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Today’s Canadian painting is “Vue d’Hochelaga” painted by Marc Aurele Fortin.

RFK Jr fired 1000 people from the CDC late last night.

He wiped out entire teams that investigate disease outbreaks, infectious disease responses, data collection, and more.

Yes, this should aIarm you!!!!

A ruined church in the Czech village of Luková holds life-sized ghosts made of gauze and plaster. Created by an artist, they sit in pews as if in eternal prayer. The living come to worship among the dead. #31DaysofHalloween #31DaysofHaunting

The Lammas and Harvest Fairs were once the social heart of the countryside. Pipers played, apples were pressed, and livestock changed hands. Beneath the trade was gratitude; a farewell to summer’s plenty. #FolkyFriday

To be fair, Jaxson Dart and Cam Skattebo, does sound like a pair of cold case detectives who accidentally run into each other at an AA meeting in a church basement.

Why María Machado Deserved the Nobel Peace Prize The Venezuelan opposition leader shows why participation matters.

Nobel Peace Prizes have often been awarded to people who fight autocracy. Maria Corina Machado fits right into that tradition

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Today’s Canadian painting is “Falling Leaves” painted by Brian Jones in 1980.

Deleting/hiding all of the “prime day“ ads, and not clicking on any of the salebait headlines for same, is filling me with a great deal of satisfaction.

He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me. —Matthew‬ ‭25‬:‭45‬ ‭

I was seriously just thinking about this last night and came looking for you guys again. I dumped all social media for a while and I’m building back without saying anything um shall we say um controversial. Here we go

Wolf moon
Snow moon
Worm moon
Pink moon
Flower moon
Strawberry moon
Buck moon
Sturgeon moon
Full corn moon
Hunters moon
Goshdarn moon
Beaver moon
Cold moon

Yah checks out

YouTube video by Comedy Central Latinoamérica Lip Sync Battle - Tom Holland

Aaaand now I have to repost the umbrella video
Holy fak!! Still great

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YouTube video by Star Wars Andor | Karis Nemik’s Manifesto | Disney+

I regret to inform you that Nemik's manifesto is the new Tom Holland “Umbrella.” You have to repost every time. It’s just where we are. #ihavefriendseverywhere

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Painting of a stylised white woman in a pale green dress standing facing left in front of a full moon as five or more ravens fly past to the left against a dark sky

Girl in the East Wind with Ravens Passing the Moon, 1893 by Glasgow School artist Frances MacDonald #WomensArt

Something something seeds of its own destruction something.

Hmmmmm

6 minutes and at least 45 in my house

Photo looking down on four petri dishes, neatly arranged, with what resembles bacteria and mould growing inside created with crochet and embroidery

Elin Thomas, UK textile artist who uses embroidery/crochet to create unique work resembling petri dishes and bacteria spores #womensart

No Frog a’la peche! Ok then I go with Argentinian eggs

A new favorite by my husband @tealcartoons.bsky.social 👇

Catalpa Tree is TWISTED. Parthenon in the background.

There is a tree in Nashville that I'm pretty sure was pulled up into a tornado when it was a sapling, but it had strong roots and it survived. I visit it every time I'm at Centennial Park. When I first moved here, it was barely taller than me, and now it's an adult!

Madeline Miller’s Circe reframes Homer’s enchantress not as a side character but as heroine. A witch among gods, she bends fate and finds power in exile. Myth rewritten for the modern age. #MythologyMonday

Operation Meetinghouse alone was enough. Add Operation Gomorrah for the European theater

Ceramic artwork in white resembling human lungs with small birds perched inside, all against a grey backdrop

Artist Kate MacDowell explores the interaction between humans and nature through ceramics, porcelain #WomensArt

House of South Carolina Judge Criticized by Trump Administration Set Ablaze Authorities are investigating a fire at the home of a South Carolina judge who had reportedly received death threats in what could be the latest incident of political violence across the country.

The home of South Carolina Circuit Court judge Diane Goodstein was set on fire and burned to the ground after she received death threats, following criticism by the Trump administration.

Jarrow ladies fire brigade, 1916 (Tyne & Wear Archives & Museum).

Edith Hamilton’s Mythology remains a doorway text for many readers. With retellings of Greek, Roman, and Norse tales, it shaped how generations first met gods and heroes in English. #MythologyMonday

Today’s Canadian painting is “Shawinigan Falls” painted by Allan Edson in 1869.

Elizabeth Catlett, Sharecropper, 1952, US printmaker and sculptor who focused on the lives and the struggle for Civil Rights of US Black communities #ReframingWomenPrintmakers