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B&W photo of a building facace

B&W photo of a building facace

Relief sculpture of a lithe figure in a dancing-like pose

Relief sculpture of a lithe figure in a dancing-like pose

I'm just a lowly art historian, but in moments like these I always think back to one early sign of Trump's wanton, pointless destructiveness: his demolition of the priceless & irreplaceable Art Deco relief sculptures on facade of the Bonwit Teller building, which he tore down to build Trump Tower

02.04.2025 23:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2383    πŸ” 771    πŸ’¬ 54    πŸ“Œ 57

really would love to them (panarin) to figure it out...

15.10.2025 02:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems... SIMON: What? SHAPIRO: ...Or saying... SIMON: You imagine that? SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over. SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level. SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this. SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

David Simon, creator of β€˜The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

09.10.2025 04:42 β€” πŸ‘ 28880    πŸ” 9118    πŸ’¬ 340    πŸ“Œ 925

I went to find who would say it. Thankfully didn't have to scroll too far. 🀝

02.10.2025 23:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

same & now bucky getting an MRI?!?!

29.09.2025 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a few small beers

29.09.2025 03:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1189    πŸ” 288    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 101

Martinez vs Mbilli was one of the best fights I've watched in recent years

14.09.2025 03:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Since June this has been an unfathomable stretch of inconsistent, terrible baseball

13.09.2025 01:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

when i chirp shawty chirp back

12.09.2025 14:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

PLEASE MR KENNEDY

09.09.2025 02:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

damn.

08.09.2025 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

King take Bishop

08.09.2025 01:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Important to remember that everyone involved in renaming the DoD to the Department of War is afraid to take the subway.

05.09.2025 22:42 β€” πŸ‘ 18698    πŸ” 5307    πŸ’¬ 213    πŸ“Œ 149

I'm not sure if I'm remembering this right or not but I feel like at some point in this game I had amassed something like 999 lives? Either way, knuckles flying was so legit.

30.08.2025 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

CDC’s Pledge to the American People

1. Be a diligent steward of the funds entrusted to our agency:

CDC accomplishes agency-wide fiscal accountability and oversight of appropriations, acquisitions, assistance, and financial management of government funds. This aids in CDC's public health mission by ensuring appropriate fiscal stewardship of taxpayer dollars.

2. Provide an environment for intellectual and personal growth and integrity:

CDC expects that employees know and follow the fourteen principles of ethical conduct for executive branch personnel. These principles help foster growth for both individual employee and agency wide progress to further public health science, and maintain the public's trust.

3. Base all public health decisions on the highest quality scientific data that is derived openly and objectively:

CDC ensures its science and research activities, as well as employees, comply with various federal laws, regulations, and policies in order to exercise the highest level of scientific integrity. To "enhance the quality, integrity of and access to CDC science," is one of 4 pillars the Office of the Associate Director of Science at CDC considers a priority and responsibility.

4. Place the benefits to society above the benefits to our institution:

CDC employees are prohibited from participating in any matter that would pose a conflict of interest or appearance of bias. This helps ensure CDC achieves the highest quality of scientific research, and works to protect the nation's health.

5. Treat all persons with dignity, honesty, and respect:

The Principles of the Ethical Practice of Public Health is intended principally for public and other institutions in the United States that have an explicit public health mission. It contains values and beliefs underlying the code, principles of the ethical practice of public health, and supplemental materials.

CDC’s Pledge to the American People 1. Be a diligent steward of the funds entrusted to our agency: CDC accomplishes agency-wide fiscal accountability and oversight of appropriations, acquisitions, assistance, and financial management of government funds. This aids in CDC's public health mission by ensuring appropriate fiscal stewardship of taxpayer dollars. 2. Provide an environment for intellectual and personal growth and integrity: CDC expects that employees know and follow the fourteen principles of ethical conduct for executive branch personnel. These principles help foster growth for both individual employee and agency wide progress to further public health science, and maintain the public's trust. 3. Base all public health decisions on the highest quality scientific data that is derived openly and objectively: CDC ensures its science and research activities, as well as employees, comply with various federal laws, regulations, and policies in order to exercise the highest level of scientific integrity. To "enhance the quality, integrity of and access to CDC science," is one of 4 pillars the Office of the Associate Director of Science at CDC considers a priority and responsibility. 4. Place the benefits to society above the benefits to our institution: CDC employees are prohibited from participating in any matter that would pose a conflict of interest or appearance of bias. This helps ensure CDC achieves the highest quality of scientific research, and works to protect the nation's health. 5. Treat all persons with dignity, honesty, and respect: The Principles of the Ethical Practice of Public Health is intended principally for public and other institutions in the United States that have an explicit public health mission. It contains values and beliefs underlying the code, principles of the ethical practice of public health, and supplemental materials.

Worth reading CDC's Pledge to the American People from 2024. It is, put simply, the antithesis of RFK Jr.'s actions in office to date. www.cdc.gov/about/pledge...

29.08.2025 17:03 β€” πŸ‘ 364    πŸ” 122    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 7
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City of Atlanta opening grocery store to clear up downtown food desert The Azalea Fresh Market opens on Friday.

The City of Atlanta is opening its first municipal grocery store today.

The city is spending $3.5 million in partnership with a neighborhood grocery chain in an effort to eliminate a downtown food desert.

www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...

29.08.2025 14:33 β€” πŸ‘ 8861    πŸ” 1911    πŸ’¬ 213    πŸ“Œ 205

Would you mind sharing the artist of those prints you have? I had followed them on X but have since deleted my account there!

27.08.2025 12:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

...a most unsettling question of our time

lol

26.08.2025 14:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ministry of Plenty

01.08.2025 19:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Kill the Devil" by Tony McCaulay & Juvens Nsabimana is a novel about post-conflict Rwanda. Tony is from Northern Ireland and was drawn to the stories of reconciliation in Rwanda, esp with personal history in the Troubles. Juvens is a playwright from Rwanda and they collaborated to write the novel.

30.07.2025 23:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Queens in the house

30.07.2025 20:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

preordred on @bookshop.org πŸ’ͺ

30.07.2025 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

yeah...it's time.

30.07.2025 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I was disappointed to see it wasn't getting a theatrical run. Would've definitely gotten me and the boys out for a night at the movies!

25.07.2025 23:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | JD Vance Claims One of Our Worst Traditions as His Own

come for the extended intro where i call jd vance a loser, stay for my analysis connecting vance's argument to the most reactionary antebellum views of citizenship

23.07.2025 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2910    πŸ” 516    πŸ’¬ 85    πŸ“Œ 48

Wow. This perfectly captures why I feel so disappointed when reading so many pieces about film and TV these days. We get an entire recap, sometimes scene for scene, of an episode and then one paragraph about "what this might mean". It's empty calories and I'm constantly left hungry.

18.07.2025 00:03 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The secret to Baltimore's extraordinary year This April, Baltimore saw five homicides.

For everyone who has ever asked, on seeing my Baltimore homicide charts, "How did they do that?"

16.07.2025 13:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1530    πŸ” 440    πŸ’¬ 38    πŸ“Œ 60

ladies & gentlemen....ya got me

16.07.2025 15:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
08.07.2025 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 671    πŸ” 99    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 3

we really need our fellow creative new yorkers to start making videos from all over the city to show it's pretty much the exact opposite of everything they claim about our home

08.07.2025 13:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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