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Andrew Garton @andrewgarton.bsky.social · 16d

With Bandcamp sold twice within a couple of years and Spotify on the nose, Subvert.fm is tackling the idea of an artist owned internet, or rather, an artist run, collectively owned music marketplace. Interested? It's easy to become a supporter or artist/label founding member.

#subvertfm

Subvert — The Collectively Owned Music Marketplace

A music platform owned by us all. Join Subvert to sell your work, support artists, and shape our shared future. Sincerely Ours.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 23d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · Sep 30

I'll die a thousand deaths on the hill that we should have never lost the cultural shame involved in "selling out"

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Sep 30

DAVID CROSS: “I am disgusted and deeply disappointed… These are some of my HEROES… how can any of us take any of you seriously ever again?”

Here’s who went to the Riyadh Comedy Festival: www.timeoutriyadh.com/news/riyadh-...

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Brian McCarty @brianmccarty.com · Sep 20

My thanks to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and photographer Staci Vandagriff for covering the “War Toys: Ukraine” exhibition at the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History. (I’m not on the right 😉)

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Brian McCarty @brianmccarty.com · Sep 19

I’m grateful to the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts for hosting a talk with Ben Grimes and I. Ben is the creator of a theater program for vets struggling with PTSD called The Breach. Coincidentally, we both were in Iraq in 2017. It was interesting for us each to get a different perspective of the war.

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Brian McCarty @brianmccarty.com · Sep 16

Apologies for the short notice, but I’m participating in a discussion at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts in Little Rock on Thursday (9/18 at 6pm). Come and hear about what’s been keeping me so busy! events.arkmfa.org/event/dual-p...

Dual Perspectives on Art and Healing - Event Calendar | AMFA

Join artists Ben Grimes and Brian McCarty for a conversation exploring artmaking as a form of healing from trauma.

events.arkmfa.org

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Brian McCarty @brianmccarty.com · Sep 14

Still have lots of cleanup to do, but just finished two very long years of work and pushed all 40 translations of @wartoys.org’s educational board game live!!

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Brian McCarty @brianmccarty.com · Sep 1

Warms my heart seeing this, knowing how much its loss was felt by Iraqi kids displaced from Mosul during the war against ISIS.

AP: Iraq reopens historic mosque in Mosul 8 years after Islamic State destruction apnews.com/article/iraq... #wartoys #photography #alnurimosque

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Jul 21

When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.

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Brian McCarty @brianmccarty.com · Jun 21

Forgive O Lord my little jokes on Thee…

#toyphotography #devo #art #boojiboy #photography #qee #deevolution #mask #desert #arttoys #designertoys

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War Toys @wartoys.org · Jun 21

“Hadil” drew her life before the war in #Syria, her dad watering a tree at home. She then drew the #refugee tent she was surviving in with her brother and sister in #Lebanon. Her father has been notably erased from her drawing of the camp. #photography #toyphotography #wartoys #worldrefugeeday

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War Toys @wartoys.org · Jun 21

“Hadil” drew her life before the war in #Syria, her dad watering a tree at home. She then drew the #refugee tent she was surviving in with her brother and sister in #Lebanon. Her father has been notably erased from her drawing of the camp. #arttherapy #childreninwar #wartoys #worldrefugeeday

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Brian McCarty @brianmccarty.com · Jun 13

Shooting something I think folks are gonna like a lot…

#photography #wartoys #behindthescenes #bts

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War Toys @wartoys.org · Jun 7

At a #Syrian #refugee camp in #Lebanon, 11-yr-old “Hana” drew a seemingly happy scene of her family at dinner. She revealed it was the last time she saw her dad alive. He got up to investigate sounds of gunfire outside and was killed steps from their door. #wartoys #toyphotography #photography #art

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War Toys @wartoys.org · Jun 7

At a #Syrian #refugee camp in #Lebanon, 11-yr-old “Hana” drew a seemingly happy scene of her family at dinner. She revealed it was the last time she saw her dad alive. He got up to investigate sounds of gunfire outside and was killed steps from their door. #wartoys #arttherapy #childreninwar #war

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Brian McCarty @brianmccarty.com · May 27

2011 outtake from Old City of Jerusalem. The kids instantly understood the account that I was working recreate. #photography #wartoys #toyphotography

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War Toys @wartoys.org · May 24

In East Jerusalem, local #Palestinian children play a constant cat-and-mouse game with #IDF, often throwing tiny pebbles to harass them. “Mahmoud’s” drawing shows what happened to his friend when the soldiers didn’t want to play one day. #wartoys #art #photography #toyphotography #armymen #arttoys

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War Toys @wartoys.org · May 24

Drawing by “Mahmoud,” made at the Spafford Children’s Center in East Jerusalem, 2011. #arttherapy #wartoys #childreninwar #israel #palestine #jerusalem

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Brian McCarty @brianmccarty.com · May 15

They’re Grrreat!
(Fat Tony by Ron English with “Worlds Greatest Extra” Jessie Heiman)

#toyphotography #tonythetiger #arttoys #ronenglish #art #popart #photography #jessieheiman #frostedflakes #toys #cereal #mascot

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Brian McCarty @brianmccarty.com · May 14

Adventure Time
(shot for Cartoon Network)

#toyphotography #adventuretime #toys #art #makeitreal #photography #popsurrealism #cartoon #cartoonnetwork #peppermint

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Brian McCarty @brianmccarty.com · May 10

@wartoys.org will never be as cool as No War Toys back in the 60s. I mean, seriously… The Doors played their friggin anniversary party!! #wartoys #thedoors

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Brian McCarty @brianmccarty.com · May 10

Laughing Squid / Aloha Oi
(Commissioned by @laughingsquid.com)

#toyphotography #arttoys #giantsquid #photography #art #underwaterphotography #bikini #submarine #pool #makeitreal

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Brian McCarty @brianmccarty.com · May 7

CALL FOR PROPOSALS - 2026 International Toy Research Association (ITRA) Conference. Artists and academics are encouraged to participate, share your work, and become part of a larger community, dedicated to toys. Deadline: 12/31/25. itratoyresearch.org/2026conference

#toydesign #arttoys #toyresearch

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Brian McCarty @brianmccarty.com · May 2

RIP Jill Sobule
youtu.be/RfzS2pEoOq0

Vrbana Bridge

YouTube video by Jill Sobule - Topic

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Photojournalism News @pjournalismnews.bsky.social · May 1

THE SARAJEVO TIMES: Do You Know the Identity of the Boy Photographed in Sarajevo in 1992? wp.me/pgrPjy-19aq @sarajevo-times.bsky.social @sniperalleyphoto.bsky.social #photojournalism #journalism #photography

Do You Know the Identity of the Boy Photographed in Sarajevo in 1992? - Sarajevo Times

The sister of the late Spanish photojournalist Jordi Pujol Puente is searching for the boy he photographed in Sarajevo in 1992. Do you recognize him? The mentioned photographer was killed on May 17th ...

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