Twilight Musings by George Boughton.

“People will come to love their oppression, to adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think.” — Aldous Huxley

Blenko sensuality in the 60s.

.@SenWarren and @SenAmyKlobuchar: you are failures. You failed to derail the electoral success of one of our great allies in Latin America, President @JMilei. He won in a landslide with the poorest members of society voting for economic freedom—a notion anathema in particular

#AI is the beast at getting everything right and wrong at the same time.

"I caN't bELiEvE tRuMp iS bUiLdInG a BaLLrOoM"

Here's some of what provenance can add to understanding a painting beyond just looking at the artist's auction records. Victor White (1891–1954) was an American muralist and painter known for major decorative commissions in New York, including the Starlight Roof murals at the

For decades, top scientists said climate change threatened civilization. But the data never showed that. And now, the evidence is overwhelming that scientists and the media deliberately misled the public on fires, ice, food, floods, heat, islands, coral, sea level, & hurricanes.

Cardinal Delivers Exorcism Prayer in St. Peter’s Basilica: Something else happened yesterday at the Summorum Pontificum Traditional Latin Mass in the Basilica of St Peter (October 25, 2025) that strikes me as significant. Among the well-known prelates in attendance at the Latin

Natalie finally sat down.

Empress Joséphine’s enigmatic sapphires

Eugene Aram and the Scholar, John Pettie RA 1883.

If you're familiar with any of Joe's work, we want to hear from you.

It's possible it's coincidence that the IRS opened a case on me on Saturday, Christmas Eve, 2022, the same day as the Twitter Files story about the FBI/CIA, then visited my home exactly as I was testifying in Congress about the same thing. Could be unrelated, absolutely.

Yes, #AI can make mistakes. Or, sometime they just make a guess. Today we've been told three wild things. Care to help us out, expert eyes? 1) Portable Electrotherapy Device? 2) Illuminated Thread Counter? 3) Antique Electric Cigar Lighter? Voice in the comments.

Federico Barocci (C. 1553-1612) - Portrait of a Young Lady, c.1600, detail

This Armorial Manuscript Leaf with Horsey Quarterings turns out to be from England, c. 1680–1720. It's ink, gouache, and gilding on vellum that we found at an estate tag sale in Overland Park, KS a few years back. Today we found out it's "a finely painted heraldic leaf

https://t.co/s5p5rhD3Qz

Hey #AI what's CNVNC? "Jane Fonda has long embodied what could be described as creative non-violent non-cooperation. She never used that exact phrase," (No, she just did) "but her activism fits the concept: Vietnam War (1970s): Fonda became a highly visible anti-war activist.