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Award Winning Author, Poet, Professor, Tennis Player at davidlinebarger.com Latest book is Tennis Players as Works of Art. Includes artwork from 45 artists. Next book is on composers and art.
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Good win for Korda over Arnaldi in 3. Working on the clay will improve his game.

The Trump administration confirmed to a federal judge Saturday that a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported last month remains confined in a notorious prison in El Salvador. buff.ly/gnFJ84m

Draw back the tapestry and there's a young lady at the clavicord, in 1665. As painted by Gerrit Dou, fine painter of Leiden, whose birthday we are celebrating.

Great hug between Alcaraz and ADF at the end of a well-played match. Alcaraz now the points leader in the ATP race as he moves into the final.

Monet’s Stepdaughter Painted Breathtaking Impressionist Masterpieces. They’re Finally Getting the Attention They Deserve by Eli Wizevich for @smithsonianmag.bsky.social www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/m...

Did not see Demon’s double bagel of Grigor. Anyone see it? What happened.

Good tennis between Fils and Alcaraz. Power, shotmaking, great movement. Hope for many more matches between them in the future.

This was Jack, a dear old friend who I met at Newk’s Tennis Legends Camp. I took this photo with Jack’s phone. A printed copy, along with a wonderful hand written letter, arrived to me in the mail ELEVEN years after he mailed it.🤔 Two years after he had passed away.😇 #HumansOfBluesky #eastcoastkin

BREAKING: The country of Norway just entered a bill to give transgender Americans asylum in the country of Norway… LGBTQ+ STRONG! 🌈✨

Georgia O'Keeffe : Pink Moon Over Water, 1924 Oil on canvas, 44 x 51 cm, 17 x 20 in Pink Moon Over Water is a rare Maine landscape in O’Keeffe’s work. Pink Moon was first shown under the title The Ocean and the Pink Moon in an exhibition at the Anderson Galleries, New York, in early 1924.

Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married? Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote. Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...

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Pears and oleander on a tazza, with jasmine, columbine and other flowers on a draped ledge, C17th, by #OrsolaMaddalenaCaccia (#TheodoraCaccia; Italian, c. 1596-c. 1676). To be auctioned Apr 29 by Dorotheum, www.dorotheum.com/en/l/9500885/ #nuntastic #womenartists #artherstory

If you follow me you may not be 1. in the US 2. an academic But I want to mention something the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) funds with its tiny slice of the budget — which was just gutted. Funding to make scholarly books Open Access — free for the public to read, anywhere.

Giovanna Garzoni Still Life with Birds and Fruit Note Card | Art Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art etsy.me/42hhM71 via Etsy

This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.

At protest in Fayetteville, Arkansas with about 500 others in bad weather. Tons of cars honking their support. Good energy. No hate, no fear. Everyone is welcome here!

Withered dandelions, n.d., by #BerthaWegmann (Danish, 1847-1926). Acquired by Ordrupgaard in 2024, ordrupgaard.dk/nyheder/nyt-... #womenartists #artherstory #NationalDandelionDay #DandelionDay

DOGE has terminated all four of the NEH grants for the American Musicological Society. Our executive director writes: “As the chief operating officer for the American Musicological Society, a 91-year-old knowledge society committed to the study of music, history, and culture, I am resolved.” 1/2

US recognises Taiwan independence let's goooooo 🎉🇹🇼🎉

Zheng d. Maria Sakkari 6-4 6-1 Qinwen reaches the Charleston Round of 16 for the first time. The last time she played on clay, she won an Olympic Gold Medal. A fantastic clay court player in her own right. Big Queenwen clay szn loading. 🇨🇳♥️

I’ll note that Congress could stop this if the GOP would do even its barest constitutional duty.

Peep this AMAZING piece of #craftivism made for banned book week! Read about it and the process here: blog.lib.utah.edu/let-freedom-...

I can’t keep up with all the illegal, immoral things Trump does. Main goal is to protect all those who are being hurt unfairly. Any advice?

If your ethics are wholly contingent on convenience and advantage 1) you don’t actually have any ethical principles 2) you sacrifice all the strategic value of ethics. You’ll lose the power of solidarity & narrative of the just, while getting absolutely none of the expedience/resources of evil.

You must know, then, that every tear comes from the heart, because there is no member in the body that has so much desire to satisfy the heart as the eye. If it has pain, the eye manifests it. St. Catherine of Siena, b. 1347

Happy Jazz Appreciation Month! Throughout April we'll be spotlighting different eras of Blue Note on our Store starting with Bebop titles by Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell, Miles Davis, Fats Navarro & more: store.bluenote.com/collections/... Stream our "Bebop" playlist: bluenote.lnk.to/bebop

Tonight we are celebrating the paperback publication of #NecessaryWomen at @antiquaries.bsky.social - a fantastic location!

RIP Richard Chamberlain, magnificent as Tchaikovsky in Ken Russell's THE MUSIC LOVERS (1971). Audacious of him to play a composer with homosexual leanings long before he came out in real life. First film I went to a cinema to see on my own. Watch it on a big screen if you get a chance - it's WILD!