Dr. Benjamin L. Jones

No Man Can Serve Two Masters: A Critique of Mastery in Charles White’s Sound of Silence Sound of Silence is the final series of lithographs produced by Charles White, one of the most prodigious American artists of the twentieth century. It is but one example of how White’s practice em...

No Man Can Serve Two Masters: A Critique of Mastery in Charles White’s Sound of Silence @benljones.bsky.social

No Man Can Serve Two Masters: A Critique of Mastery in Charles White’s Sound of Silence Sound of Silence is the final series of lithographs produced by Charles White, one of the most prodigious American artists of the twentieth century. It is but one example of how White’s practice em...

New essay just dropped via Art Journal

doi.org/10.1080/0004...

Reminder: as the Dow is tanking faster than 2008, and four dead servicemen arrive at Dover, Trump is golfing: with the saudis

It was apocalyptic last time too

We warned you of their plan

Worst day in the stock market since Trump's last term.

so my favorite dive bar in WI passed up showing tonight’s Bucks game so they could show live poll results. when the election was called for Crawford, the whole bar started chanting, “Fuck El*n”. the bartender pulled out the good stuff and handed out free shots to us all—an absolutely electric nite

I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.

If i send you this.....we goin all night no breaks

Corey booker

Cory Booker Slams Trump’s Policies in Marathon Senate Floor Speech The New Jersey senator criticized the president’s plans for Social Security, education and health care, saying the “nation is in crisis.” He was still speaking in the predawn hours.

We need to support politicians who step up! “Booker, the New Jersey Democrat, began speaking on Monday evening & said he planned to continue for as long as he was “physically able.” He was still going as of 5 a.m. Eastern... “I rise tonight because I believe sincerely that our nation is in crisis.”

As soon as I heard @booker.senate.gov was filibustering my first thought was: "ooh good, maybe he'll read octavia butler"

A Pan-African Blockbuster Portrays the Continent as a Monolith “Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica” is on view at the Art Institute of Chicago and traveling to Barcelona and Brussels.

Interesting read on this show:

An ad on the London Underground posted by Subvertisers for London which states: Brands aren't your friends They're only nice to you so you keep buying things you don't really need #AdvertisingShitsInYourHead

Reminder:

#AdvertisingShitsInYourHead

How To Stop Junk Mail Tired of having your mailbox crammed with ads and other mail you didn’t ask for, like preapproved credit card applications?

Anyone ever try this?
#blacksky
consumer.ftc.gov/articles/how...

We trauma dumping on a Chinese app 😭. They sick of us

Officially at the "annual existential crisis" point of the winter weather and grey skies dragging into spring

This cracks me up... but fr john cho gives some dope interviews about that trope and being a comedian having to learn to fight to get gigs.

Legit Akwafina's random skills only make sense for an audience that thinks if you're Asian you're born knowing martial arts.

Lacking curiosity

This clip is def giving power rangers

What aging feels like

Hahaha

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It seems like you're assuming a quick and painless situation

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Going back? Dude is just saying the quiet part out loud. NYC, PLEASE FIRE SCHUMER.