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Posted On: September 11th 2026, 03:36 pm

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The View’s Ana Navarro: “Ground beef is $6.30 a gallon.” #donaldtrump #ananavarro #groundbeef
Playing hard to forget 😉
My interest in Josefa de Óbidos, a Spanish-Portuguese 17th century painter, was the jumping-off point for my collaboration with @chelseafussflowers in her recent floral retreat in Lisbon (the retreat was called “Art, Flowers, & Gardens of Lisbon”, a title I find very evocative!). Chelsea always wants her guests to be immersed in Portuguese culture and heritage and she and I worked together to translate Josefa’s legacy into different floral experiences for her guests. On my first morning of teaching we headed out to Évora to see a few of Josefa’s paintings at the @museunfreimanueldocenaculo. We chose Évora because Lisbon’s old masters museum, the @mnaa_lisboa, is undergoing renovations and has been closed for a year, and Évora is both a short drive from Lisbon and an amazing city in its own right. I started by giving them a little talk about Josefa’s background and career and then I went on explaining each of the paintings on display. We talked about the omnipresence of religion in Baroque society, the growing importance of sugar, the seasonality of sweets and the symbolism of flowers. As in 17th century poetry, paintings were filled with metaphors and fauna and flora were often associated with Christian meaning. We identified each flower and talked about what it could have meant to 17th century viewers. In order to make this session a bit more interactive and three-dimensional, I brought along some of my paper flowers, specifically the ones I made following Josefa’s very rigorous and accurate depictions. Most of them are native to Portugal, which makes it even more interesting in terms of general knowledge and conservation. After the visit to the museum we went to @ximenamaier’s home, where we were treated to an excellent lunch, animated conversation, a talk on the history of tiles and a tile painting workshop. I’ve written more about the whole experience on my substack, the link is in my bio.
PART 6 💘 A reader asked “Can u do a celebrity match maker”...So, we asked the audience to play celebrity matchmaker again & these were some of their answers 📸@gettyimages
A roller coaster ride takes an unexpected turn at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington when passengers are forced to climb down a towering staircase after the Titan comes to a stop halfway up its first incline. Video captured by a parkgoer shows multiple riders carefully making their way down the steps of the 245-foot attraction. It remains unclear how many passengers were aboard or what caused the ride to stop. The Titan was previously evacuated in May after a park-wide power outage stopped the ride midair. Six Flags said the ride was inspected, cleared and returned to service shortly afterward.
Danas se gasi TV Informer - Dragan pozvao građane na protest ispred REM-a Glavni urednik Informera Dragan J. Vučićević pozvao je građane da se okupe ispred Regulatornog tijela za elektronske medije (REM) u Beogradu, gdje se danas održava sjednica povodom inicijative za oduzimanje dozvole televiziji Informer. Vučićević je pozvao građane da dođu i pruže podršku ovoj televiziji, poručujući da se neće predati. Okupljanje je zakazano za 10:45 sati, a među porukama koje su upućene javnosti nalazi se i slogan: „Ne damo gašenje medija“. Tokom sjednice iznose se stavovi o zahtjevu za oduzimanje dozvole, a predstavnici Informera i oni koji se protive gašenju televizije imaju priliku da iznesu svoje argumente. Podsjetimo, inicijativu za oduzimanje dozvole podnijele su 32 medijske organizacije i udruženja. Sada se čeka šta će REM odlučiti i da li će biti pokrenut postupak koji bi mogao dovesti do oduzimanja dozvole za emitovanje.
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