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Night Spectre on the Beach

Night Spectre on the Beach

Wonderful & cute & I so want to visit the Californias, Krizona, New Jefst & all the other states of this imperfectly imagined post-disaster. I for one welcome our new neurologically damaged administrators from Mars.

The wildest thing about this era is watching so many institutions say out loud yeah, we’re done committing ourselves to excellence, we’re going to specialize in the coddling of mediocre white men

Black and white photo of the diner Tiny Naylor's, a space-age boomerang slab of concrete with pillars and classic cars parked outside.

The crappy Tesla joint in Los Angeles has me reminiscing about Tiny Naylor's, the authentic drive-in restaurant at Sunset and La Brea that closed in 1984. I ate there after moving to LA in '83 & it really did have waitresses on roller skates who brought you a little car window tray. Good times.

I don’t want my daughter playing basketball with a trans woman. I just want her to play basketball while men throw sex toys at her, like God intended.

YouTube video by ceerious Uncle Pat - The Sopranos

You have to imagine the crossover between Sopranos Fans and @greatdismal.bsky.social fans would be thin, but would it be wide enough for this reference to Johnny Mnemonic to go without passing over heads?

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In 4 weeks!

Andrea Kowch, The Visitors
acrylic on canvas

Camille Claudel,
an Unromantic Reality
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I saw three cities, 1944
by Surrealist Kay Sage.
Her work has notably not been as recognised as that of her much more celebrated husband, fellow Surrealist Yves Tanguy #WomensArt

Guerrilla Girls, 'The Advantages Of Being A Woman Artist', 1988 poster #womensart

Eternity

Eternity #artbots #magritte
https://botfrens.com/collections/61/contents/18983

Trump Administration Begins to Strip Federal Workers of Union Protections

RIP Collective Bargaining.

Credit where it’s due: Kessler has written *by far* the most eye-opening piece about the decimation of the Washington Post.

This is the level of news I can handle these days

Ring camera captures a moose standing at the wreath-covered red front door of a house.

“Have you heard the good moose?”

That’s so Pam, isn’t it?🤦🏻‍♀️

"I gave up being serious about making pictures around the time I made a film with Greer Garson and she took a hundred and twenty-five takes to say 'No'"

Robert Mitchum, born 6 August 1917.

The Smartest Person in the Room That's Not a Good Thing

Yeah, that wasn't a compliment.

The new Frick: A somewhat sentimental reaction Contributed by David Carrier / Rebuilding seems to be a cyclical occurrence for older art museums. The collection expands, styles of display change, more capacious restaurants and shops may be need…

Review: Overall, though, designing in a contemporary style within a relatively small building, they successfully and unobtrusively complemented the old galleries, harmonizing diverse structures. The new galleries are functional but not opulent,

Kristi Noem playing dress up and posing for photographers in a screenshot from tomorrow's new South Park episode

I regret to inform you that Trey Parker and Matt Stone are probably going to be deported.

It seems we used to have a system where people were forced to work in fields for food benefits. I can't remember the name of it exactly, but I don't think it was called "dignity." 🫣

Everyone I know is listening to the 2025 hit “fight the power” by public enemy

Study of a woman's head

Study of a woman's head https://www.wikiart.org/en/leonardo-da-vinci/study-of-a-woman-s-head

A sketch of Ella’s face; white on a brown background.

So Verve must’ve had a significant art budget.* In 1961 they commissioned none other than Henri Matisse for Ella Fitzgerald’s Harold Arlen Song Book, with Billy May. A two-record set, with arrangements by Billy May.

* I guess a strong dollar helped.

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Trump Taps George Santos to Head Dept. Of Labor Statistics Beltway insiders are calling it one of the most stunning political comebacks in American history.

“The American economy added a million new jobs in May and a billion new jobs in June,” Santos declared.

There are pink and blue bands in the morning sky. And clouds!

Good morning, folks. The sky says trans rights are human rights.

A long exposure image of the Earth from orbit showing the Dragon capsule, the city lights appearing like streaks with the green and orange atmospheric glow, many stars in the background of space with the streak of the Milky Way and both Magellanic Clouds as large circular blobs.

3 GALAXIES CAPTURED FROM ORBIT!!!

YOU CAN SEE THE MILKY WAY AND BOTH MAGELLANIC CLOUDS!! 🌌🌌

yet ANOTHER banger from astronaut don pettit

Jazz haters suck

If you’re an immigrant with legal status who’s committed 0 crimes you can be sent to a torture prison where you’ll be raped and dehumanized.

If you’re old pals with Trump and ran a pedophile ring you get sent to a cushy minimum security prison despite being ineligible because you’re a sex offender.