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paulboultbee.bsky.social
@paulboultbee.bsky.social
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artist. actor. librarian (ret.).

#AbstractArt
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judy-inthecloud.bsky.social
The perfect response. This is the 🇨🇦 I recognize.
brittlestar.com Brittlestar @brittlestar.com · Nov 28
America, It's Not You, It's...
February 5, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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tiffanycli.bsky.social
Federal judge has ordered the release of Liam Ramos (the bunny hat boy) and his father. A brief and rather remarkable order. Clearly written to be shared widely, so please do. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Ultimately, Petitioners may, because of the arcane United States immigration system, return to their home country, involuntarily or by self-deportation. But that result should occur through a more orderly and humane policy than currently in place. Philadelphia, September 17, 1787: "Well, Dr. Franklin, what do we have?" "A republic, if you can keep it." With a judicial finger in the constitutional dike, It is so ORDERED. SIGNED this 31st day of February, 2026. 7um Jing FRED BIERY UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE Credit: Bystander Matthew 19:14 John 11:35 There is also the photo of the boy from the viral stories included.
January 31, 2026 at 8:42 PM
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kjephd.bsky.social
This judge does the thing quoting the Declaration of Independence at the Trump regime then adds for good measure: "Observing human behavior confirms that for some among us, the perfidious lust for unbridled power & the imposition of cruelty in its quest know no bounds & are bereft of human decency."
blakeprof.bsky.social Blake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · 5d
Order to release Adrian and Liam Arias is a real barn burner storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 31, 2026 at 9:11 PM
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adamserwer.bsky.social
Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Every social theory undergirding Trumpism has been broken on the steel of Minnesotan resolve. The multiracial community in Minneapolis was supposed to shatter. It did not. It held until Bovino was forced out of the Twin Cities with his long coat between his legs. The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone. In Minnesota, all of the ideological cornerstones of MAGA have been proved false at once. Minnesotans, not the armed thugs of ICE and the Border Patrol, are brave. Minnesotans have shown that their community is socially cohesive—because of its diversity and not in spite of it. Minnesotans have found and loved one another in a world atomized by social media, where empty men have tried to fill their lonely soul with lies about their own inherent superiority. Minnesotans have preserved everything worthwhile about “Western civilization,” while armed brutes try to tear it down by force.
January 27, 2026 at 1:06 PM
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feistywaters.com
Local woman approves of this SO HARD. Fucking fantastic good trouble.
lorennacleary.bsky.social LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 14d
You don’t know your role yet maybe, but we are all finding out just what we have to offer.

In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.
January 23, 2026 at 6:53 PM
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lesliegreentree.bsky.social
Proud of PM Mark Carney, who says ‘the “bargain,” which the middle countries have observed with their protector all these decades, “no longer works. … We participated in the rituals, and we largely avoided calling out the gaps between rhetoric and reality,” but now, the gaps have grown too large.’
At Davos, Trump’s Speech Stood Out—but Another One Mattered Much More
The Canadian prime minister started to outline what comes next.
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January 22, 2026 at 2:50 PM
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January 15, 2026 at 7:50 AM
paulboultbee.bsky.social
December 24: "Steam Garden" (2025) mixed media on canvas, 30 in. x 15 in. #ArtAdventCalendar
The painting is anchored by a large piece of corrugated cardboard most of which is painted black. There are two other pieces of corrugated cardboard towards the top of the canvas, The background of the work is painted white over yellow over an early painting which had a strip of handmade paper long the right side from top to bottom.
December 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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December 23: "The Anticipation of Consequences" (2024) mixed media on canvas, 24 in. x 18 in. #ArtAdventCalendar
Swathes of white cover much of the canvas though two sections of underlying brown of the original painting have been left untouched; one section in the upper left corner and another close to the lower right. There is a wonky ladder in black with four rungs on the left side of the canvas.
December 23, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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December 22: "Birch Trees" (2023) charcoal on paper, 26 in. x 20 in. #ArtAdventCalendar
Three birch trees, left of centre, sans leaves and branches, extend from the top to the bottom of the image against a background of three irregular triangles of ground and sky.
December 22, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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December 21: "4930C" (2022) mixed media on canvas, 60 in. x 60 in. #ArtAdventCalendar
An irregular rectangle of red criss-crossed with black lines a la a paned window in the centre of the canvas surrounded by irregular shapes in shades of blue, green, and tan. on a background of white with hints of red at the top of the canvas. The title refers to a former studio address.
December 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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December 20: "Fragments, #5" (2021) acrylic on canvas, 11 in. x 14 in. #ArtAdventCalendar
A band of mottled greens and yellows across the top third of the canvas. The rest of the canvas is mottled white and yellows. Three irregular rectangles to the left of centre. They are mixed green, yellow, and blue, outlined in pencil
December 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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December 19: "Pandemica, #2" (2020) mixed media on canvas, 24 in. x 18 in. #ArtAdventCalendar
On a blue background there are three irregular white rectangles along the left hand side of the canvas, There is a long red rectangle outlined in white in the centre of the canvas and a smaller blue rectangle also outlined in white next to it.
December 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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December 18: "Two From One" (2019) mixed media on canvas, 18 in. x 24 in. #ArtAdventCalendar
Two strips of blue wallpaper form an off-centre cross. In the upper right quadrant are the outlines of two small figures. Below them and upside down in the lower right quadrant is a similar figure though much larger. The painting has been built up with a variety of found papers and a variety of colours ranging from yellows, browns, blues, and white.
December 18, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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December 17: "Unbleached Intersection, #1" (2018) mixed media on canvas, 30 in. x 24 in. #ArtAdventCalendar
A much layered abstract underpinned with intersections of strips of newspaper. These are interspersed with found papers, found images, etc. The piece has then been dry-brushed with unbleached titanium to give the whole painting a rough and textured look.
December 17, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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December 16: "Kerry Wood Sanctuary, #1" (2017) acrylic on canvas, 30 in. x 48 in. #ArtAdventCalendar
Three bands of colour. The bottom two take up about a third of the canvas. The first is mottled greens, the second is mottled blues. The remainder of the canvas (the upper two thirds) is a sky of primarily white with blue accents. The bands of colour are separated from one another by black outlines.
December 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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December 15. #MondayArt "Wonju Garden" (2013) photograph #AbstractArt
Photograph of rolls of Korean paper in red, yellow, blue, and green resembling a collection of garden flowers.
December 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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December 15: "We Three" (2016) acrylic on canvas, 20 in. x 16 in. #ArtAdventCalendar
Three irregular stripes of orange, outlined in black, on a tan background.
December 15, 2025 at 1:31 PM
paulboultbee.bsky.social
December 14: "Footprints" (2015) acrylic on canvas, 16 in. x 20 in. #ArtAdventCalendar
Image in the lower third of the canvas resembles a shoe print. The image above that resembles a shoe seen from the side or a letter "L" on its back. Overall work is in variations of a red-brown palette.
December 14, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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December 13: "Etruscan hut urn, #2" (2014) charcoal on paper, 10 in. x 8 in. #ArtAdventCalendar
An abstract version of an Etruscan (c700 BCE) burial urn in the form of a hut or dwelling place.
December 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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December 12: "Rip Off" (2013) mixed media on canvas, 8 in. x 8 in. #ArtAdventCalendar
A triangular piece of paper ripped from a spiral notebook covers the bottom left-hand corner of the canvas. It is mottled blue while the rest of the canvas is mottled grey and blue.
December 12, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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December 11: "Rooted" (2012) mixed media on canvas, 14 in. x 11 in. #ArtAdventCalendar
Two strips of newspaper obituaries on the left of the canvas, a collaged image of a19th century ancestor on the right above two small blocks of colour (yellow and black). All on a base of collaged papers layered under a wash of red-tinged paint.
December 11, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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December 10: "Lavender Field #2" (2011) charcoal and chalk pastel on paper, 8 in. x 10 in. #ArtAdventCalendar
Arching rows of purple heavily outlined in black denote lavender plants . An undulating shape in yellow-brown indicates trees in the background. There is a hint of blue sky in the distance.
December 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM