JJ Merelo
@jjmerelo.bsky.social
Student of a BA in Art History by day, professor by another day.
Venetophile
Posts in English, Italian and Spanish.
Venetophile
Posts in English, Italian and Spanish.
This is the interior of some (possibly heavily restored) Roman ruins very close to Granada, in Las Gabias, in the middle of the area known as “the meadows”, “La Vega” de Granada. A fertile, flat land among several rivers, with lot of soil that has been harvested for more than 2000 years.
January 20, 2026 at 8:54 PM
This is the interior of some (possibly heavily restored) Roman ruins very close to Granada, in Las Gabias, in the middle of the area known as “the meadows”, “La Vega” de Granada. A fertile, flat land among several rivers, with lot of soil that has been harvested for more than 2000 years.
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We told you so.
We fucking told you so and you mocked us.
May everyone have the day they voted for.
We fucking told you so and you mocked us.
May everyone have the day they voted for.
January 20, 2026 at 7:32 PM
We told you so.
We fucking told you so and you mocked us.
May everyone have the day they voted for.
We fucking told you so and you mocked us.
May everyone have the day they voted for.
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The Florentine Vitruvius: Leon Battista Alberti, Renaissance humanist architect, mathematician, cryptographer, ‘universal man’ (1404-1472); author of landmark study De Re Aedificatoria, written between 1443-1452 and published in 1485 (first printed book on architecture).
Santa Maria Novella Florence
Santa Maria Novella Florence
January 20, 2026 at 5:53 AM
The Florentine Vitruvius: Leon Battista Alberti, Renaissance humanist architect, mathematician, cryptographer, ‘universal man’ (1404-1472); author of landmark study De Re Aedificatoria, written between 1443-1452 and published in 1485 (first printed book on architecture).
Santa Maria Novella Florence
Santa Maria Novella Florence
Today is a day for mourning all those who died in the train accident in Adamuz. May they rest in peace.
January 19, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Today is a day for mourning all those who died in the train accident in Adamuz. May they rest in peace.
The monastery of the Jeronimos at Belem is the showpiece of a late Gothic style called Manuelino which is quintessentially Portuguese. The richness of its ornamentation might make it seem Baroque, but its horror vacuo uses more maritime and lacework motifs than little big-cheeked angels
January 18, 2026 at 9:43 PM
The monastery of the Jeronimos at Belem is the showpiece of a late Gothic style called Manuelino which is quintessentially Portuguese. The richness of its ornamentation might make it seem Baroque, but its horror vacuo uses more maritime and lacework motifs than little big-cheeked angels
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Dresden, Germany
January 17, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Dresden, Germany
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The presence of spirit - 1960
https://botfrens.com/collections/61/contents/20296
https://botfrens.com/collections/61/contents/20296
January 4, 2026 at 3:22 PM
The presence of spirit - 1960
https://botfrens.com/collections/61/contents/20296
https://botfrens.com/collections/61/contents/20296
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Eight years ago, I finished my Atari 2600 game Gene Medic & made some real cartridges. A fun, challenging, & rewarding exercise in 6502 assembly language for a machine without a GPU or clock. genemedic.org #atari #atari2600 #coding #retrocomputing #retrogaming
January 17, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Eight years ago, I finished my Atari 2600 game Gene Medic & made some real cartridges. A fun, challenging, & rewarding exercise in 6502 assembly language for a machine without a GPU or clock. genemedic.org #atari #atari2600 #coding #retrocomputing #retrogaming
This is the Jerusalemkerk in Bruges, one of the few private churches that exist in Belgium, created by the Adornes family in the 15th century. It’s still private and adminístered by a foundation. Although it seems to have remarkable stained glass windows, I couldn’t visit its interior
January 17, 2026 at 9:39 PM
This is the Jerusalemkerk in Bruges, one of the few private churches that exist in Belgium, created by the Adornes family in the 15th century. It’s still private and adminístered by a foundation. Although it seems to have remarkable stained glass windows, I couldn’t visit its interior
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Rome rally in solidarity with protesters in Iran.
January 17, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Rome rally in solidarity with protesters in Iran.
This apartment building called “Gasometer B” is in Vienna, in an area that was developed recently, and it shows. The actual gasometer is the round building on the right; it was totally redeveloped, keeping the exterior, a neoclassical building built by the end of the 19th century
January 16, 2026 at 9:28 PM
This apartment building called “Gasometer B” is in Vienna, in an area that was developed recently, and it shows. The actual gasometer is the round building on the right; it was totally redeveloped, keeping the exterior, a neoclassical building built by the end of the 19th century
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That #Trump will never help #Ukraine is old news.
But why isn't he helping #Iran?
Because US military forces are massed near Venezuela, where Trump is stealing their oil. Not to MAGA, but to enrich himself.
The US has now become #Russia; a mafia state. A shithole country.
Good vid from Jake👇
But why isn't he helping #Iran?
Because US military forces are massed near Venezuela, where Trump is stealing their oil. Not to MAGA, but to enrich himself.
The US has now become #Russia; a mafia state. A shithole country.
Good vid from Jake👇
Russia lost a ship in the Caspian Sea used to transport weapons from Iran. Ukraine has appointed a new, young defense minister. Europe is sending military forces to Greenland to protect it from attack from Trump and the United States military.
youtu.be/7A55a0DOw8A
youtu.be/7A55a0DOw8A
Russia Fires Top General for Battlefield Failures
YouTube video by Jake Broe
youtu.be
January 16, 2026 at 7:03 AM
Auto Stop by Evelyne Axell is a piece I found in a small pop-art exhibition in Brussels, almost 10 years ago. It’s got all the flat surface and stark lines of pop-art and she’s Belgian, so fits in perfectly. If it had had a bit of dithering, it could have passed for a Lichtenstein
January 15, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Auto Stop by Evelyne Axell is a piece I found in a small pop-art exhibition in Brussels, almost 10 years ago. It’s got all the flat surface and stark lines of pop-art and she’s Belgian, so fits in perfectly. If it had had a bit of dithering, it could have passed for a Lichtenstein
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Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
January 15, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
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wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
January 15, 2026 at 1:47 PM
wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
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Have been thinking a lot lately about something Dada artist Hugo Ball wrote in his diary in 1916, amidst the violence & turmoil of World War I, as he reflected on the movement's use of masks, costumes, & performance:
"The horror of our time, the paralyzing background of events, is made visible."
"The horror of our time, the paralyzing background of events, is made visible."
For what it's worth, at least our present moment is helping me understand the Dada artists & their motivations a whole lot better
January 15, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Have been thinking a lot lately about something Dada artist Hugo Ball wrote in his diary in 1916, amidst the violence & turmoil of World War I, as he reflected on the movement's use of masks, costumes, & performance:
"The horror of our time, the paralyzing background of events, is made visible."
"The horror of our time, the paralyzing background of events, is made visible."
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Untitled by Mark Rothko, 1952
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137850
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137850
January 15, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Untitled by Mark Rothko, 1952
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137850
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137850
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In all seriousness, a lot of Trump Term 2 foreign policy makes more sense under video game logic, where follow-through and long-term relationships usually don't matter.
Press button to get Maduro, move engineers to Venezuela, wealth score up.
Add Greenland, territory score up.
Fire on boat? Y/N?
Press button to get Maduro, move engineers to Venezuela, wealth score up.
Add Greenland, territory score up.
Fire on boat? Y/N?
i think i’m fully in on “the white house is run by thirtysomething chuds who think grand strategy games are real life”
January 15, 2026 at 3:35 PM
In all seriousness, a lot of Trump Term 2 foreign policy makes more sense under video game logic, where follow-through and long-term relationships usually don't matter.
Press button to get Maduro, move engineers to Venezuela, wealth score up.
Add Greenland, territory score up.
Fire on boat? Y/N?
Press button to get Maduro, move engineers to Venezuela, wealth score up.
Add Greenland, territory score up.
Fire on boat? Y/N?
This is Santiago de Compostela, which is well known because of its cathedral and also as the end of the Camino de Santiago, but also for its university and its quintessentially Galician character.
And this picture is a bit Galicia for the rest of Spain: a beautiful place, but dark and rainy.
And this picture is a bit Galicia for the rest of Spain: a beautiful place, but dark and rainy.
January 14, 2026 at 9:20 PM
This is Santiago de Compostela, which is well known because of its cathedral and also as the end of the Camino de Santiago, but also for its university and its quintessentially Galician character.
And this picture is a bit Galicia for the rest of Spain: a beautiful place, but dark and rainy.
And this picture is a bit Galicia for the rest of Spain: a beautiful place, but dark and rainy.
No solo es un error que nadie ha reconocido y del que nadie se ha responsabilizado; también es un error del que no te das cuenta *hasta que tratas de comprar el billete*, dejándote seleccionar los trayectos y entonces dando el error. El nivel de incompetencia es supino, y ya dura más de un día.
January 14, 2026 at 1:13 PM
No solo es un error que nadie ha reconocido y del que nadie se ha responsabilizado; también es un error del que no te das cuenta *hasta que tratas de comprar el billete*, dejándote seleccionar los trayectos y entonces dando el error. El nivel de incompetencia es supino, y ya dura más de un día.
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Impossibles by Josef Albers, 1931
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137724
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137724
January 14, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Impossibles by Josef Albers, 1931
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137724
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137724
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I am calling for a complete and total boycott of the Mercator projection in all news stories about Greenland until every member of the American public has seen this
January 13, 2026 at 5:32 PM
I am calling for a complete and total boycott of the Mercator projection in all news stories about Greenland until every member of the American public has seen this
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OTD in 2022 my parody embassy informed you that Russia has no plans to "attack" Ukraine.
Which was sort of true. We had a plan. It was just really shit.
Which was sort of true. We had a plan. It was just really shit.
January 14, 2026 at 9:40 AM
OTD in 2022 my parody embassy informed you that Russia has no plans to "attack" Ukraine.
Which was sort of true. We had a plan. It was just really shit.
Which was sort of true. We had a plan. It was just really shit.
El problema de un gobierno corrupto e inepto no es sólo que no te guste lo que hacen o dejen de hacer o la cantidad de causas judiciales que tenga abiertas. Es que al final, "lo público", eso intangible que es la función del estado, se deteriora. V. gr. web de Renfe www.adslzone.net/noticias/int...
Renfe sufre una caída crítica y deja inservible el servicio: imposible comprar billetes en la web y app
Renfe afronta una crisis en sus sistemas de venta. Usuarios reportan una caída generalizada en web y app con el error G001-V506. Analizamos el origen del fallo que dura ya más de 24 horas.
www.adslzone.net
January 14, 2026 at 9:12 AM
El problema de un gobierno corrupto e inepto no es sólo que no te guste lo que hacen o dejen de hacer o la cantidad de causas judiciales que tenga abiertas. Es que al final, "lo público", eso intangible que es la función del estado, se deteriora. V. gr. web de Renfe www.adslzone.net/noticias/int...
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Berthe Morisot, a founder of French Impressionism, born #OTD 1841; exhibited with Degas, Monet, Renoir, in the first Impressionist exhibition of 1874; known for her intimate paintings of women and children.
Le Berceau 1872, Musée d’Orsay | Femme à sa Toilette c. 1875, Art Institute of Chicago
Le Berceau 1872, Musée d’Orsay | Femme à sa Toilette c. 1875, Art Institute of Chicago
January 14, 2026 at 5:44 AM
Berthe Morisot, a founder of French Impressionism, born #OTD 1841; exhibited with Degas, Monet, Renoir, in the first Impressionist exhibition of 1874; known for her intimate paintings of women and children.
Le Berceau 1872, Musée d’Orsay | Femme à sa Toilette c. 1875, Art Institute of Chicago
Le Berceau 1872, Musée d’Orsay | Femme à sa Toilette c. 1875, Art Institute of Chicago