Reposted by Alana BogradTyson @lscpunk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026If Dolly was our constant reminder that it was Good to be Good, Tim Curry was our reminder that it was Good to be Weird. Embrace your strangeness, sing with Muppets, wear your lingerie with a leather jacket, and fuck with uptight people who hate anything that makes them remotely uncomfortable. 51173686423
Alana Bograd @abogs.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Hey @governor.pa.gov please see below. This is the kind of messaging we want from you in Pennsylvania. “If Mr Kristol can do it, you can too” 000
Reposted by Alana BogradPaul Renfro @renfro.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Apparently the Pope has read Baudrillard. 643440687
Alana Bograd @abogs.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Alana Bograd,Techno Forest Bather, 26”x32”, oil on canvas 2101
Reposted by Alana BogradBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 13/02/2026May this one day happen to them. 1703972757
Reposted by Alana Bogradwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Vintage embroidery, applique wall hanging from Gujarat, India #WomensArt 025829
Reposted by Alana BogradSarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 07/02/2026Last year, I wrote about Jeffrey Epstein and Twin Peaks. I wrote about Laura Palmer. A generation of girls, now women, who grew up in Laura Palmer’s world. sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/laura-palm...sarahkendzior.substack.comLaura Palmer’s HouseJeffrey Epstein, Twin Peaks, and dreams of justice. 13338127
Reposted by Alana BogradGabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 01/02/2026“About 500 seniors live at Sinai Residences in Boca Raton, Florida, including many Holocaust survivors. Recently, some of them asked if they could hide the building’s Haitian staff in their apartments.” www.jta.org/2026/01/30/u...jta.org'Reminds me of Anne Frank': Jewish seniors are offering to hide their Haitian caregivers as Trump's TPS end looms - Jewish Telegraphic AgencyThe end of Temporary Protected Status has Holocaust survivors offering to hide Haitian staffers, according to the CEO of a senior-living center in Florida. 241209421
Alana Bograd @abogs.bsky.social · 01/02/2026Happy to score this beautiful whistle from @nancyjosephson.bsky.social and help increase donations to local organizations that do important work for immigration protection services. Please consider donating to an immigration protection service org and call your representatives to defund ICE 040
Reposted by Alana BogradHetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Blistering piece on ed tech in @economist.com. ‘Although ed-tech companies tout huge learning gains, independent research has made clear that technology rarely boosts learning in schools—and often impairs it.’ economist.com/united-state...economist.comEd tech is profitable. It is also mostly uselessIndependent research identifies few learning gains 13516257
Reposted by Alana BogradLorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 18/01/2026The absolute accuracy of this. 1027288455051
Reposted by Alana BogradAdam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 10/01/2026Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal warns ICE: "No law enforcement professional wears a mask... Those that come into our communities wearing a mask to commit crime... You getting arrested". "Fake wannabe law enforcement... The criminal in the WH will not be able to keep you from going to jail". 1104291598279
Reposted by Alana BogradJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Well this was completely and utterly predictable: globalextremism.org/post/openais...globalextremism.orgOpenAI’s Sora 2 Used To Spread Holocaust Denial and Glorify HitlerOpenAI’s Sora 2, launched on September 30, faced backlash for generating controversial videos, including antisemitic and misogynistic content. 15424
Reposted by Alana BogradMoMA Paintings and Sculpture @moma.bsky.social · 23/09/2025Piet Mondrian, Broadway Boogie Woogie, 1942-43 botfrens.com/collections/14377/cont… 012329
Reposted by Alana BogradElizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 12/09/2025I wrote my own Charlie Kirk obituary, and about valuing truth over manners: www.thenation.com/article/poli...thenation.comCharlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No MourningThe white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn't a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division 37681822345
Reposted by Alana BogradThe Onion @theonion.com · 11/09/2025Witnesses Assumed Charlie Kirk Shooter Was Just Ordinary Gunman On School Campustheonion.comWitnesses Assumed Charlie Kirk Shooter Was Just Ordinary Gunman On School CampusOREM, UT—As law enforcement officials search for a person of interest in the assassination of 31-year-old Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk, witnesses on the scene at Utah Valley University ad... 433257775068
Reposted by Alana BogradJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 11/09/2025So the understandable idea that we need leaders of "both sides" to denounce political violence is, I believe, a nonstarter. MAGA's whole rhetorical mode, for 10 yrs, has been advocacy of violence. It'd have to denounce itself. It won't. So what else we can do to slow the rush toward more? 2/3 752597
Reposted by Alana BogradMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 29/08/2025The City of Atlanta is opening its first municipal grocery store today. The city is spending $3.5 million in partnership with a neighborhood grocery chain in an effort to eliminate a downtown food desert. www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...wsbtv.comCity of Atlanta opening grocery store to clear up downtown food desertThe Azalea Fresh Market opens on Friday. 20887411876
Reposted by Alana BogradDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 28/08/2025New, from me: America is no longer a functioning democracy. It is a competitive authoritarian system, hurtling rapidly toward authoritarianism. This was a hard piece to write but we can't move forward if we don’t acknowledge where we are. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...donmoynihan.substack.comThe authoritarian checklistIt is time to admit that America is no longer a functioning democracy 19346761832
Reposted by Alana BogradRob Klippel @robklippel.bsky.social · 16/08/2025Erik Satie Composer In 1917 Satie collaborated with Jean Cocteau and Pablo Picasso to produce Parade, a mixed media performance that included music, dance, and visual art. Satie, Cocteau, and company were charged with “cultural anarchy” and put in jail for 8 days. youtu.be/_Chq1Ty0nyE?... 1141161
Reposted by Alana BogradGary Shteyngart @shteyngart.bsky.social · 16/08/2025This is kinda amazing. I wish I knew how to shave that well. 0183
Reposted by Alana BogradN. Olya @nsolya.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Reposting to add that off the top of my head, other museums with public domain image collections include the Met, the Getty, Cleveland Museum of Art, Yale University Art Gallery, and the Princeton University Art Museum. There's also a longer list here: apollo-magazine.com/open-access-... 15816
Alana Bograd @abogs.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Quick drawing break of what’s in front of us-My daughter, Vera, drew our dog, Scooby, and I drew the author of the book “Vera, or Faith” (quick google image search of @shteyngart.bsky.social ) 150
Reposted by Alana BogradBrad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 27/06/2025Shabbat Shalom to everyone who recognizes that the safety, freedom & thriving of Jews and Muslims are bound up together — in Israel & Palestine, across the five boroughs, and in many other beloved places. 160101311852
Reposted by Alana Bogradwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 25/06/2025The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, Chile, recently released its first images of the cosmos/deep space. Vera Rubin (1928-2016) was a pioneering US astronomer whose work provided convincing evidence for the existence of unseen "dark" matter in the Universe #WomensArt 04024625
Reposted by Alana BogradRep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 15/06/2025The United States of America: No Kings since 1776. Donald Trump: Russian-owned since 1978. 873330766
Reposted by Alana BogradJesse Spafford @jessespafford.bsky.social · 14/06/2025This administration is marked by not just its cruelty but its complete inability to craft coherent policies or consider the obvious consequences of those policies. bsky.app/profile/phil... 1826966
Reposted by Alana Bogradjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11/06/2025wrote about what the protests say about the strength, or lack thereof, of the trump administration www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Trump Wants to Be a Strongman, but He’s Actually a Weak Man (Gift Article)He is still dangerous, though. 502116474
Alana Bograd @abogs.bsky.social · 13/05/2025The Child Bearer Acrylic, gouache on paper 9"x12" 2016 040
Reposted by Alana BogradAdam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 05/03/2025French Senator Claude Malhuret: "Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor." 16538124625611
Alana Bograd @abogs.bsky.social · 17/02/2025колобок с ногтями Kolobok With Nails 2025 Oil on wood 20”x20” Alana Bograd #art #painting #kolobok 0342
Alana Bograd @abogs.bsky.social · 17/02/2025бутерброд новый год (sandwich new year) ink 9"x12" 2022 0110
Alana Bograd @abogs.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Our Cosmic Behavior Oil, paper, ink on canvas 10"x8" 2024 Alana Bograd #art #painting 0250
Alana Bograd @abogs.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Full On Cosmic, 2025, 9”x8”, Oil, ink, wax, paper, on canvas, #wip, #painting #alanabograd #art #contemporarypainting 0331
Alana Bograd @abogs.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Spocked Hands Investigate 2025, 10”x10” Oil and wax on wood panel #alanabograd #wip #art #painting #womensart “Within the 2-dimensional internet world, new collectivities have arisen, invisible by the light of day-tribes with distinct worldviews, beholden to manipulations…” #timothysnyder 0261
Alana Bograd @abogs.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Running Out, 38x48”, Oil on canvas, Alana Bograd #womenartists #art #painting 0321
Alana Bograd @abogs.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Spock Hands Blessing, 12”x12”, oil, ink, paper collage on wood panel, 2023 0190
Reposted by Alana BogradRabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Nizar Ali Badr (Latakia, Syria) Refugees found pebbles 223057
Reposted by Alana BogradNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Elon Musk grew up in an apartheid country, backed a German political party that seeks to rehabilitate Hitler, was sued by the federal government for abuse against Black workers, promoted pro-Hitler tweets, and gave a Hitler salute twice in a speech. But what are his real political beliefs? 522241447
Reposted by Alana BogradElad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 21/01/2025I wrote this in June 2023 a year or so after I tried to get mainstream outlets to cover the story. Haven’t been this angry about the collective failure of our society to properly address antisemitism in quite a while.forward.comElon Musk is the most dangerous antisemite in AmericaElon Musk often amplifies antisemitic conspiracy theories. His power as Twitter CEO gives him terrifying influence. 272498627
Reposted by Alana BogradRabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 15/01/2025Ferenc Berko, Denture Shop, Rawalpindi, 1946 26816
Reposted by Alana BogradRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/01/202557 companies are responsible for 80% of global greenhouse gas emissions since 2016. These companies include fossil fuel giants like Chevron, Shell, and BP, who have been raking in record profits. The profits of Big Oil should not be more important than the future of our planet.theguardian.comJust 57 companies linked to 80% of greenhouse gas emissions since 2016Analysis reveals many big producers increased output of fossil fuels and related emissions in seven years after Paris climate deal 516191237315
Reposted by Alana BogradProf. Bob Howarth @profbobhowarth.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Poignant piece by @billmckibben.bsky.social "the steady loss of intelligence in our nation and our world worries me the most. Even as the stakes grow higher, we’re losing our hard-won ability to understand the world around us." The LA Fires and the Big Bang open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...open.substack.comThe LA Fires and the Big BangThe human quest for knowledge, and the descent into willful blindness 411230
Reposted by Alana BogradHyperallergic @hyperallergic.com · 22/12/2024From a banana menorah to versions by Dalí and Peter Shire, artists have long remixed the traditional Hanukkah lamp.hyperallergic.comModern Menorahs That Break the MoldFrom a banana menorah to versions by Dalí and Peter Shire, artists have long remixed the traditional Hanukkah lamp. 1177