Alana Bograd
@abogs.bsky.social
Artist/Philly
www.alanabograd.com
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If Dolly was our constant reminder that it was Good to be Good, Tim Curry was our reminder that it was Good to be Weird. Embrace your strangeness, sing with Muppets, wear your lingerie with a leather jacket, and fuck with uptight people who hate anything that makes them remotely uncomfortable.
August 26, 2026 at 4:00 PM
If Dolly was our constant reminder that it was Good to be Good, Tim Curry was our reminder that it was Good to be Weird. Embrace your strangeness, sing with Muppets, wear your lingerie with a leather jacket, and fuck with uptight people who hate anything that makes them remotely uncomfortable.
Hey @governor.pa.gov please see below. This is the kind of messaging we want from you in Pennsylvania. “If Mr Kristol can do it, you can too”
Hey @amyklobuchar.com - messaging like this is what we want from you. If Mr Kristol can do it, you can too
August 20, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Hey @governor.pa.gov please see below. This is the kind of messaging we want from you in Pennsylvania. “If Mr Kristol can do it, you can too”
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Apparently the Pope has read Baudrillard.
April 19, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Apparently the Pope has read Baudrillard.
Alana Bograd,Techno Forest Bather, 26”x32”, oil on canvas
April 17, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Alana Bograd,Techno Forest Bather, 26”x32”, oil on canvas
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May this one day happen to them.
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 10:57 PM
May this one day happen to them.
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Vintage embroidery, applique wall hanging from Gujarat, India #WomensArt
February 10, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Vintage embroidery, applique wall hanging from Gujarat, India #WomensArt
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Last year, I wrote about Jeffrey Epstein and Twin Peaks. I wrote about Laura Palmer. A generation of girls, now women, who grew up in Laura Palmer’s world.
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/laura-palm...
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/laura-palm...
Laura Palmer’s House
Jeffrey Epstein, Twin Peaks, and dreams of justice.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
February 7, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Last year, I wrote about Jeffrey Epstein and Twin Peaks. I wrote about Laura Palmer. A generation of girls, now women, who grew up in Laura Palmer’s world.
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/laura-palm...
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/laura-palm...
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“About 500 seniors live at Sinai Residences in Boca Raton, Florida, including many Holocaust survivors. Recently, some of them asked if they could hide the building’s Haitian staff in their apartments.” www.jta.org/2026/01/30/u...
'Reminds me of Anne Frank': Jewish seniors are offering to hide their Haitian caregivers as Trump's TPS end looms - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
The end of Temporary Protected Status has Holocaust survivors offering to hide Haitian staffers, according to the CEO of a senior-living center in Florida.
www.jta.org
February 1, 2026 at 11:04 PM
“About 500 seniors live at Sinai Residences in Boca Raton, Florida, including many Holocaust survivors. Recently, some of them asked if they could hide the building’s Haitian staff in their apartments.” www.jta.org/2026/01/30/u...
Happy to score this beautiful whistle from @nancyjosephson.bsky.social and help increase donations to local organizations that do important work for immigration protection services. Please consider donating to an immigration protection service org and call your representatives to defund ICE
February 1, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Happy to score this beautiful whistle from @nancyjosephson.bsky.social and help increase donations to local organizations that do important work for immigration protection services. Please consider donating to an immigration protection service org and call your representatives to defund ICE
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Blistering piece on ed tech in @economist.com.
‘Although ed-tech companies tout huge learning gains, independent research has made clear that technology rarely boosts learning in schools—and often impairs it.’
economist.com/united-state...
‘Although ed-tech companies tout huge learning gains, independent research has made clear that technology rarely boosts learning in schools—and often impairs it.’
economist.com/united-state...
Ed tech is profitable. It is also mostly useless
Independent research identifies few learning gains
economist.com
January 24, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Blistering piece on ed tech in @economist.com.
‘Although ed-tech companies tout huge learning gains, independent research has made clear that technology rarely boosts learning in schools—and often impairs it.’
economist.com/united-state...
‘Although ed-tech companies tout huge learning gains, independent research has made clear that technology rarely boosts learning in schools—and often impairs it.’
economist.com/united-state...
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 21, 2026 at 12:01 AM
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The absolute accuracy of this.
January 18, 2026 at 10:23 PM
The absolute accuracy of this.
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Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal warns ICE:
"No law enforcement professional wears a mask... Those that come into our communities wearing a mask to commit crime... You getting arrested".
"Fake wannabe law enforcement... The criminal in the WH will not be able to keep you from going to jail".
"No law enforcement professional wears a mask... Those that come into our communities wearing a mask to commit crime... You getting arrested".
"Fake wannabe law enforcement... The criminal in the WH will not be able to keep you from going to jail".
January 10, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal warns ICE:
"No law enforcement professional wears a mask... Those that come into our communities wearing a mask to commit crime... You getting arrested".
"Fake wannabe law enforcement... The criminal in the WH will not be able to keep you from going to jail".
"No law enforcement professional wears a mask... Those that come into our communities wearing a mask to commit crime... You getting arrested".
"Fake wannabe law enforcement... The criminal in the WH will not be able to keep you from going to jail".
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Well this was completely and utterly predictable: globalextremism.org/post/openais...
OpenAI’s Sora 2 Used To Spread Holocaust Denial and Glorify Hitler
OpenAI’s Sora 2, launched on September 30, faced backlash for generating controversial videos, including antisemitic and misogynistic content.
globalextremism.org
October 17, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Well this was completely and utterly predictable: globalextremism.org/post/openais...
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Piet Mondrian, Broadway Boogie Woogie, 1942-43
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134740
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134740
September 23, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Piet Mondrian, Broadway Boogie Woogie, 1942-43
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134740
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134740
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I wrote my own Charlie Kirk obituary, and about valuing truth over manners: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning
The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn't a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division
www.thenation.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I wrote my own Charlie Kirk obituary, and about valuing truth over manners: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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Witnesses Assumed Charlie Kirk Shooter Was Just Ordinary Gunman On School Campus
Witnesses Assumed Charlie Kirk Shooter Was Just Ordinary Gunman On School Campus
OREM, UT—As law enforcement officials search for a person of interest in the assassination of 31-year-old Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk, witnesses on the scene at Utah Valley University ad...
theonion.com
September 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Witnesses Assumed Charlie Kirk Shooter Was Just Ordinary Gunman On School Campus
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So the understandable idea that we need leaders of "both sides" to denounce political violence is, I believe, a nonstarter. MAGA's whole rhetorical mode, for 10 yrs, has been advocacy of violence. It'd have to denounce itself. It won't. So what else we can do to slow the rush toward more? 2/3
September 11, 2025 at 8:43 PM
So the understandable idea that we need leaders of "both sides" to denounce political violence is, I believe, a nonstarter. MAGA's whole rhetorical mode, for 10 yrs, has been advocacy of violence. It'd have to denounce itself. It won't. So what else we can do to slow the rush toward more? 2/3
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OPINION: "The U.S. once led the world in public health and scientific advancement. But under Trump, the country has become a plague." — The Inquirer Editorial Board
RFK Jr.’s pointless dismantling of the nation’s public health system places us all at risk | Editorial
President Trump’s reckless decision to let Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lead the Department of Health and Human Services has left the country vulnerable to everyday health challenges and future pandemics.
www.inquirer.com
September 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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The City of Atlanta is opening its first municipal grocery store today.
The city is spending $3.5 million in partnership with a neighborhood grocery chain in an effort to eliminate a downtown food desert.
www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...
The city is spending $3.5 million in partnership with a neighborhood grocery chain in an effort to eliminate a downtown food desert.
www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...
City of Atlanta opening grocery store to clear up downtown food desert
The Azalea Fresh Market opens on Friday.
www.wsbtv.com
August 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The City of Atlanta is opening its first municipal grocery store today.
The city is spending $3.5 million in partnership with a neighborhood grocery chain in an effort to eliminate a downtown food desert.
www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...
The city is spending $3.5 million in partnership with a neighborhood grocery chain in an effort to eliminate a downtown food desert.
www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...
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New, from me:
America is no longer a functioning democracy. It is a competitive authoritarian system, hurtling rapidly toward authoritarianism.
This was a hard piece to write but we can't move forward if we don’t acknowledge where we are.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
America is no longer a functioning democracy. It is a competitive authoritarian system, hurtling rapidly toward authoritarianism.
This was a hard piece to write but we can't move forward if we don’t acknowledge where we are.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
The authoritarian checklist
It is time to admit that America is no longer a functioning democracy
donmoynihan.substack.com
August 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
New, from me:
America is no longer a functioning democracy. It is a competitive authoritarian system, hurtling rapidly toward authoritarianism.
This was a hard piece to write but we can't move forward if we don’t acknowledge where we are.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
America is no longer a functioning democracy. It is a competitive authoritarian system, hurtling rapidly toward authoritarianism.
This was a hard piece to write but we can't move forward if we don’t acknowledge where we are.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
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Erik Satie
Composer
In 1917 Satie collaborated with Jean Cocteau and Pablo Picasso to produce Parade, a mixed media performance that included music, dance, and visual art.
Satie, Cocteau, and company were charged with “cultural anarchy” and put in jail for 8 days.
youtu.be/_Chq1Ty0nyE?...
Composer
In 1917 Satie collaborated with Jean Cocteau and Pablo Picasso to produce Parade, a mixed media performance that included music, dance, and visual art.
Satie, Cocteau, and company were charged with “cultural anarchy” and put in jail for 8 days.
youtu.be/_Chq1Ty0nyE?...
August 16, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Erik Satie
Composer
In 1917 Satie collaborated with Jean Cocteau and Pablo Picasso to produce Parade, a mixed media performance that included music, dance, and visual art.
Satie, Cocteau, and company were charged with “cultural anarchy” and put in jail for 8 days.
youtu.be/_Chq1Ty0nyE?...
Composer
In 1917 Satie collaborated with Jean Cocteau and Pablo Picasso to produce Parade, a mixed media performance that included music, dance, and visual art.
Satie, Cocteau, and company were charged with “cultural anarchy” and put in jail for 8 days.
youtu.be/_Chq1Ty0nyE?...
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This is kinda amazing. I wish I knew how to shave that well.
Quick drawing break of what’s in front of us-My daughter, Vera, drew our dog, Scooby, and I drew the author of the book “Vera, or Faith” (quick google image search of @shteyngart.bsky.social )
August 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
This is kinda amazing. I wish I knew how to shave that well.
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Reposting to add that off the top of my head, other museums with public domain image collections include the Met, the Getty, Cleveland Museum of Art, Yale University Art Gallery, and the Princeton University Art Museum. There's also a longer list here: apollo-magazine.com/open-access-...
August 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Reposting to add that off the top of my head, other museums with public domain image collections include the Met, the Getty, Cleveland Museum of Art, Yale University Art Gallery, and the Princeton University Art Museum. There's also a longer list here: apollo-magazine.com/open-access-...
Quick drawing break of what’s in front of us-My daughter, Vera, drew our dog, Scooby, and I drew the author of the book “Vera, or Faith” (quick google image search of @shteyngart.bsky.social )
August 15, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Quick drawing break of what’s in front of us-My daughter, Vera, drew our dog, Scooby, and I drew the author of the book “Vera, or Faith” (quick google image search of @shteyngart.bsky.social )