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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 2h

well this kicks ass www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

NOVEMBER 3, 2025
THE ART WORLD
RECONSTRUCTED
In "Monuments," the Confederacy surrenders to nineteen artists.
By Julian Lucas
6:00 AM

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•he hirst thing you see is a horses
- ass, protruding, upside down, trom the thorax of a monster. A man's arm descends from the beast's stomach, his gloved hand clutching the blade of a fallen sabre. There's no sign of a rider's face, but a head of well-coiffed hair dangles from the creature's eyeless muzzle. Every part of the work comes from a statue of the Confederate general Stonewall Jackson that was removed from Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2021. It was subsequently given to the artist Kara Walker, who carved it up in accordance with a butcher's diagram. The finished sculpture, "Unmanned Drone"—on view at the Brick, in Los Angeles, as part of a joint exhibition with MocA called
"Monuments" —is at once an act of carnivalesque retribution and a recognition of the Confederacy's zombie-like persistence. A rebellion defeated more than a hundred and sixty years ago refuses to stay dead; between the creature's legs, a horse head emerges from a gape in the bronze, like a new Jackson already foaling.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 21h

At some point it has to become clear that this tech exists is to create a more toxic society and enrich its owners. These uses are not aberrations but rather the entire purpose.

OpenAI's Sora 2 Can Generate Videos of Celebrities Appearing to Shout Racial Slurs

OpenAI's Sora 2 video generation model can be exploited to push misinformation and depict public figures behaving badly despite promised guardrails.

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Vikram Murthi @fauxbeatpoet.bsky.social · 1d

No correct aspect ratio upload to be found on YouTube, and I could be more rigorous about my editing, but I genuinely think this is some of the funniest 106 seconds in comedy history, and definitely in my top five Simpsons jokes.

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Mike M @dosmas.bsky.social · 1d

Suns already giving me heart palpitations

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Cage @ridiculouscage.bsky.social · 1d

welcome back, STAT

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The Screens of Pete and Pete @peteandpete.bsky.social · 2d

The Adventures of Pete & Pete - Season 2, Episode 6: Halloweenie

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Tuffy @smtuffy.bsky.social · Aug 19

No way the Maine oysterman doesn’t milkshake duck

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Mike M @dosmas.bsky.social · 2d

Going to try to stave off the depression and patronize some of the many amazing artists here. Finding and buying new art is the only thing keeping the wheels on today (besides the nicotine & caffeine)

Stave It Off

YouTube video by Strong Bad - Topic

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Mike M @dosmas.bsky.social · 3d

If I'm ever placed on life support and they feed all my posts into an LLM to determine whether or not to pull the plug - please just pull the plug - I don't want to live in that kind of world

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Screamer Jim @screamerjim.bsky.social · 4d

Stay woke friends

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 5d

Today marks the two-year anniversary of a great modern sci-fi show: Scavengers Reign. 🥰

A new classic that is only officially available in a few countries.

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Jeanne (she/they) @fangirljeanne.bsky.social · 4d

Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only

Scene from the movie Can’t Hardly Wait, where a kid is stealing a ceramic beer stein from the house where the house party is being held.

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Kim Hu @kim-hu.com · 4d

Where can I buy this, chat?

Photo of a cap with the text: hello, 1am fleeing the American century of humiliation. Can you show me where to buy White Monster Energy Drinks?

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Mike M @dosmas.bsky.social · 5d

Anyway, here's Wonderwall

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Liz Saila @lizsaila.bsky.social · 5d

Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) at the Boston No Kings rally today, wore the trans pride flag like a scarf draped over his shoulders and included in his speech. "Because here in Massachusetts, we stand for what is right. We stand with trans people because trans rights are human rights."

Sen. Ed Markey, a white man with white hair, standing at a lectern with a dark background, and Sen Elizabeth Warren to camera right, in a black top with a red blazer. Markey wears a trans pride flag draped over his shoulders. The closed caption reads "trans people because trans righs are human rights. We" The chiron underneath reads "No Kings Rally Underway In Boston"

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Mike M @dosmas.bsky.social · 5d

How you know you're in Scottsdale:

Please do not dispose of your zyn pouches or paper towels in the urinal

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Mike M @dosmas.bsky.social · 5d

That classic skeleton on the door makes me consider the idea that Pete & Pete exists in the Fallout universe.

The Screens of Pete and Pete @peteandpete.bsky.social · 5d

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psudonym @psudonym.bsky.social · 6d

Did I post this before? Well I'm posting it again, just in case.

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Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 9d

When you’ve pissed off WeRateDogs so much they’re calling you “fucking losers” on Main you have absolutely lost all merit in the court of public opinion