The latest (climate destroying) insanity that rich people and TikTok influencers are feeding on: "This #berry looked as if it had a personal trainer, a facialist and a team of dedicated stylists ... as if the process of perfecting a natural thing had been pushed past the point of human enjoyment." Lois Beckett asks, if a #strawberry will be "a sign of the approaching fall of the American empire" - the answer is surprising:
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/mar/15/viral-strawberry-erewhon-los-angeles

Salambo
by František Kobliha (1912)

As well as the uncanny, another facet of the period of late 19th to early 20th Century that fascinates me is the decadence from Symbolist times through Expressionism to New Objectivity. There seems to be this constant intertwining of Eros and Thanatos. Mel Gordon's books are really good.

#Books #Art #History #Decadence
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A teacup with vanilla ice cream and premium cream sherry is like a grownup root beer float. #decadence

When Talenti is on sale at your local comestibles emporium, you're only cheating yourself if you don't get both double dark chocolate gelato AND Roman raspberry sorbetto and serve them together, half and half. #Nom #decadence

New listing! https://www.ebay.com/itm/296360338671 #weimar #germany #decadence #1920s #entertainers #dancers #scandal #book #feralhouse #biography

@Shameless @memes_1336

the #degeneration will stop when the actual productive people stop paying for the privileged, unproductive, lazy #bums.

'#Roman #decadence refers to the popular criticism of the #culture of the later Roman #Empire's #elites[..]in luxury, in its extreme characterized by #corrupting "#extravagance, #weakness, and #sexual #deviance", as well as "#orgies and #sensual #excesses"'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_decadence

This is a Spanische Windtorte that our EIC @gabrielarana brought for our All Staff Meeting today. It's made from meringue and full of berries and cream. #decadence #UnexpectedBenefits #food #dessert

Another #book I continually return to. Perfect for dipping into a decadent, luxuriant, world, suffused with strange light & a sort of intense artistic insanity. #Huysmans - #ARebours #AgainstNature - I liked his other books but they haven’t made me return again and again. This is supposed to be the corrupting #YellowBook in #OscarWilde - The Picture of #DorianGrey #booktodon #bookstodon #ThriceReadBooks #Decadence #findesiecle