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“Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.” Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own (1929)

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hookegb.bsky.social @hookegb.bsky.social · Nov 13

"A voter leaves a polling station during local elections" (Birmingham England) Photographer: Carl Recine, Reuters (The Guardian: May 02, 2024)

hookegb.bsky.social @hookegb.bsky.social · 20h

“Maybe that's why you demonised them,
turned them into monsters,
because you think monsters are easier
to understand than women who say no to you.”

Nikita Gill
Great Goddesses: Life Lessons from Myths and Monsters

hookegb.bsky.social @hookegb.bsky.social · 20h

"Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize" (The Guardian: October 09, 2025): www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o... "Kirsti Bergstø, the leader of Norway’s Socialist Left party and its foreign policy spokesperson, said Oslo must be “prepared for anything.”"

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Linette🌻 @ohtiniestplanet.bsky.social · Jun 27

thinking ahead to nighttime

gouache landscape painting of trees, rocks, and distant lights at night

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Linette🌻 @ohtiniestplanet.bsky.social · 2d

dark

gouache landscape painting of rain clouds, lights and trees

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 1d

Emmeline Pankhurst founded the Women's Social and Political Union with her daughter Christabel on this day 1903.

Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · Mar 21

Made in Manchester: Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928), born in Moss Side, founded the suffragettes, yet ended as a Conservative. Historians argue about whether her militancy helped or hurt the women's suffrage movement. She certainly raised its profile. 1/8

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hookegb.bsky.social @hookegb.bsky.social · 21h

"(Maria Corina Machado's) team, with its leaders across the country, built not just a movement for one candidate or election, but a movement for permanent change. The scale of their achievement ... would be notable in a liberal democracy. In an authoritarian state, this project is remarkable."

hookegb.bsky.social @hookegb.bsky.social · 21h

Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela

Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.

www.theatlantic.com

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Patrick Skinner @pmskinner.bsky.social · 7d

Chief Justice Grumpy Face Blacky Whitey rules that we all matter or none of us do, and that all means all or it means nothing.

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Siobhán McElduff @siobhanmcelduff.bsky.social · 2d

I am extremely excited to see the radical changes in Saudi Arabian society brought about by their comedy festival. Only then will we all understand the true meaning of humor as a powerful tool when wielded by people paid an incredible amount of money by the kingdom to perform there.

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Paul Bassett Davies @thewritertype.bsky.social · 2d

In the medieval world, a court jester had to be careful in case they crossed the line between amusing the monarch and offending them. It was a well paid job, but could be dangerous. Did I say the medieval world? I meant the Riyadh Comedy Festival. So yes, the medieval world.

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hookegb.bsky.social @hookegb.bsky.social · 1d

"Flow follows a courageous cat after his home is devastated by a great flood. Teaming up with a capybara, a lemur, a bird, and a dog to navigate a boat in search of dry land, they must rely on trust, courage, and wits to survive the perils of a newly aquatic planet.": www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgZc...

FLOW - Official US Trailer

YouTube video by Janus Films

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hookegb.bsky.social @hookegb.bsky.social · 1d

Barbara J. King @bjking.bsky.social · 7d

I enjoyed the Oscar-winning animated film FLOW- and because of the cat character in it, adoptions of black cats are on the rise. In my forthcoming book, I write a lot about the love I've shared with black cats in my life. #cats #adoptdontshop #pets #animals #movies

Black Cat Adoptions Are on the Rise Thanks to a Cartoon Cat

An animated film following a beloved black cat has had the unexpected benefit of increasing the stigmatized felines’ adoption rates.

www.vice.com

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hookegb.bsky.social @hookegb.bsky.social · 1d

"But once the hostages are home, and soldiers in Israel’s citizen’s army begin returning to their families, it will be very hard to justify a continuation of hostilities. Many thorny long-term issues will remain ... but the guns will fall silent."

hookegb.bsky.social @hookegb.bsky.social · 1d

"Thus far, the parties have only agreed to some form of exchange in which Hamas will release its remaining hostages in return for Palestinian prisoners, ... Even if this release goes forward in the days ahead, that will only end the Gaza hostage crisis, not the Gaza war."

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hookegb.bsky.social @hookegb.bsky.social · 1d

Gift Article (The Atlantic - October 09, 2025) "How far is the president willing to go to achieve his promised peace in the Middle East?" By Yair Rosenberg: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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hookegb.bsky.social @hookegb.bsky.social · 1d

"Far from comprehensive, the list does not include the thousands still buried under the rubble of destroyed buildings, as well as the war’s many indirect victims": www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

www.theguardian.com

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 20d

Hiroshi Sugimoto - The Long Never

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hookegb.bsky.social @hookegb.bsky.social · 1d

"For Shelley Charles, an Anishinaabe elder who helped name the newly formed island Ookwemin Minising – an Anishnaabe name meaning “Place of the black cherry trees” – the findings vindicate a more holistic Indigenous world view of ecosystems."

hookegb.bsky.social @hookegb.bsky.social · 1d

"Pollen from the American chestnut, a tree now extinct in the area, was discovered in the dirt. So too was a seed from the 1500s. The remains of one of the largest and most important peat bogs in the region were rescued.": www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsCr...

hookegb.bsky.social @hookegb.bsky.social · 1d

"The century-old plants bursting from newly exposed soil initially made headlines, but it was only the first of a string of extraordinary discoveries.": www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Creatures buried in soil for over a century burst back to life in Toronto waterfront

A project to restore coastal wetland leads to astonishing discoveries of a host of life: seeds and plant scraps, as well as water fleas, worms, larvae and plankton

www.theguardian.com

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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 3d

Someone asked me why I talk to my cats because, in their words, “It’s not like your pets understand what you are saying.”

Suffice to say, there comes a time when a friendship has simply run its course.

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Iranzy Art @iranzye.bsky.social · Aug 20

My painting DARK AND GOLDEN

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Dev Petty @devpetty.bsky.social · 4d

Blending into October.

An achingly stunning, orange, sunlit cat sting on a wood chair of the same color.

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hookegb.bsky.social @hookegb.bsky.social · 4d

"Garron Noone, a (Irish) comedian and self-styled “Irish cultural police” with more than 2 million followers on TikTok and Instagram ...": www.tiktok.com/@garron_musi...

hookegb.bsky.social @hookegb.bsky.social · 4d

" ... There is, however, a snag: Irish critics hate it. They hate the depiction of Ireland’s history, hate the dialogue, hate the costumes, hate the lighting. Netflix announced that it was the first show to have Irish subtitles and still Irish critics hate it."