#center italy

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View of the dome of St. Peter's Basilica from the "Vittoriano" monument, also known as The Altar of the Fatherland. Rome, Italy (©)

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gli olivi e i narcisi in questo momento.

Olive trees and daffodyls Just now

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Title: The Temple of Vesta at Tivoli Artist: Félix Boisselier (French [active in Italy], 1776-1811) Date: ca. 1806 Genre: landscape Medium: oil on paper laid down on canvas Dimensions: 31.5 cm (12.4 in) high x 40.4 cm (15.9 in) wide Location: Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

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Palazzo Esposizioni (Exhibition Palace)

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Virgil's Tomb

Artist: Joseph Wright of Derby (English, 1734–1797)

Date: 1779

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, United States

Description

Wright painted many versions of this composition, one of his most popular subjects. It represents Silius Italicus, a Roman consul under the Emperor Nero who devoted his later life to the study of literature. His passionate admiration for Vergil led him to buy the poet's estate and tomb at Posillipo, near Naples. Each year he recited Vergil’s poetry inside the tomb on the anniversary of the poet’s death. Wright shows him inside the tomb by candlelight, declaiming Vergil's verses aloud as though trying to raise his spirit.

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Ettore Sottsass jr, Superbox cabinet “Hotel California”, Poltronova, 1966 VS Minoru Yamasaki, World Trade Center under construction seen from Jersey City in 1970, New York, USA ph. Ed Ford

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Venetian Canal

Artist: Duncan Grant (Scottish, 1885–1978)

Date: c. 1920

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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Villa Farnese a Caprarola, Viterbo (Lazio)

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View from the tower, Pisa, Italy

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Italian!Niccolò that opens a trattoria in AU!AOT, sees the rowdy and loud kids from the local highschool that happen to have lunch there to celebrate someone's birthday—the recruits from the 104th, and immediately goes "mannagg 'a Gesù Crist" under his breath

Source: trust me because I'm also Italian

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[justinspoliticalcorner]

Morgan Stephens at Daily Kos:

 In 2024, more than 60 elections took place worldwide, prompting Pew Research Center to describe it as “a year of political disruption.”  In an analysis, Pew highlighted a few key electoral trends in shaping the political landscape across the globe.

Surge and endurance of right-wing populism 

Over the past decade, right-wing populist movements have gained significant traction in the United States and Europe, causing major shifts in political dynamics. This trend continued in 2024 as populist parties solidified their presence and influence in various countries. United States  In the United States, former President Donald Trump triumphed over Vice President Kamala Harris in a high-profile election, further consolidating the populist "Make America Great Again" movement within the Republican Party. This shift has sidelined long-standing Republican figures like Liz Cheney and Mitt Romney in favor of a more nationalist agenda.  The party’s recent electoral victories also mean that Republicans will soon hold all three branches of government: executive, judicial, and legislative. Additionally, Trump’s three Supreme Court appointments from his first term have helped shape its ideological makeup, with the possibility of more appointments in his second term. France In France, parties from the left and center joined forces in an attempt to prevent Marine Le Pen’s National Rally, a right-wing populist party, from gaining power. Nevertheless, Le Pen’s party significantly expanded its presence in the National Assembly. In December, the National Rally allied with the left-wing coalition, the New Popular Front, to oust conservative Prime Minister Michel Barnier after only three months in office. Austria Austria witnessed the far-right Freedom Party secure 29% of the vote in September’s elections, resulting in its best-ever performance and surpassing all other parties. Portugal  In Portugal, the right-wing Chega party emerged as a significant political force. After winning 50 seats in the March elections—up from just 12 in 2022 and one in 2019—Portugal has been added to the list of European countries with a rising right-wing presence.

Incumbents are unseated in a post-pandemic world

According to the International IDEA, 16 elections in 2024 resulted in party turnover, a 32% rate of change that signals a global trend of unseating incumbents. Economic challenges played a key role in these electoral shifts, with voters in many countries citing economic issues as their primary concern. This was particularly evident in the United States, where the economy was a central issue for voters, especially among Trump supporters.

[...]

Battle of progress vs. tradition with migration at the center

Pew noted that “the spread of populism has coincided with deepening political divides over culture and identity in many nations,” which was evident as several leaders used a nationalist approach to sway their populace to victory. 

2024 elections across the world were about anti-incumbent sentiments, as the Tories got deposed after 14 years (9 as outright) of their rule ruining the UK and Donald Trump (R) beating Kamala Harris (D) along with the GOP flipping the Senate and keeping the House to bring a trifecta. Also, these elections proved that populism, especially the right-wing kind, is a staying force.

See Also:

Pew Research Center: Global Elections in 2024: What We Learned in a Year of Political Disruption

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coworkers are fucking me over and corporate thinks I can’t do my job yeehaw healthcare worker things 💃

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#rra7