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From spoon-tamago.com
Hyper Realistic Pencil Drawings of Metallic Objects by Kohei Ohmori
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Something must have come over me, says Kohei Ohmori, reflecting on the 280 hours or roughly 5 months spent drawing a hyper realistic composition of a metallic bolt and nut using just pencils. The 30-year old artist, who has publicly discussed his struggles with OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder), h
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From substack.com
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A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.
#culture #ofinterest #heathercoxrichardson
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From blogspot.com
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I've been with her for more years than I've been without her. We met when I was 22 and started dating on my 24th birthday. As she has put it...
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From thisiscolossal.com
July 2024 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists — Colossal
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We find $500,000+ for artists and designers in grants, open calls, residencies, and fellowships every month.
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From thisiscolossal.com
Playfool Casts Colorful 'Forest Crayons' from Japan's Surplus Timber — Colossal
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From the powder of ground-up timber, a selection of pigments emerged, and Playfool's Forest Crayons were born.
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From thisiscolossal.com
Paul Villinski's Sculptures Swoop and Swarm in 'Flight Patterns' — Colossal
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Villinski is known for his rhythmic, swarming compositions, which explore subjects like environmentalism and addiction and recovery.
#birds #flight #culture #insects #sculpture #ofinterest #installation
21h ago
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From boingboing.net
Steve Bannon off to prison today
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Former Trump advisor Steve Bannon was pardoned by him after his fraud conviction, but Trump's not around to make his latest sentence go away. Bannon must report to prison today…
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From theparisreview.org
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“My hands rest open and empty, like half shells from which the pearl has been removed.”
#Rilke #letters #literature #ofinterest #culture
21h ago
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From portside.org
In Praise of MSG, the Unfairly Maligned Kitchen MVP
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My father is an American cook in that quintessential sense of boundlessness.
#Politics #portside #ofinterest
9h ago
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From archaeologymag.com
Archaeologists uncover ancient Roman city in northwestern France
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In Rennes, northwestern France, archaeologists have uncovered remnants of a vibrant ancient Roman city beneath a 19th-century hospital.
#culture #archeology #ofinterest #archeologymagazine
20h ago
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From portside.org
Sonia Sotomayor: “With Fear for Our Democracy, I Dissent.”
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Below is the dissent by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justices Kagan and Jackson, from the Supreme Court decision in Donald Trump's appeal for absolute presidential immunity from criminal prosecution. Citations have been omitted for readability. -- moderator]
#Politics #portside #ofinterest
8h ago
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From dearauthor.com
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Icarus Gallagher is a thief. He steals priceless art and replaces it with his father’s impeccable forgeries. For years, one man—the wealthy Mr. Black—has been their target in revenge for his role i…
#books #culture #bookstodon #ofinterest
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From portside.org
Medicare Dis-Advantage: Overpayments and Inequity
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Medicare Advantage—the privatized Medicare plans run by insurance firms but funded by the federal government—rips off taxpayers. On this there is little controversy.
#Politics #portside #ofinterest
9h ago
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From boingboing.net
If you could see spacetime, it would look like this (video)
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Spacetime is the fabric of the universe, where space and time are woven together and warped by gravity. One way to conceptualize this is to imagine a grid representing the…
15h ago
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From boingboing.net
Supreme Court rules 6-3 that Trump has immunity from prosecution for "official" acts
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The ruling concerns "official actions taken while in office" and specifically to whether he can be prosecuted for his efforts to overturn election results
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From boingboing.net
Watch: Trump–Putin 2024 fan proves she's a "small government conservative" (parody)
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Disguised in a Trump-Putin 2024 T-shirt, political commentator Kat Abughazaleh mocks MAGAworld by proudly listing what makes her a "small government conservative." For instance: "I'm a small government conservative. That's…
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