Historians Thought This Rare Renaissance Portrait by One of the First Famous Female Artists Was Lost to History—Until It Surfaced in North Carolina: Sofonisba Anguissola's 16th-century painting of a clergyman was… @SmithsonianMag #RenaissanceArt #WomenInArt #SofonisbaAnguissola #ArtHistory #LostArt
He thought this one was a picture of him as an astronaut
Always exciting to see the Avignon Papacy in the news
You never miss professional diplomats until they're gone
Jonathan the Tortoise is still alive folks. It seems like mainstream outlets got duped by a fake X account.
Jonathan is 193 years old, which is amazing. My favourite photo of him is this one from 1886 when he was already 53–54 which blows my mind
Murc’s Law is “the widespread assumption that only Democrats have any agency or causal influence over American politics”. In other words, Democrats are responsible for Republicans being the way they are and doing the things they do, either because Democrats provoked them or failed to control them.
A painting of a seated St Joseph with brown hair and beard and ruddy cheeks, depicted at half length, wearing a red tunic with a narrow collar and a gold and red scarf draped over his left shoulder. On his head is a crown of flowers, red alternating with white; light beams emit from it. Around his head are six cherub heads. A stalk of lilies rest against his left side. With Joseph's right hand and arm, he encircles the gently smiing Child in his lap, who leans away from his father, pressing his left hand and arm into Joseph's chest. In his right hand, which rests on is right knee, he holds a single lily. Touchingly, Joseph holds the Child's right toes between his left thumb and fingers.
Saint Joseph with the Christ Child, 1667, by #JosefaDeÓbidos (#JosefaDeAyalaFigueira; Portuguese, ca. 1630–1684). Private collection, jaimeeguiguren.com/usr/library/... #artherstory #womenartists #StJoseph #FeastofStJoseph #FeastDayofStJoseph
The spacing and composition—the horror. My eyes!
It is 2036: I whisper to my cellmate, "remember that out-of-control grooving robot with the dishes? We should have known it would not end well for us, the nobots."
Mother delousing her child's hair. She knew that that daycare was dicey, but the price was right! And what parent hasn't had this lousy experience, as here depicted by Dirck Hals. It's his day.
In his mendacious cockwomble mind, this is applicable to countries, to buildings, and to women.
Happy March 15. Here is my favorite Ides of March meme:
I just learned that Ayatollah Khamenei and Ayatollah Khomenei are not the same person. Here's my plan for regime change in Iran....(1/23)
Please someone invade us already.
Is RFK Jr. a never nude?
Trump: "Mike Johnson is a very religious person. He does not hide it. He'll say to me sometimes at lunch, 'Sir, may we pray.' I'll say, 'Excuse me? We're having lunch.'"
If you campaigned for the presidency on a promise to destroy these assholes, you would win a landslide the size of FDR in 1936, when he campaigned on a promise to destroy these assholes.
Wearing a cross outside the mustard suit brings the ensemble all together.
PM Starmer: Bonjour 🕶️
However you feel about doxing, there's no reason to spell it with two x's.
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
Even if she does have to give it up, she can be content in the knowledge she'll be a shoo-in for the Nobel Dignity Prize next year.
Lexicographer! Grammarian! Knower of the bestest and difficultest words!
The first rule of the Trump Game, played by politicians around the world, is you do not talk about the rules of the Trump Game. The object of the game is to pretend that the President of the United States is a normal, rational statesman, perhaps an eccentric one, but fundamentally someone who is acting according to some strategy that the rest of us might one day hope to fathom. On no account are you ever to admit that he’s nasty, vain, venal, capricious and obviously unaware that his own doctors are testing him for signs of dementia. The 2026 round of the game got off with a literal series of bangs, as the US military attacked Venezuela and kidnapped its president. On Sunday morning we were greeted by the sight of Nicolás Maduro being led down a hall at the Drug Enforcement Administration in New York. The floor had been painted with the slogan “Rule of Law”, to allow Americans to walk all over it.
It's the only game that matters. My SKETCH of British politicians playing the Trump Game.
Andrés Manuel & @lopezobrador_•28m X 9 Translated from Spanish Show original I am retired from politics, but my libertarian convictions prevent me from staying silent in the face of the arrogant assault on the sovereignty of the people of Venezuela and the kidnapping of their president. Neither Bolívar nor Lincoln would accept the United States government acting as a world tyranny. President Trump: do not fall into self-complacency or listen to the siren song. Tell the hawks to go to hell; you have the capacity to act with practical judgment. Do not forget that today's ephemeral victory can be tomorrow's resounding defeat. Politics is not imposition. Remember that "respect for the rights of others is peace," as Benito Juárez taught us in the 19th century. I am Mexican with great pride, but also Latin American. I unconditionally support my president Claudia Sheinbaum. For now, I am not sending you a hug. AMLO
Former president of Mexico
A large gray cat sits on a partially-closed shoebox. Another cat’s face pokes out of the open corner of the box.
Not enough has been written about Schrödinger’s assistant, Otto.
Norway’s Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide: "International law is universal and binding for all states. The American intervention in Venezuela is not in accordance with international law."
A 550-pound black bear has been living underneath an Altadena, California, man's home for a month despite attempts to remove it, and now the homeowner is contemplating legal action. "I thought this would be over by now," Ken Johnson told CBS News. Since Thanksgiving week, Johnson has caught the bear on security camera footage roaming around his property and squeezing into the crawlspace underneath his house. Since he doesn't have a dog, Johnson said he tried pumping barking sounds into the crawl space to try to scare off the bear, but it wouldn't budge.
The defendant will REFRAIN from eating the bailiff or I will find him in contempt with NO SALMON, sir, do you understand me? NONE
RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
