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Simon Coupland @scoupland.bsky.social · 1d

For #FindsFriday some of the lovely objects in the Ilanz hoard from Switzerland, buried during Charlemagne's reign, in the early 790s. Gold Lombard and Carolingian coins, silver Carolingian, Anglo-Saxon and Arabic coins, as well as gold jewellery. See more here: raetischesmuseum.app/extras/highl...

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Becky Wallower @bwallower.bsky.social · 1d

#FindsFriday 🏺
Bronze chimera: likely emblem (episema) on C6 BC warrior's shield w lion's head on flame-like mane + scaly fierce snake striking from centre.
From high status tomb w arms, tools, ceramics + iron wheels of chariot excavated in Melfi, Basilicata.
Now in Nat Archaeological Museum there.

A large thin bronze decoration probably for a 6th C BC warrior's shield. At the top the head of a beast with a stylised lion's head and snout, on a long neck with incised flame-like mane, emerges from a scaly circle. This serves as the body of a fierce snake (which probably wrapped round the lion's body), which extends to the top right with a long head and open mouth, with wing below lower jaw.

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Jeremy Lockwood @valdosaurus.bsky.social · 1d

For #FossilFriday some iguanodontian dorsal vertebrae with ossified tendons which would have formed a crisscross pattern. First appeared Late Jurassic associated with increased mass and quadrupedality. From #IsleofWight in the collections of @nhm-london.bsky.social.

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Kath Page @orkat3.bsky.social · 1d

#FindsFriday This unique carving of a woman was discovered in 1880 in a peat bog in Ballachulish near Loch Leven, #Scotland in 1880. Carved from a single piece of alder, the Ballachulish women stands 1.5m tall, has quartz pebbles for eyes and dates to about 600AD. Her purpose is unknown. #IronAge

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Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 12h

Daily bunny no.3104 does not have a map

An intrepid bunny creeps through a labyrinth or dungeon, arranged in a grid like an old videogame. There is a snake and a skull in the bunny's path, as well as a spike pit. The bunny has a small sword.

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Jocelyne Gregory @jocelynegregory.bsky.social · 18h

NOOOOOOO!!! This is too scary!!! 😱

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JoyousJoyfulJoyness @joyousjoyness.com · 19h

✨ A Sprinkle of JoyousJoyness ✨

Some epic breakdancing moves!

Have a JoyousJoyfulJoyness day!

#happy #cat #funny #cute #joyousjoyness #repost

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Jocelyne Gregory @jocelynegregory.bsky.social · 19h

I did figure it out, but there's a lot left unsaid (I wrote a separate novella about it because, ohmygod, what a year)

Jocelyne Gregory @jocelynegregory.bsky.social · 19h

Me in one sentence trying to explain to literary agents why I wrote a paranormal dark comedy to cope during a year of unexpected home care for someone who was an energy vampire, lied about their finances, and had lewy body dementia without writing a 10000 word essay about trauma and survival.

a woman is sitting on a couch in a living room with the words `` so much trauma '' written in yellow .

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Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · 1d

Pssst

Have you grabbed your copy yet?

Because these are some of the best damn stories you will EVER read #ChoicesAnthology

Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · 3d

#ChoicesAnthology is the collective scream of people of marginalized genders facing the control and theft of our reproductive rights, filled with stories of terror, tragedy, resistance, and revenge

Grab your copy today books2read.com/u/3JYo9Q

Red paint background with the cover for Choices: An Anthology of Reproductive Horror on the left. The cover lists the editor, Dianna Gunn, the author of the foreward, Alex Woodroe, and the names of the authors: R Haven, Ondine Mayor, Enoli Lee, Ash Vale, Justine White, Kelli Etheridge, Ava Victoria Black, Allay Rei, Soyam Siddha, Sam Rosewilde, A.H. Davison, Meg Calendaria, KT Wagner, Anne Wilkins, Bogi Takacs, Amanda Cecelia Lang, Elise Scott, Mia Dalia, Raluca Balasa.

The right side says: “As the horrors close in around us, we turn to story to process our fears, our desires, and our futures. In Choices: An Anthology of Reproductive Horror, nineteen writers whose reproductive rights are under threat explore the stories of those who, like them, have had their choices stolen from them.
These stories serve as a reminder of the power of choice and the importance of fighting for every human’s right to choose their own future.”

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 1d

Printing presses kept their letters in cases.

Capital letters went in the upper case.
Smaller letters went in the lower case.

This is why we say ‘UPPER CASE’ and ‘lower case.’

Ok, but what did we call them before the invention of the printing press?

MAJUSCULE and minuscule.

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Laura Blackwell (she/her) @pronouncedlahra.bsky.social · 1d

HWA folks! Have you recommended others' work to the Recommended Reading list for the Bram Stoker Awards? Horror writers, have you submitted your own work to the juries? Here's how! You can even click through to the full rules if you're intrepid! www.thebramstokerawards.com/submissions/

Submissions – The Bram Stoker Awards

www.thebramstokerawards.com

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 1d

Here I am. Once again. I'm out of archaeologists.

We matched 576 groups w/archaeologists, leaving 13 groups unmatched. This brings me pain! We've never run out of scientists like this before. 598 requests for one category is A LOT. But still.

Archaeologists 🥺
www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html

Sign Up

Skype a Scientist gives you the opportunity to connect with students and the public around the world.

www.skypeascientist.com

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 1d

Happy world squid and cuttlefish day!!

Text your friend a squid fact. Watch a video of a cuttlefish doing something cute.
Doodle a squid and then show it to me.

The world is cruel but squid are good.

A giant Australian cuddle fish swims up from the Moy seafloor and looks at the camera. She is red with w shaped curious pupils

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beth phelan @bethphelan.bsky.social · 21h

#DVpit inspired me to reopen to queries sooner than I'd planned... Starting Nov 2025, I'll be open to unsolicited queries the first week of every month! Still just YA + MG fiction... Really hungry for 🤩 debut voices... You'll be able to submit here: querytracker.net/querybeth #mswl

Announcement:
I will reopen to unsolicited submissions for the first week of every month starting in November!
I’m only looking for YA + MG fiction. I am particularly hungry for debut voices! Also:
- high-stakes plots about liars, scams, etc
- fresh grounded dystopian with personal stakes
- smart, cutting social commentary
- meta shit and big twists
- multigenerational stories
- anything with a unique/risky approach or voice
- ugly underbellies!
gallt & zacker literary agency
querytracker.net/query/querybeth
www.bethphelan.com

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Bonnie Burton ✍️ @bonniegrrl.bsky.social · 1d

“Let’s do The Time Warp again…”
👯‍♀️ 🎶 #TheRockyHorrorPictureShow

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Jocelyne Gregory @jocelynegregory.bsky.social · 20h

And a new pope! I forgot the Pope!

Jocelyne Gregory @jocelynegregory.bsky.social · 20h

The Wikipedia article for 2025 is going to be wild with protest frogs, alien asteroids, multiple eclipses, artificial hallucinations, volcano eruptions, government shenanigans, video of whales eating giant squads, etc.

a cartoon of a penguin wearing overalls and a beanie with a volcano in the background

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Jocelyne Gregory @jocelynegregory.bsky.social · 20h

The Wikipedia article for 2025 is going to be wild with protest frogs, alien asteroids, multiple eclipses, artificial hallucinations, volcano eruptions, government shenanigans, video of whales eating giant squads, etc.

a cartoon of a penguin wearing overalls and a beanie with a volcano in the background

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Jocelyne Gregory @jocelynegregory.bsky.social · 20h

a woman in a pink top says yes yes yes in front of a microphone

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Jocelyne Gregory @jocelynegregory.bsky.social · 20h

What a handsome fellow.
Sending you love and healing thoughts. Please be kind and gentle with yourself ❤️

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 23h

This is amazing. Every time I think I’m done crying someone does something kind like this and I’m in tears again. A weird mixture of happiness and gratitude and just missing him so bad.

Laura @barklaart.bsky.social · 1d

He looked so regal in that pic, I had to draw him! Hope that's OK. I'm so deeply sorry for your loss. He looks a beautiful boy who probably purred really loud 🌸☘👑

A digital illustration of an incredibly fluffy cat, drawn in a watercolour-and-ink style. The colours are pastel with lots of yellow, aqua, and cool pink. The cat sits facing us, his bushy white chest contrasting with brown tabby colouring, giving the air of a wise white-bearded king. He has white paws and a white blaze on his face that covers his cheeks and nose. His long, bushy tail curves behind him, adding drama to the seated pose. A gold crown with red gems floats above his head like a halo, sending off radiant lines in the background. He sits on a fluffy white cloud. Around the image is a stylised frame, decorated with red clover (state flower of Vermont) and in the centre, the subject's name: FERGUS.

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Jocelyne Gregory @jocelynegregory.bsky.social · 1d

This is such a great movie ❤️

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 2d

📝 400+ pages
🥀 urban fantasy
🌃 set in washington state
🔥 slow burn
🤍 romance and angst
🗡️ demons and vampires
📕 first in a duology

🔖 universal link: mybook.to/D3rL5
💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/the-wish-and...
📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

Cover for The Wish and the Demon, book one in the Half Swallowed by Shadows duology, by Rebecca Crunden. Cover shows three men's silhouettes standing in the middle of a road in winter. There's dark red trees and snow on the ground. One figure is approaching the other two, surrounded by shadows.

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Jocelyne Gregory @jocelynegregory.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you!!!! ❤️

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 1d

a thing i am intrigued by: some museums release public domain 3d scans of their artifacts and there are people who just upload those to steam workshops for different games. i love the idea of someone having a relationship with like 15th century vases that comes from them being free in steam

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