Bettina Jackson Cantador

Yeah, how long before "Operation Achilles and His Very Good Friend Patroclus"?

You're taking off your stockings when a fool with a foot fetish pops out from behind the bed. It's the Dutch Golden Age! Brought to you by Adriaen van de Venne, whose day was today.

my heart wants a beautiful, neatly arranged home like the ones featured in architectural digest. but my spirit wants to adopt as many cats and dogs as my living space humanely allows. very difficult dilemma.

What we're watching: A new take on "Frankenstein," a lavish legal drama starring Kim Kardashian and a Tracy Morgan-led spinoff.

sometimes an Oxford comma can make all the difference

Flight into Egypt with extra-cute baby J. By Francisco de Zurbaran, whose day is today.

The 2025 version of a Renaissance painting.

This is a baroque painting.

Entrez dans la danse Vincent Wackenheim offre une analyse exhaustivement illustrée de la persistance du motif de la danse macabre dans l’iconographie après l’époque moderne.

Vincent Wackenheim offre une analyse exhaustivement illustrée de la persistance du motif de la danse macabre dans l’iconographie après l’époque moderne.
Par Marc Donnadieu.

Library of Alexandria slide done.

according to the liberation newspaper, documents dating back to a 2014 inspection by the French National Agency for the Security of Computer Systems reported a staggering detail: "the password of the louvre's video surveillance server was simply " louvre. "

the password to the louvre surveillance server was "louvre"

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Image of Bill O'Reilly's old ass endorsing a product called Relaxium in a cheap TV ad that's styled to look like Fox News.

"We have a great product that really works. Now to find a spokesman and aesthetic that's synonymous with 'feeling and being chill.'"

If we had wanted a president to renovate the bathrooms at the White House we would have voted for Joe Bidet.

He: let me tell you about my brave soldierly exploits. She: I’ll be needing a refill on the wine soon. By Gabriel Metsu, whose day is today.

I used to be a one-issue 2028 voter, which issue being you will prosecute and jail all of them; I add an issue: If that ballroom carbuncle is completed, it must be razed.

Embarrassing face plant

Cuomo campaign:

Police focus on ladder placed against the side of the Louvre Andrew Harding Paris correspondent, at the scene

Sorry but this is the funniest headline I will read all year

Milquetoast pushback in congress, but where is the outrage of the International community? Rules-based order???
I hate this timeline: it is a continuous avalanche of rampant, unchecked corruption, and human rights’ violations.

"A future president, even dumber than you, will allow Qatar, the country that harbored Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the architect of the plane attacks in NY, PA, and DC today, and whose royal family will help him escape capture by the US, to build a military base on US soil to train Qataris to fly jets."

Battle of Heraclius & Chosroes by Piero della Francesca, working in the Cappella Maggiore, Arezzo. Most utterly motionless battle ever painted. Even Uccello moves more than this. Today is Piero's day.

2/2 Chien de Rolin: Pretty chuffed about being invited to the big event.

Portland is a “war-ravaged” city that is “on fire,” President Trump warns. But I braved the artillery fire and militia checkpoints to bring you this video report from the front lines.

We are different from all other humans in history Countless experiences that have become routine for us are unprecedented in the history of our species. Here's why that matters.

I wrote about all the lived experiences and strange structures of modern society — many of which we take for granted — that were literally impossible for all previous generations of Homo sapiens. www.forkingpaths.co/p/we-are-dif...

This obviously raises more questions about Joe Biden's mental competence

Today's artist w/out a known birthday: Luis Egidio Meléndez, brilliant still-life painter from Madrid. Also quite able in other areas, as displayed in his self-portrait w/ an academic drawing, 1747. Plus Historical Hottie du jour!

One would expect Rafael Cruz to know that the Macarena is by an Andalusian group and not a Mariachi band. Rafa’s bit of ethnocentrism is showing. But, let’s be fair…Cancún resorts likely play the song on a loop.

Holy family having a little time-out in front of angels' palace, 1507. Joseph is fed up with whole thing. Early work by Jan Gossaert of Antwerp, Rome, Middelburg, Duurstede, and lots other places. His day is today.

Study of St Jerome - Dürer - finally solves the mystery of how you store your cardinal’s hat or galero (BM)

Today, 30 Sept, is Jerome's feast day.

I only go to the zoo with the little ones. I’m not happy that higher primates are kept in enclosures, as they are sentient beings. This was one poor soul I caught on camera. We really shouldn’t be breeding them for entertainment in zoos.

Everyone in this administration has a 3rd grade level understanding of the Constitution, the law, and foreign policy. Shorter Hegseth: I personally don't see why we can't just do war crimes, so crime away