Of this and That

Things that interest me, art, architecture, history, culture, etc.

[breezininn]

[yopepeus]

💐👑

[republicansaredomesticterrorists]

[primordialsoundmeditation]

[netnel]

Feliz Sete de Setembro, Brazil's Independence Day!

[wgm-beautiful-world]

Villa d'Este, Tivoli, Lazio, Roma, ITALIA

[fravery]

"Nice, le tournant de la promenade des Anglais aux mouettes",

Raoul Dufy, vers 1928

[thebeautifulbook]

KING FRANÇOIS I BOOK OF HOURS (1578)

A dazzling masterpiece of the French Renaissance.

This small prayer book is bound in enamelled gold and gemstones. It was purchased in 1538 by King Francis I of France as a gift for his niece. The gems consist of carnelian (two intaglios and eight cameos), rubies (27 polished pieces), turquoise (24 cabochons) and rhodolite (one faceted stone in the book’s clasp that has been described as tourmaline since 1942). Most of the rubies were mined from the Mogok area of Burma (now Myanmar). Based on historical considerations, the turquoise could have originated from Persia or possibly Uzbekistan, and the carnelian from either India or Saxony. The faceted rhodolite from India or Sri Lanka, was most likely added to the clasp between 1842 and 1884. [view large]

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[saywhat-politics]

[thoughtslostandfound]

All food service workers should 100% be entitled to free ass meals on the job. Not discounted, not half off. Free.

[wilwheaton]

This should not be controversial.

[beauxenfantsdumonde]

[crackledreflection]

Doves by the Sea II, 1882 - 🎨 by Chester Charles

[blogcubanpete]

Quite lovely.

[hairstylesbeauty]

[laclefdescoeurs]

The Green Waterways, 1926, Henry Scott Tuke

[scullandoars]

[wilwheaton]

“The fact that Trump remains the runaway favorite to win the 2024 Republican nomination despite the 91 felony charges he faces in four different cases really says it all about where the party is today. Polling over the past couple of weeks confirms that most Republicans still claim to believe the Big Lie and say that that Trump’s legal troubles are trumped-up charges made by a Democratic “deep state” conspiracy. How many Republican voters actually believe that this is unknowable, but it’s clear that for now they’re sticking with their man regardless. Criminal or not, they like what he’s selling. No, actually they love it. And what he’s selling, essentially, is transgression.”

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Rise of the Republican edgelord: If Trump is the GOP’s present, Vivek Ramaswamy is its future

Republicans are garbage, and are going to get even worse.

[mykukula]

[tylerposey]

[blogcubanpete]

Another current obsession! I read the book shortly after it was published. The movie is awesome, tbh!

[heartstoppercomic]

Chapter 7-28

Day 2...

Read on Tapas / Read on Webtoon

More info/buy the books: https://aliceoseman.com/

Heartstopper updates three times a month, on the 1st, 11th, and 21st at 11am UK time.

[blogcubanpete]

Love this! I'm hooked on the Netflix series.