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December 7, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance.
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
December 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance.
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
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A thread of Inuit art that you didn't know you needed, starting with one of my favourites
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Sheouak Petaulassie was an Inuk artist.
Her art can be found at the National Gallery of Canada, Canadian Museum of Civilization, the Glenbow Museum, the Hood Museum of Art, the UBC Museum of Anthropology, the U. of Michigan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, & the Art Gallery of Windsor.
Her art can be found at the National Gallery of Canada, Canadian Museum of Civilization, the Glenbow Museum, the Hood Museum of Art, the UBC Museum of Anthropology, the U. of Michigan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, & the Art Gallery of Windsor.
September 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
A thread of Inuit art that you didn't know you needed, starting with one of my favourites
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Thames Water to do fewer improvements under lenders' rescue plan.
More unplugged leaks, sewage in rivers.
Plan wants more cash from customers. No commitment on what shareholders will pay. No end to dividends.
Nationalisation is the only durable solution.
More unplugged leaks, sewage in rivers.
Plan wants more cash from customers. No commitment on what shareholders will pay. No end to dividends.
Nationalisation is the only durable solution.
Thames Water to do fewer improvement projects under lenders’ new rescue plan
New consortium says infrastructure projects must be cut back to make beleaguered company viable again
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Thames Water to do fewer improvements under lenders' rescue plan.
More unplugged leaks, sewage in rivers.
Plan wants more cash from customers. No commitment on what shareholders will pay. No end to dividends.
Nationalisation is the only durable solution.
More unplugged leaks, sewage in rivers.
Plan wants more cash from customers. No commitment on what shareholders will pay. No end to dividends.
Nationalisation is the only durable solution.
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Someone tells you something's a good idea. They might even demonstrate it. It seems to make sense. Or does it? This question - that's critical thinking. When we don't just believe things, but start thinking ourselves. If needs be, research. Test it. And make up our own minds.
#GoodMorning, everyone.
#GoodMorning, everyone.
September 3, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Someone tells you something's a good idea. They might even demonstrate it. It seems to make sense. Or does it? This question - that's critical thinking. When we don't just believe things, but start thinking ourselves. If needs be, research. Test it. And make up our own minds.
#GoodMorning, everyone.
#GoodMorning, everyone.
Cezanne's last studio, Aix-en-Provence. It still contains many of the objects he depicted in his extraordinary late run of still lifes.
August 22, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Cezanne's last studio, Aix-en-Provence. It still contains many of the objects he depicted in his extraordinary late run of still lifes.
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USSR, c. 1965
July 11, 2025 at 11:35 PM
USSR, c. 1965
What's going on with Labour voters in the Guardian's Dining Across the Divide?
July 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
What's going on with Labour voters in the Guardian's Dining Across the Divide?
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A reminder that not only are most migrants on settlement routes subjected to what is known as "no recourse to public funds", meaning no state support, the majority actually pay more into state finances than take out, on top of tens of thousands in visa costs, and the immigration health surcharge. 1/
Douglas Carswell and the Telegraph channelling Matt Goodwin.
June 14, 2025 at 12:17 PM
A reminder that not only are most migrants on settlement routes subjected to what is known as "no recourse to public funds", meaning no state support, the majority actually pay more into state finances than take out, on top of tens of thousands in visa costs, and the immigration health surcharge. 1/
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Rosalyn Drexler! What a life. Not only did she write the ROCKY novelisation, but... well, see for yourself. Thank you @angusdunican.bsky.social for telling me about her. She's 98.
Rosalyn Drexler - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
June 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Rosalyn Drexler! What a life. Not only did she write the ROCKY novelisation, but... well, see for yourself. Thank you @angusdunican.bsky.social for telling me about her. She's 98.
Maybe try "I bought it second-hand", Christ it's not difficult
some right-winger looked up a jacket I was wearing and is mad that it was expensive when it was for sale in like 2014 and I really don't know how to explain the concept of thrifting to them
June 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Maybe try "I bought it second-hand", Christ it's not difficult
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hello boss? yeah, fucked it mate
May 22, 2025 at 9:57 AM
hello boss? yeah, fucked it mate
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Contemporary painter Mary Pym, who was born in the Netherlands but who now lives in the UK #WomensArt
March 25, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Contemporary painter Mary Pym, who was born in the Netherlands but who now lives in the UK #WomensArt
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Trust comes on foot but leaves on horseback
March 12, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Trust comes on foot but leaves on horseback
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middling novelists looking to give their books some unearned heft by setting them in Auschwitz need to get a move on, they're running out of job titles
![9 novels all called 'The [Job Title] of Auschwitz'](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yh57k4bayjoyienjoouwmjh6/bafkreigcfrdqa75nrmjvc2johdgc73bms533k7msgsrzdwvo5yhvj4mrqi@jpeg)
March 12, 2025 at 12:34 AM
middling novelists looking to give their books some unearned heft by setting them in Auschwitz need to get a move on, they're running out of job titles
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when i die please avenge my death regardless of the circumstances
June 13, 2023 at 3:35 AM
when i die please avenge my death regardless of the circumstances
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A flea treatment of a medium-sized dog contains enough pesticide to kill 60 million bees
About 80% of the UK total of 22 million cats & dogs get regular over-the-counter worm & flea treatment, whether suffering from an infestation or not
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
About 80% of the UK total of 22 million cats & dogs get regular over-the-counter worm & flea treatment, whether suffering from an infestation or not
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Flea treatments are turning our pets into an environmental hazard – there has to be a better way | Sophie Pavelle
Startling evidence of the dangers to birds and rivers from over-the-counter drugs should be a wake-up call for owners to press for alternatives, says writer Sophie Pavelle
www.theguardian.com
February 24, 2025 at 10:52 AM
A flea treatment of a medium-sized dog contains enough pesticide to kill 60 million bees
About 80% of the UK total of 22 million cats & dogs get regular over-the-counter worm & flea treatment, whether suffering from an infestation or not
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
About 80% of the UK total of 22 million cats & dogs get regular over-the-counter worm & flea treatment, whether suffering from an infestation or not
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Normalizing spelling out what people actually mean when they cite DEI rather than letting them hide behind the safe cover of a euphemism that's been sapped of meaning
January 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Normalizing spelling out what people actually mean when they cite DEI rather than letting them hide behind the safe cover of a euphemism that's been sapped of meaning
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This is a sewing pattern. It is also a page from a late 14th century manuscript that is one of two primary sources for an important Icelandic saga (Sturlunga saga), but that was probably not important to the 17th century person who really needed a sewing pattern.
#upcycling
#upcycling
January 24, 2025 at 9:17 PM
This is a sewing pattern. It is also a page from a late 14th century manuscript that is one of two primary sources for an important Icelandic saga (Sturlunga saga), but that was probably not important to the 17th century person who really needed a sewing pattern.
#upcycling
#upcycling
Let's have some flowers
January 20, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Let's have some flowers
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Just found the jumper that my mum knitted for me when I was a kid.
January 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Just found the jumper that my mum knitted for me when I was a kid.