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Moniquevs @moniquevs.bsky.social · 17h

Centerfold was a Dutch band just like the Golden Earring. They had several big hits in the 80's. This version is more spicy. Both versions are great in their own way! 🎧

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Moniquevs @moniquevs.bsky.social · 19h

Drop a song that you must sing out loud whenever you hear it.

Centerfold - Radar Love (Musikladen Eurotops) 1987

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 21h

Gaza lives.

Maha Hussaini @MahaGaza
We have returned, like we'll always do.
[photo of a cat sitting in a bombed out window frame silhouetted against a backdrop of rubble]
Gaza City

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Moniquevs @moniquevs.bsky.social · 21h

Rostam Batmanglij - Wood

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Wood

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Moniquevs @moniquevs.bsky.social · 22h

Siouxsie And The Banshees - Scarecrow

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Scarecrow

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Isabelle Marie @isabellemarie.bsky.social · 1d

2,700-year-old temple with 'sacred cave' discovered in Turkey — and it may honor the 'mother goddess'.
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...

2,700-year-old temple with 'sacred cave' discovered in Turkey — and it may honor the 'mother goddess'

The temple may have been dedicated to a mother goddess worshipped by many cultures, including the Greeks and the Romans.

www.livescience.com

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Moniquevs @moniquevs.bsky.social · 22h

Loving your video's. And I admire your British accent. You are one of the very few Dutch people I know who have no Dutch accent at all when speaking English. 👍

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De Groene Amsterdammer @groene.nl · 1d

Op sociale media delen PVV-fanaccounts levensechte AI-beelden, veelal van knappe, blonde vrouwen die worden bedreigd door migranten. Deze pagina’s blijken te worden beheerd door minstens twee PVV-Kamerleden.
👉 buff.ly/MFNFcU3

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Signe Maene @signemaene.com · 3d

1/3 According to a Flemish folktale, bokkenrijders or buckriders, who were said to be thieves, ghosts, or sometimes even witches, and rode through the sky on the backs of goats in Flanders and the Netherlands, had stolen the Queen's laundry.

#WyrdWednesday

Art from Affiche: "De Bokkenrijder of het skelet." Opdrachtgever: Het Hollandsch Tooneel. Shows a buckrider riding through the sky. Castle in the far distance. Clouds.

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Susan DuBose @houseofbast777.bsky.social · 1d

'Alone in the Desert'
Photo by Carles Alonso, 2019
The photo is of Nomads riding Camels through the Sahara Desert. The photo wasn’t taken by a drone, which are illegal in Morocco, but was taken by Carles Alonso, while standing on the highest dune in Morocco using a telephoto lens.

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Renate van Stigt @renatevanstigt.bsky.social · 1d

Quote from Anne Frank’s diary:

Terrible things are happening outside. At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes.
January 13, 1943

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Pascal Vanenburg @pascalvanenburg.nl · 1d

Wilders schorst z’n campagne niet. Dit ís z’n campagne.

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Chris Woodyard @chriswoodyard.bsky.social · 2d

#PhantomsFriday
The Phantom Guests, Georgie Hobson
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Dark sepia painting of phantoms in 18th century clothes descending a staircase.

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Moniquevs @moniquevs.bsky.social · 2d

She also is a supporter of the far-right parties in Europe. I'm no fan of Maduro. But having severe doubts about Machado too.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

‘Very significant’ Jack Kerouac story discovered after mafia boss auction

Exclusive: Two-page 1957 manuscript signed by author linked to his classic of beat literature, On the Road A “very significant” unpublished story by Jack Kerouac described as “a lost chapter of the On the Road saga” has been discovered after languishing in the files of an assassinated Mafia crime boss for at least 40 years. The two-page typewritten manuscript signed by Kerouac in green ink is titled The Holy, Beat, and Crazy Next Thing and is dated 15 April 1957, five months before his classic of beat literature, On the Road, was published. Continue reading...

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Duncan Mackay @theduncanmackay.bsky.social · 3d

Carrawburgh Mithraeum, Hadrian’s Wall; the shyest member of the contu-baaa-nium
#RomanFortThursday

A sheep pokes its head out around a Roman altar in the ruins of a Roman temple.

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Vanishing and Endangered Cultures @nowaykgn.bsky.social · 2d

The skin scraping ceremony of the Xingu people, called arranhadura, is a healing ritual performed by various indigenous groups in the Xingu River region of Brazil. The practice, which is for both men and women, is believed to strengthen the body and spirit by revitalizing the muscles and skin.

The arranhadura is performed to heal, break spells, and take away laziness. For many, the permanent marks and thicker skin serve as a demonstration of their robustness and strength.For boys, it's tied to developing strength for activities like huka-huka wrestling, which boosts prestige and can lead to leadership roles (e.g., becoming a chief.

Intentional skin scratching can be a lifelong habit for many Xingu people, starting in childhood, to build up scar tissue. This results in thicker, tougher skin that is more resistant to insect bites. The scratches are often emphasized by applying body paint, such as black ink derived from the genipapo tree, to the affected areas

The back, legs, and arms are scratched using a sharp tool called a scarifier, typically made from catfish teeth.

The skin, particularly on the arms and legs, is scratched until it bleeds. Following the scraping, leaves or strong roots are rubbed onto the inflamed area.

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Vanishing and Endangered Cultures @nowaykgn.bsky.social · 2d

It is difficult for Western medicine to research some of the medicinal plants used by Indigenous peoples in the Xingu region, in part because communities are protective of their traditional knowledge. This privacy is driven by a history of unethical exploitation, often called "biopiracy".

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Vanishing and Endangered Cultures @nowaykgn.bsky.social · 2d

This is a response to a history of theft in which Indigenous knowledge was used to develop profitable drugs without any benefit sharing or recognition for the source communities. For example, colonial scientists took the bark of the Cinchona tree (used to produce quinine) and profited from it.

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Vanishing and Endangered Cultures @nowaykgn.bsky.social · 2d

For research to proceed, Indigenous peoples have the right to receive fair and equitable benefits from the use of their knowledge and genetic resources. Failure to respect this principle of free, prior, and informed consent is a major ethical barrier for Western researchers.

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De Archeoloog @dearcheoloog.bsky.social · 2d

Van 100 voor tot 600 na Christus was #Teotihuacan een bruisende metropool in Centraal-Mexico waar zo’n 125.000 mensen woonden. Of deze stad een #schrift en eigen taal kende, was tot nu toe onbekend. /1
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Archeologen ontcijferen oud schrift, waardoor we eindelijk meer weten van mysterieuze metropool in het oude Mexico

De stad Teotihuacan was ooit het stralende middelpunt van Meso-Amerika, maar wat voor taal de mensen er spraken, wisten we niet eens. Tot nu: Deense

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 2d

Ever wondered what the atmosphere is like in my house while I'm hunting fake history late at night?
Well wonder no more:
www.youtube.com/shorts/DDzYF...

Just a quiet evening in by the wireless.

YouTube video by Fake History Hunter

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 2d

YES: “If parents get their information about parenting autistic kids from the autistic community, they will find people who think their kids are awesome and deserve to be happy, and want their parents to feel the same way. The parents will learn about autism from people who had autistic childhoods.”

Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 2d

"Because of the media's relentless negativity, fearmongering, & pseudoscience in covering autism, “ #profoundAutism " communities are often magnets for parents whose goal is to cure or treat autism, instead of understanding how to support an autistic child."

thinkingautismguide.com/2025/04/crea...

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Moniquevs @moniquevs.bsky.social · 2d

Before social media I was active on forums for years and met several great people through that. Interesting times for sure.

Moniquevs @moniquevs.bsky.social · 2d

I never liked social media before I joined old Twitter back in the day. That's when I started to really enjoy wonderful interesting people, who I still am connected with till this day here on Bluesky now. I'm too private for Facebook and Instagram.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 4d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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