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Late-stage generalist, RPCV🌍, history/art/jazz/fiets-urb/pro-sci/anti-dictator, gentler in person.

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gwchilly.bsky.social @gwchilly.bsky.social · 1d

Conservatory Garden, Central Park, New York City, Oct. ‘25.
📷 -gw

Lily pads turn seasonal autumn colors in a fountain dedicated to the children of New York, attaching to the reflections of nearby trees in the Conservatory Garden of Central Park, Oct. ‘25.

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gwchilly.bsky.social @gwchilly.bsky.social · 14h

Your boss wouldn’t even put his hand on the Bibles Melania was holding.

gwchilly.bsky.social @gwchilly.bsky.social · 14h

Welker: “Does that not blur the line?”

Why not just sell pet insurance and be done with journalism?

gwchilly.bsky.social @gwchilly.bsky.social · 14h

Cars seem to be moving at the same speed, just 90 percent fewer of them..

gwchilly.bsky.social @gwchilly.bsky.social · 15h

Merely asking this question is craven sycophancy. Have you announced a date for your “Occupied Washington Post” rebrand?

gwchilly.bsky.social @gwchilly.bsky.social · 15h

Soupçon of tranq? ..

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gwchilly.bsky.social @gwchilly.bsky.social · 15h

I‘m a little taken with the image rotated 180 degrees..

gwchilly.bsky.social @gwchilly.bsky.social · 1d

lol! worst sequel ever..

gwchilly.bsky.social @gwchilly.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you for your attention to my dementia!!! President DJT

gwchilly.bsky.social @gwchilly.bsky.social · 1d

Laurence Harvey after passing time with a little game of solitaire

gwchilly.bsky.social @gwchilly.bsky.social · 1d

From Citizens to Shelby, Dobbs to Immunity, and so much more, his legacy is assured as one of our nation’s all-time greatest scoundrels. A sinister human, a glib liar, and a hater of the Republic.

gwchilly.bsky.social @gwchilly.bsky.social · 1d

Cheetoliini‘s Cabinet of the Living Dead.

gwchilly.bsky.social @gwchilly.bsky.social · 1d

No quarter in our state. None.

gwchilly.bsky.social @gwchilly.bsky.social · 1d

Beautiful day in the park .. tx!

gwchilly.bsky.social @gwchilly.bsky.social · 1d

Way to go, mighty mighty EBBS!..

gwchilly.bsky.social @gwchilly.bsky.social · 1d

Conservatory Garden, Central Park, New York City, Oct. ‘25.
📷 -gw

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gwchilly.bsky.social @gwchilly.bsky.social · 1d

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Annie Hall (11/12) Movie CLIP - Seems Like Old Times (1977) HD

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gwchilly.bsky.social @gwchilly.bsky.social · 2d

Linc, from The Mod Squad TV series, c. 1970.

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Des @desdelboy.bsky.social · 2d

Artist Louise Hayward RE
‘Grounded’ Relief engraving
Size 16 x 21 cm.
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gwchilly.bsky.social @gwchilly.bsky.social · 2d

Dump TrumpTok ..

gwchilly.bsky.social @gwchilly.bsky.social · 2d

That is a great point.

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Michael @mdstamper.bsky.social · 2d

“The Green Sari” by Irma Stern (South African) – Oil on canvas / 1936 – Irma Stern Museum (Cape Town, South Africa) #WomenInArt #WomanArtist #IrmaStern #WomensArt #WomenPaintingWomen #WomenArtists #SouthAfricanArt #SouthAfricanArtist #BlueskyArt #OilPainting #FemaleArtist #art #artText #artwork

Painted in 1936, this portrait reflects artist Irma Stern’s fascination with the diverse communities of South Africa and her commitment to character over costume. Critics often note her “dignified” portrayals; here, the calm face, lowered eyes, and reed-filled setting suggest poise rather than spectacle. The jewelry and fine sari imply a sitter of some standing, likely from the Indian community established in Natal by the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Stern’s impasto scraped and laid on in quick, directional marks keeps the surface alive, especially in the sari’s creamy folds and the reeds’ vertical energy.

A woman appears against tall, pale-green reeds, her head tilted slightly left, gaze lowered and thoughtful. Her medium-brown skin is modeled with thick, lively strokes. Her eyelids are heavy, almond-shaped, with dark lashes and a soft highlight along the brow. A deep-green sari blouse and a creamy pallu drapes diagonally across her chest, edged with a fine green line. A single red stud earring catches the light while at her neck hangs a pendant with a rosy stone in a gold setting. Her black hair is pulled back into a low knot. The background is a field of vertical, grass-like strokes, echoing the sari’s green and framing her quiet, dignified presence.

Stern once wrote that travel and encounter “opened new doors of color”; even at home, she sought subjects whose presence sparked that chromatic charge. Exhibited as “An Indian Woman” at the Irma Stern Museum in 2020 and later titled “The Green Sari,” the work carries a layered history (it earlier appeared at auction as “Malay Lady in Green”), but Stern’s intent holds steady: to honor a modern woman with individuality and grace. As her reputation grew, Stern balanced local portraits with journeys abroad, refining a palette of greens, yellows, and warm earth tones that became signature in her mature style.

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gwchilly.bsky.social @gwchilly.bsky.social · 2d

WGN is owned and operated by Nexstar Media Group.

gwchilly.bsky.social @gwchilly.bsky.social · 2d

Things that never happened that sure as shit will now, after we outlaw the Republican Party as a criminal racket.

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ann @annpersand.bsky.social · 4d

Nobuya Shida, Travel (nihonga technique on wood panel, 2000)

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gwchilly.bsky.social @gwchilly.bsky.social · 2d

We might have to rename the march to “No Kings, No Weenies”