Rian Dundon spent 100 days documenting the summer’s frenzied street battles amid the 2020 George Floyd protests.
With his photographs, Dundon not only captures the big picture, but brings us uncomfortably close with protesters, counterprotesters, and cops.motherjones.com/media/2023/0…
Did you know that June is National Rivers Month? Reading books about rivers is a low-commitment way to explore natural streams of flowing water. We've got several in stock including Joe Cook's Oconee River User's Guide from @UGAPress.🛶 #nationalriversmonth
There are no words. It’s impossible to overstate the impact that Ryuichi Sakamoto has had on the world of music, film, and shaped the way we hear the world.
Thank you for everything
Today is International Womens Day! In 1970, four Chicago-based women designers founded the Women’s Graphics Collective. Their elegant design for this 1980 poster uses direct, straightforward symbols to clearly communicate a message of unity. #WomensHistoryMonth#SmithsonianWHM
ALT Three half-faces of women, viewed frontally, repeated across the poster, each in a different color on the same dark red background: peach at left, brown at center, yellow at right. Facial features defined in thick black lines.
Mundane Halloween is back!
Japan does Halloween better than anyone, but best of all is the annual "mundane Halloween" contest sponsored by website @dailyportalz.
The point is to dress up as something super ordinary.
Here are some of my favorites from this year...
When Prince officially changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol in 1992, Warner Brothers had to send floppy disks containing a new font to the press so that they could type the artist’s name. (Image: @anildash)
#TomPetty book coming at you from @UGAPress in just 30 days! The waiting is the hardest part, so here's 30% off for your pre-order meanwhile. Professors and journalists can holler at me or the press for an advance review copy.
hey twitter! today is pub day for my book Swan Hammer! and i have strep! but i wanted to just say a few things. 1/
ALT the cover of Swan Hammer: An Instructor's Guide to Mirrors. there are a number of illustrated black and white swans against a cream-colored background which features thin red lines. the title is in a black hexagon which also features the author's name.