Naught’s an obstacle, naught’s an angle to the iron way!

Ellen Thesleff's self portrait of 1895, goes beyond a depiction of outward appearances and conveys the enigma of the artist who helped introduce Impressionism to Finland; she regarded herself as a poet with a brush, always trying to capture what she called 'the dream of life.'

'Timber Yard, Leeds.' (c1915) Urban subjects were Charles Ginner's special contribution to the language of the Camden Town Group of painters - it represented a determined effort by painters to explore new ways of representing the everyday realities of life in Edwardian Britain.

Three girls (1932) by Amrita Sher-Gil #womensart

'In Bed.' (1878) Frederico Zandomeneghi’s paintings concentrate almost exclusively on the theme of women: as mothers, friends or solitary figures engaged in personal and private rituals; subjects also treated by his contemporaries including Renoir, Degas and Berthe Morisot.

Like the great dome of St. Peter’s, and like the great whale, retain, O man! in all seasons a temperature of thine own.

the rushing Pequod, freighted with savages, and laden with fire, and burning a corpse, and plunging into that blackness

68 years ago today, the Chuck Jones and Michael Maltese masterpiece premiered in theaters. What's Opera Doc? (1957)

🛳️👀 Russian media reports that the tanker for transporting nitrate fertilizers Eco Wizard has crashed in the Russian port of Ust-Luga. ❗️Eyewitnesses heard an explosion, after which the tanker gradually began to sink. The crew was evacuated.

John Singer Sargent's 'An Artist in His Studio,' (1906) depicts Ambrogio Raffele; he's shown here in his cramped bedroom at Purtud in the Val d'Aosta, Italy. Sargent’s rendering of light on the rumpled sheets of the unmade bed fills nearly half the canvas.

it’s a wicked world in all meridians; I’ll die a pagan.

I worked at Planned Parenthood. They diagnose cancers while still treatable. They help women decide what birth control works for them. They help those working through mental health challenges.   Defunding them just harms people who already struggle to find places to get care.

In today’s episode of What Are They Thinking: “If you don’t see a hurricane coming… does it really exist?” 🚨 The Dept of Defense is shutting down its weather satellite program. No more data. No more updates. Meteorologists are scrambling—and we’re heading into peak storm season. Brilliant timing.

its incredible how far you can make it in this country by pretending to be smart

Yet another ICE impersonator caught. How many are they not catching? As @MarshaBlackburn @SenJohnson & Sexton try to protect masked unidentified vigilantes with legislation— we should be banning this dangerous insanity instead.

we undressed and went to bed, at peace with our own consciences and all the world

"if the President signs an order to send everybody named Jimmy to Guantanamo Bay there's nothing a court can do to stop it unless someone files a class action lawsuit including every Jimmy in America" -six Supreme Court justices

And now for something completely different.. Artist: Gunnar Widforss (Swedish-American, 1879-1934) Title: "Catalina Island” (1921) Medium: watercolor on paper (44.45 x 34.29 cm) Collection: private collection.

there is a higher horror in this whiteness of her woe

💔 OMG this is heart breaking! These are innocent children that did nothing wrong except open up the door now they blame themselves for their parents being detained! We don’t know if they’re American Citizens since Alleged #ICEkidnappers are grabbing up everyone even after showing ID!

Moscovian Delusions of Grandeur: Everything you need to know about the "2nd Army of the World" in one short video -- "We deliver provisions and BC to the line of combat contact in a timely manner. Victory will be ours!" #OSINT #UkraineRussiaWar

"I’ve had a few cases now that are under a year of age coming in with measles, requiring oxygen, having difficulty feeding This baby is among the 1,065 confirmed measles cases in Alberta this year - nearly three-quarters of them are children. globalnews.ca/news/1125972...

For no reason, just thinking back to 1992 when the NYPD and future NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani stoked a racist backlash against NYC's first Black mayor, David Dinkins. nymag.com/intelligence...

Ruiz: Why did the report include citations that don’t exist? RFK JR: All of the foundational assertions in that report are accurate Ruiz: How can they be accurate if they did not exist?

When you erode the right to privacy it doesn’t stop with pregnant women…. Damn, I’m trying hard not to say “ITYS.” 🙊🙉🙈 The Trump administration is taking state data www.npr.org/2025/06/24/n...

“At home, Gaby keeps asking where her mother went. ‘She told me that when she sees her mom’s clothes, she remembers her and gets more sad’”

when it comes to sitting around doing fascist stuff while wearing a silly little hat, at least mussolini’s black fez had a menacing vibe. the large print baseball cap has no gravitas.

I wrote on Thursday about Musk’s (and Trump’s) effort to use his power to reject reality. This is a much more explicit example. s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?tra...

Compton, CA: A masked, heavily-armed man wearing body armor jumped out of a SUV today to kidnap a local resident. He forgot to put the vehicle in park, causing it to roll down the street damaging other cars. He jumped in the vehicle (which had no platess) and drove off without identifying himself.

After Peter Marks was forced out, "the CEO of a gene therapy maker told STAT, 'We value continuity, so having Verdun stay at the FDA is really important.'" This news also comes in the middle of the annual BIO conference.

Cain is a great avatar for Trumpism, emerging on the scene late in the game with no understanding about anything, no appreciation for depth or history, and absolute confidence in the easiest, wrongest answer.

i steadfastly avoid Collapse of Empires rhetoric but this is some real Collapse of Empires Shit right here

Joaquin Sorolla's paintings from the 1890s were revolutionary in their photographic sense of composition and realism. He found in children a source of unbridled creative expression, most famously when represented on the beach of his native Valencia.

The president of shame has his own flag the president of lies quotes the voice of God at last counted the president of loyalty recommends blindness to the blind -W.S. Merwin, “Presidents” (1970) #everynightapoem

i’ve been waiting for this moment for MONTHS. i watched the jury return that verdict in october and i knew this would happen eventually. couldn’t have happened in a funnier case.

When that wicked king was slain, the dogs, did they not lick his blood?

The law must always be grounded in fundamental principles such as equal rights and due process, or it becomes a tool of oppression.

The Troubles was a dark, dark time. Everybody was trapped in a never-ending spiral of violence and death that had no end. It impacted every aspect of life - there was no escape when you went home. You couldn't switch off. It was poison injected into society and it corroded everything part of life.

I've spent much of my career studying the legal institution known as "the posse comitatus" as well as "The Posse Comitatus Act." Here's a quick thread. Cites at the end. Posse comitatus is Latin for "power of the county," or temporarily deputized people obligated to assist law enforcers.

“When a willing victim, who has committed no treachery was killed in a traitor’s stead … the Table would crack and death itself would start working backwards.” www.christianitytoday.com/2025/06/died...

DEAN: What's the tariff on bananas? LUTNICK: Generally 10% DEAN: Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8% LUTNICK: If you build in America, there is no tariff DEAN: We cannot build bananas in America

An ICE agent sporting a valknut tattoo (commonly associated with white supremacist "Odinist" groups in the US) was spotted during an immigration raid in Massachusetts last week.

Statement from Buona Forchetta about the ICE raid last night. 💔

There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd. It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.

The so-called Treverermännchen ('little man of the Treveri'), a charming Roman bronze figurine depicting a man wearing a short hooded cloak (cucullus). Gaiters are wrapped around his legs. It's unknown what the figure once held. Found in AugustTreverorum/Trier, dating 3rd c. AD 🏺 #archaeology 📷 me

And now for something completely different.. Carl Larsson (Swedish, 1853-1919) “Rainy day” 1886 Watercolor

Scoop: Nancy Mace's fmr staff tell me they were assigned to create burner accounts to bolster their boss online. “We were congressional staff, and there were actual things we could be doing to help the constituents," one said. 1/ www.wired.com/story/nancy-...