Victoria
@vixilated.bsky.social
Bookdragon. Educator: NYC History, Movies. Dancer past. Freaked out citizen of a hijacked "Democracy". ai abolitionist.
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The wardrobe in "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" teaches that the most powerful portals often hide in ordinary places. Magic waits patiently for curiosity. #FairyTaleTuesday
January 6, 2026 at 10:56 AM
The wardrobe in "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" teaches that the most powerful portals often hide in ordinary places. Magic waits patiently for curiosity. #FairyTaleTuesday
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"Your hopes, dreams, and aspirations are legitimate. They are trying to take you airborne, above the clouds, above the storms, if you only let them."
~ William James
The Road to Marly-le-Roi
🎨 Alfred Sisley (1875)
~ William James
The Road to Marly-le-Roi
🎨 Alfred Sisley (1875)
January 6, 2026 at 11:37 AM
"Your hopes, dreams, and aspirations are legitimate. They are trying to take you airborne, above the clouds, above the storms, if you only let them."
~ William James
The Road to Marly-le-Roi
🎨 Alfred Sisley (1875)
~ William James
The Road to Marly-le-Roi
🎨 Alfred Sisley (1875)
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Gino Severini :
Dancer (Ballerini + Sea), 1913
Mixed media on paper mounted on canvas
75 x 49.3 cm
Further description in the alt text 👇
Dancer (Ballerini + Sea), 1913
Mixed media on paper mounted on canvas
75 x 49.3 cm
Further description in the alt text 👇
January 6, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Gino Severini :
Dancer (Ballerini + Sea), 1913
Mixed media on paper mounted on canvas
75 x 49.3 cm
Further description in the alt text 👇
Dancer (Ballerini + Sea), 1913
Mixed media on paper mounted on canvas
75 x 49.3 cm
Further description in the alt text 👇
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Stephanie Rew (Scotland) : The Selkies, 2023
Watercolor, pastel, moon gold and 24ct gold leaf on paper, 60 x 80cm
Note:
Selkies are the Scottish form for Siren or mermaid.
Watercolor, pastel, moon gold and 24ct gold leaf on paper, 60 x 80cm
Note:
Selkies are the Scottish form for Siren or mermaid.
January 6, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Stephanie Rew (Scotland) : The Selkies, 2023
Watercolor, pastel, moon gold and 24ct gold leaf on paper, 60 x 80cm
Note:
Selkies are the Scottish form for Siren or mermaid.
Watercolor, pastel, moon gold and 24ct gold leaf on paper, 60 x 80cm
Note:
Selkies are the Scottish form for Siren or mermaid.
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January 6, 2026 at 3:59 AM
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A reminder that tonight is Twelfth Night Remember to eat cake and drink wine!
(Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1651 Unknown artist, c. 1700 Both from the Rijksmuseum)
(Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1651 Unknown artist, c. 1700 Both from the Rijksmuseum)
January 5, 2026 at 10:46 AM
A reminder that tonight is Twelfth Night Remember to eat cake and drink wine!
(Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1651 Unknown artist, c. 1700 Both from the Rijksmuseum)
(Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1651 Unknown artist, c. 1700 Both from the Rijksmuseum)
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‘A silent majority’: MPs underestimate support for green policies, study reveals
‘A silent majority’: MPs underestimate support for green policies, study reveals
Exclusive: From solar subsidies to meat taxes, minority rightwing voices appear to drown out the consensus
“There may have been a silent majority in favour of windfarms and higher petrol taxes, but if there was, these people were mighty quiet. Essentially, all I ever heard from was people objecting to them.” That was the view of a former UK MP who took part in new research that reveals how significantly British and Belgian politicians underestimate the public’s support for climate action.
From solar power and energy efficiency to meat taxes and frequent flyer levies, the politicians consistently failed to appreciate people’s appetite for policies that tackle global heating. The misapprehension has real world consequences: those politicians were less willing to vote for or speak up for those policies, according to the study. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2026 at 12:48 PM
‘A silent majority’: MPs underestimate support for green policies, study reveals
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Evolution of Crayola crayon colors 1903-2010
January 5, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Evolution of Crayola crayon colors 1903-2010
Greeeeaaaaat. 🙄
No cameras. No sensors. Just Wi-Fi reading human movement.
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a system that uses standard WiFi routers to detect human movement through walls—without any cameras.
By applying AI and DensePose model, the system turns WiFi signals into detailed...
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a system that uses standard WiFi routers to detect human movement through walls—without any cameras.
By applying AI and DensePose model, the system turns WiFi signals into detailed...
January 5, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Greeeeaaaaat. 🙄
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The importance of Greenland.
The world’s largest island holds a strategic position in the Arctic, a region growing in importance due to melting ice from the climate crisis and the opening of new trade routes.
The world’s largest island holds a strategic position in the Arctic, a region growing in importance due to melting ice from the climate crisis and the opening of new trade routes.
January 5, 2026 at 4:27 PM
The importance of Greenland.
The world’s largest island holds a strategic position in the Arctic, a region growing in importance due to melting ice from the climate crisis and the opening of new trade routes.
The world’s largest island holds a strategic position in the Arctic, a region growing in importance due to melting ice from the climate crisis and the opening of new trade routes.
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… and when the moon gets up and night comes, he is the Cat that walks by himself, and all places are alike to him.”
(Kipling)
🎨 Pascal Campion
#wintersky
(Kipling)
🎨 Pascal Campion
#wintersky
January 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM
… and when the moon gets up and night comes, he is the Cat that walks by himself, and all places are alike to him.”
(Kipling)
🎨 Pascal Campion
#wintersky
(Kipling)
🎨 Pascal Campion
#wintersky
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All the full moons of 2025 [📸 loonarpix]
January 5, 2026 at 5:27 PM
All the full moons of 2025 [📸 loonarpix]
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We’re now an unpredictable rogue nation being run by a lunatic.
January 5, 2026 at 6:13 AM
We’re now an unpredictable rogue nation being run by a lunatic.
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Pictures that explain things.
Trees in Winter (back endpapers)
Artist: SR Badmin, 1963
Trees in Winter (back endpapers)
Artist: SR Badmin, 1963
January 4, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Pictures that explain things.
Trees in Winter (back endpapers)
Artist: SR Badmin, 1963
Trees in Winter (back endpapers)
Artist: SR Badmin, 1963
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Senate phone: (202) 224-3121.
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A switchboard operator will connect you.
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Our friend Megan Rothery developed this list. Don't be afraid to call Senators and Representatives from other states&districts too. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Senate phone: (202) 224-3121.
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A switchboard operator will connect you.
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Our friend Megan Rothery developed this list. Don't be afraid to call Senators and Representatives from other states&districts too. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
.
Do it!
January 5, 2026 at 12:03 AM
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📣📢🚨 REPOST
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Senate phone: (202) 224-3121.
.
A switchboard operator will connect you.
.
Our friend Megan Rothery developed this list. Don't be afraid to call Senators and Representatives from other states&districts too. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
.
Do it!
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📣📢🚨 REPOST
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Senate phone: (202) 224-3121.
.
A switchboard operator will connect you.
.
Our friend Megan Rothery developed this list. Don't be afraid to call Senators and Representatives from other states&districts too. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
.
Do it!
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I had a Reddit post removed from an “Ask” subreddit because the mods said it could have been answered “by a search engine.”
Have any of them used a search engine lately? Search engines don’t answer shit anymore! They’re all completely enshittified. Why do you think I was on Reddit?
Have any of them used a search engine lately? Search engines don’t answer shit anymore! They’re all completely enshittified. Why do you think I was on Reddit?
January 5, 2026 at 12:02 AM
I had a Reddit post removed from an “Ask” subreddit because the mods said it could have been answered “by a search engine.”
Have any of them used a search engine lately? Search engines don’t answer shit anymore! They’re all completely enshittified. Why do you think I was on Reddit?
Have any of them used a search engine lately? Search engines don’t answer shit anymore! They’re all completely enshittified. Why do you think I was on Reddit?
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What were books like in ancient Greece and Rome?
If you were to visit a bookshop in the ancient world, what would it be like?
by Konstantine Panegyres
theconversation.com/what-were-bo...
Ancient world at PG:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc...
#books #literature
If you were to visit a bookshop in the ancient world, what would it be like?
by Konstantine Panegyres
theconversation.com/what-were-bo...
Ancient world at PG:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc...
#books #literature
January 4, 2026 at 10:17 AM
What were books like in ancient Greece and Rome?
If you were to visit a bookshop in the ancient world, what would it be like?
by Konstantine Panegyres
theconversation.com/what-were-bo...
Ancient world at PG:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc...
#books #literature
If you were to visit a bookshop in the ancient world, what would it be like?
by Konstantine Panegyres
theconversation.com/what-were-bo...
Ancient world at PG:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc...
#books #literature
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The wealthy are always so GD worried some poor people are gonna commit some small time fraud. Meanwhile, big corporations are committing HUGE afraid. Just look at defense contractors.
Why? Because we have all been taught to see the wealthy as virtuous and to see the poor as lazy and unworthy.
Why? Because we have all been taught to see the wealthy as virtuous and to see the poor as lazy and unworthy.
January 4, 2026 at 11:48 PM
The wealthy are always so GD worried some poor people are gonna commit some small time fraud. Meanwhile, big corporations are committing HUGE afraid. Just look at defense contractors.
Why? Because we have all been taught to see the wealthy as virtuous and to see the poor as lazy and unworthy.
Why? Because we have all been taught to see the wealthy as virtuous and to see the poor as lazy and unworthy.
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The orange felon has now issued threats to attack Cuba, Mexico, Colombia, Iran, Greenland and Venezuela again.
This is what happens when you give a deranged lifelong racist criminal convicted felon full power over the US govt instead of sending him to jail where he belongs.
This is what happens when you give a deranged lifelong racist criminal convicted felon full power over the US govt instead of sending him to jail where he belongs.
January 5, 2026 at 4:51 AM
The orange felon has now issued threats to attack Cuba, Mexico, Colombia, Iran, Greenland and Venezuela again.
This is what happens when you give a deranged lifelong racist criminal convicted felon full power over the US govt instead of sending him to jail where he belongs.
This is what happens when you give a deranged lifelong racist criminal convicted felon full power over the US govt instead of sending him to jail where he belongs.
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January 4, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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Let me be very clear: tomorrow morning and EVERY DAY THIS WEEK, call your Reps and Senators whether Dem, Republican or Independent. Express your outrage at Trump’s imperial and illegal actions against sovereign nations. TELL THEM to convene. To hold up everything. Hold up $.
202-224-3121
202-224-3121
January 5, 2026 at 5:19 AM
Let me be very clear: tomorrow morning and EVERY DAY THIS WEEK, call your Reps and Senators whether Dem, Republican or Independent. Express your outrage at Trump’s imperial and illegal actions against sovereign nations. TELL THEM to convene. To hold up everything. Hold up $.
202-224-3121
202-224-3121
Outrageous. NOT OKAY. Any of it.
We cannot become numb to the outrage of this. The wife of the President’s Senior Advisor threatens a sovereign nation.
January 5, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Outrageous. NOT OKAY. Any of it.
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'City Snow.' (1944) Although John Paul Miller is renowned as a jeweller, he planned to be a painter and was influenced by the realist paintings of Edward Hopper and the more expressionist landscapes of Charles Burchfield.
January 5, 2026 at 6:41 AM
'City Snow.' (1944) Although John Paul Miller is renowned as a jeweller, he planned to be a painter and was influenced by the realist paintings of Edward Hopper and the more expressionist landscapes of Charles Burchfield.