https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/08/radicalism-post-trump-gop/619891/

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/08/why-the-media-is-worse-for-biden-than-trump.html

https://www.democracynow.org/2021/8/11/cuomo_resignation_zephyr_teachout

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/britney-spears-and-age-old-history-men-policing-womens-trauma-180978099/

Source: The New York Times

Three years before the deadly collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium complex near Miami, a consultant found alarming evidence of “major structural damage” to the concrete slab below the pool deck and “abundant” cracking and crumbling of the columns, beams and walls of the parking garage under the 13-story building.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/26/us/miami-building-collapse-investigation.html

When he first showed his painting of his feet in the bathtub I was like ok, naive, someone who doesn’t really know how to draw and is trying to paint, ok, whatever. Then not too much later, a couple months or so, we’re seeing him executing portraits of presidents, pets....etc. I really have to question if these are really his work. I have studied drawing and painting myself, have spent years going to life drawing classes and spent a couple years painting en plein air. I just don’t see how someone jumps from an extremely naive painting ability to rather sophisticated portraits, that show a keen level of drawing ability as well as style, and a knowledge of how values work in a painting. The guy is not that smart. And he’s a big ass liar, or as he would say, untruth. My guess is that he has someone doing the drawing, mixing the colors/values, and then he puts the actual paint on. There’s just no way otherwise, imho. Idk, just something that has bothered me and I recently watched a video on some news show about his paintings is why I’m bringing this up.

Early on in the pandemic I had a terrible toothache. I had no choice to not go. I just wanted to share how I wear a mask at the dentist office in case some of you are afraid to go to the dentist. It sounds absurd, maybe looks absurd, but works for me and I feel safe going to the dentist this way. Basically when the hygienist is ready to begin, I raise my mask (kn95) upwards, so the lower part of the mask is covering over the nose, and the upper part is covering the eyes. It feels like it’s still a good seal too. My mouth is exposed and open so the hygienist can do the cleaning, and I breathe in and out through nose only. Then when they are finished I lower the mask back down. If you have been avoiding the dentist because of covid, and this doesn’t sound too absurd and want to give it a try, you can test it out at home. The added benefit is the eyes are covered from the bright dentist chair light. I asked my hygienist if anyone else does this but the answer was no. Just me. But they are totally on board with it and it doesn’t interfere with the cleaning. I doubt that I would go to the dentist had I not come up with this strategy. It’s so easy and simple. I don’t care what it must look like either. It’s keeping me safe. And them too.