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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Three thousand years ago, a Greek potter looked at a bowl and thought: ‘You know what this needs? A leg!’ Clay bowl with leg-shaped handle!🦵😆 Early Geometric period 850 BC. Altes Museum, Berlin 📷 by me #Archaeology

My photo shows an ancient Greek pottery bowl with a rounded, deep body, wide open mouth and flared rim. It has a large handle shaped like a human leg, extending from the left side of the bowl in my photo, bending at a right angle and ending in a flat foot. The bowl has a camel-coloured surface decorated with dark brown geometric patterns, which include zigzags and meander motifs arranged in horizontal bands around the body of the bowl and along the leg. From Attica, Early Geometric period, circa 850 BC. It sits on a light stone coloured surface in a display case at the Altes Museum in Berlin.

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Andy Jackson @andyjak.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

How close is too close Loki ( inside dressing gown) Cally permanently on the knee

A women in a pink dressing gown, with a cat on her knee and another tucked into her chest

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Andy Jackson @andyjak.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Nah, they'd start out looking ok, but turn out to be rotten and poisonous inside

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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This link is to a piece by @jaymitchinson.bsky.social editor of the @yorkshirepost.co.uk. As with his newspaper, I don't always agree with James, but any opinions they state are always clear, and carefully expressed. And I could not possibly agree more with this! tinyurl.com/34jscxv9 Photo ©BBC

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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 15/03/2025

Who said the Germans have no sense of humour?

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Lance Smith 🎨🪶 @lancesmithart.com · 04/10/2026

Introduction: My name is Lance, I’m a Cherokee artist in South Dakota. I will share my spiritual paintings and works on this account, likes/reposts & follows are much appreciated. 🙏🏼 #art #indigenousart #artistintroduction #native #nativepride #indigenous #native #nativeamerican #painting #acrylic

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The Delicious Legacy Podcast @deliciouslegacy.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

A 🧵: 1/x? The ancient hydraulic marvel of the Marib Dam: “It is between three mountains, and the flood waters all flow to the one location, and because of that the water only discharges in one direction; and the ancients blocked that place with hard rocks and lead. (cont 👇)

The desolate crumbling ruins of the once magnificent ancient city of Marib, today.

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

You've seen fireworks that look like jellyfish, but what about a jellyfish that looks like fireworks? The E/V Nautilus filmed this rare Halitrephes maasi jellyfish glowing like a firework at a depth of 4,019 feet (1,225 meters) off the coast of Baja California, Mexico. (📷: Ocean Exploration Trust)

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Becky Wallower @bwallower.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#GlassObjectThursday 🏺 Delicate #Roman blown glass flask with polychrome snake-thread decoration. 3rd C AD. Made in Rhineland, Cologne area. In British Museum

Translucent glass vase with fine rounded body, and remains of small foot. An elegant narrow neck bows out slightly at the top, and is flanked by delicate handles either side, together forming a heart shape. The body is decorated with gold and light blue coloured threads of glass, in irregular swirly patterns

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Andy Jackson @andyjak.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I remember getting this, not as much luck as you with the transfer, my mum did it for me (reluctantly). It got a bit damaged in the application. I don't think it survived too many of my mums astringent washing practices 😁. I also lived with patchy US comic distribution for years

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Democrat Cats @democratcats.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

So cool… Stick with it. #Caturday

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Fascinating world of ancient #glass: A Roman glass model of a #boat, dating 2nd c. AD. It was found in St. Aldegund in a 4th-century woman's grave. Six of such boats are known. We don't know their function: Were they used as women's urinals, as components of water clocks and sundials, as...🧵1/2 🏺

A translucent blue glass vessel shaped like a boat, with a curved hull, upturned ends, and small protruding feet for support. The surface has visible cracks. A soft shadow is cast beneath the object on a neutral background.

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Andy Jackson @andyjak.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It's lovely there,we come to North Cornwall ,every year at least once and frequently pop into Devon , we usually see Instow, my dad was based there , in the Army in the mid fifties.

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Emily✨ @emilyoram.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Always a treat to be reminded of an old friend

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Andy Jackson @andyjak.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Friday the 13th: The BCE origin

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Andy Jackson @andyjak.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

repost with an image of your favorite James Bond (wrong answers only) See also ,the new Doctor Who

Picture of the actress Hayley Atwell, dressed in her Captain Carter uniform.

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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 23/09/2026

At 24, she discovered pulsars. The Nobel Prize went to her male supervisor. Jocelyn Bell Burnell spotted the signals that changed astronomy. Decades later, she received a $3 million physics prize. She gave it all away to help underrepresented students become scientists. #SheShed #VivaHerAlliance

Black-and-white photo of Jocelyn Bell Burnell smiling outdoors beside a large radio telescope array, holding papers in her hands.

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 24/09/2026

Ok, fine. Clearly you all won't calm down until I do this, so here it is: the definitive list of who is and is not English in alphabetical order... (1/58,722,468)

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Ancient Greek figurine of a barber cutting a man’s hair, 5th century BC. Brings to mind the ‘chatty barber’ joke: Q. How should I cut your hair Sir? A. In silence! 😂😂😂 Coincidentally this joke can also be traced back to the 5th century BC! Altes Museum, Berlin 📷 by me #Archaeology

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Andy Jackson @andyjak.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#derbyshire, # peakdistrict,# scenery. A very sunny edge of the Peak District , yesterday

A boat sits on a canal, smoke issues from. Its flue. The sun peaks through greenery along the canal

The sun shines through green trees onto a shallow river ,shadows are cast

A blue sky sits above a hill (Kinder Scout) in the distance, the ground is a mix of green and brown hugs

The sun shines out of a bright blue sky, green countryside sits below, a gnarly dark rocky prominence sits in the left foreground

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Steven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise.

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Claire Leach @claireleach.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

U.K. collectors; use code FREEPOST to get free postage on giclée prints. This weekend only. claireleach.com/shop

Grid of eight pen drawings of woodlands.

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ianthemouthofmadness.fenrisgames @fenrisgames.com · 18/09/2026

this is a hell of a 🧵

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A short thread on “legitimate concerns”. The phrase is used repeatedly by UK government ministers. The Home Secretary is at it again this week. But only ever - as far as I can tell - in one context: people’s response to the arrival of asylum seekers. Please read whole 🧵before responding - thanks

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Madeleine Swann @madeleineswann.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Mechanical Music Man

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It's Pipes, Mum! Pipes is here! @scriblit.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The person with the music written on their arse from Hieronymus Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights has pulled out of Ed Sheeran's tour

A bare bum with music written on it. Someone is pointing at it all 'look! Arse music!'

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Charlotte Strawbridge @cstrawbridgeart.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Fox watching the moving morning light Available Venue 27 from 19th - 27th Sept 🧡 scenestirling.com/open-studios... #fox #processvideo #artprocess #foxwalks #autumn

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One Angry Eyebrow… @oneangryeyebrow.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Common vintage dealer problems:

Antique Dolls for sale, sometimes they move but Psalm 91 calms them down

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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

It might be vain to hope that this letter gives a little pause to the editorial staff at the same paper.

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Abi Stevens MCM Ldn R-12 @abistevensart.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

It's my birthday 🎉 so in Bluesky tradition I'd love for folks to repost my art today! 😊 #artistSupport #illustration #darkArt

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Andy Jackson @andyjak.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Excellent I'll take a slice of de.................⚰️🌈

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Andy Jackson @andyjak.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Does the death come with marzipan? I like marzipan 💀

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Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The snobbishness about this comes in part from the fact you can no longer pay all your bills doing a minimum wage job. If you work 35hrs a week you should be able to pay rent, pay utilities, buy food & have a little left over for a few beers on a Friday. This never used to be a controversial view.

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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Again, I feel shitty even asking given the state of the world in general, but this is going to eat about $10,000 all told, and while I think we can get some help from relatives, I’d just. Super appreciate any help anyone has to spare ko-fi.com/dynamicsymme...

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

it's two things, to me: 1) trans rights matter because trans people matter and deserve rights, not just because failing to stand for trans rights is a bellwether for inauthentic progressivism more broadly 2) if you can't be trusted on trans rights you can't be trusted on anything

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The ‘Winfarthing Pendant’ - a 7th century Anglo-Saxon disc brooch that was discovered by a metal detectorist in 2015 at Winfarthing, near Diss in South Norfolk. Now part of the collections at Norwich Castle. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #Winfarthing #NorwichCastle

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The Saint of Sinners! @thesaintofsinn1.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The Mermaid by Victor Nizovtsev

This artwork is a painting titled The Mermaid by artist Victor Nizovtsev.

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Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This is I. Have never even been to the website, for the same reason that I wouldn't eat an arsenic sandwich.

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 09/09/2026

Astrophotographer Adam (AJ) Smadi caught this image a few hours ago from Washington state. A thin crescent Moon, sunlight illuminating the rugged lunar surface. And 2,400 times farther away—and on the other side of the Sun—mighty Jupiter, and its moons Io (left) and Ganymede (right).

A crescent Moon seen during the day, arcing from upper left to lower right of the frame. At lower centre is the full disk of Jupiter; the small dots to its upper left and lower right and Io and Ganymede, respectively.

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Andy Jackson @andyjak.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know these thugs do not speak for the rest of us. Add your name? act.38degrees.org.uk/act/rnli-tha...

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An open letter in support of the volunteers and staff at the RNLI

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Andy Jackson @andyjak.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Done, thanks for the highlighting of this

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Jordan Collver @jordancollver.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

If you're in the UK and don't like Palantir having its dystopian little tendrils in the whole of NHS data, I just learned you can at least opt-out of sharing your data here: www.nhs.uk/your-nhs-dat...

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Make your choice about sharing data from your health records

Choose if you want to share data from your health records for planning and research.

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The Lady of Elche. This remarkable 2,400 year-old limestone bust of a woman with elaborate headdress and jewellery is an icon of Iberian culture from pre-Roman Spain. From La Alcudia, Elche, Spain. National Archaeological Museum, Madrid. 📷 by me #Archaeology

My photo shows a famous Iberian limestone sculpture known as ‘La Dama de Elche’ / The Lady of Elche, on display at the National Archaeological Museum in Madrid. Here is a description by the museum:

“Female bust that features a lady's face with very perfect features and that preserves traces of polychromy on the lips and specific areas of face and clothing. The lady is richly dressed: on her head she wears a headdress formed by a pointed tiara covered by a veil and on top of it a strap that joins the two side “cases" that frame the face, where the hairstyle and a headband would be collected on the forehead; the back and shoulders are covered with a mantle that forms folds on the front and exposes three necklaces with amphoras and amulet holders; the earrings of plates and infulas that hang on the sides of the face, and a small fibula that closes the tunic on the neckline. At the back, it has a hole whose function has given rise to numerous interpretations. It was richly painted with red, blue and yellow tones and application of gold sheets, of which hardly any traces remain.

Technically and stylistically it is considered a work of strong Greek influence, possibly made by an artist of this origin, perhaps linked to the nearby town of Santa Pola, after receiving the commission of a high-ranking Iberian character.

It has been speculated about its function but with a posterior opening it suggests a use as a funerary vessel, just like the Lady of Baza. At the same time, it has been interpreted as the representation of a goddess, a priestess, or some royal character or of the aristocracy adorned for a special ceremony and dressed in her best clothes that could constitute her wedding dress composed of three necklaces, diadem and fibula, comparable to those found in several treasures”.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Govt, politicians, rightwing media… you decided that Brexit meant you needed to exclusively appeal to a stereotypical “red wall”/“left behind” voter who you insisted was anti-immigration because it suited you to pin their disaffection onto immigrants rather than onto you…

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Funnily enough they've yet to message me back.

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

A suggested statement for Andy Burnham.

‘The British public decided in the 1930s that they would not tolerate black-shirted militias marching through their streets. They would cherish robust political argument; they would not accept thuggery and intimidation. When Oswald Mosley led his Blackshirts to Cable Street, local people turned them back. A new law – introduced by a Liberal, backed by Labour and carried by a Conservative majority – banned private militias, political uniforms and ‘the use or display of physical force in promoting any political object’. The British people are as determined today as in the 1930s that they will not accept the methods of Mussolini and the Munich Beer Hall. This government will uphold the law and defend the traditions of British democracy’.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Watching BBC News and it's striking to hear the presenters repeatedly referring to the AfD as "far-right" whilst refusing to ever say the same about the hundreds of actual masked blackshirts currently swarming British ports

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