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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 5h

This is a very different little black dress to yesterday’s Dior offering. Mid #1950s, it was designed by Irene Galitzine, combining dense black and sheer beautifully #V_and_A #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

A partial view of the upper half of a black cocktail dress consisting of a black strapless shift dress with a sheer spotted overlayer that falls to a kind of cape at the back

Full length view of the black spotted cocktail dress which shows how the sheer spotted overlayer drapes down the back like a cape

Back view of the mid 1950s little black cocktail dress which shows a deep V centre back and the drape of the sheer spotted cape style drapery

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catsinfrance @catsinfrance.bsky.social · 6h

Ruin a book by adding a word. The Mill On The Dental Floss Bleak House Renovation Tropic Of Prostate Cancer On The Road Cone

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 12h

Japanese fashion designer Rei Kawakubo was born #OnThisDay in 1942. She designed this bias-cut red silk taffeta and polyester chiffon evening dress with a wide cowl neckline and deeply draped cape like back for Comme des Garçons' S/S 1991 collection. Museum at FIT collection. #fashionhistory

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catsinfrance @catsinfrance.bsky.social · 16h

Smudge having a late breakfast. As you can see, he's starved and wasting away.. not. #Cats #CatsOfBluesky

Smudge, close up, tucking into his third sachet of Whiskas Duo.

Smudge, side view. Clearly, this chonk boy is definitely not wasting away.

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Sunderland Lollipops @sunderlandlolly.bsky.social · 18h

I can't believe the left are advocating cutting old age pensions and are happy about it. We have been gaslit that it's "unsustainable". So many elderly living in poverty. Shame on anyone agreeing to end the triple lock! It's one of LOWEST in Europe! It's less than HALF the min wage! Despicable.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Since the US doesn't want to follow the rules, then the Ukraine - US rare earths contract should be void. Renegotiate it with someone that isn't a Russian traitor.

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catsinfrance @catsinfrance.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Siri, show me a treasonous, rancid, turd that's Putin's lapdog.

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catsinfrance @catsinfrance.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Possibly an unpopular opinion, but I like John and Katya. I do not want them to go for a while yet. #Strictly

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catsinfrance @catsinfrance.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

#Strictly That was an excellent Argentinian tango.

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catsinfrance @catsinfrance.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I wonder how Josh is feeling about taking this gig, now it's been a few weeks? #Strictly

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catsinfrance @catsinfrance.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I have never likes a rumba. Ever. No matter who is doing it. #Strictly

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catsinfrance @catsinfrance.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Today's pet peeve. When the word 'ask' is pronounced as 'axe' Or 'asked' as 'axed' When I hear those, I silently scream. Normal service is now resumed. Thank you.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Glory to Ukraine

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

'Pumpkin fields' by contemporary UK printmaker Louise Stebbing #WomensArt #AutumnWeek 🍂

Print with a view iver a field filled with growing orange pumkins and their green stems and leaves under a purple dusk or dawn sky

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Maple colour, 2019 by US painter Erin Hanson #WomensArt #AutumnWeek 🍂

Painting of a tree in a kandscaoe. The tree has bright red and orange autumn leavers

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catsinfrance @catsinfrance.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Putin's useful idiot: and a traitor to the USA.

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SlenderSherbet @slendersherbet.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

When you've just got in the bath and the phone rings.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Harlinah Teoh, creates botanical ceramic art inspired by walking in the Australian landscape #WomensArt

A group of six vases in different shapes and sizes all ddcorated with flowering plant designs, all on a white surface against a white background

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James Barišić 🇭🇷 @james.barisic.fr · 09/10/2026

America is now directly funding the Russian murder of Ukrainian citizens. To be totally honest, I did have this on my 2026 bingo card because Trump.

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This 1950s meisen silk kimono features dramatic vertical stripes created through a sophisticated interplay of jagged, flame-like motifs in deep charcoal black against a cream ground, punctuated by sinuous serpentine lines in burnt orange and olive green.

This meisen silk kimono features dramatic vertical stripes created through a sophisticated interplay of jagged, flame-like motifs in deep charcoal black against a cream ground, punctuated by sinuous serpentine lines in burnt orange and olive green. The organic, undulating forms create a sense of movement and energy that flows across the entire garment, with the irregular edges of the black sections suggesting natural phenomena like smoke, water, or geological formations.

The aesthetic reflects the influence of mid-century modernist design movements that were reshaping visual culture globally during this period. The abstract, non-representational approach marks a significant departure from traditional Japanese textile motifs, embracing instead the international language of modernism with its emphasis on pure form, color relationships, and dynamic composition. The meisen technique, with its capacity for sharp graphic effects and vibrant color contrasts, proved particularly well-suited to this kind of contemporary artistic expression.

This design speaks to Japan's cultural transformation during the 1950s, when the country was rapidly modernizing and engaging with international artistic trends while maintaining its distinctive aesthetic sensibility. The kimono represents a fascinating synthesis of traditional Japanese garment construction with cutting-edge visual design that could easily be at home in contemporary abstract art galleries. The bold graphic quality and energetic patterning reflect the optimism and forward-looking spirit of Japan's post-war reconstruction period, when artists and designers were enthusiastically exploring new forms of creative expression.

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Democrat Cats @democratcats.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Morning Kitten

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/10/2026

This is as treasonous as it gets

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Cranes in Kushiro-shi, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. Photography by Toru Kona on 500px

Standing side-by-side upon a blanket of pristine Hokkaido snow in Kushiro, a pair of red-crowned cranes (tancho) throw their beaks to the winter sky in a synchronized, trumpeting courtship duet. Their arched necks and gleaming crimson crowns (tan) project a striking graphic silhouette, their jet-black secondary feathers fanning outward like flared kimono sleeves against their snow-white plumage. In the soft-focus background, another crane stands in quiet witness across the frozen field. The photograph captures an electrifying, elemental sensory experience: the piercing, clarion bugle of their call echoing across sub-zero wetlands, steam condensing instantly into mist from open beaks, the dry rustle of wind-ruffled plumage, the blinding glare of winter light reflected off fresh powder, and the sharp, freezing bite of northern air settled over the marsh. Captured in Kushiro-shi, Hokkaido, by photographer Toru Kona, this scene celebrates Japan’s most sacred avian icon in its ancestral winter sanctuary. Known to the indigenous Ainu people as Sarurun Kamuy (God of the Marsh), the red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis) has long endured as a cornerstone of Japanese cultural iconography, symbolizing longevity, good fortune, and marital fidelity due to its lifelong pair-bonding. From Heian-period court textiles and Edo-period gold leaf screens (byōbu) by masters like Ogata Kōrin to modern heraldry and ceremonial origami, the crane’s posture is woven into the nation's visual heritage. Once feared extinct in Japan during the early twentieth century, a small resident population was rediscovered in the un-freezing spring-fed reed beds of Kushiro Marsh and saved through decades of local community winter-feeding programs.

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catsinfrance @catsinfrance.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Every time the orange shit gibbon and his minions/enablers sink even further into barbarity, my heart breaks a little more for my American friends who are decent people. They know who they are. I wish they would/could get the hell out of there. 💔

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catsinfrance @catsinfrance.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

It's a proper autumn day today. Wet, cool (noticeably) and windy. More of this is needed to replenish water courses.

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Side @sidegallery.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

📸 Explore Newcastle this half term! Join us & Newcastle Contemporary Art for a family photowalk, starting at the exhibition "Under Development" before photographing the city together. 📅 Sat 31, Oct 1–3pm No experience needed, bring a camera or camera phone. RSVP: sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/eve...

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

All these years later.... I'm STILL a member of The Resistance.

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catsinfrance @catsinfrance.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

So the orange shit gibbon hasn't won. Quelle surprise. Not. The fact it's gone to a non-white woman who opposed the death penalty and genocide will not please the fascist twunts. Good.

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Tom Watson on phone hacking "Consumer boycotts do impact [and] it's up to the public to decide whether they want to put up with that kind of nonsense" www.abc.net.au/pm/archive/a... So it's legitimate for the public to want boycotts when it's The Sun, but "mob rule" when it's Palantir.

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Wikipédia en français @wikipediafr.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

9 octobre 1823 : Naissance de la journaliste et avocate américano-canadienne Mary Ann Shadd Cary. Engagée contre l'esclavage, elle est la première afro-américaine à fonder un hebdomadaire en Amérique du Nord. fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_An... #CeJourLà

Portrait historique en noir et blanc de Mary Ann Shadd. Elle est représentée de face, avec une expression sérieuse, portant ses cheveux coiffés d'une coupe au carré courte et volumineuse sur les côtés. Elle est vêtue d'une robe sombre à col montant ornée d'un fin liseré clair.

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Cab Davidson @gnomeicide.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I see America is entering the public execution phase of fascism now.

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catsinfrance @catsinfrance.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Sat in garage waiting whilst Cecil Citroen has his first service.

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The decline and fall of the American empire is following predictable patterns.

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chiller @chiller.eurosky.social · 09/10/2026

If you didn't fully understand what the USA is when they've been executing prisoners in front of an audience all along, I don't know what to tell you. This isn't the first. They are just going to get more flamboyant. Cheerleaders. Fireworks. Elaborate methods. A half time performance.

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This kurotomesode features an elegant composition of mythical phoenixes soaring among luxurious peony blossoms, rendered in subtle gradations of cream, ivory, and soft gray tones against the formal black silk ground. 1900-1920, Japan

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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Horrible stuff, but good reporting

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Landscape at Pentecost, 1929 by Australian artist Grace Cossington Smith #Womensart

Landscape painting with a view along a undulating brown track with green fields either side and a house in tbe distance

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Marg Dier, Embroidery artist traditionally trained at The Royal School of Needlework, UK #Womensart

Realistic embroidery of a sparrow. A small bird perched on a twig with brown, gray and bkack wings

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Using phone calls, travel movements and location data, Der Spiegel has traced the recent drone attack on a German airport back to the elite SSD unit of the Russian military intelligence service GRU. When are the authorities going to start saying we’re at war and have been for a long time?

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(S+) Leipziger Flughafen: Das sollen die Männer hinter der Drohnen-Attacke sein

Ermittler meinen zu wissen, wer den Leipziger Flughafen mit Drohnen angegriffen hat. Ihren Auftrag erhielten die Verdächtigen nach SPIEGEL-Recherchen wohl von einer Spezialeinheit des russischen Gehei...

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