Alex Pretti was an American hero. He saved lives. He protected people. He cared deeply about his community, unlike the murderous thugs who killed him. The very last thing he did was try to help a woman who had been pepper-sprayed and violently shoved to the ground by ICE. 1/

Günther Förg Untitled, 1995 . . burt berman @bbu

Amy Browning

A favorite #birddivination to remind us of life's loveliest aspect: self-surprise. As always, find it as a solo print and part of the deck of 100, along with the story and process behind them, at almanacofirds.org

Fra Angelico ou l’art suprême de la délicatesse Alexandre Blaineau @AlBlaineau

Emily Mason Out to Dry, 2006 . . burt berman @bbu

Carlo de Roover

David Hockney

'Scarlet Macaw Peekaboo' by William Halladay This photo was taken in Costa Rica, on a farm dedicated to the protection of #macaws. Due to habitat loss, their numbers have been declining. Finalist in Smithsonian Magazine #Photo contest. #photography #animals #birds #photos #CostaRica

Robert Hayden masterpiece: --Dr. Maya C. Popa @MayaCPopa

Joseph Fasano @Joseph_Fasano_

"Thank you to the @StarTribune and its photographers, reporters and editors for documenting what federal agents are doing to the people of Minnesota. Day in, day out, sometimes in clouds of tear gas, you get the facts and get the photo. You make journalism proud." -Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof

I sat with my anger long enough, until she told me her real name was grief. —C.S. Lewis Dark Sister 🖤 @StillHopeful05

"All you have is what you are, and what you give." Ursula K. Le Guin, who left us 8 years ago today, on suffering and getting to the other side of pain www.themarginalian.org/2018/11/29/u...

From Tim in comments: "Europe and America do have one thing in common. Western Civilization. Are Trump’s personal interests and personal morality really a substitute for a common heritage and its inevitable transmission to future generations?" www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/o...

ICE’s new policy directing agents to ignore the 4th Amendment is one of the most frightening things we’ve seen yet. And there’s no telling where it could end up. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Campbells Loft: St. Paul's Artist Studios, No 143 Talgarth Road, London (flickr)

“'The United States government under Trump has made a deliberate, calculated, and shameful decision to embolden and enable Nazi-glorifying elements within his party; to elevate and amplify Nazi messaging' My latest for the Guardian, and I bring receipts:" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Great movie. Redford's narration is something special.

"The reality is that 2024 was a fundamental test of the moral character of the nation and we failed spectacularly. We’re living with the consequences now. Maybe we improve. I hope so." --Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com

Jean Rets . . burt berman @bbu

"A majority of people are depressed because betrayal and trauma changes how safe you feel in the world. People are grieving who they were before they knew too much and were hurt too badly. Resilience is accepting the tougher version of yourself." Dr. LePera @Theholisticpsyc x.com/Theholisticp...

Here's the Art Nouveau staircase and landing in the ‘Hotel’ Tassel, a townhouse in Brussels designed by architect Victor Horta in 1893 stylebyemilyhenderson.com/art-nouveau-... Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social

"The wreckage to the Christian faith is incalculable, yet most evangelicals will never break with him. They have invested too much of themselves and their identity in Trump and what he stands for." Peter Wehner on the American Christianity currently Free link: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

1/The law requires a judicial warrant based on probable cause signed by a judge to enter a home or private area in a biz (not an administrative one signed by an “immigration authority” ie a DHS employee). This is clearly unlawful conduct. ICE can’t change the law just because it doesn’t like it.

Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."

If this is accurate, Good was killed by a bullet fired after there was any conceivable argument Agent Ross was in the path of her vehicle, which means there was no legal justification for using deadly force. But DOJ says there’s no reason to investigate. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...

All part of wrecking America... "This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board." — @_david_ho_ www.nature.com/immersive/d4... Max Kozlov 🇺🇦 @maxdkozlov

Josef Kuntsmann — The Embrace #Drawing Alice Marianne @_Emmet_Emmet

Klimt

Richard Diebenkorn @DiebenkornArt #artontwitter #diebenkorn

From @sorkinsays’ latest DealBook newsletter: David Gura davidgura

Tristram Hillier

Egon Schiele Holy Family (Heilige Familie) 1913 Gouache and pencil on parchment-like paper [Private collection] Alice Marianne @_Emmet_Emmet

Go, Colin!

Symmetry much? art connects what we think is separate by Stefan Lorant, 1937 FO7Z f7oz

This is (should be) a HUGE scandal. Is any MSM media outlet willing to delve into this? "In France, Trump sent his goons to intimidate the judge that was presiding over the prosecution of pro-Russian politician Marine Le Pen. Kim Bradbury bradbury_kim

Canada starts preparing for guerilla warfare, just in case www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

Vincent van Gogh - “The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Winter” (1884) (via nordicsublime)

'The Gramophone.' (1923) In the 1920s Henry Lamb echoed Walter Sickert: pared-down interiors, blunt forms, and a restricted palette of greys, ochres, and greens. Mood over polish, paint as atmosphere, not so much as display.

Austin Spare

Sedge warbler declaring its territory. #birdoftheday #singing

For any other public official, this would be criminal www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Bonnard

Charley Harper, "Darwin's Finches", from "The Giant Golden Book of Biology", 1961

America’s friends and trading partners are running into the arms of our adversaries. What a mess. Read @crampell.bsky.social's latest Receipts now. bit.ly/4jWowzF

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Parviz Tanavoli Lion on Blue, 1978 Lion and Sword II, 1976

Henry Tonks

'Brocade and Fruit.' (c1960) Patrick Hennessy was one of the most commercially successful artists in Ireland in the mid-20thC; there is no doubting his technical skill though critics often wrote his aesthetic sense was limited and he relied on realist flourishes just for effect.