No, Not the Mind Nimon!

literally the most normal tag i have seen on this. thank you for simply tagging #dog and not “you must answer his riddles three” or “why the long face” or “he is melting!” etc.

from the tags.

EXACTLY. And that is why he declared so far in advance. He thought it could thwart an indictment. 

He knew he'd be indicted because he deliberately ignored a request from the National Archives, refused to return all the documents required, did not secure the documents in his possession, told his lawyers to remove some documents before returning others, and lie to law enforcement about what was kept/returned. This goes above and beyond what Trumpsters accused Hillary Clinton of doing.

I encourage everybody to read the actual indictment document.

It's deliberately written as a narrative story and very easy to understand. The DOJ wanted us to see with our own eyes what the former guy did, when he did it, and why it was wrong.

Yes, it's 49 pages, but it's double-spaced with huge margins, crammed with photographs & tables. It only took me a few minutes, even accounting for the times I stopped to re-read some things because they are so batshit insane.

I guarantee you most people defending him haven't read it.

Just because facts don’t matter to Repuglicans doesn’t mean you shouldn’t know them.

Click and read.

"That" family member...

“You’re weird” is such a wildly funny response to this. No concern, no suspicion, just weird.

Morning warmup. It’s -20 out and the birds are extra round

Morning warmup. It’s -20 out and the birds are extra round

Awesome Janeway fanart

FARSCAPE: a very serious sci-fi show

Or, my favourite quotable lines from 2.04 Crackers Don't Matter

my favorite game to play is “is supernatural actually trending or did some major political/social event just occur”

Penguins walking at 5x speed.

YES GOOD :D

Especially aimed at Florida, but available to anyone!

And if you want to help them out and have some extra cash, you can make a donation to help them continue their work:

Every reblog and donation is another slap to DeSantis.

If you can, it's time to warm up that pitching arm.

The teenager was asked to write a short scene or draw a short comic using a comedic trope from a list on a handout in their HS American Lit class. They chose to do the comic …

the Bard will never die.

and this comic is fucking genius.

Now THIS is art. 😍

“When I first saw the original painting, I began to do some research on that little boy. I could find everything I wanted about every other detail in the painting, but there was nothing about him. No history. And so I wanted to find a way to imagine a life for this young man that the historical painting had never made space for in the composition: his desires, dreams, family, thoughts, hopes. Those things were never subjects that the original artist wanted the viewer to contemplate. In order to reframe the discussion, I decided to physically take action to quiet [and crumple] the side of the painting that we’ve been talking about for a very long time and turn up the volume on this kid’s story. And that’s the reason why I started that painting.” Via Artnet News 2019/03/27

I wish for nothing more than that that little boy could see this and know that he was remembered.

This is the original painting, so you can see all of the people and clothes and objects - all details that were recorded for the sake of history, or able to be discovered afterward. You can see the boy in the right had corner; in fact, here’s a close up:

When I use this painting in my class, I ask students to spot the differences between each depiction of the boy. The first one they usually spot is where he’s looking - in the original portrait, he’s looking at the man who ‘owns’ him. In Kaphar’s portrait, he’s looking directly at the audience. Kaphar has also crumpled up the other part of the portrait in a deliberate way which forces Yale to look at the boy.

The other big difference, which is sometimes harder to spot, is that the original boy has a metal collar around his neck. Kaphar removed it.

My students also ask “If he’s a slave, why is he dressed so well?” For the same reason rich people dress their purse dogs in real diamonds. This boy is a status symbol to Yale and his friends. Everything in a painting is deliberately chosen.

The original painting was prominently displayed in the Yale Center for British Art for over half a century. Titus Kaphar painted “Enough About You” in 2016. From 2020-2021, “Enough About You” replaced the painting in the museum, and a team was created to try to learn more about the original painting, in particular the identity of the young slave boy. So far they’ve only been able to guess at his age: likely 5 years old when he was brought to England, perhaps 7 or 8 at the time of the painting.

More information can be found about it here. I wasn’t able to find out where the painting is being shown now.

What is Jake Sisko's worst outfit? I appreciate that Jake can experiment with his fashion, but it did mean it got inflicted on us. 😛 (Seasons 1-4)

The unanimous agreement kills me.