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Tibor M. Kalman
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Building a bridge across the Atlantic, with steel beams and rivets. 🙏🏼🌎 🕊️

"Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced."
— Søren Kierkegaard

Budapest HU║Long Beach CA
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“Work stops at sunset. Darkness falls over the building site. The sky is filled with stars. "There is the blueprint," they say.”

― Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities, 1972.
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The sun peeking out from behind the clouds over the Hungarian Parliament in Budapest.

Let’s hope it’s a sign of things to come on April 12th, in the general election.

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February 13, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Comedy gold from actress Beth Hoyt.

A Claire Danes character on Bad Bunny.

"I wanna dance, but I just. I don’t move that way."

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📷 beth_hoyt©️ IG
February 13, 2026 at 12:00 PM
The uplifting, positive energy from Bad Bunny's 🇵🇷 halftime show was felt around the globe, a shot across the bow to all those siding with hate and division. No more evident than how the party kept going in the parking lot.

All the feels.

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📷 Conociendo a Puerto Rico©️
February 13, 2026 at 11:07 AM
"Mount Olympus, the highest mountain in Greece 🇬🇷, was considered in Greek mythology as the majestic, sky-piercing home of the twelve Olympian gods, on Mytikas peak."

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📷 Photo by Nick Giantsidis©️
February 13, 2026 at 10:09 AM
I grew up in the Valley in the 80s. First exposure to mall culture was the Sherman Oaks Galleria. Had my first cup of quirky Orange Julius; a strange, creamy, sugary drink, something that seemed from a faraway planet. Nearly five decades later, still remember that first sip. 😳🍊
February 13, 2026 at 9:55 AM
"We think too much and feel too little."

— Charlie Chaplin, 1940.

Chinese-American concert pianist Yuja Wang performs Philip Glass, Études No. 6, composed in 1994.

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February 12, 2026 at 10:35 PM
A stoat, often called an ermine when it's in its white winter coat, is the face of the Winter Olympics.

"Tina and Milo seem to have shed their ill-omened reputation and are bringing cheer to this year’s Olympians." — CNN

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February 12, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Funny thing with me and Bluesky... when I'm feeling down, overwhelmed by the negativity in the world, I think to myself, I'm gonna keep my head down, stop posting, stay quiet for a while, then end up doubling my usual amount of posts.

Reverse psychology at its finest.

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February 12, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Martin Johnson Heade, American painter, 1819-1904.
Cattleya Orchid and Three Hummingbirds, 1871.
Oil on Mahogany panel.

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📷 National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC | Senuri Nimaya
February 12, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Friedrich Preller the Elder, German painter, 1804-1878.
Megalithic Grave on Rügen, 1843.
Oil on canvas.

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📷 Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg, Germany | Marie Lescadieu
February 12, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Is it possible to get everyone together, bring back the stages and props, the grass-people extras, the Latin music singers, dancers, and musicians, and have Bad Bunny put on another show this Sunday?

Asking for the entire human civilization, around the globe. Thank you.

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February 12, 2026 at 4:50 PM
"Sunset on the Galya-tető in the Mátra mountains in northern Hungary."

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📷 Photo by Péter Molnár©️
February 12, 2026 at 4:03 PM
John Atkinson Grimshaw, English painter, 1836-1893.
Boar Lane, Leeds, 1881.
Oil on canvas.

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📷 Leeds Art Gallery, West Yorkshire, England | Painting and Fine Arts
February 12, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Manifesting spring-summer weather. Gonna wish it into existence.

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📷 Pilsner Urquell
February 12, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Blows my mind how dramatically customer service has fallen off in retail and hospitality around the globe. I mean, just the basics, saying hello and goodbye, making eye contact with customers. If busy, signaling they know you’re there, ‘I’ll be with you in a minute,’ et al. 🛒🤷🏼‍♂️
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February 12, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Sewage drain covers in Budapest are next-level artistry.

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February 11, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Édouard Cibot, French painter, 1799–1877.
Anne Boleyn in the Tower, 1835.
Oil on canvas.

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📷 Musée Rolin, Autun, France | Virtual Art Museum
February 11, 2026 at 12:55 PM
William Degouve de Nuncques, Belgian painter, 1867–1935.
Hamlet in the Snow, 1911.
Oil on canvas.

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📷 Kröller-Müller Museum, Netherlands | Illusions
February 10, 2026 at 10:28 PM
"Josephine Baker was an international icon, who was also a WWII spy for the French Resistance. Baker used her celebrity to move through elite European society & collect information on Nazi Germany. Her bravery earned her France’s highest military honors."

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📷 From The Root©️
February 10, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Eugen Dücker, German-Russian painter, 1841–1916.
Fisherman's Wife on the Beach, 1875.
Oil on canvas.

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📷 Neumeister München | Virtual Art Museum
February 10, 2026 at 7:02 PM
"The red-headed bunting is a passerine bird. It breeds in Central Asia, in open dry spaces with scattered bushes, and winters in agricultural fields. Song starts out with dry, rasping notes, then turns into a more fluid-sounding jumble."

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📷 Manjula Mathur©️ | Wondershots
February 10, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Never got into Reggaeton or Latin music, don't speak Spanish, can't dance Salsa, and had a misplaced, unsubstantiated aversion to Bad Bunny, the global superstar. Something *this* popular can't possibly be my cup of tea. Well, I was abjectly wrong. Absolutely love this man. ❤️🇵🇷
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February 10, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Michele Catti, Italian painter, 1855-1914.
Porta Nuova, 1908.
Oil on canvas.

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📷 Galleria d'arte Moderna, Palermo, Italy | Glassbauch
February 10, 2026 at 1:55 PM
"You have been the embodiment of every graceful fancy that my mind has ever become acquainted with.”

― Pip to Estella, Great Expectations, Charles Dickens, 1861.

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📷 English Literature
February 10, 2026 at 12:25 PM
René Magritte, Belgian painter, 1898-1967.
Le Blanc-Seing, The Blank Signature, 1965.
Oil on canvas.

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📷 National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC | Painting and Fine Arts
February 9, 2026 at 11:17 PM