Vernacular aside, BAM is not a museum. With no collections, it presents no institutional art historical memory — which is fine, but not a museum. BAM is a kunsthalle, offering changing exhibitions— also fine. Does identity-confusion create any problems? seattletimes.com/entertainment/…

And now it’s time for Bannon to be given a date to report to the federal Bureau of Prisons to begin serving his sentence.

Today’s MAGA GOP. Thread:

Now that Fox Propaganda has become the Comedy Channel, will their dramatic ratings slide stop?

“According to a recent Yale study, there are approximately 5 million pregnancies each year, at least 1 million of which will end in miscarriage. One. Million. Coming to an emergency room near you.”

“Given that 60% of those seeking an abortion already have at least one child, surely control over their own bodies is a better Mother’s Day present than a gift card to T.J. Max.” latimes.com/entertainment-…

“Exxon and other fossil fuel profiteers waged phenomenally successful, decades-long political campaigns of climate change denial and delay.” Seems they’re still at it, with prettier deflection. latimes.com/environment/ne…

Susan Necheles, TFG’s slut-shaming lawyer, bombed in court Thursday. Apparently some progress has been made in our historically puritanical views of sex work. salon.com/2024/05/09/col…

Oh, look. Here’s warmonger Ladybug Lindsey lying about Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He’s so butch! yahoo.com/news/hiroshima…

Far right election denier Marly Hornik & United Sovereign Americans plan to create chaos during the 2024 vote. They call this “integrity.” latimes.com/politics/story…

And now we start the worst 2 months of the year. Every Thursday (and most Mondays) 9 unelected rulers will tell us what kind of country we get to live in, and who the Republicans are allowed to hurt next.

Boom!

The Daily Caller is here for the misogyny. Cannot get enough of it. dailycaller.com/2024/05/06/bes… via @dailycaller

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“This is a cautionary tale of performing arts nonprofits, of board burnout, of soaring costs in a post-COVID world, of the precarious state of philanthropy.” latimes.com/entertainment-…

Today’s question: What is to be done about Judge Aileen Cannon’s corruption?

Better headline: Expect police misconduct in campus uprisings to cause headaches for Republicans this election latimes.com/california/sto…

“Evidence and experience show racial bias at play at every level of the criminal justice system, from arrest to jury selection to verdict. The disparities are particularly glaring in death sentences.” Then there’s the moral repugnance over state murder.
latimes.com/opinion/story/…

Smart — and a hilarious takedown of the MAGA Wisconsin boob (“finger painting on the Constitution”).

“Because museums’ exhibition spaces often are cavernous…climate control becomes one of the key areas for reducing energy use and its related carbon emissions.” latimes.com/entertainment-…