JSquires
@squiresjl8.bsky.social
He/Him. Art. Architecture. Science. Geology. History. Always learning.
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The arms of an octopus were used to mark specific parts of this page that were of importance or interest - 14th century, Bancroft Library, BANC MS UCB 085
November 17, 2025 at 5:35 AM
The arms of an octopus were used to mark specific parts of this page that were of importance or interest - 14th century, Bancroft Library, BANC MS UCB 085
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Thanks so much to the Northwest Watercolor Society and juror Frank Eber for selecting my painting "St. Steven's - Cefalu" to receive the Salis International/ Martin's Award in the 2025 Annual International Exhibition. Watercolor on Baohong - 22x15 inches
November 15, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Thanks so much to the Northwest Watercolor Society and juror Frank Eber for selecting my painting "St. Steven's - Cefalu" to receive the Salis International/ Martin's Award in the 2025 Annual International Exhibition. Watercolor on Baohong - 22x15 inches
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A new stamp of a seminal map by Dr Okan Tüysüz and Dr Aral Okay in 1999 will soon be published in Turkey.
@judithgeology.bsky.social FYI
@judithgeology.bsky.social FYI
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
A new stamp of a seminal map by Dr Okan Tüysüz and Dr Aral Okay in 1999 will soon be published in Turkey.
@judithgeology.bsky.social FYI
@judithgeology.bsky.social FYI
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Each year, Canada's female athlete of the year is presented with the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award.
The namesake of that award was one of the greatest athletes in Canadian history.
Hockey, track and field, baseball, she exceled at nearly every sport.
This is her amazing story.
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The namesake of that award was one of the greatest athletes in Canadian history.
Hockey, track and field, baseball, she exceled at nearly every sport.
This is her amazing story.
🧵 1/12
November 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Each year, Canada's female athlete of the year is presented with the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award.
The namesake of that award was one of the greatest athletes in Canadian history.
Hockey, track and field, baseball, she exceled at nearly every sport.
This is her amazing story.
🧵 1/12
The namesake of that award was one of the greatest athletes in Canadian history.
Hockey, track and field, baseball, she exceled at nearly every sport.
This is her amazing story.
🧵 1/12
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"I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops."
- Stephen Jay Gould.
- Stephen Jay Gould.
October 18, 2023 at 9:50 PM
"I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops."
- Stephen Jay Gould.
- Stephen Jay Gould.
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Xiangshan International Kindergarten by Yang Ying Design Studio is a 5,000-square-meter modular hybrid wood structure with 18 classrooms.
November 12, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Xiangshan International Kindergarten by Yang Ying Design Studio is a 5,000-square-meter modular hybrid wood structure with 18 classrooms.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Great piece by Zadie Smith. When the right talks about classics or "Western" culture, these works are only important to the extent that it demonstrates their superiority, they have no interest in art in and of itself beyond that www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Great piece by Zadie Smith. When the right talks about classics or "Western" culture, these works are only important to the extent that it demonstrates their superiority, they have no interest in art in and of itself beyond that www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Vast sin-concealing chaos
November 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Vast sin-concealing chaos
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We have upgraded our geomagnetic forecast today (12 November 2025) to the highest intensity level amid an ongoing solar storm.
Current predictions suggest that the activity will result in potentially the largest solar storm to hit our planet in over two decades.
Current predictions suggest that the activity will result in potentially the largest solar storm to hit our planet in over two decades.
November 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
We have upgraded our geomagnetic forecast today (12 November 2025) to the highest intensity level amid an ongoing solar storm.
Current predictions suggest that the activity will result in potentially the largest solar storm to hit our planet in over two decades.
Current predictions suggest that the activity will result in potentially the largest solar storm to hit our planet in over two decades.
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The last comet exploration of Jack and Pam.
While no one ever figured out what went wrong, for a hobby built on such risk, the final outcome was not really unexpected.
While no one ever figured out what went wrong, for a hobby built on such risk, the final outcome was not really unexpected.
November 12, 2025 at 5:17 AM
The last comet exploration of Jack and Pam.
While no one ever figured out what went wrong, for a hobby built on such risk, the final outcome was not really unexpected.
While no one ever figured out what went wrong, for a hobby built on such risk, the final outcome was not really unexpected.
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Free indoor cycle parking for patients and visitors at a hospital in the Netherlands
November 12, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Free indoor cycle parking for patients and visitors at a hospital in the Netherlands
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It’s 12 November, so it’s time to mark the 55th anniversary of the exploding whale of Oregon, an attempt to clear a cetacean carcass from a beach which prompted one reporter to say “The blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds”
November 12, 2025 at 9:58 AM
It’s 12 November, so it’s time to mark the 55th anniversary of the exploding whale of Oregon, an attempt to clear a cetacean carcass from a beach which prompted one reporter to say “The blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds”
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Monticello, 1983
https://botfrens.com/collections/27/contents/5243
https://botfrens.com/collections/27/contents/5243
October 30, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Monticello, 1983
https://botfrens.com/collections/27/contents/5243
https://botfrens.com/collections/27/contents/5243
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If you follow the geologists around while they’re moving specimens, you can ask ‘what’s that?’ about 100 times and find cool rocks like this septarian nodule
November 12, 2025 at 11:04 AM
If you follow the geologists around while they’re moving specimens, you can ask ‘what’s that?’ about 100 times and find cool rocks like this septarian nodule
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The Canadian Poppy Blanket.
This was initiated by Winnipegger Sheilah Lee Restall.
It’s over 60 feet in length and has more than 8,000 handmade poppies and 2,000 ribbons.
It’s on display at the Manitoba Legislative Building.
Lest We Forget.
#winnipeg #lestweforget #remembranceday
This was initiated by Winnipegger Sheilah Lee Restall.
It’s over 60 feet in length and has more than 8,000 handmade poppies and 2,000 ribbons.
It’s on display at the Manitoba Legislative Building.
Lest We Forget.
#winnipeg #lestweforget #remembranceday
November 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The Canadian Poppy Blanket.
This was initiated by Winnipegger Sheilah Lee Restall.
It’s over 60 feet in length and has more than 8,000 handmade poppies and 2,000 ribbons.
It’s on display at the Manitoba Legislative Building.
Lest We Forget.
#winnipeg #lestweforget #remembranceday
This was initiated by Winnipegger Sheilah Lee Restall.
It’s over 60 feet in length and has more than 8,000 handmade poppies and 2,000 ribbons.
It’s on display at the Manitoba Legislative Building.
Lest We Forget.
#winnipeg #lestweforget #remembranceday
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In a significantly weirder case, "Sleeping Lady with Black Vase" is a 1928 oil painting by Róbert Berény. It was lost in WWII, and considered looted by the Nazis and likely destroyed afterwards in the chaos... until someone recognized it as set dressing in the movie "Stuart Little."
Yes, really.
Yes, really.
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
In a significantly weirder case, "Sleeping Lady with Black Vase" is a 1928 oil painting by Róbert Berény. It was lost in WWII, and considered looted by the Nazis and likely destroyed afterwards in the chaos... until someone recognized it as set dressing in the movie "Stuart Little."
Yes, really.
Yes, really.
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...before they're gone.
www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/10/t...
www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/10/t...
Ten essential works of art to see at the Musée du Louvre
The Parisian museum has recently made headlines for all the wrong reasons—so now is a good time to remember its greatness
www.theartnewspaper.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
...before they're gone.
www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/10/t...
www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/10/t...
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A decade ago, solar power barely registered in Hungary’s electricity mix — just 0.2% of generation. Back then, nuclear, coal, and gas dominated the grid.
Fast forward ten years and solar power now supplies around 1/4 of Hungary’s electricity — a remarkable transformation.
Fast forward ten years and solar power now supplies around 1/4 of Hungary’s electricity — a remarkable transformation.
November 11, 2025 at 11:41 AM
A decade ago, solar power barely registered in Hungary’s electricity mix — just 0.2% of generation. Back then, nuclear, coal, and gas dominated the grid.
Fast forward ten years and solar power now supplies around 1/4 of Hungary’s electricity — a remarkable transformation.
Fast forward ten years and solar power now supplies around 1/4 of Hungary’s electricity — a remarkable transformation.
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The phenomenal and enigmatic rock crystal and gold 'jar' of Bishop Hyguald from the heart of the Galloway Hoard is NOW on display for the first time ever. It was held back for Kirkcudbright while the rest of the Hoard continues its world tour in Melbourne (1/2)
Gold jar from Galloway Hoard on display in Kirkcudbright
It resembles a perfume bottle and a Latin inscription on it suggests it had a religious function.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The phenomenal and enigmatic rock crystal and gold 'jar' of Bishop Hyguald from the heart of the Galloway Hoard is NOW on display for the first time ever. It was held back for Kirkcudbright while the rest of the Hoard continues its world tour in Melbourne (1/2)
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Nest We Grow by Kengo Kuma & Associates and College of Environmental Design UC Berkeley
November 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Nest We Grow by Kengo Kuma & Associates and College of Environmental Design UC Berkeley
"the sea pig's flamboyant cousin"
Psychropotes longicauda, the sea pig’s flamboyant cousin, trails a red sail over the seafloor. A tiny flag of existence waving in the dark.
November 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
"the sea pig's flamboyant cousin"
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This Norwegian stabbur, ca 1700, one of the oldest buildings in the region. Used to store foods & other things off of the ground, away from animals.
I'm not OK, for all the Crone reasons.
We know where her house came from! Its origins, most likely!
imma go get my evil mortar and pestle now brb
I'm not OK, for all the Crone reasons.
We know where her house came from! Its origins, most likely!
imma go get my evil mortar and pestle now brb
November 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
This Norwegian stabbur, ca 1700, one of the oldest buildings in the region. Used to store foods & other things off of the ground, away from animals.
I'm not OK, for all the Crone reasons.
We know where her house came from! Its origins, most likely!
imma go get my evil mortar and pestle now brb
I'm not OK, for all the Crone reasons.
We know where her house came from! Its origins, most likely!
imma go get my evil mortar and pestle now brb