The Riesengbirge https://www.wikiart.org/en/caspar-david-friedrich/the-riesengbirge

Neubrandenburg https://www.wikiart.org/en/caspar-david-friedrich/neubrandenburg-1817

Love this so much, especially the juxtaposition of English folklore paths with an Amazon spokesperson going out of their way to deny a person driving their branded vehicle is an employee.

Cobb's Barns and Distant Houses - 1930-1933 https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3104026

Evening on the Baltic Sea https://www.wikiart.org/en/caspar-david-friedrich/evening-on-the-baltic-sea

1777: Frost, sun.

Loch Loyne and the hills of Glen Quoich. Not a whisper of wind over the waters and some low cloud drifting over the peaks, thought it rude not to pull over here on my way back from a couple of nights on Skye #Scotland #LochLoyne #GlenQuoich www.damianshields.com

NEW CONVERGE.

Monet rarely mixed colors on his palette. Instead, he set pure hues side by side, allowing the viewer’s eyes to do the mixing.

In retrospect it's a good thing I obtained @lewisbaston.bsky.social's Borderlines on Kindle rather than print; no other book has prompted so many random and fascinating Google Street View excursions.

it will really be something if the Epstein Files unseat a British Prime Minster who isn't in them, and not the American President who was Epstein's best friend.

Vetheuil, Afternoon - 1901 https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/10830

A weekend in Paris…

Witness the power of art and the skill of a master performer. This hit me like a ton of bricks. Everyone should watch.

Please read Elizabeth's article or watch the video if you're at all concerned about the state of any form of journalism in 2026, even if you already understand the fundamental concepts that underly how things are (not) functioning

"rich dipshit owner doesn't understand the industry he's bought into and clumsily destroys what made it good" feels less like a narrative unique to the washington post and more like the music that's been playing in the background of all our lives for at least 40 years

Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests

The Lac d'Annecy, 1896 https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/13236

Garden Path in Louveciennes (Chemin de l Etarch) https://www.wikiart.org/en/alfred-sisley/garden-path-in-louveciennes-chemin-de-l-etarch-1873

New Crippled Black Phoenix to improve a dreary Monday:

The Mistral, a strong, cold wind in the south of France, often dried Van Gogh’s paint quickly. This demanding weather shaped his technique, contributing to his development of short, energetic, directional brushstrokes.

The mythology of Adrian Newey, in meme form

Claude Lanzmann's Shoah is on iPlayer!

lunchtime browsing today: so not only is this the cleanest Aerodeck I’ve ever come across, it’s an Si with a manual if I swoon any harder I’m going to lose consciousness, someone please buy this before I’m obligated to www.carsensor.net/usedcar/deta...

Wow. The front page of tomorrow’s Charlie Hebdo magazine in France.

Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers. This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

One of the best things I’ve read in a while:

Fernhill House near Sandyford, Dublin.

Snowy landscape in the Central Bohemian Uplands

Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I https://botfrens.com/collections/109/contents/28531

"The living web shrinks further into an interface of disembodied answers, convenient but ultimately sterile."

Small Houses in Pontoise, c. 1873-c. 1874 https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/1028779

10/10, no notes.

wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage