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"A consumer is a person whose preëxisting tastes you strive to satisfy over and over; a reader is someone you hope to change, convince, and surprise."
“Publics are made and maintained, not discovered preformed, like rock formations. It is a sign of a fatally limited imagination to assume that we can only ever desire the pittance to which we are currently reconciled.”
ily Becca Rothfeld
ily Becca Rothfeld
The End of Books Coverage at the Washington Post
Becca Rothfeld, a former critic at the Washington Post, on the death of the paper’s books section.
www.newyorker.com
February 18, 2026 at 11:51 PM
"A consumer is a person whose preëxisting tastes you strive to satisfy over and over; a reader is someone you hope to change, convince, and surprise."
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So many people leaving MAGA…there is a new country song about it. Let’s make it #1.
February 18, 2026 at 1:15 PM
So many people leaving MAGA…there is a new country song about it. Let’s make it #1.
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AMEN.
This is the reason behind the Trump
administration’s intense desire to ban Talarico content.
If they lose the evangelicals, they lose all their power.
administration’s intense desire to ban Talarico content.
If they lose the evangelicals, they lose all their power.
February 18, 2026 at 3:13 PM
AMEN.
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no joke i sincerely think that this is the life's work of people who care about this sort of thing and are currently in their 20s/30s. all the crowns are in the gutter, the new republic of letters has to be built
What is the Liberal CPAC? Reactionaries from the US, UK, Hungary, etc get together seemingly constantly to plot and scheme and get each other hyped up...do liberals have a non-mythical structure for doing that?
February 17, 2026 at 11:35 PM
no joke i sincerely think that this is the life's work of people who care about this sort of thing and are currently in their 20s/30s. all the crowns are in the gutter, the new republic of letters has to be built
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I saw Jesse Jackson speak at Stanford in 1988. He spoke in, with perfect irony, White Plaza. He was an extraordinary speaker, a master of classic oratory. Conservative writer P.J. O’Rourke famously gave him a backhanded compliment on it:
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February 17, 2026 at 5:37 PM
I saw Jesse Jackson speak at Stanford in 1988. He spoke in, with perfect irony, White Plaza. He was an extraordinary speaker, a master of classic oratory. Conservative writer P.J. O’Rourke famously gave him a backhanded compliment on it:
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The female cardinal is underway, about half way there I reckon. I’m recording a timelapse to share with you too of her being painted.
#watercolours #birdart 🪶
#watercolours #birdart 🪶
February 17, 2026 at 12:32 PM
The female cardinal is underway, about half way there I reckon. I’m recording a timelapse to share with you too of her being painted.
#watercolours #birdart 🪶
#watercolours #birdart 🪶
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February 16, 2026 at 9:32 AM
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Painting of the Day. The Blues Band II
> > www.artcameroon.com/blues-band-2/
This monochrome all-blue acrylic painting of an African blues band is a wonder. Angu Walters usually paints from a broad palette but once in a while he limits himself to just one color and makes magic with it.
$1500 / $195
> > www.artcameroon.com/blues-band-2/
This monochrome all-blue acrylic painting of an African blues band is a wonder. Angu Walters usually paints from a broad palette but once in a while he limits himself to just one color and makes magic with it.
$1500 / $195
February 15, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Painting of the Day. The Blues Band II
> > www.artcameroon.com/blues-band-2/
This monochrome all-blue acrylic painting of an African blues band is a wonder. Angu Walters usually paints from a broad palette but once in a while he limits himself to just one color and makes magic with it.
$1500 / $195
> > www.artcameroon.com/blues-band-2/
This monochrome all-blue acrylic painting of an African blues band is a wonder. Angu Walters usually paints from a broad palette but once in a while he limits himself to just one color and makes magic with it.
$1500 / $195
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"Tree of Life" by Norval Morrisseau, a prominent Anishinaabe artist known as the "Picasso of the North".
February 16, 2026 at 5:32 AM
"Tree of Life" by Norval Morrisseau, a prominent Anishinaabe artist known as the "Picasso of the North".
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Without further ado, my all-time personal favorite #oilpainting: Metanoia III, by the talented James Roper.
There is much to be said about the work, but I’ll let the painting do the talking.
#fineart #contemporary #abstract
There is much to be said about the work, but I’ll let the painting do the talking.
#fineart #contemporary #abstract
February 15, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Without further ado, my all-time personal favorite #oilpainting: Metanoia III, by the talented James Roper.
There is much to be said about the work, but I’ll let the painting do the talking.
#fineart #contemporary #abstract
There is much to be said about the work, but I’ll let the painting do the talking.
#fineart #contemporary #abstract
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Such a 1970s painting. John Geoffrey Caruthers Little (Canadian, 1928 - 2024). Les sacs à ordures, Rue Bagot, Quebec (1975, oil on canvas).
February 16, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Such a 1970s painting. John Geoffrey Caruthers Little (Canadian, 1928 - 2024). Les sacs à ordures, Rue Bagot, Quebec (1975, oil on canvas).
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Michael Fratrich (American, born 1968)
Nocturne, 2021
Oil on linen
34 x 34 inches
Private collection
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
Nocturne, 2021
Oil on linen
34 x 34 inches
Private collection
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
February 16, 2026 at 8:42 AM
Michael Fratrich (American, born 1968)
Nocturne, 2021
Oil on linen
34 x 34 inches
Private collection
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
Nocturne, 2021
Oil on linen
34 x 34 inches
Private collection
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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Jean Charles Cazin
Midnight, 1891
Midnight, 1891
February 16, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Jean Charles Cazin
Midnight, 1891
Midnight, 1891
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Abdel Hamid Baalbaki (Lebanese, 1940–2013). Al-Hattab (1990, oil).
February 16, 2026 at 6:16 AM
Abdel Hamid Baalbaki (Lebanese, 1940–2013). Al-Hattab (1990, oil).
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Gay Repast/Colorful Meal | Paul Klee
1928, oil and watercolor on cardboard
1928, oil and watercolor on cardboard
February 16, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Gay Repast/Colorful Meal | Paul Klee
1928, oil and watercolor on cardboard
1928, oil and watercolor on cardboard
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"House at the Top of the Road," oil on canvas by Melwell, 11x14 – Call Parsons Gallery of the West at +1-575-737-9200
February 16, 2026 at 1:51 PM
"House at the Top of the Road," oil on canvas by Melwell, 11x14 – Call Parsons Gallery of the West at +1-575-737-9200
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Richard Yarde (African American | 1939 - 2011). Dancing at the Savoy (2004, watercolor on wove paper). 🧵#BlackHistoryMonth
February 15, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Richard Yarde (African American | 1939 - 2011). Dancing at the Savoy (2004, watercolor on wove paper). 🧵#BlackHistoryMonth
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Lawren Harris (Canadian, 1885-1970)
"Northern Painting 25," 1924
Oil on canvas
31.5 x 35.5 in
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Northern Painting 25," 1924
Oil on canvas
31.5 x 35.5 in
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
February 16, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Lawren Harris (Canadian, 1885-1970)
"Northern Painting 25," 1924
Oil on canvas
31.5 x 35.5 in
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Northern Painting 25," 1924
Oil on canvas
31.5 x 35.5 in
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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If you want to understand why rich guys are turning back to eugenics and recreating the rhetoric and theology of slavery, it’s because they know on some level this level of wealth inequality is unjustifiable bsky.app/profile/marl...
February 16, 2026 at 6:06 PM
If you want to understand why rich guys are turning back to eugenics and recreating the rhetoric and theology of slavery, it’s because they know on some level this level of wealth inequality is unjustifiable bsky.app/profile/marl...
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i don't like "steelmanning" but i do want to say that the discussion around "we have to vote all the time to keep out fascism" has never really addressed the core of the issue, which is that it gets tiring for every election to be "the most important election of our lifetimes."
February 16, 2026 at 5:31 PM
i don't like "steelmanning" but i do want to say that the discussion around "we have to vote all the time to keep out fascism" has never really addressed the core of the issue, which is that it gets tiring for every election to be "the most important election of our lifetimes."
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Broadly speaking: reality tv is bad for democracy, influencers are bad for democracy, streamers are bad for democracy, YouTubers are bad for democracy.
Exceptions to all categories exist, but it’s astonishing how absolutely clogged our political and media ecosystems are with low-info narcissists
Exceptions to all categories exist, but it’s astonishing how absolutely clogged our political and media ecosystems are with low-info narcissists
February 15, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Broadly speaking: reality tv is bad for democracy, influencers are bad for democracy, streamers are bad for democracy, YouTubers are bad for democracy.
Exceptions to all categories exist, but it’s astonishing how absolutely clogged our political and media ecosystems are with low-info narcissists
Exceptions to all categories exist, but it’s astonishing how absolutely clogged our political and media ecosystems are with low-info narcissists
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Here five Yalies--faculty, students, alums, parents of current students--address the numbness too many of us feel on campuses around the country. #yale @yaledailynews.bsky.social yaledailynews.com/articles/let...
February 16, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Here five Yalies--faculty, students, alums, parents of current students--address the numbness too many of us feel on campuses around the country. #yale @yaledailynews.bsky.social yaledailynews.com/articles/let...