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In a landmark piece of legislation designed to stifle individuality across the state, the Texas Legislature passed a bill Friday that legally banned being different around children. “Starting today, adults are no longer permitted to be unique or to deviate from a narrow set of cultural norms while in the presence of a minor,” Gov. Greg Abbott said at a press conference, arguing that the possession of any distinctive, unconventional personality traits was a slippery slope on the way to being outright weird.

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Zakhar Shevchuk (Ukrainian)

Field Rest, 2015

Oil on canvas

studied up

some of my favorite woven tapestries, by Cecilia Blomberg:

Point Defiance Steps

Mates

Rising Tides

Vashon Steps

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