Reposted by @bibliomancer7.bsky.socialMurderBotBot @murderbotbot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I defaulted to honesty (I know, I was surprised, too) 0484
Reposted by @bibliomancer7.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026NEW: Amid public health concerns over online sports betting, major operators like DraftKings say their in-app safeguards can prevent users from spiraling out of control. Our reporter decided to find out for himself whether that was true.propublica.orgOur Reporter Spent 10 Weeks Gambling on DraftKings. Here Are 5 Things He Learned.ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson immersed himself in the world of online sports betting on DraftKings to test the limits of the company’s “responsible gaming” safeguards. Here are five things he learn... 12404150
Reposted by @bibliomancer7.bsky.socialJon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"oh look and there's Jon & another unproductive week gone! Yes but it's Friday" 👀 Part of a votive relief from the sanctuary of Artemis at Brauron, known as the 'relief of the #Gods'. Zeus seated with Leto & Apollo. (5th C BC Brauron Museum) #FindsFriday #artwork #art #History 18112
Reposted by @bibliomancer7.bsky.socialJon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · 14/09/2026#MosaicMonday More detail from the #Mosaic in the triclinium of the Casa del Fauno (House of the Faun) in #Pompeii, now on display in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples. #ancient #art #Archaeology #History 232271
Reposted by @bibliomancer7.bsky.socialFollowing Hadrian @followinghadrian.bsky.social · 14/09/2026#MosaicMonday - Mosaic depicting a theatrical mask and Dionysus attributes: thyrsus, kantharos, and panther with a tympanum. Dated 60–50 BC, later reused in the Imperial Palace at Hadrian's Villa and now incorporated into the 18th-century pavement of the Gabinetto delle Maschere, Vatican Museums. 110029
Reposted by @bibliomancer7.bsky.socialThe Megalithic Portal Ancient Sites & Stones @megalithic.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Seir Kieran Cross: Early Christian cross, round tower, rare medieval monastery complex, holy well, bullaun stone and rag tree. The monastery was founded by St Ciaran the Elder in the 5th century, which makes Saighir one of the earliest church/monastic sites in Ireland. More 1/ 1312
Reposted by @bibliomancer7.bsky.socialScott Williams @museumguyscott.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Don't post a ton of #paleontology stuff here, but @skeletaldrawing.bsky.social new interactive, size-comparison page is fun! Allows you to see how insanely big sauropods got. Here's a few next to the biggest known #Tyrannosaurusrex "Scotty" & a couple o humans. #Argentinosaurus is just nuts. 02710
Reposted by @bibliomancer7.bsky.socialAnthony Majanlahti @anthonymajanlahti.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Dining with divinities. In the House of #Neptune and #Amphitrite in #Herculaneum, the centrepiece of this relatively small domus is the #mosaic that gives the house its name. It could be seen along the main axis of the domus, glittering in an outdoor #triclinium. #MosaicMonday #AncientBluesky 🏺 420148
Reposted by @bibliomancer7.bsky.socialKJ Shepherd @kjshepherd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026there will be many ways to celebrate dolly parton and the one I want to point out is that she was a friend of Miss Piggy 34104272557
Reposted by @bibliomancer7.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 25/08/2026Read this thread 👇 621979
Reposted by @bibliomancer7.bsky.socialAimee Steinberger @aimeekitty.bsky.social · 26/08/2026If you want to be like Dolly, you can donate to underprivileged children getting books with her charity, donate.imaginationlibrary.comdonate.imaginationlibrary.comHomeMake a donation and support Dolly Parton's Imagination Library in communities around the world and help put more books into the hands of more children. 116295
Reposted by @bibliomancer7.bsky.socialMatt Friedman @friedmanlab.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Then there are these trilobites described by Rominger in 1887. Collected the previous year, they are some of the first fossils described from the Burgess Shale. 172
Reposted by @bibliomancer7.bsky.socialAnthony Majanlahti @anthonymajanlahti.bsky.social · 24/08/2026For #MosaicMonday, let us observe the working professionals of ancient #Rome. This C3 CE #mosaic from the Schola Præconum depicts heralds carrying the tools of their trade. It is the perfect start for a thread exploring the headquarters of Rome's collegia. #AncientBluesky 🏺🧵 210222
Reposted by @bibliomancer7.bsky.socialAnn @stellarpics.net · 24/08/2026Second video of a Talamanca Hummingbird. At normal speed you just see the bird feed on the flower. In slow mo you see he makes three moves going higher each time. Also at the end you get a demonstration of how hummers can fly backwards. #birds #birdsseenin2026 #CostaRica #hummingbirds #nikon #z8 1347
Reposted by @bibliomancer7.bsky.socialRick Derevan @rderevan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ThinPerches. A Rufous Hummingbird on just that. 🪶 2294
Reposted by @bibliomancer7.bsky.socialDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 24/08/2026NEW: Trump is betting SCOTUS will let him interfere with the midterms after USPS published a rule to implement his anti-mail voting executive order. While lower courts have blocked the effort, SCOTUS will have final say on how Americans cast mail ballots this fall. Here's what to expect👇democracydocket.comExplainer: The battle over Trump's bid to restrict mail voting hits a pivotal point. Where things stand and what comes next"By issuing this final rule, the Trump administration has flouted the court’s injunction." 63600387
Reposted by @bibliomancer7.bsky.socialCat Bauer in Venice @catbauer.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Look up! Overhead as you enter Basilica di San Marco in Venice to visit Madonna Nicopeia is this beautiful 13th century golden Byzantine masterpiece, Madonna & Child, flanked by St John the Evangelist & St Mark #MosaicMonday 0163
Reposted by @bibliomancer7.bsky.socialThe Megalithic Portal Ancient Sites & Stones @megalithic.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Qasr Al-Amra: The timeless artistry of Quseir ‘Amra and Its 1300-year-old frescoes, watch the cinematic low-light 4K Film by Aysar Yousef, link on our page. An ancient bathhouse in Jordan best known for its colourful frescoes adorning its walls and ceilings. 1385
Reposted by @bibliomancer7.bsky.socialDr Matt Pope @mattpope.bsky.social · 22/11/2024The delicate excavation of a scatter of flint waste flakes from the manufacture of a handaxe. It was left behind 480,000 years ago, maybe by early Neanderthal people. The scatter preserves the shadow of their knees. Boxgrove, UK 🏺 #FlintFriday 15656133
Reposted by @bibliomancer7.bsky.socialBethan M Jenkins @gwenynen.bsky.social · 22/08/2026#RomanSiteSaturday Open day at North Leigh Roman Villa today! 1253
Reposted by @bibliomancer7.bsky.socialIdeas Roadshow @ideasroadshow.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Madonna della Misericordia mosaic by Guillaume de Marcillat, Santa Maria delle Grazie al Calcinaio, Cortona. He was a French painter & stained glass master artist. c. 1470-1529. Follow our art journey 🚗: ideasroadshow.substack.com 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians 🏺 #medievalsky #art #StainedGlassSunday 0157
Reposted by @bibliomancer7.bsky.socialCats with Jobs ⚒️ @catworkers.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Don't work with the pros if you can't handle the heat. 353092
Reposted by @bibliomancer7.bsky.socialThe Met: Costume Institute @metcostume.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Fan botfrens.com/collections/223/conten… 2122
Reposted by @bibliomancer7.bsky.socialAlison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Happy weekend! Here’s an ancient Egyptian bead in the form of a curled-up blue hedgehog! Look at the little face and paws! 🦔💙 Made of faience around 3,600 years ago. National Museum of Scotland 📷 by me #Archaeology 201095283
Reposted by @bibliomancer7.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Warnock on SCOTUS: No one elected this Court—to decide what kind of remedies we need in this moment. It’s really not up to the Supreme Court to say, “Well, we have reached the threshold where this issue around race and inclusion is no longer necessary.” That is not the job of the Court. 23986252584
Reposted by @bibliomancer7.bsky.socialDr Pat Witts @wittspat.bsky.social · 04/04/2026An early and very appropriate entry for Easter #MosaicMonday. 🐇 0264
Reposted by @bibliomancer7.bsky.socialChef Ryuga 🐉🪄 VTuber @chefryuga.bsky.social · 02/04/2026The dude directly in front of the Artemis plushie has a Sailor Moon lanyard so that is probably his. Fucking beautiful. 221270
Reposted by @bibliomancer7.bsky.socialHedgehoggrl 📎🦔 🐈 📷 🎨 @hedgehoggrl.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Notre-Dame de Paris. #PhotographersOfBluesky #EastCoastKin #StainedGlassSunday #SilentSunday 0746
Reposted by @bibliomancer7.bsky.socialMalcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 29/03/2026“Kölner Schnörkel” / "Cologne Squiggle" 2nd Century CE Artists added ornamental detail to glass vessels using hot glass threads. The "Cologne Squiggle" was created freehand. The Roman trademark, was just like company logos today. In Römisch-Germanisches-Museum, Köln Germany. #Archaeology #Roman 610827
Reposted by @bibliomancer7.bsky.socialFollowing Hadrian @followinghadrian.bsky.social · 29/03/2026#ArtefactSunday - This exquisite bronze oil lamp from Vani, an important centre of ancient Colchis, depicts Zeus as an eagle carrying Ganymede to Olympus, with three spouts for flames. It was designed to hang, as indicated by attachment points. Dated 250-100 BC. Vani Archaeological Museum, Georgia. 0274
Reposted by @bibliomancer7.bsky.socialArchaeology Magazine @archaeologymag.bsky.social · 29/03/2026In Mesopotamia, potters were sculpting buildings in miniature as early as 4,000 years ago, and this is a particularly lively example. Atop it stands a fantastical figure whose identity has long been debated … archaeology.org/issues/march-april-2026/collection/sealing-the-evidence/model-homes/ 0134
Reposted by @bibliomancer7.bsky.socialFraggs Photography 📸🦊🦉🦋🦔 🏴 @fraggenstein.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #AdultsWithChicks capture of an Adult with its young set by @robcrank68.bsky.social ~ chosen a Moorhen with its chicks ~ photo taken at Forest Farm NR - Cardiff ~ South Wales 🪶🦉 #birdingWales #ukbirding #birdphotography #ECK #ukwildlife #naturephotography 3809
Reposted by @bibliomancer7.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/12/2025Remember, as Sean Duffy keeps telling us his ideas for air travel -- dress up nice for your flight! do a little workout before you get on too! -- this is an actual Good Thing We Wanted that Democrats secured for us before these assholes took it awaynytimes.comWhite House Scraps Cash Payments for Delayed or Canceled Flights 582409659
Reposted by @bibliomancer7.bsky.socialVictoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 05/12/2025Day 5 of my Edwardian #AdventCalendar is Helen Taft's 1909 inaugural ball gown, made by the Frances Smith Company. It is made of white silk chiffon appliquéd with metallic floral embroidery and trimmed with lace, rhinestones and beads. National Museum of American History. #fashionhistory 1859
Reposted by @bibliomancer7.bsky.socialPainted Wolf @koorsboom.bsky.social · 07/12/2025Cape Spurfowl #spurfowl #birds #southafrica #africa #nature #photography #photographer #wild #wildlife #africananimals 0131
Reposted by @bibliomancer7.bsky.socialHannah Moots @mootspoints.bsky.social · 07/12/2025@archaeologymag.bsky.social has announced their to 10 research findings of 2025! Many congratulations to @compevohumang.bsky.social and all the researchers involved in these studies! archaeology.org/collection/t...archaeology.orgFeatures - Top 10 Discoveries of 2025 - Archaeology Magazine - January/February 2026ARCHAEOLOGY magazine’s editors reveal the year’s most exciting finds 193
Reposted by @bibliomancer7.bsky.socialTom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 07/12/2025Happy 76th Birthday, Tom Waits! 321803607
Reposted by @bibliomancer7.bsky.socialKate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 07/12/2025“The Daily Nebraskan found in the leaked spreadsheet that every program eliminated appeared to be profitable…every program that the chancellor proposed eliminating generated more money from tuition dollars than the department costs to run” 0780371
Reposted by @bibliomancer7.bsky.socialLaurenCDeutsch @laurencdeutsch.bsky.social · 05/12/2025A surprisingly beautiful Worth gown, tucked away somewhat unassumingly, was this 1878 wedding dress worn by Annie Schermerhorn when she married John Innes Kane. It was made of white satin, silk tulle, pearl appliques, and ribbon fringe to a gorgeous effect. A Worth wedding was 4437
Reposted by @bibliomancer7.bsky.socialDr. Robert Maunder @boiby.bsky.social · 06/12/2025Such a grey sunless day, but elegant long-tailed ducks still look great 🪶 0273
Reposted by @bibliomancer7.bsky.socialAshmolean Museum, Oxford @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social · 06/12/2025#AshmoleanAdvent Day 6: St Nicholas Today marks St Nicholas Day. St. Nicholas of Myra was a 4th-century Christian bishop known for his kindness and generosity. In this icon dating back to the 15th century, St Nicholas is shown as the Miracle Worker. 16120
Reposted by @bibliomancer7.bsky.socialAssigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 06/12/20256 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- Judge issues injunction against Georgia ban on GAC for inmates, finding it cruel & unusual punishment: "The state is responsible for the well being of any person it holds in its custody...whether that person has gender dysphoria or another diagnosis..."advocate.comGeorgia law banning gender-affirming care for trans inmates struck downGeorgia "perpetuated cruel and unusual punishment" by banning gender-affirming care for inmates, attorney Emily Early says. 213339
Reposted by @bibliomancer7.bsky.socialKelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Every legal story now is either Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach or In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport 46112133353
Reposted by @bibliomancer7.bsky.socialMuseum of the Rockies @museumoftherockies.bsky.social · 05/12/2025Happy #FossilFriday! #Dromaeosaurs (#raptors) have large sickle-like claws on their feet. Like today’s hawks, these #Cretaceous predatory #dinosaurs may have used their claws to grasp prey. 0268
Reposted by @bibliomancer7.bsky.socialLynzie Flynn @lynzieflynn.bsky.social · 05/12/2025Collared Inca in another unusual pose #birds #wildlife #photography #audubon #nature #naturephotography #birdnerd #wildlife #natgeowild #bbcwildlife #bbcearth #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #blueskyartshow #planetbirds #photography #bestbirdshots #lynzieflynn #hummingbirds #birdsoftheworld 1324
Reposted by @bibliomancer7.bsky.socialDACT Fragments @dact-fragments.bsky.social · 05/12/2025A is Advent, and as you see here AAAAd te levavi opens the year #fragmentfriday 162
Reposted by @bibliomancer7.bsky.socialDeep Down, We’re a Family @deepdownafamily.bsky.social · 05/12/2025Juvenile trunkfish, about the size of a marble in Curaçao. #scuba #scubadiving #underwaterphotography #marinelife #curacao 1338
Reposted by @bibliomancer7.bsky.socialNina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 05/12/2025One of my most favourite glass vessels: A marvellous Roman vessel in the form of a pig, made of blue glass. It was used to hold ointment or perfume. Found in a burial in Cologne. Dating late 2nd/early 3rd century AD 📷 Römisch-Germanisches Museum Köln 🏺 #archaeology 19674191
Reposted by @bibliomancer7.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 05/12/2025“Yes, yes, we can see all your ‘facts’ and all the adorable little ‘evidence,’ but you failed to consider that none of that matters if we all close our eyes and pretend the Texas GOP actually had pure motives here, you stupid little rubes.” 382903557
Reposted by @bibliomancer7.bsky.socialLaurenCDeutsch @laurencdeutsch.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Another outfit I was very excited to see in person, since I've known of this dress for quite a while, was this 1886 Worth gown made of velvet and silver-threaded embroidery. It was also immortalized in a portrait by Alexandre Cabanel of Louise van Loon-Borski. In the painting, 3476
