'People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.' Bob Dylan

To win a Pulitzer prize for breaking news photography, a photographer must capture either “a single photograph or a series of photographs of an event that occurs with no advance notice and requires spontaneous coverage in the moment.” bsky.app/profile/atru...

Trump’s lies about gas prices dovetail with his lies about grocery prices: Consumers already know his claims are false through their own life experiences, making the whole pitch oddly self-defeating: tinyurl.com/5e9w9fsb

"In the short term, AI will destroy a lot of jobs. In the long term, like every other technological revolution, I assume we will figure out completely new things to do," he told Dopfner. Assume? From his $43 million estate on the Big Island of Hawaii that AI paid for?

While Trump builds a gold-gilded ballroom, his approved dismantling of USAID by Musk's DOGE has already led to an estimated 426,000 deaths, mostly children. This never makes the news. A Lancet study projected by 2030 an additional 14 million deaths, including more than 4 million children.

The president repeating claims first made by Musk, head of his so-called 'Department of Government Efficiency,' who said this “might be the biggest fraud in history.” So where are these bogus claimants? Where are these massive savings? They don’t exist. They never did. www.msn.com/en-us/money/...

"Um, I not, I don't know, eh, what you're talking about with the, ah, children." Speaker Mike Johnson No one believes you, Mike.

I don’t know which is more unfathomable: that a single human has accumulated $30 billion, or that a single human has accumulated $30 billion and is totally cool with laying off 30,000 employees in the early days of a recession.

“…a bunch of MAGA billionaires flushed millions and millions of dollars down the toilet losing to a brown, Muslim democratic socialist.” 🔥🔥🔥

Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant." bsky.app/profile/bail...

If you vote for a pedophile protector, *you* are a pedophile protector.

"OpenAI Inc.’s failure to shield internal communications about pirated books from copyright plaintiffs threatens to expose the company to billions in damages and potentially debilitating sanctions." news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/opena...

"Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book." Jane Smiley, Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel Considered the world’s most beautiful bookstore – the historic Ateneo Grand Splendid, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

"The only reason Trump left in January 2021 is because his coup attempt fell flat. Had it not failed, he certainly would have stood his ground. This time is different. Trump is much more powerful now." "Here’s the deal: Donald Trump is not going anywhere." gregolear.substack.com/p/8647-donal...

Paris has the largest number of cinemas per capita in the world - 450 to 500 films scheduled every week across more than 400 screens. Pics: Two of my favorite venues when I lived in Paris. ❤️ Best Movie Theaters in Paris www.parisunlocked.com/paris-off-th...

the password to the louvre surveillance server was "louvre" www.thesocialpost.it/2025/11/02/f...

Peter Watkins, the radical British film-maker who won an Oscar for his controversial drama-documentary The War Game, about a nuclear attack on Britain, and pioneered the mock-documentary form, using it to make historical dramas and up-to-the-minute dystopias, died on Thursday.

..." labor groups claim the move was “clearly designed to blunt the award-winning magazine’s insightful journalism at a time when it is needed the most.” As of today, only one woman of color remains on the editorial staff at Teen Vogue. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

Monica Vitti 🌹 #BOTD 3 November 1931 – 2 February 2022 'Despite what people say about my major film roles, I'm not a dull or monotonous woman searching for self-identity.' Monica Vitti

John Barry #botd made film soundtracks not just part of the movie experience, but as particular pieces of music in their own right. Music that swaggered with purpose...

On November 2, 1960, a jury in No 1 court of London's Old Bailey found Penguin Books not guilty of obscenity for publishing the full unexpurgated edition of D. H. Lawrence's novel, Lady Chatterley’s Lover...

The reality distortion field expands. Who needs facts, right? "...restoring free expression on our platforms," Zuckerberg said on Fox News. "More specifically, we're going to get rid of fact checkers, and replace them with community notes, similar to X." Community? 🤨 www.salon.com/2025/01/07/m...

FFS. Google has launched Gemini Storybook, AI created slop for kids. “soulless, machine-driven content” ...One author said the app’s stories are like serving children “powdered orange juice made in an unregulated factory and feeling good about it”.' Yep. www.smh.com.au/culture/book...

Jared Kushner in The Son-in-Law Also Rises

"Let them eat cake" President Donald Trump threw a lavish, Great Gatsby-themed Halloween party at Mar-a-Lago on Friday, just hours before nearly 50 million Americans were due to be cut off from food assistance. The theme for the Mar-a-Lago event was “a little party never killed nobody.”

Trump is posting about remodeling the Lincoln bathroom and he’s hosting a great gatsby party with billionaires at mar-a-lago at the same time food stamps are cut off for 40 million Americans leaving them hungry

“'Highly polished, Statuary marble!' Mr. Trump declared on social media as he posted images of his new Lincoln bathroom, even as some households planned on handing out canned soup in lieu of candy." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/u...

"Mr. Xi’s message seemed to be: Beijing had proven its capacity to hit back and Washington would do well to remember it." This would explain the look on Trump's face. bsky.app/profile/josh...

“Gaza’s waterfront property could be very valuable …“It’s a little bit of an unfortunate situation there, but from Israel’s perspective I would do my best to move the people out and then clean it up” Jared Kushner, Harvard University Feb. 2024 For whom, $$$?🤨 bsky.app/profile/dere...

"Scientists say hurricanes are intensifying faster with greater frequency as a result of warming ocean waters caused by greenhouse gas emissions. Many Caribbean leaders have called on wealthy, heavy-polluting nations to provide reparations.." Response? "Drill, baby, drill" bsky.app/profile/wxnb...

Republicans have no money for SNAP to feed Americans, but when this guy needs $40 billion to bail him out before his election, that becomes Trump’s #2 priority after his ballroom.

I honestly have no idea why people continue to report his big announcements when they always turn out to be bs.

JD Vance’s family was on food assistance when he was growing up, but he doesn’t think your family deserves that safety net.

Speaker Mike Johnson is perpetually trying to deceive people. He uses his milquetoast speech and persona to mask his determination to ruthlessly cause harm. He wears his “Christianity” on his sleeve as a decoy from his evil intentions. He is not a good person, he just tries to play one on TV.

"These people are not pouring money into coffers of the Trump family business because of the brothers’ acumen... they want freedom from legal constraints and impunity that only the president can deliver." Kathleen Clark, law professor at Washington University www.reuters.com/investigatio...

As an Australian, I offer the United States my apologies for this export. Donald Trump's a favorite author.🤨 Wrote Retaking America. His books have been endorsed by, among others.. Mike Huckabee, Sean Hannity, Dennis Prager, Ben Carson, Allen West, Dana Perino, and the NRA. You get the picture.

The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP. Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP. The people who need help are not the problem. It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.

Fentanyl and coke are the new “weapons of mass destruction” lie. It’s Iraq all over again, folks. It’s always about controlling the oil.

Pseudologia fantastica, also known as pathological lying or mythomania, is a mental disorder characterized by persistent, pervasive, and often compulsive lying. Journalism today is mere stenography; quoting him but never making his obvious madness the headline. www.newsweek.com/trump-repeat...

Does anyone doubt this? "Bannon’s comments echoed those of others... along with the president himself, who has previously made threats about their being “methods” – and possibly even unspecified “plans” – to keep him in office no matter the constitution." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

“.. perhaps the most cruel and unlawful offense the Trump administration has perpetrated yet — freezing funding already enacted into law to feed hungry Americans while he shovels tens of billions of dollars .. to Argentina and into his ballroom.” @politico.com #SNAP www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

This isn't chaos. It's a plan. The defunding of the NEA, the gutting of the NEH, and the capture of the Kennedy Center are straight from the Heritage Foundation's 'Project 2025' playbook. Read my latest TIME article to see why this cultural attack demands our attention.

Can we continue to follow up on this $130 million donation Trump says his anonymous friend donated to pay troops until we see actual proof of the money coming in and where it went?

The reason Trump illegally used an anonymous billionaire to pay soldiers during the Epstein Shutdown is because he's going to need troops for the Insurrection Act and martial law. The reason he'll let the poor die is because he doesn't give a shit about them. Their lives don't advance his schemes.

"The act of destruction is precisely the point: a kind of performance piece meant to display Trump’s arbitrary power over the Presidency, including its physical seat. He asks permission of no one, destroys what he wants, when he wants." www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Donald Trump’s America folks.

Et Dieu...créa la femme Director Roger Vadim Cinematography Armand Thirard #botd "Bardot gave birth to a new state of mind, or rather a whole new moral attitude, one of ease with one's physical self..." — Jean Douchet

Thank you for including me, Betsy!💙🌹 Have a great weekend everyone! bsky.app/profile/band...

"We’re gonna win so much, you may even get tired of winning. And you’ll say, ‘Please, please. It’s too much winning. We can’t take it anymore, Mr. President, it’s too much.’ DJT, 2016 “We’re going to win like never before.” DJT, 2025 © Jesse Duquette

Portrait de femme endormie Pablo Picasso #botd Coloured crayon on paper, 1946