Bruce Hodges
@brucehodges.bsky.social
Writer | editor | more-than-decent cook. Where: The Strad (London), WRTI (Philadelphia). Music | architecture | art + design | photography | theater + film | journalism | science | climate change
Photo: Luis Barragán, Cuadra San Cristóbal, Mexico
Photo: Luis Barragán, Cuadra San Cristóbal, Mexico
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Bruce Hodges
@brucehodges.bsky.social
· Sep 25
One of the great paintings of the late 20th century, "Constructing the Grand Canyon" (1990, oil on canvas) by Mark Tansey (b. 1949), on view at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.
Zoom in to see the workers pushing blocks of text into place to create the walls
walkerart.org/collections/...
Zoom in to see the workers pushing blocks of text into place to create the walls
walkerart.org/collections/...
If you're looking for some distraction this weekend, you could do a lot worse than this mild hallucinogen from 1943. Without giving anything away, let's just say that you will never look at bananas the same way again — unless you looked at them a certain way in the first place, of course
The Gang's All Here 1943 Alice Faye Carmen Miranda Benny Goodman Technicolor Film Musical HD Movie
YouTube video by Classic Matinee Movies
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 7:55 PM
If you're looking for some distraction this weekend, you could do a lot worse than this mild hallucinogen from 1943. Without giving anything away, let's just say that you will never look at bananas the same way again — unless you looked at them a certain way in the first place, of course
November 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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A Gen Z-led advocacy group announced a boycott campaign targeting major corporations “that enable, profit from, or directly collaborate with ICE.” Beyond the Ballot launched “Not With My Dollars: ICE Out of My Wallet” just days before Black Friday kicks off.
Boycott Campaign Targets Companies Tied to ICE Ahead of Black Friday
The Not With My Dollars campaign takes aim at Amazon, Whole Foods, Dell, Microsoft, Home Depot, Spotify, and Target.
truthout.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
A Gen Z-led advocacy group announced a boycott campaign targeting major corporations “that enable, profit from, or directly collaborate with ICE.” Beyond the Ballot launched “Not With My Dollars: ICE Out of My Wallet” just days before Black Friday kicks off.
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My dad, Don Seybold, has died.
Made jazz radio across six decades; jazz presenter & agent; at 60, started teaching jazz history.
So charismatic, he excelled at sales, politics, seduction, storytelling.
He used it to promote other people’s art.
Life tested his ethics many times. He always passed.
Made jazz radio across six decades; jazz presenter & agent; at 60, started teaching jazz history.
So charismatic, he excelled at sales, politics, seduction, storytelling.
He used it to promote other people’s art.
Life tested his ethics many times. He always passed.
November 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
My dad, Don Seybold, has died.
Made jazz radio across six decades; jazz presenter & agent; at 60, started teaching jazz history.
So charismatic, he excelled at sales, politics, seduction, storytelling.
He used it to promote other people’s art.
Life tested his ethics many times. He always passed.
Made jazz radio across six decades; jazz presenter & agent; at 60, started teaching jazz history.
So charismatic, he excelled at sales, politics, seduction, storytelling.
He used it to promote other people’s art.
Life tested his ethics many times. He always passed.
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The CDC has turned off its vaccine search tool.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 AM
The CDC has turned off its vaccine search tool.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
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September 5, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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Lucille Corcos
Preparing The Thanksgiving Feast, 1953
Ballantine Beer Advertisement Tempera on illustration board (17 x 24.5 in.)
Preparing The Thanksgiving Feast, 1953
Ballantine Beer Advertisement Tempera on illustration board (17 x 24.5 in.)
November 24, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Lucille Corcos
Preparing The Thanksgiving Feast, 1953
Ballantine Beer Advertisement Tempera on illustration board (17 x 24.5 in.)
Preparing The Thanksgiving Feast, 1953
Ballantine Beer Advertisement Tempera on illustration board (17 x 24.5 in.)
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Foiled. And I can't tell if I'm annoyed or proud: The kids quickly recognized me as a shared foe trying to grab the surplus for myself. They unionized and refused to bid against each other. Organized labor negotiated a settlement that better served their collective interests.
November 25, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Foiled. And I can't tell if I'm annoyed or proud: The kids quickly recognized me as a shared foe trying to grab the surplus for myself. They unionized and refused to bid against each other. Organized labor negotiated a settlement that better served their collective interests.
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USA 🇺🇸 New York City au temps de TAXI DRIVER devant le Flatiron Building, (circa 1976).…
November 25, 2025 at 10:37 PM
USA 🇺🇸 New York City au temps de TAXI DRIVER devant le Flatiron Building, (circa 1976).…
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November 25, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Dusty Springfield – Where Am I Going (1967) youtu.be/KPTcECmpRrg?...
November 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Dusty Springfield – Where Am I Going (1967) youtu.be/KPTcECmpRrg?...
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“It’s going to be a reverent sacred site. ... We hope to include as many voices in that process on how to take something where something so awful took place and turn it into a place with high reverence," says Emmett Till Interpretive Center Executive Director Patrick Weems.
Barn Where White Men Murdered Emmett Till to Be Preserved as a ‘Reverent, Sacred Site’
The barn in Drew, Miss., where two white men murdered 14-year-old Emmett Till in 1955 will be preserved as a “sacred site.”
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
“It’s going to be a reverent sacred site. ... We hope to include as many voices in that process on how to take something where something so awful took place and turn it into a place with high reverence," says Emmett Till Interpretive Center Executive Director Patrick Weems.
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Bela De Kristo (1920-2006), The Big Ship (oil and paper laid down on canvas)
November 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Bela De Kristo (1920-2006), The Big Ship (oil and paper laid down on canvas)
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My abstract nude for Vanity Fair
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My abstract nude for Vanity Fair
November 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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My abstract nude for Vanity Fair
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My abstract nude for Vanity Fair
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Dalton Trumbo writing in the bath. Dalton Trumbo was an American screenwriter who scripted many award-winning films, including Roman Holiday (1953), Exodus (1960), Spartacus (1960), and Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944).
November 25, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Dalton Trumbo writing in the bath. Dalton Trumbo was an American screenwriter who scripted many award-winning films, including Roman Holiday (1953), Exodus (1960), Spartacus (1960), and Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944).
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One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
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Take pride in our fellow American, Sen. Mark Kelly, vigorously standing up for the Constitution and against a violence-inciting White House occupant who is failing to intimidate this good man and honorable public servant.
Mark Kelly: "My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head. Six people killed around her, a horrific thing. She spent six months in the hospital. We know what political violence is and we know what causes it too, The statements that Donald Trump made incites others."
November 25, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Take pride in our fellow American, Sen. Mark Kelly, vigorously standing up for the Constitution and against a violence-inciting White House occupant who is failing to intimidate this good man and honorable public servant.
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"Silver and Lace with Eggs" (2022)
Susan Paterson
(born in 1958)
by Canadian artist
Oil on panel
97 x 46 cm
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
Susan Paterson
(born in 1958)
by Canadian artist
Oil on panel
97 x 46 cm
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
November 25, 2025 at 4:33 AM
"Silver and Lace with Eggs" (2022)
Susan Paterson
(born in 1958)
by Canadian artist
Oil on panel
97 x 46 cm
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
Susan Paterson
(born in 1958)
by Canadian artist
Oil on panel
97 x 46 cm
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
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Jed Jackson (American Artist, born 1954
"Charlie Parker", 1979.
Oil on Canvas, 180.5 × 149.9 cm.
Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, New York.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
"Charlie Parker", 1979.
Oil on Canvas, 180.5 × 149.9 cm.
Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, New York.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
November 25, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Jed Jackson (American Artist, born 1954
"Charlie Parker", 1979.
Oil on Canvas, 180.5 × 149.9 cm.
Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, New York.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
"Charlie Parker", 1979.
Oil on Canvas, 180.5 × 149.9 cm.
Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, New York.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
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Tim Burton wearing a halloween costume made by his mother in 1967.
November 25, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Tim Burton wearing a halloween costume made by his mother in 1967.
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Not that you asked, but here's a thread of intriguing (real!) food facts to amuse/bore your friends and family.
Great for gatherings when you need to change the subject!
Great for gatherings when you need to change the subject!
November 25, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Not that you asked, but here's a thread of intriguing (real!) food facts to amuse/bore your friends and family.
Great for gatherings when you need to change the subject!
Great for gatherings when you need to change the subject!
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Gosta Adrian-Nilsson
Composition with musical instruments
Composition with musical instruments
April 27, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Gosta Adrian-Nilsson
Composition with musical instruments
Composition with musical instruments
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SEN. KELLY : “They informed me of this in a tweet because this is not about the law. This is about the media cycle, and intimidation… We basically repeated the uniform code of military justice, and they're saying that's in violation of it. It's absurd. Comical.”
November 25, 2025 at 3:15 AM
SEN. KELLY : “They informed me of this in a tweet because this is not about the law. This is about the media cycle, and intimidation… We basically repeated the uniform code of military justice, and they're saying that's in violation of it. It's absurd. Comical.”
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This might be really helpful for many folks out there.
Remember, when it comes to riding bikes for transportation in the winter, “there’s no bad weather, just bad clothes.”
(And bad infrastructure and maintenance decisions from city hall)
Remember, when it comes to riding bikes for transportation in the winter, “there’s no bad weather, just bad clothes.”
(And bad infrastructure and maintenance decisions from city hall)
Hey winter cyclists: the smartest thing I've done after threatening to do it for too many years was actually write down what to wear based on temperature. This helped immensely last year, and winter is coming 🥶
November 25, 2025 at 3:39 AM
This might be really helpful for many folks out there.
Remember, when it comes to riding bikes for transportation in the winter, “there’s no bad weather, just bad clothes.”
(And bad infrastructure and maintenance decisions from city hall)
Remember, when it comes to riding bikes for transportation in the winter, “there’s no bad weather, just bad clothes.”
(And bad infrastructure and maintenance decisions from city hall)