Amos Two Bulls, Lakota Sioux, by Gertrude Käsebier, ca. 1900
I found these amazing portraits and images of Native Americans at the turn of the 19th century on Flickr from random Library of Congress streams.
This is probably not universal, but all I feel when I see these is extreme sadness, and frustration that to this day, native cultures of the world are constantly under assault, by “civilization”… What a different world it would be if humanity was not such a destructive force, and considered its actions. 
Bone Necklace, Oglala Sioux council chief, by Heyn Photo, 1899
Three Horses by Edward S. Curtis, ca. 1905 
Mosa, Mohave girl, by Edward S. Curtis, 1903

Thomas American Horse, Oglala Sioux, by Heyn Photo, 1899

Joseph Two Bulls, Lakota Sioux, by Heyn & Matzen Photo, 1900
Sego, Shoshone, by Rose & Hopkins, ca. 1899
Edward S. Curtis: Navajo chief, ca. 1904
Sunflower, Dakota Sioux, by Heyn Photo, ca. 1899
Stella Yellow Shirt, Dakota Sioux, with baby, by Heyn Photo, 1899
Goose Face, Dakota Sioux, by Heyn Photo, ca. 1900
This seems appropriate to post on this here State of the Union day.
These represent all those who have lost everything due to the policies of the Union…
These are from Flickr streams referring to specific Library of Congress Collections:
Library of Congress Edward S. Curtis Collection
Library of Congress Frank Rinehart Collection
Library of Congress Heyn & Matzen Collection
Library of Congress Rose & Hopkins Collection
I randomly found a great blog with a really wonderful expose on Jack Johnson.
America’s 1st Black heavy weight champion & celebrity. Taken down for being a bad example to good black folks for marrying multiple white women.
Check out the site here: The Selvedgeyard



Also watch “Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson” a documentary by Ken Burns. While it follows all the tropes of a KB documentary, the story was still insanely sad and well told. (I did cry in shame and anger at humanity.) Its also on Netflix.
A group of interesting beautiful images of post industrial spaces, from The Flickr. Above From “Lundwall”


Centrale Thermique IV - Tour de refroidissement - Belgique (Belgium) (Atomic cooling tower)
By Guillaume Linard

Detroit abandoned high school pool by SunShinin




By Pom²


In the desert outside Uyuni, Bolivia By “WorldTraveler”

by Alexelli

Michael Joseph Jackson.
August 29 1958 — June 25th 2009







for some reason this version of Billy Jean by Shinehead seems like an appropriate tribute:
Following is a sampling of Billy Jean covers, tributes and random uses found on the web.
The Night Michael died, people had a Billy Jean sing along on the L train, in Brooklyn, NY:
Here an elementary school in Sri Lanka’s dance performance to Billy Jean
Rock Cover of Billy Jean
A kid named Hafid doing the Billie Jean Dance:
An Australian MJ impersonator:
Boy dances like MJ somewhere in the world:
Guy on the street in London listening to MJ on his iPod and going crazy dancing like MJ, ignoring the crowd gathering to watch him:
This is a bit painful, but shows the reach of MJ, this is on the Malaysian Idol in 2004:
Bulgarian Music Idol, also hard to watch but he is doing it: