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Agreed. Zero credibility.

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Fascinating... What do you think?
> The Rise of the Sewing Circle Christian
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I am loving the videos of Christians all over the world celebrating Easter. Here is one from Spain.

God bless you all! Have a Happy Easter!
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The Guardian: It’s the silver lining from this terrible age of Donald Trump: he is pushing Britain closer to the EU | Gaby Hinsliff
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The arts community loves to congratulate itself on being progressive, inclusive, and enlightened. It speaks endlessly about “valuing creativity” and “uplifting voices.”

But beneath the self-congratulatory rhetoric lies a far uglier truth: it is an ecosystem that routinely exploits the very people it claims to celebrate.

For many artists, the community is not a sanctuary—it’s a machine that runs on unpaid labor, vague promises, and emotional manipulation.

At the heart of this exploitation is a simple, corrosive expectation: that artists should be grateful just to participate. Painters are asked to “donate” work for exposure. Musicians are told that performing for free is a “great opportunity.” Writers are offered publication with no compensation, as if visibility alone can pay rent. The logic is always the same—your passion should be enough. If you truly love your craft, why would you need money?

This isn’t just naïve; it’s predatory. It weaponizes passion against the artist. The more dedicated someone is to their work, the easier they are to exploit. After all, they’re the ones most willing to sacrifice stability, time, and dignity for the chance to create.

The arts community knows this and leans into it, dressing exploitation up as collaboration and calling it culture.

Gatekeeping makes the problem worse. Opportunities are often controlled by a small network of curators, directors, editors, and influencers who hold disproportionate power over who gets seen and who doesn’t. And what do they offer in exchange for that access? Rarely money—more often, it’s “exposure,” networking, or the vague possibility of future opportunities. It’s a system that functions like a pyramid scheme: countless artists at the bottom working for free, all chasing the illusion that one day they’ll reach the top where, supposedly, the real rewards exist.

But even at higher levels, the exploitation doesn’t disappear—it just becomes more subtle. Established artists are pressured to underprice their work to remain competitive. Institutions with substantial funding still underpay creatives while allocating generous budgets to administration, marketing, and executive salaries.

The message is clear: the art matters, but the artist doesn’t.

What makes this especially insidious is how normalized it has become. Artists themselves often perpetuate the cycle, encouraging peers to accept unpaid opportunities because “that’s just how it is.” Refusing to work for free can label someone as difficult or ungrateful, effectively punishing those who try to assert basic professional boundaries.

In this way, the system sustains itself—not just through exploitation, but through the internalized compliance of its victims.

There’s also a moral veneer that shields the system from criticism. The arts are framed as inherently noble, which makes it uncomfortable to acknowledge the economic realities behind them. People want to believe that creativity exists outside capitalism, that it operates on passion alone. But this illusion only benefits those who profit from unpaid labor while avoiding accountability.

The result is a community that quietly filters out anyone who cannot afford to be exploited. Only those with independent wealth, financial support, or a high tolerance for instability can persist long enough to “make it.”

Everyone else is gradually pushed out—not because they lack talent, but because they can’t survive on promises and praise.

If the arts community truly valued artists, it would start by paying them. Not eventually, not conditionally, not symbolically—actually paying them. It would dismantle the expectation that exposure is a substitute for compensation and recognize that creative labor is still labor.

Until then, all the talk of empowerment and inclusion rings hollow.

Because a community that feeds on unpaid work isn’t supportive. It’s parasitic.

—-LXK

#art #photography #music #arts

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These illegals are actually animals….

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Democrat Gov. Maura Healey, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu booed at Red Sox home opener

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About time, it was becoming very messy.

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Question pneu de vélo svp.
Que pensez-vous de l'usure de ces flancs ?
C'est très craquelé, je pensais que c'était dû au fait d'avoir tracté le vélo après une crevaison mais mes 2 pneus sont comme ça.
Ils dorment à l'intérieur, ne font que de la ville et ont genre 3 ans, pas d'usure sur la bande de roulement...
Normal ou prévoir un changement à votre avis ?
#autoréparation #mécaniquevélo
#velotaf
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pas d'urgence si la trame est bonne, mais ce sera à changer...
Si le vélo est rangé dans un endroit "chaud", genre un atelier qui (sur)chauffe en plein soleil l'été (👋 moi-même 😁), les carcasses peuvent "cuire", perdre en souplesse et craqueler comme sur la photo...

Édit: accélérer son vieillissement quoi 🤔

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#FotoVorschlag

“Mittelalterlich” / Medieval

The illuminated manuscript “Lancelot du Lac” (Lancelot of the Lake), recounting the exploits of that knight, seen here defeating an opponent. Written in Old French in the Late Middle Ages, circa 1310-1315 (although its binding was made in the 1800s), on display at the Morgan Library in NYC. I’ve shared a closeup of one page before, but here’s a better view of the whole spread.

#photography #museum #illuminatedmanuscript #medieval

Democrats Sue to Stop Trump’s Latest Election Integrity Effort

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Seica nesta rede todo o mundo coñece a @pluralistic e coñece #shitificacion pero é a única rede na que estou e ighual alguén non se decatou de que xa está en castelán #mierdificacion … oxalá houbera editoras en #galego que se atreveran con este tipo de títulos

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Welcome to Holy Saturday fellow NAS Catholics. Today is a day of preparation for Easter. For some families this might mean praying together, preparing their home for guests, and dying Easter Eggs. Although there is no Mass offered in the morning, many churches may host a short prayer service. When night falls, the Church officially begins its first Easter Celebration at the Easter Vigil Mass.
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What were Jesus’ followers feeling on Holy Saturday? Fear. Fear that they had been misled. Fear that God didn’t have a plan. Fear that God had forgotten them.

We all have fears, too. And sometimes, we let those fears paralyze us.

On this Holy Saturday, take a few moments to reflect on the fears that are stopping you from living your dreams, the fears that are making it hard for you to trust fully in God, and pray for the courage to overcome those fears.

Have a blessed Holy Saturday!

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IRAN. Deux autres opposants iraniens exécutés à Karaj
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