Boy, sure seems like Trump lied when he told American voters—just a couple of hours ago—that the Venezuelan politician referenced below is on board with Maduro being arrested and the Trump administration running Venezuela from Washington This whole thing is a galactic clusterfuck

In a healthy democracy, there would bipartisan Articles of Impeachment on the floor of the House by tonight But we are neither a healthy democracy nor, I would argue—given the end of our separation of powers and our rule of law—a democracy at all anymore

Trump justified his illegal war in Venezuela by saying that Venezuela was not producing enough oil. Venezuela was not producing enough oil because of sanctions and blockades Trump orchestrated. JFC—paging Orwell. We are so lost as a nation, as a people. We live under a madman.

Crosby, Stills & Nash ~ 49 Bye-Byes (from Crosby, Stills & Nash, 1969 - Remaster) #NowPlaying #StephenStills #BOTD youtu.be/A-24WP5bCu4 via @YouTube

The president unilaterally decided to attack a sovereign nation and kidnap its leader, and now he says he's just going to run that county himself for a while too. Call your representatives now and demand they impeach him.

#Caturday David Teniers der Juengere ~ Das Katzenkonzert (The Cat's Concert, c. 1600s)

Van Dyke Parks ~ Vine Street (from Song Cycle, 1968) #NowPlaying #VanDykeParks #BOTD Charles Ives in Laurel Canyon. The brilliant interpretation of a classic Randy Newman song. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxOV...

Van Dyke Parks during the recording Song Cycle, 1968. #VanDykeParks #BOTD

New York street photographer Edward Grazda Houston Street NYC 1980s (Milano's bar and the mysterious Dollar building, recently demolished) #photography #NYC

Italian photographer Gabriele Croppi Manhattan Bridge, 2013 #Photography

Manhattan Bridge NYC, 3pm #Photography #NewYorkCity

Good Afternoon✨

The Chief Justice's Report on the State of the Judiciary doesn’t mention any of the challenges the judiciary faces, mostly from the WH, since Trump returned to office. Here’s my assessment in this important moment when we need to be able to rely on the courts: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Prior to his shocking ascent to the highest echelons of government, Kennedy was little more than a joke for purveyors and participants in the national political arena, mocked as a brain worm–addled nepo baby with no legitimate prospects in Washington. trib.al/cwocXCo

Agatha Christie + Joe Orton altered book cover

Harper's January 1899 Poster design by Edward Penfield NYPL Digital Collections

Buffalo Springfield ~ Hung Upside Down (from Again, 1967) #NowPlaying #StephenStills #BOTD #MusicSky www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c_z...

The worst year in one picture

Europe says Russia-linked parcel bombs were a rehearsal for burning U.S.-bound cargo planes in flight—an alleged 9/11-scale mass-casualty strike disguised as an accident—as Trump keeps praising Putin. theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/europe-rus...

Red is for January

ah yes, news focused on the concerns of the average american

If you had asked me to quickly name the place I thought was the number one spot for catching measles,

You have to go through Congress for anything resembling this type of war. Round up Massie and Paul types and have him removed. The people in this administration are on actual drugs and have insatiable bloodlust and bespoke mental illnesses. He has to go, and everybody with him.

Good Afternoon✨ Rabanus Maurus ~ Labyrinth Tree From De Rerum Naturis (On the Natures of Things) c.847 AD

Goodnight🌕 Filed Kallop ~ Silent Hours (Study), 2024 (watercolor on Arches paper)

Vashti Bunyan ~ Winter Is Blue (Unreleased single for Immediate, 1966) #NowPlaying #VashtiBunyan #Winter youtu.be/0Q1ll_hTmsU via @YouTube

Elon Musk's accomplishments over the last year include starving thousands of people to death (and laughing about it) and creating Hitler AI that undresses children (and laughing about it). Is it time to do something about billionaires yet?

This is nuts. Too much emphasis on experts on climate change, right?

I mean, X knows its customer base.

ah yes, the best way to explain and understand the world is by ignoring experts and practitioners and turning our attention to the “average American,” whatever that means

Ptolemy's Cluster - Messier 7 - From Rolf Wahl Olsen - https://flic.kr/p/cNMYiy

Brian Eno's Book & Music Recommendations www.openculture.com/2025/12/bria...

Brian Eno ~ Spirits Drifting (from Another Green World, 1975) #NowPlaying #BrianEno #MusicSky www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEpt...

Good Evening🌠 Spirits Drifting #Photography

Johnny Thunders (feat. Peter Perret) ~ Ask Me No Questions (from So Alone, 1978) #NowPlaying #JohnnyThunders #MusicSky "Seems like I never ever learn And it's always my turn to lose" www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSrS...

Johnny Thunders and Arthur Kane in his Biba jacket, Paris, November 1973. #NewYorkDolls #Biba

Great pic of Poison Ivy Rorschach (Kristy Marlana Wallace) of the Cramps. #PoisonIvy #TheCramps

Yes It is bread we fight for But We fight for roses Too

Theda Bara

This thought launched to where nothing can return

The Long Now longnow.org

Omens.

John Cale ~ Days Of Steam (from The Academy In Peril, 1972) #NowPlaying #JohnCale Great track from that excellent, intriguing album. Great Warhol cover too. youtu.be/oYzdGCkwMWk via @YouTube

The King of Wales👑

Still from Nico/Nico Crying. 1966, Directed by Andy Warhol. From a two-reel film. In it, she sits for over an hour while dazzling colored lights and slides—first used during Exploding Plastic Inevitable performances—are projected onto her face. #Nico #AndyWarhol #VelvetUnderground

Andy Warhol ~ Nine Multicolored Marilyns Reversal Series, 1979-86 (Acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas) #MarilynMonroe #BOTD #AndyWarhol #PopArt