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Independent curator, occasional collector, art-lover.

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Why not remove the statute of limitations for bribery altogether?

11.03.2026 18:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Most Americans imagine Samsung, Hyundai, LG, SK, Kia, and Hanwha are abstract concepts. Not companies with real human beings who have relied on the US honoring our military commitments for generations. We WILL fail and betray any and every ally under the current administration.

11.03.2026 06:30 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Let me guess- not only is Starmer racing to justify buying more oil from Trump/Putin, but he & the Tories are rushing to figure out how they can destroy heritage sites to extract more coal. We've known how to save humanity/the whales/the planet for decades. Still waiting for responsible politicians.

11.03.2026 06:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bernard LaFayette’s role in Nashville’s Student Movement and beyond See Bernard Lafayette’s evolution from Nashville seminarian to global prophet of nonviolence in photos that capture the risks and victories he lived.

www.tennessean.com/picture-gall...

07.03.2026 01:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bernard LaFayette, Freedom Rider and Selma voting rights organizer, dies at 85 Bernard LaFayette, the advance man who did the risky groundwork for the voter registration campaign in Selma, Alabama, that culminated in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, has died.

Respect and gratitude to this man for a life well-lived.

www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...

07.03.2026 00:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Trump D**k-Riders Literally Arguing War is Peace to Help Daddy Save Face
Trump D**k-Riders Literally Arguing War is Peace to Help Daddy Save Face YouTube video by The Humanist Report

They're already committing war crimes and they think that's a selling point.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HaJ...

03.03.2026 01:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

ICE disagrees.

02.03.2026 23:12 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Iris Cantor, Philanthropist Who Transformed the Met and the Brooklyn Museum, Dies at 95 Iris Cantor, an art collector and philanthropist who transformed the Met, the Brooklyn Museum, and other museums, has died at 95

A lot of good things happened for arts institutions because billionaires were exempt from paying taxes. Cantor protΓ©gΓ© and former CEO Howard Lutnick currently serves as U.S. Secretary of Commerce and is prominently and repeatedly featured in the Epstein files.

www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

24.02.2026 02:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Isn't he doing Hegseth's job here?

23.02.2026 03:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
You need to pay attention to what's happening in West Virginia
You need to pay attention to what's happening in West Virginia YouTube video by Parkrose Permaculture

Hope.

youtu.be/HZ9HvXwcZvQ?...

21.02.2026 04:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bust of Martin Luther King Jr., on Display at U.S. Capitol Bears Witness to Politics, Presidential History, and Changing America Detail of Martin Luther King Jr. bust (1986) by John Wilson in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. | Architect of the Capitol Β  FORTY YEARS AGO, A BRONZE BUST of Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-196...

"John Wilson's bust of Martin Luther King Jr. is the first sculpture of a Black person and the first artwork by an African American artist to be displayed in the U.S. Capitol."

www.culturetype.com/2026/02/15/b...

15.02.2026 19:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We need more people like this guy.

(Sorry if any of those words are misspelled, but I find that it's difficult to type with tears in your eyes.)

14.02.2026 20:35 πŸ‘ 2395 πŸ” 739 πŸ’¬ 95 πŸ“Œ 38
My Response To Joseph Gordon-Levitt
My Response To Joseph Gordon-Levitt YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz

Joseph Gordon-Levitt made a 12-minute response video to people mad at him supporting mass surveillance and censorship, and somehow got even MORE wrong about Section 230 than his original congressional testimony.

13.02.2026 16:50 πŸ‘ 422 πŸ” 128 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 13
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The Big Review | Monuments, The Geffen Contemporary at Moca and The Brick, Los Angeles β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜… By not going down more obvious routes, the exhibition, which places nine Confederate monuments in dialogue with 19 artists, avoids preachiness

www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/13/t...

13.02.2026 19:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Comic community responds to ICE detention with art for Liam Comic artists across the U.S. and beyond have launched the #Comics4Liam campaign, creating artwork inspired by 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos’s Spider-Man backpack to protest his detention by ICE and hi...

"I don't know Liam...but if he's wearing that Spider-Man backpack, I feel like we told him stories about heroes and about heroes protecting people. In that moment, those stories were a lie, and that makes me sick to my stomach, because he was not protected.”

www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

07.02.2026 01:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

More terrorism.

30.01.2026 23:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Don Lemon’s Arrest Is a Five-Alarm Fire Moment Late Thursday night, former CNN anchor Don Lemon was arrested by federal agents at the direction of Attorney General Pam Bondi.

"The existing infringements on the First Amendment have been bad. But what this administration is signaling may be coming could be much worse."

slate.com/news-and-pol...

30.01.2026 19:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Gaza Is a Crime Scene, Not a Real Estate Opportunity The Trump administration’s plan for a New Gaza has nothing to do with peace and rebuilding, and everything to do with erasure.

Ω…Ψ³ΨͺΩ…Ψ±ΩŠΩ†

www.thenation.com/.../gaza-pea...

27.01.2026 19:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Glad to see @chrismurphyct.bsky.social make this point. The resistance in Minnesota and Democrats’ political circumstances could easily have taken a much darker turn if CBP had murdered Alex Pretti on February 1–after Dems had funded DHS, rather than on Jan 24. bsky.app/profile/did:...

27.01.2026 16:04 πŸ‘ 172 πŸ” 53 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 5

#goals

27.01.2026 16:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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"As our celebrated architects sign off, we should resist the urge to replace them" The late Frank Gehry was the ultimate starchitect, but even he knew that designing buildings takes teamwork, writes Matthew Bovingdon-Downe.

www.dezeen.com/2026/01/19/c...

22.01.2026 17:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Abigail Spanberger’s First Move as Virginia Gov. Was a Masterstroke Even moderate Democrats can be boldly anti-MAGA. Other centrist Democrats should follow her example.

"Spanberger’s only been governor for a week, so we shouldn’t make too much of her early moves. But what she and Jones did on education policy needs to be the standard for Democrats across the country."

newrepublic.com/article/2054...

22.01.2026 16:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Democrats Mocked for Embarrassingly Feckless β€œResistance” to Trump’s Fascism
Democrats Mocked for Embarrassingly Feckless β€œResistance” to Trump’s Fascism YouTube video by The Humanist Report

Vote in every primary and every election so we can all enjoy elected officials who do better.

youtu.be/PMTRD1aU5rU?...

22.01.2026 16:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Martin Luther King Jr. Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech
Martin Luther King Jr. Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech YouTube video by Nobel Prize

"I refuse to accept the cynical notion that nation after nation must spiral down a militaristic stairway into the hell of thermonuclear destruction. I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5r98...

19.01.2026 19:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Alabama library denied funding because it won’t move classic book β€˜The Handmaid’s Tale’ This is the first time that the Alabama state library board has denied funding based on book placement.

"At issue is about $22,000 in state funding. Since the showdown began, the library has raised more than $100,000 in community donations."

www.al.com/news/2026/01...

18.01.2026 18:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Spent several days on the phone and sending email to get my account with them deleted. I was told on the phone that they couldn't help, via email that they couldn't merge my account with someone I've never met or even heard of "as I requested" and finally threatened with finality. Glad I kept at it.

18.01.2026 01:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
This Feels Disturbingly Familiar…
This Feels Disturbingly Familiar… YouTube video by HasanAbi

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SYm...

11.01.2026 05:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How museums can help rebuild trust in a divided America As social divisions grow, museums provide forums for civic connection and discourse across political and cultural lines.

"When museums invite visitors to think together about complex issues, whether through exhibitions, conversations or community partnerships, they help nurture the habits of curiosity and empathy that democracy depend on."

theconversation.com/how-museums-...

08.01.2026 16:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Peter Gabriel - Don't Give Up (ft. Kate Bush)
Peter Gabriel - Don't Give Up (ft. Kate Bush) YouTube video by Peter Gabriel

youtu.be/VjEq-r2agqc?...

06.01.2026 03:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Truffle with Nibbles.

26.12.2025 23:47 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0