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Prisoners Exercising (Prisoners Round) by Vincent van Gogh, 1890, Pushkin Museum (Moscow, Russia)

#ArtHistory #ModernArt #PostImpressionism
There is little doubt about the significance of this painting that was done in February 1890, at a particularly troubled time in Van Gogh's life. He was severely depressed and desperate to leave the stultifying environs of the asylum at Saint-Remy, but it had been decided that he would not be fit to cope alone until the spring. His feelings of being physically trapped and mentally caught in a perpetual cycle of mental illness beyond his control are clearly evident. Prisoners Exercising was actually made after a print of Newgate Prison in London by Gustave Doré, whose work Van Gogh had admired for some years. Van Gogh had begun to collect graphic illustrations from magazines in the early 1880s, and added prints of Doumier, Paul Gavami and Doré to his collection. He then referred to these works in later years (as well as multiple prints of Millet's paintings), often making several copies of a single image. The prints were in block and white, so Van Gogh improvised with the color and gave the paintings his own visual interpretation.
October 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Starbucks is closing stores and cutting 900 jobs in a restructuring move.

1,100 jobs were slashed earlier this year.

Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.

This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
September 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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August 22, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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A moment of zen from the falls down the road from my house
August 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Gods, Scotland is so beautiful.
A dirt road near Loch Turret in Scotland. There are mountains around the Loch.
August 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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leftwardswing.bsky.social
The Thai cover band you didn't know you needed in your life.

Crank it! 😀 🎸
August 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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birmingham81.bsky.social
Remembering Johnny Nash on his birthday. Here’s a fantastic photo of him and Bob Marley playing at a school in Peckham in 1972. It was taken by Keith Baugh, the art teacher who invited them there. He tells the story on this lovely clip from The One Show youtu.be/_cPturcTKIk
August 19, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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Still waiting on those files
August 16, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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birmingham81.bsky.social
Happy birthday to Lady Miss Kier
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DEEE-LITE -RARE-Groove is in the Heart-Arsenio (1990) 4K HD
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August 15, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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MO 🫶🏼❤️👏🏼🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
August 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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#GenreRoulette #JazzSky
#JazzSunday #Jazz

"Come Dance With Me", Oscar Peterson Trio

Oscar Peterson on piano of course, Ray Brown on bass, and Ed Thigpen on drums

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Oscar Peterson Trio - Come Dance with Me
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August 2, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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National Guardsman poked his bayonet at Gloria Richardson
July 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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July 22, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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July 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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I never thought my candidate, donald trump, would do this to me.
July 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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WATCH: “Have you bullied any kids today, Bo?”

Senator Bo Watson (R) heckled in CHATTANOOGA — after pushing a bill to kick undocumented kids out of Tennessee schools, which had other Republicans weeping on the house floor because it was so cruel. (It failed)
July 10, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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So this is what it's come to: arresting pensioners and priests
Should I have thought twice before writing this? Do my opinions put me in the crosshairs of a government that’s drawn up a list of those to be…
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July 8, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Murdered on the Fourth of July | Seed&Spark Pitch | True Crime Documentary
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July 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Hazel Scott: from child prodigy to renowned performer | Local 802 AFM share.google/U6G6tmCTSSqb...
Hazel Scott: from child prodigy to renowned performer | Local 802 AFM
This article from the March 2023 issue of Allegro magazine…
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July 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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NEW: Kilmar Abrego Garcia offered his first account of the “severe beatings” and other abuses he says he suffered while jailed in El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison.

He says in a court filing that he lost 31 lbs in two weeks.

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July 3, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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Ghost Town: The story behind a very special song | by Gary Marlowe | Medium share.google/hHIrQz48VJYi...
Ghost Town: The story behind a special song
Do you remember the good old days before the ghost town?
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July 3, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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... When will men realize that women are the biggest part of sci-fi fandom. 🫩
July 2, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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1961 song "Cry Cry Cry" by legendary Memphis blues singer Bobby "Blue" Bland. From the album Two Steps From the Blues.
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Bobby "Blue" Bland-Cry Cry Cry
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June 30, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Olive Elaine Morris (26 June 1952 – 12 July 1979) was a Jamaican-born community leader and activist in the feminist, black nationalist, and squatters' rights campaigns of the 1970s in the United Kingdom.

Also in the
British Black Panther Movement alongside Linton Kwesi Johnson and Clovis Reid.
June 26, 2025 at 10:45 AM