Mel
@mel-a.bsky.social
I like to spend time with art and write about it. Often distracted by politics and the evilness of oligarchs.
Best sign today (hands off)- “science doesn’t care about your feelings”
April 6, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Best sign today (hands off)- “science doesn’t care about your feelings”
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“As Secretary Hegseth has said, DEI is dead at the Defense Department. Discriminatory Equity Ideology is a form of Woke cultural Marxism that has no place in our military"
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
“As Secretary Hegseth has said, DEI is dead at the Defense Department. Discriminatory Equity Ideology is a form of Woke cultural Marxism that has no place in our military"
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
‘DEI is dead:’ Pentagon defends removing article of MLB’s Jackie Robinson
Robinson famously broke baseball’s color barrier in 1947 with the Brooklyn Dodgers, but his story has been scrubbed from the Pentagon’s website
www.the-independent.com
March 20, 2025 at 3:06 AM
erm...
“As Secretary Hegseth has said, DEI is dead at the Defense Department. Discriminatory Equity Ideology is a form of Woke cultural Marxism that has no place in our military"
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
“As Secretary Hegseth has said, DEI is dead at the Defense Department. Discriminatory Equity Ideology is a form of Woke cultural Marxism that has no place in our military"
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
Our government is sending people to prisons in El Salvador on "regular immigration proceeding charges" (the missing piece in "regular" is a judge) - look it up and think about how many innocent people will be sent here: www.cnn.com/2025/03/17/a...
What we know about El Salvador’s ‘mega prison’ where Trump is sending alleged Venezuelan gang members | CNN
El Salvador’s Cecot mega-prison was notorious long before the Trump administration’s recent decision to deport hundreds of alleged Venezuelan gang members there.
www.cnn.com
March 18, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Our government is sending people to prisons in El Salvador on "regular immigration proceeding charges" (the missing piece in "regular" is a judge) - look it up and think about how many innocent people will be sent here: www.cnn.com/2025/03/17/a...
"Administration deports [anyone] despite court order, says judge has no authority" is not a headline I thought I'd read in my lifetime.
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
U.S. removes hundreds of alleged Venezuelan gang members under now-blocked authority
The United States has removed hundreds of alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua using now-blocked authority from the 1798 Alien Enemies Act, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Sunday.
www.reuters.com
March 17, 2025 at 3:01 AM
"Administration deports [anyone] despite court order, says judge has no authority" is not a headline I thought I'd read in my lifetime.
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
The Benaki Museum in Athens is not on the tourist hit parade but is so worth a visit - 30-odd years ago when I was an au pair living in the city it was one of the standouts to me. The jewelry collection is stunning.
www.benaki.org/index.php?op...
www.benaki.org/index.php?op...
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Earrings with gold Erotes - Benaki Museum
www.benaki.org
March 11, 2025 at 1:18 AM
The Benaki Museum in Athens is not on the tourist hit parade but is so worth a visit - 30-odd years ago when I was an au pair living in the city it was one of the standouts to me. The jewelry collection is stunning.
www.benaki.org/index.php?op...
www.benaki.org/index.php?op...
www.benaki.org/index.php?op...
www.benaki.org/index.php?op...
Going directly to watching "Flow" after the joint address to congress was a mistake. However, a frantic Google for "how does Flow end is the cat OK?" about midway through has restored my will to live.
March 5, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Going directly to watching "Flow" after the joint address to congress was a mistake. However, a frantic Google for "how does Flow end is the cat OK?" about midway through has restored my will to live.
Someday, there will be a museum devoted to Trump's attempted ruination of our democracy. And there will be a wall with the photos of every lawmaker who stood and applauded for him tonight, much like the wall of traitors in the Museum of Terror in Budapest. Their names will be reviled.
March 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Someday, there will be a museum devoted to Trump's attempted ruination of our democracy. And there will be a wall with the photos of every lawmaker who stood and applauded for him tonight, much like the wall of traitors in the Museum of Terror in Budapest. Their names will be reviled.
US taxpayer money was spent to send Richard Grenell to negotiate, on behalf of the US government, the return of the Tate brothers, who are openly, violently, misogynistic. Who advocate publicly and loudly for violence against women. This is a new low for Trump. Truly depraved.
February 27, 2025 at 11:32 PM
US taxpayer money was spent to send Richard Grenell to negotiate, on behalf of the US government, the return of the Tate brothers, who are openly, violently, misogynistic. Who advocate publicly and loudly for violence against women. This is a new low for Trump. Truly depraved.
Back to art. I'm not a huge fan of performance art, but Marina Abramovic is brilliant. "The Artist is Present," 2010 at MOMA - 600+ hours of sitting silently with only (I say "only," how difficult it must have been to maintain) eye contact with each visitor. "Cleaning the Mirror" is also genius.
February 21, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Back to art. I'm not a huge fan of performance art, but Marina Abramovic is brilliant. "The Artist is Present," 2010 at MOMA - 600+ hours of sitting silently with only (I say "only," how difficult it must have been to maintain) eye contact with each visitor. "Cleaning the Mirror" is also genius.
The fox is firmly in the henhouse. "“The people voted for major government reform and that’s what the people are going to get,” Musk said" = FAFO.
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thehill.com
February 12, 2025 at 12:19 AM
The fox is firmly in the henhouse. "“The people voted for major government reform and that’s what the people are going to get,” Musk said" = FAFO.
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
Delete Google Maps, which now has substituted the "Gulf of Mexico" with the "Gulf of America." So far Apple Maps still holds the line. I may have to go back to paper maps. That might not be a bad thing.
February 11, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Delete Google Maps, which now has substituted the "Gulf of Mexico" with the "Gulf of America." So far Apple Maps still holds the line. I may have to go back to paper maps. That might not be a bad thing.
I spent a fair amount of time with this early Dali in the Reina Sofia. The eye goes on forever out the window, and the more I looked, the more I felt the tension in the deceptively simple composition. You get the feeling that things are not quite right.
www.museoreinasofia.es/en/collectio...
www.museoreinasofia.es/en/collectio...
Salvador Dalí - Figura en una finestra (Figure at the Window)
Dalí, Salvador: Figura en una finestra (Figure at the Window)
www.museoreinasofia.es
February 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I spent a fair amount of time with this early Dali in the Reina Sofia. The eye goes on forever out the window, and the more I looked, the more I felt the tension in the deceptively simple composition. You get the feeling that things are not quite right.
www.museoreinasofia.es/en/collectio...
www.museoreinasofia.es/en/collectio...
Art is the only thing that is going to get me through this facist uprising.
I don't go to SAM as much as I should, but when I do I always enjoy spending time with this Pollock - so much movement and energy. So many lines to try to trace.
art.seattleartmuseum.org/objects/2742...
I don't go to SAM as much as I should, but when I do I always enjoy spending time with this Pollock - so much movement and energy. So many lines to try to trace.
art.seattleartmuseum.org/objects/2742...
Sea Change
art.seattleartmuseum.org
February 3, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Art is the only thing that is going to get me through this facist uprising.
I don't go to SAM as much as I should, but when I do I always enjoy spending time with this Pollock - so much movement and energy. So many lines to try to trace.
art.seattleartmuseum.org/objects/2742...
I don't go to SAM as much as I should, but when I do I always enjoy spending time with this Pollock - so much movement and energy. So many lines to try to trace.
art.seattleartmuseum.org/objects/2742...
english.elpais.com/culture/2024...
“...Some Democratic voices say it’s time to move beyond the issue of trans rights...
“...Some Democratic voices say it’s time to move beyond the issue of trans rights...
Judith Butler, philosopher: ‘If you sacrifice a minority like trans people, you are operating within a fascist logic’
A leading figure in feminism and gender studies, the thinker welcomes EL PAÍS in California after being voted one of the most influential minds in the world
english.elpais.com
February 3, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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“...Some Democratic voices say it’s time to move beyond the issue of trans rights...
“...Some Democratic voices say it’s time to move beyond the issue of trans rights...
Click any of the vaccine information statements. They're all gone. USAID.gov is also gone.
www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp...
www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp...
Vaccine Information Statement | Current VISs | CDCMinusSASstats
Vaccine Information Statements (VISs) explain to vaccine recipients both the benefits and risks of a vaccine.
www.cdc.gov
February 2, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Click any of the vaccine information statements. They're all gone. USAID.gov is also gone.
www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp...
www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp...
On my 50th birthday, I saw this painting (special exhibit) at the Seattle Art Museum and it is not an exaggeration to say it changed my life. So subtle, so dark and deep. We are all dancing around the maypole.
www.shemaiahgonzalez.com/blog/2023/8/...
www.shemaiahgonzalez.com/blog/2023/8/...
Andrew Wyeth's Snow Hill and the Subjects of Art — Shemaiah Gonzalez
At first glance, it’s a peculiar scene: a maypole in the middle of winter.
www.shemaiahgonzalez.com
January 29, 2025 at 11:27 PM
On my 50th birthday, I saw this painting (special exhibit) at the Seattle Art Museum and it is not an exaggeration to say it changed my life. So subtle, so dark and deep. We are all dancing around the maypole.
www.shemaiahgonzalez.com/blog/2023/8/...
www.shemaiahgonzalez.com/blog/2023/8/...
I saw this tomb painting in Cairo, at the Egyptian Museum. Another ancient work (4600 years old!) that is strikingly modern. I love the symmetry and the sparse but effective composition. To boot, the red-breasted geese depict an extinct species!
egyptianmuseumcairo.eg/artefacts/me...
egyptianmuseumcairo.eg/artefacts/me...
Meidum Geese – Egyptian Museum Cairo
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January 29, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I saw this tomb painting in Cairo, at the Egyptian Museum. Another ancient work (4600 years old!) that is strikingly modern. I love the symmetry and the sparse but effective composition. To boot, the red-breasted geese depict an extinct species!
egyptianmuseumcairo.eg/artefacts/me...
egyptianmuseumcairo.eg/artefacts/me...
“Whereas health care for women should also address the needs of men…”
This right here is some Tom foolery. The “Pro Women’s Healthcare Center” is not, shall we say, pro woman.
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
This right here is some Tom foolery. The “Pro Women’s Healthcare Center” is not, shall we say, pro woman.
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
www.congress.gov
January 28, 2025 at 1:59 AM
“Whereas health care for women should also address the needs of men…”
This right here is some Tom foolery. The “Pro Women’s Healthcare Center” is not, shall we say, pro woman.
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
This right here is some Tom foolery. The “Pro Women’s Healthcare Center” is not, shall we say, pro woman.
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...