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Gianfranco Franchi
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Civis fonteiano, di sangue istro-austro-triestino e antico tiburtino (Aefula). ϕιλέλλην.

Tutto il mio vecchio lavoro (critica letteraria, interviste, etc): www.gianfrancofranchi.com/
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Pulp's 'Different Class' (1995) celebrated its 30th anniversary earlier this year | Rediscover the album here: album.ink/pulpDC
December 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Zugzwang [TSOOK-tsvahng]
(n.)
- A disagreeable position in which a chess player must make a move but cannot do so without considerable disadvantage.
Grandiloquent Word of the Day logo - Sepia-toned graphic with a baroque Victorian typeface and an illustration of a set of Celtic chess pieces.
December 21, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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I don't know where these once led ... #staircasesaturday at Ightham Mote NT in Kent
December 20, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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December 19, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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#RomanFortThursday

Photo of the north gate of Cardiff Roman fort.

#RomanBritain #Archaeology #History
December 18, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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Owl of Athena! 🦉❤️

Silver tetradrachm coin minted in Athens c. 475-465 BC.

Photo Getty Museum: www.getty.edu/art/collecti...

#ReliefWednesday
#Archaeology
A Getty Museum photo showing the reverse of an ancient Greek silver tetradrachm coin, depicting an owl standing in profile with head on the right, tilted slightly forwards and turned towards the viewer. Its wing and three tail feathers are delineated in detail. There is a two-leafed olive sprig in the top left corner and a crescent shape, possibly a waning moon, above the owl's wing. At bottom right is an inscription, AOE which is an abbreviation of ATHENAION, "of the Athenians." The owl is struck in high relief and framed on all four sides by the square shape of the die. Athenian "Owls” were minted in Athens for over 400 years, beginning in the 510s BC. This coin is one of ten Athenian tetradrachms found in a hoard of coins, ingots, and jewellery discovered in 1967 on the Jordanian-Syrian border in the region of Hauran (near the ancient city of Bostra). The hoard contained coins from over twenty mints, the majority from four areas: Athens (31), Cyprus (21), southwest Asia Minor (15) and the Thrace-Macedonian area (13). The distribution and style of the Athenian coins date the hoard's burial to around 445 BC.
December 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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The Soviet Union's impunity for the occupation of the Baltic states in the 1940s is one of the reasons behind Putin's actions. Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys said.

"Our history teaches us how vital accountability and reparations are for international wrongful acts”, he said
December 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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The head of MI6, Blaise Metreweli, reports that Putin is dragging out negotiations on a peace deal with Ukraine. Germany’s foreign minister Wadephul, reports the US delegation is coordinating with Putin. Danish intelligence reports the US is a security risk for Europe.
Trump being puppeteered by Putin
December 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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L’ambasciata russa in italia esulta per la vendita di @LaStampa e @repubblica, riponendo auguri e speranze nei nuovi proprietari.

La Russia di Putin, dove i giornalisti vengono ammazzati, imprigionati, esiliati

Da Mosca è tutto, linea a Torino.
December 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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What's the first word that comes to mind when you think of this album? | Listen to the album + explore our tribute here: album.ink/RHCPbssm
December 14, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Stephen Hanson (British Artist, born 1950)
"Dog Tired", 2020.
Giclée Print on Archival Paper, 27 × 28 cm.
Illustration.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
December 15, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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Harold Ancart, "Untitled", 2019
December 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Realizzato nel 2018, esistono soltanto 99 copie del radiofonografo RR226 fo-st Primo Brionvega. La riedizione del modello RR126 è costruita in noce canaletto, come il prototipo originale dei fratelli Pier Giacomo e Achille Castiglioni, e sulla parte posteriore riporta serigrafato il numero di serie.
Brionvega RR226 fo-st "Primo"
August 8, 2023 at 9:37 AM
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Remembering John Lennon today on the 45th anniversary of his passing (December 8, 1980) | Explore his musical legacy (including audio & video highlights) here: album.ink/JLennonRIP
December 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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True or False? This album belongs in EVERYONE's record collection. | Rediscover the album here: album.ink/JBGrace
December 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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I ginkgo biloba di Villa Sciarra, tra Monteverde e Trastevere
December 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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"Who wants object-lessons about vanished races? What one wants is contact. The Etruscans are not a theory or a thesis. If they are anything, they are an experience"

D.H. Lawrence, "Etruscan Places", 1932
D.H. Lawrence beneath an olive tree at Villa Mirenda, San Polo Mosciano, c. 1926–27
December 1, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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Orecchie felsinee che si scrivono da sole quando non puoi uscire dalla Germania con tuo figlio. #blog #bologna #roma

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Dieci cose che mi mancano dell’Italia
Tunnel con murale presso le scuole Scandellara, Bologna. Che poi queste cose si trovano principalmente a Bologna, perché è Bologna a mancarmi dopo più di un anno di assenza. Mai capitato prima, spe…
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December 2, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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I have rejected my own proposals for peace that I had Donald present to me.
December 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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The doorway of the Readers House at Ludlow in Shropshire. The building dates to the C16th and C17th and was originally the residence of the ‘Bible Reader’ who served at the nearby Parish Church of St. Laurence. 📸 My own. #AdoorableThursday #Ludlow #Shropshire
November 27, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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Edward Steichen At 90

(Suzanne Szasz, New York, 1968)
November 26, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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Within 6 months we would re-commence mass deportations to Siberia that'd be called ethnic cleansing if we had the balls to face our past.

As it is we have to pretend we have no idea why NATO is so popular with so many of our former colonies.
November 24, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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OTD in 1944 Red Army completed operation to 'liberate' #Estonia, #Lithuania & #Latvia from Nazis. Who had 'liberated' them from us.
Who had 'liberated' them from themselves.
November 24, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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Nirvana recorded their live 'MTV Unplugged' performance at Sony Music Studios in New York City 32 years ago on November 18, 1993 | Listen to the album + revisit our tribute here: album.ink/NirvanaUnpNY
November 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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'Barry Lyndon'
November 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM