vonnegut died on this day in 2007. "Thus did a handful of rapacious citizens come to control all that was worth controlling in America. Thus was the savage and stupid and entirely inappropriate and unnecessary and humorless American class system created."

❝There is no reason why good cannot triumph as often as evil. The triumph of anything is a matter of organization. If there are such things as angels, I hope that they are organized along the lines of the Mafia.❞ —Kurt Vonnegut November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007 #RIP

Not a single word to help the 33m small businesses in this country. Not from anyone in the administration. So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives. So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory

They are doing this to people here legally and will absolutely start doing this to citizens too.

Even though I was stuck in bed, Amoeba Music still got me through the aches of flu season

Meanwhile…

To Protect & Serve 🐽 #ACAB

April 10, 1963: 2 black students sit at tables reserved for white persons in the Birmingham Public Library in Alabama. After about 45 minutes, several police officers arrived and the Black students left without being asked.

Trump Revived the Law Used to Intern Japanese Americans, and SCOTUS Let Him

"It’s a strange way to live when you have objectively more money than a person can spend," said Abigail Disney, the grand-niece of Walt Disney

One attorney estimates that the Trump administration has revoked as many as 1,000 student visas at universities across the country.

Lexi Jones, the notoriously private daughter of David Bowie and supermodel Iman, has quietly released her debut album, Xandri.

The Dark Side of Psychiatry – How It Has Been Used to Control Societies

Kurt Vonnegut man

Weezer bassist’s wife shot by cops, booked for attempted murder after interfering with wild police chase

China is trolling Trump's claim that he will bring manufacturing back to the U.S.

happy confederate surrender day to all

Frank Lloyd Wright June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959 #RIP

The murder trial of a former Illinois sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot Sonya Massey, an unarmed black woman, in her Springfield home last summer will be moved out of the capital city

Proton batteries offer safer, faster charging than lithium-ion

Watch Bob Dylan Make His Debut at the Newport Folk Festival in Colorized 1963 Footage

Photographer DB Burkeman's Lost Photos of Punk and New Wave Stars of the 1970s

April 8, 1990: Twin Peaks series co-created by David Lynch and Mark Frost premiered on ABC-TV

How a Young Woman Built Her Dream Art School Into an $1.85 Billion Empire

President of Campania Vincenzo De Luca calls Senior Advisor Elon Musk a "cokehead" who had "15 kids around the globe" and "should be subjected to involuntary psychiatric hold.", April 6, 2025 source: Crazy Ass Moments in Italian Politics

A rare piece of postwar art that was under threat of being demolished along with the south London building it was housed in has been saved.

Trump portrait artist says career is in peril after president accuses her of distorting his likeness

Vancouver Just Elected a Hardcore Punk Vocalist to City Council

#BuffaloNichols

Researchers studying people's brain activity when looking at abstract art have revealed why we interpret blobs of paint on canvas so differently.

Insider trading much? Didn’t Martha Stewart go to prison for that? Just curious 🤔 Good morning all!

COVID didn't "turn out fine." Over 1 million people died in just the US. People are still dying. 100s of thousands of people are still dealing with the effects of Long COVID. And the entire country lost its shit and is still unwell. Tariffs will not "turn out fine." Effects will be experienced.

On April 8th, the debut album from The Clash celebrates its 48th birthday.

Shopify CEO says staffers need to prove jobs can't be done by AI before asking for more headcount

An exhibition at London’s Warburg Institute traces tarot decks’ evolution from the 1450s through the present

Fearless Man Bravely Ventures Out Into U.S. Economy theonion.com/fearles...

At this rate MAGA will only be able to afford to rent the libs.

April 7, 1951: Actress Mary Lou Miner suns herself atop a new West Los Angeles bomb shelter at 10333 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, California

Thank you all. Clem loved what he was doing. He lived his dream

Jay North, ‘Dennis the Menace’ Star, Dies at 73 He played the young mischief maker on the CBS comedy for four seasons and was in 'Maya,' a movie and TV show