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Angela Joy Oster @osterjoy.bsky.social · 12m

Terrible.

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Beatghoul ⑆⑇⑈⑉ @beatgrrrl.bsky.social · 12h

A massive monument of General Robert E Lee that once sparked riots in the Virginia city of Charlottesville is now a pile of melted-down bronze, artfully displayed in a Los Angeles museum

LA turns Confederate statues that launched US protests into art

The 18 decommissioned Confederate monuments have been deconstructed and displayed to make a statement on the horrors of slavery.

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Chet Faliszek @chetsucks.com · 2d

Hanging out with friends and talking about enemies on a beautiful Cleveland day.

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Erin L. Thompson @artcrimeprof.bsky.social · 2d

Holy crap Kara Walker chopped up a Stonewall Jackson statue and revealed a monster

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cleveland.com @cleveland.com · 6d

“As a publicly operated facility, CLE is not permitted to display content that could be viewed as political or partisan," said Megan O’Connell, the airport's assistant director for marketing, communications and guest experience.

Cleveland Hopkins airport won’t show controversial Kristi Noem video at TSA checkpoints

Numerous airports nationwide are refusing to air the video in which Noem blames Democrats for the federal government shutdown.

www.cleveland.com

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 7d

John Oliver is good at his job

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Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

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mrbill30560 @mrbill30560.bsky.social · 11d

Tom Gauld: an Edward Gorey alphabet

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Beatghoul ⑆⑇⑈⑉ @beatgrrrl.bsky.social · 14d

Ireland now has a Basic Income for the Arts.

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Beatghoul ⑆⑇⑈⑉ @beatgrrrl.bsky.social · 15d

Overlooked female modernist artist Marthe Donas dazzles in Belgium

Antwerp exhibition testifies to growing recognition of woman who took gender-neutral name Tour to get on

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NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 16d

releasing 1,500 sturgeon into a restored Cuyahoga River today like the very first time

NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 17d

obligatory sturgeon mention content

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Beatghoul ⑆⑇⑈⑉ @beatgrrrl.bsky.social · 16d

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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 16d

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Angela Joy Oster @osterjoy.bsky.social · 17d

Happy birthday to the Funny Times- a Cleveland cultural gem. thelandcle.org/stories/funn...

Funny Times celebrates 40 years of publishing by launching new podcast – The Land

Forty years after Cleveland’s popular Funny Times debuted, its creators say that the times need mocking more than ever.

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Angela Joy Oster @osterjoy.bsky.social · 20d

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CMA reveals ‘Martin Puryear: Nexus’ retrospective in April

Cleveland is one of only three stops to land this significant this presentation of one of America's greatest living sculptors.

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Angela Joy Oster @osterjoy.bsky.social · 21d

So cool! I love her radio show!!!

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Derf Backderf @derfbackderf.bsky.social · Sep 19

If you want an example of what dictators and their minions do to satirists, look to the great Syrian cartoonist Ali Ferzat.

As the Bashar Assad regime started to crumble in 2011, Ferzat produced a series of a scathing cartoons. He was severely beaten by secret police thugs. They broke both hands.

Ferzat cartoon. A dictator about to shoot a dissident. They both stand on opposite ends of a plank, balanced on the peak of a mountain. When the dissident falls off dead, the dictator will also tumble backwards into the abyss.

One of the cartoons that got Ferat attacked and nearly killed. President Bashar Al-Assad admires himself in a mirror, as a huge giant. In reality he stands before the mirror as a puny man.

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Angela Joy Oster @osterjoy.bsky.social · Sep 17

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Cleveland Silent Film Festival brings together movies, live music at Cleveland Museum of Art – The Land

Each of the five films in the series, which began Sept. 14, at the Cleveland Museum of Art includes a live component, some combination of artists on hand contributing everything from sound effects to ...

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skrticx.bsky.social @skrticx.bsky.social · Sep 17

I first heard Lawrence Daniel Caswell in the mid-90s on WCSB. Bedford Heights native, journalist, musician, and community connector, he lifts up Cleveland through art, media, and music. Read more in my column, “Skrtic’s Pics” in Cleveland Magazine: clevelandmagazine.com/in-the-cle/p...

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skrticx.bsky.social @skrticx.bsky.social · Sep 15

Met Michael Kreutzer, supervisor at Memphis Kiddie Park since 2019. He grew up coming here, and his 93-year-old mom made sure staff knew he was meant to work here. A Cleveland rite of passage, thanks for the memories, Kiddie Park. Opened since 1952. Closed for the season today.

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Martha Rich Art Projects @martharichart.bsky.social · Sep 15

I made a bunch of little art for no reason because having no reason is the funnest way to make art. So I’m opening my online store from 9/15 to 9/20. Opens at noon philly time today. Martharichartprojects.bigcartel.com

A photo of a bunch of colorful pieces of art laid out on a table. The art is a mix of abstract designs, spiders, cats and plants. The artwork is made by hand using cut paper that was painted with acrylics. Art is by Martha Rich.

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Angela Joy Oster @osterjoy.bsky.social · Sep 14

Why does this sound like DEVO to me?

Angela Joy Oster @osterjoy.bsky.social · Sep 13

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Charlie Kirk was killed by a meme

Making sense of our dark new era of extremely online political violence

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Chet Faliszek @chetsucks.com · Sep 12

My friend @osterjoy.bsky.social sent this to me today… we used to go to so many protests together.

30 years later and newt Gingrich seems quaint - can we even get back to this?

And that goatee, what was I thinking?

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Indivisible Central Ohio @indivcentraloh.bsky.social · Sep 7

Great job by the I71 footbridge crew yesterday.

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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · Sep 4

Angel Boligan

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