September Song YouTube video by René Touzet - Topic

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theme from “the pumpkin eater” - Charles Albertine YouTube video by HGWALLS

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The group onstage; Bird in a white suit, Monk at the keyboard, Haynes looking over his drums to get in the shot, & Mingus on the left holding things together with his bass.

For Charles Mingus's birthday, an awesome picture by Bob Parent, from September 13, 1953

With Roy Haynes, Charlie Parker & Thelonious Monk, at The Open Door, New York

The sweetest pic of Elsa Lanchester and Charles Laughton in their bee-keeping outfits, at home in Palos Verdes, California.
Picture Post magazine, 1949.

Top film and top ‘tache.

Charles Mingus - Ysabel's Table Dance YouTube video by DJY0gi

This?

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Divine in a skin-tight leopard skin dress and fright wig

A happy birthday to John Waters - Female Trouble - 1974 - French release poster

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This was good read

Keb?

She keeps me up most nights in the hotel disco.

just saw someone call Kash Patel “J Edgar Boozer” and need to lie down

What went wrong in Israel? A genocide scholar examines ‘what Zionism became’ In his new book, Omer Bartov tracks how a liberatory strand of Zionism transformed into an extremist ideology that he sees as responsible for genocide in Gaza

What went wrong in Israel? A genocide scholar examines ‘what Zionism became’ www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

A water recycling plant Elon Musk promised to build in Memphis to offset the huge amount of local drinking water Grok's data centre devours has been postponed indefinitely.

Apparently, Musk considers drinking water for local people less of a priority than increasing computing power for Grok👇🏾

Don’t think I’ve seen these before. Great shots.

8 photos of the same woman in various poses

Contact sheet of Billie Holiday recording the album Music for Touching
Phil Stern, 1955

Croaking Lizard YouTube video by Prince Jazzbo - Topic

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Cesar Mariano & Cia - Futebol De Bar YouTube video by Maga Down Records

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At this point, one has to ask, “What are Americans doing about it? “

If not for Trump, what's the emoluments clause for? What's impeachment for? What's the 25th Amendment for? What's section 3 of the 14th Amendment for? What are checks and balances for?

The baddies are cherrypicking the Constitution the same way they do the bible: for their own benefit.

Ed Lincoln - "Miss Balanço" YouTube video by Brazilian Music For You

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Cleopatra Rumba YouTube video by Machito - Topic

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bunny lee allstars - boss walk YouTube video by bootbhoy

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This Isn't Trading. It's Theft from Your Retirement. Someone keeps making perfectly-timed bets right before the President speaks. The victims are your pension, your 401(k), and the country I took an oath to defend.

Fifteen minutes before the President announced he was pausing strikes on Iran, somebody moved $500 million in oil futures. Somebody knew. Somebody told them. Or somebody is them.
New piece ↓
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Well let's see how this strategy of telling "white liberals" to "fuck right off" works out in the local elections

The Adventures of Don Quick: Benefits of Earth ¦ Ian Hendry HQ YouTube video by Retropia

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Don’t think I’ve see this one. Looks/sounds good.

I know correlation isn't causation but their vote share does seem to rise every time the New Statesman sneers at them as the 'Reform of the Left.'

Silvana Mangano in "The Witches" - BOTD

Maryam Saeedpoor (Tehran, 1984) is one of the most powerful and courageous voices in contemporary Iranian photography.

Between 2022 and 2023, Maryam Saeedpoor created a photographic series in which the Persian carpet serves as a monumental symbol of Iranian tradition and cultural identity.