Click Here to Read: Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Sketches Are Coming to America: A new exhibition opening next month at the Muscarelle Museum of Art in Williamsburg, Virginia, explores the Italian Renaissance master’s preparations for his famous ceiling frescoes by Sarah Kuta on the Smithsonian website on February 20, 2025.
The Creation of Adam. Michelangelo (1475–1564). Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Minnesota’s experiment in cutting red tape
DOGE cuts are rattling GOP lawmakers as angry constituents flood town halls
Click Here to Read: DOGE cuts are rattling GOP lawmakers as angry constituents flood town halls: Some Republicans are pleading with Musk and Trump to ease up on DOGE’s aggressive moves as they face blowback from voters at home By Clarissa-Jan Lim on the NBC News Website on February 26, 2025.
The logo for the Department of Government Efficiency as of November 14, 2024. Image: Department of Government Efficiency. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Nina Simone: A biographer’s fantasy
Psychoanalyzing Big Swinging D!@#s
Click Here to Read: Psychoanalyzing Big Swinging D!@#s: The Implications of “Toxic Masculinity” in Global Leadership (Vol. 5; Issue 8) by Alan Michael Karbelnig, PhD on his Journeys Into the Unconscious Mind website on February 27, 2025.
Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump. Image: Presidential Press and Information Office. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
A federal judge in Seattle blocks Trump’s effort to halt the refugee admissions system
Click Here to Read: A federal judge in Seattle blocks Trump’s effort to halt the refugee admissions system by Gene Johnson on the AP News website on February 25, 2025.
March in Minnesotta to Protest Trump Immigration Policies, in 2018. Image: Fibonacci Blue from Minnesota, USA. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
“Technofossils” How humanity’s eternal testament will be plastic bags, cheap clothes and chicken bones.
Click Here to Read: “Technofossils” How humanity’s eternal testament will be plastic bags, cheap clothes and chicken bones. Fast fashion and drinks cans among technological-age matter most likely to endure as fossils, say scientists by Damian Carrington on the Guardian website on February 22, 2025.
Waikiki trash Image: 808 Mālama pono. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.