‘An essential element of a police state is the excessive use and threat of violence, and in the past few days the nation has seen such displays’

The image of the blood-soaked airbag next to the glove compartment overflowing with stuffed animals is going to stick with me for a very long time.

Black people five years ago: you know, they can kill anyone they want to out there Everybody today: hot damn, did you know they can kill anyone they want to out there?

If we had a normal President, he'd express human decency and offer condolences for the MURDERED U.S. citizen under his watch. Instead, we get a paragraph of propaganda and excuses that put the blame on the victim – a tactic Trump has used on women for decades. Disgusting.

You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today. This could be you.

AOC: This has now become what we feared most about ICE for a long time—that it would be used as an anti-civilian force with no accountability. At the end of the day, what we saw today was a murder, and murders in cold blood need to be prosecuted.

Car Speed and Lights by Giacomo Balla

From ancient statues to hyper-realistic silicone dolls, the male form has always inspired fascination. Discover how art, culture, and technology converge today. #ArtHistory #MaleFigure #SiliconeDolls #Mendolls

One of my favorites ✨ @ameleigha.bsky.social

Robert Abele ~ Stick of Gold, 2025

‘bring me an iron lung’

Morning.

"I’m going to pause here just to review: an institution that purports to be a university has told a philosophy professor he is forbidden from teaching Plato." surreal times dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...

So, all it took to destroy the government was a complicit SCOTUS, a feckless and spineless Congress, and a felon.

‘The language is over-the-top, full of gross exaggerations, manipulated facts, and outright lies about who perpetrated the violence and who the victims were on that day. And it’s oddly condescending. Your audience is smarter than you’re giving them credit for’

Writing this was very fun but also required some mental flexibility. Enjoy! #Math #popsky #arthistory

Elliott Erwitt, self portrait at home in New York, 2017.

Tuesday

My friend @charlotteclymer.bsky.social has written about Mark Kelly’s distinguished military career. This is not to be missed. open.substack.com/pub/charlott...

Janet Fish, creator of spellbinding paintings of light’s effects on mundane objects, passed away recently. Our remembrance: almahilma.wordpress.com/2026/01/05/j... 6 Water Glasses, acrylic on canvas (1973). National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC, USA). #arthistory #womenartists #art #womensart

Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

Moonlight Love Story[USA, Twilight Lounge](70’s) the faintest drum machine https://redd.it/w4fjid https://youtu.be/AyodV7BHHkQ

Snow flurries #art #oilpainting

‘Maduro has a history of dancing to make fun of his opponents, including the U.S. … Three days after Maduro’s dance, the U.S. invaded Venezuela.’

‘We are going to learn very quickly that – when it comes to taking over a country – press conferences on Air Force One don’t mean diddly-squat’

Remember when everyone was going apeshit over chicken sandwiches?

Morning all. Photographer Don McPhee for The Guardian, January 1979. A Mini appears to have careered off the road and been abandoned in heavy snow near Buxton, in Derbyshire

Surrealist photograph circa 1950 #surrealism #surrealist #eye #dancing #circa1950 #modernart #art #photography

Fenêtre Morgana, Paris 2014 #fineart #fineartnude #mood #artisticnude #nudeart #nude #naked #nudemodel #nudeartphotography #artisticnude #nudeartmodel #provocative #bnw #blackandwhite #tattoo #bedroom #charme #erotique #beauty #nikon

Download 200+ Free Modern Art Books from the Guggenheim Museum www.openculture.com/2017/04/down... #Art #Books #BookSky #ArtBooks #Guggenheim #ModernArt

Oskar Schlemmer with mask and metal object photograph c. 1931 Bauhaus, Germany #bauhaus #germany #oskarschlemmer #art #photography #modernart #modernism #circa1931

#abstractart #art #contemporaryart #abstract #artist #painting #artwork #abstractpainting #modernart #artoftheday #artgallery #artistsoninstagram #acrylicpainting #abstractartist #digitalart #fineart #artcollector #instaart #drawing #arte #interiordesign #abstractexpressionism #contemporarypainting

Der Blaue Reiter by Wassily Kandinsky, 1912, Kunstbibliothek, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Berlin, Germany) #ArtHistory #ModernArt #GermanExpressionism

‘Be kind, be involved, believe in your art … At a time when people tell you art is not important, that is always a prelude to fascism. They think they can debase everything that makes us a little better, a little more human. And that, in my book, and in my life, includes monsters.’

NOWPLAYING #symphonicsunday on le flommus músik blog: flommischen.tumblr.com #symphony #music #orchestra #longhair #arthistory

I've reviewed an excellent late medieval book with lots of great illustrations depicting Medieval daily life. Art review: Flemish book of hours (1400s) You can check it out here; fakehistoryhunter.net/2026/01/04/a... Or here; fakehistoryhunter.substack.com/p/art-review...

When you order bagels for brunch but you get Bruegel instead #usnews #bruegel #triumphofdeath #arthistory #memes #warcrimes

Grant Wood (American, 1891-1942) "January," 1940-41 Oil on composition board 17.94 x 23.62 in Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, USA #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Salvador Dalí : The Anthropomorphic Tower, 1930 Pastel and stumping on tan wove paper 65 × 50 cm | 25-5/8 × 19-11/16 in The Art Institute of Chicago

Morning all. Photograph by Paul Trevor, Brick Lane, Wentworth Street, London 1978.

My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.

Untitled (Ohne Titel) https://botfrens.com/collections/74/contents/1143551

NOWPLAYING #saturdaynightjazz on le flommus músik blog: flommischen.tumblr.com #jazz #blues #vintage #swing #antifa