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Twitter was great, but so was Gawker: this too shall pass. Not buying, not selling: not in the food-chain; here for the news and views. Photos are my own. I'm grateful for any following. Cittidano della Republica di Londra.

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I Observe @iobserve.bsky.social · Nov 11

#SomewhereElse

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curious ordinary @curiousordinary.bsky.social · 18h

'Green Dragon Emerging from Black Swirl' - Kohusai, Japanese Edo period, from the Harvard Art Museum collection.
#JapaneseArt #ukiyoe #dragon

A green dragon appears to be emerging from a void. Its head and front feet only are visible.

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NPR @npr.org · 18h

Baldwin: A Love Story, a book by Nicholas Boggs, has a singular focus on the redemptive power of devotion.

A new James Baldwin biography explores how his lovers influenced his work

Baldwin: A Love Story, a book by Nicholas Boggs, has a singular focus on the redemptive power of devotion.

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Mandy Tjong @mtjong.bsky.social · 1d

#Slakken voor #fot_O_ktober door
@jolanda.bsky.social

Close-up van de kop met voelsprieten en een stukje van het huis van een wijngaardslak.

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Pepa 🌚 @pepaortga.bsky.social · 1d

'Manzanos en flor'
🎨 1993
Bernard Buffet 🧑🏻‍🎨

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Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 3d

People are simple in the end.

Enjoying international cuisines makes people more tolerant, UK study finds

Frequent and varied eating found to reduce likelihood of perceiving immigrants as ‘cultural or economic threats’

www.theguardian.com

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davidc1935.bsky.social @davidc1935.bsky.social · 1d

A Hermes Media typewriter (1941) by E. Paillard & Cie S.A. in Yverdon, Switzerland.

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Biodiversity Pics @biodiversitypix.bsky.social · 16h

🦏 Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur /.
Erlangen: Expedition des Schreber'schen säugthier- und des Esper'schen Schmetterlingswerkes [etc., 1774]-1846..

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Illustration of a one-horned rhinoceros standing on a small grassy island surrounded by water. The rhino has thick, segmented armor-like skin with distinct folds, a single prominent horn on its snout, and a rounded body with short, sturdy legs. Behind the rhinoceros, tropical plants with broad leaves and spiky fronds provide a natural backdrop. The image is labeled "Rhinoceros unicornis L." and features fine detailing typical of 18th-19th century scientific illustrations.

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Pepa 🌚 @pepaortga.bsky.social · 1d

'Paravent: Les instruments de musique' 🎨 1961
Bernard Buffet 👨🏻‍🎨

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Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social · 23h

The Mezquita in Cordoba is opulence on top of opulence.

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekOForOpulence
#BlueSkyArtShow #glow

#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography
#ArtYear
#MobilePhotography

An extremely opulent Islamic alcove in the Mezquita de Cordoba. You can see the top of an arch in shades of gold and copper surrounded by a decorative frame good with black text. Above it, there's a section of small arches. Above that, there's a vaulted ceiling. Every surface is decorated. Light entered a window at the top.

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Gilbert @gulliver77.bsky.social · 1d

'Farbe: Orange' #FotoVorschlag
Ein Traktor aus dem Jahre 1959

Das Foto zeigt den Ausschnitt der Frontseite eines offenen Traktors in knall orange. An der Spitze steht die Aufschrift FIAT.
Weiter hinten ragt der Auspuff hoch hinaus. Im Hintergrund im Unscharfen sieht man Bäume und deren Blätter, die sich schon teilweise gelb verfärbt haben.

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 1d

Current mood....

An Egyptian shabti (a figurine who acted as servant for a deceased to perform the manual labour in the afterlife), on display at the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology

🏺 AncientEgyptBluesky

A display of ancient Egyptian shabti figurines, small human-shaped burial statues made of different materials and colors, including brown, beige, and turquoise blue. The figures are arranged in rows, with carved facial features and crossed arms, some inscribed with hieroglyphs.
In the center a whimsical shabti figurine, made of light brown material with black painted hieroglyphs on its body. The figure has a rounded head, large dark eyes, and an unevenly painted large mouth, giving it a quirky and slightly unusual appearance.

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Neon Deutschland @neondeutschland.bsky.social · 1d

We’re back … and we brought you a wonderful weekend Umlaut from Würzburg.

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J.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.social · 1d

Holly Woodlawn
#Caturday

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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 1d

Clifford Harper’s illustration of WWI soldiers in the trenches.

alchetron.com/Clifford-Har...

a trench scene, two soldiers embrace, while one sits and another looks over the top of the sandbagged trench

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 1d

Tamara de Lempicka,
Blue Woman with a Guitar, 1929
Polish painter who created her work in an Art Deco style #womensart

Stylised painting of a white woman in a soft blue dress holding a round stringed instrument with a long neck on her lap and holding it as if playing

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 15h

A Roman fibula shaped like a panther with a human rider on its back, crafted in bronze with colorful enamel inlay.
Panthers were linked to the god Dionysus/Bacchus, often depicted as his favored mounts, suggesting a symbolic or protective function for fibulae ...🧵1/2

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🏺 #archaeology

Roman bronze fibula shaped like a panther with a human rider on its back. The panther’s body features small enamel inlays, and the piece rests on display in a museum case.

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 1d

RIP Diane Keaton — the news of her death sent me looking for this excellent piece about her and her serious interest in photography by her friend Larry McMurty

www.nybooks.com/articles/200...

Diane Keaton on Photography | Larry McMurtry

1. My friendship with Diane Keaton began about twenty-eight years ago, when I found her, one morning, sitting in the flower bed outside the Madison Hotel,

www.nybooks.com

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Paula Keenan @paulakeenan.bsky.social · 1d

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 1d

Sit tibi terra levis - May the earth rest lightly on you

Diane Keaton 1946-2025

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The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 1d

Diane Keaton, the Oscar-winning star of "Annie Hall," the "Godfather" films and "The First Wives Club," among many others, has died. Watch her light up the screen in a few of her most iconic performances. Read more about her life and legacy: bit.ly/471G72Z

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 1d

Elisabeth Schwetzer made a very poor choice of headgear to be painted in 1544 by Georg Pencz. But one senses that she wasn't really that invested in the portrait-sitting process to begin with.

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La Brea Tar Pits & Museum @tarpits.org · 1d

🦝 Even amid mammoths and saber-tooths, raccoons were part of Ice Age Los Angeles too. A rare fossil from Project 23 shows one of these masked foragers once lived here—quiet, small, but surviving in the shadows of giants: bit.ly/RaccoonsofLA

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The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 1d

Diane Keaton, who won an Academy Award for best actress for her portrayal of the titular quirky character in Annie Hall and portrayed Kay Adams in the three Godfather films, has died. She was 79. Read about her life and legacy: bit.ly/47kDP0j

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Kathy Griffin @kathygriffin.bsky.social · 1d

OVER 100,000 VIEWS in under 48 hours!!! The response to Kathy Griffin: My Life On The PTSD List has matched the energy of that crowd—it’s been electric and I’m so grateful! And the best part? You can WATCH IT FOR FREE on YouTube. Can we hit 200K by the end of the week?! youtu.be/UF2REkRgUZA?...

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Patricia Stoughton @patriciastoughton.bsky.social · 4d

High tide at Lambeth Bridge this afternoon.

Grey-green River Thames almost reaching the bottom of the pink-edged arches on Lambeth Bridge. Dark green plane tree leaves are hanging down over the water.

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