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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 6h

"focus on areas... human health & biological discovery; national security & strategic capabilities; energy and climate resilience; and advanced manufacturing & industrial transformation" "school will launch a purpose-built Miami outpost w/ $2 billion of the gift" www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

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Art Collector Ken Griffin Gives $3 B., the Largest Donation in the History of Higher Education, to Carnegie Mellon For a Miami Campus

ARTnews Top 200 collector Ken Griffin made the largest donation in the history of higher education, giving $3 billion to Carnegie Mellon University.

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 15h

"They are media constructs utilized to influence public discourse through fictional characters that reinforce stereotypes & highlight—as well as shape—social norms" "The Construct of Melodrama" "Emotional Women" "Loyal Maids in Extravagant Mansions" "Macho Cowboy" www.artnews.com/art-news/art...

artnews.com

A New Exhibition Explores How Telenovela Tropes Reveal a Deeper Meaning in Art

'Telenovela' at the Americas Society looks at tropes in the genre and features work by Phil Collins, Stefan Ruiz, and Christian Jankowski.

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 15h

"Trump... announced... scrap the long-standing meaning of the word 'harm' as defined under the Endangered Species Act" "who will benefit...Trump feted 20 Big Oil leaders at...Mar-a-Lago golf club" "unintentional killings of endangered animals is no longer illegal" www.thenation.com/article/soci...

thenation.com

Trump Has Made it Legal to Destroy Endangered Species’ Habitats

By redefining the meaning of “harm” in the Endangered Species Act, the administration is giving big corporations a gift they have long demanded.

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"painting swapped for... image of... flag that reflects American patriotism &...beauty of our great country. The post...accompanied by... song 'We’re Not Gonna Take It' by Twisted Sister... 'Trump Administration...we are turning away from globalist & woke ideologies" www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

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In a Letter to President Trump, Artist Kehinde Wiley Asks to Repurchase His Painting Removed from US Embassy

The artist's painting Young Artists After Siamesas 1960 (2013) was taken down by the US Embassy in the Dominican Republic in August.

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"It still contains well-preserved foundations & fragmentary statues of ancient deities" "sanctuary may have been an ambulatory temple, with a central sacred chamber surrounded by a covered walkway" "statue fragments including... a deity’s hand... fragmented animals" www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

artnews.com

Remains of a Roman Temple Discovered in Germany’s Taunus Forest

Storm damage revealed an unusual arrangement of stones that comprised part of a previously unknown settlement near the Roman fort of Kapersburg in Hesse.

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"The music industry in Kentucky generates a nearly $7 billion economic impact, according to the National Endowment for the Arts and Beshear’s office."

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"'Tech inventors & ...founders...at... top of....hierarchy' see themselves as '...rare human beings...have the capacity to touch the divine'" "As... for Reagan... definition of 'the people' who deserve aid...& a measure of power...extends...to European heritage" democracyjournal.org/magazine/82/...

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Is the Age of Equality Over?

Some people sure seem to think it should be. Actually, some people have thought this for a very long time.

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

But of course! Saboteurs. "The whistleblowers’ letter to Congress also says that management at the center diverted $1.4 million that had been allocated for waterproofing repairs to a $4.4 million project to repaint exterior columns whose color Trump disliked." www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

artnews.com

Whistleblowers Say Kennedy Center Leaders Put Off Fixing the Same Problems They Now Blame for Closing the Building

Former employees claim the Kennedy Center opted not to undertake repairs of leaks, but now say the center must close due to risks from those leaks.

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"formidable military... Iran... vast, mountainous... knew... no possibility for an American invasion... knew...highly unlikely...to attack Iran...w/ out indiscriminate attacks on...infrastructure...civilians... reason... war in Iran...extension of genocide in Gaza" www.thenation.com/article/worl...

thenation.com

The Decades-Old Roots of Trump’s War on Iran

An interview with historian Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi about the generations of US presidents who have tried to destroy the Iranian regime.

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Most know this. But throw those statistics out the window bc our #1 concern remains regime election interference "Unless a party has a president with an approval rating in the 60s, as Bill Clinton did in 1998 & George W. Bush did in 2002, it will suffer losses" washingtonmonthly.com/2026/09/28/t...

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The Red Undertow in the Midterms

For decades, Charlie Cook has been the gold standard for election forecasting. He explains how the toxicity of Trump may pull his party down.

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"Cassirer was the primary dealer of French Impressionism in Germany around the turn of the 20th century" "Too often, we try to separate the art market from the museum" "Cassirer’s story ended tragically, by suicide amid divorce proceedings." www.artnews.com/art-in-ameri...

artnews.com

“From Monet and Manet to Money”: A Berlin Museum Spotlights the Dealer Who Made Impressionism an International Sensation

Berlin's Alte Nationalgalerie spotlights German dealer Paul Cassirer, who took Impressionism “From Monet and Manet to Money.”

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Doonesbury By Garry Trudeau September 27, 2026

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Saturday, September 26, 2026: UK/ Southern Alabama 🚚🍔🍺🏈🍡🌭🍗🥩🚙📣🤸‍♀️🎉🍻✨🏆🍳🥞🧇🥓👑 #universityofkentucky

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"El milagro de la aparición del eucaristo al San Pascual Bailón (The miracle of the appearance of the Eucharist to Saint Paschal Baylón) was bought at auction in Madrid by the Barcelona-based gallerist Artur Ramon in 2018 when... attributed to Goya’s brother-in-law" www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

artnews.com

Newly Speculated Goya Painting to Feature in 2028 Museo del Prado Show

An artwork newly suspected to have been painted by Francisco de Goya will be on view in a forthcoming exhibition at Museo del Prado.

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"When folks feel richer, they reward the party in power” "decline in disposable income is not happening in a vacuum" "20th midterm election since 1950. In only 4... from the period of 3rd quarter to...2nd quarter, did per-capita real disposable income shrink" washingtonmonthly.com/2026/09/25/t...

washingtonmonthly.com

This Is the Biggest Reason Why a Blue Wave Is Probably Coming

Nothing makes voters angrier at the party in power than having less money in their pockets, and real disposable income is down.

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"Hours after the decision came down, flight data shows an ICE charter jet landed in two known third-country removal 'host” countries in Africa.'" "... DOJ claimed the criming could continue until the paperwork was done." prospect.org/2026/09/24/j...

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Judges Reject ICE’s Underhanded Attempt to Maintain Third-Country Removals - The American Prospect

An appeals court made clear deportation flights to third countries must stop immediately, but flight data showed ICE may be violating the order.

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"Trump and many other MAGA Republicans tried to justify these deep healthcare cuts by accusing immigrants of taking care away from citizens. This is a lie — instead, millions of citizens are losing their own healthcare in part to fund ICE’s crackdown on immigrants."

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A global bond rout means investors are rushing to sell off government bonds en masse, which forces bond yields (interest rates) to skyrocket to dangerous multi-decade highs. Signals the global financial system's foundational risk-free rate is spiking, pulling money away from riskier investments.

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Sep 24, 2026: rather than a sudden, full-scale market crash📉 market continues a multi-day slide w/ S&P 500 down roughly 0.4% to 0.5%, Dow Jones falling over 120 to 180 points. A global rout in government bonds pushed the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield above 5.11%, reaching its highest mark since 2000.

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"Originally published: June 23, 1987" "also a hypocrite about voting" "could rarely be bothered to exercise...fundamental right to vote" "Trump didn’t have a problem listing... dad’s Queens address as his...for voting purposes; he hadn’t lived there for years" www.villagevoice.com/donald-trump...

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In 1987, the Voice Discovered That Donald Trump Couldn’t Be Bothered to Vote - The Village Voice

This updated 1987 article from the Village Voice reports that Donald Trump complained about politicians, but he rarely bothered to vote.

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

👉"the building of a genuine base for social transformation... makes elections relevant; elections by themselves don’t build the base" "The role of organized socialists is to overcome the fragmentation of workers across workplaces, unions, economic sectors, & communities" jacobin.com/2026/09/capi...

jacobin.com

The Rising Left Can’t Ignore Labor’s Ongoing Crisis

Working people in America are facing a crisis of living standards, Sam Gindin argues, but this has not translated into a crisis for the capitalist system. To challenge ruling class power, the Left sti...

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"DNI is exerting pressure on congressional lawmakers to renew Section 702 by presenting a false looming deadline... implied security risks... withholding potentially highly relevant information...about how much U.S. intelligence... are violating... constitutional rights" prospect.org/2026/09/24/t...

prospect.org

Trump Administration Ignores Statutory Deadline to Declassify FISA Court Opinion - The American Prospect

The director of national intelligence appears to be withholding an explosive court opinion that could give lawmakers all the more reason to meaningfully reform surveillance law.

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"the past 10 days, the Department of Homeland Security... stopped offering tracking services for anyone arrested & detained w/ an outstanding removal order, priming detainees to be quickly removed to 3rd countries without... having spoken to an attorney or... families" slate.com/news-and-pol...

slate.com

Trump Found a New Horrifying Way to Disappear ICE Detainees

President Trump and deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller have transformed America’s immigration system into an astonishingly cruel deportation machine.

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

"dated to his earliest days as a court painter. Salort-Pons dated the painting to 1626" "Count-Duke of Olivares... Philip IV’s powerful prime minister... 'held near-absolute power over... for over 2 decades,'...responsible for bringing Velázquez to the Spanish court" www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

artnews.com

LA’s Getty Museum Acquires Recently Rediscovered Velázquez Painting, a First for a West Coast Museum

The Getty Museum has acquired 'Portrait of the Count-Duke of Olivares,' a recently rediscovered and newly attributed painting by Diego Velázquez.

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

"suspect OpenAI is that sloppy because the researchers are fixated on their models’ motivation & behavior, rather than rigorously implementing ordinary security procedures—& maybe would be secretly disappointed if it turns out to be fairly easy to contain AI agents w/ some rigorous controls"-RCooper

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

"regulation, I would not trust any law that was signed by Donald Trump" “nearly all the examples of worrying agentic behaviour seem to have been seen only in one context—that of frontier research labs doing cybersecurity projects & screwing up their sandbox precautions" prospect.org/2026/09/23/a...

prospect.org

AI Safety Needs More Evidence and Less Fruitcake Speculation - The American Prospect

Strange nerds distributing imaginary stories on the internet is no basis for a system of government.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

ICE brutally detain woman's gardener-right in front of her house. 4 goons drag and violently pull man out of truck head-first. Kneel on his back after pinned down to pavement. "I can't breathe! I can't breathe!" he cries out. Incident occurred in Everett, Washington.

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"I like to think that our police officers are looking for violent criminals if they’re collaborating with ICE & not just trying to disrupt people’s lives who are out there working and raising their families... the last thing I want, is for people to live in fear." spectrumnews1.com/ky/lexington...

spectrumnews1.com

Lexington PD makes Flock searches at request of ICE investigators

Spectrum News identified more than 80 searches made on their behalf since December.

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"(DOJ) issued... neither Section 504... Rehabilitation Act nor Title II...(ADA) requires states...integrate individuals w/ disabilities into community settings...can offer...'nonarbitrary rationale' for keeping someone institutionalized, including budget constraints" progressive.org/op-eds/block...

progressive.org

Block Trump’s Push to Lock up Disabled People

If Trump's assertion of ableism is successful here, that won't be the end of it.

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"President Trump recently claimed that we ought to call AI 'superior or 'supreme' intelligence. However, current AI chatbots fall far short of being any kind of supreme intelligence. Deification reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of how AI chatbots work." www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psyc...

psychologytoday.com

AI Chatbots Aren't Intelligent, Much Less "Superior"

AI chatbots don't "think," "feel," or "know" anything. Let's stop pretending that they do.

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Americans support Netanyahu’s arrest & extradition to the ICC by a 22-point margin" "Netanyahu is a wanted man... for war crimes & crimes against humanity in Gaza." "a number of the crimes for which Netanyahu bears responsibility... committed against US citizens" www.thenation.com/article/worl...

thenation.com

How to Arrest Benjamin Netanyahu

Make no mistake: The United States can seize Netanyahu for crimes under US law and prosecute him in US courts when he is in New York City this week.

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"You’d think... a country whose economy depends on oil would not attempt a war of conquest in... drone warfare" "always be stupid, belligerent people... to start insane wars for no reason... trick is not to elect them president... voting public is learning the hard way" prospect.org/2026/09/22/i...

prospect.org

War Has Never Been More Irrational - The American Prospect

Yet right-wing leaders like Trump and Putin keep starting them.

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

At the time—before a video could be streamed—I got the transcript for this and published it.

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A dangerous whimp "Johnson—astonishingly, a more ignorant and disengaged leader even than Trump—had different ideas. The speaker displayed no sense of urgency or responsibility on AI... He opted for the petty politics of the moment and chose to shut down the House" www.thenation.com/article/poli...

thenation.com

Mike Johnson Is the Most Dangerous House Speaker in American History

His decision to shut the House down at a moment of crisis around AI is the act of a reckless charlatan.

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

... Conservatives must also recognize the clear presence of evil before them and start using the word evil. "‘Awful’ can apply to a filthy apartment or a bad boyfriend. If it’s all you have to say about a genocide, you have failed to grasp what genocide is." jacobin.com/2026/09/neim...

jacobin.com

The Left Should Start Using the Word “Evil”

According to philosopher Susan Neiman, the Left abandons the concept of good and evil at our own peril. If we refuse to use such morally freighted language, we concede it entirely to people who will u...

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

"many of those fundraising for groceries & bills are employed — but they still can’t keep up w/ runaway costs." "neither the welfare state nor an economy with officially low unemployment nor...generosity of others is enough to keep scores of people out of the poorhouse" jacobin.com/2026/09/infl...

jacobin.com

Americans Are Turning to GoFundMe Just to Get By

It used to be that Americans turned to GoFundMe to pay off their medical bills in a dysfunctional, privatized health care system. Now they’re doing it just to afford groceries.

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"A nation can survive its fools... even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves... in the very halls of government itself." -Taylor Caldwell’s 1965 novel A Pillar of Iron

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Ain't nothing quiet about this regime. "recent flurry of arms sales notifications to Saudi Arabia & reports of U.S. advisers...tell a different story...if it continues to enable...Saudis to avoid diplomacy, full-scale war will rapidly return...deeper oil crisis...w/ it" prospect.org/2026/09/17/a...

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Aftermath: A Second Middle East Front - The American Prospect

The U.S. is officially uninvolved in fighting between Houthis and the Saudi-backed government in Yemen, but quietly they are offering the Saudis support.

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