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As the year draws to a close, I’m signing off 2025 with a magical find!

An ancient amber bear. Carved some 10,000 years ago, it washed up on a beach at Fanø, Denmark, from a submerged Mesolithic settlement in the North Sea.

✨ Happy New Year all! ✨

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#Archaeology
My photo shows a small figurine of an amber bear carved some 10,000 years ago during the Danish Mesolithic period. The bear is seen in profile facing right. The legs are incomplete. The ears, muzzle, and mouth are defined. The figurine is displayed on a small metal stand. The display lighting shines on the bear’s head and neck enhancing the translucence of the orange amber. The neck of the bear has a polished groove indicating it was once suspended on a cord or string. Length 6.5cm. The Fanø bear was found in 1991 on a beach on the west coast of the Danish island of Fanø, located off the south-western coast of Jutland. In the Stone Age the Danish coastline was different from today. “Since then the coastline has been influenced by later changes to the sea level as well as the rising up of the land after the last Ice Age. This rising of the land is still going on today. North of a line on the map the land has risen up and south of the line the coast has become submerged because of the subsequent rise in sea level. Therefore a proportion of Stone Age settlements south of the “tilt line” now lie under water or at the edge of the beach. Thus objects can be washed out in the sea and later be found on the beach”. The Fanø bear is one of a small number of amber bear figurines from the Baltic Sea region which have been assigned to the Mesolithic period by means of a typo-chronological approach Amber has many amazing properties: it’s warm to the touch, it’s a glossy translucent colour when polished, it gives off a fragrant scent when burnt, and when rubbed against fur or hair it can produce static electricity which ‘magically’ emits green sparks in the dark and can make hair stand on end.
December 31, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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Ancient mosaic of a reclining skeleton, holding a drinking cup, with a jug of wine and bread rolls. The caption is generally translated as “Enjoy Your Life” ~ life is fleeting, so enjoy it while you can (Antioch, est 3rd century BC)
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November 14, 2025 at 7:05 AM
annatheswan.bsky.social
Geschehen wird wie immer... NICHTS. #Zivilgesellschaft my ass.

Die so bediente stehe-um-vier-Uhr-morgens-auf #MitteDerGesellschaft darf sich auf steigende Gewaltkriminalität freuen. Denn was tun verzweifelte verhungernde Menschen?
helenasteinhaus.bsky.social Helena Steinhaus @helenasteinhaus.bsky.social · Oct 9
Auf massive Entrechtung für Menschen in Armut hat sich der Koaltitionsausschuss in der Nacht geeinigt:

1. 100% Sanktion nach 3. verpassten Termin, einschl. Miete
2. 60% bei 2. verpassten Termin
3. 30% Sanktion bei 1. verpassten Termin

dunkler Tag heute für @sanktionsfrei.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 10:22 AM
annatheswan.bsky.social
Ganz viel 🥰 für Teenies, die um 10 Uhr abends in der S-Bahn zu Geier Sturzflugs *Bruttosozialprodukt" tanzen 👏
June 28, 2025 at 10:56 AM
annatheswan.bsky.social
Deutsches historisches Verantwortungsbewusstsein: Juden in amerikanischem Stellvertreterkrieg sterben zu lassen.
#Merz #Drecksarbeit
annatheswan.bsky.social Anna @annatheswan.bsky.social · Jun 4
Niedertracht
June 18, 2025 at 7:56 AM
annatheswan.bsky.social
War übrigens ein sehr hilfsbereiter, sehr deutsch-bildungsbürgerischer Arzt, der es nur gut mit mir meinte. #Sittenbild
annatheswan.bsky.social Anna @annatheswan.bsky.social · Jun 6
Oh nein. Mir ist das vor bald zwei Jahren fast wortgleich ausgerutscht, mit dem Zusatz, da möchten gerade auch Viele hin - als mir jemand erklärt hat, wie sehr er eine russische Bekannte schätze und *demnächst nach Moskau reisen würde*. (War bestimmt nur nett gemeint, aber ich hielt es nicht aus🙂)
June 6, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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"German butcher and politician"
#AloisRainer
Snapshop of the English Wikipedia article on Alois Rainer
May 2, 2025 at 6:11 AM