James Mitchell

Polar bears in summer heat, Christopher Paetkau.
#critters

Annotating the Judge’s Decision in the Case of Liam Conejo Ramos, a 5-Year-Old Detained by ICE (Gift Article) Our critic annotates the barbed wordplay of a decision challenging the Trump administration’s theory of executive power.

Reading this NYT article is a bit of a long slog, but is ample evidence how federal lower court federal judges have taken over defending the Constitution in place of the Supreme Court, which has apparently abandoned it.
#Ice #IceOut #LiamConejoRamos

Sorry, Zhou Dynasty was 11th to 3rd century BC.

At first glance I thought this must be some exotic species of insect, but it turned out to be a wine vessel from the Western Zhou Dynasty 12th-11th c. BC. Don't ask me how it wound up in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. I would use it to store my THC edibles.
#archaeology #Sinaica

ICE agents firing tear gas cannisters at protesters in Minneapolis, ferociously costumed for the event, as if embattled with murderous invaders from outer space. You can't help but wonder what kind of ridiculous phantasy they've found themselves hired to perform. Photo: Craig Laissig. #minneapolis

Florida green iguana in breeding season - Ronen Tivony, Shutterstock. Love the half-closed eye.
#critters

16 Cheyne Walk, London

Dante Gabriel Rossetti is shown reviewing proofs in 1882 in the drawing room of his house at 16 Cheyne Walk, London SW3, built in 1817. Note the cool carpet and tiled fireplace. Painting by Henry Treffry Dunn, 1882.
#oilpainting

Nasturtiums, by Jeremy Lipking.
#oilpainting

I think Mozart would have liked this update of the dalla Croce portrait (age 16) by Royalty Now, being something of a smart-ass in his teen years, and the only German composer I can think of with a lively sense of humor. His birthdate is January 27th, 1756.
#Mozart

Ladybug on clover bossom, Lucy Green.

#Minneapolis

Lone Wolf. Danny Green, The Guardian.
#critters

Water flows around ice formed on the New York side of the Niagara Falls. Photograph: Moe Doiron/Reuters, 2019.
#winter

King's College Chapel, Cambridge.
#architecture #winter

North American Baroque - Cairo, Illinois.
Nick Nichols.

Renate Biergarten in Friedrichshain, photographer unknown.
#Berlin #winter

John Bellany self-portrait, 1976.
I guess he liked animals a lot.
#oilpainting

Bowl with human feet, Pre-Dynastic Egypt, ca. 3900 BCE, Metropolitan Museum, NYC.
#archaeology #egyptology

It is fortunate for us that psychiatric treatment has made significant progress since 1600.
[Mathhaeus Greuter: A Surgery where All Fantasy and Follies Are Purged," ca. 1600. Thx @archaeology art.]
#medicine #psychiatry #Baroque

Winter Scene, by Quint Buccholz
#oilpainting #winter

#SundayFunnies

Ultimate Pallas's Cat's Kitten's look of inquiry indicates it is prepared for any eventuality.
#caturday

What You’re Watching Isn’t What You’re Really Watching “Federal and local officials dispute the circumstances that led an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer to fatally shoot a 37-year-old woman...

This is funny enough to make you cry.

www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wha...

Stay warm this winter, you guys!
(Drawing of Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh, Ernest Shepard.)

Time feels like it stopped flowing here… The water is frozen, the forest is silent, yet the story is still unfolding. 🧊🌲 Those who can see this silence, stay. Follow for what comes next. ❄️👁️

Time feels like it stopped flowing here…
The water is frozen, the forest is silent,
yet the story is still unfolding. 🧊🌲

Those who can see this silence, stay.
Follow for what comes next. ❄️👁️

#snow #photo #Bluesky #BlueSkyArt #winter #Art #photography #cold #travel #wintermood #blueskyphotography

Jef Bourgeau: Moonlight Serenade
#oilpainting

Jean-François Dupuis Photographe
Sherbrooke, Quebec
#hipstamatic #Quebec

Solitude, by Anna Katrina Zinkeisen, 1901-1976. Thx Doug Baker.
#oilpainting