@andypatton52.bsky.social
I am interested in art (historical and contemporary), archeology, literature and Rome.
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He was willing to utilize prayer OR force. It’s the Chicago way 😂
January 11, 2026 at 1:18 PM
He was willing to utilize prayer OR force. It’s the Chicago way 😂
Janice (artist and my wife) had taken Julian (scholar of Duchamp) to see the Uccello frescoes at Santa Maria Novella in Florence, 2016. They had been moved and restored.
January 10, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Janice (artist and my wife) had taken Julian (scholar of Duchamp) to see the Uccello frescoes at Santa Maria Novella in Florence, 2016. They had been moved and restored.
Yesterday, you constructed an aqueduct of dreams
and stood at Gibraltar,
but you possess nothing.
-Arthur Sze, from the poem, "First Snow."
and stood at Gibraltar,
but you possess nothing.
-Arthur Sze, from the poem, "First Snow."
January 10, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Yesterday, you constructed an aqueduct of dreams
and stood at Gibraltar,
but you possess nothing.
-Arthur Sze, from the poem, "First Snow."
and stood at Gibraltar,
but you possess nothing.
-Arthur Sze, from the poem, "First Snow."
The view from the apartment in Napoli we rented in 2013.
January 9, 2026 at 7:22 PM
The view from the apartment in Napoli we rented in 2013.
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Nice bit of digital humanities here - using AI to transcribe more than 32,000 manuscripts in the space of a few months. But with two years of preparation in training the model and creating standards for automating manuscript transcription
www.inria.fr/en/comma-med...
www.inria.fr/en/comma-med...
CoMMA: thousands of medieval manuscripts finally transcribed
Transcribing thousands of medieval manuscripts by hand would be a monumental undertaking. Fortunately, researchers in computational humanities at the Inria Paris Centre have been able to automate the ...
www.inria.fr
January 9, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Nice bit of digital humanities here - using AI to transcribe more than 32,000 manuscripts in the space of a few months. But with two years of preparation in training the model and creating standards for automating manuscript transcription
www.inria.fr/en/comma-med...
www.inria.fr/en/comma-med...
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Orin Kerr recalls a 2011 article in which people were asked to view a protest video and say whether the protesters were behaving lawfully. It was an experiment: their reading of lawfulness turned out to depend greatly on whether the protesters were said to be on their or the other side.
The Minnesota ICE Videos and "They Saw A Protest"
One explanation for the different reactions.
reason.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Orin Kerr recalls a 2011 article in which people were asked to view a protest video and say whether the protesters were behaving lawfully. It was an experiment: their reading of lawfulness turned out to depend greatly on whether the protesters were said to be on their or the other side.
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Worthwhile poem? ✅️
January 8, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Worthwhile poem? ✅️
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An estimated 100,00 Iranians taking over Mashad tonight in Iran. The birthplace of Ayatollah Khamenei.
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January 8, 2026 at 8:54 PM
An estimated 100,00 Iranians taking over Mashad tonight in Iran. The birthplace of Ayatollah Khamenei.
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In Gorgan, the military administration building is reportedly on fire, new footage shows a significant blaze. With Iran under a total internet and mobile blackout, only scattered clips are making it out. At this point, we can only guess what’s really unfolding on the ground.
January 8, 2026 at 9:06 PM
In Gorgan, the military administration building is reportedly on fire, new footage shows a significant blaze. With Iran under a total internet and mobile blackout, only scattered clips are making it out. At this point, we can only guess what’s really unfolding on the ground.
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The works of Plato are now being banned at schools in the United States.
Tell me again how censorship is a European problem? 🤔
Tell me again how censorship is a European problem? 🤔
Plato Has Been Censored; What Next?
PEN America condemns and calls absurd Texas A&M censoring Plato readings and discussions related to race and gender
pen.org
January 8, 2026 at 9:34 AM
The works of Plato are now being banned at schools in the United States.
Tell me again how censorship is a European problem? 🤔
Tell me again how censorship is a European problem? 🤔
I don't know if the images I'm seeing from Iran are true, but I tend to believe them. It really looks as though the crowds protesting in the streets of Tehran are enormous. A building set on fire; the entrance to a mosque with a crowd yelling at those inside. Is anyone here able to confirm?
January 8, 2026 at 9:00 PM
I don't know if the images I'm seeing from Iran are true, but I tend to believe them. It really looks as though the crowds protesting in the streets of Tehran are enormous. A building set on fire; the entrance to a mosque with a crowd yelling at those inside. Is anyone here able to confirm?
This is domestic terrorism? I wouldn't have been afraid of her.
Woman killed by ICE agent in Minneapolis was a mother of 3, poet and new to the city
The woman shot and killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis was a U.S. citizen and mother of a 6-year-old
abcnews.go.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:58 PM
This is domestic terrorism? I wouldn't have been afraid of her.
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There is no legal justification, whatsoever, to use military force against a NATO ally like Greenland.
If any military member participates in this without congressional authorization, they are following illegal orders.
If any military member participates in this without congressional authorization, they are following illegal orders.
January 7, 2026 at 5:28 PM
There is no legal justification, whatsoever, to use military force against a NATO ally like Greenland.
If any military member participates in this without congressional authorization, they are following illegal orders.
If any military member participates in this without congressional authorization, they are following illegal orders.
At Pompeii or maybe it was Herculaneum, in 2012.
January 8, 2026 at 1:31 PM
At Pompeii or maybe it was Herculaneum, in 2012.
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Mira Ibrisimovic and her husband, Mario Sanginés, had always considered Spain as a potential retirement spot.
They didn’t expect it to be so soon.
Here are the stories of disillusioned and fearful U.S. families seeking refuge from MAGA in Valencia 👇
politi.co/49H29up
They didn’t expect it to be so soon.
Here are the stories of disillusioned and fearful U.S. families seeking refuge from MAGA in Valencia 👇
politi.co/49H29up
January 7, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Mira Ibrisimovic and her husband, Mario Sanginés, had always considered Spain as a potential retirement spot.
They didn’t expect it to be so soon.
Here are the stories of disillusioned and fearful U.S. families seeking refuge from MAGA in Valencia 👇
politi.co/49H29up
They didn’t expect it to be so soon.
Here are the stories of disillusioned and fearful U.S. families seeking refuge from MAGA in Valencia 👇
politi.co/49H29up
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“I believe like Cézanne that there is only truth in nuance."
—Yves Bonnefoy
Because I also believe this, there are certain much-praised films, shows, performances, books, that … just don’t work for me.
—Yves Bonnefoy
Because I also believe this, there are certain much-praised films, shows, performances, books, that … just don’t work for me.
January 7, 2026 at 1:36 AM
“I believe like Cézanne that there is only truth in nuance."
—Yves Bonnefoy
Because I also believe this, there are certain much-praised films, shows, performances, books, that … just don’t work for me.
—Yves Bonnefoy
Because I also believe this, there are certain much-praised films, shows, performances, books, that … just don’t work for me.
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Venezuela’s government is arresting journalists and sending paramilitary forces to suppress anyone who is too happy about Maduro's removal
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Venezuela launches wave of repression after US seizure of Nicolás Maduro
Armed militias patrol the streets and journalists arrested as government crackdown on dissent widens
giftarticle.ft.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Venezuela’s government is arresting journalists and sending paramilitary forces to suppress anyone who is too happy about Maduro's removal
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Reasonable to ask whether Americans just got played by Cubans and Venezuelans who will now stay in power in Caracas and who understood that after 24 or so hours of gringo euphoria this will be a disaster for the US.
macspaunday.substack.com/p/the-dog-th...
macspaunday.substack.com/p/the-dog-th...
The Dog That Didn't Bark in the Maduro Op
Cuban intelligence runs Venezuela's security apparatus. Where was it when the U.S. snatched the Venezuelan strongman?
macspaunday.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Reasonable to ask whether Americans just got played by Cubans and Venezuelans who will now stay in power in Caracas and who understood that after 24 or so hours of gringo euphoria this will be a disaster for the US.
macspaunday.substack.com/p/the-dog-th...
macspaunday.substack.com/p/the-dog-th...
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Two policemen remember January 6. One was defending the Capitol, the other attacking it. Both were transformed by the experience, and by the photos and video taken that day
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Donald Trump Wants You to Forget This Happened
January 6, five years later
www.theatlantic.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Two policemen remember January 6. One was defending the Capitol, the other attacking it. Both were transformed by the experience, and by the photos and video taken that day
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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Never forget.
January 6, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Never forget.
And here's a decade-old review of Bishop by John Yau. Like Yau, I too came across Bishop through John Ashbery's review: "the stripping down is obviously a decision of the heart, not the head.”
James Bishop’s Incommodious Beauty
I have been waiting to see a large selection of James Bishop’s paintings since the mid-1970s, ever since reading John Ashbery’s appraisal in a secondhand copy of Art News Annual 1966.
hyperallergic.com
January 4, 2026 at 5:27 PM
And here's a decade-old review of Bishop by John Yau. Like Yau, I too came across Bishop through John Ashbery's review: "the stripping down is obviously a decision of the heart, not the head.”
I've loved James Bishop's paintings for a long time. This is "State", from 1972. It's 6 feet square.
January 4, 2026 at 5:07 PM
I've loved James Bishop's paintings for a long time. This is "State", from 1972. It's 6 feet square.
This is "On Site Review #47: stand still and fix something."
on site review
what happens when we stop rushing and just stand still and look? Architecture, landscape, art and design all slow down, and take note of things that need attention and repair.
www.onsitereview.ca
January 4, 2026 at 4:50 PM
This is "On Site Review #47: stand still and fix something."
This exhibition looks very interesting visually, gorgeous. But as it's in the USA, I won't be seeing it. It's at Yale, so if you're near New Haven...
What Hew Locke Carries
With his haunting exhibition, Passages, the Guyanese-British artist reminds us that when we survive, so do our ghosts and our wounds.
hyperallergic.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:15 PM
This exhibition looks very interesting visually, gorgeous. But as it's in the USA, I won't be seeing it. It's at Yale, so if you're near New Haven...