u/bennetthaselton

Image 1 — Happening now: trans rights chalking event in front of Federal building on 2nd
Image 2 — Happening now: trans rights chalking event in front of Federal building on 2nd
Image 3 — Happening now: trans rights chalking event in front of Federal building on 2nd
Image 4 — Happening now: trans rights chalking event in front of Federal building on 2nd
Image 5 — Happening now: trans rights chalking event in front of Federal building on 2nd
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Happening now: trans rights chalking event in front of Federal building on 2nd

Event started at 6, looks like about 80 people currently, I think there will be speakers and a march and the whole event will wrap up between 8 and 9.

u/bennetthaselton — 1 day ago
Image 1 — mural on Dearborn - "Ceci n'est pas une forêt" ("This is not a forest")
Image 2 — mural on Dearborn - "Ceci n'est pas une forêt" ("This is not a forest")

mural on Dearborn - "Ceci n'est pas une forêt" ("This is not a forest")

There is a mural on Dearborn just west of I-5 with a picture of a forest labeled "Ceci n'est pas une forêt" ("This is not a forest").

I didn't get the reference until I looked it up:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Treachery_of_Images

The original painting, "The Treachery of Images" by surrealist René Magritte, shows a pipe with the caption "This is not a pipe" (i.e., it's not a pipe, it's paint!). The mural, by the artist Egeon, is an homage down to the exact same font, with the additional subtext that there used to be a forest there before there was a building.

TIL.

u/bennetthaselton — 1 day ago