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Enjoy history, archaeology, arts, and the crafting of heirloom items. Sharing as a middle-aged guy that has an open mind and a more liberal heart. Civics works
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One object at the #BritishMuseum that never fails to enthrall people is this Achaemenid Persian gold model chariot, part of the Oxus Treasure. I love the guy sitting sideways on a bench wearing a kandys coat. Zoom in for the details! 🏺 1/

5th-4th c. BCE, Tajikistan. 📸 me
November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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No matter what you eat for the holidays, please never:

- comment on how much someone is eating
- comment on how little someone is eating
- comment on someone eating

This can be a major trigger for people with eating disorders. Plus it’s none of your business. Thanks!
November 25, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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i’m not crying you’re crying

xkcd: Fifteen Years

Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Learned a lot from that one.

#HATM family, have a good week. Be thankful for what you can and note where you can help make it better for others.
November 24, 2025 at 3:04 AM
So that is the inflationary rate on 30 pieces of silver...

A gas station and some cash.

#HATM
November 24, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Judas then left the scene.

Wow.

#HATM
November 24, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Ok, just going to say, Martin Sheen makes sense for this roll, but boy is it hard for me to swallow as I am just a giant West Wing fan.

#HATM
November 24, 2025 at 2:06 AM
And we are only about 50% through this movie...wow.

#HATM
November 24, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Truly gut wrenching and chilling.

#HATM
November 24, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Well, that was pretty predictable as to the Chicago police department's response.

#HATM
November 24, 2025 at 1:58 AM
So, wait, is she an informant? #HATM
November 24, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Oh, she is pregnant...

#HATM
November 24, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Roy, Roy, you are so naive to believe that this is going to go well.

#HATM
November 24, 2025 at 1:51 AM
That was one hell of a tension-filled scene in the church.

#HATM
November 24, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Well, points for calling out his extremely rude behavior.

#HATM
November 24, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Oh, I like her.

#HATM
November 24, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Well, now we know how we get the title.

Wow, what a choice and working for the FBI - wow.

#HATM
November 24, 2025 at 1:09 AM
And we are a go, #HATM #JudasandtheBlackMessiah tonight.

WoW, wow, Martin Sheen as J. Edgar Hoover...wow. That was not what I expected.
November 24, 2025 at 1:04 AM
For my 2nd ##onehourread, its time for some needed inspiration with #WhatsNext and the inside look at the incredible #TheWestWing series.

Written by #MelissaFitzgerald and @marycmccormack.bsky.social and these two have a great style that makes this a delight!

Puppysitting the dau's dogs. Exhausted
November 23, 2025 at 5:52 PM
1st in my #onehourreads is ##BetweenTwoRivers by Doc @moudhy.bsky.social and this is a delightful way to start a morning where we are on the 7th morning of puppy sitting. Im beat lol.

Let's retreat into #AncientMesopotamia for a break.

#onehourread
November 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Ok GenX #Hatm folk
Have you called the

Hall and Oates Emergency Music Hotline today?

Real..honest! Just tried it twice.

719-266-2837

When you need Music accompaniment to your 80s flashback!
November 22, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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On this stormy L.A. day, this ancient Roman blue glass olla (jar) brings me back to sunnier days and the beach. That effect is created by the application of large 'grains' of opaque yellow and green glass to the body of the jar. 😍 🏺 1/

From Pozzuoli, mid-1st c. CE. #BritishMuseum
📸 me
November 21, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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Kash Patel's personal firing of the Pride flag-displaying employee was always absurd and unconstitutional, so I'm glad David Maltinsky is suing, but, wait.

It was a flag FLOWN BY THE FBI that was given to him BY THE FBI?! Come on.

Complaint: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 20, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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In the 60s when Dolly Parton was fresh to Nashville and her record company at the time didn't know what to do with her yet, she released a few incredible girl group/pop/r&b tunes.

youtu.be/Zq6_el27aw8?...
November 21, 2025 at 3:32 AM