Reposted by LPDOak, CADr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 5hFruit basket. Just being there. By Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, born on this day, in Milan, in 1571. 1788
LPDOak, CA @lpdoak.bsky.social · 14hThat's gonna be one crowded rink. www.sfgate.com/local/articl...sfgate.comSan Francisco's largest ice skating rink to descend on Fisherman's WharfTickets will go on sale October 1. 000
Reposted by LPDOak, CAIan Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 15hI think it's pretty neat that one of the legit breakout indie success stories this year is a game about painstakingly designing and sewing opulent ballgowns store.steampowered.com/app/4019220/...store.steampowered.comDressmaker on SteamBecome a dressmaker! Choose fabric, cut out patterns, and sew them all together to satisfy (or sabotage!) townsfolk in this cozy crafting game inspired by real dressmaking. 261019280
Reposted by LPDOak, CAYour Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 15hliterally the only impact it would have on my life would be to spare me the aggravation of all the slop I run across. 1949976
Reposted by LPDOak, CAHemant Mehta @friendlyatheist.com · 16hThe Air Force is ordering service members to update their religious affiliation using Pete Hegseth’s shortened, Christian-heavy list. If they refuse, their records will be "automatically realigned" by the military. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/pete-hegse...friendlyatheist.comPete Hegseth gutted the military’s list of official religions. Now Air Force members must choose.Service members must choose from a less inclusive list—or let the military choose for them 106919
Reposted by LPDOak, CA🇨🇦 l.faraday 🇨🇦 @mizati.bsky.social · 16hI’m not sure how much it will change, but I am sure if you continue the slide into totalitarianism it will be permanent. 32013
Reposted by LPDOak, CAΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 16hZ. P. Nikolaki (Turkish/American, 1879-1945) Woman with Leaves, 1912 Oil on board 24 × 18 in (61 × 45.7 cm) Private collection #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt 0252
Reposted by LPDOak, CAJoeMyGod @joemygod.bsky.social · 17hjoemygod.comUS Cyber Command Sees Five Suicides In Five Weeks - Joe.My.God.The Baltimore Banner reports: Five people whose work supported missions at U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency at Fort George G. Meade died by suicide within a month of each other this... 3119
Reposted by LPDOak, CAMichael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 22hRemembering CARAVAGGIO — born 455yrs ago today — an extraordinary talent who not only had a formative influence on the Baroque painters but also filmmakers including Martin Scorsese. ‘The Incredulity Of Saint Thomas’ (c. 1601-1602) 0627
Reposted by LPDOak, CAArthur David Spota @adaspota.bsky.social · 29/09/2026American Visionary artist Eugene Von Bruenchenhein Everything he produced bears evidence of his great energy and imagination. But the paintings completed during 1954-1963 are extraordinary. Untitled, 1959 #EugeneVonBruenchenhein #VisionaryArt 2345
Reposted by LPDOak, CADésespérer @decervelage.bsky.social · 06/09/2026'You' - from Roy Harper's 1980 album, 'The Unknown Soldier', with Kate Bush on vocals and David Gilmour on guitar. youtube.com/watch?v=6TWP...youtube.com'You' - Roy Harper, Kate Bush & David GilmourYouTube video by Stace_Odyssey 182
Reposted by LPDOak, CAAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Mike Rogers is a corporate sellout who moves back to Michigan every few years to run for office to take another swing at the revolving door of corporate politics. 290154354249
Reposted by LPDOak, CAAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026When I say we desperately need a Democratic doctor in the US Senate I mean it. 530153144281
LPDOak, CA @lpdoak.bsky.social · 28/09/2026What strategy? Election obstruction, voter purges....desperation? Can anyone say what the GOP policy agenda is other than whatever Dear Leader says goes? 000
LPDOak, CA @lpdoak.bsky.social · 28/09/2026His polling is butting up against the 20s. I almost wonder if he'll be at 28% come Nov. www.rawstory.com/trump-maga-f...rawstory.comTrump's most obsessed groupies turn after 'dagger in heart' betrayal: 'A fraud and liar'Some of Donald Trump's most devoted foot soldiers are starting to feel like they were sold a bill of goods — and now they are furious, according to a report.The Front Row Joes — the roving band of sup... 000
Reposted by LPDOak, CARon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026While you are getting up and going to start the work week, members of the Trump Admin are planning their next lavish taxpayer funded parties, trips and personal vanity projects while searching for new ways to turn their govt appointment into another grift to enrich themselves. 401644471
Reposted by LPDOak, CAStephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The Beijing branch of the Grand Old Communist Party #MAGA 36139
Reposted by LPDOak, CAROCKY MOUNTAIN VIEWS @rockymountviews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Map of possible tracks for Hurricane Polo showing it heading up thru New Mexico and then stalling as it hits a cold front. Could caused flooding in NM, TX and SE Colorado. youtu.be/cd1NYGojGZ8 45314
Reposted by LPDOak, CAAnton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Russia hit a private medical center in the center of #Kyiv. This is, again, a purely civilian object, in the middle of a busy business street, in the middle of the day. 621188
LPDOak, CA @lpdoak.bsky.social · 28/09/2026There's that rock ribbed arrogance about MAGA, that narcissism and performative attention hounding that is just part of it's DNA as a movement. This garbage, along with Trump's declining faculties is what will do it in. www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...the-independent.comSenior Trump staffer eviscerated for tone-deaf champagne-popping AI post‘This is precisely the midterm messaging the GOP needs from the Deputy White House Chief of Staff,’ one commentator remarked 000
LPDOak, CA @lpdoak.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Hate to end the day with this but... Ars doing the reporting many are ignoring. Kudos to them! arstechnica.com/health/2026/...arstechnica.comTrump admin using AI to deny medical care for seniors in disastrous experimentVendors rolling out AI have an "incentive to deny as many claims as possible." 041
LPDOak, CA @lpdoak.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Before midterms? The GOP oligarchs getting in their orders before their party death knell I see. 🙄 020
Reposted by LPDOak, CADigital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The light hitting your face right now spent 200,000 years escaping the Sun's core before racing here in just 8 minutes flat. 714718
Reposted by LPDOak, CATeufelaffe @teufelaffe.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Hate to be overly conspiratorial on main, but the reason you don't see a lot of reporting on Dems doing/saying stuff like this isn't because it isn't happening, but because almost every major news media outlet is owned by conservatives. 521263
LPDOak, CA @lpdoak.bsky.social · 26/09/2026There's a lifestyle with these GOPers that needs to be front page headlines. So many have relocated to Florida. 021
Reposted by LPDOak, CANina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Fascinating world of ancient #glass: A Roman glass model of a #boat, dating 2nd c. AD. It was found in St. Aldegund in a 4th-century woman's grave. Six of such boats are known. We don't know their function: Were they used as women's urinals, as components of water clocks and sundials, as...🧵1/2 🏺 24595165
Reposted by LPDOak, CAFarran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧 @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 26/09/2026"In the pursuit of a certain idea of verisimilitude, we’ve allowed cinema to become devoid of real, meaningful style." @coreyatad.com on the style of MILDRED PIERCE is so good: www.justatad.xyz/p/weve-lost-...justatad.xyzWe’ve Lost RecipesA few words about Mildred Pierce and style 26115
Reposted by LPDOak, CAMassimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This never gets old. Original post 46115
Reposted by LPDOak, CANothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026from “Eros Thanatos – ein Totentanz” series —Arminius Hasemann, 1921 13812
Reposted by LPDOak, CADave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 25/09/2026He says he’s a “responsible optimist.” Society doesn’t have to worry, because Jensen is going to work very hard, and society will get to enjoy the fruits of his labor. Dude we are not your shareholders. Run your company. Stay in your lane. You are not Atlas, holding yhr globe on your shoulders. 1793
Reposted by LPDOak, CAMerriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 25/09/2026These are your words of the week pool equinox rotund El Niño annihilate meretricious leather lake www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/the...merriam-webster.comThe Words of the Week - Sept. 25Dictionary lookups from weather, colors, and Fat Bear Week 927546
Reposted by LPDOak, CASteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 25/09/2026“The United States seeks a more secure, more prosperous, more equitable world for all people because we know our future is bound to yours.” —President Joe Biden speaking at the UN, 2023 Remember when we had a leader who talked like a real president? www.americaamerica.news/p/this-cant-...americaamerica.newsThis Can’t Go On for Two More YearsSwooning over China’s repressive communist dictator and belligerently acting out at the United Nations. Yes, it’s a psychiatric emergency. 611074297
Reposted by LPDOak, CAROCKY MOUNTAIN VIEWS @rockymountviews.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Because of our varying altitudes in Colorado, Denver 7 creates a map showing where the fall colors have peaked or are still in their full glory, or yet to peak. FORECAST FOR LEAVES www.denver7.com/weather/denv... 75011
Reposted by LPDOak, CAΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Richard Claremont (Australian, b.1965) “Surface memory” Acrylic on board, 120 x 150 cm. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt 151095156
Reposted by LPDOak, CAKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Finally, segregationists have achieved their dream of capturing the Civil Rights Division and turning it to their own ends 481849695
Reposted by LPDOak, CAMichael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 25/09/202675 Candles 🎂 today for MARK HAMILL 14807104
Reposted by LPDOak, CAMichael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Placed in an orphanage for a month at 8yrs old because his parents were so poor, here's a monogrammed shirt wearing, full-blown Hollywood star TONY CURTIS at the Dorchester Hotel in London in 1957. 281350125
Reposted by LPDOak, CARobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like. 536153297186