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  • Democrats can’t flashmob their way out of this one – Garbage Day

    The best take on the Democrats’ behavior last night was from @KrangTNelson, who wrote on X, “If you think Trump is a fascist, like Hitler was, then you have to accept that [wearing pink] is a ridiculous thing to do. ‘In response to hitler’s policies, some members of the German Left Party wore purple hats.’ Do you see how stupid that sounds?”

    Though, @jeffsharlet.bsky.social had an equally good take, writing on Bluesky, “No, Democrats, these little auction signs aren’t it. You’re acting like Wes Anderson characters who don’t understand that they’re in a Tarantino movie.”

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  • The singular wit of one of the New Yorker’s first women cartoonists – Hyperallergic

    Born in San Francisco in 1899, Shermund moved to New York in 1924 to make her way as an artist. Her early cartoons centered on the character of the flapper — fashionably dressed, outspoken, and sexually liberated — whose comic interactions with other character types painted a picture of life in 1920s New York. Rendered in lines as crisp as the finest etching, and a sense of flapper style and posture drawn from life, Shermund’s young women gossiped in delis and on the subway; they smoked cigarettes and danced late into the night with married men; they woke up, horribly hungover. And while Shermund may have lampooned her flappers, her sharp social commentary took relationships between young women seriously, recognizing the true, even subversive solidarity between them. There’s a knowing wink under all that eyeshadow — each gossipy comment is a whispered secret.

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  • Funny haha – The European Review of Books

    That joke article appeared in the Dutch platform De Speld, our version of The Onion. Pretty much every European country has an Onion — Germany’s Der Postillon (founded in 2008), France’s Le Gorafi (2012), Austria’s Die Tagespresse (2013), Ireland’s Waterford Whispers (2009), Italy’s Lercio (2012), Spain’s El Mundo Today (2009) — indeed somehow has to have an Onion. They feel almost like public utilities, which is to say that they’ve come to be taken for granted. Satirical news is as old as real news, to be sure, but it has taken a particular form in our time. The Onion started as a satirical print newspaper in 1988 in Madison, Wisconsin, and has served as a blueprint for satirical news media around the world. « The Dutch version of The Onion » rings a bell in a way that « The German version of Private Eye » would not.

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  • Here’s why I decided to buy ‘InfoWars’ – The Onion

    Founded in 1999 on the heels of the Satanic “panic” and growing steadily ever since, InfoWars has distinguished itself as an invaluable tool for brainwashing and controlling the masses. With a shrewd mix of delusional paranoia and dubious anti-aging nutrition hacks, they strive to make life both scarier and longer for everyone, a commendable goal. They are a true unicorn, capable of simultaneously inspiring public support for billionaires and stoking outrage at an inept federal state that can assassinate JFK but can’t even put a man on the Moon.

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  • The Onion just bought Infowars – The Verge

    The satirical news outlet The Onion has acquired Infowars, the conspiracy theory-riddled site run by Alex Jones, in a bankruptcy auction. In a press release posted to X Thursday, The Onion announced that it plans to “end Infowars’ relentless barrage of disinformation for the sake of selling supplements and replace it with The Onion’s relentless barrage of humor for good” when it relaunches in January 2025.

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  • The Onion buys rightwing conspiracy site Infowars with plans to make it ‘very funny, very stupid’ – The Guardian

    “After surviving unimaginable loss with courage and integrity, they rejected Jones’s hollow offers for allegedly more money if they would only let him stay on the air because doing so would have put other families in harm’s way,” said Chris Mattei, an attorney for the families. In a post on social media earlier this week, Mattei added that “the breakup of Infowars this week is just the start of Alex Jones’s lesson in accountability” and that the families “will go after his future income and any new Infowars owner acting as a vehicle for Jones’s continued control of the business”.

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  • The Onion wins auction to take control of Alex Jones’s Infowars – The Washington Post

    The fate of far-right website Infowars will be controlled by the Onion after the satirical news site emerged as the winning bidder of Wednesday’s private auction of the media company founded by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones — an outcome the Onion’s CEO called “cosmic justice.” … Families who filed the Connecticut-based defamation lawsuit against Jones agreed to accept a smaller payout to increase the overall value of the Onion’s bid, which enabled its success, according to a statement Thursday from the families’ lawyers. … “We were told this outcome would be nearly impossible, but we are no strangers to impossible fights. The world needs to see that having a platform does not mean you are above accountability — the dissolution of Alex Jones’ assets and the death of Infowars is the justice we have long awaited and fought for,” Sandy Hook parent Robbie Parker said in a statement.

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  • Crudely gesturing Trump effigy appears in Philadelphia – Hyperallergic

    “When I first saw the images of it, I thought, oh, it’s really disrespectful to women, facing this really gentle, beautiful form,” said Cohen, whose organization restored the sculpture and placed it in the park. But when she read the text, she understood that the installation was actually a work of satire, which she called “brilliant.” “This is what public art is all about,” Cohen said. “These kinds of dialogues and debates and standing by your words when you’re quoted in such a manner in public.”

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  • Maurizio Cattelan banana artwork could fetch $1M at auction – Hyperallergic

    Hyperallergic asked Sotheby’s whether the $1 million estimate is a joke. David Galperin, Sotheby’s head of Contemporary Art, Americas, responded that “‘Comedian’ is among the artist’s most iconic works, and so its value should be aligned with the highest ends of his market.” He added that some of Cattelan’s works have sold for as much as $17 million at auction and that “the estimate is just a starting point.” […] A Sotheby’s representative told Hyperallergic that the buyer of “Comedian” will receive a certificate of authenticity along with official installation instructions, a roll of tape, and one banana. “The banana and duct tape can be replaced as needed,” the Sotheby’s representative told Hyperallergic.

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  • Sculpture of a turd on Nancy Pelosi’s desk appears on National Mall – Hyperallergic

    It’s not immediately clear if the sculpture is satirizing the idolization of January 6 or serves as an actual endorsement of Trump, but one thing is for sure — this is the shit that gets people talking.

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  • In ‘Hidden Portraits,’ Volker Hermes reimagines historical figures in overwhelming frippery – Colossal

    Engulfed in their own finery, the subjects of Volker Hermes’ portraits epitomize a bygone era. From the Italian High Renaissance to French Rococo, his digital reinterpretations playfully hide the faces of wealthy and aristocratic sitters. Hidden Portraits: Old Masters Reimagined, a new book forthcoming this month, gathers a quintessential selection of Hermes’ works into one volume. Highlighting the artist’s wry commentary on luxury, social status, and fame, the selection delves into the history of portraiture through a humorous lens.
    art painting satire volker-hermes

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