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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

'Artist's Mother in an Interior.' (c1930) Ruth Doggett played a notable role in early Modern British Art, studying under Camden Town painters Walter Sickert and Harold Gilman, who strongly influenced her bold use of colour and form.

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

When John Atkinson Grimshaw's 'Lovers in a Moonlit Lane,' was first exhibited in 1837, newspaper reports tell us a 'queue of eager viewers nearly two miles in length,' waited in London's Piccadilly to see it.

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Spencer Gore's painting depicts his wife Mollie seated at her sewing table in a vividly coloured room at 6 Cambrian Road in Richmond, London in 1914; similar to Bonnard and Vuillard's interiors and a dash or two of Sickert.

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

This interior belongs to a small group of paintings in which Adolph Menzel studied the effects of light in simply furnished spaces he occupied in Berlin between 1845 and 1851 - he considered them experiments and never exhibited them.

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

In the years after her move to Cornwall in 1907 there was nowhere more inspiring to Laura Knight than the cliffs above the ocean at Lamorna and at Carn Barges along the coast. 'On the Cliffs,' (1917) depicts two girls seated at the cliff-edge enjoying the late afternoon sun.

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Charles Hodge Mackie spent a great deal of his time in Italy allowing him to exploit his highly developed sensitivity to colour. This view is of St Mark's in Venice (c1900) and shows him experimenting with the effect produced by the mixture of artificial light and moonlight.

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Infinite Women @infinite-women.com · 03/03/2026

#OTD: German modern dance pioneer Hanya Holm was born March 3, 1893. Considered one of the "Big Four" of modern dance, she was influential as a choreographer and dance educator. She was one of the founding artists at Bennington College, where the American Dance Festival originated.

Black and white photo of a woman in a dress, crouched, both arms and her right leg outstretched

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Harold Harvey was better placed than many artists to turn WW1 restrictions on painting coastlines to his advantage, he developed from a typical Newlyn landscape painter into a wholly original one equally adept when painting interiors and portraits. This is from 1919.

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Greg Priest @gregpriest.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Henry David Thoreau was born on this day in 1817. “Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable mould myself?” 🌱🐋🧪 #HistSTM #PhilSci #BookSky

Caricature of Thoreau by David Levine for The New York Review of Books.

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Richard Santana @mrrsantana.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Good evening from New York

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

'Venetian Passageway.' Like many of his contemporaries, John Singer Sargent was captivated by Venice and visited the city frequently between 1898 and 1913. There's a fluid spontaneity in this work, evident in the moving water of the canal.

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ProfKFH @profkfh.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting

Colorful quilt of a nighttime scene with Harriet Tubman in an orange jacket and purple dress carrying a rifle. She is leading other figures who walk behind her.

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

'Bridge of Sighs.' (1909) By the time of this painting, Jane Peterson was one of the foremost painters in New York. Her art education included studying in Madrid with Joaquin Sorolla who had a significant influence on her work, particularly in portraying water.

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Buddhism Now @buddhismnow.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

In the heart of Buddhist practice lies the aspiration to see the world as it truly is — free from delusion, distortion, and the habitual patterns of the unawakened mind. Goodnight everyone.

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House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Democrats @democrats-veterans.house.gov · 06/05/2025

Today, House Republicans chose to vote against protecting veterans' benefits. They are prioritizing profits over patriots.

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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 03/05/2025

Today at Fort Smallwood Park, MD: Great Blue Heron, Red-winged Blackbird, Canada Geese+9, Tufted Titmouse 🪶

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Peter Ilsted's work (1908) is similar in style to the work of his brother in law Vilhelm Hammershøi. Together with Carl Holsøe, they were famous for their interiors and were leading members of the 'Free Exhibition,' a Danish progressive art society at the end of the 19thC.

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

'Battledore.' (1868) The title in Albert Moore's work alludes to the racket used in badminton, a game of ancient origin; the true subject of this painting is its exquisite technical assurance, its array of linear patterning, and its seductive colour harmonies.

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Project Gutenberg @gutenberg.org · 25/04/2025

Why Hannah Arendt left philosophy behind to face the world Arendt thought 20th-century philosophy had become too passive and abstract. She called for “active thinking” that prepares us to live in the real world. By Shai Tubali bigthink.com/thinking/why... #philosophy #history

Hannah Arendt studying in the family library.

Arendt is seated at a modest desk or table, surrounded by tall shelves densely packed with books — a setting that reflects both intimacy and vast knowledge. The light is soft, likely natural, streaming in from a window nearby, casting gentle highlights on her face and the pages before her. Her posture is slightly leaned forward, brows furrowed in thought, deeply absorbed in reading or writing. Dressed simply, in a sweater or blouse typical of mid-20th century intellectuals, she exudes an air of quiet determination and contemplative focus.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Arendt#/media/File:Young_Hannah_Arendt_(cropped).jpg

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Rémi Forte @rmfrt.com · 20/04/2025

Early experiments from 2011, blending poetry, typography, and code.

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Project Gutenberg @gutenberg.org · 20/04/2025

Fantastic Novels was an American science fiction & fantasy pulp magazine published by the Munsey Company of New York from 1940 to 1941, & again by Popular Publications, also of N.Y., from 1948 to 1951. It was a companion to Famous Fantastic Mysteries. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantast... #pulpfiction

Cover of Fantastic Novels, March 1948.

Dominating the composition is a heroic man and a mystical woman standing amid churning green sea waves. The man, with a stern and focused expression, clasps the woman's waist as she swoons backward, her golden hair and flowing white gown adding to her ethereal presence. Behind them, a glowing golden ship sails across the water, symbolizing the fantastical journey within.

The background features a vivid swirl of deep blues and greens, evoking both the sea and a cosmic or magical atmosphere. Above the artwork, bold yellow and red typography shouts the title: “Fantastic Novels Magazine”, priced at 25¢, with a banner highlighting A. Merritt’s sensational fantasy classic, The Ship of Ishtar.

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Among the huge number of copies and variants of Albrecht Dürer’s Hare of 1502 are those by Hans Hoffmann, Joris Hoefnagel and an unknown Munich artist. This is probably by the latter from the early 17thC.

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Project Gutenberg @gutenberg.org · 20/04/2025

#OTD in 1841. Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" appears in Graham's Magazine. It will be recognized as the first significant work of detective fiction. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mur... The Murders in the Rue Morgue @ PG www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2147 #books #literature

Facsimile of Edgar Allan Poe's original manuscript for "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", from the Susan Jaffe Tane collection, Cornell University.

Facsimile of Poe - http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/poe/exhibition/horrorsuspense/index.html

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Illustration by Daniel Vierge of "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", 1870

In a dark and chaotic bedroom, a terrifying ape-like creature attacks a woman, gripping her by the hair and lifting her violently off the bed. Her face is frozen in shock and horror. Another woman lies lifeless on the floor, her body twisted unnaturally. Coins spill from an overturned box beside her. In the background, a man peers in through an open window with wide, fearful eyes—suggesting a witness to the shocking scene.

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

'Interior.' (c1980) Peter Kelly's painting shows the fine classical draughtsmanship that characterises much of his work. His preference for a limited palette of muted tones occasionally warmed by brighter accents are reminiscent of the Dutch and Scandinavian Schools.

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Graham Sutherland's picture is of limestone quarries at Buxton in Derbyshire he made as a war artist in WW2. His method was to make rapid drawings on the spot, work these up at home before a definitive version was handed over to the War Artist Advisory Committee.

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

When Gustave Caillebotte painted 'Boulevard from above,' (1880) life in Paris centered around the streets of the city, this led architects to create balconies where Parisians could watch pedestrians on the street and be watched by them as well; an observatory for the privileged.

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

'Port of Honfleur at Night.' (1901). Félix Vallotton spent his summers near the French port of Honfleur, painting a number scenes around the harbour but none better than this; he never varnished his work so the light and reflections are entirely through the application of paint.

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City Lights Booksellers & Publishers @citylightsbooks.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Get ready to celebrate Lawrence Ferlinghetti on his birthday, Monday, March 24, 2025 www.3rdst.art/ferlinghetti...

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AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · 19/02/2025

Federal science agencies are under threat. AGU has made it easy to advocate for NSF, NOAA, NASA and more. Visit AGU’s Science Policy Action Center to stand up for science. fromtheprow.agu.org/standing-tog...

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

In George Henry's 'The Hedgecutter,' from 1886, we can see the influence on modernist painting by the French pastoralist Jules Bastien-Lepage; a major influence on the Glasgow Boys who had put on their first exhibition at the city's Institute of Fine Arts the previous year.

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House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Democrats @democrats-veterans.house.gov · 06/02/2025

9.1 million veterans are enrolled in VA healthcare. More than 80% of VA medical facilities are already experiencing a nursing shortage, and now the Musk-Trump Admin is trying to trick VA nurses into leaving their jobs. This will directly affect veterans' access to healthcare.

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Atul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Rubio claims that @USAID lifesaving assistance for health and humanitarian needs will continue. But his team just communicated that the entire agency will be imminently reduced from 14,000 to 294 people. Just 12 in Africa.

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Jen Sparks 🦋🌍💙 @jennifersparks.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Please take a few minutes to watch this video to the end. He's not as strong as he wants us to think he is. "Look closely at the first two weeks of Donald Trump’s second term and you’ll see something very different than what he wants you to see." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...

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Opinion | Don’t Believe Him (Gift Article)

Look closely at the first two weeks of Donald Trump’s second term and you’ll see something very different than what he wants you to see.

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Brooklyn Institute @brooklyninstitute.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Podcast for Social Research, Episode 58: The Kafka Diaries | In which we explore Kafka’s vexed relationship with tradition, fantasies of omniscience, Benjamin’s “Task of the Translator,” Kafka and theory, the call center as modern bureaucracy, and more | buff.ly/3zoiftI

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AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · 04/02/2025

We are alarmed by the Administration’s actions to freeze science funding and eliminate DEI efforts and climate change initiatives, which go against AGU’s mission and harms our members. We must unite to address these changes, beginning by hearing from you. Read more: buff.ly/4hm8r4e

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

In 'Going Home,' (c1889) Tom Roberts depicts the silhouetted forms of a man and a woman, their arms linked, walking along a pavement at sunset. A swiftly painted image in a limited range of colours and tones to convey an impression of the last light of the evening. #australiaday

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Jocelyn @jrappa.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Just started reading this book and found this 1966 statement by Hyman Bookbinder, “The poor can stop being poor if the rich are willing to become richer at a slower rate.”

Photo of the book cover: Where Do We Go From Here - Chaos or Community? By Martin Luther King, JR.

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Fremen @hunterhagelin.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

“One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.” ― Plato

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Institute of Art and Ideas @iai.tv · 26/01/2025

“We are arguably no nearer to engineering artificial consciousness than we were a decade ago. Instead we have engineered artificial language mirrors... and for the purposes of producing the grand illusion of consciousness,” argues @shannonvallor.bsky.social | buff.ly/3yxzgRp #philsci ⚛️🧪

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The dangerous illusion of AI consciousness | Shannon Vallor

AI expert and DeepMind contributor Shannon Vallor explores OpenAI's latest GPT-4o model, based on the ideas of her new book, ‘The AI Mirror’. Despite modest intellectual improvements, AGI's…

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Project Gutenberg @gutenberg.org · 25/01/2025

#OTD in 1838. William Macready opens a performance of King Lear at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, London, restoring most of Shakespeare's original text, including the character of the Fool. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Lear King Lear at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1532 #books #theatre

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King Lear - Wikipedia

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Congressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 22/01/2025

How Trump's hiring freeze and civil service attacks affect the American people: Today I was contacted by a constituent who is a mental health professional hired to treat veterans at the V.A. Trump’s executive actions are preventing them from starting work and providing care to American veterans.

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WHO @who.int · 21/01/2025

WHO comments on United States announcement of intent to withdraw bit.ly/4hrbeJ7

WHO comments on United States announcement of intent to withdraw

The World Health Organization regrets the announcement that the United States of America intends to withdraw from the Organization.
WHO plays a crucial role in protecting the health and security of the world’s people, including Americans, by addressing the root causes of disease, building stronger health systems, and detecting, preventing and responding to health emergencies, including disease outbreaks, often in dangerous places where others cannot go.

The United States was a founding member of WHO in 1948 and has participated in shaping and governing WHO’s work ever since, alongside 193 other Member States, including through its active participation in the World Health Assembly and Executive Board. For over seven decades, WHO and the USA have saved countless lives and protected Americans and all people from health threats. Together, we ended smallpox, and together we have brought polio to the brink of eradication. American institutions have contributed to and benefited from membership in WHO.

With the participation of the United States and other Member States, WHO has over the past 7 years implemented the largest set of reforms in its history, to transform our accountability, cost-effectiveness, and impact in countries. This work continues.

We hope the United States will reconsider and we look forward to engaging in constructive dialogue to maintain the partnership between the USA and WHO, for the benefit of the health and well-being of millions of people around the globe.

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Jen Sparks 🦋🌍💙 @jennifersparks.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." — Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King

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