Two miniatures. Even if they’re not triptychs, it’s efficient to use the same palette for multiple paintings. Both of these scenes are from reference photos of a drive through the Poconos on a rainy day last August. Acrylic on canvas, 4”x4”. art.monospace.com #art #artSky #acrylic #landscapeArt

Between Link being banned and Sarah Kendzior being suspended, the people on here who have been speaking truth to power are getting erased...and that does not bode well for us all.

“Any simulation is inherently algorithmic—it must follow programmed rules,” he says. “But since the fundamental level of reality is based on non-algorithmic understanding, the universe cannot be, and could never be, a simulation.” Same reason why “Artificial General Intelligence” is impossible.

Twin Star Orchards in New Paltz, NY, August 2025. Acrylic on laminated mdf panel, 10”x8”. art.monospace.com #art #artSky #fineArt #acrylic #orchard #landscapeArt #NewPaltz #NewYork

it’s moments like today that make it really clear that it was imperative for zohran mamdani to oust andrew cuomo and prevent all these republican-lites from controlling anything

Credit where due, fucking with air travel was genius MAGA move. It impacts upper & middle class and, more importantly, a powerful business interest. Starving millions of poor people doesn't piss off Wall St.

now trump gets to be like “we don’t know what the shutdown was about, democrats just held the country hostage for 2 months for no reason” and he would be sort of correct

There is literally only one strategy and that is to take your ball and go home and let the party that controls the entire government figure out the mess they’ve created

The smartest thing a politician can do in 2026 is to come up with a bold plan for shoring up and EXPANDING public libraries. Call it Project 2050. It's a way to reintroduce the grammar of commoning and the commons to a new generation in a way they can easily grasp. Such low hanging fruit.

The Gospel of Professional Christian Mike Johnson:

Of course Gavin Newsom also speaks about the “crisis” of men in the US, as always adopting the framing of the far right. Not a peep about the progressive turn of young women? Let alone how they could power the Democratic Party?

There is zero excuse for police, in a free society, to wear a mask. Cowards

Why the Mamdani campaign must be the future of politics In an era of rapid authoritarianism consolidation, what Mamdani has built isn’t just inspiration; it’s essential for preserving our freedoms.

The mighty Delaware is an impressive river no matter where you catch it. We were on Rte. 80 in the Poconos, on the way to Pittsburgh on a rainy day when we crossed it and took this quick snap. Acrylic on MDF board, 10" × 8" #art #artSky #fineArt #acrylic #landscapeArt #DelawareRiver #Poconos

Let's also call it what it is... they know what they are supporting is deeply unpopular and evil, which says more about them than anything and living on military bases keeps them from being publicly protested because they are snowflakes.

Thank you Andrea Foster (arfoster49 on Threads) for fixing the headline. 🧪

They're going to the highest court in the land to avoid feeding children.

Indefensible to argue this belongs in schools.

It's still so weird to me that the idea of universal healthcare is so political here. It's a given in so many other places, and I miss it. And people don't realize how good it is for innovation. You can take so many more risks when your health and well-being aren't tied to a salaried employer.

we may have finally discovered the underlying problem: young men are dumb as rocks

"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk

Getting a billion dollars sounds really hard until you find out that all you have to do is impress a bunch of Tesla shareholders

The WFMU Record Fair, which takes place once a year, is a truly spectacular event.

Nederland verzuipt letterlijk in de kippenstront, de varkensstront, en de koeienstront. En het kost ook nog eens miljarden.

Doing three miniatures at a time is a good use of time and materials. Tryptichs also make a great stocking stuffer. Acrylic on 4”x4” canvas panels. Available at art.monospace.com #art #artSky #fineArt #acrylic #miniature #landscapeArt #triptych #NewJersey

fwiw i think one reason why Trump is avoiding negotiating with Dems or really meeting with Dems is that they're hiding his condition.

I strongly suspect that if “repeal the 19th” were on the ballot, a majority of GOP women would cast their final vote for it. They may deny it but at the end of the day it’s consistent to their worldview to which they’ve pledged their allegiance. I have no doubt it would enjoy 90%+ support from men.

This is a really weird way to describe a phone number cops can call to find kids to kidnap

This apparently is a real article about real people in a real newspaper.

De Guardian over de Jetten pyrrus overwinning! ‘it helps if your political system is fragmented, voters volatile, the last government was a basket case, and everyone to your left does badly. And even then, you haven’t really beaten the far right.’ #D66 #Jetten www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

the entire twitter and group chat poisoned elite of American society who decided Trump winning an election by 1.5% heralded a thousand year reich may have miscalculated a bit

Savor this moment, friends. They couldn’t buy their way to a win. They couldn’t racist their way to a win. There are more of us than them, and we fucking beat them. And we can keep beating them.

Confronting Islamophobia was long overdue, and it’s especially gratifying that it happened in New York City.

Paterson NJ is ~65% Hispanic, ~20% Black, ~10% white. I’m sure that’s not at all a coincidence. Democracy literally dies in bomb threats.

Not sure how many Cheney obits will mention this murderous legacy of his.

Er zijn natuurlijk eindeloos veel mannen die eindeloos vaak op de ene baan solliciteerden terwijl ze de andere al hadden. Dan heet het ambitie. Zo gewoon dat het nooit het nieuws of de openbaarheid haalt

The issue isn’t the sandwich, of course. They’re looking to punish what they perceive as disrespect. If there’s one thing fascists have absolutely no defense against, it’s being laughed at.

Met afstand de beste analyse van de Nederlandse verkiezing die ik heb gelezen. Door @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social in @groene.nl - zou ook in het Engels moeten worden vertaald.

Tomorrow is the last day of Hoboken Art Month, and I'll be at the Hoboken Historical Museum from noon to 6, with a pile of fantastic original landscape art. From tiny miniatures (4"x4") to brand new 20"x16" canvases, and everything in between. Come say hi if you're in the area! art.monospace.com

Short version because people aren't reading the blog - "dislikes", essentially just a "not interested" button, private, doesn't effect anyone but yourself - "Social proximity", puts people you know at the top of comments - "Reply context", shows people full thread before they reply

Zo’n vaart zal het niet lopen, werd mij meermaals verzekerd. “Het is hier geen Amerika.” Terwijl het juist vanuit Amerika overduidelijk was welke kant het opging. Elk land krijgt z’n eigen variant op het fascisme.

For all intents and purposes this should have been a fantastic dish, and it was, except the “sweet” shishito peppers I got turned out to be some kind of otherworldly fiery ​specimens. So I saved them and turned them into a spicy salsa for another time. #food #foodSky #foodAndCooking #homeCooking 🍽️

This is not what happened, at all. Wilders’ party is still tied for first. He may have lost a couple seats, but a number of other fascist parties have picked up the slack. The specifics may have changed, but the Netherlands is still in thrall of far right extremism. The NYT doesn’t have a clue.

De winst van JA21 is een verlies van de democratie. Maar geen enkele van de tientallen sportcommentatoren van de NOS durft dat te zeggen. Eerdmans wilde in 2021 nog op de slippen van neonazi Baudet op en programma van deportatie de TK in. Het normaliseren van fascisme en racisme gaat gewoon door.

Happy 34th Birthday HTML tags! On October 29, 1991, the internet pioneer, Tim Berners-Lee, published a document entitled HTML Tags. #WebDesignHistory

This Sunday, 12-6pm, I’ll be showing some work at the Hoboken Historical Museum, as part of the 2025 Artists’ Studio Tour. The “Great Egret/Mill Creek Marsh” will be part of a silent auction. There’ll be open studios all over town, so put on your walking shoes and come check it out. #art #artsky

This is guaranteed to happen. And they will post a "TRUMP SAVED YOUR SNAP BENEFITS" message when you log on to the site.

The other good news is that you can back it up yourself (the current articles are something like 20-30GB, and a full history of edits and pages is a LOT bigger, but still doable) That can be the seed for a new Wikipedia, in extremis en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...