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Remedios Varo @remediosvaro.bsky.social · 3d

Eyes on the table
https://botfrens.com/collections/69/contents/19146

"Eyes on the Table" by Remedios Varo showcases a surreal arrangement of spectacles and disembodied eyes resting on a floating table, evoking themes of perception and the intersection of reality and imagination. Known for her distinctive style within the realm of Surrealism, Varo often infused her works with mystical and dreamlike elements, reflecting her interest in alchemy, science, and esoteric knowledge.

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Paul Welsh @paulwelsh89.bsky.social · 4d

Jim Dine
White Teeth. 1963

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Tactical Onions Vendor @inkana.bsky.social · 1d

read SATANTANGO, read THE MELANCHOLY OF RESISTANCE, read SEIOBO THERE BELOW, read BARON WENKHEIM'S HOMECOMING, watch SATANTANGO, watch THE WERCKMEISTER HARMONIES, drink in the experience of apocalypse because this is the Krasznahorkai century

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Sarah Emily Duff @sarahemilyduff.bsky.social · 17h

‘the line for the men’s bathroom when he makes his biannual appearance at a New York bookstore is longer than it is at a Steely Dan concert.’

The Nobel Prize in Literature Is Boring Now

László Krasznahorkai, who was awarded the prize on Thursday, is a brilliant novelist and consummate laureate. But has the Swedish Academy lost its sense of fun?

newrepublic.com

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artnau @artnau.bsky.social · 1d

Kalina, 1918 by Edward Okuń

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Paul Welsh @paulwelsh89.bsky.social · 4d

Goblet (Roemer) with map of the Rhine River
Dutch, probably Amsterdam
early 17th century
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 617

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Sarah Emily Duff @sarahemilyduff.bsky.social · 17h

‘the zoo has bred 145 New England cottontails. This summer, 15 youngsters were bred at the Queens Zoo and sent to Maine and Massachusetts after little or no interaction with people, the better to ensure that they would take to the wild when they were released.’

How the Queens Zoo Is Helping to Save a New England Rabbit

www.nytimes.com

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Sarah Emily Duff @sarahemilyduff.bsky.social · 17h

‘What did he look for in a fish? His response to The New York Sun in 2007 was worthy of a cryptic Zen master: “It’s got to have taste. Not too this, not too that.”’

Saul Zabar, Smoked Fish Czar of Upper West Side, Dies at 97

www.nytimes.com

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Sarah Emily Duff @sarahemilyduff.bsky.social · 17h

‘For as long as AI has been around, it’s been used in ways that disproportionately affect minorities and vulnerable populations… OpenAI has some guardrails for Sora in place, but if history — and the last week — is any guide, people will find ways to get around them.’

OpenAI wasn’t expecting Sora’s copyright drama

It felt “more different to images than people expected.”

www.theverge.com

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Sarah Emily Duff @sarahemilyduff.bsky.social · 1d

Eudora Welty?

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so it goes @tsimasn.bsky.social · 2d

Fan Ho, The Lone Ranger, 1954

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artnau @artnau.bsky.social · Sep 7

Meadow, 1996 by Paula Rego

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Sarah Emily Duff @sarahemilyduff.bsky.social · 1d

‘Laszlo Krasznahorkai was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art.”’

Laszlo Krasznahorkai Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature

www.nytimes.com

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Alerts from NWS Gray/Portland ME (UNOFFICIAL) @gyx.nws-bot.us · 2d

🚨 Frost Advisory issued October 8 at 2:07PM EDT until October 9 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Gray ME 🚨
Additional Details Here.

* WHAT...For the Frost Advisory, temperatures as low as 32 will
result in frost formation. For the Freeze Watch, sub-freezing
temperatures as low as 23 possible.

* WHERE...In Maine, Interior Cumberland Highlands, Southern
Franklin, and Southern Oxford Counties. In New Hampshire, Belknap,
Merrimack, Sullivan, Northern Carroll, Northern Grafton, Southern
Carroll, and Southern Grafton Counties.

* WHEN...For the Frost Advisory, from 2 AM to 8 AM EDT Thursday. For
the Freeze Watch, from Thursday evening through Friday morning.

* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other
sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor
plumbing. Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation. Sensitive
outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered.

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 26 possible.

* WHERE...Portions of south central and southwest Maine and central
and southern New Hampshire.

* WHEN...From Thursday evening through Friday morning.

* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other
sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor
plumbing.

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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 2d

It's #WorldOctopusDay! Pictured here a “Polypus levis Hoyle” from a 1910 publication on the German Deep-Sea Expedition of 1898, led by Leipzig University Professor of Zoology, Carl Chun. Buy it as a print here: https://publicdomainreview.org/product/octopus/

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 3d

sleights of hand and countless subtleties

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Henry Snow @henrysnow.bsky.social · 3d

My colleague Jack Bouchard's book Terra Nova is out today! It's about early 16th-century mariners and the seasonal fishery around present-day Newfoundland, and its place within the Atlantic World. I cannot wait to read it

yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

Terra Nova

A bottom-up story of the fishworkers, whalers, First Nations, merchantwomen, oceans, and animals who together made a new colonial world in the early Atlantic...

yalebooks.yale.edu

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MoMA Paintings and Sculpture @moma.bsky.social · 5d

Joseph Stella, First Light, c. 1928
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135045

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Gustav Klimt @klimtgustav.bsky.social · 24d

Blumengarten
https://botfrens.com/collections/109/contents/28524

Gustav Klimt's "Blumengarten" captures a vivid tapestry of colorful blooms in a densely packed garden, showcasing his mastery in blending vibrant colors and textures. This piece, imbued with a lush, almost mosaic-like quality, reflects Klimt's fascination with nature and the ornamental aspects of his Vienna Secession style.

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 3d

THE SECRET PROJECT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS IS FINALLY LIVE

CHECK IT OUT

outsidersartsclub.com

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Sarah Emily Duff @sarahemilyduff.bsky.social · 2d

‘These structures, known as metal-organic frameworks, have a wide range of uses, including collecting water from air, capturing toxic gases and trapping carbon dioxide.’

Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded to Architects of Metal-Organic Frameworks

www.nytimes.com

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Sarah Emily Duff @sarahemilyduff.bsky.social · 2d

‘The keyboard manuscript has a lavish binding in red leather with gold decoration, suggesting that it was once owned by a wealthy individual. It had been repurposed around 1810, with some of the blank music staves being used as lines for the index of Thetford town council records.’

‘Almost unheard of’: experts find more music by English composer Henry Purcell

Printed score and keyboard manuscript by Purcell, who died in 1695, unearthed in Worcestershire and Norfolk

www.theguardian.com

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Arthur David Spota @adaspota.bsky.social · 4d

Le Corbusier photographed by Willy Rizzo c. 1953
#LeCorbusier #BOTD #Photography

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Miss Kimmi Kitty Mama @miss-kimmi.bsky.social · 12d

Jean Cocteau by Lucien Clergue on the set of "Le Testament d’Orphée", Les Baux de Provence, 1959.

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Sarah Emily Duff @sarahemilyduff.bsky.social · 3d

‘The researchers’ work showed that this tunneling process and quantized energy levels could occur in a system “big enough to be held in the hand.”

“Quantum mechanics is the foundation of all digital technology”’

Nobel Prize in Physics Is Awarded for Work in Quantum Mechanics

www.nytimes.com

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