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Francesca Baldassarri
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Intersectional feminist in Umbria, Italy.
Consultant for artisans and creative professionals.

🗣️IT & EN, Crafts, books, music, series.

Sproloqui su tecnologia e artigianato ⤵️
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Super interesting read on Marlow Moss - a female constructivist artist, who may have been Mondrian’s inspiration to his double-line grid paintings. For Modernism lovers only 🤩. #art #arthistory #Mondrian #MarlowMoss #constructivism #Modernism
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
‘Her time has come’: did Mondrian owe his success to a cross-dressing lesbian artist who lived in a Cornish cove?
Piet Mondrian found fame, fortune and glory with his grid-like paintings lit with basic colours. But did many of his ideas come from Marlow Moss? Our writer celebrates an extraordinary British talent ...
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2026 at 7:02 AM
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alanjstedman.bsky.social
This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition,

The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance

Iconic imo
Photograph from 1911 taken by Herbert Ponting whilst with Scott's Antarctic Expedition The monochrome photo is taken from within a cave. The walls of the cave are made of ice. The cave entrance is in the mid distance with two figures standing looking out towards a distant ship. Between them and the ship there is first a 'beach' of ice before the sea itself. The ship could be up to 800 metres away What makes the photo so special is that where the figures are at the cave entrance there is a band of very white snow and ice (contrasting with the comparatively dark inside of the cave) that creates a stark framework in which the men and the ship are captured. It is made even more dramatic by the fact that the cave entrance is at least 30 metres high and is in the shape of a distorted elipse with the tail sloping off to the right at the top of the elipse The photo being in monochrome in a largely white environment makes the photographers skill all the more laudable
January 17, 2026 at 7:12 AM
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lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com
neolithic guys get pissed if you tell them their cultures are organized by the type of pots and jewelry they made. "we called ourselves the blood hunters" "we conquered villages far beyond this horizon" sorry bud you're the western linear pottery culture now
January 17, 2026 at 2:52 PM
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wendyxu.bsky.social
it's my birthday today. i ask that you please make a shitty little drawing in a journal without posting it and revel in your human heart. maybe write a nasty curse against an ai bro in the same journal. 😌
January 17, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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manigarm.bsky.social
I say this as someone who has been actively researching GenAI ethnographically for the last few years.

The idea that ChatGPT is some kind of unfair leg up is Silicon Valley propaganda. It's really not and it is more recognizable than you might think.
a woman is sitting on a bed with the words you can say " no " written above her
ALT: a woman is sitting on a bed with the words you can say " no " written above her
media.tenor.com
January 17, 2026 at 10:49 PM
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europeanspod.bsky.social
🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨

If your New Year’s resolutions sound like
1) Shoot for the moon
2) Do what you love
3) Change the world
- then this one’s for you.

This week we’re joined by former 🇮🇸 PM Katrín Jakobsdóttir.

www.europeanspodcast.com/all-episodes...
ChatGPT is ruining weddings now — The Europeans
If you are the sort of person whose New Year’s resolutions read something like: “(1) Shoot for the moon, (2) Do what you love, (3) Change the world” – have we got a guest for you! We’re joined this we...
www.europeanspodcast.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:59 AM
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katyinparis.bsky.social
Any other former prime ministers wanna come on our podcast? Or present prime ministers, we’re not fussy
January 16, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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katalinbeth.bsky.social
I’m learning how to sew, and used my woollen handwoven panels made on my #rididheddle loom. Big learning curve, and am keen to make more clothes. #wearyourweaving #handsewn
Multi colored jacket made from handwoven fabric #weaving Rigid heddle loom with multi coloured weaving # Woven woollen cloth in rainbow colours
January 17, 2026 at 4:43 AM
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minikinetic.bsky.social
Nancy Drew on the case (she's in the public domain now!)
January 15, 2026 at 1:11 PM
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brendonme.bsky.social
This is why you can't afford RAM anymore
eBay notification
January 14, 2026 at 10:19 PM
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iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social
Man 'trains' crows to attack MAGA hats after saying there's 'no longer a moral option'
Man 'trains' crows to attack MAGA hats as there's 'no longer a moral option'
A man has gone viral after training a murder of crows to swoop down and snatch MAGA hats from unsuspecting Trump supporters, documenting his months-long experiment
www.dailystar.co.uk
January 15, 2026 at 2:10 AM
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francescabaldassarri.it
Sul primo #SenzaRotta dell'anno cerco di ragionare sul perché le genti non solo non comprano l'artigianato ma si lamentano spesso dei prezzi.
Credo sia il momento di ragionare e confrontarci su cultura materiale, capitalismo, tradizioni.
senzarotta.substack.com/p/perche-lar...
#SenzaRotta N. 47 - Perché l’artigianato si vende poco?
Perché l3 clienti fanno storie sui prezzi dei prodotti creativi? Ti parlo di cultura materiale e del perché dovremmo (ri)portarla in auge e lavorare per un’alfabetizzazione materiale universale.
senzarotta.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:29 PM
francescabaldassarri.it
Sul primo #SenzaRotta dell'anno cerco di ragionare sul perché le genti non solo non comprano l'artigianato ma si lamentano spesso dei prezzi.
Credo sia il momento di ragionare e confrontarci su cultura materiale, capitalismo, tradizioni.
senzarotta.substack.com/p/perche-lar...
#SenzaRotta N. 47 - Perché l’artigianato si vende poco?
Perché l3 clienti fanno storie sui prezzi dei prodotti creativi? Ti parlo di cultura materiale e del perché dovremmo (ri)portarla in auge e lavorare per un’alfabetizzazione materiale universale.
senzarotta.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:29 PM
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yeetomato.bsky.social
I like how this turned out
A very textured drawing/painting of two cats surrounded by red, yellow, and black shapes with golden lilies
January 12, 2026 at 4:18 AM
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yeetomato.bsky.social
A closer look
January 12, 2026 at 6:08 AM
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vexnir.bsky.social
You’ve been visited by eepy starry kitty.
Now all your naps will be super cozy ⭐️💫

#art #cuteart #caturday
Traditional drawing in marker. A comfortable, curled up white cat with pale yellow star-shaped spots is sleeping on a dark blue background.
January 3, 2026 at 4:29 PM
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verdealfieri.bsky.social
Winter sales in my online shop until Monday 12th January. Don't miss the chance to buy a never-before-seen jewel from my collections at a special price.

verdealfieri.etsy.com

#paperart #jewelry #ersyseller #shoppingonline #giftideas
January 11, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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out-sider.bsky.social
Quando sono andata a Sarajevo, qualche anno dopo *quella* guerra, mi son sentita un'idiota. Laureata, masterizzata, iperspecializzata, ampiamente nell'età della ragione in quegli anni, pur chiaramente filtrando le immagini che arrivavano dai telegiornali alla luce di un senso critico innato e >
January 11, 2026 at 10:41 AM
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fabiochiusi.bsky.social
“Memorization” = theft, plagiarism at scale
January 10, 2026 at 7:30 AM
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shaferbrown.com
portrait of cat with bananas (2023)
pet portrait commission - nov 2023. A cat lays upside down on a pillow looking at the viewer, surrounded by plants, vessels, and drapes.
January 7, 2026 at 2:35 PM
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kellypringle.com
🐈📦
January 1, 2026 at 8:37 PM
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walkerbragman.bsky.social
NEW from Important Context:

Genocide experts, including two past presidents of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, are speaking out about escalating attacks on transgender Americans in the U.S.

www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-wa...
Experts Warn U.S. in Early Stages of Genocide Against Trans Americans
Genocide scholars say policies targeting transgender Americans match early warning signs of mass atrocity.
www.importantcontext.news
January 5, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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soengery.bsky.social
Creature Commish from way down deep.
A flash sheet of deep sea creatures - including angler fish, gulper eels, viper eels, a tripod fish, and a coelacanth
January 5, 2026 at 5:41 PM
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balcanicaucaso.org
Alla ricerca della verità, la celebre autrice Lea Ypi, con il suo nuovo libro Indignity, intraprende un viaggio che la porta dal contesto multietnico degli ultimi giorni dell'Impero ottomano all'ascesa del fascismo in Europa e alla successiva instaurazione di dittature proletarie in Oriente
Indignity: reinventare la vita nel sud-est Europa
Alla ricerca della verità, la celebre autrice Lea Ypi, con il suo nuovo libro Indignity, intraprende un viaggio che la porta dal contesto multietnico degli ultimi giorni dell'Impero ottomano…
www.balcanicaucaso.org
September 23, 2025 at 6:54 AM