Reposted by @cornflowerz.eurosky.socialGeorge The Station Cat @george-station-cat.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Ni ght night sweet dreamies Never allow anyone to make you feel less than you are. You deserve kindness, respect and understanding, not just from others, but from yourself too Remember, the way you speak to yourself matters just as much as the way others speak to you. 221499142 1.5K
Reposted by @cornflowerz.eurosky.socialGretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 11/10/2026Thread (about thread) 04910 49
Reposted by @cornflowerz.eurosky.socialPeter Ahrens @peterahrens.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Die Guten in Sachsen-Anhalt stützen. Die werden jede Hilfe brauchen. 110718 107
Reposted by @cornflowerz.eurosky.socialUdo Stiehl @udostiehl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Ich muss das mal loswerden: Kein Account hat hat eine so feinsinnige lorioteske Qualität mit hochkomplexer Wissenschaft verknüpft, wie @dlr-next.bsky.social. Es ist einfach wunderbar! ❤️ 092 9
Reposted by @cornflowerz.eurosky.socialThis Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 04/10/202690 years ago, on the 4th of October 1936, antifascist counter protesters stopped a British Union of Fascists march through London’s East End. The Metropolitan Police tried to clear the way for the fascists resulting in violent clashes known as the Battle of Cable Street. #otd #history 🗃️ 523583 235
Reposted by @cornflowerz.eurosky.socialTomás Murray @tomasjmurray.bsky.social · 03/10/2026“He visited Dresden’s Zwinger Gallery nine times and during a day spent in the Alte Akademie was entranced by Caspar David Friedrich’s nocturnal landscape, Two Men Observing the Moon. Thus was planted the idea for a play that, years later, would make his name: Waiting for Godot.”irishtimes.comPostcards from the Edge – Frank McNally on Samuel Beckett’s newly published German DiariesTravelling around Nazi Germany, he wrote presciently about war and found inspiration for Waiting for Godot 13415 34
Reposted by @cornflowerz.eurosky.socialUlrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 03/10/2026Sounds reasonable 2748 74
Reposted by @cornflowerz.eurosky.socialPoorly Drawn Lines @poorlydrawnlines.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Going to bed 81457264 1.5K
Reposted by @cornflowerz.eurosky.socialOrkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 01/10/2026a short poem name like when we meet a bovine and we say 'hi coo' #NationalPoetryDay #Haiku 1644094 440
Reposted by @cornflowerz.eurosky.socialwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026While listening to council meetings in Montreal, local mayor Sue Montgomery decided to knit in red when men spoke and in green when women spoke, when similar numbers of both attended. Day 1 results.... #WomensArt 211320396 1.3K
Reposted by @cornflowerz.eurosky.social⤵️ @bryce.lol · 27/09/2026If we shadows have offended, Think but this, and all is mended, That you have but slumber’d here While these visions did appear. And this weak and idle theme No more yielding but a dream, Gentles, do not reprehend: if you pardon, we will mend; And, as I am an honest Puck, Show is over, off you fuck. 10600170 600
Reposted by @cornflowerz.eurosky.socialTom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Author Simulator. My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com 111198337 1.2K
Reposted by @cornflowerz.eurosky.socialDr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Got to share some of my favourite poetry as examples with my poor unsuspecting students today. 'My dreams, my works, must wait till after hell' by Gwendolyn Brooks has stayed with me since the first time I read it and it remains heart-breakingly beautiful. 2337 33
Reposted by @cornflowerz.eurosky.socialJohn Gallagher @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I will always remember fondly the student who finished an essay with the line "In conclusion, the early modern period marked a massive shit in European history." 48813109 813
Reposted by @cornflowerz.eurosky.socialTom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 23/09/2026 9122558 225
Reposted by @cornflowerz.eurosky.socialKratzbürste @kratzdiebuerste.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Darf ich bei dem ganzen Rechts-Links-Aber-Antisemitismus-Gebrüll von allen Seiten mal was loswerden bitte? Der Ausgang der LTW in SN-A ist eine wegweisende Katastrophe für die ganze Republik. Die Linke (nicht nur) in Berlin hat ein gewaltiges Antisemitismusproblem, das sie nicht mit ein paar ⬇️ 7689251 689
Reposted by @cornflowerz.eurosky.socialwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 22/09/2026“We have to free half of the human race, the women, so that they can help to free the other half.” - Emmeline Pankhurst. UK suffragette arrested, 1914 #womensart #Tuesday 1662711582 6.3K
Reposted by @cornflowerz.eurosky.socialRSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Improving your Monday morning with this Bearded Tit. You are welcome. 📷️ @ronpon22.bsky.social 1144475 444
Reposted by @cornflowerz.eurosky.socialwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The work of Marianne Seiman, contemporary crochet artist (via Instagram) #Womensart 11808194 808
Reposted by @cornflowerz.eurosky.socialNicolas Robert @robertsnickc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026‘Painters on the Brooklyn Bridge Suspender Cables.’ #Photography by Eugene de Salignac (October 7, 1914). 0225 22
Reposted by @cornflowerz.eurosky.socialCharles Kenny @charlesjkenny.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Asclepiades Menches, a scribe from ancient Egypt, is only known to history because some of his business correspondence was used to mummify a crocodile. There's an important lesson in that. 1248 24
Reposted by @cornflowerz.eurosky.socialHassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes 4059862392 6K
Reposted by @cornflowerz.eurosky.socialElizabeth McCracken @elizmccrack.bsky.social · 12/09/2026It's the Jane Austen Festival in Bath. There are fops and parsons and any number of young Miss Bennetts cluttering the sidewalks. 2637 63
Reposted by @cornflowerz.eurosky.socialNiall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social · 11/09/2026This time tomorrow I’ll start trying to run 3 marathons in 24 hours. It’s all to build a hospital for street dogs. If you would like to support me you can sponsor me here… www.happydoggo.com/tinas-hospit... 671866494 1.9K
Reposted by @cornflowerz.eurosky.socialNatania Barron ~ Fantasy Author @natania.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Here to report, once again, that reading on an actual paper page before bed versus doomscrolling significantly helps sleep. 2502 50
Reposted by @cornflowerz.eurosky.socialEmily Brand @emilybrand.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Hello, clever music historians Can I legitimately call this a guitar, or is there a more proper name for this 18th-century instrument? Portrait is French, d. 1785 (I know nothing about guitars) 62819 28
Reposted by @cornflowerz.eurosky.socialNicolas Robert @robertsnickc.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Gloria Steinem (1934-2026)... 0134 13
Reposted by @cornflowerz.eurosky.socialMerriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 08/09/2026Silent movies often featured chase scenes, which were often the most exciting/interesting scenes. So, ‘cut to the chase’ came to mean “get to the important part.” 502946510 2.9K
Reposted by @cornflowerz.eurosky.socialStephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 09/03/2025 6062032976 6.2K
Reposted by @cornflowerz.eurosky.socialJohn Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 08/09/2026Excellent thread - liberal democracy needs unabashed defenders right now, and we are basically letting it die through social embarrassment. 14552154 552
Reposted by @cornflowerz.eurosky.socialJoshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 07/09/2026I found the best book: a 1963 dictionary of Italian hand gestures 832678491 2.7K
Reposted by @cornflowerz.eurosky.socialTimothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 07/09/202617 year olds banned from ENTERING THE BOOKSTORE 24454132 454
Reposted by @cornflowerz.eurosky.socialSally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Watching the news from Germany. It might be of interest to people that 'My Fourth Time, We Drowned' has 6 translation deals but we never managed to find a German publisher (though it's the one we tried hardest for). It is about migration & EU complicity in crimes against humanity on Europe's borders 45433 54
Reposted by @cornflowerz.eurosky.socialGeorg ‘Maverick’ Löfflmann @gloefflmann.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Weil der Rechtspopulismus mit einfachen Narrativen arbeitet und Emotionen bedient statt mit komplexen Argumenten und Veränderungen herauszufordern, und vor allem die anspricht, die sich nach der ‚guten alten Zeit‘ sehnen, egal ob die 1871-1914, 1933-1945 oder 1949-1989 war. 1226 22
Reposted by @cornflowerz.eurosky.socialThorsten Faas @wahlforschung.thorstenfaas.de · 07/09/2026"das ist Demokratie"... Man sollte eigentlich sagen: Das ist die Mehrheitskomponente der Demokratie, aber eben nicht alles, was eine liberale Demokratie ausmacht. 513029 130
Reposted by @cornflowerz.eurosky.socialYassin Musharbash @abususu.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Das Problem mit der #AfD besteht NICHT darin, dass sie den Status Quo stört. Sondern dass sie menschenfeindliche Politik will, die Opfer produziert. 0161 16
Reposted by @cornflowerz.eurosky.socialImre Grimm @imregrimm.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Ich darf kurz darauf hinweisen, dass heute exakt 0,95 Prozent aller Wahlberechtigten in Deutschland die AfD gewählt haben. Nicht einmal ein Prozent. Ja, es wurde nur in einem (speziellen) Bundesland gewählt. Aber ich darf Sven Regener zitieren: Manchmal genügt es, nicht hysterisch zu werden. 3172 17
Reposted by @cornflowerz.eurosky.socialAlexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 06/09/2026For decades the Sachsen Anhalt CDU played to the instincts of a substantially radicalised population in the Land rather than challenging it out of the assumption that its grip on power was permanent. That allowed space in discourse to remain open for the Far Right. Now here we are. 210318 103
Reposted by @cornflowerz.eurosky.socialRobert Fietzke @robertfietzke.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Horror. 935825 358
Reposted by @cornflowerz.eurosky.socialChristina Clemm @clemm.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Meine Gedanken sind bei all denen, die auch heute noch, morgen und übermorgen in Sachsen-Anhalt sind, die direkte Ziele des rechten Hasses sind, die sich nicht zwingend auf Polizei oder Nachbarschaften verlassen können. Passt auf Euch auf, egal wie die Wahl ausgeht und wir anderen -seid solidarisch. 231780426 1.8K
Reposted by @cornflowerz.eurosky.socialTarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 06/09/2026A few things (international) commentatoes should remember. Only 2 million people live in Sachsen-Anhalt. Half of Berlin, a tenth of NRW. Around 400k will vote AfD. Even with this strong result, 80% of people living in S-A will not have voted for the AfD. In a state that is a far-right stronghold. 12474156 474
Reposted by @cornflowerz.eurosky.socialProf Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 06/09/2026PHOTO OF THE DAY: The 2 people used in American Gothic by Grant Wood stand next to the iconic painting. They were Wood’s sister, Nan Graham, and his dentist, Dr. Byron McKeeby (1942). 📷 Cedar Rapids Museum of Art Archives 321556 215
Reposted by @cornflowerz.eurosky.socialRobert Fietzke @robertfietzke.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Liebe Alle, tut den Menschen in Sachsen-Anhalt heute einen ganz großen Gefallen und verbreitet diese phänomenalen Bilder aus #Magdeburg, denn das hat hier heute ganz, ganz Vielen wirklich sehr viel Hoffnung gegeben ✊🏾 8870361 870
Reposted by @cornflowerz.eurosky.socialJulie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Gloria Steinem died with fewer rights than she had during her lifetime. That fact needs to be front and centre of every media report, every dedication, every discussion of her death. 5851231735 5.1K
Reposted by @cornflowerz.eurosky.socialFrank Pasquale @frankpasquale.bsky.social · 02/09/2026“Kākāpō population tops 300 for first time in 75 years.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...theguardian.comKākāpō rising: 90 chicks swell population of the world’s heaviest parrotCritically endangered New Zealand bird enjoys record breeding season triggered by mass fruiting of native tree, pushing its numbers to 325 0187 18
Reposted by @cornflowerz.eurosky.socialHOUmanitarian @houmanitarian.bsky.social · 05/09/2025🖼️ by Tom Gault 01910 19
Reposted by @cornflowerz.eurosky.socialFiona McLees @mclees-fiona.bsky.social · 31/08/2026In Joyce’s Ulysses, Leopold Bloom buys a bar of lemon soap from Sweny’s Chemist. A small episode in an enormous novel, not enough perhaps to stake a substantial claim for this chemist as a Dublin landmark. Modern-day Sweny’s could so easily be an attempt to cash in on this tenuous association - 412632 126
Reposted by @cornflowerz.eurosky.socialMerriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 31/08/2026macabre = “muh-KAHB” Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer” omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt” reticent = “RET-uh-sunt” epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee” myriad = "MEER-ee-ud" Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading. 795166593667 16.7K
Reposted by @cornflowerz.eurosky.socialMatthias Quent @mquent.de · 31/08/2026 Monchi von Feine Sahne Fischfilet hat in seinem Buch "Jenseits der Brandmauer" ein paar unbequeme, deutliche und eindringliche Botschaften auf den Punkt gebracht. Im @freitag.de habe ich einige Gedanken aufgeschrieben, die mir beim Lesen gekommen sind. www.freitag.de/autoren/der-...freitag.deFeine Sahne Fischfilet: Matthias Quent über „Jenseits der Brandmauer“ von MonchiEin Soziologe liest das Buch eines Punk-Musikers: Matthias Quent – so alt wie Monchi und auch in der ostdeutschen Provinz aufgewachsen – findet in „Jenseits der Brandmauer“ des Feine-Sahne-Fischfilet-... 313149 131