Nothings Monstered
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The name is a joke from Shakespeare
This account is for whatever I feel like posting about. Mostly pictures that strike my fancy, posts about politics, disability, art, literature, et cetera
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This account is for whatever I feel like posting about. Mostly pictures that strike my fancy, posts about politics, disability, art, literature, et cetera
The Bronx
one-legged juggler // he
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𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗞𝗢, No.2 (Yellow Center), 1954
Oil on canvas, 289.5x173.5 cm
Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
© 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society
☼𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚒𝚘
Oil on canvas, 289.5x173.5 cm
Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
© 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society
☼𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚒𝚘
February 16, 2026 at 4:34 PM
𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗞𝗢, No.2 (Yellow Center), 1954
Oil on canvas, 289.5x173.5 cm
Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
© 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society
☼𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚒𝚘
Oil on canvas, 289.5x173.5 cm
Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
© 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society
☼𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚒𝚘
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Ray Bradbury in the ‘Time Machine’ movie prop, circa 1960
February 16, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Ray Bradbury in the ‘Time Machine’ movie prop, circa 1960
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Plath thought Yeats was one of the greatest ever to do it. and I agree
February 16, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Plath thought Yeats was one of the greatest ever to do it. and I agree
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Born #onthisday in Wisconsin in 1868, the US photographer and ethnologist Edward S. Curtis. Here's his circa 1914 series depicting the ceremonial dress and masks of the Kwakwaka’wakw, an indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast — https://buff.ly/39BjsLO
February 16, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Born #onthisday in Wisconsin in 1868, the US photographer and ethnologist Edward S. Curtis. Here's his circa 1914 series depicting the ceremonial dress and masks of the Kwakwaka’wakw, an indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast — https://buff.ly/39BjsLO
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A giant loss: Robert Duvall is gone. An extraordinary artist who was fluent in every dialect of film acting, from ice-cold underplayer (The Godfather) to expert naturalist (Tender Mercies, The Apostle) to balls-to-the-wall maniac (Apocalypse Now). One of our all-timers. Plunge into that filmography.
Robert Duvall, the legendary actor whose career has spanned over six decades, has died at 95, his wife announced
February 16, 2026 at 6:09 PM
A giant loss: Robert Duvall is gone. An extraordinary artist who was fluent in every dialect of film acting, from ice-cold underplayer (The Godfather) to expert naturalist (Tender Mercies, The Apostle) to balls-to-the-wall maniac (Apocalypse Now). One of our all-timers. Plunge into that filmography.
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February 16, 2026 at 5:59 PM
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They want to scare people out of posting ICE-critical content, because they know these posts are turning even their supporters against them. But the better option is to take a page out of their playbook and flood the zone.
Posting about ICE on Instagram is now enough to get you an “administrative subpoena.” 👀
@nytimes.com #$META
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
@nytimes.com #$META
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
February 16, 2026 at 1:49 PM
They want to scare people out of posting ICE-critical content, because they know these posts are turning even their supporters against them. But the better option is to take a page out of their playbook and flood the zone.
Anyone who hoards together a billion dollars has to be a greedy miser.
February 16, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Anyone who hoards together a billion dollars has to be a greedy miser.
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pretty stunning chart
February 15, 2026 at 7:58 PM
pretty stunning chart
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one of the lessons i learned from the bush years is the right loves for the left to think they are on the fringe, that our voices dont matter, and that we are drowned out. it leads to the left being quiet and the right dominating the conversation. but we arent fringe and we should always be loud.
February 16, 2026 at 6:23 PM
one of the lessons i learned from the bush years is the right loves for the left to think they are on the fringe, that our voices dont matter, and that we are drowned out. it leads to the left being quiet and the right dominating the conversation. but we arent fringe and we should always be loud.
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mom they’re roasting the US economy on mastodon again
February 16, 2026 at 7:37 AM
mom they’re roasting the US economy on mastodon again
Science Gossip
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February 16, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Science Gossip
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Remember those old photos of choking smog hanging over LA and NYC in the 70s? Well get ready for that again
“The U.S. no longer has emission standards of any meaning,” said Margo T. Oge, who served as the E.P.A.’s top vehicle emissions regulator under three presidents and has since advised both automakers and environmental groups…
“Nothing. Zero,” she added. “Not many countries have zero.”
“Nothing. Zero,” she added. “Not many countries have zero.”
With Latest Rollback, the U.S. Essentially Has No Clean-Car Rules
www.nytimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Remember those old photos of choking smog hanging over LA and NYC in the 70s? Well get ready for that again
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what's interesting is that this is the exact opposite of the truth for art but might be true for the STEM fields these people are from, historically far more science has been done by the landed gentry and economically privileged than singing
What do we think about the assertion in this meme? I know, we think it's asinine, but I'm looking for specific arguments as to why it's asinine.
February 16, 2026 at 5:51 PM
what's interesting is that this is the exact opposite of the truth for art but might be true for the STEM fields these people are from, historically far more science has been done by the landed gentry and economically privileged than singing
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"Hypothetical questions can only be given hypothetical answers..."
February 16, 2026 at 4:51 PM
"Hypothetical questions can only be given hypothetical answers..."
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“Every month since, a new book has shown up in the mailbox free of charge. The program gives one free book a month for children under the age of 5.”
“More than 300 million books have been gifted through the program.” If you'd like to check if your child is eligible, check below 👇🏽
“More than 300 million books have been gifted through the program.” If you'd like to check if your child is eligible, check below 👇🏽
February 16, 2026 at 4:53 PM
“Every month since, a new book has shown up in the mailbox free of charge. The program gives one free book a month for children under the age of 5.”
“More than 300 million books have been gifted through the program.” If you'd like to check if your child is eligible, check below 👇🏽
“More than 300 million books have been gifted through the program.” If you'd like to check if your child is eligible, check below 👇🏽
“An old, mad, blind, despised, and dying king,—
Princes, the dregs of their dull race, who flow
Through public scorn,—mud from a muddy spring,—
Rulers who neither see, nor feel, nor know,
But leech-like to their fainting country cling,
Till they drop, blind in blood, without a blow,—
Princes, the dregs of their dull race, who flow
Through public scorn,—mud from a muddy spring,—
Rulers who neither see, nor feel, nor know,
But leech-like to their fainting country cling,
Till they drop, blind in blood, without a blow,—
February 16, 2026 at 4:57 PM
“An old, mad, blind, despised, and dying king,—
Princes, the dregs of their dull race, who flow
Through public scorn,—mud from a muddy spring,—
Rulers who neither see, nor feel, nor know,
But leech-like to their fainting country cling,
Till they drop, blind in blood, without a blow,—
Princes, the dregs of their dull race, who flow
Through public scorn,—mud from a muddy spring,—
Rulers who neither see, nor feel, nor know,
But leech-like to their fainting country cling,
Till they drop, blind in blood, without a blow,—
"There stands the Tower of Famine. It is built
Upon some prison-homes, whose dwellers rave
"For bread, and gold, and blood: Pain, linked to Guilt,
Agitates the light flame of their hours,
Until its vital oil is spent or spilt."
Upon some prison-homes, whose dwellers rave
"For bread, and gold, and blood: Pain, linked to Guilt,
Agitates the light flame of their hours,
Until its vital oil is spent or spilt."
February 16, 2026 at 4:51 PM
"There stands the Tower of Famine. It is built
Upon some prison-homes, whose dwellers rave
"For bread, and gold, and blood: Pain, linked to Guilt,
Agitates the light flame of their hours,
Until its vital oil is spent or spilt."
Upon some prison-homes, whose dwellers rave
"For bread, and gold, and blood: Pain, linked to Guilt,
Agitates the light flame of their hours,
Until its vital oil is spent or spilt."
Ernie Bushmiller, 1960
February 16, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Ernie Bushmiller, 1960
Winged Sphinx — Leonor Fini, 1975
February 16, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Winged Sphinx — Leonor Fini, 1975
Elliott Erwitt, 1954
February 16, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Elliott Erwitt, 1954
Pompon at the Window — Olivier Neuray, 2025
Oil on panel
80 x 60 cm
Oil on panel
80 x 60 cm
February 16, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Pompon at the Window — Olivier Neuray, 2025
Oil on panel
80 x 60 cm
Oil on panel
80 x 60 cm