Spot on
Spot on
If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free.
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
The fundamental cognitive bias being exploited here is that βtruth mattersβ. Or that survival as a species is a common goal. They donβt give a damn about truth or morality. They are stumping for their wealthy sponsors with no regard for truth or consequences. Itβs institutional psychopathy.
The era we are living in offers too many illustrations of greed, narcissism, and hatefulness. But I still believe we can recommit ourselves to serving the common good of all Americans. [Artwork by Jennifer Bloomer]
Powerful.
Theyβre all just looting the treasury now
A new piece, called the Expansion of Joy. Using sacred geometry and Ayurvedic color principles to create an art antidote to the malignant growth of institutional cruelty.
We're taking to the streets this Saturday at hundreds of protests nationwide to reject the Trump administration's attacks on our rights.
Find a No Kings protest near you at nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=a...
Work in progress - my new painting.
Exhibit A at The Hague just dropped
(π¨) BREAKING NEWS: The Trump Regime Is Now Disappearing Hundreds or Even Thousands of People in Its Custody, Pinochet-Style
Commission artwork for a client in LA.
Remarkable conversation between Bernie Sanders and Zohran Mamdani about what it means to be a mayor and how cities can lead in the struggle for economic and social and racial justice.
Full video here:
How did Dr. Monarez go from being βa public health expert with unimpeachable scientific credentialsβ who had the βfull confidenceβ of Secretary Kennedy into being a βliarβ and βuntrustworthyβ in less than a month?
She refused to rubber stamp his anti-vaccine recommendations.
Please join me this Sat in Emeryville for an art opening. I have a collaborative piece featured in Jennifer Mazzuccoβs solo show. Itβs interactive! When you pull on the tassel, it rings a gong at the center of the sculpture. More information in the final photograph - of the announcement flyer.
A #ballpointpenart doodle made while listening to live music @ybgfestival in San Francisco.
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Finished it up at home. Itβs fun to see how different it appears in different lighting situations.
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This is freehand: no ruler, compass, pencil, or erasing. Using ballpoint, gel, and highlighter pens.
Remarkable open letter from Bill Burns. "If intelligence analysts at the CIA saw our rivals engage in this kind of great-power suicide, we would break out the bourbon. Instead, the sound we hear is of champagne glasses clinking in the Kremlin and Zhongnanhai." theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Hot tip: need an inexpensive fixative for pencil and/charcoal? Old-fashioned Aqua Net hairspray works great.
Itβs a classic art school hack. Iβve got drawings that I sprayed 30 years ago that have held up with no damage.
Saturday was the regular first Saturday exhibition openings at the Minnesota Street Project in San Francisco, filled with many art galleries full of captivating art and fascinating humans flaunting creative fashion.
Fascinating exhibition of sculptures made with felt at the Institute of Contemporary Art in San Francisco. Based on ancient Japanese folklore. Admission is free!
Absolutely gorgeous work in an inspiring show of African-American quilts @bampfa.bsky.social recently acquired an enormous collection that is likely the most important and largest in the world. Highly recommended!
Interference colors are gorgeous.- pigments that reflect only a specific range of light, like like a soap bubble.
Here, Iβm painting wooden beads with interference violet. These will be used like oversize βpearlsβ as an ornamental circle on a large abstract artwork that Iβm doing for a client.
In 1971, corporate attorney Lewis Powell drafted a memo urging Big Business to mobilize for political combat against consumer, labor, and environmental groups.
That roadmap kicked off the corporate takeover of modern American politics. Watch. https://youtu.be/bbbgfnpJN9w?feature=shared
Don't let this story die. It's bad. We know it's bad. And they're all covering up what's in the docs about Trump.
newrepublic.com/post/197987/...
Hmm
Another article on this mess:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This is exactly right. Also, during the Biden administration, the owners of the tech sector experienced the beginning of meaningful anti-monopoly regulations from the federal government.
They went fascist to crack down on worker power and destroy regulations. Classic move!