You are never too old to vote. We took the parents to the polls. It was a proud moment we will cherish.
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Ken Mitchell for Congress
September 26, 2024
politics AI, BIML, congress, democrats, ken mitchell, machine learning, mitchell for congress, ML, politics, Virginia Leave a comment
We first met Ken at a democratic fundraiser in the hinterlands of Clarke county. We were recently added into District 6, so we will have new representation in Congress. There is an incumbent to defeat who looks out for corporate interests instead of the interests of his constituents. He needs to be replaced by Ken.
Ken gave a short version of his stump speech and hit all the right notes.
Afterwards we had a quick chat about BIML and machine learning. Ken wanted to learn more. Really. So he visited the house and we talked AI for an hour or two on the patio.
Then, as it was dinner time, we invited Ken to join us, first for a cocktail and then for juevos rancheros. We are now huge fans of Ken and can’t wait to see him in Congress. He shares our values. He wants to learn about ML/AI and benefit from its good. He understands complex issues and has nuanced and carefully-considered positions.
So when you vote early in Virginia for Harris, vote for Ken too.
On the Arts, Queens, and Democracy: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
July 23, 2022
art, politics art, art museum, dali, film, light, madrid, modern art, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, photography, picasso, politics, queens, romey, sculpture, spain, video Leave a comment
There is lots of politics pervading the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía which if you think about it is somewhat ironic. I mean, the place itself is named after a queen. And lots of anti-imperial politics pervades (including some well-deserved anti-Americanism). But a queen? What kind of democracy has a monarch? Or still reveres a monarch? Seriously. Those days need to be behind us as a species.
Anyway, the ill-begotten gains of monarchy are at least being spent on art and not on oppression. Or is art just an opiate slightly stronger than religion? These are difficult issues to plumb.
And are they old fashioned or what? No pictures of some of the pictures? Trapped in the past they are. The guernica room is a shrine that should be full of life, not a mausoleum. Spain still seems to have a Franco hangover.
But still, go. The sound and the fury be damned.
The light is excellent.
Shadowplay.
Take a green break.
Watch mute.
And then coffee.
Modern Art and Communist Headaches in Prague
April 24, 2016
art, politics, travel ai weiwei, communism, communism sucks, communist museum, mucha, prague, slav epic, the slav epic, velvet revolution, year of the jack 2 Comments
When in Prague, Mucha’s Slav Epic is well worth the trek. And so is the Communist museum (ironically wedged between a McDonalds and a Casino).
Ai Weiwei
Were you born in the year of the Jack?
dog
Snake
What’s inside Ai Weiwei?
The Slav Epic
Scale (all 24 are huge)
Haunting
Coy
You
And then there is what Ai Weiwei is fighting against. Bone headed Communist oppression.
Lenin
Art for the Party
Interrogation room
Watch the film about the Velvet Revolution. Long live Czech freedom and democracy!
The Apothecary Shed Geeks Out
April 1, 2016
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Oh yeah, look at that delicious backdrop! The shed is a geek!
Books, Art, Sustainability, and Salami: Must be Berryville
March 5, 2016
art, farm, nature, politics art, books, forrest pritchard, gaining ground, growing tomorrow, keith patterson, kelli patterson 1 Comment
The fantastic Firehouse Gallery in Berryville today featured a NYTimes best selling book authored by our neighbor, and a trunk show of local art featuring sustainability. Also salami.
Books on Sustainable Farming by Forrest Pritchard
Forrest Pritchard’s new book Growing Tomorrow is still climbing up the best seller charts. Forrest is a neighbor and a friend. (See a video conversation featured here on apothecaryshed featuring Forrest’s previous book, Gaining Ground.)
Art by Keith Patterson
Buzz by Firehouse Gallery
Both Keith and Kelli Patterson are outstanding artists. But we’ll let you judge that for yourself.
Keith Patterson
Keith explains his art
Kelli Patterson’s art
Firehouse Gallery
Forrest talks about his book.
Maureen the pig.
November 21, 2013
animals, farm, humor, politics maureen the pig, photography 2 Comments
Maureen.
- inspiration?
maureen.
Nazi’s Out of Regensburg
September 8, 2013
politics, who knows democracy in action, germany, nazi rally, ndp party, neo-nazi, politics, regensburg, riot police, video 1 Comment
On a recent trip to Regensburg, Germany (two weeks before the national elections there), I watched the townspeople reject the neo-Nazi NDP party idiots vociferously. The police were present in great numbers protecting the Nazi’s from being ridden out of town on a rail.
Probably the most interesting phenomenon was when all of the church bells in town were rung at once to drown out the Nazi rally.
I took some video.
Democracy in action
USA versus NSA Animation
July 12, 2013
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Hey NSA, did you stop yet? I’ve heard nothing at all about your stopping.
The NSA Sucks
June 17, 2013
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Hey NSA! Stop collecting my trap and trace, pen register, email header, stoplight camera data. You may not be Big Brother, but I want you out of my business. How the hell can an idiot like Snowden have root access to your ultra classified database? You guys are too stupid to control the pile.
Read this article I wrote about “turnkey tyranny”: http://bit.ly/15dB1c5
