“In the 50s, the Brazilians decided they wanted a capital … Brazilia was going to be The City of Tomorrow. It was going to be The Triumph of Reason and Sunlight and The Automobile. And here we were going to see what The International Style could really do when it was backed by limitless quantities of cash and national enthusiasm. And … the modern movement lived and died and left behind its masterpieces.”
—Robert Hughes, Shock of the New: Trouble in Utopia (1980)
“On an extraordinary day of political violence, rioters on Sunday ransacked Brazil’s three branches of power as part of a failed attempt to overthrow President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s week-old government. Observers of the attack swiftly drew comparisons between the chaos in Brasilia and the Jan. 6 invasion of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump two years ago.”
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, earlier today
They arrested them on the spot. How novel. https://t.co/cE89BcHOTM
— Fred Wellman (@FPWellman) January 9, 2023
Omaha Nazis.
The Omaha Police Department was organizing an arms trade with the far-right extremists 88 Tactical, who have been training Bolsonaro supporters for years.
This seems important. pic.twitter.com/xBnBzez0gH
— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) January 9, 2023
When your terrible relatives and people you went to high school with (who never left your small town) decry things being “woke,” understand that this is precisely what they are referring to.
DeSantis’ lawyers were forced by the court to define “woke.” The lead lawyer described it as “The belief there are systemic injustices in American society and the need to address them.“https://t.co/O5HGJuJIay
— Eλf Sternberg (@elfsternberg) December 4, 2022
“How do you like your ribs?”
My favorite part of ‘80s/‘90s action movies is the hilariously mismatched final fight where we’re supposed to be like “Boy I hope Sylvester Stallone/Carl Weathers can beat John Lithgow/Craig T Nelson in a one on one fistfight” pic.twitter.com/nIgwT2JZ5Q
— Jacob deNoel (@Jacob_deNobel) January 3, 2023
Rick fucking Danko.
New ranking. Fight me, heaux!
Beat by Dre.
Marjorie Taylor Greene has been locked out of her Twitter account and her new video has been removed after Dr. Dre took legal action against her for using his music without permission.
His letter is amazing. pic.twitter.com/Vk12JSRByK
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) January 9, 2023
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