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Jim Sande @jimsa.bsky.social · 10h

This is true via the CDC but "the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), report the average weight for men ages 20 and over as 199.8 pounds."

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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 11h

Edward Hopper
Sunlight on Brownstones -1956 -

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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 10h

Toni Morrison becomes the first Black American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature (October 7, 1993)

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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 1d

What the...?

Women on a lunch break skipping in the street of London, 1953.

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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 4d

I drank to drown my sorrows,
but the damned things learned
how to swim.
—Frida Kahlo

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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 4d

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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 4d

"Humans are the "most sensitive" to the castor oil seeds: it takes 1 to kill a full grown human, 11 to kill a dog, and a massive dose of 80 to kill a duck.
The seeds contain ricin which is roughly 6000 times more poisonous than cyanide."

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Jim Sande @jimsa.bsky.social · 5d

Amazing, I would not have thought it was Hopper, but it is!

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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 6d

Edward Hopper (American, 1862-1967)
"The Circle Theatre," 1936
Oil on canvas
27 x 36 in

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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 6d

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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 10d

Linden Frederick (American) "State Highway"

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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 10d

Edward Hopper, second story 1960

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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 10d

Edward Hopper - Railroad Sunset, 1929

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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 10d

What were they thinking?

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Jim Sande @jimsa.bsky.social · 10d

Edward, I checked on this to make sure. It's not true.

news.meaww.com/fact-check-h...

Fact Check: Has Trump been permanently disqualified from winning a Nobel Prize?

A statement claiming Trump has been permanently barred from winning a Nobel Prize, supposedly from the AP, is spreading on social media

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Jim Sande @jimsa.bsky.social · 10d

Very nice

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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 10d

Magnus Zeller (German, 1888-1972)
Loving Couple (Liebespaar), 1919
Oil on canvas, 101 x 91 cm.
Private Collection

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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 10d

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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 10d

1958 Cadillac Fleetwood Sixty Special

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Jim Sande @jimsa.bsky.social · 11d

www.fredstodder.com

Fred Stodder

www.fredstodder.com

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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 11d

Unknown 1930s
Teapot

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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 13d

Abandoning daylight saving time could prevent over 300,000 stroke cases a year in the US, study claims www.livescience.com/health/sleep...

Abandoning daylight saving time could prevent over 300,000 stroke cases a year in the US, study claims

Springing forward by an hour each March knocks the circadian rhythm out of alignment. A new model of the chronic health impacts argues for scrapping it entirely.

www.livescience.com

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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 14d

Cottages at North Truro, 1938. Edward Hopper. Watercolor and pencil on paper

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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 14d

Edna O’Brien

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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 15d

In 1982, actress Tippi Hedren kept several pet lions & tigers at home. She & husband Noel Marshall cared for the big cats while filming Roar (1981) — a film showcasing their passion for wildlife conservation. The 90-year-old Hedren still shares her home with 13 lions & tigers.

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