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Flame of Palestine, poster by Mohammed Melehi, circa 1980

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Susan Kare: “The Amtrak USA route system, interpreted in pixels for “The National” magazine in 2018.”

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Nancy Blum mosaic at 28th Street station for MTA Art & Design, New York City:

Roaming Underfoot is a suite of large-scale botanically themed glass mosaic murals designed for New York City’s MTA Art & Design program. Located at the historic 28th St. Station on both the uptown and downtown platforms for the 6 train, they celebrate the flowering plants that can be found in the nearby Madison Square Park Conservancy’s Perennial Collection. The blooming plants represent plant species that can withstand changing climate conditions within NYC and include: Red Buds, Magnolias, Hellebores, Witch Hazel, Daffodils, Hydrangea, and Camelia. Installed 2019.

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Head of the Statue of Ebih-Il upon discovery on January 22, 1934 (photo by André Bianquis via Wikipedia, statue previously mentioned here and here)

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Head of the Statue of Ebih-Il upon discovery on January 22, 1934 (photo by André Bianquis via Wikipedia, previous post on Ebih-Il)

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Rose Finn-Kelcey

Here is a Gale Warning, 1971

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Mosab Abu-Toha, My grandfather was a terrorist, in Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza, City Lights Books, San Francisco, CA, 2022 (ebook here)

My grandfather was a terrorist My grandfather was a terrorist— He tended to his field, watered the roses in the courtyard, smoked cigarettes with grandmother on the yellow beach, lying there like a prayer rug. My grandfather was a terrorist— He picked oranges and lemons, went fishing with brothers until noon, sang a comforting song en route to the farrier’s with his piebald horse. My grandfather was a terrorist— He made a cup of tea with milk, sat on his verdant land, as soft as silk. My grandfather was a terrorist— He departed his house, leaving it for the coming guests, left some water on the table, his best, lest the guests die of thirst after their conquest. My grandfather was a terrorist— He walked to the closest safe town, empty as the sullen sky, vacant as a deserted tent, dark as a starless night. My grandfather was a terrorist— My grandfather was a man, a breadwinner for ten, whose luxury was to have a tent, with a blue UN flag set on the rusting pole, on the beach next to a cemetery.

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Laila Shawa, Blood Money from the series 'Walls of Gaza II', (lithograph on paper), 1994, Edition of 50 [The Palestinian Museum, Birzeit. © Laila Shawa]

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Gradient with Chinese text characters by 19.

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Common raven, photo by Ed Yong as shared in “In which I try my hand at wildlife photography”

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Pomological, directed by Sebastian Ko:

As agriculture in the United States transformed from domestic and local to industrial and national, in 1886 the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) embarked on an ambitious project. To help fruit cultivators protect and profit from their innovations, the agency hired illustrators to recreate images of newly developed varieties of fruits and nuts, capturing the colours, textures and shapes of each in intricate detail. By the programme’s end in 1942, more than 7,500 unique, and often beautiful, images had been produced. In his short film, the Toronto-based filmmaker Sebastian Ko provides lively flipbook tour through the USDA ‘Pomological Watercolor Collection’ to explore its history and legacy. In particular, Ko focuses on the contributions of some of the talented female artists who helped bring the collection to life at a time when very few jobs were available to women.

Direct link to YouTube.

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“The vulnerability of precious things is beautiful because vulnerability is a mark of existence. […] To know that what is most precious is not rooted in existence — that is beautiful. Why? It projects the soul beyond time.” ―Simone Weil, Gravity and Grace

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Bring back the 76X!

76 Marin Headlands Line on Golden Gate Bridge, June 13, 1976. SFMTA Photo | SFMTA.com/Photo

Photo by Bill Owyang, Public Utilities Commission Photographer.

Sadly, the 76X, the successor line, has not been reinstated after it suspension in early 2020, so it's not currently possible to take a weekend visit to the Marin headlands by public transport alone. It might well be the last route brought back, but I really hope it makes it at some point.

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English added by me :)

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Weird Soviet segment display fonts from the 1980′s, via Matt Sarnoff.

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The Mercury Streamliner in Syracuse, NY - 1936

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