Ryan Aasen
@ryanaasen.bsky.social
art, research, education, image politics
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“Trump's official portrait was [Torok’s] first time using studio lighting. [He] took inspiration for the official portrait from Trump's 2023 mug shot.”
February 8, 2025 at 7:12 AM
“Trump's official portrait was [Torok’s] first time using studio lighting. [He] took inspiration for the official portrait from Trump's 2023 mug shot.”
Reasons came through late—apparently we’re not allowed to talk about extrajudicial prisoners. Not great for future deported citizens.
February 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Reasons came through late—apparently we’re not allowed to talk about extrajudicial prisoners. Not great for future deported citizens.
Since we’re sending people to Gitmo again, here are drawings by Abu Zubaydah of the US torture he's experienced while being held there for 22 years without charges. Instagram will not let me post these. No explanation why—they just disappear.
February 6, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Since we’re sending people to Gitmo again, here are drawings by Abu Zubaydah of the US torture he's experienced while being held there for 22 years without charges. Instagram will not let me post these. No explanation why—they just disappear.
I still think about this 2021 image from Kabul of someone painting over images of women in anticipation of the Taliban takeover.
January 31, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I still think about this 2021 image from Kabul of someone painting over images of women in anticipation of the Taliban takeover.
Hello, RFK Jr. thinks that poppers cause AIDS. There’s a whole chapter about it in his 2021 book.
January 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Hello, RFK Jr. thinks that poppers cause AIDS. There’s a whole chapter about it in his 2021 book.