Mark Nolden
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Mark Nolden
@mwnolden.bsky.social
A retired museum mount maker and collection technician.
Also a lapsed artist with a continuing passion for painting, photography & pretty things.
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When does the perfect become the enemy of the good? And how does that calculus change when the lives of cancer-stricken children are on the line?

www.thebulwark.com/p/pediatric-...
A Pediatric Cancer Bill Fell One Vote Short. Bernie Cast It.
The Vermont senator is holding out for a bigger health care package. Advocates are asking: Is the price worth it?
www.thebulwark.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Help us get “Lullaby” to number 1 before Christmas!

An incredible group of UK & Palestinian musicians came together to release this song. All of the profits will go to Palestine Children's Relief Fund and Palestine Medical Relief Service, among others.

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Buy LULLABY Now | Linktree
Buy our charity single LULLABY now and help us reach Christmas no. 1.
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December 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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The cost of Trump's White House ballroom may now reach $400 million.

Why have so many corporations lined up to donate to the ballroom project?

Because in Trump's White House, everything is for sale — even the building itself. Watch. https://youtu.be/Nbf6BJzpk1E?si=g1QPGh8Vasu_WWpZ
Trump’s Ballroom Corruption Exposed
Robert Reich
youtu.be
December 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Gay artist Paul Cadmus was BOTD in 1904 & died in 1999 at 94. His 1934 painting, The Fleet's In!, depicting rowdy, debauched sailors on shore leave in NYC, which the U.S. Navy censored & removed from a public exhibition, sparked national uproar & inadvertently launched his career
December 18, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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December 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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December 15, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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"The virus can lead to brain swelling, which can cause lasting damage, including blindness, deafness and intellectual disabilities..."

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/w...
December 14, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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It’s abhorrent and dangerous for the President of the States to post that the mass shooter at Brown University is in custody when in fact they were not.
December 13, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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That time I did the cover for The American Bystander Xmas issue.
#americanbystander #krampus #xmas
December 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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More than 1,900 people, mostly children, have been sickened by measles in the U.S. in 2025. The outbreaks are moving the country toward losing its measles-free status by early next year
Measles Outbreaks Accelerate as U.S. Inches Closer to a Disease Tipping Point
More than 1,900 people, mostly children, have been sickened by measles in the U.S. in 2025. The outbreaks are moving the country toward losing its measles-free status by early next year
www.scientificamerican.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Some welcome news.
MoMA PS1 Will Be Free for Everyone, Not Just New Yorkers
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Men of the (New York) Docks, by George Bellows, 1912.
December 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
One year old.
My first Christmas.
December 6, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price and Judith Anderson star in Otto Preminger's classic murder mystery film “LAURA” (1944)

🎬 20th Century-Fox
🎞 #FilmNoir
December 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Edward Gorey
December 4, 2025 at 5:13 PM
In my days as a retail display designer, 1976
November 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
November 23, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Weekend's here—get out there!
#art #drawing
November 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Raoul Walsh, Realm of Glass set, The Thief of Bagdad, 1924
November 20, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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November 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
November 19, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Next year, Americans will see the biggest jump in health insurance costs in 15 years.

Meanwhile, the seven largest health insurance companies made a combined $71B in profits in 2024.

It’s far past time for Medicare for All. Here’s what you need to know.
Medicare for All Explained | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 6:31 PM
It’s Louise Brooks Birthday!
Interior (Louise Brooks), 2011
November 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM