SCOOP: The Trump administration has instructed employees and grantees not to use U.S. funds to commemorate World AIDS Day — because the observance was started by the World Health Organization. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...

NEW: Earlier this month, I spent the day with the Luhmanns — a family rooted in theologically conservative Christianity. In the morning, the homeschooled teenage sons tracked ICE. In the afternoon, the mother aided an immigrant mother whose partner was deported. religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...

OMG! In 1970 Hiler + Dorsky "collaborated on... an industrial film commissioned by NJ’s Sussex County Area Reference Library, whose local branch Dorsky and Hiler frequented first as patrons, then eventually as projectionists and programmers for the library’s 16mm screenings" - ft Tony Conrad :)

A worm-ridden skull from collection of the Met Museum, etching by Wenceslaus Hollar after sketch by Leonardo da Vinci www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

PUB DAY

Incredible piece of data journalism here from @wsj.com. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

❤️ “An overt reference to New York City's skyline, the ‘Manhattan’ cocktail set represents the 1930s fascination with all things modern and urban."

One of the most unusual Italian still lifes I've come across, by Paolo Antonio Barbieri (the brother of Guercino): Still Life with Mirrors, Objects, Fruit and Vegetables, first half of the 17th century, oil on canvas, 80.5 x 107.5 cm (Private collection) #earlymodern #17thc

With so much seeming wrong with the world I think you all need to see something undeniably good, so here's @bebeneuwirth.bsky.social with Grover from Sesame Street💗

Pair of charmingly grumpy owls out on skates for winter fun. Have even brought along a snack! By Adriaen van de Venne, who died (alas!) on this day 1662.

Just 200 more signatures needed to hit their goal, so I'm going to keep reposting this until enough of you click the link and sign the petition. It's for a good cause!

Stunning portrait of a woman in a plumed blue hat from 1740 by William Hogarth, who was born on this day in 1697. Totally love this one.

Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...

Sotheran’s rare bookshop newsletter had a delicious interview with famed SF author JG Ballard’s daughter Fay today. There’s no way to link to it (argh) but it’s heartwarming to know apparently he was the best father ever. In these days of tales of toxic men, it’s a relief to hear of good ones

Cup of water and a rose: mundane, yet almost visionary. Useful too if you just need something calming, from Francisco de Zurbarán.

There are no words for how evil this is

Oh — the situation has escalated. Pope Leo has spoken out: says "spiritual rights" of detainees should be respected and calls on the "authorities" to allow "pastoral workers" in. "Jesus says very clearly … we're going to be asked, how did you receive the foreigner?" www.youtube.com/watch?v=taCi...

Gemma the monster

View of Delft, 1661. Sunlight splashes through soft clouds onto weathered hardness of brick & stone. Breathtaking. Vermeer, born OTD 1632.

Today in marine invertebrates

during the 2016 campaign, the Boston Globe ran a scary mockup front page of what a world where Trump was president would look like, and it’s pretty tame compared to a random Friday morning’s headlines now

The day after the Chinatown raid, New York AG Tish James launches an online portal for the public to submit photos and videos of ICE activity. "We are committed to reviewing these reports and assessing any violations of law," she writes. Portal ag.ny.gov/federal-acti...

BREAKING from PP We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens* The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied: Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado www.propublica.org/article/immi... by @nicolefoy.bsky.social

god if I had a house this is so the shit I’d get up to!!!

ICE agents blocked an ambulance that was trying to take an injured protester to hospital. "We are still not being allowed to leave by ICE officers.” an EMT said on radio When driver tried to get out, an agent yelled, "DON’T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN, I WILL SHOOT YOU" www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

1912 short film of puppies being cute. Stencil colored! youtu.be/U_pEY-dq_VQ

They have fired the staff of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, who are disease detectives that respond to outbreaks around the world. I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.

It's time to get your flu shot! Last flu season 280 kids died from influenza, 89% were unvaccinated. Each year 100s of thousands are hospitalized & 10s of thousands die from influenza just in the US. Don't wait, you're online already, schedule your free shot now! Please share & spread the word.

Our top news story tonight:

That's me, July 1969, in Colorado where Ken somewhat improbably was teaching at the Aspen School of the Arts & I even less probably was his feckless 20-year-old assistant. I learned how to thread a Kalart Victor (& outside of class dropped acid & had the revelation that Everything is Now.) Thx Rob!

Ken Jacobs (1933-2025) A great artist, a wonderful teacher, & speaking personally, a close friend for over 50 years. Linking to a piece I wrote to mark his 80th birthday. www.nytimes.com/2013/05/19/m...

I'd never known of this artwork before, but with so much going on I think it's one we need right now: detailed 1934 drawing in black crayon by American modernist Charles Sheeler entitled "Feline Felicity," currently on view at the Harvard Art Museums harvardartmuseums.org/collections/...

Yeah, I figured something like this was gonna happen.

Why *almost* every door? What made the difference? Hardware, reportedly.

New: The CDC acknowledges that pregnancy, in and of itself, is a high-risk condition for severe Covid. Yet it removed its vaccine recommendation for pregnant people without other conditions. Its contradictory messaging, plus the Trump admin's broader actions/inaction on vaccines, has reduced access.

“There’s artificial intelligence, and there’s actual intelligence.”

Five days ago, an ICE agent shoved a woman asking questions about the detention of her husband. Today they attacked two journalists. We cannot accept or normalize what has now become routine violence at 26 Federal Plaza. It has no place in our city.

Happy Deborah Kerr's and Michael Powell's birthdays!

This passage nearly broke me.

Our Accidental Cat is settling in quite nicely. Here's a classic "how it started/how it's going" where you can see his transformation from street urchin to a dapper man of letters.

"War-ravaged" Portland today... #WarRavagedPortland

There's also the sign *museum* :)

This only happens to you once

I can't believe he always looks like this