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Brian Hester
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🌟 Medieval history (really any history), Politics, languages (living and dead), science, Georgia Football, and Good Beer. Yale/Hopper, Painter and girldad. Educational consultant for folks trying to get into college.
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October 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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September 30, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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Exposure, acrylic on canvas
An impressionistic painting of a mid-century family portrait, bisected by a vertical wash of yellow light. On the left side, a woman in a striped dress, a man in a white shirt and fedora, and a young boy cling together, partially obscured by the bright band of light. Behind them, a sloping road and telephone pole lead into a soft, bluish sky filled with expressive diagonal strokes. To the right of the light band, a bright green lawn stretches toward a small white house with a porch, dappled with sunlight and shadow. A large tree canopy arcs across the center of the painting, tying both halves together with branches. The brushwork is loose and evocative, blending memory, space, and time in a composition that feels both grounded and spectral.
September 27, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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It’s an exact match of his signature on bills and EOs:
September 8, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Acrylic on paper. Mirielle (left) and Johanna (right). Kids’ art is the best.
Two abstract acrylic paintings on paper, each divided into multiple squares by painter’s tape. The first, by Johanna (age 3), features bold, spontaneous strokes and vibrant colors in a chaotic, joyful composition. The second, by Mirielle (age 6), shows more controlled patterns, varied textures, and playful experiments with rhythm and repetition
July 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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June 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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The girls demanded a cute painting of geese. I’ll get back to the high modernism soon!
June 20, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Senza un perché, Nada
“Senza un perché” by Nada. The image features a heart-shaped stone with a white crack running vertically through it. The text at the top of the cover reads “TUTTO L’AMORE CHE MI MANCA” and “NADA” is written in bold yellow letters at the bottom right.
June 1, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Sweetwater
A black-and-white wet plate collodion-style image of a quiet creek scene. A large tree stands in the left foreground beside a shaded path, while the still water of the creek reflects tangled foliage from the opposite bank. The background fades into soft mist, and the image features high contrast and vintage imperfections.
April 30, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Douthat et al are always searching for the intellectually defensible version of Trumpism — but chaos isn’t a strategy, and wishcasting doesn’t make it one.
April 5, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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The Base Is Served
A hand-drawn cartoon shows a chain of five increasingly larger fish swimming from left to right. Each fish has its mouth open wide, as if about to eat the one in front of it. The second-largest fish wears a red baseball cap and has a speech bubble that reads, “WAIT—you said only the little guys were for dinner!” All the fish except the largest one look alarmed or concerned; the biggest fish has an angry, menacing expression. The background is light blue with simple wave lines, suggesting they’re underwater.
March 28, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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But, but, but it’s a relatable historic fuck-up!!!
March 26, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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March 11, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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March 11, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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March 11, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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Latest DOGE hires Spud, Renton, and Franco (not pictured Sick Boy)
March 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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mEriTOcrazy!!!
February 5, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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Oops
January 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Painting of a golden yellow road (or is it a river) curving through a wild terrain toward shimmering colors of blue, turquoise, and purple
January 18, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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Here’s some flowers for all by Bluesky buddies
November 24, 2024 at 9:44 PM
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Mirielle, Acrylic on Canvas
November 17, 2024 at 6:40 PM
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Sebastiao Salgado, Kuwait Series, Greater Burhan Oil Field (Capping Well Head), 1991
Sebastiao Salgado, Kuwait Series, Greater Burhan Oil Field (Capping Well Head), 1991. This black-and-white photo shows to old covered workers in hardhats drenched in crude oil next to a massive valve against a long horizon.
November 16, 2024 at 9:30 PM
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I have officially appointed Krazy Kat as my dog
November 13, 2024 at 2:07 AM
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Johanna for President 2044—She might just be the only one who can unite us all. Platform: mandatory snack time and trampoline breaks.
My daughter Johanna, with a huge crinkle nose smile sitting in the chair
November 12, 2024 at 7:25 PM