Bruce Hodges
@brucehodges.bsky.social
Writer | editor | more-than-decent cook. Where: The Strad (London), WRTI (Philadelphia). Music | architecture | art + design | photography | theater + film | journalism | science | climate change
Photo: Luis Barragán, Cuadra San Cristóbal, Mexico
Photo: Luis Barragán, Cuadra San Cristóbal, Mexico
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Bruce Hodges
@brucehodges.bsky.social
· Sep 25
One of the great paintings of the late 20th century, "Constructing the Grand Canyon" (1990, oil on canvas) by Mark Tansey (b. 1949), on view at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.
Zoom in to see the workers pushing blocks of text into place to create the walls
walkerart.org/collections/...
Zoom in to see the workers pushing blocks of text into place to create the walls
walkerart.org/collections/...
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...and close with this, which you will almost certainly have seen before, but which always bears reposting: how this particular Mitford sister responded to some of the invitations she received
November 28, 2025 at 9:21 AM
...and close with this, which you will almost certainly have seen before, but which always bears reposting: how this particular Mitford sister responded to some of the invitations she received
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Perhaps the smartest #ClimateAction investment in cities is in public transit. While others make excuses, Paris is building a WHOLE NEW METRO NETWORK CONNECTING SUBURBS.
“…the Grand Paris Express, a new 200km system with 4 new lines & 68 new stations.”
#ActionStartsHere
@mayors4climate.bsky.social
“…the Grand Paris Express, a new 200km system with 4 new lines & 68 new stations.”
#ActionStartsHere
@mayors4climate.bsky.social
Paris is getting a whole new Metro network. And it’s huge | CNN
The Grand Paris Express will add four lines, 68 stations and 200 kilometers of track to the French capital’s 120-year-old Metro system, providing vital suburban links – just not quite in time for the ...
www.cnn.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Perhaps the smartest #ClimateAction investment in cities is in public transit. While others make excuses, Paris is building a WHOLE NEW METRO NETWORK CONNECTING SUBURBS.
“…the Grand Paris Express, a new 200km system with 4 new lines & 68 new stations.”
#ActionStartsHere
@mayors4climate.bsky.social
“…the Grand Paris Express, a new 200km system with 4 new lines & 68 new stations.”
#ActionStartsHere
@mayors4climate.bsky.social
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President Obama and his family Serving Thanksgiving Meals to Veterans today.
#PresidentObama
#MichelleObama.💙
#PresidentObama
#MichelleObama.💙
November 28, 2025 at 3:46 AM
President Obama and his family Serving Thanksgiving Meals to Veterans today.
#PresidentObama
#MichelleObama.💙
#PresidentObama
#MichelleObama.💙
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Finishing the pies to the strains of the only appropriate Thanksgiving soundtrack
November 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Finishing the pies to the strains of the only appropriate Thanksgiving soundtrack
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One thing that every David Lynch film has in common is that he loved really dense sound design. If you don't have big speakers, it's worth watching any of them with good headphones. There is a *lot* of detail to be heard.
November 26, 2025 at 8:23 PM
One thing that every David Lynch film has in common is that he loved really dense sound design. If you don't have big speakers, it's worth watching any of them with good headphones. There is a *lot* of detail to be heard.
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Grateful for those who refuse to give up.
Is education a lost cause?
No, it's THE cause, the pièce de résistance of democratic living.
Give up on it, you give in to the banality and brutality of evil.
No, it's THE cause, the pièce de résistance of democratic living.
Give up on it, you give in to the banality and brutality of evil.
November 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Grateful for those who refuse to give up.
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Betty White and Lorne Greene hosting the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade in New York City in 1965.
November 27, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Betty White and Lorne Greene hosting the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade in New York City in 1965.
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Roy Lichtenstein, Turkey, 1961
November 26, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Roy Lichtenstein, Turkey, 1961
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Family cookbooks, filled with handwritten notes, sometimes held together with rubber bands, tell the story of generations of homemakers. They are irreplaceable treasures.
🦃 Celebrate the cultural & family histories on their worn & stained pages ➡️ blog.archive.org/2024/09/30/v...
#Thanksgiving
🦃 Celebrate the cultural & family histories on their worn & stained pages ➡️ blog.archive.org/2024/09/30/v...
#Thanksgiving
November 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Family cookbooks, filled with handwritten notes, sometimes held together with rubber bands, tell the story of generations of homemakers. They are irreplaceable treasures.
🦃 Celebrate the cultural & family histories on their worn & stained pages ➡️ blog.archive.org/2024/09/30/v...
#Thanksgiving
🦃 Celebrate the cultural & family histories on their worn & stained pages ➡️ blog.archive.org/2024/09/30/v...
#Thanksgiving
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Needed music about cities to play to a class this morning. Having 30 six year olds singing 'Downtown' with Petula was the highlight of my day. #petulaclark #primaryteaching #musicteaching
November 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Needed music about cities to play to a class this morning. Having 30 six year olds singing 'Downtown' with Petula was the highlight of my day. #petulaclark #primaryteaching #musicteaching
If you're looking for some distraction this weekend, you could do a lot worse than this mild hallucinogen from 1943. Without giving anything away, let's just say that you will never look at bananas the same way again — unless you looked at them a certain way in the first place, of course
The Gang's All Here 1943 Alice Faye Carmen Miranda Benny Goodman Technicolor Film Musical HD Movie
YouTube video by Classic Matinee Movies
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November 26, 2025 at 7:55 PM
If you're looking for some distraction this weekend, you could do a lot worse than this mild hallucinogen from 1943. Without giving anything away, let's just say that you will never look at bananas the same way again — unless you looked at them a certain way in the first place, of course
November 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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A Gen Z-led advocacy group announced a boycott campaign targeting major corporations “that enable, profit from, or directly collaborate with ICE.” Beyond the Ballot launched “Not With My Dollars: ICE Out of My Wallet” just days before Black Friday kicks off.
Boycott Campaign Targets Companies Tied to ICE Ahead of Black Friday
The Not With My Dollars campaign takes aim at Amazon, Whole Foods, Dell, Microsoft, Home Depot, Spotify, and Target.
truthout.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
A Gen Z-led advocacy group announced a boycott campaign targeting major corporations “that enable, profit from, or directly collaborate with ICE.” Beyond the Ballot launched “Not With My Dollars: ICE Out of My Wallet” just days before Black Friday kicks off.
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My dad, Don Seybold, has died.
Made jazz radio across six decades; jazz presenter & agent; at 60, started teaching jazz history.
So charismatic, he excelled at sales, politics, seduction, storytelling.
He used it to promote other people’s art.
Life tested his ethics many times. He always passed.
Made jazz radio across six decades; jazz presenter & agent; at 60, started teaching jazz history.
So charismatic, he excelled at sales, politics, seduction, storytelling.
He used it to promote other people’s art.
Life tested his ethics many times. He always passed.
November 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
My dad, Don Seybold, has died.
Made jazz radio across six decades; jazz presenter & agent; at 60, started teaching jazz history.
So charismatic, he excelled at sales, politics, seduction, storytelling.
He used it to promote other people’s art.
Life tested his ethics many times. He always passed.
Made jazz radio across six decades; jazz presenter & agent; at 60, started teaching jazz history.
So charismatic, he excelled at sales, politics, seduction, storytelling.
He used it to promote other people’s art.
Life tested his ethics many times. He always passed.
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The CDC has turned off its vaccine search tool.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 AM
The CDC has turned off its vaccine search tool.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
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September 5, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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Lucille Corcos
Preparing The Thanksgiving Feast, 1953
Ballantine Beer Advertisement Tempera on illustration board (17 x 24.5 in.)
Preparing The Thanksgiving Feast, 1953
Ballantine Beer Advertisement Tempera on illustration board (17 x 24.5 in.)
November 24, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Lucille Corcos
Preparing The Thanksgiving Feast, 1953
Ballantine Beer Advertisement Tempera on illustration board (17 x 24.5 in.)
Preparing The Thanksgiving Feast, 1953
Ballantine Beer Advertisement Tempera on illustration board (17 x 24.5 in.)
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Foiled. And I can't tell if I'm annoyed or proud: The kids quickly recognized me as a shared foe trying to grab the surplus for myself. They unionized and refused to bid against each other. Organized labor negotiated a settlement that better served their collective interests.
November 25, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Foiled. And I can't tell if I'm annoyed or proud: The kids quickly recognized me as a shared foe trying to grab the surplus for myself. They unionized and refused to bid against each other. Organized labor negotiated a settlement that better served their collective interests.
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USA 🇺🇸 New York City au temps de TAXI DRIVER devant le Flatiron Building, (circa 1976).…
November 25, 2025 at 10:37 PM
USA 🇺🇸 New York City au temps de TAXI DRIVER devant le Flatiron Building, (circa 1976).…
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November 25, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Dusty Springfield – Where Am I Going (1967) youtu.be/KPTcECmpRrg?...
November 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Dusty Springfield – Where Am I Going (1967) youtu.be/KPTcECmpRrg?...