Arthur David Spota

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Andrew Bret Wallis ~ Ghost Dance

Had always considered Ivor Cutler's oeuvre to be "uncategorizlseable" and loved him for it, but there's always one, isn't there...

British contemporary artist Andrew Bret Wallis
Midnight Hail Storm

#ContemporaryArt

German-American fashion photographer Horst P. Horst

Patterns from Nature (Photographic Collage, 1945)

#HorstPHorst #Photography #Collage

Minab school bombing: how the worst mass casualty event of the Iran war unfolded – a visual guide A strike on Shajareh Tayyebeh school during the US-Israeli bombing campaign killed up to 168 people. The Guardian has pieced together the incident and its aftermath using verified footage and images f...

Trump and Hegseth won't even look at or address this total screw-up war crime committed in the initial stages of their not-a-war.

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

A large crowd, amid which are two vehicles bearing stages and a small elevated monument with people standing on its platform. A headline reads: Thousands in Iran Attend Burial of Children Killed in Bombing of School. Photo by Abbas Zakeri/Mehr News Agency, via Associated Press

A photo distributed by Iranian state media showed thousands in the streets of a town in southern Iran on Tuesday during the funeral for victims of an airstrike on a girls’ elementary school that killed at least 175 people, many of them students, on Saturday. nyti.ms/3N6jh4i

‘Cultural monstrosities!’ The thrilling visual legacy of punk and post-punk – in pictures From bold anti-Nazi posters to an acid-drenched take on Jean Cocteau, a new exhibition, curated by writer Philip Hoare, shows how influential the DIY designs of the 70s and 80s became

"Bob Last, founder of Edinburgh’s groundbreaking Fast Product label … was a fan of the Russian constructivist El Lissitzky and German designer Jan Tschichold, both important influences on post-punk graphics …"

The thrilling visual legacy of punk and post-punk – in pictures:

Gift of Philip Johnson

Piet Mondrian, Composition No. II, with Red and Blue, 1929 (original date partly obliterated; mistakenly repainted 1925 by Mondrian)
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135524

German-American fashion photographer Horst P. Horst

Model pondering Pavel Tchelitchew's "The Head of Gold", Vogue, 1947
#Photography

German-American fashion photographer Horst P. Horst

Model surrounded by artworks by Viktor Vasarely
(Vogue Nov 15, 1966)

#Photography #OpArt #60sFashion

German-American fashion photographer Horst P. Horst
Vogue, October 15, 1942

#HorstPHorst #Photography

English model and actress Jean Shrimpton photographed by Cecil Beaton for Vogue, June 1964.

#JeanShrimpton #Vogue #Photography

French fashion photographer Georges Dambier

Bettina, Miro, Paris, 1953
#Photography #Miro

Italian artist Ruggero Salvatore
#ContemporaryArt

I was led to believe the anti-Christ would either an adorable child or a brooding, handsome anti-hero.

I want to speak to the manager.

I mean, that's kind of the actual purpose of an anti-christ, isn't it?

Funny, how quickly Donald Trump pivoted from "I'm not going to cause any destruction with wars" to "I'm going cause the destruction of the entire planet with Revelation."

Christian Nationalist Logic:

"We're gotta waste millions of dollars killing folks in a useless war because Jesus is powerless to just come back himself and start Armageddon if we don't. He needs our help, y'all! Glory!"

A screenshot of the Polymarket website showing a prediction market titled "Nuclear weapon detonation by...?" under the Geopolitics and Ukraine categories. The market displays three betting options with their current probabilities and "Buy Yes" or "Buy No" prices: "March 31" at 5%, "June 30" at 12%, and "Before 2027" at 22%. The total trading volume shown is over $843,000.

Polymarket has created a betting market on the use of nuclear weapons. Everyone involved in this should be put in prison for life.

This is 100% true. Not only is Trump a slug for betraying Ukraine, Europe and NATO his trademark cut and run has left America at a distinct disadvantage in the drone game and the lessons learned in the Ukraine war.

Anyone Else Have Those Weird Dreams Where Sobbing Future Generations Beg You To Change Course? The human subconscious is such an interesting thing. No matter how much you think you’ve got it figured out, it’ll always spit out the most random stuff. Take me, for example. After coming home from a...

Anyone Else Have Those Weird Dreams Where Sobbing Future Generations Beg You To Change Course? [SATIRE] theonion.com/anyone-else-...

Exploring Black and White

American sculptor, draughtsman, and printmaker Sue Fuller, who created three-dimensional works with thread.

String Composition, 1965

#SueFuller #OpArt #ContemporaryArt

Naum Gabo, influential sculptor, theorist, and key figure in Russia's post-Revolution avant-garde.

Construction in Space with Crystalline Centre (1938–1940)
#Constructivism #ModernArt

Illusion Songs: Auditory illusions found in indigenous folk practices, popular music, and scientific research illusionsongs.tumblr.com

Polymarket has created a market that would monetize a nuclear attack amid increasing concerns that bets are happening among government insiders who can make military decisions.

What stage of the apocalypse is this?

polymarket.com/event/nuclea...

Collective punishment punishes a group of people for actions they did not commit. It is illegal under the Fourth Geneva Convention (Article 33) because international law requires individual responsibility, not punishment of civilians or communities for another person’s acts.

In Cuba, relentless US pressure tells in human suffering Trump’s oil blockade has driven the island’s long-standing humanitarian crisis to a new level. Cubans are running short of coping strategies.

The US blockade on oil shipments to Cuba is collective punishment; creating a full-blown humanitarian collapse. Healthcare, food systems, electricity, and public services are deteriorating rapidly and simultaneously. It’s the elderly and children suffering. www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news-feature...

Kristi Noem's incompetence is only rivaled by her dishonesty.

So, in launching a huge bombing campaign on Iran they apparently didn't plan for:

- Who takes over;
- Interceptor shortages from sustained drone retaliation;
- How to defend US bases in the region;
- Threats to ships in the Strait of Hormuz; and
- How to evacuate Americans with airspace closed.