Frank Stella, celebrated artist of minimalist power, dies at 87
A painter, sculptor and printmaker, he later created colorful works that seemed to repudiate his youthful principles https://wapo.st/4bnBqRF
4 May 2024 @ 11:49 pm
GOP Senator accidentally creates amazing ad for climate activistsSenator John Kennedy’s profanity-laden rant at Wednesday’s Senate hearing is now being used against him. https://heated.world/p/gop-senator-accidentally-createsSupran had never actually posted or re-posted any of the profane name-calling statements Kennedy referenced.
4 May 2024 @ 9:02 pm
Texas man files legal action to probe ex-partner’s out-of-state abortion
The previously unreported petition reflects a potential new antiabortion strategy to block women from ending their pregnancies in states where abortion is legal. https://wapo.st/3wa4JIL
It's Texas. That thar baby and his sinning ex are HIS property. America: This is the future thanks to theocrats.
3 May 2024 @ 3:47 pm
Russian troops enter airbase in Niger where US soldiers are stationed
Move comes after west African country’s military government had told US to withdraw its troops https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/02/russian-troops-enter-airbase-in-niger-where-us-soldiers-are-stationed
3 May 2024 @ 3:45 pm
Just more fine genius management moves. Doing to his car company what he did for Twitter:Musk Fires Nearly All Of Tesla, Makes Satellites Spell 'SURRENDER DOROTHY' In Night SkyHe may be unwell. But how could anyone tell? https://www.wonkette.com/p/musk-fires-nearly-all-of-tesla-makes
1 May 2024 @ 7:01 pm
By the looks of the headlines, just from today alone, it looks like we'll get a global rerun of the 1960s.
1 May 2024 @ 5:44 pm
“They were coming up here and just violently attacking us,” said one pro-Palestinian protester, Kaia Shah, a researcher at UCLA.
“I just didn’t think they would ever get to this, escalate to this level, where our protest is met by counter-protesters who are violently hurting us, inflicting pain on us, when we are not doing anything to them.”
The Daily Bruin, the college newspaper, said on X that four of its reporters were followed and assaulted. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/may/01/violence-erupts-ucla-university-campus-clashes-rival-gaza-protest-groups
1 May 2024 @ 5:17 pm