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The Crime Kings 2025

A new mural by Spanish graffiti artist Bear Tck has appeared in Madrid, titled "The Crime Kings 2025". The artwork depicts a caricatured figure resembling Donald Trump with exaggerated features, sitting on a toilet labeled Human Rights. The mural contains several symbolic elements: A roll of toilet paper with dollar bills, referencing money and power. A glowing eye above the figure, often associated with control and influence. Green fumes rising from the toilet with Bitcoin symbols, […]

streetartutopia.com/2025/02/23

Banksy! (21 Photos)

Banksy is one of the most mysterious and famous street artists in the world. His art shows up overnight, surprising people with art that is more than eye candy. His pieces do more than just decorate walls—they confront authority and reveal everyday struggles. Here are 21 amazing photos of Banksy's work. Each one has his unique style—clever, bold, and full of meaning. More: 24 artworks by Banksy: Who Is The Visionary of Street […]

streetartutopia.com/2025/02/14

Street Protest (24 photos)

In the world of street art, walls become megaphones for those without a platform. Across cities and alleyways, artists leave statements that challenge power, wealth, and the status quo. This collection highlights some of the most striking protest art found in public spaces—raw, unfiltered, and impossible to ignore. From critiques of billionaires and capitalism to direct political resistance, these artworks turn the streets into a gallery of dissent. Whether stenciled, pasted, or […]

streetartutopia.com/2025/02/10

ItSkeletal’s Skeleton Street Art Will Make You Laugh—Then Think

ItSkeletal turns plastic skeletons into street art with sharp humor and social jabs. The setups are quick, clever, and hard to ignore. No fluff. No over-explaining. Just skeletons making sharp, funny, and sometimes brutal statements. Follow ItSkeletal on Facebook! A line of skeletons labeled with different identities—race, religion, and more—yet all the same beneath it all. Except for the pirate, who stands with one leg, proving even skeletons have some character. The point? We’re […]

streetartutopia.com/2025/02/07

Welcome to the Year of the Snake: TVBOY’s Satirical Take on Power

Street artist TVBOY is back with another striking political mural, this time taking aim at Donald Trump and Elon Musk. The artwork, titled Welcome to the Year of the Snake, is a satirical nod to Disney’s Robin Hood, with a clear message about power, manipulation, and ego. A Familiar Villain: Trump as Prince John The mural reimagines Trump as Prince John, the cowardly and petulant lion from the classic Disney film. Dressed in his signature red and white royal robe and golden crown, he […]

streetartutopia.com/2025/01/28

Just finished a major revision of Throwing Out Love Notes after I found more journals from the late 90s-early 00s, my Dennis Miller phase with quips about the likes of Bush, Clinton, Mcveigh, etc. Enough pages for a couple weeks worth of bathroom reads.
#journal #journalism #memoir #blog #prose #poetry #socialcommentary #observationalhumor #author

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books2read.comAvailable now at your favorite digital store!Throwing Out Love Notes by J. M. Smig

If you're staying in and sober like me, start the new year with a good book or two. Download free samples of my new #eBooks and if you want to read more, you can get the full versions at most online bookstores and public library websites.

Throwing Out Love Notes (Sample)
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Quintet for Vulgarian and Office Drone (Sample)
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Happy New Year!
JMS

So, something I'm trying to do with #Modders is write something that is both #Erotica and #SocialCommentary at the same time. There's a point I'm trying to make here that is difficult to make without the characters explicitly having detailed sex.

Part of that point is that there's nothing wrong with characters who have sex, acknowledging their sexuality, and portraying it as part of the narrative, and that this is how it would be portrayed in the 2120s I'm envisioning.

Another part of that point is that consensual sex is healthy and wholesome, and doesn't need to be swept under: the characters are smiling at each other as they do it, enjoying themselves deeply, doing something that, to them, is just a thing you can enjoy with others.

( Also, it cannot be left unstated that writing sex is fun, and reading sex is hot, and so I want to write sex and you want to read sex. Sex is good, and a normal thing to want. )

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#Values one would think would be necessary to manage the #policies effecting every Wisconsin #household not just their own!

But, he's no different then the rest of the #majority calling the #shots in this #PurpleState , many with actual #families of their own.

#Believe me, there's plenty of #conservative types that would like nothing more than to make #Wisconsin #prosper as a whole because it will only mean more #business for them in the long run, their #family and those to come.

You know, #smart #business people that were #borne from the #fruits of a business #ethics #background not the #fake it 'til you make it #club

The "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" club, because #MoneyMoneyMoneyMoney #Money

#LotsOfMoney is the only #true #path to #freedom and #cost of #entry to become a #member of the money club. That's, what they want.

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