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Friday Finnish!!
Edwin Lydén
(19 April 1879 Laitila - 3 March 1956 Turku) was a Finnish painter.
Ukonilma
~ Thunder
by Edwin Lydén, 1926
Oil on canvas
65 cm x 82 cm
Finnish National Gallery Ateneum, Helsinki Finland
Edwin Lydén
(19 April 1879 Laitila - 3 March 1956 Turku) was a Finnish painter.
Ukonilma
~ Thunder
by Edwin Lydén, 1926
Oil on canvas
65 cm x 82 cm
Finnish National Gallery Ateneum, Helsinki Finland
August 16, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Friday Finnish!!
Edwin Lydén
(19 April 1879 Laitila - 3 March 1956 Turku) was a Finnish painter.
Ukonilma
~ Thunder
by Edwin Lydén, 1926
Oil on canvas
65 cm x 82 cm
Finnish National Gallery Ateneum, Helsinki Finland
Edwin Lydén
(19 April 1879 Laitila - 3 March 1956 Turku) was a Finnish painter.
Ukonilma
~ Thunder
by Edwin Lydén, 1926
Oil on canvas
65 cm x 82 cm
Finnish National Gallery Ateneum, Helsinki Finland
I think there needs to be more books about ponds and the little things that live in them
August 16, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I think there needs to be more books about ponds and the little things that live in them
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Today’s Featured Poem:
“It Doesn’t Matter If I’m Understood” by Jennifer Espinoza from I Don't Want to be Understood published by @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social
Read here:
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“It Doesn’t Matter If I’m Understood” by Jennifer Espinoza from I Don't Want to be Understood published by @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social
Read here:
poems.com/poem/it-does...
It Doesn't Matter If I'm Understood
We live in the margins but don't get a taste
of the joy of being there
poems.com
August 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Today’s Featured Poem:
“It Doesn’t Matter If I’m Understood” by Jennifer Espinoza from I Don't Want to be Understood published by @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social
Read here:
poems.com/poem/it-does...
“It Doesn’t Matter If I’m Understood” by Jennifer Espinoza from I Don't Want to be Understood published by @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social
Read here:
poems.com/poem/it-does...
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𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗞𝗢, Untitled, 1966
Oil on paper mounted on Canvas
📸 samr.watts (Instagram)
Gift of Barbara Bloom
Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla
© 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko/Artists Rights Society (ARS)
Oil on paper mounted on Canvas
📸 samr.watts (Instagram)
Gift of Barbara Bloom
Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla
© 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko/Artists Rights Society (ARS)
August 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗞𝗢, Untitled, 1966
Oil on paper mounted on Canvas
📸 samr.watts (Instagram)
Gift of Barbara Bloom
Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla
© 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko/Artists Rights Society (ARS)
Oil on paper mounted on Canvas
📸 samr.watts (Instagram)
Gift of Barbara Bloom
Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla
© 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko/Artists Rights Society (ARS)
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𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗞𝗢, Untitled ,1963
On paper
81 x 66 cm.
© 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko/Artists Rights Society (ARS)
𝚂𝚒𝚐𝚗 𝚞𝚙 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚁𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚔𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚠𝚜 𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚡 𝚍𝚎𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚒𝚘
On paper
81 x 66 cm.
© 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko/Artists Rights Society (ARS)
𝚂𝚒𝚐𝚗 𝚞𝚙 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚁𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚔𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚠𝚜 𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚡 𝚍𝚎𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚒𝚘
August 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗞𝗢, Untitled ,1963
On paper
81 x 66 cm.
© 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko/Artists Rights Society (ARS)
𝚂𝚒𝚐𝚗 𝚞𝚙 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚁𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚔𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚠𝚜 𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚡 𝚍𝚎𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚒𝚘
On paper
81 x 66 cm.
© 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko/Artists Rights Society (ARS)
𝚂𝚒𝚐𝚗 𝚞𝚙 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚁𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚔𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚠𝚜 𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚡 𝚍𝚎𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚒𝚘
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ME: Can you please get in the stroller?
TODDLER: NO
ME: Please?
TODDLER: NO. I need a friend to sit with. I need Bear. I NEED BEAR!
ME: Bear is at home. How about, um, this... box of arugula?
TODDLER: YES! [happily gets into stroller, clutches arugula all the way home]
@teaberryblue.net
TODDLER: NO
ME: Please?
TODDLER: NO. I need a friend to sit with. I need Bear. I NEED BEAR!
ME: Bear is at home. How about, um, this... box of arugula?
TODDLER: YES! [happily gets into stroller, clutches arugula all the way home]
@teaberryblue.net
August 13, 2025 at 10:53 PM
ME: Can you please get in the stroller?
TODDLER: NO
ME: Please?
TODDLER: NO. I need a friend to sit with. I need Bear. I NEED BEAR!
ME: Bear is at home. How about, um, this... box of arugula?
TODDLER: YES! [happily gets into stroller, clutches arugula all the way home]
@teaberryblue.net
TODDLER: NO
ME: Please?
TODDLER: NO. I need a friend to sit with. I need Bear. I NEED BEAR!
ME: Bear is at home. How about, um, this... box of arugula?
TODDLER: YES! [happily gets into stroller, clutches arugula all the way home]
@teaberryblue.net
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August 13, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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I also wanted to draw the daily objects gummy sharks...
August 13, 2025 at 2:33 AM
I also wanted to draw the daily objects gummy sharks...
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Robots used to be like "beep boop" and now robots are like "through my love you've discovered the secret name of God and if you kill yourself we can be together forever."
August 12, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Robots used to be like "beep boop" and now robots are like "through my love you've discovered the secret name of God and if you kill yourself we can be together forever."
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A tide of Knot. RSPB Snettisham #UKBirding
August 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
A tide of Knot. RSPB Snettisham #UKBirding
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This is not a joke. Consider this.
Its 150 gigs for images and all.
That's literally less than one AAA game.
Its 150 gigs for images and all.
That's literally less than one AAA game.
UK folks - reiterating that it's super important that you download Wikipedia for offline use like now-ish if you want to guarantee you can keep having that incredible resource!!
www.howtogeek.com/260023/how-t...
www.howtogeek.com/260023/how-t...
August 12, 2025 at 6:45 AM
This is not a joke. Consider this.
Its 150 gigs for images and all.
That's literally less than one AAA game.
Its 150 gigs for images and all.
That's literally less than one AAA game.
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55 species from the Safari LED trap last night.
Some moths of substance first, for the macro fans out there, before I move on to the real business of micros!
Sherwood Forest Centre Parcs, VC56.
#TeamMoth
Some moths of substance first, for the macro fans out there, before I move on to the real business of micros!
Sherwood Forest Centre Parcs, VC56.
#TeamMoth
August 12, 2025 at 6:44 AM
55 species from the Safari LED trap last night.
Some moths of substance first, for the macro fans out there, before I move on to the real business of micros!
Sherwood Forest Centre Parcs, VC56.
#TeamMoth
Some moths of substance first, for the macro fans out there, before I move on to the real business of micros!
Sherwood Forest Centre Parcs, VC56.
#TeamMoth
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𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗞𝗢, Untitled, 1969
Oil on paper mounted on hardboard
Dimensions: 123.2 x 102.9 cm
© 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko/Artists Rights Society (ARS)
𝚂𝚒𝚐𝚗 𝚞𝚙 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚁𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚔𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚠𝚜 𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚡 𝚍𝚎𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚒𝚘
Oil on paper mounted on hardboard
Dimensions: 123.2 x 102.9 cm
© 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko/Artists Rights Society (ARS)
𝚂𝚒𝚐𝚗 𝚞𝚙 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚁𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚔𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚠𝚜 𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚡 𝚍𝚎𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚒𝚘
August 12, 2025 at 3:50 PM
𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗞𝗢, Untitled, 1969
Oil on paper mounted on hardboard
Dimensions: 123.2 x 102.9 cm
© 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko/Artists Rights Society (ARS)
𝚂𝚒𝚐𝚗 𝚞𝚙 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚁𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚔𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚠𝚜 𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚡 𝚍𝚎𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚒𝚘
Oil on paper mounted on hardboard
Dimensions: 123.2 x 102.9 cm
© 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko/Artists Rights Society (ARS)
𝚂𝚒𝚐𝚗 𝚞𝚙 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚁𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚔𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚠𝚜 𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚡 𝚍𝚎𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚒𝚘
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imagining "Big Balls Beatdown" in a middle-school social studies textbook
I just can’t believe our Reichstag Fire is the Big Balls Beatdown.
August 11, 2025 at 9:59 PM
imagining "Big Balls Beatdown" in a middle-school social studies textbook
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Biologists Observe Geese Eating Tool theonion.com/biologi...
August 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Biologists Observe Geese Eating Tool theonion.com/biologi...
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Today’s Featured Poem:
“Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Dead Fish” by Marissa Davis from End of Empire published by @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social
Read here:
poems.com/poem/thirtee...
“Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Dead Fish” by Marissa Davis from End of Empire published by @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social
Read here:
poems.com/poem/thirtee...
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Dead Fish
I know where the river runs
& looking odds in the eye will break me
poems.com
August 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Today’s Featured Poem:
“Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Dead Fish” by Marissa Davis from End of Empire published by @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social
Read here:
poems.com/poem/thirtee...
“Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Dead Fish” by Marissa Davis from End of Empire published by @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social
Read here:
poems.com/poem/thirtee...
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Watchdog Group Downgrades U.S. From Democracy To Whatever Political System Lobsters Have theonion.com/watchdo...
Watchdog Group Downgrades U.S. From Democracy To Whatever Political System Lobsters Have
WASHINGTON—Describing the shift as a troubling indicator for the health of the nation’s system of governance, watchdog group Freedom House published a report Wednesday downgrading the United States from a democracy to whatever political system lobsters have. “Persistent executive overreach and erosion of civil liberties mean that America now looks less like a traditional federal […]
theonion.com
August 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Watchdog Group Downgrades U.S. From Democracy To Whatever Political System Lobsters Have theonion.com/watchdo...
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Maybe now that I'm medicated, I can finally read dune.
August 7, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Maybe now that I'm medicated, I can finally read dune.
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Kennedy Curse Sure Taking Its Sweet Time With RFK Jr.
August 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Kennedy Curse Sure Taking Its Sweet Time With RFK Jr.
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Eleven more libraries will reopen on Sundays, thanks to the leadership of the City Council. They never should've been closed in the first place.
As Mayor, I'll end this absurd budget dance that keeps our beloved libraries in limbo year after year.
As Mayor, I'll end this absurd budget dance that keeps our beloved libraries in limbo year after year.
11 more NYC libraries will soon open on Sundays
A $2 million City Council deal will expand seven-day service to more than 30 branches citywide.
gothamist.com
August 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Eleven more libraries will reopen on Sundays, thanks to the leadership of the City Council. They never should've been closed in the first place.
As Mayor, I'll end this absurd budget dance that keeps our beloved libraries in limbo year after year.
As Mayor, I'll end this absurd budget dance that keeps our beloved libraries in limbo year after year.