@chrissantamaria
visual artist (paper collages + watercolor monotypes) nature/culture/science/politics, director of Gemini G.E.L. at Joni Weyl, cactuses inquiries: chris.santamaria@gmail.com www.chrissantamaria.com ig: @chrisantamaria
When I was in elementary school I befriended a WWII vet who piloted P-47s (best plane). His enlistment origin story was failing the weight check at 123 lbs and, after gorging for a week, steeling himself to swallow lead pellets if he failed again. The recruiter faked a higher weight to pass him
Photo of a cluster of a couple of dozen cream coloured, fan-shaped fungi growing on a dead, bark-free tree trunk. A pill bug is visible in front of the fungi.
A cluster of fungus, Panellus stipticus. #Newfoundland, Canada. Cluster is approx 8 to 10cm, left to right. #fungi #fungifriends
SHOULD THE U.S BLOT OUT THE SUN AND USHER IN AN AGE OF ETERNAL DARKNESS? - Gallup 2/20/26-3/5/26
NO - 41%
YES - 38%
UNSURE - 21%
Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a construction worker's outfit. The other shows her in a police officer outfit.
Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a nurse's outfit. The other shows her in an electrical worker's outfit.
Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a military outfit while riding aboat. The other shows her in a firefighter's outfit using a firehose.
Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a Westernwear outfit. The other shows her in a police officer's outfit.
good news. kristi noem has already found eight new jobs
Photo of a few square inches of tree trunk. Growing on the tree trunk are several grey lichens (growing flat on tree), a lichen that looks like a bunch of tiny egg yolks, and a bright red fungus that looks like a half dozen or so round/oval red blobs.
A few square inches of tree trunk. At least 4 species of lichens (Parmelia, two Physcia species and Caloplaca) plus Red Tree Brain Fungus. #lichen #fungi #fungifriends.
ending her career lying about an orwell quote while the entire room is getting news notifications about how she’s been fired and clearly doesn’t know it, perfect
took my niece and nephew to a dave n' busters recently and was shocked by the amount of casino-style "arcade games" that it felt like a conspiracy to prime the next gen for gambling and I wouldn't be surprised if those machines were all made by the same companies doing this shit
South Dakota's "Meth. We're on it" campaign
I'll always remember Kristi Noem for the "Meth. We're on it." campaign.
thinking about going to church this weekend (i.e. making some art via collage à la painting)
Yooooo I wrote a blog post about this magaro.net/tles/2025/03...
Baudrillard: totally exonerated, no wrong doing
In every Republican presidency of my lifetime there's been a recession and a new war in the Middle East.
Arguing if Platner is a Nazi or not is a stalking horse for the argument over whether he's an idiot or not, and he is.
They know that many people in the US will accept the killing of civilians overseas but will draw the line at high gas prices.
I was gonna say the White House was demolished in the War of 1812 but that's happening now too
This is uncharitable but consistent with a major consideration that preoccupies me: that investment in Platner is really about investment in the 'aspirationally normal masculine man' aesthetic he exudes as a substitute for substantive politics or policy.
sure there a bunch of folks who complain about the smell of cigarettes (understandably so!) but i don't remember it being such a pervasive problem to them in comparison to the skunk's potpourri and it really makes you wonder what this is all about huh
"reeks of weeds" lol
AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
similar vibe in miami's oldest shithole mac's club deuce before you forget the passcode to get into the bathroom where everybody dies anyways
fuck, this film is so great
watching No Country For Old Men (2007) and thinking of Andy Warhol's Double Elvis (1963) during the scene where Tommy Lee Jones walks into the hotel room with Javier Bardem hiding behind the curtains
SeeBS Newz joins cuckoldry in swallowing pro-bootlicking ass clowns from Kapitol Slope listening.
vine was so fucking great and it was dumb as hell that twitter shut it down but i'll always have the memories of my ol' buddy avery monson making pure art out of it's 6-second loops
Sorry not sorry
A war that isn't a war, documented with videos that may or may not be real, funded by elected leaders who are neither for nor against it, is the most dystopian thing that's happened in my lifetime
hey does anybody have any video clips that are both morally and viscerally disturbing, maybe with some audio that will stay with the listener for years? ideal if they're also a metaphor for our political age. thanks!