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National Guardsmen cross the street near Barbara Kruger's mural on the fourth day of the Los Angeles riots in 1992. (credit: Gary Leonard)

La une du monde.fr ce 9 juin 2025 à 11h, avec deux titres : le premier "En ouverture de la conférence des nations unies sur l'océan, Emmanuel Macron appelle à la mobilisation pour sauver des océans en ébullition" et le deuxième : "En France, les reculs sur l'écologie se multiplient".

Macron n'a décidément jamais honte de rien, jamais.

Screenshot of a tweet by Richard Prince (@RichardPrince4). The tweet reads: "We’ve been sent good weather. We’ve been sent good weather. We’ve been sent good weather."

On the left, Ivanka Trump is photographed on her father's inauguration day (Jan 20 2025), dressed in a dark teal outfit with a matching beret-style hat, a wrap-style coat, and a belt, smiling as she exits a vehicle. On the right, a character from The Handmaid’s Tale, Serena Joy, played by Yvonne Strahovski, is shown in a similarly colored teal outfit and hat, in a scene with soft lighting and floral background, evoking a somber and controlled aesthetic. Uh uh like it was totally by chance.

mmmh what shall I watch instead... "The Handmaid's Tale" finale season? 😱

Black Mirror S07e01 subtitles screenshot: "You're, like, giving me, like, commercial fucking Tourette's?"

Started the first episode of "Black Mirror" and after a few minutes, I sort of realised (or thought I did) what was going to happen, and I just couldn't — too much dystopia already.

good AI art doesn't exi—

France raises a fascinating hypothetical point: what if the law still exists even if people might get mad at you

The Mixed Reputation of Photorealism A new show at MoCA LA attempts to expand the definition of the genre, but can it keep up with a rapidly destabilising visual culture?

A new show at MoCA LA attempts to expand the definition of the genre, but can it keep up with a rapidly destabilising visual culture? artreview.com/ordinary-peo...

“There’s room to disagree on this.”

No, there’s not. Fuck Putin and everyone who supports him.

Slava Ukraini.

And they quote Carl Sagan as some opening statement: “Everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.”

A close-up shot of a rocket launch, viewed from above the spacecraft.

Watching "First" (2018) again — I'd forgotten that the series began with a rocket sent to Mars by a private company exploding on take-off.

Rutherford Chang, Who Turned Collections Into Art, Dies at 45 He was best known for amassing more than 3,400 copies of the Beatles’ “White Album” and using them to demonstrate the aging of a cultural artifact.

RIP Rutherford Chang — I loved his White Album project.

Stop advocating for trans people by referring to us as canaries in the coal mine.

The whole point of the canary is that it's an acceptable sacrifice to protect the people who actually matter.

We are not a *warning sign*. We are real people. Our lives and rights matter in and of themselves.

Opinion | Kyle MacLachlan: How David Lynch Invented Me (Gift Article) How could words possibly do justice to an experience like that?

"No, I didn’t always understand what we were making. Sometimes I’d get a sense of it, and then like on a breeze, it was gone. Other times it seemed to exist on a plane that I wanted to reach but couldn’t quite articulate."

Opinion: Los Angeles and the literature of the apocalypse Apocalypse as a happy ending? Only in Los Angeles. It's an idea that's epicentral to the identity of the place.

Just as each of us has a story, a point of view, a set of elements that define us, so too do the places where we live our lives.

www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

A scene from "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me" by David Lynch. The image depicts a dimly lit nightclub bathed in deep red lighting, creating a moody and surreal atmosphere. In the center of the image stands Laura Palmer, wearing a dark outfit, her blonde hair cascading over her shoulders.

Not really good at meditating, so instead I watched the scene that scared me the most from my favorite movie of all time.

A screenshot from Instagram featuring a soft, reflective image of David Lynch gazing downward, partially blurred and illuminated by warm lighting. Below, a post from isabellarossellini invites people to join a global meditation on January 20th at noon PST to celebrate what would have been David Lynch's 79th birthday, honoring his legacy with love and positivity directed into the universe.

A two-panel image featuring filmmaker David Lynch sitting in a room with a gray wall, wooden drawers, and office equipment. In the first panel, Lynch looks directly at the camera with the text: "One day, the sadness will end." In the second panel, Lynch gazes to the side with a thoughtful expression, accompanied by the text: "But I don't think today's the day."

David Lynch sits on a wooden director's chair outdoors, holding a cigarette and a drink. Beside him stands a black-and-white cow on a leash. To his right is a large banner featuring the text "FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION" above an image of actress Laura Dern in dramatic lighting, with her name prominently displayed below. The scene is set on a grassy area.

So sad that he had to be dragged out of his house in the middle of the fires a few days ago, he couldn't even die in peace ffs.

Probably the artist whose work has had the greatest impact on me.

David Lynch, Twin Peaks and Muholland Drive director, dies aged 78 Film-maker who specialised in surreal, noir style mysteries made a string of influential, critically acclaimed works including Wild at Heart and Eraserhead

I'm so, so fucking sad.

“There’s a big hole in the world now that he’s no longer with us. But, as he would say, 'Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole.' It’s a beautiful day with golden sunshine and blue skies all the way.”

Zero percent containment Reporting from a city, torched

Not what I thought I'd be writing about when I picked the name Torched.

Thanks to everyone for checking in. We're fine. Many of our friends are not fine. I tried my best to describe what's happening with the fires and what LA needs to do now

www.torched.la/zero-percent...

Colm Tóibín · In LA A new fire started in Hollywood. It might have looked as though we were now surrounded on three sides by fires, but it...

"Then the sun began to go down. It was a livid red with a sickly fog all around it. It stayed just over the horizon for longer than necessary, showing off."

Opinion | Disasters Have Made L.A. What It Is Los Angeles may have a reputation for being superficial, but it is in fact a territory that might, at any moment, upend (or even end) your life.

"Los Angeles may have a reputation for being superficial, but it is in fact a territory that might, at any moment, upend (or even end) your life. I consider it the most elemental city in which I’ve ever lived." (David Ulin)

The city I love most in the world is burning to the ground and it's utterly despairing.

Wildfire climate connection Climate change, including increased heat, extended drought, and a thirsty atmosphere, has been a key driver in increasing the risk and extent of wildfires in the western United States during the last ...

ABC, NBC & CBS dedicated about 16 minutes of airtime last night to the California wildfires without once mentioning climate change.

Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk:

www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...

The wind gusts are devastating. Truly a hurricane of fire.

Video: @stuartpalley.bsky.social

Bye, 2024