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Fisherman’s Cottage (oil on canvas, 1906) by Harald Sohlberg
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Manuel Sayrach i Carreras (Catalan, 1886-1937) - Casa Sayrach
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'The Kal’ut Madonna' by Linda Infante-Lyons
“The painting was inspired by my Alutiiq family and the women who worked the salmon canneries in my mother’s native village of Karluk. Kal’ut is the Alutiiq name for Karluk, a once thriving Alutiiq/Sugpiaq village with an abundant salmon run on the Karluk River. My mother was born in Karluk and my great grandmother and grandmother spent a large portion of their lives there. As Alaska came under Russian rule, my ancestors processed fish for a wider Russian population. My great grandmother married an Estonian immigrant and only spoke Russian and Alutiiq. She died at a young age from tuberculosis. This painting is dedicated to my Alutiiq ancestors, my family from Karluk and the sacred salmon that sustained them for over 4,000 years.”
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playing pentiment (fantastic fucking game by the way) has really reminded me how crazy disco elysium is from a production standpoint. i mean who in their right mind would not only make the decision to have a game with that many branching dialogue paths, but to have it almost entirely voice acted! that’s nuts! all those additional lines, all those additional dialogue clips for something only a small fraction of players will actually see!
the portion of the introduction kurvitz wrote for the artbook is constantly on my mind
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THE X-FILES | 2.15 — “Fresh Bones”
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They Do Not Exist (1974) by Mustafa Abu Ali (watch)
from PalestineCinema.com:
Salvaged from the ruins of Beirut after 1982, Abu Ali's early film has only recently been made available. Shooting under extraordinary conditions, the director, who worked with Godard on his Ici et Ailleurs (Here and Elsewhere), and founded the PLO's film division, covers conditions in Lebanon's refugee camps, the effects of Israeli bombardments, and the lives of guerrillas in training camps. They Do Not Exist is a stylistically unique work which demonstrates the intersection between the political and the aesthetic. Now recognised as a cornerstone in the development of Palestinian cinema, the film only received its Palestine premiere in 2003, when a group of Palestinian artists "smuggled" the director to a makeshift cinema in his hometown of Jerusalem (into which Israel bars his entry). Abu Ali, who saw his film for the first time in 20 years at this clandestine event noted: "We used to say 'Art for the Struggle', now it's 'Struggle for the Art'"
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just heard the austin powers theme playing faintly somewhere in the house, I’m the only one here
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if you're transgender you have to live.
please. I love you.
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Sean Yelland (Canadian, b. 1966)
Things Are Looking Up, 2021
Oil on canvas
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“The daily routine of most adults is so heavy and artificial that we are closed off to much of the world. We have to do this in order to get our work done. I think one purpose of art is to get us out of those routines. When we hear music or poetry or stories, the world opens up again. We’re drawn in — or out — and the windows of our perception are cleansed, as William Blake said. The same thing can happen when we’re around young children or adults who have unlearned those habits of shutting the world out.”
— Ursula K. Le Guin
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Even drug dealers are boycotting❤️❤️❤️
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POWERLINES Wyoming-based photographer Mitchell Rouse captures power lines across the USA from an aerial perspective.
Source: behance.net
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i don't know what autistic person needs to hear this but they are not watching you. the entire world is not constantly waiting for you to do something weird and laugh at you behind your back. you do not need to constantly self-police whenever there's the slightest chance another person might see you. you have a right to be your autistic self in public spaces. stop fighting yourself for their sake.
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Israeli Damage to Archives, Libraries, and Museums in Gaza, October 2023–January 2024, A Preliminary Report from Librarians and Archivists with Palestine (LAP), February 1, 2024 (pdf here)
Source: librarianswithpalestine.org
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It is more important than ever to keep sharing, showing up for protests, and sending emails to your representatives.
Keep talking about Palestine until the siege on Gaza ends, until the occupation ends, and until Palestinians are free.
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Some organisations that get food and water into Gaza to consider donating to:
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A mysterious spiral in the sky over Alaska spotted by aurora borealis watchers last week (2023)
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i understand stoners of the 60s and 70s deeply because if i didnt have computer and internet and all i had to entertain myself was prog rock and pulpy sci fi fantasy novels i would be smoking hella and imagining kingdoms of gnomes and alien prophesies all day too and lord knows i would have been impressed by air brush paintings