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Hyperallergic @hyperallergic.com · 16m

For the most part, Roma art is not visible in mainstream American or European society. And yet, beneath the surface, there is an expanding Roma art landscape, including artists like Małgorzata Mirga-Tas, Ceijia Stojka, Gabi Jiménez, and more.

10 Contemporary Roma Artists You Should Know

Małgorzata Mirga-Tas’s dignified storytelling, Ceijia Stojka’s triumphant paintings, Gabi Jiménez’s expressive portraits, and so much more.

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National Weather Service @nws.noaa.gov · 16m

Read the latest key messages regarding the development of a strong coastal low this weekend. Significant coastal impacts are expected along much of the U.S. East Coast through early next week.

Find your local forecast office to keep up with the latest at weather.gov.

Graphic relaying the Key Messages for a forecast strong coastal low expected along the east coast this weekend.
- A coastal low is expected to develop off the coast of the Southeast US early Saturday and strengthen through the weekend, bringing significant coastal impacts to parts of the US East Coast through early next week.
- The combination of persistent, strong onshore winds, high surf, and high astronomical tides may lead to major coastal flooding for some Mid-Atlantic communities. Coastal residents are urged to heed warnings for their local National Weather Service office and always follow guidance from local officials.
- High surf is expected on many East Coast beaches, which will generate strong rip currents and likely lead to areas of beach erosion.
- There is an increasing threat of wind gusts in excess of 55mph and periods of heavy rain for coastal areas of the Mid-Atlantic. This may lead to scattered power outages and isolated to scattered instances of flash flooding.

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 11m

YASS NEW LOGO

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Emily Wood @ebwood.bsky.social · 3h

Welp, now I know what one of the machines does.

(Loudly tears up pavement in a neat, lane-wide strip and spits it into the bed of a waiting dump truck—while making the whole building shake as if we were experiencing a minor earthquake.)

Looks like I’m off to a coffee shop for work today.

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Emily Wood @ebwood.bsky.social · 12h

Currently watching crews drop off MASSIVE machines directly across the street.

Something tells me conditions are not going to be very conducive for my work-from-home day tomorrow…

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Dr. Rachel Schine @rachelschine.bsky.social · 13h

Ok fine I will admit that I enjoy this immensely and it's restored a modicum of my faith in humanity

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 13h

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 14h

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 17h

As y'all have probably heard, there has been a lot of ICE activity on the North Side of Chicago today. At least four people were kidnapped by ICE in the Rogers Park neighborhood. Folks mobilized throughout the day to do ICE Watch and Rapid Response work.

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Emily Wood @ebwood.bsky.social · 14h

Amazing.

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Emily Wood @ebwood.bsky.social · 14h

Go on…

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 20h

LET THE GOURDS HEAL YOUR PAIN.

It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers

First published on October 9, 2009, this classic by Colin Nissan is our most-read article of all time. We’re celebrating the 16th anniversary of th...

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 19h

hard pass | noun | a firm refusal or rejection of something (such as an offer)

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Jesse "Pecke in the Crowne" Locker @jessemlocker.bsky.social · 18h

Artemisia Gentileschi in Columbus, Ohio

Artemisia Gentileschi in the U.S.: works from the Neapolitan period on display at the Columbus Museum of Art

From Oct. 31, 2025 to May 31, 2026, the Columbus Museum of Art is dedicating an exhibition to 17th-century painter Artemisia Gentileschi. Featured is the rediscovered painting Hercules and Onphale att...

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Emily Wood @ebwood.bsky.social · 16h

Based on the posts in my feed, I might as well just leave it on repeat for a while…

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Emily Wood @ebwood.bsky.social · 16h

Off to listen again.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 18h

Drake’s federal defamation suit against Universal Music Group has been thrown out of court, TMZ reports

Drake's Federal Defamation Lawsuit Against UMG Over 'Not Like Us' Dismissed

Drake just took a big legal loss against his own record label ... because his federal defamation suit against Universal Music Group has been thrown out of court.

www.tmz.com

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Brad Hostetler @bradhostetler.bsky.social · 17h

We're hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Art History at Kenyon College, with a specialization in any field of Asian Art. Please apply! careers.pageuppeople.com/695/cw/en-us...

Kenyon College - Details - Assistant Professor of Asian Art History

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Sarah Fackrell @design-law.bsky.social · 22h

I no longer regret this. Clearly, y'all needed this today.

Sarah Fackrell @design-law.bsky.social · 22h

I regret to inform you that this is a thing.

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TrustedReveler @trustedreveler.bsky.social · 2d

LA: we will fight you.

Chicago: we will fight you.

PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

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Museo del Prado @museodelprado.es · 1d

El retrato ecuestre de Felipe IV de Velázquez recupera su esplendor original gracias al apoyo de la Fundación Iberdrola España como ‘miembro protector’ del Programa de Restauraciones del Museo del Prado www.museodelprado.es/actualidad/n...

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ArtHist @arthist-net.bsky.social · 1d

CONF: Stradanus at Cooper Hewitt (New York City, 6-7 Nov 25)

https://arthist.net/archive/50842

Stradanus at Cooper Hewitt (New York City, 6-7 Nov 25)

Jamie Kwan. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, 06.–07.11.2025, www.cooperhewitt.org/the-stradanus-project/

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dmercer.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago tire shops are excellent.

Two-story fram building decorated in black and white stripes with a red, green, and white sign that says Jose's New & Used Tires & Rims.

One-story orange brick building with a stepped parapet wall with an arch in the center. The door is in the center, and above it is a yellow square with a hubcap mounted on it. On either side of the door are two tires, painted yellow attached to the wall below yellow and black signs in English and Spanish.

One-story brick tire shop painted bright orange-red. There is a customer door at the left, topped with a painting of Jesus. Next to that is a large glass block window and on the right is the garage door. There are paintings of tires at various places above the garage door. "4 Brothers Tire Shop, Inc." is painted in black and white at top left.

One-story brick building with a flat roof. The brick is painted dark red, pale yellow, and brown. Pictures of tires, painted in black, white, and yellow, decorated the front. On either side are the words "TIRE SHOP", painted vertically. The address is painted yellow in the center of the building.

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Michelle Wu 吳弭 @wutrain.bsky.social · 1d

👍 Blue Jays

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Scott McDonough @sjmcdonough.bsky.social · 1d

Who had the largest nose in numismatic history?
I'm particularly impressed by the schnoz on the Parthian king Mihrdāt/Mithradates II (r. 124–91 BCE), but there must be bigger.
#Numismatics
#Proboscis
#Parthia