Ralph Armstrong @ralpharmstrong.bsky.social

La belle carte envoyée par Picasso à Apollinaire

#EasterStoryByOldMasters □The Descent from the Cross (1652) ☆REMBRANDT WORKSHOP▪︎Rembrandt's pupil heartbreakingly depicts the righteous disciple Joseph of Arimathea, who asked Pilate for Jesus' body, as he takes Jesus down from the cross▪︎📖John 19▪︎🏛@ngadc-WASHINGTON

Lynda Surratt

Holding Hands Persepolis (Iran), c. 500 BC

Good morning, world! 🌎 We have spectacular new high-resolution images of our home planet, all of us looking back through the Orion capsule window at our Artemis II astronauts as they continue their journey to the Moon.

Early Spring on the Duke of Gloucester Street 🖤 rachelsfineartphotography.com/featured/early… #Virginia #ColonialWilliamsburg

A Calf in Williamsburg 🩶 rachelsfineartphotography.com/featured/a-cal… #ColonialWilliamsburg #wallart

Dandelions are everywhere at the moment Not weeds but one of the best and earliest sources of food for our precious bees 🐝 #NurtureDandelions #ProtectOurWorld

Today is the first ever #JaneGoodallDay! 💚 On what would've been Dr. Jane Goodall's 92nd birthday, we reflect on her incredible work and commitment to protecting nature. Let's honor Jane's legacy by seeking to understand more, care more, and act to save the environment. 🌍

When your week was like wrestling a porcupine in a windstorm, but you finally made it to Friday.

Käthe Kollwitz, Mother with two Children, 1932-1936, sculpture #WomensArt

Brahms: Symphony N° 1 in C Minor, Op. 68 - Wiener Symphoniker - Philippe Jordan (Cond.) - Live at Bregenz Festival, Austria, 2019. #music #art #classicalmusic youtu.be/AKlq6CK3TsE?si…

«La Piedad» (ca. 1580), del Greco. Una de las pietá más conmovedoras y solemnes del Renacimiento tardío.

🐈 Larry the cat enjoying some well-earned rest in the spring sun at the @FCDOGovUK

It was inspiring to watch the Artemis II launch yesterday — @NASA’s first crewed mission around the moon since 1972. Our space program has always captured an essential part of what it means to reach beyond what we thought was possible, and I hope the four brave astronauts on this mission will inspire a new generation to follow in their footsteps.

There’s no mystery to Pete Hegseth, writes Sarah Jones. “He projects bellicosity before he opens his mouth. When he does open his mouth, whether to defend our war on Iran or a different violation of international law, he becomes even more obvious … In his own mind, he is a modern-day Templar knight, and he is here to carry out God’s mission on Earth.” Hegseth now occupies a position of consequence, just in time for a new Crusade. The war on Iran is wish fulfillment for an entire class of warmongers, including Hegseth. Within this world, Iran has become a bête noire, an all-consuming obsession that, for some, has a religious dimension. To other Christians, Hegseth is a heretic. The Lord “does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war,” the Pope said in his Palm Sunday address. Perhaps, but there is precedent for men like Hegseth in Christendom and in American politics. In a column for the New York ‘Times,’ Lydia Polgreen wrote that Trump is both “a freak of history” and “its fulfillment.” “I would apply the same logic to Hegseth,” writes Jones, “who has, like his earthly master, ‘revealed a much older malady,’ our ‘unshakable faith’ in our ‘ability to shape the world to its liking, indifferent to what others might want and supremely confident that its plan is the right one.’” Read more: nymag.visitlink.me/Vs2sG1

Trump has destroyed the White House, "the People's House," decimating the East Wing and leaving a giant crater of dirt — which is a perfect metaphor for what he has done to America and the world. 😳👇

Has there ever been a more rambling, disjointed, and pathetic presidential war speech?  Donald Trump’s actions in Iran will be considered one of the greatest policy blunders in the history of our country, failing to articulate objectives, alienating allies, and ignoring the kitchen table problems Americans are facing.  He is completely unfit to be Commander-in-Chief and the whole world knows it.

"The Army Chief of Staff is now Vice Chief General Christopher LaNeve, who was Hegseth’s personal military aide. The man who carried the briefcase now signs the orders. The chain of command has been rebuilt so that every link answers to the man who removed the previous link."

Israeli leaders are condemning settler attacks. It’s a smokescreen The recent wave of denunciations from government ministers, army chiefs, and right-wing pundits aims to obscure the fact that settler violence is state policy. @OrenZiv_ @mekomit 972mag.com/israeli-settle…