New favorite: Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859–1937), first African American artist to gain international recognition. Here's his oil painting called The Savior

Greenland is ready!

I understand why the artist is angry, but must Jeff Bezos fund her opinion? The patron reserves the right to his own opinion too. The artist is free to produce but not owed the patronage of the person she is criticizing. Free speech is not free; there is always a cost. The question is, who pays?

Trending over on the other place: We will not comply (mainly with anti-vax msgs), but replacing Elon with Luigi is not the answer

Reading the posts in this 🧵, including 👇 samples, the DA needs to drive home to the jury that the accused was not a customer of UnitedHealthcare and the victim had not harmed him in any way (victim seems to have been arbitrarily selected). Had the accused tried any other means to fight injustice?

I am not following any MAGA that I know of over there, but I can tell you FAFO is trending (and trending by a whole lot fewer tweets than in former days)

It really pays to sing all the verses of Christmas carols because you'll find a recognition of life's darkness. For example...

By Tom Nichols www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

When they saw the Star they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy. When they saw the Child they fell to the ground and worshiped Him. --Matthew 2

Isn't he cute? JD said something clever! Papa is so proud. Mama and Auntie look pleased too.

Coincidence?

The friend who posted this on FB said she remembered seeing iron lungs stored in an unused classroom during nursing school. I remember being so terrified of needing one. So thankful for the polio vaccine

True

#HappyThanksgiving to all!

From over on the other place

Somebody here needs this: www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/resi...

Reminder that, even on Bluesky, this is how some people on the left feel about us NeverTrumpers

Apparently Bondi isn't weird enough for MAGA