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A Trove of Unseen Artworks Expands a Writer’s Legacy "Recently discovered paintings, illustrations, and prints by Flannery O’Connor, hidden away for decades, are now on display at the author’s alma mater." by Rhea Nayyar for @hyperallergic.com hyperallergic.com/1001352/a-tr...

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Breaking News: The White House is said to be planning to ask Congress to rescind $1.1 billion in federal funding from public media, including NPR and PBS.

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In a new report, Sarah Stillman investigates deaths related to starvation, dehydration, and neglect in county jails across the U.S.—a crisis that at times has been covered up by private health companies and government officials. nyer.cm/hMT7u9R

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Trump wants to spend $45B to expand ICE detention — and let the private prison companies who bankrolled his campaign run at least a half dozen new detention centers. This won't make us safer, but it will make the border-industrial complex even richer.

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Growing up in South Texas and the Hill Country I have admired W.A. Slaughter's paintings my entire adult life. They remind me of home. It was a luxury I never afforded myself. An incredibly generous couple from our community were redecorating and sent me theirs. I appreciate it every day.

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The #SocialSecurity trust fund is projected to run out by 2035. An economist explains why it’s alarming that Democratic and Republican administrations alike have failed to take action - and in fact made things worse: buff.ly/juHULHy #economy Dennis W. Jansen @tamu.bsky.social

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One of hundreds of people abducted by ICE and sold to slavery in El Salvador was a 19 year old with no criminal record in the US or Venezuela and no tattoos of any kind. An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one." The other said, "Take him anyway." So they did.

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"...on a trip to the Catskills for a birthday celebration and the Passover holiday..." apnews.com/article/fata...

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The other thing I learned: migration numbers from Venezuela are greater than those from Syria. www.business-standard.com/amp/economy/...

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Meta-analysis: Use of digital technologies was associated with reduced risk of cognitive impairment and reduced rates of cognitive decline controlling for demographic, socioeconomic, health and cognitive reserve correlates. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Ecuador enlists Erik Prince, founder of Blackwater private army, as “ally in ‘war’ on crime ***Daniel Noboa, who is seeking re-election as president, announces partnership with Trump supporter Erik Prince” 3/12/25 1/ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

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“Mercenary Erik Prince Wants Bite At Deportation Apple *** Former Blackwater CEO tries to convince that privatizing US border policy is the way to go” 2/25/25 1/ responsiblestatecraft.org/erik-prince-...

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Trump confirms his plan to send incarcerated U.S. citizens to El Salvador. Can you hear me now? www.threads.net/@aaron.rupar...

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Ben Shahn, Passion of Sacco & Vanzetti, 1931-32. Figures in the coffins are Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti, working-class Italian immigrants sentenced to death on mostly circumstantial evidence. The case, fueled by anti-immigrant sentiment, caused international outcry whitney.org/collection/w...

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Basically: I don’t think people understand that 36 hours from now it’s possible that America will have a formalized system for abducting enemies of the regime and stashing them in foreign gulags, indefinitely. www.thebulwark.com/p/bukele-abr...

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Another black history story showing the lengths white people went to “protect white womenhood” at the expense of a thriving black community AND then to erase its history.

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Chequered Past, Uncertain Future: The History of Pakistan Tahir Kamran #pakistan #booksky newbooksnetwork.com/chequered-pa... - focus is on post-1947 period

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Gothic Church Ruins, by Carl Blechen #Art #painting #illustration

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This is unconscionable: 75% of the 238 migrants the Trump Administration disappeared to a torture prison in El Salvador have no criminal record. This is criminal. This is illegal. This is a Constitutional crisis. www.cbsnews.com/news/what-re...

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Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Forbidden Colors, 1988. Installation shot from ‘The Workspace: Felix Gonzalez-Torres.’ The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York. 16 September–20 November 1988.

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#WOMENSART blog: Amrita Sher-Gil, not ‘the Indian Frida Kahlo’ womensartblog.wordpress.com/2017/07/28/a...

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If you’re wondering what this is about, I reported the Black Belt phenomenon of “straight-piping” 7 years ago. web.archive.org/web/20190422...

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#PinkMoon Over Water" by Georgia O'Keeffe. 1923 #WomensArt #FullMoon #SuperMoon

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OK, I know this is simplistic and thus wrong, but I'm reading about Timothy Pickering and the #salemma militia's failure to get to Lexington&Concord until very late in the day because they stopped at 3 taverns and this illustration by Stanley Massey Arthurs is exactly the image I have in my mind.

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I'm able to make this animation of how the ocean breathes in and out CO₂ because of data collected by NOAA scientists, data served at NOAA websites, and tools provided by NASA. All are under threat of being dismantled by the Trump administration.

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I guess I have time today. Let’s talk about the actual experiences of enslaved Black women as opposed to Margaret Atwood’s FICTIONAL ACCOUNTS in The Handmaid’s Tale. 🧵 1/8

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A Greek terracotta aryballos, a vessel used for holding oil, in the shape of a #hare hanging by its front paws, from Rhodes, circa 550 BC. On display at Antikensammlung München 📷 me 🏺 AncientBluesky #archaeology

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🧵 The massive star-forming molecular cloud Sagittarius C, located about 200 ly from the SMBH Sagittarius A* at the heart of the Milky Way, despite its abundance of gas and dust, produces fewer stars than expected. Image source➡️ webbtelescope.org/contents/med... 🔭 🧪 #galactic #cosmology

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Why Our Brains Crave Ideology. A neuroscientist reveals how to nurture authentic and flexible thinking nautil.us/why-our-brai...

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