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Adam Rifkin 🐼 @ifindkarma.bsky.social · Nov 21

“To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness… The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live…is…victory.” Howard Zinn

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Helen Hartstein @helenhartstein.bsky.social · 4d

Sweet chestnut. I love the smoothness of the nut nestling inside the prickly shell. #nature #photography #Devon

Close up of a chestnut peeping out of its prickly outer casing

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Helen Hartstein @helenhartstein.bsky.social · 4d

Much better, thanks.

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Helen Hartstein @helenhartstein.bsky.social · 4d

Only a little scream this evening?

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Helen Hartstein @helenhartstein.bsky.social · 11d

Well said Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett! #autism
Autistic people could teach Donald Trump a thing or two about focus, facts and empathy www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Autistic people could teach Donald Trump a thing or two about focus, facts and empathy | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

While not without its challenges, autism isn’t a curse to be cured of, as the likes of the President and RFK Jr want us to believe, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

www.theguardian.com

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Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery @rammuseum.bsky.social · 12d

Today we celebrate #Railway200🚂, the 200th anniversary of the birth of the modern railway, which changed Britain and the world forever 🧵

a print of an illustration showing people watching a steam train from a countryside hill, with Exeter city in the background, circa 1845

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 13d

The Hove Amber Cup.

A beautiful and rare Bronze Age amber cup which glows when it catches the light! 🤩

Carved from a single block of Baltic amber some 3,500 years ago!

Found in 1856, inside Hove Barrow, a large burial mound in Sussex.
Brighton Museum 📷 by me

#FindsFriday
#Archaeology

A hemispherical cup with a round base and a single loop handle, displayed on a narrow metal stand. The handle is on the left in my photo. The cup was carved from a single piece of Baltic amber about 3,500 years ago. The amber is a translucent deep burnt-orange colour, which glows as it catches the light, resembling burning embers of a fire. About half an inch from the rim, a band of incised parallel grooves encircle the body of the cup, except for under the handle. There are two chips on the rim. Cup dimensions: height 2.5 inches, depth 2.4 inches, external diameter 3.5 inches.

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Helen Hartstein @helenhartstein.bsky.social · 13d

A productive @exetercityoflit.bsky.social partnership meeting today. We were treated to a tour of the Treasures of @exetercathedral.bsky.social This is the 10th century Exeter Book, the oldest book of English literature in the world. Also foundation charter and a wonderful wax votive figure.

Exeter Book. 10th century book on a red background

Exeter Cathedral's foundation charter dating from 1050

15th century wax votive figure of a woman.

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Helen Hartstein @helenhartstein.bsky.social · 25d

Nice caps.

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Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery @rammuseum.bsky.social · Sep 1

RAMM’s Annual Review for 2024-25 is here! ❤️

The Annual Review reports on the museum’s activity each year, highlighting stories, exhibitions, acquisitions, events, volunteers, fundraising news & much more; all the hard work that keeps the museum going.

Read it at:
rammuseum.org.uk/wp-content/u...

Alex's Hartley's The Summoning Stones (2024) against a black background

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Nosferatu RBMK 🦇 @comraderobot.bsky.social · Sep 8

for some reason i was absolutely *compelled* to give this NASA europa mission animation a freebird edit

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Helen Hartstein @helenhartstein.bsky.social · Sep 8

The perfect soundtrack.

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Helen Hartstein @helenhartstein.bsky.social · Sep 8

These are wonderful. 😍

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Helen Hartstein @helenhartstein.bsky.social · Sep 7

This is wonderful. I have loved following your process. 😍

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GuyDorrellEsq @thenotoriousguy.bsky.social · Sep 4

I swear I’m going to do this if I get the chance

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Helen Hartstein @helenhartstein.bsky.social · Aug 29

I'm loving the stapler collection currently in RAMM's 'What do you collect?' case. Must be one of our best collections yet! If you think you can beat this, we'd love to hear from you. @rammuseum.bsky.social #museums #photography #staplers

Close up of the collector's favourite stapler

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Helen Hartstein @helenhartstein.bsky.social · Aug 29

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Helen Hartstein @helenhartstein.bsky.social · Aug 29

We were honoured to host a wonderful, colourful, joyful celebration of #GaneshChaturthi at RAMM on Wed night. It was lovely to welcome our friends from the Hindu Cultural centre to the museum. And a treat to see the statue of Ganesh out of his case. A fantastic example of community collaboration 🙏

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The Pagan Chaplain @thepaganchaplain.bsky.social · Aug 28

Great time celebrating 🪷✨Ganesh Chaturti✨🪷 @rammuseum.bsky.social yesterday! There is so much to learn and wisdom to be shared - thank you to the #ExeterHinduCulturalCentre for such a warm welcome and colourful evening 🪔 @helenhartstein.bluesky.social @lightbearlane.org #GaneshChaturti #hinduism

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Helen Hartstein @helenhartstein.bsky.social · Aug 27

Albert is looking splendid in his scarf to celebrate the Women's Rugby World Cup in Exeter's museum today. @rammuseum.bsky.social #yarnbomb #photography #museums #Devon

Statue of Prince Albert sporting a red and white scarf.

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Helen Hartstein @helenhartstein.bsky.social · Aug 26

Thank you Clive.

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Helen Hartstein @helenhartstein.bsky.social · Aug 20

He didn’t set out to come to the UK, he says – he wanted to stay in Sudan and become a doctor – but that wasn’t possible, and he left to save his life. Making this journey is how he survived.
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At 19 I had to flee my country, afraid for my life – without even saying goodbye to my family

Mohanad was a medical student in Sudan, but he had to leave in secret, hiding in a vegetable truck, until he reached Libya, where he was kidnapped repeatedly. That was only the start of his perilous j...

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Penlee House Gallery & Museum @penleehousegallery.bsky.social · Aug 19

Immerse yourself in the beauty of Cornwall’s avian life at our exhibition, "Birds: The Art of Cornwall’s Birdlife," running until 4 October at Penlee House.

🖼 Tol Pedn
Samuel John Lamorna Birch (1869–1955)
Penlee House Gallery & Museum

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CE (Catie) Murphy @cemurphy.bsky.social · Aug 15

I recently learned about Russian painter Ivan Aivazosky and I may never recover. I don't think I've ever seen water done like he does it. I don't think I've ever felt an artist loved water as much as I feel he must have. It's so incredible I could vomit.

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Ivan Aivazovsky's painting "Ship on Stormy Seas" depicts a wildly canting sailing ship in the middle distance of a storm-ridden sea. In the foreground, a wave of flawless translucent blue forms, and it's so incredibly depicted I could just vomit.

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · Aug 13

6% of Britons say they have a nemesis

yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...

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