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Jesse "Pecke in the Crowne" Locker @jessemlocker.bsky.social · 6d

Halloween costume ideas from Simon Witgeest's 1739 book of magic tricks, Het verbeetert en vermeerdert natuurlyk toverboek, of 't Nieuw speel-tooneel der konsten... archive.org/details/hetv...

An illustration from a Dutch 18th-century manual showing a man demonstrating the use of gag knives, arrows, and swords

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Singerie_magnifique 🇵🇸 @simiamagna.bsky.social · 2h

Interesting! Here are some more spooky (partially) wax skeletons www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hryo...

Restaurierung Daniel Neubergers Allegorie auf den Tod Kaiser Ferdinands III.

YouTube video by Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien

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Jesse "Pecke in the Crowne" Locker @jessemlocker.bsky.social · Oct 25

Neapolitan nun Caterina de Julianis created this terrifying allegorical wax tableau to remind you that time is running out

[Time and Death, wax relief, before 1727, 83 cm x 108 x cm; wax depth: 20 cm (V&A Museum) 🎃⏳]

"The scene is set in a crumbling graveyard, with the winged figure of Father Time seated on the left pointing to a clock, while a half-draped emaciated figure of a smiling beggar, seated on the other side of the clock, solicits alms; a papal tiara lies at his feet. One small discoloured and decaying corpse lies in front of Time, while another corpse with entrails revealed lies beside him, surrounded by rats, snakes and skulls. A dead youth is stretched out on the right, while on the extreme right the crowned skeletal figure of Death holding a spear looks on. Ivy trails over the surrounding stonework; the sloping ground gives a sense of theatricality to the whole. The painted background depicts decaying funerary monuments." (V&A)

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Guilherme Nunes - Commissions Open!! @guilhernunes.bsky.social · 3h

The depressed preppy cat and the goth cat who likes pop music hated each other, but after talking they discovered they had a lot in common.

painting of a tricolor kitten in a pink jacket and a little purse, very preppy, talking to a black cat, all gothic, on the lawn of a university campus, there is a sign in the background talking about missing students and in the sky a spaceship

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MoMA Paintings and Sculpture @moma.bsky.social · 2h

Jean Arp, Sculpture of Silence, cast 1957
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136719

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 8h

Today's artist wout a known birthday Hans Hoffmann of Nuremberg, Munich, & Prague. Painted after nature & after Durer. Here, hedgehog.

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 6h

"test of ceasefire"

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 7h

BREAKING: Israel strikes southern Gaza in test of ceasefire.

Israel strikes Gaza in first major test of ceasefire

Israel said it struck Hamas militants in Gaza on Sunday after they shot at Israeli soldiers who were inside the area that is still under Israeli control, according to the conditions of the Oct. 10 ceasefire.

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Akcja Socjalistyczna @socjalistyczna.bsky.social · 6h

Dla Izraela zawieszenie broni nic nie znaczy, dla USA los Palestyńczyków się nie liczy. Liczy się tylko kontrola nad regionem, zyski i stopniowa kolonizacja.
Nadszedł czas wzmożonych działań na rzecz wolności. Protest, bojkot, presja na rząd!
Wszystkie oczy na Palestynę!

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Akcja Socjalistyczna @socjalistyczna.bsky.social · 6h

Izrael już 47 razy złamał zawieszenie broni, w wyniku czego życie straciło kolejnych 38 Palestyńczyków. Dalej nie pozwala się na wjazd pomocy humanitarnej, a na Zachodnim Brzegu przemoc i wysiedlenia się nasilają.

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Spooky Mulder Bat Flip @mulderbatflip.net · Oct 19

This came to me like a flash

“You stat away from him. He’ll rip your lungs out Jim,” said McCoy

“I’d like to meet his tailor,” said Kirk

“I saw a werewolf drinking a Piña Colada at Trader Vic’s. His hair was perfect,” said Spock

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Guilherme Nunes - Commissions Open!! @guilhernunes.bsky.social · 1d

sun bear worrying about the state of the Internet

painting of a sun bear looking terrified at a notebook with a mug of coffee and cookies on a small table in the forest with a beehive in the tree

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THE FAR SIDE DAILY @bot.cowtools.org · 1d

Gross stories

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Singerie_magnifique 🇵🇸 @simiamagna.bsky.social · 21h

tempting

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Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social · 1d

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Singerie_magnifique 🇵🇸 @simiamagna.bsky.social · 21h

Sounds good to me (speaking as a strange person whose favourite film by del Toro would be either Crimson Peak or Hellboy 2)

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KOTH Screens @kothscreens.bsky.social · 23h

Screenshot from King of the Hill Season 3, Episode 22

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Sam Benc 🐟 @nonvieta.bsky.social · 3d

SO much of the cultural and artistic nostalgia that society chases was just art made when people got paid to do it. Lavish movie posters made by human artists, video games made by people without sixteen different investment companies breathing down their neck, movies made by studios taking a chance.

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Renbot 🇵🇸 @abertrollan.bsky.social · 2d

Never forget the people who helped you get through 2020.

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Jörg Hillebrand @gaghyogi49.bsky.social · 2d

... which is a testament to how wonderfully Samantha Eggar played the character in just one episode. She will be missed, but fondly remembered by us #StarTrek fans! 😢