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Premiered on this day, December 9, 1965
📸 CBS
A Charlie Brown Christmas
December 9, 2025 at 7:06 PM
christineuren.bsky.social
“Ben Shahn’s murals in the old Social Security Administration headquarters in Washington, DC were a problem… [as they] suggested to visitors that poverty and racism existed in the land of the free.” 🧵

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November 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
christineuren.bsky.social
So it seems the only way to revisit that February 2006 Daily Show episode with Rob Corddry’s investigation of the Cheney hunting incident is to pay Jeff Bezos for it.
November 4, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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The most important thing to understand about early cinema is that edited closeups were pioneered to get a better look at the kitties, as is right and proper

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Bits & Pieces Nr. 51 (Le Déjeuner de Minet)
YouTube video by Eye Filmmuseum
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October 31, 2025 at 4:32 PM
christineuren.bsky.social
It’s not just the building. Several historic trees are no longer visible on the White House grounds, and a garden named for Jacqueline Kennedy appears to have been demolished.

www.thedailybeast.com//trump-rips-...
Trump Rips Out Presidents’ Historic Trees for New Ballroom
Satellite images show that six trees, including magnolias commemorating two presidents, have been erased from the White House grounds.
www.thedailybeast.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
christineuren.bsky.social
“Trump himself ensured that the workers…removed the bronze latticework over the entrance with blowtorches, separated the friezes from the walls with jackhammers and…threw them down into the interior of the building where they shattered into a million pieces.” (from the book “Art and Crime,” 2022)
mrsbettybowers.bsky.social Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · Oct 23
In 1980, Trump promised to preserve Art Deco sculptures on the stylish 1929 Bonwit Teller department store, which was being demolished to make way for his vulgar Trump Tower.

He lied. He destroyed them.

In 2025, Trump promised to preserve the East Wing.

He lied. He destroyed it. (John Baron👀)
October 24, 2025 at 1:26 AM
christineuren.bsky.social
San Francisco’s Mission District.
Details of mural by Eon75, aka Max Ehrman www.wideopenwalls.com/artists/max-...
a painted mural of a frog in an astronaut outfit Signature of mural artist next to some painted mushrooms: Eon75 aka Max Ehrman A mural of a colorful yet natural-looking frog, apparently stunned by the sight of nearby mushrooms
October 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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From Trump's inaugural address, January of this year. Still available, for now, at https://www.whitehouse.gov/remarks/2025/01/the-inaugural-address/
text of the inaugural address, with highlighted excerpt reading: After years and years of illegal and unconstitutional federal efforts to restrict free expression, I also will sign an executive order to immediately stop all government censorship and bring back free speech to America. (Applause.) Never again will the immense power of the state be weaponized to persecute political opponents — something I know something about. (Laughter.) We will not allow that to happen. It will not happen again.
September 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
christineuren.bsky.social
The current curtain at Oakland’s beloved Grand Lake Theatre…
a fancy fabric curtain covered with decorative scroll shapes hanging in front of a movie screen, with an organist at the Mighty Wurlitzer in the orchestra pit below it.
May 27, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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Save the UA Berkeley, an Art Deco gem, and the last commercial cinema in downtown Berkeley. Attend the hearing April 22, 6pm, in person and virtual: School District Board Room, 1231 Addison St. Berkeley, CA 94702 www.savetheuaberkeley.org
berkeleyca.gov/your-governm...
Photo of an empty, unsightly construction site in Berkeley, CA, with text overlay in friendly letters that reads, "Former site of Shattuck Cinemas, now an abandoned crater. Save the UA Berkeley" https://www.savetheuaberkeley.org/
April 17, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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I hadn’t realized the federal statue garden idea had progressed to the point that NEH grants already promised to other projects have been been taken to fund it. www.yahoo.com/news/worship...
The True Cost of Trump’s Statue Garden
The National Garden of American Heroes represents a dangerous shift in values—from inquiry to reverence.
www.yahoo.com
April 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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#NationalLibraryWeek
#LiteracyMatters
April 9, 2025 at 1:47 PM
christineuren.bsky.social
Amazing photos from @apnews.com I’m not sure why they didn’t post this to BlueSky themselves.

apnews.com/article/trum... Manhattan to Alaska, protesters rally against Trump and Musk
From Manhattan to Alaska, protesters rally against Trump and Musk
Opponents of President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk rallied across the U.S. to protest the administration’s actions on government downsizing, the economy, human rights and other issues.
apnews.com
April 7, 2025 at 6:11 AM
christineuren.bsky.social
State supreme court elections have a big impact.
A simple graphic with text that reads, "April 1, 2025: Vote, Wisconsin, for Judge Susan Crawford and reproductive rights," in fat, jolly lettering.
April 1, 2025 at 8:12 PM