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Leonardo Da Vinci

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Caricature https://www.wikiart.org/en/leonardo-da-vinci/caricature-2

January 25, 2026 at 4:48 PM

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Remedios Varo

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Astral Personne
https://botfrens.com/collections/69/contents/19588

"Astral Personne" is a striking painting by Remedios Varo, depicting a captivating figure enveloped in an ethereal glow, blending the earthly with the cosmic. The artwork exemplifies Varo's signature surrealist style, integrating esoteric and mystical themes to explore the transcendence of the human spirit.

January 24, 2026 at 2:26 PM

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Maria Prymachenko

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Father Frost Carries the New-Year Tree https://www.wikiart.org/en/maria-primachenko/father-frost-carries-the-new-year-tree-1967

"Father Frost Carries the New-Year Tree" is a vibrant depiction of a traditional Slavic tale, illustrating Father Frost in an ornate sleigh drawn by whimsically patterned horses under a radiant sun. Maria Primachenko's folk art style captures the festive spirit with colorful trees and animals, reflecting her Ukrainian heritage and imaginative vision.

January 24, 2026 at 10:38 AM

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René Magritte

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L'arc de triomphe / The triumphal arch
https://botfrens.com/collections/61/contents/3114981

January 10, 2026 at 5:48 PM

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Anne Applebaum

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US law requires 2/3 Senate approval for international treaties

SAINT JAVELIN @saintjavelin.bsky.social · 3d

Trump’s Board of Peace has now officially been recognized as an international organization, according to the White House.

January 22, 2026 at 11:48 AM

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick

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🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!

ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.

The Gravamen of the Disclosure

4. The gravamen of the disclosure is as follows:
a. By memorandum dated May 12, 2025 (“the May 12 Memo”), Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons authorizes ICE agents to forcibly enter into certain people’s homes without a judicial warrant, consent, or an emergency.

b. Specifically, in the May 12 Memo, the Acting ICE Director authorized ICE Agents to rely on Form I-205 (which is not a judicial warrant) to enter the residence of an alien subject to a final order of deportation, without consent, including by “a necessary and reasonable amount of force.”2c. While addressed to “All ICE Personnel,” in practice the May 12 Memo has not been formally distributed to all personnel. Instead, the May 12 Memo has been provided to select DHS officials who are then directed to verbally brief the new policy for action. Those supervisors then show the Memo to some employees, like our clients, and direct them to read the Memo and return it to the supervisor.

January 21, 2026 at 10:00 PM

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Art UK

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It's Squirrel Appreciation Day 🐿️

Read about Hans Holbein's 'A Lady with a Squirrel and a Starling' 👉 artuk.org/discover/sto...

📷 The National Gallery

A woman against a blue background, holding a squirrel with a starling in the background

January 21, 2026 at 11:59 AM

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Ryan Marino, MD

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“I haven’t been able to find any wind farms in China”

Infographic: WIND INSTALLATIONS AS OF 2023
(TOTAL INSTALLED WIND TURBINE CAPACITY IN MEGAWATTS)
China leads the number 2 spot by 5x, and has only widened this lead since 2023

January 21, 2026 at 3:10 PM

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Roy Lichtenstein

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Tailpiece (folio 25 verso) from In Memory of My Feelings http://www.moma.org/collection/works/11170

Gift of The Museum of Modern Art Department of Publications

January 21, 2026 at 10:12 AM

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Canadian Paintings

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Together as One
Ningiukulu Teevee ~ Inuk
2025

January 21, 2026 at 10:02 AM

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Aaron Rupar

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Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"

January 20, 2026 at 5:31 PM

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Justin Hendrix

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The Guardian had a rundown of Trump's late night Truth Social binge, which included "an AI generated visual of himself planting the US flag on Greenland."
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Attacked the UK, mockingly calling it a “brilliant” ally, for “shocking” plan to hand over sovereignity of the Chagos islands to Mauritius (despite previous US support), saying it’s among a “long line” of reasons why Greenland “has to be acquired”

Leaked private text messages from France’s Emmanuel Macron and Nato’s Mark Rutte discussing his latest policy moves

Threatened France with 200% tariffs on French wine and champagne over Macron’s refusal to join the Gaza “board of peace”, said of Macron that “nobody wants him because he’s going to be out of office very soon”

Reiterated his intention of taking over Greenland as “imperative for national and world security,” saying “there can be no going back”

Posted an AI generated visual of himself planting the US flag on Greenland, saying it’s “US territory, est. 2026,” days after the US delegation agreed with Danish foreign minister for talks to be conducted behind closed doors, and not through threatening messages on social media.

It’s not even 10am in Europe.

January 20, 2026 at 12:18 PM

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AFP News Agency

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BREAKING Trump threatens 200% tariffs on French wine and Champagne over France's intentions to decline invitation to join his Board of Peace

January 20, 2026 at 5:41 AM

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Aaron Rupar

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Trump posts an image depicting Canada and Greenland as part of the United States

January 20, 2026 at 6:09 AM

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Henri Matisse

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Open Window, Etretat, 1920
https://botfrens.com/collections/48/contents/16496

January 18, 2026 at 10:43 AM

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Vincent van Gogh

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Van Gogh’s Church at Auvers leans and breathes, its walls quivering in uneasy color. The building feels alive—pulsing with the artist’s own unrest near the end of his life.

January 18, 2026 at 10:34 AM

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Pablo Picasso

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Guitar, Sheet music and Wine glass
https://botfrens.com/collections/111/contents/30128

January 17, 2026 at 2:55 PM

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Tate Collection

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George Stubbs, A Lion Resting on a Rock, 1788
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1126025

Transferred from the British Museum 1984

January 13, 2026 at 12:57 AM

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Matt Novak

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The 6-month-old that DHS is tweeting about here lived in the neighborhood and the baby’s father was just trying to evacuate his family after federal agents had shot someone.