If politicians were painters, with FDR as Titian and Churchill as Rubens, then Attlee would be the Vermeer of the profession: precise, restrained—and long undervalued. Bill Clinton might aspire to the heights of Salvador Dalí (and believe himself complimented by the comparison), Tony Blair to the standing - and cupidity - of Damien Hirst.
In the arts, moral seriousness speaks to an economy of form and aesthetic restraint ...
Tony Judt, 'Austerity', (NYRB)
Surge in sick sea lions as toxic algae threatens California’s marine mammals
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Number of animals affected by neurological toxin increases in past week as
experts warn of impact from climate crisis
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