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Wil Eelsing

@wileelsing.bsky.social

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Dutch. History, Lit, Art and Animal lover, especially cats. Not particularly woke, just a decent upbringing which apparently is the same as woke. This is my DetoX space.

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Wil Eelsing @wileelsing.bsky.social · Sep 4

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CrazyMyra @outonthemoors.bsky.social · 1d

Leave them kids alone!

A red brick among paler facebricks on a building, with "Just another" scratched into it.

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Woman of Wonder @womanofwonder.bsky.social · 27d

Aww 🥹

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Woman of Wonder @womanofwonder.bsky.social · 21d

Happy Caturday 🐾😺🐾

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 7h

Donald Trump and JD Vance have been raging at this washoff Graffiti art exhibit.

In Canterbury... England.

The USA really has the worst President ever.

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Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 7h

Here's why A.I. art is a thin gruel rather than a nourishing cassoulet...

eric stirpē @stirpicus.bsky.social · Aug 15

Kurt Vonnegut’s definition of what makes something “art” is one of my favorites I’ve seen - from a letter to his brother in 1995.

People capable of loving some paintings or etchings or whatever can rarely do this without knowing something about the art-ist. Again, the situation is social rather than scientific. Any work of art is one halt of a conversation between two human beings, and it helps a lot to know who is talking at you. Does he or she have a reputation for seriousness, for sincerity? There are virtually no beloved or respected paintings made by persons of whom we know nothing. We can even surmise a lot about the lives of whoever did the paintings in the caves underneath Lascaux, France.
So I dare to suggest that no picture can attract serious attention without a human being attached to it in the viewer's mind. If you are unwilling to attach your name to your pictures, and to say why you hope others might find them rewarding to look at, there goes the ballgame right there. Pictures are famous for their human-ness and not their picture-ness.
There is also the matter of craftsmanship. Real picture lovers like to "play along," so to speak, to look closely at the surface to see how the illusion was created by nothing but an unusual human being, with hands and eyes. If you are unwilling to say how you made your pictures, there goes the ballgame a second time.
Good luck, and love as always
K

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Tater Magoo @tatermagoo.bsky.social · 1d

Finally!

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Wil Eelsing @wileelsing.bsky.social · 11h

Happy #Caturday!

Oh, where to lay your weary head when your humans have only provided you with a measly six (!) soft, warm, fluffy cat baskets scattered around the house? The top of the cold, hard kitchen cupboards shall be our refuge from that cruel, harsh reality.

Frodo & Sam
#CatsOfBluesky

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Niall McDiarmid @niallmcdiarmid.bsky.social · 1d

Crystal Palace, London - Oct' 2025

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John Lyon @johnlyon.bsky.social · 22h

Them: Can you help me?

Me: I don’t work here.

Them: Oh, sorry. *leaves*

My boss: You need to stop doing that.

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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 1d

i’m sure it’s fine

Two strips of wide clear plastic tape hold down the internal surround of an airplane window.

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Daily Manul (Unofficial) @manul.day · 1d

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Wil Eelsing @wileelsing.bsky.social · 11h

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Dutch News @dutchnewsnl.bsky.social · 1d

The case was reported to a council hotline after a male prospective tenant was told he could not rent the room because he was a man.

Landlord who rents to "working Dutch women only" faces fine - DutchNews.nl

Amsterdam housing officials have warned a city landlord that he faces a fine of up to €10,000 for discrimination if he continues to refuse to rent to anyone other than “Dutch women with jobs.” The…

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PetaPixel | Photography and Camera News @petapixel.com.web.brid.gy · 12h

Photographer Creatively Explores His Deteriorating Vision Through Collaboration

Matt Cetta, who was diagnosed with the degenerative eye disease Retinitis Pigmentosa, has transformed his experience of vision loss into art through a new collaboration with fellow photographer Christina DeOrtentiis. Together they explore resilience, blindness, and the evolving meaning of sight through their project, Photogenic Alchemy. [Read More]

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Wil Eelsing @wileelsing.bsky.social · 11h

I'm eagerly awaiting mine.

PetaPixel | Photography and Camera News @petapixel.com.web.brid.gy · 2d

Nikon Has Received More ZR Preorders Than Expected; for Good Reason

The Nikon ZR looks poised to be quite the hit with customers. Scheduled to begin shipping in the next couple of weeks, Nikon Japan has already warned customers that it has received so many orders that it may be unable to fulfill them all at launch. [Read More]

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Wil Eelsing @wileelsing.bsky.social · 11h

So glad I got to see it and be given the Royal Tour, as was meeting one of my heroes IRL!

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Dr Alexandra Loske @colourwoman.bsky.social · 4d

Portrait of Anna Boch holding a splendid neo-Impressionist palette, by Théo van Rysselberghe (1892), and an atmpospheric work by Anna Boch herself, titled Evening (1891).
At the National Gallery's exhibition Radical Harmony.

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Prof Janina Ramirez @drjaninaramirez.bsky.social · 7d

SO THIS HAPPENED!!! Saw an actual copy of my new book Legenda for the FIRST TIME @historyrevmag BBC History Weekend!! Isn’t it beautiful 😍🥰😍🥰 preorder it here lnk.to/LegendaBook

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Prof Janina Ramirez @drjaninaramirez.bsky.social · 1d

I’m back on the Beeb! Tune in tomorrow and come with me on an art historical adventure!

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Hallie Rubenhold @hallierubenhold.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely love this post. Another example why we need to study history from the bottom up, not necessarily top down.

Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 2d

In @thetimes.com letters page today

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 15h

Artwork by Martha Rich, contemporary US painter and illustrator based in Philadelphia #womensart #Caturday

Illustration of a sitting cat facing right with colourful star and flower shapes over its body, a speech bubble above its head reads " Love ya, mean it", the background is orange

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Wil Eelsing @wileelsing.bsky.social · 11h

I had a miniscule role in the construction of the Thames Surge Barrier when I worked for an engineering firm that formed part of the construction consortium in the 70s. Since its completion it has been activated 221 times.

Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 14h

'Thames Barrier, North Side' by David Downes
daviddownes.co.uk

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