Patricia

if it means anything/balances out the L somewhat: yours is the only substack i pay for

mcgruff the crime dog on instagram (@mcgruffatncpc) standing next to the text "VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PLEDGE"

crime dog you gotta find some better wording for this

It's so cool that logging on to the Internet these days feels like having a gas leak in my house

"Operation Epic Escort" guys come on

Ernst Oppler (1867-1929)
View Through a Window

I can't think of any other painting where an artist has painted a view through dirty, broken glass. Notice how the colours are so much brighter/clearer in the space where there is no glass.

Head | David Park
gouache on paper

I just learned that Anthony Bourdain was 44 when he wrote the book that really launched everything we will remember him for.

Gonna remind myself of this whenever I feel like I'm getting too old to pursue anything new.

Street art interrupted, Oakland, California #Photography #StreetArt #California #Oakland 📷

But my favorite pictures from Venice is not cats but this combination that I think of as “missed connections.”

MrBeast competition to see who can make it through the Strait of Hormuz

doctor: you have synesthesia

me: I see what you’re saying

doctor: yes I know, you can stop telling me that

meme of a guy with a knife threatening a guy whose hands are up in defence guy with knife is labelled "me" the knife is labelled "my writing" the guy with his hands up is labelled "somehow also me"

whenever someone asks me what my writing process is like

“Bolaño said that books were the only homeland. But a homeland, as any exile knows, is also the place you can never entirely go back to. The language of the place you left is not the language you remember, and the language you return with is not the language they speak.”

The Only Homeland Is Three Percent On Latin American literature, translation, and the languages we flatten

really good read - i’ll be thinking about this for a while open.substack.com/pub/bp125811...

dave sitting on the couch, looking out the window

me & dave hanging out in the garden

dave sleeping with his tongue out

anyway: dog tax. this is dave

it’s such a shame because this is like the one dog breed i truly click with. they are so funny & stubborn, lazy as hell, & content to just be cuddled all day. alas, people are cruel

i have a french bulldog & everyone who meets him ADORES him because he is simply the cutest, most affectionate little guy but i always have to inform them that he’s a rescue — the last thing i’d want is for people to support the awful breeding practices these poor babies go through

i probably have some kind of vitamin deficiency but i have a job so i can’t really worry about that right now

Wild boars, 1913 by Franz Marc (German, 1880 - 1916).
Oil on canvas | 73.5 × 57.5 cm.
Location: Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany.

#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

a drawing of a monk wearing dark glasses and rolling dice at a table

gambling monk, germany, 15th century

we don’t have time for this

i’m always so confused by the anti-migration talking point that says migration supposedly brings wages down because employers hire & underpay migrant workers.

surely you should be against those employers who exploit workers, then? why would you be angry at the people who are being exploited??

not now earthquake

bsky actually might be a vanguard for whatever the next phase of social media is, not in the decentralization sense but in the "we actually never intended for users to use the website and got mad when they did" sense

kinda weak reporting by Wired in terms of bsky "positioning itself as a progressive twitter replacement" since the staff on here have been incredibly clear that that's not what they wanted to do and never wanted to do

Gravestone with daffodil (Yoksel 🌿 Zok at unsplash)

The Diocese of Oxford has warned against a social media trend in which well-meaning people clean gravestones in churchyards. They say “Many churchyard monuments & gravestones are made from soft stone such as Portland limestone or Bath stone, which can be easily harmed by harsh cleaning techniques.”

Philippines shifts to four-day work week as Iran war pushes oil prices up "We are victims of a war that is not of our choosing," said President Ferdinand Marcos, adding: "But we control how we will protect the Filipino (people)."

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mario this, mario that. what about maria, the mother of jesus christ

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