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Tracey
@traceymos.bsky.social
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Museums, galleries, theatre, film, architecture, surfing. Pembrokeshire & Cardiff. Museum curator turned pub owner
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peterpaulrubens.bsky.social
Sir John More, well into his 70s, lost in the thoughts of old age. Father of Sir Thomas More, and wonderfully drawn here by Hans Holbein. Love this drawing!
February 7, 2026 at 8:15 PM
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drnwillburger.bsky.social
Fascinating world of ancient #glass: One of my favourite #Roman objects made of glass is this little basket (height 6.5cm). It is not clear what it was used for, possibly to hold cosmetics.

From Syria, dating 3rd century AD.

On display at British Museum

📷 me

🏺#archaeology
The picture shows a vessel in the shape of a two handled basket of brown colour.
January 28, 2026 at 12:10 PM
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peterpaulrubens.bsky.social
Signing off with a sleeping cat, drawn by Federico Barocci. Italy c. 1600. Today has been his day.
January 17, 2026 at 2:39 AM
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implausibleblog.bsky.social
Left: Yvette Cooper, "The regime is not allowing the Iranian people's voices to be heard, we need to see an Iran that does not repress the rights of women"

Right: Non violent protestor Heba Muraisi has been held on remand for 15 months and is currently on hunger strike in prison
January 14, 2026 at 11:44 AM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
“It’s like half of y’all ain’t never seen Star Wars or a Disney movie. How do you not know which side to root on?”
January 14, 2026 at 4:04 AM
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alisonfisk.bsky.social
Hellenistic gold wreath, 3rd century BC.

A dazzling example of ancient goldsmithing! 🤩

From Pergamon (modern-day Bergama), Turkey. Istanbul Archaeological Museum
📷 by me

#Archaeology
My photo shows an ornate gold wreath displayed against a black background. The wreath is adorned with gold branches densely covered with delicate, jagged-edged oak leaves rendered in thin, hammered gold, and acorns at the end of thin curved, tendril-like wires. The leaves are packed together, some bent, others folded, and slightly twisted, as if caught in a breeze, suggesting movement and rustling of the leaves. At the front of the wreath, in the centre, is a small standing, winged figure of Nike, the goddess of victory. The museum spot lights enhance the warm gleam of the gold.
January 13, 2026 at 5:12 PM
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drtobydriver.bsky.social
Thankfully it's #HillfortsWednesday 🍻🥳🙀

Here's our fabulous @rcahmwales.bsky.social Sketchfab model of the incredible St David's Head coastal promontory fort in Pembrokeshire, surveyed just before Christmas

The rock terrain created a very special place to live ⛰️

Browse online here: skfb.ly/pFoXw
January 14, 2026 at 7:39 AM
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alisonfisk.bsky.social
Clay goblet from Early Bronze Age Troy.

Known as a depas goblet after the Homeric ‘depas amphikypellon', recent residue analysis shows these two-handled vessels were used for drinking wine some 4,250 years ago!

Istanbul Archaeological Museum
📷 by me

#Archaeology
My photo shows a cylindrical drinking cup made of reddish-brown terracotta. It has a wide mouth, a long slender body with rounded base and two large curved handles extending from the rim to near the base. This type of vessel is known as a ‘depas’ goblet (depas amphikypellon) out of reference to their mention in Homer’s Iliad. More than one hundred of these vessels have been excavated at Troy, dating from 2500 to 2000 BC. Recent organic residue analysis from fragments excavated at Troy show they were used for consuming wine.
December 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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protectthewild.bsky.social
Nigel Farage says the hunting ban is "monstrous", the only thing that's monstrous is defending a pastime that rips apart animals for fun.
December 28, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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drnwillburger.bsky.social
The most adorable chess piece ever!
A knight, made of antler.
Dating 11/12th century
Found at the Burgstein, Lichtenstein-Holzelfingen.

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#archaeology
A carved chess piece representing a knight, depicted in an abstract, stylized form with a triangular head, amd wide circular eyes,. The figure has a hunched, cylindrical body and is displayed on a dark surface with an other game pieces and a die nearby.
December 28, 2025 at 10:23 AM
traceymos.bsky.social
Exquisite rendering of fabric
peterpaulrubens.bsky.social Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · Dec 9
Getting all laced and powdered to meet somebody.... but who? And what kind of meeting will it be? Gerard ter Borch invites you to speculate. It's his day.
December 9, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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shakespeare.lol
What freezings have I felt, what days seen!
What old December’s bareness every where!
December 1, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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peterpaulrubens.bsky.social
Beautiful double reflection in this still life of bread & wine by Isaack Luttichuys, whose day is today. Save this wine, you will need it later.
December 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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peterpaulrubens.bsky.social
She was always THE woman. Looking right at you from 1590: Infanta Catalina Micaela (almost surely), painted by Sofonisba Anguissola (probably). Surely one of the greatest renaissance portraits.
November 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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alisonfisk.bsky.social
Artist’s painting of an acrobatic dancer on a flake of limestone, c. 1292 - 1077 BC.

Around 3,000 years ago in ancient Egypt, artists used stone fragments for painting and drawing instead of paper sketchpads!

From Deir el-Medina. Museo Egizio, Turin 📷 by me

#Archaeology
My photo shows a limestone fragment measuring 17 cm x 11.5 cm x 4 cm with a painting of a female dancer shown in profile performing an acrobatic back bend. The girl has long wavy/crimped black hair which falls down to the ground. She is wearing large gold circular earrings and a black kilt with decorative red and white pattern which is tied at the front around her hips. This limestone fragment comes from the Workers Village of Deir el-Medina which housed the artisans who worked on the royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings. Flakes of limestone were readily available as by-products of tomb construction. They were used by artisans as sketch and note pads for practice drawings, sketching, writing poetry etc.etc. These stone flakes are known by Egyptologists as ostraca, (singular: ostracon). Thousands of ostraca have been found at Deir-el Medina.
November 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Fed up with this annual shithousery? I am.
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November 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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barackobama.bsky.social
If nothing else, the last nine months should have made it clear that elections matter. But what’s remarkable about America is that we have the power, as citizens, to change this country by voting. Go to IWillVote.com.
November 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Recipe: the key to creamy cream free soup is hiding in your pantry Person: OK i'm hiding in my pantry, what next?
November 4, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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peterpaulrubens.bsky.social
Born on this day in 1560 in Bologna, Annibale Carracci. Here drawn by himself.
November 3, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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drtobydriver.bsky.social
It's #StandingStoneSunday 🥳 The triple stone alignment of Harold's Stones, Trellech, is depicted as a relief carving on Lady Probert's sundial of 1689, now in the local church

This shows the stones have barely changed in 3 centuries 😮

@stoneclub.bsky.social

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Three standing stones carved in relief on a stone panel
November 2, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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implausibleblog.bsky.social
Zack Polanski on renationalising water companies,

"Shareholders can't say stock not worth anything then expect payment to renationalise"
October 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social
#FrogFriday 🐸:
Ceramic #Frog
Sepik River, Papua New Guinea
20th c. (purchased 1969)
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (UK) MN0241.20
collections.maa.cam.ac.uk/objects/5846...
#AustralasianArt #MelanesianArt #IndigenousArt
“Ceramic sculpture, shaped like a frog, coloured terracotta and brown. The frog is positioned on all four feet, with bumps for the eyes and an engraved mouth. The object is covered with engraved line and dash patterns.”
October 17, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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zackpolanski.bsky.social
Lower bills.

Fund the NHS.

Invest in our communities.

My long form conversation with @lewisgoodall.com 👇🏼

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Zack Polanski on populism, patriotism and poverty
YouTube video by The News Agents
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October 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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mmcarthur.bsky.social
Jar with octopus motif, 1450–1400 BCE,
Knossos, Crete

74.5cm tall
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
October 13, 2025 at 8:06 AM