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José de Kruif @josedk.bsky.social · 8d

Voelt ook vettig aan leerden ze me vandaag

José de Kruif @josedk.bsky.social · 8d

Schitterende paddestoelen wandeling in bomenmuseum Arboretum Doorn. Kleine selectie uit het assortiment, van klein tot zo groot als een pizza bord. #paddospam

José de Kruif @josedk.bsky.social · 23d

Indiana Jones new scripts 😂

Sorrel Doom @sorrelbythesea.bsky.social · 23d

This may sound boring but it is accurate 🏺🏛️

Assaph Mehr 📚⚔️🕵️👻🏺🏛️🤖 @assaph.bsky.social · 23d

Realistic Indiana Jones movies 🏺😁

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · Sep 6

Fascinating world of ancient #glass: This magnificent #Roman #fish-shaped flask was found during the excavation of a storeroom in Begram/Afghanistan. It was probably made in a workshop at Alexandria/Egypt, dating 1st/2nd century AD. Begram was a....🧵1/2

🏺 #archaeology

Fish-shaped glass vessel with translucent yellow body, wide open mouth, round eyes, and blue accents on fins, crest, and tail

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · Sep 6

.... major trading city at the Silk Road, the flask was found in one of two storerooms of a merchant, filled with luxury good.
National Museum of Afghanistan

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José de Kruif @josedk.bsky.social · Sep 1

Ik vind deze campagne erg belangrijk - doe je ook mee? actie.degoedezaak.org/petitions/ge...

Gemeente Houten, trek een Rode Lijn voor Gaza

Miljoenen Palestijnen zitten gevangen onder een door Israël opgelegde blokkade die leidt tot acute hongersnood en een schrijnend tekort aan voedsel, schoon drinkwater en medische hulp. Elke dag worden...

actie.degoedezaak.org

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Quakers in Britain @quaker.org.uk · Aug 27

We are filled with anguish to see human beings seeking refuge facing the threat of further violence and intimidation.

Too many politicians are fanning the flames of division when they should be voices for peace.

www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

Quaker statement on asylum seeker harassment

One year on from the riots in the summer of 2024, we are filled with anguish to see human beings seeking refuge in our nation facing the threat of further violence and intimidation. As our book of tea...

www.quaker.org.uk

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Vincent van Polanen Petel @vincentvanpp.bsky.social · Aug 27

Goed zo! Timmermans spreekt Bosma aan op zijn ongelijkwaardige behandeling van Wilders en Van Baarle. #debat #tweedekamer #thuisfluiter

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · Aug 13

A fibula (decorative pin for fastening garments) decorated with a water bird, dating 5th century BC. Found at the Heidentor near Egesheim.
Water birds frequently appear as ornaments since the Bronze Age. They had a special significance in the perception... 🧵1/2

#archaeology 🏺

A close-up photo of a a bronze fibula ( brooch/pin), featuring a stylized bird figure sitting on top of a coiled, spiraling wire form. The fibula has a greenish patina typical of aged bronze, the bird's body features engraved lines. The object is photographed against a black background.

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Jason Scott @textfiles.com · Jul 27

RIP Tom Lehrer - the day he announced his items were public domain on a website, we mirrored it. Thank you for your service

archive.org/details/toml...

Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine

archive.org

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Josh Olson @josholson.bsky.social · Jul 27

How great was Tom Lehrer? In 2020, he moved his entire catalog into the public domain because he felt he'd made more than enough money off of it.

Enjoy every Tom Lehrer album:

tomlehrersongs.com

Songs and Lyrics by Tom Lehrer

Songs and Lyrics by Tom Lehrer DISCLAIMER STATEMENTI, Tom Lehrer, individually and as trustee of the

tomlehrersongs.com

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Nigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social · Jul 27

Oh no. Tom Lehrer gone. At his great age, it’s not a tragedy, I know, but it just does feel bad not having his genius in the world.

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Garjan Sterk @garjan.bsky.social · Jun 15

An estimated 150.000 people are drawing a red line in The Hague, demanding that our government takes a stance against g3n0cide and cuts the ties with Israel

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José de Kruif @josedk.bsky.social · Jun 15

Op weg naar Den Haag met @vincentvanpp.bsky.social voor de #rodelijn

José de Kruif @josedk.bsky.social · Jun 13

Wat een mooie tentamenvraag!

Historici vertellen @historicivertellen.bsky.social · Jun 13

Het tentamen voor de cursus Middelnederlandse letterkunde is van start. Willen jullie ook een vraag beantwoorden?

Van het Antwerps Liedboek is slechts één volledig exemplaar overgeleverd. Toch weten we dat het een populair boek is geweest. Geef een bewijs voor de populariteit van het liedboek.

Titelblad van het Antwerps Liedboek (1544) met een houtsnede waarop een man een bloem aan een vrouw geeft.

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MU-Peter Shimon 🀄 @mu-peter.bsky.social · May 23

It was the finger seen around the world.

Who were the ancient Denisovans? 🏺🧪
Fossils reveal secrets about the mysterious humans

Clues are emerging about the ghostly clan that settled eastern Asia and left a genetic legacy in people today.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

A replica of an ancient finger bone found in Denisova Cave. DNA extracted from this bone was used to first identify the Denisovan lineage.Credit: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

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Anna Tilroe @actilroe.bsky.social · May 18

De Rode Lijn was gigantisch!!💪

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Natalie Straatman}🕊! @nataliestraatman.bsky.social · May 18

Onderdeel van een menselijke rode lijn... @Den Haag

Help. Spreek je uit. Sanctioneer.
Beter laat dan nooit.

#rodelijn #wewetenhet #nietwegkijken

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · May 16

#Neolithic textile production: a charred skein of linen thread, dating around 3200 BC, from the pile dwelling settlement of Nußdorf-Maurach, Überlingen, Lake Constance. The damp environment has preserved it in good condition

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#archaeology 🏺

A charred skein of linen thread displayed upright in a museum case. The blackened, twisted fibers are tightly coiled and partially fused from burning, mounted between two smooth, pale stone supports. The exhibit is lit to highlight the texture and preservation of the ancient textile remains.

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · May 14

Please read my essay in TIME, which @science.org
did not do carefully before publishing this assertion. time.com/7285045/resi...

Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress

I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.

time.com

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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · Mar 24

NEW Coins from the Nietulisko Małe Hoard, one of the largest hoards of Roman coins found in Poland. Digitisation of almost 3000 denarii from the hoard helped document them and the database will hopefully be publicly available soon.

🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

#Archaeology 🏺 #NumismaticsBluesky

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Simon Fisher @profsimonfisher.bsky.social · Mar 11

"Findings indicate a uniform behavioural set: similar lithic technology, increased reliance on large-game hunting & socially elaborated behaviours (intentional burial, ochre use in burial contexts). We suggest this is due to intensified interpopulation interactions between Homo groups 130–80 ka."🧪

Evidence from Tinshemet Cave in Israel suggests behavioural uniformity across Homo groups in the Levantine mid-Middle Palaeolithic circa 130,000–80,000 years ago - Nature Human Behaviour

The Middle Palaeolithic of southwest Asia witnessed interactions and knowledge sharing between archaic and modern humans ~130,000–80,000 years ago. These interactions led to increased behavioural comp...

www.nature.com

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · Mar 9

In the 1790s a London woman named Eliza Denyer developed a modest reputation as a restorer of medieval manuscripts. She was forgotten by scholars and, in one case, her restorations were deliberately replaced by a man’s. I recovered her story & tracked all her known work here: tinyurl.com/2ktztx2e

Part of a page of a medieval manuscript that had a hole cut into it. Underneath it is a restoration of a large decorated B, which would have been in this place, and which was restored by Eliza. The letter emulates the medieval style of script, but the image inside it is in a late 18th century style, showing a verdant tree standing against a green bucolic landscape.

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Ethan Gruber @ewg118.bsky.social · Feb 19

Thanks to an export from @gordien3a.bsky.social, almost 5000 coin hoards of the Roman Empire have been linked to about 14000 coin types in OCRE, greatly expanding geographic visualization, from Hadrian's Wall to India. numishare.blogspot.com/2025/02/coin... #lawdi #LODLAM #classicsbluesky

Coin Hoards of the Roman Empire joins the Linked Open Data cloud

In a significant enhancement to the study of Roman imperial coinage, nearly 5,000 coin hoards from the Oxford Coin Hoards of the Roman Empir...

numishare.blogspot.com

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ArdennenBob 🇪🇺 @ardennenbob.bsky.social · Mar 2

Banksy did it again.

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