Reposted by @jzack.bsky.socialVincent van Gogh @vangogh.bsky.social · 14hStill Life with Mackerels, Lemons and Tomatoes - 1886 botfrens.com/collections/46/content… 0446
Reposted by @jzack.bsky.socialGustav Klimt @klimtgustav.bsky.social · 20hAfter the Rain (Garden with Chickens in St. Agatha) (1899) depicts poetry in weather. Using thousands of tiny, shimmering brushstrokes, Klimt captures the damp, heavy stillness of a garden after a storm washed everyday life clean. 0113
Reposted by @jzack.bsky.socialCloudalicious @cloudalicous.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Lower income people don’t have family money to fall back on so don’t take a risk on creative, educational or business pursuits. Research on populations with Universal Basic Income show they take those risks knowing they have monetary support & their communities benefit from it. 12411
Reposted by @jzack.bsky.socialVincent van Gogh @vangogh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Portrait of Adeline Ravoux (1890) holds the stillness of a green field. Deep blues and greens envelop her in calm, quiet strength—Van Gogh turning patience and presence into color. 013234
Reposted by @jzack.bsky.socialClaude Monet @monet.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The Artist's Garden at Vétheuil - 1881 botfrens.com/collections/41/content… 111016
Reposted by @jzack.bsky.socialBarb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Former DOJ official Bruce Swartz explains why Trump’s $5000 “dividend” is illegal and is not covered by immunity from prosecution.  www.justsecurity.org/159770/aucti...justsecurity.orgAuctioning Democracy: Trump’s Promise of a $5,000 “Dividend”Trump's pledge to pay $5,000 to every adult U.S. citizen if Republicans retain control of Congress could violate federal criminal law. 12350122
Reposted by @jzack.bsky.socialPaul Cezanne @cezanne.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Self-Portrait, 1866 botfrens.com/collections/43/content… 0141
Reposted by @jzack.bsky.socialJason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Eye popping. Court just unsealed Summary Judgment motions in New York Times v OpenAI / Microsoft. Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1 4253902351
Reposted by @jzack.bsky.socialAaron Becker @aaronjbecker.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Every river in North America, every day for two years. The combined flow to the sea sinks as low as 53,000 m³/s in winter and swells past 290,000 by late June, more than quadrupling each spring. Data: GloFAS, @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social #rivers #dataviz #hydrology 223295
Reposted by @jzack.bsky.socialAmedeo Modigliani @modigliani.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Two girls www.wikiart.org/en/amedeo-modiglian… 011
Reposted by @jzack.bsky.socialPaul Cezanne @cezanne.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Portrait of Victor Chocquet, Seated, 1877 botfrens.com/collections/43/content… 0132
Reposted by @jzack.bsky.socialThe MET: Modern Art (Bot) @metmodernart.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The Flatiron Building www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/se… 022
Reposted by @jzack.bsky.socialJay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 04/10/2026"Polarization Is Not the Problem." The paragraph below says more about "both sides" journalism than just about anything I have read. By @lilymasonphd.bsky.social It's starting to get attaction. So read the rest, and let me know what you think. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl... 22358124
Reposted by @jzack.bsky.socialHenri Matisse @henrimatisse.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Matisse reworked Bathers by a River over three campaigns from 1909 to 1917, and you can read the war-ravaged decade in its layers. Conceived for Shchukin but never commissioned, this severe masterpiece abstracts four figures into bands of gray, black, and green. 1162
Reposted by @jzack.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/10/2026and if you want to stop this @MarshaBlackburn and the Republicans will call you a communist How much longer will we fall for this? 471238590
Reposted by @jzack.bsky.socialThe MET: Modern Art (Bot) @metmodernart.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Violin and Playing Cards on a Table www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/se… 001
Reposted by @jzack.bsky.socialPaul Cezanne @cezanne.bsky.social · 04/10/2026L'Estaque. View through the Trees, 1879 botfrens.com/collections/43/content… 0438
Reposted by @jzack.bsky.socialKilian Schönberger @kilianschoenberger.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Back to the Roots Mystical trees surrounded by an enchanted atmosphere. Forests feel like Home. Germany #landscapephotography #landschaftsfotografie #fog #forest 631548
Reposted by @jzack.bsky.socialAlbert Dros @albertdros.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Colorado Autumn Palettes 214931
jzack.bsky.social @jzack.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Websters shmebsters. They probably say it’s fine to occasionally split an infinitive, too. Fuck ‘em if they can’t take a joke. 010
jzack.bsky.social @jzack.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Chilblains only come in sets, like kudos and politics. 110
Reposted by @jzack.bsky.socialAmedeo Modigliani @modigliani.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Portrait of Morgan Russell www.wikiart.org/en/amedeo-modiglian… 032
Reposted by @jzack.bsky.socialGustav Klimt @klimtgustav.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The Three Ages of Woman (1905) charts life's progression: an innocent sleeping infant; a radiant mother cradling new life; and finally, an exhausted and isolated elder. Klimt's stark treatment mirrors Freudian Vienna's preoccupation with mortality and decay. 0276
Reposted by @jzack.bsky.socialNicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 02/10/2026just a reminder that you can always get signed (& personalized!) copies of my books from my friends at @loyaltybooks.bsky.social:loyaltybookstores.comSigned Books by Nicole ChungLoyalty is thrilled to be Nicole Chung's local bookstore and carry signed copies of all three of her works! Currently Loyalty is collecting orders for Nicole Chung to sign for on a rolling basis! Snag... 0123
Reposted by @jzack.bsky.socialdaiun.bsky.social @daiun.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The s&p is just 7 tech companies in a trench coat 1203
Reposted by @jzack.bsky.socialDr. Ruth Marshall is still kicking against the pricks @wtfis2bdone.bsky.social · 02/10/2026My daughter, 24, put ‘educated before AI’ on her CV. The kids already know this. 418529
Reposted by @jzack.bsky.socialEdvard Munch @edvardmunch.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Self-portrait with bottle of wine 1906 botfrens.com/collections/90/content… 18718
Reposted by @jzack.bsky.socialGuillermo Esteves @allencompassingtrip.com · 01/10/2026Bighorn ram at the National Elk Refuge, Wyoming. February, 2022. 📷 Fujifilm X-T3 + XF100-400mmF4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR 🎞 312 mm – 1/500″ – f/8 – ISO 500 🏷️ #Photography #Wildlife #BighornSheep 19810
Reposted by @jzack.bsky.socialVincent van Gogh @vangogh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Still Life with Oranges and Lemons with Blue Gloves - 1889 botfrens.com/collections/46/content… 04411
Reposted by @jzack.bsky.socialClaude Monet @monet.bsky.social · 01/10/2026In Argenteuil, Monet painted railways, bridges, and factories—proof that modern life could be as beautiful as nature. 17614
Reposted by @jzack.bsky.socialVincent van Gogh @vangogh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Wheat Field Behind Saint-Paul Hospital - November-December 1889 botfrens.com/collections/46/content… 012518
Reposted by @jzack.bsky.socialwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Elizabeth Catlett, Mother and Child, 1944 #womensart 72445416
Reposted by @jzack.bsky.socialAmedeo Modigliani @modigliani.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Louise www.wikiart.org/en/amedeo-modiglian… 012
Reposted by @jzack.bsky.socialThomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026What do authoritarians do when they are about to lose an election? I survey the big picture before the midterms - and investigate the struggle between authoritarian escalation and democratic resilience since the Trumpists took power. My new piece, for @blaetter.bsky.social:blaetter.deAutoritäre Eskalation oder demokratische Erneuerung: Die USA vor den MidtermsDie bevorstehenden Zwischenwahlen in den USA am 3. November sind ein wichtiger Stresstest für die US-Demokratie. Vieles hängt davon ab, inwieweit die Amerikaner für ihre Republik und deren Regeln eins... 320779
jzack.bsky.social @jzack.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Why does Florida keep sending Scott to Washington? He won’t even try to do his job. 000
jzack.bsky.social @jzack.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This makes me think of Christine Blasey Ford. I hope she is well. 0100
Reposted by @jzack.bsky.socialGreg Palast @gregpalast.bsky.social · 27/09/2026In 2020, Ken Paxton stole Texas for Trump by blocking 2.5 million mail-in ballots in Harris County [Houston]. And he can do it again. The attack on mail-in ballots and drop boxes, unseen by the media, will determine the midterms nationwide. gregpalastinvestigates.substack.com/p/how-paxton...gregpalastinvestigates.substack.comHow Paxton Will Steal TexasThe Senate candidate stole it for Trump, he can do it again. 611984
Reposted by @jzack.bsky.socialJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026US Tax Dollars Now Used to Secure Deals for Trump Family Cronies talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/us-ta...talkingpointsmemo.comUS Tax Dollars Now Used to Secure Deals for Trump Family CroniesThis has gotten very little attention, as far as I can tell.... 5242124
Reposted by @jzack.bsky.socialAmedeo Modigliani @modigliani.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Young Girl with Blue Eyes www.wikiart.org/en/amedeo-modiglian… 032
jzack.bsky.social @jzack.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Copying Exxon’s corporate governance is next-level perdition. 010
Reposted by @jzack.bsky.social☀️ Jon Schwarz ☀️ @schwarz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Remember when the Obama administration drove Aaron Swartz to suicide because he broke into a website in order to share information with people? Sam Altman's done far worse & the government's probably going to give him billions of dollars: patreon.com/BeatThePress... by @deanbaker13.bsky.social 04223
Reposted by @jzack.bsky.socialEdward Hopper @edwardhopper.bsky.social · 28/09/2026House on Middle Street - 1928 botfrens.com/collections/173/conten… 0495
jzack.bsky.social @jzack.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I think timing will be crucial to the outcome. AI companies have been buying up GOP House and Senate members, but the Republicans may not be able to deliver a bailout after Dems retake one or both chambers. This provides incentive to Ai companies to seek a bailout in the lame duck. 000
