His face. His hand. His pillow. Albrecht Dürer, in 1493. Today was his day.

5/17/50: Nicholas Ray landmark In a Lonely Place w/Bogie, Gloria Grahame More: Imogen Sara Smith: www.criterion.com/current/post... @kristinmjones.bsky.social: www.wsj.com/articles/noi... @carrierickey.bsky.social / @libraryofamerica.bsky.social: www.loa.org/news-and-vie...

Dozens of empty Waymos invaded an Atlanta neighborhood and circled a cul-de-sac for hours with no passengers www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...

"The exercise of imagination is dangerous to those who profit from the way things are because it has the power to show that the way things are is not permanent, not universal, not necessary." -Ursula K. Le Guin, *A War Without End*

RIP Tony Stella Social media has many faults but I loved that I could regularly see work by brilliant artists like Tony regularly light up my feed. Here’s my favourite poster of his & it’s one of my favourite movies.

Opens today ! www.criterion.com/current/post...

Feeling bombarded by too much bad news, so I'm soothing myself with pictures by Henriëtte Ronner-Knip, one of the standout animal painters of the 19th century. I'm loving the loose, gestural brushstrokes she used in both of these paintings of kittens

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/o...

"Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial: Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later."

Maybe you just learned about woodcocks, but they've been a big deal for centuries. I wrote about the long history of loving the American Woodcock birdhistory.substack.com/p/more-than-...

To celebrate #worldartday I'm posting a #womanartist I like a lot, Gertrude Fiske and her charming dogs.

Drowsy dog, 1650, by Gerrit Dou. Today was his day.

ICE agents shot another driver -- on Tues. He had just asked to call his wife. They shot him six times. One bullet his jaw. Now he can't speak and has been mostly unconscious. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/u...

This absolutely irresistible portrait of a poodle who is so cute and fluffy it breaks my heart

I have nothing useful to add on the general state of things right now, but I can offer a thread of canine portraits by 18th-century French painter Jean-Jacques Bachelier, who was also director of the famed Sèvres porcelain factory. First up: Mimi, the favorite dog of Madame de Pompadour, 1762

your moment of calm: bun contemplates eternity

Died (alas!) on this day in 1649, Juan Bautista Maino. Dominican friar & great painter. Here doing his name saint, John the Baptist with his little lamb, in a gorgeous, dramatic landscape, 1610.

A Red Fox’s Fantastic Voyage Starts in England and Leads to the Bronx www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/n...

Houses form a dense pattern yet this back street in some city fails to feel lively. Because it's by Jacob Vrel, painter of stillness. Today has been his day.

RIP Calvin Tomkins, the great art writer of postwar America. His lucid writing speaks for artists, while welcoming all interested readers into the world of contemporary art. He was 100. www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

good god this is horrific www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/u...

Judge Strikes Down Kennedy’s Vaccine Policies www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/h...

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/u...

Reminds me of one of my favorite 1930s era photos: Members of the WPA Federal Art Project art class at the Seamen's Institute, NYC, 1935. I can't quite understand why you'd be shirtless in a pastel drawing class, but maybe he was the model..? www.aaa.si.edu/collections/...

TIL actor Noah Wyle's grandmother Edith founded the Craft & Folk Art Museum (now known as the Craft Contemporary) in Los Angeles

Where is the Friend’s House? 1987 Abbas Kiarostami 1 of my favorite films & maybe greatest child acting performances. AK = compassion

2/28/71: Barbara Loden's indie landmark Wanda More via: A party of favorites: www.criterion.com/current/post... @tnyfrontrow.bsky.social: www.newyorker.com/culture/rich... @cinemiasma.bsky.social: www.bloomsbury.com/us/wanda-978... @kristinmjones.bsky.social: www.frieze.com/article/barb...

WSJ’s Jessica Toonkel writes of her journey to find answers for a persistent itch that turned out to be cancer—and of learning about how medicine can miss women’s symptoms. 🔗: on.wsj.com/4scPmXn

This 53 year old man who lived in my neighborhood w/no criminal record & who had been in the US for 30 years, was detained and thrown into a cold cell for days, caught pneumonia and COVID there and deported. He finally died. I am so angry. www.kptv.com/2026/02/21/n...

Around Portland... these may seem drab photos, but i have collected their unique history in the alt text.

Ruben Ray Martinez was shot through his driver's-side window in South Padre Island, Texas.

Absolutely wild. WSJ reporting that some OpenAI staffers thought the Tumbler Ridge shooter's use of ChatGPT raised the potential of real world violence but leadership decided not to alert RCMP. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

This GOOD BOY ran onto the course during the Women’s Cross-Country Skiing Team Sprint event, crossing the finish line and being automatically recorded by OMEGA’s photofinish camera 😆

Today is just merciless. Frederick Wiseman, a giant, has died at 96. @nytimes.com — www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/m...

Note: Allegations of racial profiling aren’t just coming from congressional Democrats. Over the past month, Cardinal Cupich, who oversees the Archdiocese of Chicago, has repeatedly claimed that his own priests have been racially profiled by DHS agents. religionnews.com/2026/02/10/c...

Floof Lump, if needed (Hamataliwa grisea) #EmotionalSupportSpood

Today's feel-good story: a tegu rescued from the snow by a kind person in Providence, RI, has been saved by ET Reptiles & New England Wildlife Center. Usually, pet reptiles die in these circumstances, but frostbite treatment worked. @rickclaypool.bsky.social even visited the tegu + took this photo.

I've thought about this guy and the model buses all week after reading this. Really cool story and RIP man from Leeds. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Tomorrow we release the final episode of Backlisted for the foreseeable future.* After ten years, it's a very odd feeling. I am looking forward to spending more time with my books and fewer times on social media. * Boats against the current, we beat on via Patreon. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmQK...

This is delightful. Spielberg's choice is one of the greats but not one I'd have ever guessed.

Yale prof David Gelernter defends his letter urging Epstein to hire "v small goodlooking blonde" student by saying that he was "keep[ing] the potential boss's habits in mind." This creep shouldn't be allowed anywhere near students. yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...

I keep thinking again, in light of the latest Epstein files dump, about how MeToo “went too far.”

This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here. (clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)

A Minneapolis knitting shop has resurrected the design of a Norwegian cap worn to protest Nazi occupation. Its owner says the money raised from hat pattern sales will support the local immigrant community. n.pr/4thWiUr

www.moma.org/calendar/eve... Preservation premiere Ken Jacobs's 1963 Baud’lairian Capers (fea Flo Jacobs & Bob Fleischner) & Ken's favorite Yiddish film Zayn Vaybs Lubovnik (His Wife’s Lover, 1931) w Ludwig Satz Intro by J. Hoberman (signing books pre screening) Thu, Jan 29, 7 PM MoMA, Theater 2

Alex Pretti’s dad: “He cared about people deeply & was very upset with what was happening...He thought it was terrible, you know, kidnapping children, just grabbing people off the street. He cared about those people, he knew it was wrong, so he did participate in protests” apnews.com/article/immi...

ICE attacked an observer after they tailed a group of clergy on a spiritual pilgrimage. Our digital producer @sam.vp just so happened to be with the clergy on their journey. He spoke with the observer who was attacked and others who witnessed the assault.

if you enjoy these videos & would like me to make another one at some point (or even if you don't care about them at all & just want to support an incredibly urgent cause), please consider donating to my fundraiser for the Palestine Children's Relief Fund! www.gofundme.com/f/david-ehrl...

Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026