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70s Sci-Fi Art @70sscifiart.bsky.social · 9h

Howard V. Brown did a lot of great 1930s pulp sci-fi magazine covers. Nevertheless, his June 1924 cover to "Scientific American" might be my favorite work of his, despite not actually being science fiction. I love the nonchalant surrealism.

Two guys carefully paint a scene of a harbor town surrounded by mountains - a scene which they seem to be existing inside, as giants.

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NYC Department of Buildings @nycbuildings.bsky.social · 9h

The Flatiron Building turns 124! 🎉 Let's take a look back at the icon's history from its 1902 opening to today and its ongoing restoration project. #flatiron #flatironbuilding

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@LAhistory @lahistory.bsky.social · 9h

"Parkinson and Parkinson, as well as the chief designer, Edward Warren Hoak, and the color consultant, Herman Sachs, were responsible for creating the station’s architectural effect,” Marlyn Musicant. #UnionStationLA "Los Angeles Union Station"-> www.abebooks.com/978160606324...

The book cover for "Los Angeles Union Station" shows two architectural drawings of the beloved Art Deco landmark. The top drawing shows the beautiful windows, while the bottom drawing shows the entire building and clocktower.

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@LAhistory @lahistory.bsky.social · 9h

Architect Edward Warren Hoak (1901-1978) was born #OTD. Working with the architectural firm of John & Donald Parkinson, Hoak was chief designer for Los Angeles Union Station. A couple of Hoak’s #architectural drawings of #UnionStationLA:

A sepia-colored architectural drawing of Union Station's ticket concourse (1938). Edward Warren Hoak's signature can be seen in the bottom right corner. According to the Pacific Coast Architecture Database, Houk was working as a designer for architectural firms in the 1920s and 1930s. He became an official member of the American Institute of Architects in the 1940s. Image comes from the book "Los Angeles Union Station" (2014).

A sepia-colored architectural drawing of a Union Station doorway (1938) that includes a well-heeled couple standing on the right. Some of the iconic Union Station tile work is fully sketched out while the rest of the tile is only outlined. Edward Warren Hoak's signature can be seen in the bottom right corner. Image comes from the book "Los Angeles Union Station" (2014).

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Cassidy Aster 🏳️‍⚧️ They/Them @cassidyaster.bsky.social · 8h

I got a pretty good reply from my senator about this, so they are listening. Historic Preservation has bipartisan support, so make your voice heard!

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Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 9h

America’s biggest political problem is rightwing billionaires

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Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 9h

Ezra Klein interviewing Chris Rufo of the Manhattan Institute

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Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 9h

And connecting two threads today: the corrupt Supreme Court and the fascist Manhattan Institute are linked through a single billionaire and GOP mega-donor, Paul Singer. Singer gave Sam Alito a bribery flight on a fishing vacation, and he is the founder and longtime major funder of Manhattan Inst.

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Jesus Lizard Superstar 🖤 🐀🐀🐀 @acekatana.bsky.social · 10h

Kind of gives the game away about the whole abundance thing tho

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Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 10h

People are saying that everyone knows the Manhattan Institute is extremists— but that is not true, centrists kiss up to them all the time. Here is a major Abundance event and look at all the people pal-ing around with a Manhattan Inst director.

ABUNDANCE26
December 10 & 11
Washington, DC
Nicholas Bagley
Professor, University of Michigan
Law School
Matt Clancy
Program Director, Coefficient
Giving
Colani Nottoni
Judge Glock Director of Research, Manhattan
Institute
Derek Kaufman
Founder & CEO, Inclusive
Abundance
Jennifer Pahlka
Author, Recoding America

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Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 10h

The Abundance people invite the Manhattan Institute into their events. who else?

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Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 10h

“females have regrets” wtf

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Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 10h

Heather MacDonald of the same Manhattan Institute that employes Chris Rufo. When institutions show you who they are, believe them.

Ayfkm Heather Mac Donald?

She’s doing apologia for the Cornell 7

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Theodore Grunewald @tedgrunewald.bsky.social · 4h

Especially considering the criminally insane New Yorker occupying the White House. And a Queens NYC native too! —Which tartly disproves all of that silly discourse on natives vs. transplants—since the rottenest apple was grown here in the Big Apple. New Yorkers tried our best to warn everyone—alas.

Trump first floated the idea of running for president in 1987, placing full-page advertisements in three major newspapers. This cartoon by artist Drew Friedman captioned "Candidate Donald Trump discusses important national issues with close advisers" depicting Trump in conversation with Mafia bosses appeared that same year in Friedman's regular "Private Lives of Public Enemies" column in Spy Magazine.

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Theodore Grunewald @tedgrunewald.bsky.social · 5h

While wealth and taste are generally mutually exclusive. Taste,—like wealth—is nearly always unaccounted for. 😉

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Gay Fine Art @gayfineart.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

EROTIC OR HORRIFYING? William Bouguereau’s DANTE AND VIRGIL IN HELL (1850) walks an unsettling line between the two. It depicts two damned souls locked in a brutal struggle as Dante and Virgil look on. Yet Bouguereau renders their intertwined nude bodies with extraordinary sensuality. #gay #art

Inspired by Dante’s Inferno, William Bouguereau’s painting turns a scene of horror into something strangely beautiful.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 9h

There are a lot of Trump officials who need to be impeached, but Russell Vought -- the quarterback of all the Project 2025 fuckery and a central player in the administration's overreach -- really needs to be at the top of the list.

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 16h

You're gonna need a bigger chart

Chart showing the daily sea surface temperature for the Nino region of the Pacific, with a red line for 2026 shooting off above every other year in record-setting territory, with the latest spot right at the top of the chart

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 12h

We've heard about chatbots convincing people to kill themselves or helping to plan murders & mass shootings, but this is on a whole different scale.

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 12h

How do I know any of this? All from Adam Bonica who has done tremendous and singular work on this. NYT commissioned this research then killed the story. Thereafter, The Bulwark agreed to publish it; but after receiving legal threats from Dem consultants, declined. Bonica put it on Substack for free.

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 14h

This actual *reporting* was utterly buried in the Time article that accompanied their feeble and shameful Trump interview: www.ms.now/rachel-maddo... This is terrifying, even by Trump standards!

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Trump reportedly sought input from Musk’s AI chatbot on military strikes

This was almost certainly the first time in U.S. history that a president consulted an AI chatbot about a provocative foreign policy gambit.

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lfelizleon.bsky.social @lfelizleon.bsky.social · 11h

The techies have been stripped of their halos; “once millionaires in waiting,” they are today no longer insulated from the ravages of capitalism and are reduced to the vagaries of wage labor like management control and layoffs. lowerfrequencies.substack.com/p/book-revie...

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Book Review: Workers Vs. Leviathans

JS Tan and Clarissa Redwine’s new book Against Tech Oligarchy offers a window into worker organizing in the tech sector. There’s much to admire in the book, but it also raises some questions.

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 13h

Chicago Pope from the top rope!

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New York Amsterdam News @nyamnews.bsky.social · 11h

On this day in 1971, "Soul Train" went national. Don Cornelius created it at a time when there were no other shows being produced by Black people for a Black audience — it became the longest-running first-run syndicated show in TV history. #SoulTrain #BlackHistory

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Kÿle @kbeatt.com · 14h

They love to tout AI because, like you said, they have never made anything of their own. They love these stealing machines that are even better than they are at taking something that isn't theirs

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 14h

The industry being run by Zuck, Musk, and Sam Altman (3 guys who have never made shit and either bought or stole their way in) with backing from Trump and the GOP. Are you really trying to sell me that this isn't a house of cards scam? Are you that gullible?

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 14h

This time guys! This is the thing Musk makes that won't be the scam! He's finally gonna make something real! Cmon man

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 14h

That's funny because I feel the same way about smart and well-intentioned people falling for a scam being perpetrated by Silicon Valley guys who have done nothing but run scams that made them rich after the tech press told everyone that these guys were geniuses.

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Rep. Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.house.gov · 13h

This corruption must be investigated.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 14h

The manager was right — some longtime shoppers closed their accounts in protest — but Marcus stuck with his decision. At the time of the flagship's closure, the Main Street store had been open for 112 years.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 14h

These victories were achieved through the efforts of Civil Rights activists, along with support from Neiman Marcus president Stanley Marcus, who was an early advocate for desegregation. The Neiman Marcus Dallas store manager purportedly warned Marcus that he would destroy his business this way.

A Black man protesting in front of a department store in San Diego, California. He's wearing a suit and holding a sign that says "We March Protesting the Indignity and Humility of Jim Crow." There are some people behind him.

Stanley Marcus smoking a pipe. He's wearing a striped suit.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 14h

The downtown Neiman Marcus flagship was one of the first major Dallas businesses that broke with these practices. In 1961, the company desegregated its Zodiac Room, a swanky lunch spot frequented by Dallas elites. Later, they welcomed Black shoppers to come and buy clothes without restrictions.

The Zodiac Room restaurant on the sixth floor of Neiman Marcus in Dallas. The photo shows a bunch of tables covered in white tablecloth and leather covered seats.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 14h

For instance, they had to try on clothes over their clothes, put on protective covers when trying on hats, or weren't allowed to make returns once they brought the clothes home. These policies stemmed from racist fears that white customers would refuse merchandise previously worn by Black shoppers.

Department Store, Mobile, Alabama, 1956

By Gordon Parks

Promised gift of The Gordon Parks FoundationJoanne Wilson, one of the Thorntons’ daughters, is shown standing with her niece in front of a department store in downtown Mobile. The pair is impeccably dressed in light, summery frocks. The jarring neon of the “Colored Entrance” sign looming above them clashes with the two young women’s elegant appearance, transforming a casual afternoon outing into an example of overt discrimination. Notice the fallen strap of Wilson’s slip. Though this detail might appear discordant with the rest of the picture, its inclusion may have been strategic: it allowed Parks to emphasize the humanity of his subjects.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 14h

Neiman Marcus closed its downtown Dallas flagship on Wednesday. The store played a notable role in the history of desegregation in Dallas. Previously, Black shoppers across the US could enter department stores, but they weren't allowed to try on clothes without adhering to certain conditions. 🧵

A notice about the Neiman Marcus store opening in downtown Dallas.

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 11h

︀︀"There's also this addiction to consulting." SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK, MR. MAYOR: youtu.be/nJ5V3pk6PEA?...

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Zohran Mamdani | This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von #687

YouTube video by Theo Von

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Micah @rincewind.run · 12h

wonderful reminder of the funniest dynamic of the mayoral race, where sliwa clearly liked mamdani and was delighted to see him humiliate cuomo also, more politicians should do this! get your flu shots!

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Esotouric's Secret Los Angeles @esotouric.bsky.social · 10h

Dreamy pond and tall, jungle plantings in the Los Altos Apartments entryway have the feel of old Pershing Square!

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Theodore Grunewald @tedgrunewald.bsky.social · 10h

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 10h

After being freed from Prison, Mandela visited the city in 1993 and paid tribute to the people of Glasgow for the stand they took against apartheid in a country some 6,000 miles away. #glasgow #glasgowhistory #nelsonmandela #statue

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 10h

It's been sited so Mandela looks, hand raised, towards the former Glasgow Stock Exchange (just visible in the background), which was home to a South African Consulate during the Apartheid era. Cont./ #glasgow #glasgowhistory #nelsonmandela #statue

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 10h

The new statue of Nelson Mandela in central Glasgow, installed and waiting to be unveiled next week. Cont./ #glasgow #glasgowhistory #nelsonmandela #statue

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Michael Karanicolas @karanicolas.bsky.social · 11h

$10 says we hear a toilet flush before this thing’s over.

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Theodore Grunewald @tedgrunewald.bsky.social · 11h

Turning off his microphone is preferred.

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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

An essential book.

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Matt Baume 🏳️‍🌈 @mattbaume.bsky.social · 13h

Big queer history party in New York next week, hosted by the delightful @hughryan.bsky.social -- if you're in town you should go to this! And report back to me so I can fume with jealousy! www.eventbrite.com/e/october-la...

ad for a lavender literary society event, a 50th anniversary celebration of "gay american history" with jonathan ned katz

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