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Late-stage generalist, RPCV🌍, history/art/jazz/fiets-urb/pro-sci/anti-dictator, gentler in person.
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Windmolen en fiets, Provincie Utrecht, NL, May ‘18. 📷 -gw
Windmolen en fiets, Provincie Utrecht, NL, May ‘18. 📷 -gw An omafiets three-speed bike is captured through a crystal with a windmill behind it.
November 14, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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Johan Dijkstra, “Naakt (Jeanne de Blécourt)/Nude (Jeanne de Blécourt),” ca. 1925. Oil on linen. On view at the exhibition “Avant-Garde in Groningen: De Ploeg, 1918–1928,“ the Groninger Museum, Groningen, NL, June 2018. 📷 -gw
Johan Dijkstra, “Naakt (Jeanne de Blécourt)/Nude (Jeanne de Blécourt),” ca. 1925. Oil on linen. On view at the exhibition “Avant-Garde in Groningen: De Ploeg, 1918–1928,“ the Groninger Museum, Groningen, NL, June 2018. 📷 -gw
November 14, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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František Kupka, “Family Portrait,” 1910. National Gallery Prague.
František Kupka, “Family Portrait,” 1910. National Gallery Prague.
November 11, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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“Power Conceds Nothing Without a Demand” in “Zohran for Mayor” design style
November 9, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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November 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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If they reverse, that could speed things up a bit
Grant Wood, “American Gothic,” 1930.
November 8, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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Mark Rothko, “Untitled (Blue, Yellow, Green on Red),” 1954. Oil on canvas. 77 3/4 × 65 1/2in. (197.5 × 166.4 cm) Not on view, at the Whitney Museum.

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Mark Rothko, “Untitled (Blue, Yellow, Green on Red),” 1954. Oil on canvas. 77 3/4 × 65 1/2in. (197.5 × 166.4 cm)
November 7, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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One of these states is not like the others ..
November 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Strong article from Ed Kilgore in New York (via Drudge) … this was an unfathomable political move in any but these extraordinary circumstances. Newsom, acting with great speed on a political tightrope, shepherded this measure through numerous obstacles and got 2/3rds of the vote.

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“ First of all, it involved firing at a moving target. Though there was never any doubt Texas Republicans would do as they were told, the actual new congressional map wasn't finally put into place until the end of August, nearly a month after Newsom made his move. Second of all, the time frame was really constrained: any proposed amendment had to clear the California legislature almost instantly, and then survive legal challenges. Third of all, the non-partisan citizens redistricting commission that Newsom wanted to push aside was well-established (created by voters in 2008 and extended to congressional redistricting two years later) and widely popular, particularly among Democrats and good government types. And fourth of all, he and his allies would have very little time to raise the vast funds necessary to explain this arcane issue to voters, persuade them to give redistricting (albeit temporarily) back to politicians, and mobilize them to vote in an off-year special election.”
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Atypically for veteran politicians, she was at her best late-career, imo, in firm opposition to Trump, whipping the impeachments and as a literal field general with her life on the line January 6th, her finest hour.
Nancy Pelosi rises to confront Trump face-to-face in White House meeting.
November 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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1936 electoral college map, via Wiki
1936 electoral college map, via Wiki, shows Franklin Roosevelt carrying every state except Maine and Vermont.
November 5, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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Yvette Coopersmith, “Self-portrait,” 2017.

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Yvette Coopersmith, “Self-Portrait,” 2017. https://www.yvettecoppersmith.com/2017/
November 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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Museumplein, Amsterdam, NL, Feb. ‘18,
📷 -gw
Silhouettes of cyclers, pedestrians and senescing trees hint an approaching spring green-up on a sunny February afternoon at the Museumplein in Amsterdam.
November 5, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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True, and truly excellent, but the epicenter of the earthquake took place in New York City.
November 5, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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Keep plucking that chicken, Rup..
November 5, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Japanese cherry trees, UC Berkeley, Nov. ‘20.
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Two rows of Japanese cherry trees, changing color in late autumn, form a tunnel of gold as they recede along the length of a median at UC Berkeley, Nov. ‘20. 📷 -gw
November 4, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Other logos come to mind..
November 4, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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one more ..
October 31, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Richard Mayhew, “Rhapsody,” 2002, oil on canvas. On view at the SFMOMA, Sept. ‘16 (personal 📷, museum label in Alttext).
Richard Mayhew, “Rhapsody,” 2002, oil on canvas. On view at the SFMOMA, Sept. ‘16. (personal 📷) SFMOMA museum label: “ Growing up in Amityville, New York, on Long Island Sound, Richard Mayhew experienced the complex interplay of water, earth, and sky. He also gained a deep appreciation for nature from his Native American grandmother, who, he has said, taught him "nature lore, ways, and attitudes." Mayhew's extraordinary color harmonies and animated natural elements draw inspiration from the atmospheric and romantic nineteenth-century landscapes by Tonalists such as George Inness to express "the essence of nature, the unique spiritual mood of the land," especially in California, where he now lives.” (ed., Mr. Mayhew passed away in 2004 at age 100.)
October 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do ..
Trump stroke face ..
October 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Batter up ..
It’s…
October 28, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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Peter Wegner (American, b. 1953), "Autocracy (from the American Type series)," 1995, enamel on canvas (unframed): 36"h x 20"w.

Sold at Clars Auction House, Oakland, Cal., Oct. ‘25. (personal 📷)
Peter Wegner (American, b. 1953), "Autocracy (from the American Type series)," 1995, enamel on canvas (unframed): 36"h x 20"w. Artwork lays out four lines of words or phrase, and their typographical point sizes, from top to bottom: 72 Point 4A 6a Autocracy 60 Point 4A 6a Competition 48 Point 6A 13a Hunting Season 42 Point 6A 13a Mysterious Words
October 26, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Lætitia Sadier and Stereolab in superb form at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco, Oct. ‘25. Needed that! Merci !!
(personal 📷)
Lætitia Sadier and Stereolab in superb form at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco, Oct. ‘25. Needed that! Merci !! (personal 📷)
October 25, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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Almost constant seismic activity these days at Fred Friendly’s gravesite..
Former CBS News President Fred W. Friendly getting the material right with Edward R. Murrow.
October 25, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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See and raise.. The Albert Speer-designed ballroom for Hitler at the Old Reichs Chancellory (h/t @maxbrockbank.com)
The Albert Speer-designed ballroom for Hitler at the Old Reichs Chancellory (h/t @maxbrockbank.com)
October 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM