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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 1d

These late period Francis Bacon triptychs are terrifying.

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Judy @judetheconfused.bsky.social · 8h

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Judy @judetheconfused.bsky.social · 8h

So have I. Turned joyfully to pumpkins when they became a thing, because at least you could make soup, whereas I hated the taste of turnips. 🎃

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Judy @judetheconfused.bsky.social · 8h

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Judy @judetheconfused.bsky.social · 8h

‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, haunted me a bit when I was young.

Ian Duhig @ianduhig.bsky.social · 1d

for World Mental Health Day from 'An Arbitrary Light Bulb', my most recent book of poetry

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Judy @judetheconfused.bsky.social · 8h

This is just so good.

Ian Duhig @ianduhig.bsky.social · 13h

Michael Longley, from 'Ghost Orchid'

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Judy @judetheconfused.bsky.social · 9h

@avantgardening.pl
Apparently this is a thing, which you probably knew, but it passed me by.

Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcc.bsky.social · 22h

Anyway I wrote an article back in 2013 analyzing permutations on Benedict Cumberbatch which you may read and sub in Timothée Chalamet should you so desire
web.archive.org/web/20250322...

A Linguist Explains the Rules of Summoning Benedict Cumberbatch -The Toast

A willing foe, and sea room.

web.archive.org

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Judy @judetheconfused.bsky.social · 9h

@avantgardening.pl

Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcc.bsky.social · 1d

Higgledy piggledy
Timothée Chalamet
Has a name meriting
Endless design

Much like his forerunner
Benedict Cumberbatch:
Hexasyllabically,
Easy to rhyme

tweet from childish branzino @absflora:
timothée chalamet is the new benedict cumberbatch in the sense that you can say ANYTHING and we know who you mean. tiffany chevrolet. timpanogos charlemagne. symphony cabernet. jiminy castaway.

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Judy @judetheconfused.bsky.social · 10h

Aww Brian Poole. When the Tremeloes ceased tremeling, I think I read that he went back to his old job. (A butcher’s shop?)

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Judy @judetheconfused.bsky.social · 10h

Looking forward to this, with fingers crossed for winning!
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Felicity Hayes-McCoy @fhayesmccoy.bsky.social · 10h

#OnceAYear is out next week!!

That's 5 days left to be in with a chance of winning an overnight stay for two at Ireland's luxurious Falls Hotel, PLUS dinner and a relaxing spa treatment

Pre-order here: www.omahonys.ie/once-a-year-...

#Spéirgorm #booksky #Irish #writing #feelgood #fiction #books

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 15h

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 16h

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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Judy @judetheconfused.bsky.social · 10h

Took me a moment before it clicked why she’s called Debra..Duh.

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Hallie Rubenhold @hallierubenhold.bsky.social · 11h

Absolutely love this post. Another example why we need to study history from the bottom up, not necessarily top down.

Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 1d

In @thetimes.com letters page today

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Miller on the Threshold @iammilliam.bsky.social · 11h

FYI @lameorecords.bsky.social. Passed this in the street in Liverpool this morning. No idea.

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Jamal abu hashem🇵🇸 @jamalzuhir.bsky.social · 1d

Help us get out of Gaza
let us rebuild our lives, please, my friends. share for us much as you can during this period, because there is news that the crossing will open so we can get out from Gaza.

Jamal abu hashem🇵🇸 @jamalzuhir.bsky.social · 23d

Here is Jamal from Gaza whose family lost everything and he is trying with all his might to rebuild their lives and help them with the crazy costs in Gaza and travel outside Gaza when the crossings open. I hope you support us. Your little support, even if it is $5

chuffed.org/project/1389...

Help Jamal’s family leave the war zone and rebuild their life!

Hi my loves! My name is Caroline, and I created this fundraiser to help Jamal support his family as they fight to survive the genocide in Gaza, evacuate to safety, and eventually rebuild their lives f...

chuffed.org

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TheBossRoss @thebossross.bsky.social · 1d

One of the most lasting, damaging consequences of the Trump presidency (& I don't wish to understate its harm to people) is the destruction he inflicts on nature & environment. Much of it irreversible by the time he is gone.

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Andrew Perfors @andyperfors.bsky.social · 23h

Younger me did not foresee a world in which I am ideologically far more aligned with the current Pope than with most major US institutions, but here we are.

He puts his finger on much of what's at the heart of the moral rot we see all over.

Lucius Fox In The Box @carnegro.bsky.social · 1d

Pope Leo is spitting.

www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...

Leo questioned a world where the wealth of the elite grows
"exponentially" while many "millions of people die of hunger or survive in conditions unfit for human beings." He also criticized "ideologies that defend the absolute autonomy of the marketplace and financial speculation,"
with false promises "that a free-market economy will automatically solve the problem of poverty."

Leo described a "new tyranny," which shuns any kind of oversight and where the economy is structured "in such a way that sacrifices are demanded of the masses in order to serve the needs of the powerful." The poor, he wrote, are only allowed "drops that trickle down."

The pope openly challenged "prosperity theology" and called Christians to the practice of giving charity. "It will not solve the problem of world poverty, yet it must still be carried out, with intelligence, diligence and social responsibility," he wrote.

Popular movements that challenge "the empire of money," invite people to take on the cause to combat poverty alongside the poor, instead of on their behalf, and "make history," the pope said. It our duty, Leo said, to "make their voices heard, albeit in different ways, in order to point out and denounce such structural issues, even at the cost of appearing foolish or naïve."

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 23h

Hedgehog, c. 1650 (Rijksmuseum)

I love its expression.

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Fiona Murphy @fcemurphy.bsky.social · 23h

Moonshine #Dungarvan

#Waterford #Ireland #blueskyphotograohy #Photography #blueskyart #Speirgorm #thephotohour #stormhour #moon

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Judy @judetheconfused.bsky.social · 20h

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 23h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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TryingMyBest @tryingmybestuk.bsky.social · 22h

Finally an episode worth watching - fantastic job @zackpolanski.bsky.social

The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 22h

“You can’t blame austerity on one hand, but then say it’s the immigrants. The immigrants haven’t caused austerity.”

Zack Polanski takes on Reform’s Zia Yusuf over spreading of misinformation on #BBCQT

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Patrick Brannigan @patrickjmb.bsky.social · 1d

Cloud-capped #Mournes from the townland of Magherasaul/Machaire Sabhall ‘plain of barns', @placenamesni.bsky.social

#CountyDown
#SpéirGhorm

Corrected from earlier post.

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Andrew Copson @andrewcopson.bsky.social · 6d

The Convention on Human Rights is one of the greatest achievements of European civilisation following one of its greatest tragedies. To join Russia in leaving it would be one of the biggest acts of national self-sabotage in history and have zero positive consequences www.bbc.com/news/article...