ICYMI: This story is getting lots of hits on our site today. It argues that @markcarney.bsky.social should avoid any attempt to appease Donald Trump since the U.S. president reneges on any deals he makes: theconversation.com/donald-trump...

Donald Trump’s ‘art of the deal’ means reneging on them. That’s why Canada cannot capitulate

Countries that sign deals with the Trump administration are quickly finding out that the stability and certainty they hoped to purchase was an illusion.

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I read Burtynsky’s industrial photography as modern art icons. Instead of letting the images feel like “just beauty,” this essay argues they are composed to make the viewer look longer and more carefully, so attention becomes a moral prompt. #booksky #art www.idonthaveacoolname.com/terrible-bea...

Terrible Beauty: Iconic Seeing in Edward Burtynsky’s Industrial Landscapes

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It's obvious you didn't read the letter. If you had, I doubt, although I may be wrong, that this would have been your reply.

Am I the only one getting a Space Invader vibe from this?

Tate Collection@tate.bsky.social · 15h ago

Ian Tyson, No. XIII, 1969 https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1117949

Taggart Lake, Grand Teton National Park. September, 2020. 📷 Fujifilm X-T3 + XF16-55mmF2.8 R LM WR 🎞 16 mm – 1/30″ – f/11 – ISO 160 🏷️ #Landscapes #NationalParks #Photography

“All forms of technological innovation in the past have been used to diminish the power of labor. So whatever else happens with AI, we are absolutely certain to see the further diminution of the power of labor.” davidharvey.org/2026/07/inte...

Interview: David Harvey on Marx and Capitalism

Doomscroll Podcast with Joshua CitarellaWhitney Museum of American ArtJuly 28, 2026 The Story of Capital is available now from Verso Books.

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Yarrow. July 2026 #yarrow #WildFlowerHour #wildflowers #BloomScrolling #monochrome #ClassicMono #nature #Stunday #pentax #pentaxk1 #photography

A little Roman octopus to wish you a happy week! 🐙❤️ From a Roman villa mosaic at Villaquejida, León, Spain. Limestone, AD 100-200. Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid 📷 by me #MosaicMonday #Archaeology

#EastCoastKin #MinimalMonday #ClassicMono #aofoto The Church of St Peter & St Paul, Holsworthy #ArtYear #photography #minimalism #PhotographersofBluesky #PhotographersUnited #mono #monochrome #abstract #Devon

Lazy River reflected #Stunday #ECK #River #AndroscogginRiver #Scape #PhotographersOfBluesky #ThreeWordGenre

Big llama Machu Picchu, Peru #BlueskyArtShow #Big #photography #fotografia #travel #perspective #PhotographersOfBluesky

Looking up A common myna on a very large palm frond at golden hour in Moorea. #BirdOfTheDay #OverTheRainbow #BlueSkyArtShow #big #ColorADay #GreenSat #EastCoastKin #ECK #PhotographersUnited #Bird #minimal #ArtYear

Mount Moran, Grand Teton National Park. May, 2022. 📷 Fujifilm X-T3 + XF16-55mmF2.8 R LM WR 🎞 35 mm – 1/220″ – f/11 – ISO 160 🏷️ #Photography #Landscapes #NationalParks

@support.bsky.team FYI I use blue sky in Firefox on my iPad 4th gen and TBH, it’s a horrible experience. Most photo posts fail at first, then I try again. I just tied to post with only 2 images and 1 of them was completely black. So I deleted the post. I spend less and less time here.

I love taking my #infrared camera for a walk. #ECK #photography

Arbres antics amagats en boscos inhòspits. #Fotografia #Monochrome #ClassicMono #Scape #RuralScape #ColorADay #BWFri #ForestFriday #ECK

Perfectly symbolised as Orpheus among the furies, like the musicians who played Bach in Auschwitz.

Raimo Kangasniemi@rk70534.bsky.social · 5d ago

"In Gaza, Palestinian artist Suhail Abu Shawish is crafting ouds and repairing musical instruments using wood salvaged from humanitarian aid boxes. With... the price of wood and strings soaring amid the war, he has turned to improvisation to keep his craft alive." m.youtube.com/watch?v=xfNq...

@jaycee-visionlogic.eurosky.social I woke up this morning and my feed is filled with beautiful images, many of which you have reposted! Thank you for all you do!

And this one, again with my beloved iPhone 13 mini. Some might call this art. I call it failing to take a photo while in a moving taxi and it’s far too cold outside to open the window. Ah Paris, I’ll have to visit you again soon. Long overdue ✨❤️

...and the setting sun call it a day.... #soleilcoucher #sunset #soirée #evening #fleur #flower #silhouette #selarte 📷

#wordlesswednesday #selarte 📷

Evening light #leica #m11 #streetphotography #photo 📸 📷 🎞️

#Photography #UrbanGaze #Streetphotography #Newcastle #monochrome #blackandwhite

The Dark Knight #WeekDforDark #Alphabetchallenge #PalacesAndGardens #ClassicMono #blackandwhite #UrbanGaze #shadows

I always make time to listen to David Harvey who has greatly deepened my understanding of not only the world, but also of myself. #booksky

David Harvey@davidharvey.org · last wk.

“All forms of technological innovation in the past have been used to diminish the power of labor. So whatever else happens with AI, we are absolutely certain to see the further diminution of the power of labor.” davidharvey.org/2026/07/inte...

I saw Mishima on the big screen last night. It beautifully frames his aesthetics as a political force: his disciplined self-performance becomes a spectacle that feeds radical action, making the stakes feel both urgent and chillingly inevitable. #filmsky en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mishima...

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters - Wikipedia

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Wow! Great work @alinagrafik.eurosky.social !

AlinaHagen 🌊🎨📸 🥾@alinagrafik.eurosky.social · 7d ago

#PostProcess #Ghost Original image by @rjrock.bsky.social Combine different images into one. #ECK #Photography #ClassicMono

Amen. #BookSky

The Conservative Billionaire Death Cult strikes again! Oligarchs do not need the public to accept their bizarre claims. They use those ideas to signal power to insiders, normalize what should be unthinkable, and move policy while keeping accountability diffuse. #MediaLiteracy #Disinformation

George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 7d ago

I'm not qualified to judge whether such people are psychopaths. All I can say is that they behave as if they are. From today's Telegraph.

'Early Evening, Arrowsic' (2026) -- Doubling Point Road, Arrowsic, ME Mid-Morning, Late Afternoon, Early Evening... Time Moves in Mysteriously Slower Pulses Here... #Scape ✨ #ForestFriday ✨ #BWFri ✨ #PaintByWords ✨ #TidesOutTuesday ✨ #BlackAndWhite #Monochrome #ClassicMono #ECK #JayceeCrawford