@paulwiggin.bsky.social
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The Legend of Rabenstein: Deserted, circa 1877. Illustrated by Samuel Read
February 16, 2026 at 1:38 PM
The Legend of Rabenstein: Deserted, circa 1877. Illustrated by Samuel Read
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‘Stronger than lover's love is lover's hate. Incurable, in each, the wounds they make.’ ~ Euripides, Medea.
@racheldeering.bsky.social here for a love me, love me not Valentine’s #BookWormSat 🩷💔
🖼️ Medea, Valentine Cameron Prinsep, 1880.
@racheldeering.bsky.social here for a love me, love me not Valentine’s #BookWormSat 🩷💔
🖼️ Medea, Valentine Cameron Prinsep, 1880.
February 14, 2026 at 12:03 PM
‘Stronger than lover's love is lover's hate. Incurable, in each, the wounds they make.’ ~ Euripides, Medea.
@racheldeering.bsky.social here for a love me, love me not Valentine’s #BookWormSat 🩷💔
🖼️ Medea, Valentine Cameron Prinsep, 1880.
@racheldeering.bsky.social here for a love me, love me not Valentine’s #BookWormSat 🩷💔
🖼️ Medea, Valentine Cameron Prinsep, 1880.
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This remarkable 1967 LP by Carnatic veena virtuoso Chitti Babu, featuring his dazzling, expressive and soulful vocal-like playing, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2026/02/indi...
#Indian Music #Carnatic #veena
music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2026/02/indi...
#Indian Music #Carnatic #veena
February 13, 2026 at 12:19 PM
This remarkable 1967 LP by Carnatic veena virtuoso Chitti Babu, featuring his dazzling, expressive and soulful vocal-like playing, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2026/02/indi...
#Indian Music #Carnatic #veena
music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2026/02/indi...
#Indian Music #Carnatic #veena
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Have you ever seen a Roman plumbing device that is both genius and gorgeous? Just look at this bronze drain strainer, found in the Roman baths at Weißenburg, Germany, dating2nd/3rd century AD!
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology #findsfriday
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology #findsfriday
February 13, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Have you ever seen a Roman plumbing device that is both genius and gorgeous? Just look at this bronze drain strainer, found in the Roman baths at Weißenburg, Germany, dating2nd/3rd century AD!
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology #findsfriday
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology #findsfriday
A bit of Aziz Ibrahim for you. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Njw...
Ian Brown "Ice Cold Cube", MTV UK 1998
YouTube video by nobladeofgrassTV
www.youtube.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:43 AM
A bit of Aziz Ibrahim for you. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Njw...
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The Fortress Dwellers at Scarborough Faire.
youtu.be/R7i6B1v7xYU?...
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Fortress Dwellers @ Scarborough 5-18-2025
YouTube video by Larry Lozuk
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May 28, 2025 at 7:02 AM
The Fortress Dwellers at Scarborough Faire.
youtu.be/R7i6B1v7xYU?...
youtu.be/R7i6B1v7xYU?...
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Rob is one of the good guys, lend a hand if you can.
February 11, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Rob is one of the good guys, lend a hand if you can.
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launching a newsletter on substack any time in the last few years is basically a giant neon sign saying:
"I am a political idiot who didn't do my research"
"I did my research but platform convenience trumps principles"
or
"I openly support right wing extremism"
"I am a political idiot who didn't do my research"
"I did my research but platform convenience trumps principles"
or
"I openly support right wing extremism"
“The global publishing platform Substack is generating revenue from newsletters that promote virulent Nazi ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism, a Guardian investigation has found…” www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:55 PM
launching a newsletter on substack any time in the last few years is basically a giant neon sign saying:
"I am a political idiot who didn't do my research"
"I did my research but platform convenience trumps principles"
or
"I openly support right wing extremism"
"I am a political idiot who didn't do my research"
"I did my research but platform convenience trumps principles"
or
"I openly support right wing extremism"
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Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
February 5, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
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Lou Reed: That Which Does Not Kill Us Can Radicalize Us
(Bruce E. Levine)
#LouReed #VelvetUnderground
An account of Lou Reed's electro-convulsive “therapy” (ECT) at 17 years old. Dissecting Lou Reed’s song “Kill Your Sons.
Illustration by Charles Burns
www.counterpunch.org/2019/05/03/l...
(Bruce E. Levine)
#LouReed #VelvetUnderground
An account of Lou Reed's electro-convulsive “therapy” (ECT) at 17 years old. Dissecting Lou Reed’s song “Kill Your Sons.
Illustration by Charles Burns
www.counterpunch.org/2019/05/03/l...
July 1, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Lou Reed: That Which Does Not Kill Us Can Radicalize Us
(Bruce E. Levine)
#LouReed #VelvetUnderground
An account of Lou Reed's electro-convulsive “therapy” (ECT) at 17 years old. Dissecting Lou Reed’s song “Kill Your Sons.
Illustration by Charles Burns
www.counterpunch.org/2019/05/03/l...
(Bruce E. Levine)
#LouReed #VelvetUnderground
An account of Lou Reed's electro-convulsive “therapy” (ECT) at 17 years old. Dissecting Lou Reed’s song “Kill Your Sons.
Illustration by Charles Burns
www.counterpunch.org/2019/05/03/l...
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February 1, 2026 at 10:47 AM
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February 1, 2026 at 12:22 AM
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Learned Audience, the Wisdom of Enlightenment is inherent in every one of us. It is because of the delusion under which our mind works that we fail to realise it ourselves.
Hui Neng
Goodnight everyone look after yourself.
Hui Neng
Goodnight everyone look after yourself.
January 31, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Learned Audience, the Wisdom of Enlightenment is inherent in every one of us. It is because of the delusion under which our mind works that we fail to realise it ourselves.
Hui Neng
Goodnight everyone look after yourself.
Hui Neng
Goodnight everyone look after yourself.
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my new post on zikzak (along with doing some new album promo) features a link to download 2 very out of print ambient techno records that may very well be new to you
zikzak.substack.com/p/new-ambien...
zikzak.substack.com/p/new-ambien...
January 30, 2026 at 7:12 PM
my new post on zikzak (along with doing some new album promo) features a link to download 2 very out of print ambient techno records that may very well be new to you
zikzak.substack.com/p/new-ambien...
zikzak.substack.com/p/new-ambien...
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'Jewish prisoners after being liberated from a death train.
By U.S. Army, Major Clarence Benjamin, 743rd Tank Battalion. 1945'
vjic.org/vjic2/?page_...
By U.S. Army, Major Clarence Benjamin, 743rd Tank Battalion. 1945'
vjic.org/vjic2/?page_...
January 30, 2026 at 8:47 AM
'Jewish prisoners after being liberated from a death train.
By U.S. Army, Major Clarence Benjamin, 743rd Tank Battalion. 1945'
vjic.org/vjic2/?page_...
By U.S. Army, Major Clarence Benjamin, 743rd Tank Battalion. 1945'
vjic.org/vjic2/?page_...
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Self-Portrait (1929) by Japanese-French artist, Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita (1886-1968)
Oil on canvas
61 × 50 cm
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt ##catlover
Oil on canvas
61 × 50 cm
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt ##catlover
January 28, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Self-Portrait (1929) by Japanese-French artist, Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita (1886-1968)
Oil on canvas
61 × 50 cm
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt ##catlover
Oil on canvas
61 × 50 cm
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt ##catlover