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Dave from the Rust Belt @rustbeltdave.bsky.social · 1d

Pennywise: We all float down here.
Derry Girls: Fuck a doodle doo

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Dave from the Rust Belt @rustbeltdave.bsky.social · 3d

Wait until the building contractors find out they're not getting paid.

HuffPost @huffpost.com · 3d

The enormous new venue is funded by private donors, which has raised ethical concerns.

Trump Starts Tearing Down Part Of White House To Make Way For New Ballroom

The enormous new venue is funded by private donors, which has raised ethical concerns.

www.huffpost.com

Dave from the Rust Belt @rustbeltdave.bsky.social · 3d

If you ever wondered what kind of person would rat out Anne Frank and her family to the Gestapo; probably a lot like this.

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Tom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling @rubenbolling.bsky.social · 6d

🔵 This week's comic:
👀 You won't believe what backward, brutally violent country the latest adventure of Billy Dare, boy adventurer, takes place in!
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( bit.ly/theInnerHive )
READ IT RIGHT HERE👇

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Dave from the Rust Belt @rustbeltdave.bsky.social · 6d

Jenny Agutter in (and out of) a nurse uniform? Yes, please! 😍

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Dave from the Rust Belt @rustbeltdave.bsky.social · 7d

Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings.

#blueskyartchallenge #art #painting

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"Mrs. Knowles and Her Children" by John Singer Sargent

A well-dressed woman is seated on a sofa with two small boys.

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Dave from the Rust Belt @rustbeltdave.bsky.social · 7d

The Tesla Cybertruck is probably the most expensive form of birth-control ever invented.

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Dave from the Rust Belt @rustbeltdave.bsky.social · 8d

Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings.

#blueskyartchallenge #art #painting

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"Memento Mori 'To This Favour'" by William Michael Harnett

Books on a table, an hourglass and a skull.

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Dave from the Rust Belt @rustbeltdave.bsky.social · 9d

Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings.

#blueskyartchallenge #art #painting

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"In Flanders Fields" by Robert Vonnoh

People working in a field of red poppies with a row of trees in the background.

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Dave from the Rust Belt @rustbeltdave.bsky.social · 9d

Calendars. How do they work?

Dave from the Rust Belt @rustbeltdave.bsky.social · 9d

WTF would Commandant Bone Spurs know about how the military operates?

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Dave from the Rust Belt @rustbeltdave.bsky.social · 9d

It is 😢 Fuck cancer.

Dave from the Rust Belt @rustbeltdave.bsky.social · 9d

Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings.

#blueskyartchallenge #art #painting

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"Still Life with Strawberries" by Severin Roesen

Still life painting of a stemmed fruit bowl filled with strawberries surrounded by other fruit including red grapes, white grapes, a basket of cherries, peaches and pears

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Dave from the Rust Belt @rustbeltdave.bsky.social · 10d

“End of Innocence”
Probably the best song about the Reagan years
m.youtube.com/watch?v=giZ2...

The End Of The Innocence

YouTube video by Don Henley - Topic

m.youtube.com

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Dave from the Rust Belt @rustbeltdave.bsky.social · 11d

Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings.

#blueskyartchallenge #art #painting

16/20

"Stag at Sharky's" by George Bellows

Two boxers in the ring with the referee right behind them.

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Dave from the Rust Belt @rustbeltdave.bsky.social · 11d

Four hour conference call

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Dave from the Rust Belt @rustbeltdave.bsky.social · 12d

Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings.

#blueskyartchallenge #art #painting

15/20

"Portrait of Dora Wheeler" by William Merritt Chase

A woman is seated in a wooden chair. There is a vase of yellow flowers on a table behind her.

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Dave from the Rust Belt @rustbeltdave.bsky.social · 13d

Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings.

#blueskyartchallenge #art #painting

14/20

"Composition III" by Piet Mondrian

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Dave from the Rust Belt @rustbeltdave.bsky.social · 13d

As we learned on Jan. 6, 2021, it's not "terrorism" if Trump supporters do it.

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Dave from the Rust Belt @rustbeltdave.bsky.social · 13d

For conservatives, the issue with Nixon wasn't that he covered up a crime, it was that he was held accountable for it.

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Dave from the Rust Belt @rustbeltdave.bsky.social · 13d

But wouldn't that be putting Argentina on the "road to serfdom"?

Dave from the Rust Belt @rustbeltdave.bsky.social · 13d

I wore a US Navy uniform for 6 years. During that time, I never once felt the need to wear a mask to hide my identity. That was because I was proud of the work I was doing. What excuse do these assholes have?

Kyla @boysek.bsky.social · 13d

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/w...

WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Dave from the Rust Belt @rustbeltdave.bsky.social · 14d

Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings.

#blueskyartchallenge #art #painting

13/20

"Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer" by Gustav Klimt

A woman wearing a flowing multi-colored dress against a gold background.

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Dave from the Rust Belt @rustbeltdave.bsky.social · 14d

It depends. Does the baby normally work from home?

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Dave from the Rust Belt @rustbeltdave.bsky.social · 14d

The key word in the term "Artificial Intelligence" is "Artificial".

AI is a set of algorithms and data that can generate words or images based on user input. AI could never paint "The Starry Night", sculpt the "Pieta" or write "Pride and Prejudice".

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