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36-year-old woman, not in the best mood despite her fine fur oversleeves, painted in 1543 by Willem Key of Antwerp. Today is his day.

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Poetry. Beautifully painted in 1648 by Carlo Dolci of Florence, born on this day in 1616.

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Good to see this. The law partners surrendering on core rule of law issues to Trump are legitimately the most contemptible people in the country. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/b...

submitted 15 days ago • 7 comments

Magdalena de Cuyper with her fab fur-lined robe, her big chair, her tiny book, her perfect single tulip, in 1636. Painted by Jacob Jordaens, whose day is today.

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Tristram and Fox. A fine double portrait from 1780 by Thomas Gainsborough, whose day is today.

submitted 24 days ago • 3 comments

The Virgin Martyrs have lined up in alphabetical order: Agnes, Barbara, Catherine, Dorothy. Love this moment of whimsy in mystical adoration of the lamb by Jan van Eyck.

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AOC: Tom Homan said he was going to refer me to DOJ because I’m using my free speech rights in order to advise people of their constitutional protections… to that I say: Come for me… Do I look like I care? There’s nothing illegal about it and if they want to make it illegal, they can come take me.

submitted 36 days ago • 1167 comments

This is an outrageous policy change. Also, if you’re gonna do this then you gotta do it for drivers, too right? Given those are obviously far far more dangerous vehicles. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/02/p...

submitted 36 days ago • 398 comments

How long is her neck? Think about it. Young woman (& her ruff) painted in 1630 by Michiel van Mierevelt.

submitted 37 days ago • 6 comments

Historical hottie du jour: bearded and giving a little side-eye in 1517 while sitting for his portrait with Dosso Dossi, whose day is today.

submitted 43 days ago • 1 comment

Noticed a bunch of these ornate gold medallions slapped all over the Oval Office. We found em on Alibaba. “High-density Home Decoration Polyurethane Appliques Ornament PU Foam Veneer Accessories” from seller Guangzhou Homemax Decorative Material Limited. sherwood.news/power/shop-t...

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If today has been just too much, cheer up with these circular forms from Robert Delaunay, born on this day in 1885.

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Late at night. Trying to write. The perfect conclusion is so close, so close. Know this feeling very well! Painted by Leonid Pasternak, whose day has been today.

submitted 65 days ago • 2 comments

Beautiful & rather mysterious scene at the fish market from Juan van der Hamen y León of Madrid, who died (alas!) on this day in 1631.

submitted 71 days ago • 2 comments

Humble Virgin Mary, sitting on floor at home, her reading interrupted by arrival of angel she is trying hard to ignore. From the Merode Altarpiece by Robert Campin, 1430, for feast day of the Annunciation.

submitted 74 days ago • 8 comments

Innocent people — undesirables, political dissidents — are being sent to camps here and abroad. A scapegoated minority is being persecuted, made an example of. Wrongthink is being stricken from government institutions and civil society. There is no more "if" authoritarianism arrives. It's here.

submitted 76 days ago • 61 comments

We cannot abide a Democratic Party that continues to be weak and acquiescent in the face of this. Enough is enough.

submitted 79 days ago • 137 comments

The wealthiest man in the world has fully purchased the federal government of the United States. This is one of the most extraordinary crises in the history of this country and you need to ask whether your elected representatives are acting like it.

submitted 79 days ago • 509 comments

Thomas Pead, aged 39 in 1578 but still fingering a skull and thinking about death. By Cornelis Ketel, whose day was today.

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

Could someone please tell the makers of cold brew that no one asked for bulbous jugs? Like, never in my life have I reached for something in the fridge door and though, THIS SHOULD BE SHAPED LIKE A GOURD. It's okay if it's just a cylinder that, you know, fits in the space.

submitted 85 days ago • 10 comments

Born on this day in 1593, the amazing Georges de la Tour. Painted the mysteries of night. Here, the newborn. So still.

submitted 86 days ago • 3 comments

May I present Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia: smart, athletic, successful ruler, had good taste (my patron!) & generally cool. For #InternationalWomensDay

submitted 91 days ago • 1 comment

Supreme Court legalized bribery, took bribes themselves, and declared this was all just how democracy is supposed to work

submitted 95 days ago • 15 comments

Fortitude. Because you know you need it! By Sandro Botticelli in 1470.

submitted 98 days ago • 14 comments

Bezos, worth over $200 billion, is doing reply bait posts. Nice reminder that wealth can’t buy dignity

submitted 101 days ago • 105 comments

Karl Völker - Demonstration, 1924, woodcut on vellum.

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The epitome of dashing. Look at the interplay between beard, collar, & laces, or how mustache draws eye to earring. A+! By Frans Pourbus the Younger, whose day was today.

submitted 108 days ago • 2 comments

Elisabeth of France, aged 13, in 1615. She is about to be traded to Spain for Infanta Anne of Austria. Will never see her family again. Life of a renaissance princess! Painted by Frans Pourbus, whose day is today.

submitted 108 days ago • 2 comments

Born on this day in 1518, Mary Tudor. An unhappy woman. But at least she had great clothes! Here painted in 1554 by Hans Eworth.

submitted 109 days ago • 1 comment

Delicate dance of the Noli me tangere, painted c. 1440 in a cell at San Marco by Fra Angelico. Today is his day.

submitted 109 days ago • 2 comments

new TV show?????? (made this in my apartment)

submitted 113 days ago • 7 comments

Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s Valentine’s Day firing massacre won’t just impact federal workers. It will impact everyone. 🧵

submitted 113 days ago • 15 comments

Animals lining up to get into Noah's ark, 1565. With extra sheep, evidently allowed by God. Also appreciate attention to Noah family pets by Jacopo Bassano, whose day is today.

submitted 113 days ago • 3 comments

Adams must be removed. The city cannot sustain being governed for nearly a year by a Mayor who is being coerced by Trump admin in order to escape charges. This corruption poses a real threat to the people of the city. He should have resigned a while ago, but will not. So it’s time for him to go.

submitted 114 days ago • 1729 comments

Geriatric Justice League

submitted 115 days ago • 150 comments