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Paper Bullets @pprbllts.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

“Autoimmune Disease” By Mayan-Nahua LA street artist Votan Henriquez, 2018 #indigenouspeoplesday

Art collage featuring a Mayan warrior facing a masked, armored person who is pointing a rifle in his face. The Mayan and the masked person are in black and white. They are superimposed on an antique world map centering North and South America. The map is in muted sienna and faded pink tones.

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Paper Bullets @pprbllts.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

"Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one." - Stella Adler #art #artsky #resist

Photo of a forest silhouetted against a night sky. The forest begins in the upper left and right sides of the frame and then descends down toward a valley in the center, where a single tree reaches up toward a bright star.

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Paper Bullets @pprbllts.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

“Ten Breaths: Tumbling Woman II” Sculpture by Eric Fitsch He said: “I extended her arm in the hopes that someone would grab her arm and help slow the tumbling down.”

Bronze sculpture of a woman’s figure in free fall. The bronze is streaked as if with acid rain. Her body is upside-down, in an L shape, with her right arm folded into her chest, her left arm extended, and her head looking up.

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Paper Bullets @pprbllts.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Hm, odd... I tried with and without, this is what I see both ways

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Paper Bullets @pprbllts.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Interesting how the NY Times later rewrote the headline

A screenshot of a revised headline for the same article in the New York Times reads "Trump Said to Have Secretly Used Military Jet to Leave Turkey Amid Threats." Subheading reads: "President Trump hid in an airport catering container and was taken to a military jet for a secret flight out of the country after the NATO summit last month."

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Paper Bullets @pprbllts.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

"What I saw was Black life presented on its own terms, on a grand and epic scale, with all its richness and fullness... art of a large and generous spirit that defined not only the character of Black American life, but also its conscience." August Wilson on Romare Bearden #juneteenth #artsky

Collage titled "Young Students" by Black American artist Romare Bearden. The collage superimposes images of Black faces, in black-and-white or sepia tones, over a colorful street backdrop composed of a red brick wall, yellow sidewalk, and gray street. Little details that can be seen in the collage include a black cat peeking from behind a woman's skirt, a fire hydrant on which a male figure composed of several different images appears to lean, and a pop-art style poster on the right side of the frame depicting an open book, in which the words "HOLY BI" appear.

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Paper Bullets @pprbllts.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Step one: Stop buying. Step two: Start building. #freedom #resist #artsky

Brilliant blue lake under a clouded sky with two swans floating on the waves

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Paper Bullets @pprbllts.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

D Day was brought to you by the millions of regular citizens who found the strength to keep resisting day after day, year after year, until at last leadership and resources and circumstances aligned to ride that wave of people power to victory. Stay strong, resistors. Our day will come. ✊

A penciled comic drawing of a German sailor standing in the prow of a sinking boat called "Das Reich," frantically waving his arms as the boat and the Nazi flag sink into the waves where monsters eye him hungrily.

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Paper Bullets @pprbllts.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

"Being what is called an 'innocent victim' has never appealed to me. Just imagine doing everything in your power to placate the enemy and then having them swoop down upon you exactly as if you had fought against them." - Marcel Moore #art #resist

A stencil graffiti on a grimy white wall shows a woman in a headscarf with three birds flying in silhouette to the viewer's left. Her gaze is directed toward the viewer's right, where the words ART IS RESISTANCE appear in block letters. The word ART is in red. The rest of the stencil is in black.

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Paper Bullets @pprbllts.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

The universe's infinite diversity shows us that the power of creation lies in details. Our individuality, the specific set of circumstances that make each of us exactly one of a kind, is our greatest hope and strength. #art #artsky

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Paper Bullets @pprbllts.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Painted eggs for the Persian New Year, Nowrūz, celebrated on the first day of spring #art #iran #artsky

A cluster of eggs hand painted in bright colors, with delicate contrasting decorations.

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Paper Bullets @pprbllts.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Guess an insurrection is scarier than an MMA match huh Markie

Senator Markwayne Mullin hiding behind a chair on January 6, his eyes wide with fear.

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Paper Bullets @pprbllts.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

“These Hands” By Tennessee tapestry artist Tabitha Arnold #labor #art #artsky #resist

A colorful woven tapestry featuring multicolored working class figures raising their hands. In the center of the tapestry is text that reads “THESE HANDS / THESE BACKS / THESE KNEES”

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Paper Bullets @pprbllts.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

"With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope." From Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech August 28, 1963 Take the time to read the full speech here static.pbslearningmedia.org/media/media_... #mlk #mlkday #resist

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Paper Bullets @pprbllts.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Queer Surrealists Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore were lifelong partners and collaborators who fought the German occupation of Jersey Island using subversive art (like the collage below). They're the inspiration for this account & the actions of those behind it in 2026 and beyond. #art #artsky #resist

A photocollage created by artists Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore. Claude Cahun is depicted in pieces, in various personas -- head, torso, hands, arms and legs. On the top right is an image of her face with cropped hair and severe makeup, with a gun to the left of her head. Beneath the gun is an image of a bird, descending to that of a snake. An image of Claude's naked crossed limbs appears to the right of the snake, and to the right of that, a torso with one breast missing as if broken off a sculpture, and the bottom of the torso transforms into an ibis. Further right, a triple-exposed image of Claude in a suit and bowtie. Below, an image of her upside-down head with long hair splayed out like a medusa. At the bottom of the image is what appears to be a gasping person -- possibly Claude -- in a suit with no skin on their face. In the bottom right corner is another bird's head, its eyes white as if it were blind. All the images are layered over larger depictions of what appear to be lungs behind a ribcage.

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Paper Bullets @pprbllts.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

For you. And all of us. Happy New Year. May 2026 be what we make it. #art #artsky #2026

Picture of a blank canvas on a wooden easel.

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Paper Bullets @pprbllts.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

“The Women of Montmartre” By British artist Arthur Boyd Houghton, 1871 #art #artsky #resist

Black and white realistic illustration of French women marching through the streets bearing flags of the French Revolution

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Paper Bullets @pprbllts.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

“I Look at the World” By Langston Hughes #poetry #resist

Text of Langston Hughes Poem:

I look at the world
From awakening eyes in a black face
And this is what I see:
This fenced-off narrow space
Assigned to me.

I look then at the silly walls
Through dark eyes in a dark face—
And this is what I know:
That all these walls oppression builds
Will have to go!

I look at my own body
With eyes no longer blind
And I see that my own hands can make
The world that’s in my mind.
Then let us hurry, comrades,
The road to find.

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Paper Bullets @pprbllts.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

“The Blue Wave” By British artist Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson, 1917 #art #artsky

Lithograph of a massive blue wave crashing toward the viewer in a cloud of white foam

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Paper Bullets @pprbllts.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

"Freedom" By Colombian-born French photographer Rodrigo, 2021 #art #photography #artsky

A photo depicts two a series of neat white cabins with pastel roofs on a gray pebble beach, against a background of a cloudy sky. In front of two of the cabins, two white-haired women in brightly colored robes are seated on plastic chair with their feet up, reading.

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Paper Bullets @pprbllts.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

“Not Guilty” or “The Acquittal” By British artist Abraham Solomon, 1857 #art #artsky

An image of Solomon’s oil painting “Not Guilty.” Description from the Getty website: A young man is reunited with his relieved family outside the courtroom after being acquitted. The mother of the accused holds up one of his children to greet him and his wife embraces him, while his father thanks the lawyer on the right. In the background, an arched doorway leads outside—a sign of freedom for the innocent man.

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Paper Bullets @pprbllts.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

“Protest Elmo” By California artist Jonathan Crow, 2020 #art #artsky #resist

Painting of a Black protestor with one fist raised, wearing a white tank top and sneakers, dark pants, and a giant Elmo head. In the background is a dark rectangular shape overwhelmed by a golden, fiery glow, suggesting a burning vehicle or perhaps a dumpster.

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Paper Bullets @pprbllts.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

“Art Is Resistance” - Anonymous, Shared by Portland Street Art #art #artsky

A black spray painted graffiti image of a woman in a shawl with black birds to her left. To her right, the word ART in red, with IS RESISTANCE below in black.

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Paper Bullets @pprbllts.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

"The sun was setting, and the clouds turning blood red. I sensed a scream passing through nature; it seemed to me that I heard the scream. I painted this picture, painted the clouds as actual blood. The color shrieked. This became The Scream." - Edvard Munch 1892 #art #artsky

Edvard Munch's famous work "The Scream" depicts a genderless figure on a pier, with a blue-white face distorted in a gaping expression of horror. The figure's hands are on either side of the face, perhaps clutching the head or covering the ears. Swirls of blue and red tones in the background depict water and the blood-red sunset of Munch's description. There are two other figures walking on the pier in the distance, but their features are indistinguishable.

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Paper Bullets @pprbllts.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

"The Library" By Black Harlem artist Jacob Lawrence, 1960 #art #artsky #resist

Modernist painting in bright, bold colors and active lines of a crowded library. Brown- and black-skinned figures hunch over books, magazines, and newspapers in postures of deep concentration. A figure that appears to be a woman in the left-central foreground is holding one book, with two others facedown to mark her place. Another figure in the center foreground is wearing a hijab and poring over what appears to be a book of African art.

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Paper Bullets @pprbllts.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

During the 1940 German takeover of the Channel Islands, artists Claude Cahun & Marcel Moore — who had fled Paris to escape the coming war — looked out and saw Nazis in their backyard. Realizing they couldn’t escape, they began their resistance by taking this picture. #artsky #caturday #resist

Black and white photo of a cat in a window, overlooking a beach. Several soldiers can be seen in silhouette on the beach.

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Paper Bullets @pprbllts.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

“In the Arsenal” Fresco by Diego Rivera, 1928 Text on the banners includes excerpts from revolutionary songs called corridos. “So will be the proletariat revolution… it’s the rude workers’ voices that can… give them my honor…” #laborday #workersoverbillionaires #resist

A colorful fresco mural by Diego Rivera depicts the arming of revolutionary forces to emphasize the power of the common people. Key figures and elements include:

Frida Kahlo: The artist, and Diego’s future wife, is prominently featured at the center, wearing a red blouse with a red star on the bodice. She stands beside a table and hands ammunition to revolutionary soldiers. A red ribbon inscribed with the lyrics of a revolutionary song floats above her.

Tina Modotti: An Italian photographer and communist activist is depicted to the far right, holding an ammunition belt.

Julio Antonio Mella: The founder of the Cuban Communist Party, stands next to Modotti, wearing a light-colored hat.

Vittorio Vidale: An Italian-born Stalinist sympathizer, stands behind Modotti and Mella wearing a black hat.

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Paper Bullets @pprbllts.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

"American Flag" By unknown poster artist, 1970 #art #artsky #resist

A pop-art style poster image of an American flag, with the stars on the flag replaced with bomber planes and the stripes replaced with rifles.

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Paper Bullets @pprbllts.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

In 1933, Mexican painter Diego Rivera was commissioned by Nelson Rockefeller to create a fresco depicting capitalism v. socialism. The media called it "anti-capitalist propaganda," so Rockefeller ordered it destroyed. Rivera recreated it in Mexico and called it "Man, Controller of the Universe."

A vibrant, colorful mural with a man at the center surrounded by dual orbits, holding a globe. Cosmic bodies spin in the orbits. Beneath him is a small row of trees and greenery representing the earth. To his right are the masses of a capitalist society, backed by soldiers in gas masks. To his right, the masses of communist society look on in orderly fashion. Three of them are sitting on a cannon.

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Paper Bullets @pprbllts.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Käthe's works depicted the impacts of poverty, hunger & war on the working class. She was the 1st woman admitted to the Prussian Academy of Arts and became a professor. But she was forced to resign by the Nazis. The regime banned display of her work, but also appropriated & used it as propaganda.

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Paper Bullets @pprbllts.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

"Misery (in Need)" by German artist Käthe Kollwitz, 1897 #art #artsky #famine

Woodcut with harsh, coarse black lines depicting a mother in a cramped cottage, sitting beside a skeletal figure of a malnourished child, hands clutching her head in despair. In the back right corner there appears to be another shadow-like female figure, possibly representing death.

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Paper Bullets @pprbllts.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Shepard is an artist, graphic designer, DJ and activist who came out of the skateboarding scene. His art became internationally acclaimed with this image of Barack Obama in 2008

The iconic “HOPE” Poster of then-presidential-candidate Barack Obama looking upward. The poster is in muted red, white, and blue tones, including Obama’s face.

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Paper Bullets @pprbllts.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

“Pay Up or Shut Up” By LA artist Shepard Fairey, 2015 #art #artsky #resist

Pop art style poster image of a man in a dark suit with an arm dressed in an Uncle Sam “flag” suit reaching in from out of frame to cover his mouth. In the background to the right of the “silenced” man, a faint newspaper print appears with headlines like “Economic ties grow stronger” and “SALE.” To his right is a bold, elegant font caption that reads “All The FREE SPEECH MONEY CAN BUY!”

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Paper Bullets @pprbllts.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

“Make Good Trouble: Marching for Change” Mural by Baltimore artist Jacob Patton Addo #goodtrouble #protest #resist #artsky

Mural depicting streets with double-yellow and white-dashed lines down the middle, with figures in red and green marching on them, raising fists and megaphones. Along the streets are written the names Freddie Gray, George Floyd, Ahmado Arbady, Michael Brown, and more victims of police violence. The phrase BLACK LIVES MATTER is etched along one road in black, green, and red.

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Paper Bullets @pprbllts.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

“Modern Human Sacrifice” By Mexican artist José Clemente Orozco #art #artsky #resist

Surrealist-style painting of a skeleton lying in state, wearing heavy black boots and a black suit coat, with a multicolored flag draped over his face and wreathes of pale roses covering his midsection. His hands are clawed like they’re clinging to the table on which he lies. To his right, a tiny bald man with mirrored spectacles conducts a consortium of brass instruments and drums representing a military band. To his left are more flags decorated with symbols like large blue stars and blue-and-white striped cones. In the background is a white marble-like grave marker topped with a dark metallic statue of a soldier charging with a bayonet.

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Paper Bullets @pprbllts.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Anna's work was censored by Stalinist authorities. However, she chose not to leave the Soviet Union, despite risking arrest, imprisonment, and worse. She stayed to bear witness to the atrocities of Stalinism.

Oil portrait of Anna Akhmatova. She has fair skin, dark hair with short, blunt-cut bangs and the rest pulled back in a small braid or bun. Her face is rectangular, with light-blue eyes, a long, pronounced nose, and angular lips pressed tightly together. She is wearing a dark, collared dress or blouse. The background behind her is cornflower blue. There is an indistinct figure blending in with the background over her left shoulder. The figure appears to be a young person with a shaved head bowed in prayer.

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Paper Bullets @pprbllts.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

From "Requiem" By Russian poet Anna Andreevna Akhmatova, 1963 #poetry

An excerpt from the poem "Requiem."

They took you away at daybreak. Half wak-
ing, as though at a wake, I followed.
In the dark chamber children were crying,
In the image-case, candlelight guttered.
At your lips, the chill of an ikon,
A deathly sweat at your brow.
I shall go creep to our wailing wall,
Crawl to the Kremlin towers.

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Paper Bullets @pprbllts.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

“Army of Melting Ice” By Brazilian street artist Nele Azeveo #art #artsky #meltice

Dozens of small, faceless human figures made of ice sit on concrete steps, slowly melting away.

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Paper Bullets @pprbllts.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

“Prairie Storm” By Montana photographer Craig Edwards #art #artsky #photography

Photo of a storm cell looming over a prairie. Concentric masses of dark-blue clouds rise into the sky, obscuring a golden sunset over a dry, flat grassy plain.

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Paper Bullets @pprbllts.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

“Eat the Rich” By UK artist Toby Moate #art #artsky #resist

A painting of a regal Victorian woman defaced with a crude red mohawk and a cartoon speech bubble in blue saying “Eat the rich.” The rest of the painting is similarly defaced with dripping red, white, and blue paint saying things like “No surrender,” “Mind the gap,” and “There is no future.”

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Paper Bullets @pprbllts.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

“The surest defense against evil is extreme individualism, originality of thinking, whimsicality, even - if you will - eccentricity. That is, something that can’t be feigned, faked, imitated.” Exiled Soviet poet & Nobel winner Joseph Brodsky, 1984 Painting “The Son of Man” by Rene Magritte 1964

Vividly colorful painting of a man in a dark suit with a red tie, with a dark bowler hat. He is standing almost at attention, hands at his sides, before a bland block wall in front of a pale blue sea. Where his face should be, however, there is a bright green apple with four leaves.

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Paper Bullets @pprbllts.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

“Self-Service” By incarcerated artist Omar Brand, 2015

Surrealistic pencil drawing of two large hands that are handcuffed over cell-like bars made out of legal books. A miniature male figure holds a key the same size as himself and is raising it to insert it into the handcuff lock.

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Paper Bullets @pprbllts.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

“Burned tanks are the best canvas” By Ukrainian artist Max Kilderov, 2022

Photo of a burned tank painted with white swirls and the word “ART”

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Paper Bullets @pprbllts.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

"Propaganda ... serves more to justify ourselves than to convince others; and the more reason we have to feel guilty, the more fervent our propaganda." From THE TRUE BELIEVER: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, by Eric Hoffer, 1966 #booksky #art

Screenshot of the book cover of THE TRUE BELIEVER by Eric Hoffer -- a photo of a crowd saluting Adolf Hitler, who is standing in the window of a building and waving. The photo was once black and white, but the cover has changed the colors to red and cream.

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Paper Bullets @pprbllts.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

“War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” From NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR by George Orwell #booksky

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