jtb2025
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Interests all over the map—you never know what you’ll find here.
Looking for a forever social media home…or a couple or few of them if that’s what it takes to leave MetaLand behind.
Looking for a forever social media home…or a couple or few of them if that’s what it takes to leave MetaLand behind.
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🏺📜 Did some collections research at work today and just felt like I needed to share this great guy with everyone from the Salisbury Museum.
salisburymuseum.org.uk/collections/...
salisburymuseum.org.uk/collections/...
November 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
🏺📜 Did some collections research at work today and just felt like I needed to share this great guy with everyone from the Salisbury Museum.
salisburymuseum.org.uk/collections/...
salisburymuseum.org.uk/collections/...
Long but super interesting. I didn’t read it critically…will get to that…after the holidays?!
The Decline of Deviance
Where has all the weirdness gone?
www.experimental-history.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Long but super interesting. I didn’t read it critically…will get to that…after the holidays?!
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned down a right-wing group’s lawsuit aiming to strike down an Oregon union’s policy that allows it to charge correction workers who opt out of joining for the costs of representing them.
US Supreme Court won’t hear Oregon prison union case • Oregon Capital Chronicle
The conservative Seattle-based Freedom Foundation filed the suit on the grounds of a 2018 U.S. Supreme Court decision.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned down a right-wing group’s lawsuit aiming to strike down an Oregon union’s policy that allows it to charge correction workers who opt out of joining for the costs of representing them.
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Weird how he is killing people accused of crimes and pardoning people convicted of them
November 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Weird how he is killing people accused of crimes and pardoning people convicted of them
It’s fall & the most complicated emotions always rise to the surface for me in November. This beautiful poem set to lovely music tugged at all the heartstrings today. Lyrics: Steve Martin Music: Alison Brown
Dear Time
YouTube video by Alison Brown - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:57 AM
It’s fall & the most complicated emotions always rise to the surface for me in November. This beautiful poem set to lovely music tugged at all the heartstrings today. Lyrics: Steve Martin Music: Alison Brown
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November 9 is “Go to an Art Museum” Day, but I’m celebrating all week by highlighting some family favorite #ArtMuseums! Our mom made the Springfield Art Museum a center of our lives when we were growing up in Springfield, MO. Do you have a favorite #art #museum near your home?
www.sgfmuseum.org
www.sgfmuseum.org
November 7, 2025 at 8:32 AM
November 9 is “Go to an Art Museum” Day, but I’m celebrating all week by highlighting some family favorite #ArtMuseums! Our mom made the Springfield Art Museum a center of our lives when we were growing up in Springfield, MO. Do you have a favorite #art #museum near your home?
www.sgfmuseum.org
www.sgfmuseum.org
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Friedensreich Hundertwasser (Austrian, 1928-2000), "Flooded Sleep," woodblock print, 1973; photo: Drouot Auctions. #woodblock #abstractart #contemporaryart #modernart #art #artmuseum #artgallery #gallery #museum
November 7, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Friedensreich Hundertwasser (Austrian, 1928-2000), "Flooded Sleep," woodblock print, 1973; photo: Drouot Auctions. #woodblock #abstractart #contemporaryart #modernart #art #artmuseum #artgallery #gallery #museum
I am in awe of this artist’s work, had a great time looking at all of the award winners in this virtual exhibition and reading the juror’s remarks about each one. Sunday’s off to a nice start 
Thank you kindly Juror Mark Ivan Cole, PSA, IAPS-MC for awarding my pastel drawing, American Portrait, Dad, First Place in the Southeastern Pastel Society’s 2025 Fall Luminosity Juried Virtual International Open Exhibition.
To view the exhibition, southeasternpastel.com/2025spslumin...
#art
To view the exhibition, southeasternpastel.com/2025spslumin...
#art
November 2, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I am in awe of this artist’s work, had a great time looking at all of the award winners in this virtual exhibition and reading the juror’s remarks about each one. Sunday’s off to a nice start 
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To ratchet up pressure on the GOP, we’re rolling out billboards in key districts that call House Republicans out by name for backing Trump’s shutdown. We’re making sure constituents in these districts know their GOP representatives are siding with Trump over working families. Pitch in if you can.
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November 1, 2025 at 9:14 PM
To ratchet up pressure on the GOP, we’re rolling out billboards in key districts that call House Republicans out by name for backing Trump’s shutdown. We’re making sure constituents in these districts know their GOP representatives are siding with Trump over working families. Pitch in if you can.
Indeed
very
November 2, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Indeed
Fan-freakin’-tastic! I’ve never heard the entire piece & it just cleared several weeks’ worth of accumulated brain fog. Oldfield was 19 when he composed it, played almost all instruments on the album. Great line-up came together for this live performance in 1973. I’d love to see it in a theater.
Mike Oldfield was 19 years old when he created this masterpiece. Genius.
#mikeoldfield #TubularBells
youtu.be/nbYQYOM66MA?...
#mikeoldfield #TubularBells
youtu.be/nbYQYOM66MA?...
MIKE OLDFIELD Tubular Bells (Live at the BBC, 1973) [HQ]
YouTube video by Hendra Sumatera (Hendra)
youtu.be
October 31, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Fan-freakin’-tastic! I’ve never heard the entire piece & it just cleared several weeks’ worth of accumulated brain fog. Oldfield was 19 when he composed it, played almost all instruments on the album. Great line-up came together for this live performance in 1973. I’d love to see it in a theater.
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Sometimes you should
#PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography
#art #onlybeautifulthings #vienna #museum #technicalmuseum
If you wanna support:
ko-fi.com/morningbetter
#PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography
#art #onlybeautifulthings #vienna #museum #technicalmuseum
If you wanna support:
ko-fi.com/morningbetter
October 31, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Sometimes you should
#PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography
#art #onlybeautifulthings #vienna #museum #technicalmuseum
If you wanna support:
ko-fi.com/morningbetter
#PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography
#art #onlybeautifulthings #vienna #museum #technicalmuseum
If you wanna support:
ko-fi.com/morningbetter
Classroom poster, copyright 1950
October 28, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Classroom poster, copyright 1950
Creative resistance in England, where it appears that grifters can make their way into politics and profit handsomely. Imagine that.
October 27, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Creative resistance in England, where it appears that grifters can make their way into politics and profit handsomely. Imagine that.
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Happy National Pumpkin Day! 🎃
We’re celebrating with a folk art twist—gourds! Take a peek at our collection finds, where artists from around the world have transformed gourds into vibrant works of art, from carved to painted designs.
#NationalPumpkinDay #FolkArt #Gourds
We’re celebrating with a folk art twist—gourds! Take a peek at our collection finds, where artists from around the world have transformed gourds into vibrant works of art, from carved to painted designs.
#NationalPumpkinDay #FolkArt #Gourds
October 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Happy National Pumpkin Day! 🎃
We’re celebrating with a folk art twist—gourds! Take a peek at our collection finds, where artists from around the world have transformed gourds into vibrant works of art, from carved to painted designs.
#NationalPumpkinDay #FolkArt #Gourds
We’re celebrating with a folk art twist—gourds! Take a peek at our collection finds, where artists from around the world have transformed gourds into vibrant works of art, from carved to painted designs.
#NationalPumpkinDay #FolkArt #Gourds
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October 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Another #history smashed and suppressed. Republicans No longer a party of freedom. Oppression. The SNOWFLAKE faction allows only one perspective.
Rogers noted the #Texas Legislature’s agenda” seeks to limit what could be taught about #race / #slavery.
#museums #parks #news #blacksky
apnews
Rogers noted the #Texas Legislature’s agenda” seeks to limit what could be taught about #race / #slavery.
#museums #parks #news #blacksky
apnews
The CEO of the Alamo's historic site has resigned after a top Texas Republican criticized her
The CEO of the nonprofit managing the Alamo has resigned after a powerful Republican state official criticized her and suggested she has views that are not compatible with the Texas shrine's history.
apnews.com
October 25, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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A wearable marigold of bright chiffon petals. A matching scarf. A layered bodice. It is Traina Norell and dates to the late #1940s which is somehow surprising, I would have guessed later, but gorgeous nonetheless #museumatfit #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
October 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
A wearable marigold of bright chiffon petals. A matching scarf. A layered bodice. It is Traina Norell and dates to the late #1940s which is somehow surprising, I would have guessed later, but gorgeous nonetheless #museumatfit #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
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Context: if this is somehow determined to be legal, it is approximately 1/60th of the $8 billion required for a single pay period.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
Pentagon to use $130 million donation from anonymous Trump ‘friend’ to pay military members | CNN Politics
The Trump administration plans to funnel a $130 million donation from an anonymous ally of President Donald Trump toward paying military service members during the government shutdown, the Defense Dep...
www.cnn.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Context: if this is somehow determined to be legal, it is approximately 1/60th of the $8 billion required for a single pay period.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
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TIL that Day of the Dead isn't celebrated in every part of Mexico and there was never a big DoD celebration in Mexico City until the 2015 James Bond film Spectre was shot there. The parade organized for the movie shoot - as well as the movie itself - was so popular, it started an annual tradition.
October 23, 2025 at 2:00 AM
TIL that Day of the Dead isn't celebrated in every part of Mexico and there was never a big DoD celebration in Mexico City until the 2015 James Bond film Spectre was shot there. The parade organized for the movie shoot - as well as the movie itself - was so popular, it started an annual tradition.
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MUST READ: For anyone who wants a better understanding of why we ended up with the Trump 2.0 regime’s actions to totally remake government, you need to know about Curtis Yarvin.
Yarvin has pushed for an authoritarian government & has influenced Trump’s circle.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Yarvin has pushed for an authoritarian government & has influenced Trump’s circle.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
He’s anti-democracy and pro-Trump: the obscure ‘dark enlightenment’ blogger influencing the next US administration
Key figures in the incoming administration follow Curtis Yarvin, who’s pushing for an autocratic takeover of the US
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
MUST READ: For anyone who wants a better understanding of why we ended up with the Trump 2.0 regime’s actions to totally remake government, you need to know about Curtis Yarvin.
Yarvin has pushed for an authoritarian government & has influenced Trump’s circle.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Yarvin has pushed for an authoritarian government & has influenced Trump’s circle.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Do it!
Let’s take that Target boycott energy to Amazon, folks. Yes, that means missing some television. You’ll live.
I’m currently using Amazon at work because our main materials vendor went under, and it kills me a little with each order.
#PenisRocket
I’m currently using Amazon at work because our main materials vendor went under, and it kills me a little with each order.
#PenisRocket
October 26, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Do it!