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Wil Eelsing
@wileelsing.bsky.social
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Dutch. History, Lit, Art and Animal lover, especially cats. Not particularly woke, just a decent upbringing which apparently is the same as woke. This is my DetoX space.
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Wil Eelsing @wileelsing.bsky.social · Sep 4
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cid-lee1.bsky.social @cid-lee1.bsky.social · 6h
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Bank of England warns of growing risk that AI bubble could burst
Possibility of ‘sharp market correction has increased’, says Bank’s financial policy committee
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 7h
Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
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Dr Alexandra Loske @colourwoman.bsky.social · 2d
The COLOUR exhibition at the Royal Pavilion finishes soon, but I have one more #ColourConversation up my sleeve:
Join me on 11 October, 11am for a talk on colour in the Royal Pavilion.
There will be Prussian Blue, Chrome Yellow, Chinese Vermilion and more!
brightonmuseums.org.uk/event/johndi...
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 10h
Badenoch and Co see education only as a means to a massive income in some soul destroying career.

Devoid of imagination and the power of knowledge they view life entirely through the prism of the CV.

My advice always is to study what interests you and the rest will follow
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Isabelle Marie @isabellemarie.bsky.social · 1d
#Archéologie : découverte en Allemagne d’un rare pigment bleu vieux de plus de 13 000 ans qui bouleverse notre connaissance de l’art paléolithique.
www.connaissancedesarts.com/monuments-pa...
Archéologie : découverte en Allemagne d'un rare pigment bleu vieux de plus de 13 000 ans qui bouleverse notre connaissance de l'art paléolithique
En Allemagne, sur le site de Mühlheim-Dietesheim, la plus ancienne trace de pigment bleu jamais répertoriée en Europe a été identifiée par une équipe de chercheurs. Cette découverte change notre perce...
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Dr Fern Riddell @drfernriddell.bsky.social · 2d
Jilly Cooper forever. Devastated.
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Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 11h
Bit niche I think, but apparently this parking spot is reserved for female rock climbers.
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Dutch News @dutchnewsnl.bsky.social · 23h
Dutch prime minister Dick Schoof has paid his first and probably last visit to Kyiv, reaffirming Dutch support for Ukraine just three weeks ahead of the general election at home.
Dutch PM pays first visit to Kyiv, reaffirms support for Ukraine - DutchNews.nl
Dutch prime minister Dick Schoof has paid his first and probably last visit to Kyiv, reaffirming Dutch support for Ukraine just three weeks ahead of the general election at home. Schoof arrived in…
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Carve Her Name @carvehername.bsky.social · 9h
#OnThisDay, 8 Oct 1952, USAF 2nd Lt Nurse Abbie Sweetwine uses military triage at the Harrow and Wealdstone train crash in London. She saves lives and paves the way for the UK’s use of paramedics.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BlackHistory #BritishHistory #LondonHistory 🗃️
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Abbie Sweetwine preparing a plasma infusion at the site of the crash. She is a black woman, surrounded by white men. A photo of the Harrow and Wealdstone crash, showing three passenger trains that had run into each other. There is debris two storeys high, and people searching the wreckage.
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Wil Eelsing @wileelsing.bsky.social · 9h
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I guess some models need an unconventional approach.
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Midge @midge.bsky.social · 17h
Rider down, I repeat rider down
Photo of a broom that lies riderless in the road
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PetaPixel | Photography and Camera News @petapixel.com.web.brid.gy · 15h
Acclaimed Big Cat Photographer Captures Striking Photos of Elusive Bobcats
If you’re looking for adjectives for bobcats, there’s stealthy or very stealthy. However, that doesn't stop award-winning wildlife photographer Steve Winter from capturing incredible photos of the elusive wildcats. [Read More]
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Daily Manul (Unofficial) @manul.day · 22h
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 14h
Alexandra Drenth, Amsterdam based textile artist and designer specializing in hand embroideries and collage techniques #womensart
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Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 1d
Good morning! This week's theme is the River Thames.
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'Bridge in London' (1908) by Mstislav Dobuzhinsky

(Private collection)
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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 1d
The remains of Cairn Holy II - one of two Neolithic chambered cairns which overlook Wigtown Bay in Dumfries & Galloway. The Clyde-type chambered cairn was traditionally thought to be the tomb of Caldus, the mythical Scottish King. 📸 My own. #TombTuesday #Prehistory #CairnHoly
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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 1d
A stunning head of Medusa, the mythical creature whose sight turns everyone to stone. Medusa’s head was a popular motif used to ward off any evil.
The #Roman bronze fitting was found in Xanten, dating 1st century AD

On display at Römermuseum Xanten.

📷 me

🏺#archaeology
A detailed bronze sculpture of a face with wide eyes and flowing, wavy hair radiating outward resembling snakes, displayed in a glass case under museum lighting.
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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 19h
What a beauty! Photo from my collection, no documented date/info.
Black and white photo of a longhaired tabby cat, appears to be ginger, sitting up in the sun and licking its chops.
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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 1d
New Orleans couple discovers ancient Roman grave marker in their yard

Discovery of 1,900-year-old headstone dedicated to Roman sailor sets off effort to repatriate item to Italy
New Orleans couple discovers ancient Roman grave marker in their yard
Discovery of 1,900-year-old headstone dedicated to Roman sailor sets off effort to repatriate item to Italy
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