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Andrea Hacker @ahacker.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026

Sometimes only the genius of Alice Coltrane will do #nowplaying #jazz #sanity youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Ptah The El Daoud - YouTube

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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Adorable 🥰 Gorilla 🦍 Family

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Beautiful picture of an older woman, 1654. Exactly the eyes of gentle old age. By Michael Sweerts, whose day has been today.

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Andrea Hacker @ahacker.eurosky.social · 30/09/2026

I dunno. That was Thatcher's path, no? There never was any real societal investment in the idea of a union of values, just markets and business and security etc. And we've seen what "the rest" turned that into, right?

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Andrea Hacker @ahacker.eurosky.social · 30/09/2026

Hi, European here. Little tip if I may: look up and see the bigger picture. Europe is an idea, a joint path forward. Carney got that better than most Brits ever did. If you're only in it for the money, maybe don't bother.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

To cheer you up on a gloomy day (there are too many of them!): arrangement of flowers from Pedro de Camprobín, who's sharing today.

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"When the Doctor loses control of the Tardis, he finds himself transported to #Scarfolk, a town forever timed-locked in the 1970s. There he faces dangerous foes including a telekinetic child-owl called Roy; an overhead projector possessed by a demon, and a group of tutting pensioners"

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

#NowPlaying Very much looking forward to seeing #Autechre live soon. They may have been around for almost 40 years, but they're still the sound of the future.

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Jon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Ancient Greek gold bracelet with terminals of maned #Lions, dated to the 4th century BC. The bracelet was found in the Taman Necropoleis, near the village of Vyshesteblievskaya, #Russia #Archaeology #Art #Jewellery #History #artwork #FindsFriday

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Enkoji Temple, Ichijoji Temple, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto North garden

Framed within the deep, cooling shadows of a traditional shoin interior at Enkō-ji temple, a tranquil portal opens onto the luminous, moss-carpeted northern courtyard. The foreground is anchored by the muted texture of woven tatami mats and dark timber thresholds, establishing a dramatic contrast against the brilliant green of the sunlit garden beyond. To the right, a translucent shōji screen with delicate wooden lattice (kumiko) partitions the foliage into geometric fragments, while the open doorway presents an unobstructed view of stepping stones (tobi-ishi) winding past a rustic, thatched bell shelter (shōrō) nestled beneath vibrant Japanese maples.

Founded in 1601 by Tokugawa Ieyasu in the foothills of Ichijōji in Kyoto’s Sakyō Ward, Enkō-ji originally served as a Rinzai Zen seminary and a pioneering center of early modern print culture, renowned for its early wooden movable-type printing press. The temple’s famed Jūgyū-no-niwa ("Ten Bulls Garden") incorporates the allegorical Zen parable of the ten stages of enlightenment, using moss, flowing water, and seasonal foliage to evoke a journey toward self-realization. Viewed from the interior halls, the garden functions not merely as an exterior landscape, but as an active partner to meditative practice, designed to engage monks and visitors in silent contemplation.

Aesthetically, the composition is a masterclass in gakubuchi teien—the art of using architectural openings as living, changing picture frames. The deep interior gloom directly illustrates Jun'ichirō Tanizaki’s observations in In Praise of Shadows (In'ei Raizan), where shadow (kage) is deployed deliberately to absorb harsh glare and accentuate the glowing intensity of filtered outdoor light. The timber doorway acts as a physical and symbolic kekkai (boundary threshold), isolating the interior sanctuary of quietude (seijaku) from the external world.

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Andrea Hacker @ahacker.eurosky.social · 07/09/2026

Das ist so. Ich frage mich wirklich gegen wen "da oben" tatsächlich gewählt wird. Gegen wen protestiert man mit dem AfD Häkchen? Putin, Trump, Elon & Co können es ja nicht sein, die sind ja schon oben und dennoch findet man sie ja toll...

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Andrea Hacker @ahacker.eurosky.social · 07/09/2026

Was wenn 'die da oben' nicht die Machthaber oder unredlich reich gewordenen sind?

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

This is amazing; everything is very stupid. futurism.com/artificial-i...

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Andrea Hacker @ahacker.eurosky.social · 05/09/2026

He wants to solve "being human", doesn't he?

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Autumn - Kyoto, Japan

Nestled beneath a blazing canopy of Japanese maples (iroha-momiji), a quiet Kyoto sanctuary is enveloped in the fiery crescendo of autumn (kōyō). The composition frames a traditional residence—distinguished by its dark grey ceramic roof tiles (ibushi-gawara) and crisp white plaster walls (shikkuikabe)—partially veiled behind a dense lattice of silver-barked branches and brilliant foliage. Leaves in shades of incandescent crimson, burnt orange, and sunlit ochre cascade down from the upper canopy, contrasted against the deep, evergreen shadows of the surrounding mountain forest. On the flagstone approach (nobe-dan) leading to the shadowed doorway, a lone visitor stands looking upward, wrapped in quiet contemplation beneath the autumn arbor.

This autumnal tableau reflects the deep-rooted cultural tradition of momijigari ("hunting autumn leaves"), a seasonal pilgrimage celebrated in Japan since the Heian period. In Kyoto’s historic districts—such as Sagano, Higashiyama, and Arashiyama—architectural design has long been tailored to honor the natural terrain. Residences and temple sub-complexes utilize low rooflines and natural building materials to yield visually to the surrounding garden and forest. The grey clay tiles and dark timber framing act as a neutral, grounded foundation, allowing the fiery, short-lived transformation of the maples to dominate the visual landscape.

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Nick Covington @covingtonedu.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

"Instead of giving up, scientists and UN officials recommend trying to limit excessive warming and then bring the temperature back down to the agreed-upon threshold. But it still will mean decades of increased weather-related disasters, rising seas, extinctions and melting ice and glaciers."

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For the first time, a key UN report says the 1.5 C global warming threshold is lost | CBC News

In a strategic retreat in the fight against climate change, the United Nations has acknowledged that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst of global warming's harms. Officials say the...

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Republik Magazin @republik.ch · 04/09/2026

Blochers Geschäfte im Osten: Wie die Ems-Chemie trotz Sanktionen in Russland floriert. Eine Spurensuche von @lukashaeuptli.bsky.social und @fabokola.bsky.social. Zum Beitrag 👉 republik.link/dWeC3

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Andrea Hacker @ahacker.eurosky.social · 04/09/2026

I think if I could do it all again, I would learn to play the piano as best I could. Words and languages are a messy, difficult, sometimes treacherous affair. Music is not: youtu.be/5PC0FrLlO5E #bach #music #nowplaying

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Ivo Pogorelich - Bach - English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Through the golden road, Shiga, Japan. Photography by Takk B on 500px

Bathed in the warm, low-slanting light of late autumn, this mesmerizing photograph captures the famous Metasequoia Avenue (Metasequoia Namiki) in Makino Town, Takashima City, Shiga Prefecture. Over five hundred dawn redwoods line a two-kilometer stretch of road, their soaring crowns arching inward to create a luminous, incandescent canopy of rust-gold needles. Photographer Takk B frames the avenue along a dramatic central axis, following the undulating asphalt as it dips and rises toward a distant vanishing point. Cast across the road surface, the low sun projects a rhythmic pattern of long, dark shadows—creating a bold, striped alternation of light (hikari) and shade (kage) that recalls the delicate geometry of traditional bamboo blinds (sudare).

Botanically and culturally, the avenue represents a celebrated chapter in modern Japanese landscape design. First planted in 1981 as part of a regional agricultural development project, the dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) holds profound ecological significance as a "living fossil" (ikita kaseki), believed extinct for millions of years until living stands were rediscovered in central China in the 1940s and re-established throughout Japan. Although a 20th-century creation, the golden avenue honors a ancient design tradition: the creation of monumental tree-lined approaches (namiki) that historically defined sacred shrine approaches (sandō) and major feudal highways like the Nikkō Kaidō. Here, modern municipal planning and arboriculture converge, turning a simple transport corridor into a living architectural sanctuary.

Aesthetically, the composition is a masterclass in seasonal attunement (shun) and the contemplation of kōyō (autumn foliage). The fiery amber hue represents a brief, transitional climax—a fleeting fortnight in late November before the delicate, needle-like leaves fall, blanketing the ground and leaving behind stark winter silhouettes.

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MFCarter @mfcarter.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Here’s a truth that lands harder every year.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Teapot, 1924 by Marianne Brandt, designer and artist who became head of the Bauhaus metal workshop #WomensArt

Steel teepot in a half circular shape with arching handle, spout pointing right, side view

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

' #Bluebird is an independent social-media company.' Buying into yet another US tech company that will sell everyone down the river again? Nah. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. We need new models. Relocate outside the US, gift #Twitter to the people, to the fediverse, and we'll talk.

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026

[Exit Queen.]

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 25/08/2026

Today's newsletter is the AI Hater's Manifesto - where generative AI fails technically, economically, and morally. From its ever-changing products and rate limits to its ever-increasing demands for trillions of dollars, LLMs exhaust everything they touch. www.wheresyoured.at/the-ai-hater...

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Andrea Hacker @ahacker.eurosky.social · 22/08/2026

Dear Martin, we send you strength and perseverence boosts from Switzerland. You are amazing. May you be happy, may you be well.

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Andrea Hacker @ahacker.eurosky.social · 20/08/2026

Well, now that is confusing what with Lucy Mangan's gushing 4 star review of this shite. So what's it going to be, Graun? Good scientific practice or dangerous blood-craving click bait?

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

More kickback, and in The Guardian, perhaps to atone for Lucy Mangan's flimsy, muddled review. "Pemberton displayed a warped non-scientific logic [...] It bore little relation to a genuine scientific debate; in fact, there was no evidence of a debate at all" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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There is nothing scientific about The Great ADHD Myth? ‘documentary’ | Gina Rippon

Channel 4’s programme wastes a chance to ask important questions about how ADHD is diagnosed and treated, instead indulging in unscientific methods and conspiracy theories, says author Gina Rippon

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Claude Monet @monet.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Two Vases with Chrysanthems - 1888 botfrens.com/collections/41/content…

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Andrea Hacker @ahacker.eurosky.social · 19/08/2026

He writes for the Daily Hate - nuff said. What annoys me is that the Guardian publishes a four star review of this nonsense knowing full well that it is bs.

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Andrea Hacker @ahacker.eurosky.social · 19/08/2026

Yep, that is what I meant. He strikes me as the kind of attention craving media sell-out that would love to lead the way. Good scientific practice and duty (to care) be damned.

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Andrea Hacker @ahacker.eurosky.social · 19/08/2026

Ah, ACS the money-maker. We did some data digging and found that chemistry folk in CH publish mainly in society journals, so the hold on authors is strong. RSC offers better deals and the Swiss Chem Soc has a diamond journal but ACS has much prestige. One ACS editor told me "we have no power." 🙄 🫣

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Juan Pablo Alperin @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca · 14/08/2026

1/ NEW Preprint on an important question for the #DiamondOA community: Who Owns, Publishes, and Governs Diamond Open Access? based on a survey of journals using OJS. osf.io/preprints/me... cc. @nataschachtena.bsky.social @mikaellaakso.bsky.social

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Andrea Hacker @ahacker.eurosky.social · 19/08/2026

Lucy Mangan click-baiting with a review/opinion-piece that is kicking down? Well, I never! Seriously, though, Graun... wtf? You want a UK RFK?

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Andrea Hacker @ahacker.eurosky.social · 18/08/2026

Kann ich bestätigen. Super einfach, super schnell.

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Andrea Hacker @ahacker.eurosky.social · 18/08/2026

I just threw up in my mouth a bit.

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The Poetess Ono no Komachi, Shojo Shokado, 17th Century, Cleveland Museum of Art: Japanese Art

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Jörg Oechssler @oechssler.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

This is our chance to found a new game theory journal without commercial publishers. Let's go for it!

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Andrea Hacker @ahacker.eurosky.social · 15/08/2026

Ein beeindruckendes, gedankenanregendes Interview mit einer klugen und erfrischend direkten Frau. Zeit den Tatsachen ins Auge zu sehen. Sehr empfehlenswert (und hart) #hitze #klima #krieg #kapitalismus

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Andrea Hacker @ahacker.eurosky.social · 14/08/2026

So I just moved this account over to @eurosky.social - super simple and quick. Another step away from US Servers. Next: E-mail (not looking forward to that).

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