Arthur David Spota
@adaspota.bsky.social
Surrealist, Writer/Artist, Media Editor
Galaxist, Tulpa at-large
Galaxist, Tulpa at-large
Pinned
Arthur David Spota
@adaspota.bsky.social
· Nov 12
My recent kinetic poem 'As Above' is featured in Issue #8 of the Surrealist Journal, Peculiar Mormyrid #8.
The poem maps the correlation extreme phenomena has to the unreliability of perception as it plays to one's emotional state.
📷Bill Wolak
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The poem maps the correlation extreme phenomena has to the unreliability of perception as it plays to one's emotional state.
📷Bill Wolak
peculiarmormyrid.com/arthur-spota...
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As a disabled veteran the behavior of Hegseth and Trump has been criminal and destructive to our standing in the international community. Nobody believes that what's happening is legal and above the law from these two men and they're guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity as well! 💙🇺🇸💙
December 2, 2025 at 3:34 AM
As a disabled veteran the behavior of Hegseth and Trump has been criminal and destructive to our standing in the international community. Nobody believes that what's happening is legal and above the law from these two men and they're guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity as well! 💙🇺🇸💙
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Belgian Symbolist painter and poet Jean Delville
The Women of Eleusis, 1931
Elysium is the final resting place of the virtuous, and a netherworld realm, located in the depths of Hades beyond the river Lethe. Its fields were promised to initiates of the Mysteries who had lived a virtuous life.
The Women of Eleusis, 1931
Elysium is the final resting place of the virtuous, and a netherworld realm, located in the depths of Hades beyond the river Lethe. Its fields were promised to initiates of the Mysteries who had lived a virtuous life.
August 23, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Belgian Symbolist painter and poet Jean Delville
The Women of Eleusis, 1931
Elysium is the final resting place of the virtuous, and a netherworld realm, located in the depths of Hades beyond the river Lethe. Its fields were promised to initiates of the Mysteries who had lived a virtuous life.
The Women of Eleusis, 1931
Elysium is the final resting place of the virtuous, and a netherworld realm, located in the depths of Hades beyond the river Lethe. Its fields were promised to initiates of the Mysteries who had lived a virtuous life.
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Claude Fayette Bragdon ~ Festival of Song and Light, Central Park, New York, 1916
#Photography
#Photography
December 31, 2024 at 2:01 AM
Claude Fayette Bragdon ~ Festival of Song and Light, Central Park, New York, 1916
#Photography
#Photography
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Claude Fayette Bragdon. "the snake charmer". probably from chapbook 1895.
May 13, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Claude Fayette Bragdon. "the snake charmer". probably from chapbook 1895.
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American architect and artist Claude Fayette Bragdon, whose design work was influenced mainly by theosophy.
Drawings of the Fourth Dimension (1913-15). Stunning visual representations of the fourth dimension through two-dimensional projective drawings.
socks-studio.com/2022/10/23/c...
Drawings of the Fourth Dimension (1913-15). Stunning visual representations of the fourth dimension through two-dimensional projective drawings.
socks-studio.com/2022/10/23/c...
December 31, 2024 at 2:00 AM
American architect and artist Claude Fayette Bragdon, whose design work was influenced mainly by theosophy.
Drawings of the Fourth Dimension (1913-15). Stunning visual representations of the fourth dimension through two-dimensional projective drawings.
socks-studio.com/2022/10/23/c...
Drawings of the Fourth Dimension (1913-15). Stunning visual representations of the fourth dimension through two-dimensional projective drawings.
socks-studio.com/2022/10/23/c...
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NATO should defend Ukraine as if it were a member. Enough with the abstract – what's happening in now, in the real world, necessitates it. If not, it's only a matter of time that NATO is directly at war with Russia. The instant the war is over, make it official. NATO is much stronger with Ukraine.
December 1, 2025 at 12:12 AM
NATO should defend Ukraine as if it were a member. Enough with the abstract – what's happening in now, in the real world, necessitates it. If not, it's only a matter of time that NATO is directly at war with Russia. The instant the war is over, make it official. NATO is much stronger with Ukraine.
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"You will be visited by three spirits."
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
December 1, 2025 at 8:53 AM
"You will be visited by three spirits."
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
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Drop something MIRRORED.
December 1, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Drop something MIRRORED.
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Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
December 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Thomas Walsh (Pugwash) ~ Another Lesson In Life
(from The Rest Is History, 2023)
#ThomasWalsh #Pugwash #MusicSky
Great song, great album. After 2 decades of music making Walsh can still effortlessly pull remarkable melodies out of thin air. Happy Monday night🌟
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4AW...
(from The Rest Is History, 2023)
#ThomasWalsh #Pugwash #MusicSky
Great song, great album. After 2 decades of music making Walsh can still effortlessly pull remarkable melodies out of thin air. Happy Monday night🌟
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4AW...
Another Lesson In Life
YouTube video by Thomas Walsh - Topic
www.youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Thomas Walsh (Pugwash) ~ Another Lesson In Life
(from The Rest Is History, 2023)
#ThomasWalsh #Pugwash #MusicSky
Great song, great album. After 2 decades of music making Walsh can still effortlessly pull remarkable melodies out of thin air. Happy Monday night🌟
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4AW...
(from The Rest Is History, 2023)
#ThomasWalsh #Pugwash #MusicSky
Great song, great album. After 2 decades of music making Walsh can still effortlessly pull remarkable melodies out of thin air. Happy Monday night🌟
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4AW...
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There is no doubt that Hegseth has ordered our troops to commit war crimes. He fired all the TJAGs his first week for a reason. My latest. open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...
Ordering our troops to commit murder is a crime. Period.
The Washington Post story on the 'take no prisoners' order from Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is clear evidence that the Trump Administration is giving illegal orders to our troops
open.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:50 AM
There is no doubt that Hegseth has ordered our troops to commit war crimes. He fired all the TJAGs his first week for a reason. My latest. open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...
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As former Bush OLC leader Jack Goldsmith writes, the DOD manual prohibits killing shipwrecked enemies. If reporting is correct, killing helpless men clinging to boats was a war crime.
 open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
 open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
open.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:46 PM
As former Bush OLC leader Jack Goldsmith writes, the DOD manual prohibits killing shipwrecked enemies. If reporting is correct, killing helpless men clinging to boats was a war crime.
 open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
 open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
Mick Jagger ~ Memo From Turner
(Segment from Performance, 1970)
#MickJagger #MusicSky
I was watching Performance the other night. and though I hadn't seen it in quite awhile it reminded me again just how amazing this song really is. Happy Sunday night!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ggX...
(Segment from Performance, 1970)
#MickJagger #MusicSky
I was watching Performance the other night. and though I hadn't seen it in quite awhile it reminded me again just how amazing this song really is. Happy Sunday night!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ggX...
Mick Jagger : Memo From Turner (Version One)
YouTube video by Ethan J
www.youtube.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Mick Jagger ~ Memo From Turner
(Segment from Performance, 1970)
#MickJagger #MusicSky
I was watching Performance the other night. and though I hadn't seen it in quite awhile it reminded me again just how amazing this song really is. Happy Sunday night!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ggX...
(Segment from Performance, 1970)
#MickJagger #MusicSky
I was watching Performance the other night. and though I hadn't seen it in quite awhile it reminded me again just how amazing this song really is. Happy Sunday night!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ggX...
Drop something MIRRORED
December 1, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Drop something MIRRORED
Catalan painter Antoni Tàpies, one of the most famous European artists of his generation and a member of the group Dau al Set that had strong ties to Surrealism.
The Final Reader, the Letter, 1950
#AntoniTàpies #ModernArt
The Final Reader, the Letter, 1950
#AntoniTàpies #ModernArt
December 1, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Catalan painter Antoni Tàpies, one of the most famous European artists of his generation and a member of the group Dau al Set that had strong ties to Surrealism.
The Final Reader, the Letter, 1950
#AntoniTàpies #ModernArt
The Final Reader, the Letter, 1950
#AntoniTàpies #ModernArt
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Antoni Tàpies (1923-2012)
La barberia dels maleïts i dels elegits (The Barbershop of the Damned and the Chosen), 1950
La barberia dels maleïts i dels elegits (The Barbershop of the Damned and the Chosen), 1950
November 30, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Antoni Tàpies (1923-2012)
La barberia dels maleïts i dels elegits (The Barbershop of the Damned and the Chosen), 1950
La barberia dels maleïts i dels elegits (The Barbershop of the Damned and the Chosen), 1950
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August 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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August 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"You will be visited by three spirits."
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
November 30, 2025 at 11:55 PM
"You will be visited by three spirits."
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
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A tiny trial in New York has shown that personalized mRNA vaccines can provoke massive, lasting immune responses against pancreatic cancer, even as sweeping federal cuts now threaten the fragile labs required to produce them.
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theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
November 30, 2025 at 3:00 AM
A tiny trial in New York has shown that personalized mRNA vaccines can provoke massive, lasting immune responses against pancreatic cancer, even as sweeping federal cuts now threaten the fragile labs required to produce them.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
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This is one of those why!? moments. The Trump administration abruptly halted an FDA effort that was designed to keep asbestos out of talc-based cosmetics.
November 28, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This is one of those why!? moments. The Trump administration abruptly halted an FDA effort that was designed to keep asbestos out of talc-based cosmetics.
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December 4, 2024 at 10:24 PM
Miles Davis Quintet ~ Filles de Kilimanjaro (take 8)
(from Filles De Kilimanjaro, 1968)
#NowPlaying #MilesDavis #MusicSky
Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Tony Williams.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpzS...
(from Filles De Kilimanjaro, 1968)
#NowPlaying #MilesDavis #MusicSky
Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Tony Williams.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpzS...
Miles Davis- Filles De Kilimanjaro [June 21, 1968 NYC]
YouTube video by Milestones: A Miles Davis Archive
www.youtube.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Miles Davis Quintet ~ Filles de Kilimanjaro (take 8)
(from Filles De Kilimanjaro, 1968)
#NowPlaying #MilesDavis #MusicSky
Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Tony Williams.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpzS...
(from Filles De Kilimanjaro, 1968)
#NowPlaying #MilesDavis #MusicSky
Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Tony Williams.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpzS...