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lostinhistory @lostinhistory.bsky.social · 2m

I read the numbers somewhere for the last municipal election, and they were pretty sad.

(Also, I am not pleased with our new deputy mayor)

lostinhistory @lostinhistory.bsky.social · 9h

I couldn't find it, so a very nice elderly French woman showed me where it was!

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lostinhistory @lostinhistory.bsky.social · 12h

#31DaysOfGraves day 8: glass

The grave of René Lalique

A glass cross set into the side of a tomb. The glass is white and transparent and has an image of the crucified Jesus in the centre, with rays radiating out from behind him.

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lostinhistory @lostinhistory.bsky.social · 1d

Britain has some of the most specific competitions out there

Norwegian oats win world porridge championship
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Norwegian oats win world porridge championship

Sven Seljom from Madnal took the Golden Spurtle trophy at the annual event in the Scottish Highlands.

www.bbc.com

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lostinhistory @lostinhistory.bsky.social · 1d

Newfoundland would also like $50 billion

lostinhistory @lostinhistory.bsky.social · 1d

BC's premier getting spicy

Shannon Waters @sobittersosweet.bsky.social · 1d

Interesting presser today with Premier David Eby, who seems to be hitting his rhetorical stride in response to Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's push for the feds to prioritize a new pipeline through BC to the north coast
#bcpoli

“If Alberta gets a $50 billion publicly funded pipeline, then I want a $50 billion federal guarantee for projects in British Columbia as well. And I want $50 billion for every province across Canada and every territory, because their projects are just as damn important as Alberta’s pipeline is.”

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lostinhistory @lostinhistory.bsky.social · 1d

#31DaysOfGraves day 7: angel

Père Lachaise, Paris

Copper doors to a sepulcher. The two doors are shaped like angels standing facing each other, with their wings touching. Their hands, which meet at the inner edges of the doors, are the handles. The spaces between their wings and around their heads are filled with glass.

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lostinhistory @lostinhistory.bsky.social · 2d

#31daysofgraves day 6: gender

Oscar Wilde, who defied the gender norms of his time

A large grey stone grave monument. The upper half of the monument is carved into the form of an angel. The angel is flying horizontally, and is very Art Deco. It is wearing an Egyptian style headdress and has long, angular wings. The bottom half of the monument is plain stone encased in glass. The glass is because people kept kissing the grave and the lipstick was damaging the stone (there are a few lipstick kisses on the glass, which seems terribly unhygienic).

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lostinhistory @lostinhistory.bsky.social · 3d

I have not seen a single Brat Pack movie

Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · 3d

Inspired by a post I just saw in which someone admitted they hadn’t seen a single episode of Friends nor the film Love Actually… what cultural hole do you have that’s a bit weird for your generation?

I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.

lostinhistory @lostinhistory.bsky.social · 3d

This list is invalid because it does not include The Pina Colada Song, aka the Worst Song Ever

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Isabelle Marie @isabellemarie.bsky.social · 4d

Multi-generational vulture nests hold 700 years of human artifacts.
www.popsci.com/environment/...

Multi-generational vulture nests hold 700 years of human artifacts

Crossbow bolts, sandals, slingshots, and more.

www.popsci.com

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lostinhistory @lostinhistory.bsky.social · 3d

#31daysofgraves day 5: bird

A rather splendid pelican in Père Lachaise

A bronze sculpture of a pelican. The pelican had a green patina and appears to be giving the camera side eye.

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lacey @byelacey.bsky.social · 3d

house is so cold but if i turn the heat on winter wins

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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 6d

Oh, man. After reading the article, what it actually says is that an historian did a lot of archival work and spatial research to determine the site of a killing and then the family of the likely perpetrator stepped forward with photographs to confirm identity.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Historian uses AI to help identify Nazi in notorious Holocaust murder image

Jürgen Matthäus has for years been investigating the killer – and is confident he has finally solved the mystery

www.theguardian.com

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lostinhistory @lostinhistory.bsky.social · 4d

More Paris posting: art from the Guimet Museum

A large carved stone piece. The piece is square, and each side is carved with a large face. The faces are wearing elaborate carved headdresses.

A stone carving showing three female Khmer dancers. They are wearing pointed headdresses and loincloths. Their knees are bent, and their arms raised.

A stone statue of a female figure sitting cross-legged. The statue has four arms, and has is bare-chested. She is very bodacious.

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 5d

America is currently a giant experiment to see how long we can keep stuffing a year's worth of news and outrage into every single day before everyone's heads explode

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lostinhistory @lostinhistory.bsky.social · 4d

#31DaysOfGrave day 4: languages

Window in a sepulchre, Père Lachaise, Paris

A stained glass window. The window is light blue with yellow trim. In the centre is a red Star of David with yellow trim. In the centre of the star are white Hebrew letters.

lostinhistory @lostinhistory.bsky.social · 5d

Lucky!

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lostinhistory @lostinhistory.bsky.social · 5d

#31DaysOfGraves day 3: tomb

The tomb of the famille de Gas, which includes the painter Edgar Degas.

Montmartre Cemetery, Paris

A tall grey stone tomb, with a triangular lintel with a cross carved into it. A metal door sits in the centre of the tomb. Inscribed above the door is 'Famille de Gas'. On the door is a metal plaque molded with a self-portait of the painter Edgar Degas. His name is written around the outer edge of the plaque.

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lostinhistory @lostinhistory.bsky.social · 5d

@graveyardarch.bsky.social relevant to your interests!

Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs Podcast @shipwreckspod.bsky.social · 5d

Coming Tuesday, Oct 7, "Sir Ernest Shackleton: The Boss." This 2-part series will cover the entire life of the famed explorer. His feats of survival in the face of certain death cemented his place in history and legend.

#Shackleton #history #Antarctica #Endurance #skystorians #maritimehistory

Ernest Shacklton stands on a boat in a heavy turtleneck sweater with a blackened, sunburned, and windburned face. A sled dog is visible to his right.

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lostinhistory @lostinhistory.bsky.social · 6d

The first season and a half of this show was really good, and then Sorbo got the showrunner fired and it got very stupid very fast.

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lostinhistory @lostinhistory.bsky.social · 6d

#31DaysOfGraves day 2: nautical

Scenes from a sepulchre, Montmartre Cemetery, Paris

A scene on the wall of a sepulchre, made from a blue-tinted metal. The panel shows a side-wheeled paddleship, with a single smokestack, journeying through the ocean. A figure can be seen standing in the stern.

A scene from the wall of a sepulchre, made from blue-tinted metal. The paddleship from the previous panel is now sinking, stern-first, in heavy seas. A small winged skeletal figure is hovering over the bow, seeming to be pushing it down.

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lostinhistory @lostinhistory.bsky.social · 7d

It's time for #31DaysOfGraves! D

Day 1: flowers

Montmartre Cemetery, Paris

A wreath made of purple and pink ceramic flowes

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Oregon Zoo @oregonzoo.bsky.social · 7d

let the gourd times roll

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Vox @vox.com · 7d

Jane Goodall, one of the most influential environmental figures in human history, has died at 91 while touring the country to deliver an urgent message about nature and human existence.

“We’re destroying the planet,” she said last week during the Forbes Sustainability Leaders Summit in NYC.

Listen to Jane Goodall’s final — and urgent — message

Her final interviews are essential listening for everyone.

www.vox.com

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