Brandi Chase

Beige Is the Color of Money Neutral hues have overtaken St. Moritz and other moneyed enclaves. “The ultrawealthy don’t want to show off,” says one luxury designer.

Sad. Beige. Billionaires.
Psst. We still see you.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/s...

#Handsoff Salt Lake City, ≈10K

The larger question: Why should women (or anyone for that matter) who change their names at marriage have to provide an additional proof of citizenship? Why the extra burden placed on a specific group?

Cover image on George Orwell's book The Road to Wigan Pier (1937) shows two miners of that era, dressed in sooty coveralls, wearing steel-toed boots, and sitting on a low brick wall in front of a row house.

We've been here before: The Road to Wigan Pier (Orwell 1937), applies to our present as much as post WWI Europe. Part II illuminates how the left undermines a coalition of "common interests" by disregarding class differences and why the DNC's flaccid response should come as no surprise. #orwell

Thank you for this clear-headed perspective concerning possible implications related to the changing world order.

Oh, I see. Dark, gothic, MAGA = Techno-fascist.

How will resigning prevent DOGE from accessing government records?

The Wolves convinced the Dogs that they were bothers. We are free, they said, but you are subject to your masters whose flocks you protect. Let’s not fight with each other. Let's feast together instead. The Dogs were persuaded. The Wolves quickly dispatched them and devoured the flock themselves.

GOOD. Not > 70.

Montgomery Mayor Calls for Removal of “Politicized” Billboard Artwork The work, designed by the art collective For Freedoms, depicts a photograph from Selma’s Bloody Sunday in 1965 overlaid with Trump’s campaign slogan.

A bit of excellent reporting from @hyperallergic.com yperalleric.com. What does Mayor Reed mean RE “being careful about our shared history” or presume is US consensus concerning the events of Bloody Sunday in particular and of this nation’s history in general?
hyperallergic.com/987173/montg...

What is DeepSeek? And How Is It Upending A.I.? (Gift Article) How did a little-known Chinese start-up cause the markets and U.S. tech giants to quake? Here’s what to know.

Schadenfreude: DeepSeek

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/t...

Well played.

You don't have to read Karl Marx to be able to recognize class warfare. But it helps.

When I look at the negative space surrounding a vessel, I can more clearly see the line that defines its profile—and spot weirdnesses that don't match my intention for the form.

Using the negative space to recognize the profile of a pot.