An interesting point raised elsewhere: these boats that the United States is striking don't appear to have the fuel capacity/storage capacity to even reach American shores.

Mia Bergeron (American Artist, born 1980) "The Empty Room", 2016. Oil on Canvas, Palette Knife, 50.8 × 40.6 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #painters #BlueSkyAr

Leopold Burger (Austrian, 1861–1903) "Liebespaar am Wiesenrand (Summer), Teil des Zyklus Die vier Jahreszeiten", 1894. Watercolor on Paper, 50 × 39 cm (19.7 × 15.4 in) Private Collection. #art #painting #painters #BlueSkyAr

Ray Morimura (Japanese Artist, born 1948) "House in Tamugimata", 1999. Japanese Woodblock Print, 45 × 30 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt

Shibata Zeshin Village among Rocks

looooove Roz Chast

>shopOcalypse< boogie arkestra #funk #psych #soulsky #disconotdisco #spokenword boogiearkestra.bandcamp.com/track/shopoc...

𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸

Took advantage of the Whitney's free Friday to view some Sixties surrealism

Forrest Bess, Number 40, 1949 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134800

Typografia, ročník 68, 06, 1965. Cover design by Bohuslav Blažej. designreviewed.com/typografia/

Industrial Design, July, 1959. Cover design by James S Ward designreviewed.com/artefacts/in...

Examples of the collaboration of Juan Carlos Distéfano, Ruben Fontana and Carlos Soler designreviewed.com/further-exam...

Typografia, ročník 66, 05, 1963. Cover design by Antonín Ernest designreviewed.com/artefacts/ty... #typography #typedesign

I will be reading (and teaching) Ulysses again soon!

Pierre Cardin Satellite Cape (1967)

I reviewed 11,000 Strings by Georg Friedrich Haas for @parterrebox.bsky.social: parterre.com/2025/10/03/t...

Ahead of Boulez's ... explosante-fixe ... at the QEH this weekend, the great Paul Griffiths has some choice words, plus a couple of gems on PB's early career: substack.com/inbox/post/1...

from hell’s heart I stab at thee; for hate’s sake I spit my last breath at thee

Gene Puerling's brilliant arrangement, realized with accuracy and tenderness

Because all Shostakovich and no Linda Ronstadt makes Jack a dull boy

*mood* "Miss the moss-covered vines, the tall sugar pines Where mockingbirds used to sing And I'd like to see the lazy Mississippi A-hurrying into spring" Vocal and piano: Davell Crawford Songwriters: Eddie De Lange / Louis Alter

"Crunchy", oil on Strathmore watercolour paper, 5 1/4 x 7 1/4", 2025- $150(Cdn). #art #sciart

Back at the Park Avenue Armory. Our first concert of the season as we are just back from our summer break. #contemporarymusic #parkavearmory

Ed Sullivan and Ethel Waters on an episode of “The Ed Sullivan Show” broadcast on October 2, 1949.

From a Deep Dream Steve Driscoll 2025

soulard hybrid crab apple, painted by deborah griscom passmore, 1907

Porcupine Olaf Breuning, american black stone, ceramic, 2024 olafbreuning.com/animals/ #art #sculpture

“I'd like to be remembered as someone who really helped people to have a little humility and realize that we are part of the animal kingdom, not separated from it.” Jane Goodall

Jean Hermanson: Vietnam, 1973.

"I’m proud that I can show up to work every day with a better toolkit to love my neighbor" 🔥 What a concept, loving your neighbor

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.” ― Jane Goodall 💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

London Heathrow, Terminal 2, 1970s (opened 1955, updated, demolished), by Fredrick Gibberd & Partners. 📷 Otto Saumarez Smith/Twitter. #airportarchitecture www.instagram.com/p/DPQ34AVDlw...

Cursed ants on a log

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.” Jane Goodall

One of the few things that gets a similar reaction from me, which I've returned to multiple times in recent years, is this from Hannah Arendt in 1951. If looking for a positive takeaway—because when writing like this resonates, things are not positive—it confirms the historical analogy is fitting.

"Men have died for this music. You can't get more serious than that." ― Dizzy Gillespie #Jazz #Photography Herb Ritts (1989), Dizzy Gillespie, Paris.

I think (though of course I could be wrong) that Thompson's one of those great writers far too little known anymore if known at all. This essay is a corker. I'm glad you posted it.

Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later. harpers.org/archive/1941...

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

RydeSafe reflective logo stickers are back by popular demand. Just in time for the clocks to change and darker fall and winter bike commutes.

RIP Jane Goodall, by all accounts a wonderful woman who loved this Far Side cartoon

"If we lose hope, we're doomed." We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.

"returned her borrowed stardust" 😇 🫶 💔

"Leave No One Behind" Bravo

Hoping this broadcast is archived; the group is 🔥

what does an "unconstitutional DEI principle" mean in the context of a tunnel project? what, a black person is going to use it?

Coming up shortly, this fantastic-looking array from the Pavel Haas Quartet, live from @wigmore-hall.org.uk Martinů: String Quartet No. 3 Korngold: String Quartet No. 2 Dvořák: String Quartet No. 14