lavagabonda
@lavagabonda.bsky.social
humble scholar of the arts.
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… it's time for another Kickstarter. I'm still hammering out some details, but plan to launch in November. If you have an interest in this area, I'd love it if you signed up to be notified and/or shared the link with someone who would be. Read on for more info…
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Coming soon: Inks & Paints of the Middle East REVISED
A new, updated edition of my groundbreaking handbook of early Islamic art technology, incorporating five more years of research.
www.kickstarter.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
… it's time for another Kickstarter. I'm still hammering out some details, but plan to launch in November. If you have an interest in this area, I'd love it if you signed up to be notified and/or shared the link with someone who would be. Read on for more info…
www.kickstarter.com/projects/maj...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/maj...
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November 8, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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NatGeo week for me. In February, I went to the Homorod Valley, in rural Transylvania, to visit a village whose ancient form of governance is helping keep the modern world, if not at bay, then at least at arm's distance. www.nationalgeographic.com/health/artic...
Transylvania may hold the secret to a long and happy life
This region with one of the best known names on Earth is also one of the least understood. Could their ancestral way of life be the key to tranquility?
www.nationalgeographic.com
June 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM
NatGeo week for me. In February, I went to the Homorod Valley, in rural Transylvania, to visit a village whose ancient form of governance is helping keep the modern world, if not at bay, then at least at arm's distance. www.nationalgeographic.com/health/artic...
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NEW: Boston missed its own deadline for applying to a FEMA program. Residents are footing the bill.
commonwealthbeacon.org/environment/...
commonwealthbeacon.org/environment/...
Boston missed its own deadline for applying to a FEMA program. Residents are footing the bill. - CommonWealth Beacon
Across Massachusetts, more than 300 communities – including Boston – aren’t reaping the benefits of the FEMA program, known as Community Rating System. It’s led to residents in some municipalities...
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October 30, 2025 at 12:31 PM
NEW: Boston missed its own deadline for applying to a FEMA program. Residents are footing the bill.
commonwealthbeacon.org/environment/...
commonwealthbeacon.org/environment/...
My kiddo is doing a project on AI for school:
November 4, 2025 at 1:11 PM
My kiddo is doing a project on AI for school:
This weekend I listened in to a memorial for a high school friend of mine who was by all accounts an incredible person. he Was remembered by all for his deep kindness and care for others as his crowning achievement.
RIP Eliot. You were a real one. www.wwltv.com/article/news...
RIP Eliot. You were a real one. www.wwltv.com/article/news...
Eliot Brown remembered for love and creativity amid tragic loss
Family and friends honor Eliot Brown as a loving and creative spirit after he was tragically killed in a random act of violence.
www.wwltv.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:16 AM
This weekend I listened in to a memorial for a high school friend of mine who was by all accounts an incredible person. he Was remembered by all for his deep kindness and care for others as his crowning achievement.
RIP Eliot. You were a real one. www.wwltv.com/article/news...
RIP Eliot. You were a real one. www.wwltv.com/article/news...
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Is this painting who we now are? The identity grapplings of mystic artist Ben Edge
Is this painting who we now are? The identity grapplings of mystic artist Ben Edge
Vikings, miners, refugees, enslavers and good old Albion himself … Ben Edge reveals how his dynamic new understanding of Britain today was triggered by seeing a procession of druids march past a KFC
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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November 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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The joys of being anon is being able to do away with the filters that keep folks in line. The threats of whithholding employment. How would they know its you if you are careful to remain anon.
October 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The joys of being anon is being able to do away with the filters that keep folks in line. The threats of whithholding employment. How would they know its you if you are careful to remain anon.
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The Senate passed a $2.3 billion spending package Thursday that pumps money into MassHealth, financial aid at public colleges and universities and free school meals, while holding the purse strings on some funds that sheriffs are seeking. on.nbcboston.com/xR6xN91
Senate approves $2.3 billion budget, overrides $70 million in Healey vetoes
The Senate passed a $2.3 billion spending package Thursday that pumps money into MassHealth, financial aid at public colleges and universities and free school meals, while holding the purse strings on some funds that sheriffs are seeking for their jails and houses of correction. The Senate also voted to restore $70.4 million to the fiscal 2026 budget through a series…
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October 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The Senate passed a $2.3 billion spending package Thursday that pumps money into MassHealth, financial aid at public colleges and universities and free school meals, while holding the purse strings on some funds that sheriffs are seeking. on.nbcboston.com/xR6xN91
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Look what arrived earlier than scheduled…
October 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Look what arrived earlier than scheduled…
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This is the month that THE ISLE IN THE SILVER SEA releases (Oct 21st!) and I wanted to share that I have a number of UK events, including an event with VL Bovalino and Samantha Shannon at a church, which feels slightly bonkers: tashasuri.com/events/
Events
22nd October: Tasha Suri and V. L. Bovalino with Samantha Shannon. Covent Garden Waterstones, London. 24th October: An Evening With Tasha Suri and V.L. Bovalino. Birmingham Waterstones, Birmingham.…
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October 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
This is the month that THE ISLE IN THE SILVER SEA releases (Oct 21st!) and I wanted to share that I have a number of UK events, including an event with VL Bovalino and Samantha Shannon at a church, which feels slightly bonkers: tashasuri.com/events/
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October 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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Drawing of Animals and Plants https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/98527
October 9, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Drawing of Animals and Plants https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/98527
The last few weeks of revolution in Nepal have been fascinating, to say the least:
Related reading: How the uprising in Nepal caught legacy media flat-footed, in @niemanreports.org!
niemanreports.org/nepal-gen-z-...
niemanreports.org/nepal-gen-z-...
October 3, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The last few weeks of revolution in Nepal have been fascinating, to say the least:
This was a lighthearted take on the Panopticon:
September 23, 2025 at 12:51 AM
This was a lighthearted take on the Panopticon:
studying lotus painting and the teacher is in Nepal listening to helicopters and gunshots as the prime misnister and other leaders evacuate. Shes talking about how she practices sadhana, and I’m appreciating how many religious traditions evolved to cope with the utter chaos of human existence.
September 9, 2025 at 9:59 AM
studying lotus painting and the teacher is in Nepal listening to helicopters and gunshots as the prime misnister and other leaders evacuate. Shes talking about how she practices sadhana, and I’m appreciating how many religious traditions evolved to cope with the utter chaos of human existence.
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Montessori
Aniversariante de 31 de agosto: Maria Montessori (1870 – 1952), a educadora italiana que criou um método revolucionário para educar crianças pobres que hoje é adotado apenas em escolas para crianças ricas.
Semióticas – Criança e Design em 1900
semioticas1.blogspot.com/2012/07/cria...
Aniversariante de 31 de agosto: Maria Montessori (1870 – 1952), a educadora italiana que criou um método revolucionário para educar crianças pobres que hoje é adotado apenas em escolas para crianças ricas.
Semióticas – Criança e Design em 1900
semioticas1.blogspot.com/2012/07/cria...
September 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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al-akhir
(the last one)
when everything in existence fades, there will only be the One.
huldi, dragonfruit, and malachite on paper. Pattern taught by Samira Mian #smpaug25
al-akhir
(the last one)
when everything in existence fades, there will only be the One.
huldi, dragonfruit, and malachite on paper. Pattern taught by Samira Mian #smpaug25
August 12, 2025 at 7:02 AM
الآخر
al-akhir
(the last one)
when everything in existence fades, there will only be the One.
huldi, dragonfruit, and malachite on paper. Pattern taught by Samira Mian #smpaug25
al-akhir
(the last one)
when everything in existence fades, there will only be the One.
huldi, dragonfruit, and malachite on paper. Pattern taught by Samira Mian #smpaug25
Challenge: post your last photo taken in DC to show what a hell-hole it is.
August 12, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Challenge: post your last photo taken in DC to show what a hell-hole it is.
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They Came From Planet Happiness
existentialcomics.com/comic/614
existentialcomics.com/comic/614
Happiness on Earth
A philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokes
existentialcomics.com
August 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
They Came From Planet Happiness
existentialcomics.com/comic/614
existentialcomics.com/comic/614
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Wait until NYT finds out there are people from India who grew up in the Carribbean / South America
July 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Wait until NYT finds out there are people from India who grew up in the Carribbean / South America
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"Police across Pakistan are detaining Afghans to transport them to border crossings…They said there are no mass arrests and police were told to go to house-to-house and make random checks to detain foreigners living in the country illegally."
Pakistan resumes forced expulsions of 1.4 million Afghan refugees despite UN concerns
Officials say Pakistan has resumed the forced deportation of Afghan refugees after the federal government declined to extend a key deadline for their stay
abcnews.go.com
August 4, 2025 at 11:45 PM
"Police across Pakistan are detaining Afghans to transport them to border crossings…They said there are no mass arrests and police were told to go to house-to-house and make random checks to detain foreigners living in the country illegally."
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The raccoons keep attacking my neighbor's chickens. They already killed off the four ducks and baby chickens and take eggs from the coop and all I've gotta say is, if you build it, they will come. You can't provide ideal wildlife habitat with easy, free food, and not expect wildlife to capitalize.
July 12, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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