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Twitter was great, but so was Gawker: this too shall pass. Not buying, not selling: not in the food-chain; here for the news and views. Photos are my own. I'm grateful for any following. Cittidano della Republica di Londra.

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I Observe @iobserve.bsky.social · Nov 11

#SomewhereElse

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 3h

Sit tibi terra levis - May the earth rest lightly on you

Diane Keaton 1946-2025

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The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 3h

Diane Keaton, the Oscar-winning star of "Annie Hall," the "Godfather" films and "The First Wives Club," among many others, has died. Watch her light up the screen in a few of her most iconic performances. Read more about her life and legacy: bit.ly/471G72Z

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 3h

Elisabeth Schwetzer made a very poor choice of headgear to be painted in 1544 by Georg Pencz. But one senses that she wasn't really that invested in the portrait-sitting process to begin with.

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La Brea Tar Pits & Museum @tarpits.org · 3h

🦝 Even amid mammoths and saber-tooths, raccoons were part of Ice Age Los Angeles too. A rare fossil from Project 23 shows one of these masked foragers once lived here—quiet, small, but surviving in the shadows of giants: bit.ly/RaccoonsofLA

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The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 4h

Diane Keaton, who won an Academy Award for best actress for her portrayal of the titular quirky character in Annie Hall and portrayed Kay Adams in the three Godfather films, has died. She was 79. Read about her life and legacy: bit.ly/47kDP0j

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Kathy Griffin @kathygriffin.bsky.social · 5h

OVER 100,000 VIEWS in under 48 hours!!! The response to Kathy Griffin: My Life On The PTSD List has matched the energy of that crowd—it’s been electric and I’m so grateful! And the best part? You can WATCH IT FOR FREE on YouTube. Can we hit 200K by the end of the week?! youtu.be/UF2REkRgUZA?...

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Patricia Stoughton @patriciastoughton.bsky.social · 3d

High tide at Lambeth Bridge this afternoon.

Grey-green River Thames almost reaching the bottom of the pink-edged arches on Lambeth Bridge. Dark green plane tree leaves are hanging down over the water.

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Lorelei King @loreleiking.bsky.social · 2d

London, you so purty. Even your little details.

Close up of a panel on a bus stop showing the iconic red London transport symbol of a circle with a straight line through it, on which is written the word "buses'.

The same panel seen from a bit further away.

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Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 2d

People are simple in the end.

Enjoying international cuisines makes people more tolerant, UK study finds

Frequent and varied eating found to reduce likelihood of perceiving immigrants as ‘cultural or economic threats’

www.theguardian.com

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Agnes C. Poirier @agnescpoirier.bsky.social · 2d

Beautiful and extremely moving ceremony for Robert #Badinter’s entrance into the #Pantheon.
#Paris

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Dean Frey @dean.bsky.social · 21h

Richard Richards
James Mason at a pub in Dublin
GQ, December 1966

Description: James Mason holding a beer with a bartender in the background at a pub in Dublin, Ireland.

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Neon Deutschland @neondeutschland.bsky.social · 6d

The bakery is gone, but the sign remains (for now).

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Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 1d

'Limehouse' (1913) by Christopher RW Nevinson

(Atkinson Art Gallery Collection)

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🏛️ Roma Aeterna 🏛️ @romaaeterna.bsky.social · 16h

Statue représentant Junon Sospita et conservée aux Musées du Vatican depuis 1782 (marbre, IIe s. ap. J.-C.). Cette statue pourrait provenir du temple de Junon Sospita sur le Forum Holitorium à Rome. Elle a été restaurée par Pierantoni.

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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 16h

Staircase in the Grands Magasins Dufayel department store, Paris, 19th century

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grands_...

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I Observe @iobserve.bsky.social · 16h

11 Oct: St. Giovanni XXIII #festa

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 1d

A 7th century Pictish symbol stone discovered in 1936 during excavations at the Knowe of Burrian - a broch at Netherbrough in the Orkney Isles. Now part of the collections at Orkney Museum in Kirkwall. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #Picts #Orkney

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Dean Frey @dean.bsky.social · 1d

Remembering Harold Pinter on his birthday 🎂
📷 Bill Brandt, 1981

"The speech we hear is an indication of that which we don't hear. One way of looking at speech is to say that it is a constant stratagem to cover nakedness."

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 1d

#OtD 10 Oct 1889 a nationwide wave of schoolchildren's strikes was sparked in East London, when kids from a dozen schools walked out of class and took to the streets waving red flags, and banners emblazoned with "No cane" and "Shorter hours" stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8241...

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Popular Science @popsci.com · 1d

Bats

We frickin love Halloween.

www.popsci.com/environment/...

Europe's biggest bat captures and devours birds while flying

It's like nabbing an animal half your size...while jogging.

www.popsci.com

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Anthony Tackles Dead Cows @mosasaurologist.bsky.social · 1d

Injuries are actually fairly common to find in fossil specimens, even in the seaway that used to cover Kansas!

This #FossilFriday pic is the end of the tail of a Clidastes mosasaur. The gnarly mass in the middle is around 6 vertebrae that fused together due to trauma, likely an infected bite.🧪