Loulou

Hand embroidered portrait in shades of blue.

Blue. Visual memoir in hand-stitching. 2024. Cotton thread on muslin.

There's a bee in my brain and some satellites. I'm waning, waning. Have you seen my French knots?

US pushes nations facing tariffs to approve Musk’s Starlink. Wow the corruption. An internal State Department memo lays it bare:“As the government of Lesotho negotiates a trade deal with the United States, it hopes that licensing Starlink demonstrates goodwill and intent to welcome U.S. businesses.”

Elon Musk’s staffers are trying to push into the National Gallery of Art. They recently met with the museum’s director and legal team, to question its legal status and explore ways to assert influence. One of the nation’s most respected art institutions is now in their crosshairs.

1925 or 2025? 1. There’s an innovative American automotive manufacturer being run by a total bigot. 2. In large swaths of the country, a marginalized community i...

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People spend a lot of time wondering why the left is worse at using independent media to control the national narrative.

A useful exercise is to ask why the left is also worse at selling snake oil and pyramid schemes, because I think the reasons are basically exactly the same.

Digital collage, 2022

Cheddar leans forward, resting his chin on his mama's finger as she scritches it.

Chin chinny me, chin chinny me,
Chin chin cha woo
Wubbing my chin means dat
Lukky is yoo

Chin chinny me, chin chinny me,
Chin chin cha wite
Good luk will wub off
Wen I turn and I bite!

#CheddarParrydee #CheddarSong #ItFwomMarryPoopins #BiteBitebite #FinComeForSnak

Cory. Booker.

Not satisfied with purchasing a Presidential Election to become co-President, Sissy SpaceX now wants to buy himself a Supreme Court judge in Wisconsin.

You can end his shopping spree, Wisconsinites! 🚫 💰

#VoteForJudgeSusanCrawford 🗳️ ✅ 👍

This is super important.

Submit/Rezist. Acrylic and metal leaf on canvas. New, by me...

YouTube video by The Center for Fiction Radical Translations: Maria Dahvana Headley, Emily Wilson, and Madeline Miller

During early pandemic, Emily Wilson did this event with Maria Dahvana Headley who did a new translation of Beowulf and Madeline Miller who reimaged Circe and it was absolutely delightful.
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Happy end-of-day, to those who celebrate. #aiart #midjourney

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Flame or Bangle Give your Valentine (or yourself!) this fire and ice heart -- it's a jewel! Hand painted on gallery-wrapped canvas, this one-of-a-kind gift is ready to hang. 4 inches square by 1 inch deep, with mould...

Loving everyone's stuff here! Thanks for the thread. Here is one of my Sacred/Mundane Hearts..

"Breathe properly. Stay curious. And eat your beets." Rest in peace, Tom Robbins. Jitterbug Perfume for life.

DeadLove Pez

School Librarians Celebrated at Sundance Film Festival Screening of Documentary, There were tears and standing ovations as librarians, including Martha Hickson and Amanda Jones, watched their stories of fighting against censorship chronicled in the new film.

After years of battling censorship and enduring personal attacks, school librarians traveled to the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, UT, in January to screen The Librarians, a documentary that chronicled their fight.

Can this tech billionaire save the media from an AI apocalypse? He thinks the entire internet could be at risk if he doesn't act fast.

The CEO of Cloudflare -- the company that keeps so much of the Internet running -- is looking at the idea of blocking all AI crawlers, like they were malicious traffic.

If it happens, it'd be a massive, massive deal for tech and media.

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Yes, this, but absent this Alt DNC!!

Posterized image of Marge Simpson Pez dispenser against a background of pez candies all mixed in a pile

Two words? Strawberry PEZ.

Good morning. ☕️

A little motivation for your Sunday from David Lynch 🤍

Freddie Mercury & David Bowie’s Isolated Vocals for Queen’s “Under Pressure” (1981) In the summer of 1981, the British band Queen was recording tracks for their tenth studio album, Hot Space, at Mountain Studios in Montreux, Switzerland. As it happened, David Bowie had scheduled time...

Some days we make things, some days we just love things someone else made.

#1 social media tip:

Believe in kindness.

Interact with people you like, support them, help them get traction. Comment on their art, cheer them on, share a shop post. Be selfless.

Kindness blossoms into more kindness. It will take you far. People who stick together, grow together.