In which we yet again post yet another ten thousand plus interesting or amusing -or neither- tweets

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I had the same thought so took a gander at Wikipedia. It says it was partly that and partly America’s centennial.

I guess I was taught the same story as you, that it was about the centennial and to reinvigorate relations between France and America.

 

I can't support my unfounded no nuance November statement that there were racial reasons behind the fundraising delays, but even the national Park service will tell you it's about the end of slavery.

 

I always learned that it was a monument to the US' history of embracing immigrants. That's why they put it in New York Harbor overlooking Ellis Island, and why they put this bit on it:



I love that there was other symbolism, (cf slavery) but I don't think that was the primary goal and it feels a little bit historicist to argue that it was. As always, I'm willing to be proven wrong.

 

The pedestal and specifically the poem The New Colossus is a separate piece of art with a different intention from the statue itself. That intention is to recontextualize the statue as a symbol of immigration, particularly at that moment immigration of Eastern Europeans.

I'm not going to say it isn't a worthy symbol of that, but that wasn't among Bartholdi's intentions.

 

I love this picture, taken in Paris during the time the statue was built.

 

Thinking about how they had to put it together, take it apart, and then put it back together after a transatlantic voyage is an amazing accomplishment in itself.

 

Something I've just discovered: there are six replicas of the Statue of Liberty in Paris. I knew about the famous one on the Grenelle bridge (see below), made at the same time as the one sent to NY, but I didn't know about the existence of the others.

 

I knew of the one on the Seine between the Palais de Chaillot and the Eiffel Tower.

 

What a trashy family

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— PLGC (@PL67712441) November 7, 2025

 

The parody of this timeline is starting to fold in on itself in ways that only our very best theoretical physicists can understand.

— Matthew Spira (@MatthewSpira) November 7, 2025

 

It’s strange, like MTG is a sanity succubus, slowly sucking away Fetterman’s sanity

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— Secular Talk (KyleKulinskiShow@bsky.social) (@KyleKulinski) November 8, 2025

 

Trash removal already running smoothly under Mamdani https://t.co/uegkhei1hu

— Cameron Kasky (@camkasky) November 6, 2025

 

What. The. ********.

Answer the call. pic.twitter.com/ZWLDvQdJju

— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) November 6, 2025

 

I don’t think citing this era of world events is a particularly wise strategy while your administration is demonizing immigrants, terrorizing cities with armed government agents, and prosecuting political opponents. But maybe we the people should heed it as a warning. https://t.co/byGGREwMJu

— Jennifer Erin Valent 🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@JenniferEValent) November 8, 2025

What’s your favorite Chris Meloni? Oz, Veep, or his version of Law and Order?

Venezuela is the new Poland https://t.co/HfNpicoUjX

— Chris Meloni (@Chris_Meloni) November 8, 2025

 

This is the one I was talking about... I think. Not exactly between Chaillot and the Eiffel Tower, but a bit further. This is the most famous one in Paris... but not that famous either.

There's another one at the Jardins du Luxembourg. I spent hours there when I studied at the Sorbonne University... but I've never noticed it

 

One more time, ******** all of those who decided that they didn't like the black lady and voted for this insanity.

 

At Luxembourg? seriously? I spent hours there...I was there no later than last June and spent half a day chilling and strolling in the Jardins...Never noticed it.

 

That is one of my biggest critiques of Trump. He has no class. None.

 

Strong homoerotic vibes with that one.

 

Nice picture, with my beloved Panthéon in the background.

The statue is located at the opposite end of the main entrance, in a relatively less frequented area. The statue has been there from 1905, but in 2012 it was replaced by a replica because of conservation issues. The original is standing now at the Orsay museum.

 

I've been inside Trump Tower ten years before his first term. The inside is just what you expect it to be. Tacky.

Also, there's a design style I've seen called dictator chic that makes a lot of sense when you think about it.

 

Not unusual for Nazi propaganda.

 

Did you live in Quartier Latin while at Sorbonne? Love the vibes there...

 

lol beat me to it