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Open Thread – Weekend 26 Nov 2022
Boulevard Montmartre – Spring Rain, Camille Pissarro, 1897
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Open Thread – Tue 22 Nov 2022
Canvassing for Votes, William Hogarth, 1755
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Guest Post: Speedbox – Postcard from Kislovodsk Redux #2
If you like walking, you’ll love Kislovodsk. There are dozens of kilometres of walking trails in the near vicinity and into the mountains. Easy to arduous terrain depending on your preference. Mrs Speedbox has returned from Russia after a near five week visit with friends and family in Kislovodsk and nearby Pyatigorsk. Both are…
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Open Thread – Weekend 19 Nov 2022
Dark Forest, Ivan Shishkin, 1890
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Guest Post: thefrollickingmole – The Unseriousness of Modern Prison ‘reformers’
It’s becoming quite clear there will be a push for large numbers of current inmates to be released from jails as the new drip, drip of the campaign emerges. Led by the assistant Treasurer Andrew Leigh it will be presented as a pragmatic budgetary exercise, saving millions of dollars as non violent crims are released…
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Open Thread – Tues 15 Nov 2022
The Temptation of Adam, Tintoretto, 1552
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Open Thread – Weekend 12 Nov 2022
The Mansard Roof, Edward Hopper, 1923
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US 2022 Mid-Terms Thread
The latest indication of national sentiment:
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Open Thread – Tues 8 Nov 2022
Suicide of Saul, Pieter Bruegel, 1562
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Open Thread – Weekend 5 Nov 2022
Erminia and the Shepherds, Eugene Delacroix, 1859