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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 5h

Marvellous Minoan clay vessels made by creative potters on the island of Crete during the Aegean Bronze Age around 3,500 years ago! 🤩

Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me

#Archaeology

From the Aegean Bronze Age, Minoan clay vessels with black handpainted decoration.on a pale biscuity-coloured slip

Top left - clay flask decorated in Minoan ‘Marine Style’’ with an octopus with tentacles writhing around the body of the vase. Additional motifs such as seaweed and rocks represent the seabed. From Palaikastro, 1500-1450 BC

Top right - clay rhyton in the shape of a bull’s head. A rhyton is a type of pouring vessel used for filling cups or making liquid offerings. There is a pouring hole at the bull’s mouth. From Knossos Little Palace, 1450-1375 BC

Bottom left - Nautilus vessel - clay rhyton depicting the seabed with nautili, corals and seaweed. From Phaistos Palace, 1500-1450 BC

Bottom right - Basket shaped rhyton decorated with double-axe motif. There is a small pouring hole in one of the bottom corners. From Pseira, 1500-1450 BC

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ThatGuy @photobomb51.bsky.social · 1d

Just sayin’…

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

Context matters

ThatGuy @photobomb51.bsky.social · 1d

Congrats to Maria Corina Machado!!! 💪👍. To other contenders: you were sooo close…. (not)

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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ThatGuy @photobomb51.bsky.social · 1d

This is an extraordinarily dangerous Rubicon we’ve crossed at least twice now

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1d

Indicting your political enemies because they’re your enemies, not because they’ve committed crimes, is unAmerican.

ThatGuy @photobomb51.bsky.social · 1d

What she said!

New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 1d

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

ThatGuy @photobomb51.bsky.social · 2d

🤔

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d

ThatGuy @photobomb51.bsky.social · 3d

www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Slava Ukraini! Hopeful article 💪🫡

How Ukraine Turned the Tables on Russia

Russia assumed time was on its side, but a new Ukrainian strategy is yielding surprising results.

www.theatlantic.com

ThatGuy @photobomb51.bsky.social · 3d

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Very scary article…

The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here

The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.

www.theatlantic.com

ThatGuy @photobomb51.bsky.social · 4d

Just sayin’. 🤔

Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 4d

This.

ThatGuy @photobomb51.bsky.social · 5d

Absolutely 🤬🤬🤬🤬 enraged by what the orange MFer said to the Navy today. F’ing disgraceful that he dares talk that trash, and shame on any sailors for cheering it on as well…

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Anders Östlund @andersostlund.bsky.social · 6d

Russia interferes with GPS navigation for Swedish ambulances now. Might be time to keep better track of lives lost in the EU because of Russia's war against Europe.

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Canadian Resistance 🇨🇦 @cdnresistance.bsky.social · 6d

What’s a true shithole country? One that zip-ties children’s hands and puts them in cages. One that sends people to a mega prison in El Salvador without due process. One where Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents wear face masks to conceal their identities. And so on...

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ThatGuy @photobomb51.bsky.social · 7d

USAID did amazing work for astoundingly little and should be rebuilt!!!

Rick Steves @ricksteves.bsky.social · 9d

Nearly 10% of humanity (~800M people in 2025) struggles to live on less than $3 a day. It’s important for Americans to appreciate that reality — and the growing gap between the extremely poor & the extremely privileged — because, as USAID demonstrated, our nation has the power to change it.

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What Extreme Poverty Looks Like

Ten percent of humanity struggles to live on under $2 a day. That, and the gap between the extremely poor and the more privileged, is important to see.

classroom.ricksteves.com

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ThatGuy @photobomb51.bsky.social · 8d

Insightful and chilling view from across the pond. Responsible use of force protects our people too, and we surrender the moral high ground at our great peril

RUSI @rusi.bsky.social · 10d

'Partners will need to be prepared for the use of US military power in a way that is deeply uncomfortable' writes @mtsavill.bsky.social in the latest RUSI Commentary.

Not Business as Usual: Why Trump’s War Department Rhetoric Matters

Much of the language coming out of the gathering of US military leaders this week could be dismissed as political spectacle. But international partners of the US should take seriously the US Administr...

www.rusi.org

ThatGuy @photobomb51.bsky.social · 8d

Reposting for no real reason 🤔

George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 8d

History has many painful lessons.

A screenshot of an X post by Q. Anthony Ali (@NobleQAli
, 12h ago) featuring a black-and-white historical image of a person lying on the ground while others, including a woman kneeling and several standing figures, are around them in what appears to be a park or open area. Below this, a reply by Antonio Benetto (@Tony_Benetto
, 1d ago) to @drmistercody
states: "I don't believe US troops will fire on American citizens."

ThatGuy @photobomb51.bsky.social · 9d

💪💪 excellent thread! Glad I’m no longer active duty, that was appalling yesterday…

E. Rosalie @erosalie.infoepi.com · 9d

The more that civilian leaders treat the military as a partisan institution, the more the military will start behaving like a partisan institution—and the less it can be relied on to fight and win wars.

www.foreignaffairs.com/guest-pass/...

The U.S. Military’s Greatest Test

Avoiding a civil-military crisis in the age of Trump.

www.foreignaffairs.com

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NPR @npr.org · 10d

Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.

Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.

Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj

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ThatGuy @photobomb51.bsky.social · 9d

The world has lost a great one… 💔

Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 9d

Jane Goodall was a visionary who transformed our understanding of animals and inspired generations to care for our planet. Her legacy of compassion, courage, and hope will endure.

Sit tibi terra levis

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ThatGuy @photobomb51.bsky.social · 10d

F’ing embarassing

Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 10d

The U.S. has entered a partial government shutdown for the first time since December 2018 as of 12:01 am ET.

ThatGuy @photobomb51.bsky.social · 10d

It’s all fun and games until someone ends up in a cone… hoping for a speedy recovery! 🐕💪

ThatGuy @photobomb51.bsky.social · 10d

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Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 10d

It is insane that the US Government can be shut down

Also insane that the salaries of Congress are protected during a shutdown but everyone else's are not

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thinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social · 10d

I've seen enough combat to know that I haven't seen a lot of combat. Clearly, I'm not Dick Winters. Most people aren't Dick Winters. But there are people on this very site who fought in some of the most desperate and bloody engagements in Iraq and Afghanistan