Geomantic

I believe in free markets, individual liberty, and limited government. That's why I oppose spending 100s of billions on police who are dedicated to undermining free markets in labor, denying individual liberty, and imposing unlimited, authoritarian government.

not sure how many different ways these guys can demonstrate their utter contempt and disrespect to artists

World War II pro-American propaganda.

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From this month's edition of The Onion.

Here's my parking story.

great piece here

Also, it costs about $15 billion to conduct the census under normal conditions, probably more if they’re rushing it.

Thursday’s sunrise through smoky #haze over the Capitol in #DC! @capitalweather.bsky.social @ianlivingston.bsky.social

Washington Post: “Is fascism bad? The answer may surprise you”

Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”

Monhegan Lighthouse - 1916
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3105019

Onward. #nokings

This is very important:

Many institutions like universities & corporations bending the knee to Trump aren't just otherwise independent organizations forced to comply.

Rather, Trump's actions offer their management & owners an *opportunity* to do the Trumpist things they already wanted to do.

Tesla board awards $30bn of shares to ‘energise and focus’ Elon Musk World’s richest man threatened to quit as chief executive of electric-vehicle maker if he was not given more stock

"Musk promised to refocus his attention on Tesla after the carmaker’s sales collapsed in Europe and other key markets during his time working in the Trump administration".

I wonder how many normal people get a pay rise to help them "focus" after screwing up at work?
www.ft.com/content/ae08...

The rich must be incentivised; the poor must be disciplined.

The political economy of the super-elite in one headline.

A society in which every child shall grow up in pleasant homes and attractive surroundings and with good educational opportunities; in which every adult shall be provided for in sickness and adversity; and in which the pensioner can take untroubled ease.

Seeing a bit of angst about lack of vision in progressive politics both sides of the Atlantic. So once again I offer you St Lucian development economist Arthur Lewis’s sketch of what socialists want.

The Mothership Vortex: An Investigation Into the Firm at the Heart of the Democratic Spam Machine How a single consulting firm extracted $282 million from a network of spam PACs while delivering just $11 million to actual campaigns.

I recently complained/asked how to stop (there were no good answers) the Democratic fundraising texts. A friend shared this piece about what a total scam it is: "$11 million of the $678 million raised from individuals has made its way to candidates, campaigns, or the national party committees."

Country Garden with Sunflowers

Country Garden with Sunflowers #artbots #klimt
https://botfrens.com/collections/109/contents/28521

*Won't be long till the AI Bull heads for the china shop here #slopjects

burt's shrimp lip balm parody ad in an onion newspaper

really appreciating the onion as physical media.

A football field is 57,600 square feet.

A. Conger Goodyear Fund

Lady Apart (Dame abseits) http://www.moma.org/collection/works/33876

Totally not a cult.

Painting

Painting https://www.wikiart.org/en/joan-miro/painting

When Trump uses $1 billion of our hard-earned money to buy himself a gold-plated gift, he reminds us all of how he has shredded the Constitution’s two Emoluments Clauses, which he violated from the first day of his first term.

Faculty Support of George Mason’s President Draws Federal Investigation

This is actually a significant & frightening step in the fascist flex.

If you support someone targeted by Trump the DOJ will turn its investigatory muscle against you.

Faculty Support of George Mason’s President Draws Federal Investigation www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...

BellTopo Sans is complemented by the lovely color palette and hand-drawn graphs, too! #dataviz #cartography

In the sea, under certain circumstances, seals have more than once been mistaken for men.