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If you want to understand a democracy, watch what its artists are allowed to say — and what they refuse to stop saying.
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Ireland has created a program that will give artists a weekly income in the hopes of boosting their creativity and reducing their need for alternative work.
The luck of the Irish...
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The luck of the Irish...
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Ireland’s basic income for the arts scheme becomes permanent
When piloted, initiative that provided €325 a week to eligible artists recouped more than its net cost, study shows
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:08 AM
Ireland has created a program that will give artists a weekly income in the hopes of boosting their creativity and reducing their need for alternative work.
The luck of the Irish...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
The luck of the Irish...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
The exhibition "Push the Limits 2" reveals the themes of war and violence, as well as the tragedy of humanity's inability to liberate itself from the dynamics of oppression and abuse of power.
At the Fondazione Merz in Turin, IT extended through Mar. 8, 2026.
www.fondazionemerz.org/en/push-the-...
At the Fondazione Merz in Turin, IT extended through Mar. 8, 2026.
www.fondazionemerz.org/en/push-the-...
PUSH THE LIMITS 2 culture strips to reveal war | Fondazione Merz
The Fondazione Merz presents the second edition of PUSH THE LIMITS, an exhibition project curated by Claudia Gioia and Beatrice Merz. The exhibition’s intent is to explores art's ability to respond to...
www.fondazionemerz.org
February 12, 2026 at 3:00 AM
The exhibition "Push the Limits 2" reveals the themes of war and violence, as well as the tragedy of humanity's inability to liberate itself from the dynamics of oppression and abuse of power.
At the Fondazione Merz in Turin, IT extended through Mar. 8, 2026.
www.fondazionemerz.org/en/push-the-...
At the Fondazione Merz in Turin, IT extended through Mar. 8, 2026.
www.fondazionemerz.org/en/push-the-...
Chinese media is not happy about the Dalai Lama's Grammy Award.
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The Dalai Lama's Grammy proves art is drowning in politics
If the Grammys wish to remain relevant, they must return to one immutable principle: excellence over symbolism.
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February 12, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Chinese media is not happy about the Dalai Lama's Grammy Award.
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news.cgtn.com/news/2026-02...
Artists of all disciplines are a terrifying lot to monarchies and authoritarian regimes.
Good. We have work to do.
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Good. We have work to do.
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February 11, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Artists of all disciplines are a terrifying lot to monarchies and authoritarian regimes.
Good. We have work to do.
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Good. We have work to do.
randallwhite.substack.com
The arts transform children's worldview rather than simply instructing them. When we cultivate their creativity, we discover their greatest strengths: boundless curiosity, wonder, and truth.
Imagine with them.
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#writing #children #arts #Imagination
Imagine with them.
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#writing #children #arts #Imagination
February 11, 2026 at 3:32 PM
The arts transform children's worldview rather than simply instructing them. When we cultivate their creativity, we discover their greatest strengths: boundless curiosity, wonder, and truth.
Imagine with them.
duyukdvi.com
#writing #children #arts #Imagination
Imagine with them.
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#writing #children #arts #Imagination
Go on being dangerous!
February 11, 2026 at 2:55 AM
Go on being dangerous!
Read "The Day Theft Became Law" at randallwhite.substack.com/p/the-day-th...
February 10, 2026 at 10:50 PM
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Children don’t just learn from the arts, the arts change how they will see the world. When we explore creativity with them, we borrow their curiosity, their wonder, their honesty.
Notice with them.
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#nature #earth #wonder #environment
Notice with them.
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#nature #earth #wonder #environment
February 10, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Children don’t just learn from the arts, the arts change how they will see the world. When we explore creativity with them, we borrow their curiosity, their wonder, their honesty.
Notice with them.
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#nature #earth #wonder #environment
Notice with them.
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#nature #earth #wonder #environment
My name is Randall White.
I write about how the arts shape and record democracy.
My work is guided by duyukdvi (ᏚᏳᎪᏛᎢ) — a Cherokee concept rooted in truth, character, justice, and peaceful coexistence.
Soon, I’ll propose a radical idea for a New United States.
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I write about how the arts shape and record democracy.
My work is guided by duyukdvi (ᏚᏳᎪᏛᎢ) — a Cherokee concept rooted in truth, character, justice, and peaceful coexistence.
Soon, I’ll propose a radical idea for a New United States.
Subscribe.
February 10, 2026 at 9:16 PM
My name is Randall White.
I write about how the arts shape and record democracy.
My work is guided by duyukdvi (ᏚᏳᎪᏛᎢ) — a Cherokee concept rooted in truth, character, justice, and peaceful coexistence.
Soon, I’ll propose a radical idea for a New United States.
Subscribe.
I write about how the arts shape and record democracy.
My work is guided by duyukdvi (ᏚᏳᎪᏛᎢ) — a Cherokee concept rooted in truth, character, justice, and peaceful coexistence.
Soon, I’ll propose a radical idea for a New United States.
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Church doctrine and, then, government policies have long given white, Christian conquerers/pioneers/colonists the rights to land occupied by non-Christian Indigenous people of color.
Institutionalized racism began with this guy in 1493.
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Institutionalized racism began with this guy in 1493.
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February 10, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Church doctrine and, then, government policies have long given white, Christian conquerers/pioneers/colonists the rights to land occupied by non-Christian Indigenous people of color.
Institutionalized racism began with this guy in 1493.
randallwhite.substack.com/p/the-day-th...
Institutionalized racism began with this guy in 1493.
randallwhite.substack.com/p/the-day-th...
"Springsteen marches in the footsteps of protest songs from legendary artists such as Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan who raised their lyrical voices in a direct response against injustice."
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From ‘this machine kills fascists’ to ‘King Trump’s private army’: the art of protest music
Musicians are giving voice to the urgency of Minneapolis. America has a long history of political protest in song.
theconversation.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:34 AM
"Springsteen marches in the footsteps of protest songs from legendary artists such as Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan who raised their lyrical voices in a direct response against injustice."
theconversation.com/from-this-ma...
theconversation.com/from-this-ma...
"It’s no wonder Donald Trump was enraged by Bad Bunny’s halftime show at the Super Bowl.
"The Puerto Rican trap star has grown into the role of political artist, and the creativity of his music is an indictment of MAGA’s schlock-filled cultural wasteland."
jacobin.com/2026/02/bad-...
"The Puerto Rican trap star has grown into the role of political artist, and the creativity of his music is an indictment of MAGA’s schlock-filled cultural wasteland."
jacobin.com/2026/02/bad-...
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Show Was Political Art at Its Best
It’s no wonder Donald Trump was enraged by Bad Bunny’s halftime show at the Super Bowl. The Puerto Rican trap star has grown into the role of political artist, and the creativity of his music is an in...
jacobin.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:25 AM
"It’s no wonder Donald Trump was enraged by Bad Bunny’s halftime show at the Super Bowl.
"The Puerto Rican trap star has grown into the role of political artist, and the creativity of his music is an indictment of MAGA’s schlock-filled cultural wasteland."
jacobin.com/2026/02/bad-...
"The Puerto Rican trap star has grown into the role of political artist, and the creativity of his music is an indictment of MAGA’s schlock-filled cultural wasteland."
jacobin.com/2026/02/bad-...
"By boosting divisive, inflammatory, or rage-baiting' content, these platforms drive more clicks, comments, and shares, which in turn boosts advertising revenue."
I don't want to be baited anymore. I don't want rage, I want solutions, creativity, insights, and harmony.
How about you?
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I don't want to be baited anymore. I don't want rage, I want solutions, creativity, insights, and harmony.
How about you?
duyukdvi.com
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We don’t have to think alike to belong together.
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February 9, 2026 at 10:39 PM
"By boosting divisive, inflammatory, or rage-baiting' content, these platforms drive more clicks, comments, and shares, which in turn boosts advertising revenue."
I don't want to be baited anymore. I don't want rage, I want solutions, creativity, insights, and harmony.
How about you?
duyukdvi.com
I don't want to be baited anymore. I don't want rage, I want solutions, creativity, insights, and harmony.
How about you?
duyukdvi.com
In May 1493, Pope Alexander VI granted Spain (and by extension Portugal) the exclusive right to claim lands in the Americas so long as those lands were not already ruled by a Christian sovereign.
Read that again.
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Read that again.
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The Day Theft Became Law
When Violence Stopped Needing an Excuse
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February 9, 2026 at 7:37 PM
In May 1493, Pope Alexander VI granted Spain (and by extension Portugal) the exclusive right to claim lands in the Americas so long as those lands were not already ruled by a Christian sovereign.
Read that again.
open.substack.com/pub/randallw...
Read that again.
open.substack.com/pub/randallw...
Children don’t just learn from the arts, the arts change how they will see the world. When we explore creativity with them, we borrow their curiosity, their wonder, their honesty.
Read with them.
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#libraries #reading #children #books
Read with them.
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#libraries #reading #children #books
February 9, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Children don’t just learn from the arts, the arts change how they will see the world. When we explore creativity with them, we borrow their curiosity, their wonder, their honesty.
Read with them.
duyukdvi.com
#libraries #reading #children #books
Read with them.
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#libraries #reading #children #books
Learn more about how racism became doctrine, law, and embedded in United States' culture.
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#doctineofdiscovery #racism #tribal
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February 9, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Learn more about how racism became doctrine, law, and embedded in United States' culture.
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#doctineofdiscovery #racism #tribal
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The easiest position to take is the cheapest one.
February 9, 2026 at 2:45 PM
The easiest position to take is the cheapest one.
This is perfect.
The Sermon on the Mount, by Beryl Lewis, before 1965, 📸 by @ScottStrazzante
February 9, 2026 at 4:24 AM
This is perfect.
"A snow carver from Yellowknife says 'art is inherently political' after returning from a competition where a sculpture was destroyed for its political message."
Even snow carvers know art is political.
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Even snow carvers know art is political.
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Listen: A Yellowknife snow carver on the politics of art
"Art is inherently political." Yellowknife snow carver Cat McGurk talks to Emily Blake after attending a Minnesota event where organizers destroyed a sculpture.
cabinradio.ca
February 9, 2026 at 4:22 AM
"A snow carver from Yellowknife says 'art is inherently political' after returning from a competition where a sculpture was destroyed for its political message."
Even snow carvers know art is political.
cabinradio.ca/278014/on-ai...
Even snow carvers know art is political.
cabinradio.ca/278014/on-ai...
"Daniela Amodei, who cofounded Anthropic with her brother Dario, said uniquely human qualities will actually be more critical in the age of AI, not less."
Hey, @anthropic.com. We can help.
fortune.com/2026/02/07/a...
Hey, @anthropic.com. We can help.
fortune.com/2026/02/07/a...
Anthropic cofounder says studying the humanities will be 'more important than ever' and reveals what the AI company looks for when hiring | Fortune
"The things that make us human will become much more important instead of much less important."
fortune.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:51 AM
"Daniela Amodei, who cofounded Anthropic with her brother Dario, said uniquely human qualities will actually be more critical in the age of AI, not less."
Hey, @anthropic.com. We can help.
fortune.com/2026/02/07/a...
Hey, @anthropic.com. We can help.
fortune.com/2026/02/07/a...
Children don’t just learn from the arts, the arts change how they will see the world. When we explore creativity with them, we borrow their curiosity, their wonder, their honesty.
See with them.
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#museums #children #parents #art #seewiththem #duyukdvi
See with them.
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#museums #children #parents #art #seewiththem #duyukdvi
February 8, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Children don’t just learn from the arts, the arts change how they will see the world. When we explore creativity with them, we borrow their curiosity, their wonder, their honesty.
See with them.
duyukdvi.com
#museums #children #parents #art #seewiththem #duyukdvi
See with them.
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#museums #children #parents #art #seewiththem #duyukdvi
The Doctrine of Discovery is not just about the past. It is about how authority is still used to erase people.
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February 8, 2026 at 8:30 PM
The Doctrine of Discovery is not just about the past. It is about how authority is still used to erase people.
Subscribe now (it's free) and receive my Substack newsletter, "The Day Theft Became Law."
It will be delivered 1:11 p.m. CT, Monday, Feb. 9, 2026.
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The current US president recently bragged about a so-called "discombobulator," a secret weapon allegedly used against Venezuela.
The administration is also deploying that same strategy in society. In the resulting chaos, creators have an opportunity: open.substack.com/pub/randallw...
The administration is also deploying that same strategy in society. In the resulting chaos, creators have an opportunity: open.substack.com/pub/randallw...
February 8, 2026 at 7:07 PM
The current US president recently bragged about a so-called "discombobulator," a secret weapon allegedly used against Venezuela.
The administration is also deploying that same strategy in society. In the resulting chaos, creators have an opportunity: open.substack.com/pub/randallw...
The administration is also deploying that same strategy in society. In the resulting chaos, creators have an opportunity: open.substack.com/pub/randallw...
I am grateful every day that I have the ability to see.
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February 8, 2026 at 4:40 PM
I am grateful every day that I have the ability to see.
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"The protest song is threatening a comeback, as it tends to do during episodes of national turmoil."
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
What Do We Want from a Protest Song?
For a genre that confronts the horrors of the present, the protest song of 2026 is curiously backward-looking.
www.newyorker.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:01 AM
"The protest song is threatening a comeback, as it tends to do during episodes of national turmoil."
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...