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beSpacific

His threats have no bounds so we are all at risk. #Trump broadened campaign of retaliation against lawyers he dislikes w a memorandum that threatens to use govt power 2 punish any #law firms that in his view unfairly #challenge his administration. memorandum directs #DOJ #DHS to “seek sanctions against #attorneys & law firms who engage in frivolous, unreasonable and vexatious litigation against the United States” or in matters that come before federal agencies. nytimes.com/2025/03/22/us/poli #democracy

The lawyer Marc Elias was singled out by President Trump in a new memorandum that threatens to use government power to punish any law firms that, in his view, unfairly challenge his administration.
The New York Times · With New Decree, Trump Threatens Lawyers and Law FirmsBy Devlin Barrett
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burnschrader

In Holzminden sucht man zum Kükenfest eine Stadtwette und ich würde mich freuen, wenn wir mit der Selfie Challenge die lebenswerte Seite der Stadt zeigen - teilt doch bitte meinen Aufruf und votet für neuen Idee… - die Malkreide ist zwar auch toll - klappt aber nicht bei Regen und wenn es zu voll ist wird’s auch nix… daher - Selfie rules

#Holzminden #challenge #Weserbergland #hameln #stadtfest

newsletter.stadtmarketing-holz

newsletter.stadtmarketing-holzminden.destadtwetten – Stadtmarketing Holzminden
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CornOnTheGob

#dailyhandwriting
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19. three stroke letters
(wrong again aefhi)

#acrylicpaintnib

rev. queen of pentacles
10 of cups
unwater of earth, manifestation of all stages of the cycle of water.

Following on the page from 18., some new colors have entered the mix.

My question now is, if acrylic paint is one step away from being awkward ink, is a nib therefore the most excellent small round brush? Is a nib the best painting tool for details? Will I make a second pen set reserved for oil paints?

Wow what is this garbage. Glaring colors in clusters, some stylized words, some smears. Continuing the page from previous art, there are five colors in play, and they have all changed somewhat over time.
#goblin#acrylicpaint#paintsketch
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/ˈsnæp.ʃɒt/

Lens-Artists Challenge # 340: Portraits

This may sound like an invention, but it’s not. Last Saturday, after lunch, I was quietly relaxing and my thoughts turned to the possible subject of the next Lens-Artists Challenge, which this week is being hosted by Ritva. As usual, I was wondering what mischief I could have with the subject, and I thought, ‘well, just so long as it’s not portraits, I’ll be fine.’

A couple of hours later, I checked my WordPress reader and noticed that Ritva had posted her theme for the week, and my heart sank. Portraits. ‘This week, you have the opportunity to capture the essence and personality of your subjects’, says Ritva. ‘I’m not looking for professional results, but I hope you have fun trying to get the portrait to tell a story.’ Well that’s alright then, because I’m just not good with people. Check out my photos and you’ll be hard pressed to find people in them, well not recognisable anyhow, so I was feeling a bit stuck.

Then I remembered that ‘back in the day’ I used to have great a great time travelling around the region going to the annual village festivals and photographing the bands who performed there. These bands would play a genre of music known as pimba, which is best described as an upbeat form of folk music, often with lewd lyrics, though much of that is lost on me.

The bands mostly comprise of two or more lead singers with accompanying musicians and dancers, and often the performances are hugely professional, with portable stages built into lorries and excellent light shows. Mostly the villages feature local bands, but occasionally national pimba stars like Quim Barreiros would turn up. Nowadays, I tend not to go to the festivals, but a few years ago I was a regular visitor, and it was great practise for concert photography.

I also used to cover a local heavy metal festival, Vagos Open Air (latterly Vagos Metalfest) for a Canadian heavy metal website, Metal Rules. These used to be excellent festivals, though it was suspended for a couple of years during the Pandemic and is only just getting back on its feet again. Nowadays I don’t get to the Festival since it coincides with our summer holidays, but I do miss those heavy metal weekends. If you want to see some reports, they can be found here, and here, and here, and here.

Themes for the Lens-Artists Challenge are posted each Saturday at 12:00 noon EST (which is 4pm, GMT) and anyone who wants to take part can post their images during the week. If you want to know more about the Challenge, details can be found here, and entries can be found on the WordPress reader using the tag ‘Lens-Artists’.

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The guitarist from the Metal band Tribulation at Vagos MetalFest
#Challenge#ConcertPhotography#Festival
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Tentacle Burn out

This is the first time I try this challenge, and I hate the fact I have a nickname so long, but anyway my songs are:

T-Tears Don't Fall
E-El Sendero
N-Never Fade Away
T-Toxicity
A-Aerials
C-Chop Suey
L-La Certa
E-Exhale Inhale

B-Bfg Division
U-the Undying
R-Runaway
N-Nu Delhi

O-Oxygen
U-U Got That
T-Tarantella

Anyone can try this game

#tag#game#music
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