Helen Bailey
@blackbirdsing.bsky.social
Posting things I find interesting and things I find beautiful
Art,birds,nature,photography,astronomy
poetry,literature,history,archeology and lots more
I’m curious ✨
Слава Україні! Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦
Art,birds,nature,photography,astronomy
poetry,literature,history,archeology and lots more
I’m curious ✨
Слава Україні! Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦
Señor Zorro on a sunny table
He looks down upon us all 👑
14 looking fab
He looks down upon us all 👑
14 looking fab
November 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Señor Zorro on a sunny table
He looks down upon us all 👑
14 looking fab
He looks down upon us all 👑
14 looking fab
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📸 Amanda Boardman
📍 Richmond Park London
📍 Richmond Park London
November 25, 2025 at 11:32 AM
📸 Amanda Boardman
📍 Richmond Park London
📍 Richmond Park London
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I finally attended an Opera at Palais Garnier; The Marriage of Figaro. The famous Marc Chagall ceiling is spectacular. No phones allowed during the performance.
#paris #opera #palaisgarnier #figaro #15minutecity #urbanism #culture #chagall #architecture
#paris #opera #palaisgarnier #figaro #15minutecity #urbanism #culture #chagall #architecture
November 19, 2025 at 8:00 AM
I finally attended an Opera at Palais Garnier; The Marriage of Figaro. The famous Marc Chagall ceiling is spectacular. No phones allowed during the performance.
#paris #opera #palaisgarnier #figaro #15minutecity #urbanism #culture #chagall #architecture
#paris #opera #palaisgarnier #figaro #15minutecity #urbanism #culture #chagall #architecture
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Nature's abstract art...
Red
Red
November 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Nature's abstract art...
Red
Red
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It's only recently that I've come across work by Prince Eugen of Sweden, the wonderfully named Duke of Närke, and the youngest son of King Oscar II and Queen Sophia. He trained under Leon Bonnat and Puvis de Chavannes - this is a scene at Lövsprickning, Balingsta in 1887.
November 26, 2025 at 7:54 AM
It's only recently that I've come across work by Prince Eugen of Sweden, the wonderfully named Duke of Närke, and the youngest son of King Oscar II and Queen Sophia. He trained under Leon Bonnat and Puvis de Chavannes - this is a scene at Lövsprickning, Balingsta in 1887.
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The Shipwreck https://www.wikiart.org/en/william-turner/the-shipwreck
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The Shipwreck https://www.wikiart.org/en/william-turner/the-shipwreck
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Excellent from @gilestremlett
"Even today, Franco serves as a warning that outward mediocrity is no barrier to the ruthlessly ambitious." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"Even today, Franco serves as a warning that outward mediocrity is no barrier to the ruthlessly ambitious." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Spain has too rosy a view of Franco’s regime. Let’s remind ourselves of its horrors | Giles Tremlett
Little is taught about the murderous, incompetent dictatorship – and now almost one in five young people say Franco was good for the country, says historian Giles Tremlett
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Excellent from @gilestremlett
"Even today, Franco serves as a warning that outward mediocrity is no barrier to the ruthlessly ambitious." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"Even today, Franco serves as a warning that outward mediocrity is no barrier to the ruthlessly ambitious." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Fancy a #grasshoppers on a ring? The #Romans did.
Between the 1st century BC and the 1st century AD, grasshoppers seem to have been pretty fashionable amongst the subjects carved on #intaglios.
Between the 1st century BC and the 1st century AD, grasshoppers seem to have been pretty fashionable amongst the subjects carved on #intaglios.
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Fancy a #grasshoppers on a ring? The #Romans did.
Between the 1st century BC and the 1st century AD, grasshoppers seem to have been pretty fashionable amongst the subjects carved on #intaglios.
Between the 1st century BC and the 1st century AD, grasshoppers seem to have been pretty fashionable amongst the subjects carved on #intaglios.
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When you begin seeing pigs in blankets, Christmas can’t be far behind - 15th century, BnF Latin MS 1178, f. 69r
November 26, 2025 at 5:41 AM
When you begin seeing pigs in blankets, Christmas can’t be far behind - 15th century, BnF Latin MS 1178, f. 69r
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Excellent piece. Europe is losing time while still deluding itself over Trump not actually being on Putins side.
Just sent out this free piece. When the stories of the 28-point plan were first written, too many people went into overdrive to try and make excuses for Trump (He was not informed! He was not involved!). open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
We Seem Intent On Making Excuses For Trump Until He Destroys Us
Phillips’s Newsletter is a reader-supported publication.
open.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Excellent piece. Europe is losing time while still deluding itself over Trump not actually being on Putins side.
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You may be cool, but you'll never be as cool as these two cats wearing sunglasses in the window of an optician's Boulevard St Germain in 1925
November 26, 2025 at 10:43 AM
You may be cool, but you'll never be as cool as these two cats wearing sunglasses in the window of an optician's Boulevard St Germain in 1925
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❗️Ukraine will receive $5 billion worth of weapons under the PURL program by the end of the year, – NATO Secretary General Rutte
November 26, 2025 at 11:50 AM
❗️Ukraine will receive $5 billion worth of weapons under the PURL program by the end of the year, – NATO Secretary General Rutte
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Winter sunshine in our local park
November 26, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Winter sunshine in our local park
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Matthew Wong, The Journey Home (oil on wooden panel (triptych)) (2017)
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Matthew Wong, The Journey Home (oil on wooden panel (triptych)) (2017)
Dogs in spaaaace
No idea why I made this 😂
No idea why I made this 😂
November 26, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Dogs in spaaaace
No idea why I made this 😂
No idea why I made this 😂
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good morning from the river Thames
November 26, 2025 at 9:35 AM
good morning from the river Thames
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From the Archive: The Female Weavers – Documentation of 18th & 19th century double interlocked tapestries (1100 words). www.ikfoundation.org/itextilis/th...
November 25, 2025 at 6:54 AM
From the Archive: The Female Weavers – Documentation of 18th & 19th century double interlocked tapestries (1100 words). www.ikfoundation.org/itextilis/th...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
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How many foreign intelligence services have hacked into Witkoff's accounts and devices? How many schemes are underway to influence him?
November 26, 2025 at 12:23 AM
How many foreign intelligence services have hacked into Witkoff's accounts and devices? How many schemes are underway to influence him?
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‘Of course Trump is an asset to Putin’ – US analyst Fiona Hill
www.channel4.com/news/of-cour...
www.channel4.com/news/of-cour...
‘Of course Trump is an asset to Putin’ – US analyst Fiona Hill
We asked analyst Fiona Hill whether she thinks Russia will sign up to a tweaked peace plan.
www.channel4.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
‘Of course Trump is an asset to Putin’ – US analyst Fiona Hill
www.channel4.com/news/of-cour...
www.channel4.com/news/of-cour...
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Bernie Sanders just dropped a 60-second truth bomb on Al, and everyone needs to hear it.
November 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Bernie Sanders just dropped a 60-second truth bomb on Al, and everyone needs to hear it.
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No matter how long I live after we get through this dark chapter, I will never get over the immorality, the amorality, the corruption, the criminality and the cruelty in service to one of the worst humans to ever walk the earth.
November 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
No matter how long I live after we get through this dark chapter, I will never get over the immorality, the amorality, the corruption, the criminality and the cruelty in service to one of the worst humans to ever walk the earth.
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Oh please just fuck off
November 26, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Oh please just fuck off