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Web Product Manager for the Art Institute of Chicago. Baker of bread. Maker of music. Museum mercenary for hire. Find me in Pentwater, Michigan. Maybe LA if it's really cold.
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Daily reminder to myself that rolling back fascism requires of me and everyone broad solidarity with factions I might find deeply objectionable in milder times. That’s much of the heavy lifting.

Cybertruck tagged with “nazi scum” spotted in Portland

It’s *bonkers* that a major political figure can go on Joe Rogan’s podcast and say the words “Social Security is the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time” and virtually nobody in the mainstream press covers it.

Welcome sign Kremlin, MT

Mark Rothko, Untitled (Yellow and Blue), 1954, private collection

I am now hearing from multiple folks in the past two hours (including some who have personally been fired) that mass firings have now commenced within NOAA--including, yes, at the National Weather Service.

"Flying fish and Ichimochi" by Utagawa Hiroshige. www.artic.edu/artworks/26724

btw one thing I learned at the training i went to this weekend is that bc ICE isn't allowed anywhere in a business that a customer wouldn't be allowed, an employees only sign on a door is enough to cause them to need a warrant. "closed for a private event" guarantees the same

Moulin de la Galette https://www.artic.edu/artworks/14664/

Being a good manager is not about terrorizing other human beings

Coinbase was being investigated by the SEC so they: - gave $75M a to pro-Trump PAC - gave $1M to Trump’s inauguration - sponsored an inaugural party - hired Trump’s campaign manager - listed Trump’s meme coin And now the investigation is closed. These are called bribes.

Well, now I have to go and listen to Galaxie 500 the rest of the day.

Interested in teaching cultural heritage/provenance using museum collections? Check out a fantastic project by Prof. Jessica Nowlin and UTSA students creating StoryMaps on objects/collectors from the San Antonio Museum of Art. I really enjoyed working with the class! www.samuseum.org/blog/utsa-sa...

This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source. Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.

Johannes Itten (1888–1967) was a Swiss painter, designer, and teacher, best known for his contributions to color theory and the Bauhaus school. His main features include:

Elon Musk at a public event

The iPhone SE is my Tab

I think it's good we put the Hamburglar in charge of the McDonalds and I find nothing suspicious about the fact that his first act in office was disconnecting all the security cameras

Post Office Beulah, CO

A behind the scenes look at a Japanese articulated dragon sculpture at @artinstitutechi.bsky.social

There is a backup plan....

Me, working on my little articles and book projects in February 2025:

We got a Costco membership for the first time in our lives today. They asked why & I said because treat your workers well, you value diversity, & you didn’t cave in to authoritarian demands. He said: “We’ve been getting lots of folks saying that, thanks for joining.” Who needs a gallon of ketchup?

Roses are red Violets are blue

The quickest way to a man’s heart is to insert a needle between the xiphoid process and left costal margin at a 15-to-30-degree angle, directed towards the left shoulder

Jeffrey Gibson, the first Native artist to singularly represent the US at the Venice Biennale, will make his solo museum debut in Southern California this spring with an adaptation of his pavilion presentation at the Broad.

I am no longer accepting the argument "there are bigger problems than this!" unless you are personally working to stop the ultimate Heat Death of the Universe.

What a treat!

Mother Courage ll by Charles White, 1974, National Academy of Design (New York City, NY) #ArtHistory #ContemporaryArt #Feminism #SocialRealism #HumanRights

Do you remember your grade school teacher names? 1st: Mz Batz (that's right... Mz!) 2nd: Mrs Lemioux 3rd: Mrs Schultz 4th: Mrs Bucholtz 5th: Mrs Lemoiux (redux!)

I attended elementary school in this architectural marvel

Glamor shot. Red-headed Woodpecker #birds #nature #wildlife #photography