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This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/re...

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Trump and the U.S. are officially in a trade war with China. Here’s what you should know.

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Charles Simic:

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The purpose of poetry is to return that which is familiar to its original strangeness. —Charles Simic

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This feels especially prescient today.

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“Words make love on the page like flies in the summer heat and the poet is merely the bemused spectator. The poem is as much the result of chance as of intention.” - Charles Simic again. Same essay.

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“With only his dim lantern To tell him where he is And every time a mountain Of fresh corpses to load up Take them to the other side Where there are plenty more I’d say by now he must be confused As to which side is which” Charles Simic #poetry

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"Here is something we can all count on. Sooner or later our tribe asks us to agree to murder." - Charles Simic Every tribe, friends. Every. single. human. tribe. Including our own.

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Fear passes from man to man Unknowing, As one leaf passes its shudder To another. All at once the whole tree is trembling, And there is no sign of the wind. ~ ‘Fear’ by Charles Simic (1938-2023) #Photography

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“Every art depends on nuance, detail, and lightness of spirit. There are as many ways to touch a single piano key as there are to use a word.” -- Charles Simic

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Our world may be burning but I hope you have your person. That's the main thing. (Oh, and your fur family!) I love when the singer melts down in this song. That can't be good for the vocal cords, but hey it sounds great. #live #love #tango #dance youtu.be/Rb4lgOiHBZo?...

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This is because the bird sensed that this Republican shill was a serious threat to her nearby children. If only #MAGA women could be as smart as this bird. #Trump #fox

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i do not think we will have any idea what the impact of severing US-china bilateral trade and investment will be on world politics yet. it is also coming at a time when the entire world is predisposed to treat the US as a hostile power.

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Just a reminder that you can find over 70 in-depth articles on art, history and social change on the Journal’s website, ranging over all periods of art, all freely available for you to read. We invite you to check them out at www.artinsociety.com

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Raphael and Dürer both began their artistic careers in the late 1400s, and both displayed their prodigious talents early ~ here’s Raphael’s self-portrait at 16, and an even-younger Dürer’s self-portrait at 13

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When Vesuvius erupted in 79AD, a group of painters/decorators fled Pompeii, leaving behind their unfinished work & these paint pots & mixing bowls. Pigments shown here range from yellow (ochre) to blue (Egyptian Blue) to red (Haematite) smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a...

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An intriguing wall tapestry from c 1490, based on a medieval poem ~ in a forest with a unicorn, a prince depicted as a hairy “wildman” crouches on all fours, as a princess rides her horse into the countryside to seek refuge from a surprised miller www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

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Arachnid jewellery ~ this remarkable gold nose ornament features four plump spiders in a delicate web, from Salinar, Peru. It’s at least 1,800 years old. Spiders were admired as bearers of good news, & for their cunning ways www.artsy.net/article/arts...

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Defying all expectations, Monet is seen here without his long white beard and without a lily pond in sight – it’s his only finished self-portrait, aged 46, looking at us a little warily (Self-Portrait with a Beret, 1886)

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Petronella Oortman’s Dollhouse (1676) was fitted out so richly that it cost as much as a real house, & inspired Jessie Burton’s novel The Miniaturist. Here’s how it appears in the Rijksmuseum, and at R, how it originally appeared, in a painting by Jacob Appel in 1710

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This striking brass door handle, designed in Art Nouveau style by Heinrich Vogeler in 1905, adorns the entrance to the Bremen City Hall Council Room artnouveaustyle.tumblr.com/post/7437888...

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JUST PUBLISHED! Our latest article explores an oddity ~ a painting which is famous, but which few have ever seen. It’s Hieronymus Bosch’s enigmatic and controversial The Conjuror, a work whose true meaning has remained disputed to this day. Article at www.artinsociety.com/deception-an...

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🇵🇹 We continue our 'That Eurovision Preview' series with #Portugal, who is being represented by NAPA at #Eurovision 2025 with their entry "Deslocado" #ESC2025

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🇳🇴 We continue our 'That Eurovision Preview' series with #Norway, who is being represented by Kyle Alessandro at #Eurovision 2025 with his entry "Lighter" #ESC2025

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🇧🇪 We continue our 'That Eurovision Preview' series with #Belgium, who is being represented by Red Sebastian at #Eurovision 2025 with his entry "Strobe Lights" #ESC2025

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We don’t need any more oligarchs

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An innocent man, picked up by “mistake,” must not be allowed to rot in an El Salvadorian jail. Mr. President. Obey the courts. Obey our Constitution. Bring him home immediately.

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Here's the reality: they've backed themselves into a corner. If they bring him home there will be hell to pay. It's clear that they believe that the lesser hell is not bringing him home. So we need to make that hell the worse hell. Start calling and screaming at all of your representatives now! 1/2

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The fuss about all the insider trading is crazy. This is a guy who was caught coerced officials into gifting him votes, organized an insurrection where people and police died and sold and stole national secrets. And walked away laughing. Insider trading is like a parking violation

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An expat American living in China has a blog about life there. He's on TikTok @foreignerlife. He says the word on the street in China is that the reason China put a tariff on the U.S. of 34% & not 30 or 35% is bc 34% is for ...... ......the 34 FELONIES Trump has 😳💪😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 .

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Been thinking of old Letterman clips for some reason.

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A third, culminating report on the Trump-El Salvador Scandal—as massive and fully sourced as the first two—is coming to PROOF on Sunday or Monday. I want it out when Bukele arrives in D.C. on Monday. All told, PROOF will have published almost a whole book on this. Stay tuned. Subscribe below:

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Say his name. Kilmar Abrego Garcia Bring him back !!!

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This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/re...

😂😂

Trump and the U.S. are officially in a trade war with China. Here’s what you should know.

Charles Simic:

The purpose of poetry is to return that which is familiar to its original strangeness. —Charles Simic

This feels especially prescient today.

“Words make love on the page like flies in the summer heat and the poet is merely the bemused spectator. The poem is as much the result of chance as of intention.” - Charles Simic again. Same essay.

“With only his dim lantern To tell him where he is And every time a mountain Of fresh corpses to load up Take them to the other side Where there are plenty more I’d say by now he must be confused As to which side is which” Charles Simic #poetry

"Here is something we can all count on. Sooner or later our tribe asks us to agree to murder." - Charles Simic Every tribe, friends. Every. single. human. tribe. Including our own.

Fear passes from man to man Unknowing, As one leaf passes its shudder To another. All at once the whole tree is trembling, And there is no sign of the wind. ~ ‘Fear’ by Charles Simic (1938-2023) #Photography

“Every art depends on nuance, detail, and lightness of spirit. There are as many ways to touch a single piano key as there are to use a word.” -- Charles Simic

Our world may be burning but I hope you have your person. That's the main thing. (Oh, and your fur family!) I love when the singer melts down in this song. That can't be good for the vocal cords, but hey it sounds great. #live #love #tango #dance youtu.be/Rb4lgOiHBZo?...

This is because the bird sensed that this Republican shill was a serious threat to her nearby children. If only #MAGA women could be as smart as this bird. #Trump #fox

i do not think we will have any idea what the impact of severing US-china bilateral trade and investment will be on world politics yet. it is also coming at a time when the entire world is predisposed to treat the US as a hostile power.

Just a reminder that you can find over 70 in-depth articles on art, history and social change on the Journal’s website, ranging over all periods of art, all freely available for you to read. We invite you to check them out at www.artinsociety.com

Raphael and Dürer both began their artistic careers in the late 1400s, and both displayed their prodigious talents early ~ here’s Raphael’s self-portrait at 16, and an even-younger Dürer’s self-portrait at 13

When Vesuvius erupted in 79AD, a group of painters/decorators fled Pompeii, leaving behind their unfinished work & these paint pots & mixing bowls. Pigments shown here range from yellow (ochre) to blue (Egyptian Blue) to red (Haematite) smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a...

An intriguing wall tapestry from c 1490, based on a medieval poem ~ in a forest with a unicorn, a prince depicted as a hairy “wildman” crouches on all fours, as a princess rides her horse into the countryside to seek refuge from a surprised miller www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

Arachnid jewellery ~ this remarkable gold nose ornament features four plump spiders in a delicate web, from Salinar, Peru. It’s at least 1,800 years old. Spiders were admired as bearers of good news, & for their cunning ways www.artsy.net/article/arts...

Defying all expectations, Monet is seen here without his long white beard and without a lily pond in sight – it’s his only finished self-portrait, aged 46, looking at us a little warily (Self-Portrait with a Beret, 1886)

Petronella Oortman’s Dollhouse (1676) was fitted out so richly that it cost as much as a real house, & inspired Jessie Burton’s novel The Miniaturist. Here’s how it appears in the Rijksmuseum, and at R, how it originally appeared, in a painting by Jacob Appel in 1710

This striking brass door handle, designed in Art Nouveau style by Heinrich Vogeler in 1905, adorns the entrance to the Bremen City Hall Council Room artnouveaustyle.tumblr.com/post/7437888...

JUST PUBLISHED! Our latest article explores an oddity ~ a painting which is famous, but which few have ever seen. It’s Hieronymus Bosch’s enigmatic and controversial The Conjuror, a work whose true meaning has remained disputed to this day. Article at www.artinsociety.com/deception-an...

🇵🇹 We continue our 'That Eurovision Preview' series with #Portugal, who is being represented by NAPA at #Eurovision 2025 with their entry "Deslocado" #ESC2025

🇳🇴 We continue our 'That Eurovision Preview' series with #Norway, who is being represented by Kyle Alessandro at #Eurovision 2025 with his entry "Lighter" #ESC2025

🇧🇪 We continue our 'That Eurovision Preview' series with #Belgium, who is being represented by Red Sebastian at #Eurovision 2025 with his entry "Strobe Lights" #ESC2025

We don’t need any more oligarchs

An innocent man, picked up by “mistake,” must not be allowed to rot in an El Salvadorian jail. Mr. President. Obey the courts. Obey our Constitution. Bring him home immediately.

Here's the reality: they've backed themselves into a corner. If they bring him home there will be hell to pay. It's clear that they believe that the lesser hell is not bringing him home. So we need to make that hell the worse hell. Start calling and screaming at all of your representatives now! 1/2

The fuss about all the insider trading is crazy. This is a guy who was caught coerced officials into gifting him votes, organized an insurrection where people and police died and sold and stole national secrets. And walked away laughing. Insider trading is like a parking violation

Been thinking of old Letterman clips for some reason.

A third, culminating report on the Trump-El Salvador Scandal—as massive and fully sourced as the first two—is coming to PROOF on Sunday or Monday. I want it out when Bukele arrives in D.C. on Monday. All told, PROOF will have published almost a whole book on this. Stay tuned. Subscribe below:

Say his name. Kilmar Abrego Garcia Bring him back !!!

#GVerse WTAF??? So they are not wearing the USA Flag anymore but wearing a gold bust of the #OrangeBuffoon 👀

#Trump #Musk #Bezos

One billion percent tariffs.