So far the war on Iran has cost $9.4 billion.

That's $1 billion per day.

$41,666,667 per hour.

$11,574 per second.

Thousands of lives lost.

People don't want this. They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home. They want their basic needs met.

If you’re roughly my age, it’s wild to reflect on the optimism for the future Americans felt when Obama was elected — young Americans spontaneously took to the streets to celebrate! — and contrast with what we face today. The falloff over the past 18 years is hard to process.

Three philosophers & a novelist walk into a cafe….

CATNIP!!!

A beautifully produced little book!

reminds of the 9/11 pilots, who when training, showed no interest in the taking-off and landing part of the syllabus.

$400 million for a gilt-gold sleazy ballroom for T***p billionaire donors to celebrate together having rigged elections & assured themselves unassailable riches beyond measure even if, it's likely, T***p is no longer living by then; & no one will miss or remember him.

Good morning! 🌞 Grinch the cat time!
He looks like he wants to have a serious chat about something 🤣

for those of you who werent adults during iraq, its hard to overstate how much the media loves war porn. they salivate over pentagon spin briefings. they love stories about all the bombs and how supposedly infallible they are. they love the notion of the commander in chief, in the situation room etc

Tell Congress: Demand AG Bondi release ALL of the Epstein files now Contact Congress today!

The Epstein cover-up is starting to crack, but Pam Bondi is still stonewalling. This is the biggest scandal in modern history, and it's being buried.

Congress: Do your job. Demand the full release NOW.

Who's with us? Tell your reps:

love that song - and also hate that it needed to be written and is still entirely too relevant.

YouTube video by Colin Wright Deportee (Plane Crash At Los Gatos) Woody Guthrie

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu-d...

The skyplane caught fire over Los Gatos Canyon
The great ball of fire it shook all our hills
Who are these dear friends who are falling like dry leaves?
Radio said, "They are just deportees"

Woody Guthrie, "Deportee"

Goodbye to my Juan, farewell Roselita
Adios mes amigos, Jesus e Maria
You won't have a name when you ride the big airplane
All they will call you will be deportees

“Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down?
That’s not my department,” says Wernher von Braun.
(Tom Lehrer)

Abstract painting with dark ochre, pink-mauve, white, deep soft purple, hint of green in spots, with blocks of color and distinct lines that are yet soft. A landscape perhaps. Inner for sure.

an underlayer

already gone

regret

🤍🕊️

i may get a large print made. in honor. (if you’re interested in a print too, please reach out. gratitude if so ❤️)

#ArtistsOnBlueSky #BlueSkyArtShow #AbstractArt #AbstractExpressionism #Painter #Art #WomensArtBlueSky #BlueSkyArt #OregonArtist #Oregon

Ron Jeremy. Oh man, I think this one should have some fun comments! Did you know alt text helps people who are blind, have low vision, or struggle to interpret images access essential meaning when visuals aren’t usable? Also, it’s great for jokes! I know full well who the person is in the photo, and that I've added the bio of a different person entirely. It's a gag about people having a vaguely similar name, which I can mix up in a comedic way. Some people hate these, but you’re reading this so I hope you’re a lil entertained?

Celebrating a birthday today; Ron Howard, born March 1, 1954, the former child actor who became one of Hollywood’s most respected filmmakers. From The Andy Griffith Show and Happy Days to directing the Oscar‑winning A Beautiful Mind, his six‑decade career continues to shape modern storytelling

Vintage black-and-white studio portrait photograph of a young Berthe Morisot in the late 1860s or early 1870s, posed elegantly beside an ornate carved Victorian chair with twisted spindles and dark velvet upholstery. She is a poised woman in her 20s or early 30s with dark curly hair styled in an upswept fashionable manner, wearing a long-sleeved dark satin or silk dress with button detailing and a full, sweeping skirt. She leans gracefully on the chair arm with both hands, gazing directly to her left with a serious, introspective expression. The opulent interior background features paneled walls, evoking her bourgeois Parisian upbringing and her emergence as a key figure in Impressionism.

Impressionist oil painting "Woman at Her Toilette" (1875–1880) by Berthe Morisot, showing a young woman viewed from behind as she sits at her dressing table, arranging her hair in front of a large mirror. She wears an off-the-shoulder white gown with blue ribbon accents, her bare back and shoulders softly rendered in luminous, loose brushstrokes of white, cream, pink, and pale blue. The vanity holds a glass perfume bottle, flowers, and toiletries; the background dissolves into a dreamy swirl of pastel floral wallpaper, light reflections, and airy colors. The composition captures intimate, everyday feminine ritual with fleeting light and vibrant, sketch-like Impressionist technique, emphasizing privacy, elegance, and modern womanhood.

French painter Berthe Morisot died #OTD in 1895.

Acclaimed Impressionist who captured light, intimacy & everyday life with breathtaking brushwork. Only woman to exhibit her work at the first Impressionist exhibition (1874) alongside Monet, Renoir, and Degas. #art #ArtHistory #Impressionism #WHM

Captain Bonespurs, party of one

Chaos is all they do.
And to think all of the chaos is designed to keep only one worthless creature out of prison.

Kingfisher, a quiet little moment of feather-preening and stillness.

#WorkinProgress #Kingfisher #Birds #Nature #Watercolour #Painting #Art #Artist

An expressive watercolour of a house sparrow

Back to my expressive bird collection, this is a male house sparrow. He was perched on my stone garden wall waiting for a turn on the bird feeder.

#watercolours #birdart 🪶

Early morning at Derwentwater in January. Blue skies with white fluffy clouds reflected in the calm lake. A thin veil of mist is lifting over the lake. The boat moorings are reflected in the water. Soft light and within 15 minutes the whole of the lake was bathed in glorious winter sunshine.

A January morning at Derwentwater, Keswick in the Lake District. Lifting mists over the lake and a lovely calm cold morning. Within 15 minutes the whole lake was bathed in winter sunshine.

#landscapephotography
#derwentwater
#keswick
#uk
#lakedistrict

Howl
10”x10” Oil on cradled wood panel

A big part of the authoritarian playbook is war. War takes over the news. War blots out criticism. War divides a nation’s people, subjecting those against it to being called unpatriotic. War grants leaders all sorts of emergency powers. War consumes everything else.

We mustn’t let this war do so.

Or fox jackets

still cold in Princeton! puffy jackets required for Joyce & Kate.

truly the Ayatollah was a cruel tyrant but "getting rid" of an 86-year-old man said to be dying of cancer will not usher in a miraculous new democratic regime; likely, the same hardliners will remain in control and/or chaos will erupt. T***p only cares to avoid scrutiny as a notorious pedophile.