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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 20h

Biochemist Dr. Florence Seibert developed the Purified Protein Derivative in the 1930s that standardized tuberculosis testing worldwide by 1952. Before her work, TB skin tests were inconsistent/unreliable.It remains the basis for the TB skin test used today. Born #OTD in 1897. #WomenInSTEM

A vintage black-and-white studio portrait features biochemist Dr. Florence Seibert (1900–1991), famed for developing the Purified Protein Derivative (PPD) that standardized tuberculosis testing worldwide. Captured from the chest up, she poses in a three-quarter turn while looking directly at the camera with a subtle, intelligent smile, establishing a serene, professional, and historically significant mood. Her dark hair is styled in a classic 1920s short bob featuring prominent finger waves framing her forehead. She wears delicate, rimless spectacles and a light-colored blouse designed with a prominent collar and soft ruffled detailing along the edges. The composition employs soft-focus lighting typical of early 20th-century photography, casting gentle highlights across her face against a smooth, dark, non-descript studio backdrop. In the bottom right corner, a faint, embossed photographer's stamp adds an authentic period touch to this archival image celebrating a foundational figure in medicine.

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Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#MushroomGathering #Art #Poetry #Autumn Mushrooms Astonishing In their suddenness, Their quietude, Their wetness, they appear On fall mornings -Mary Oliver 🎨 Robin Pieterse

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Nicolas Robert @robertsnickc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

“The problem with not having anybody to tell you what to do, I understood, is that there was nobody to tell you what not to do.” ~ Augusten Burroughs, ‘Running with Scissors.’ #Painting, ‘Scissors’ by Salvador Dalí (1904-1989).

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Nicolas Robert @robertsnickc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

‘Madonna.’ #Painting by Filippo Lippi (c. 1465) #art

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Mr Natural @neilmatheson66.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Debbie Criswell - October Moon. Acrylic on canvas.

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Window through water and time-sculpted limestone caves to an Irish rainforest beyond.

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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Most TV is just this now.

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Orcadian Gothic A Neolithic couple stand before the chambered cairn of Wideford Hill #Orkney Painting by Brian Lee, spotted on the Historic Scotland site interpretation board, in homage to Grant Wood's famous 1930 painting Well played 👏 📷 Aug 2024 #TombTuesday #Archaeology

A woman with yellow hair and man with grey, both dressed in Neolithic textiles and furs, the man holding a shovel, stand infront of a stone built structure with thatched roof. Neither look happy

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Sharks are friends @sharkseveryday.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

One of my favorite shark facts is that some sharks sleep in groups like this (Pic by bryjoh on inaturalist (CC-BY-NC 4.0))

a group of whitetip reef sharks (Triaenodon obesus) resting/sleeping on top of each other in a small reef cave

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Jane Horton 🇺🇸 🇦🇩 🇺🇾 🏳️‍🌈 @janebhorton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

“Bison Licking Its Flank,”~20,000–12,000 years ago (Upper Paleolithic, likely Magdalenian period) - Reindeer antler - discovered at the rock shelter of La Madeleine in southwestern France. This carving is distinctive for capturing natural behavior - a bison twisting in a dynamic pose in irritation

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glastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A colourful end to the day here in Glastonbury. It was worth the walk I think. Now it is time for a glass of wine 🍷

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Dr. Wangari Maathai (d. #OTD 2011): 1st African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, 2004. She broke the traditional definitions of peacebuilding & demonstrated that environmental sustainability, democratic governance & local resource equity are the bedrock of a conflict-free society. #WomenInSTEM

A full-length photograph of Dr. Wangari Maathai (1940–2011), the renowned Kenyan environmentalist and first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. She stands outdoors, smiling warmly at the camera with her hands gently supporting the stem of a young green sapling growing from the soil, symbolizing her foundational work with the Green Belt Movement. Dr. Maathai is dressed in vibrant traditional African attire, featuring a matching brown and black patterned top and a dynamic patterned skirt block-printed with white, black, and brown geometric motifs. A matching fabric headwrap is beautifully gathered atop her head. She wears a watch on her left wrist. The composition places her centrally within a lush, natural environment filled with green foliage, leafy bushes, and ferns against a soft-focus backdrop of a stone wall. The overarching mood is joyful, inspiring, and hopeful, visually encapsulating her lifetime commitment to community-led conservation, grassroots democracy, and women's rights.

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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Alexander Volkov (Russian Artist, born 1960) "Autumn Wine", 2022. Oil on Canvas, 34 × 24 inches. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

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Mr Natural @neilmatheson66.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

George Callaghan (b.N.Ireland, 1941) Autumn Road through the Glens. oil and acrylic on canvas.

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Credit to benandzara father and daughter duo, this is so well done 😀 😏🔥

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Jesse Locker @jessemlocker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A carved "pillar-biter" from the church of St. Bavo in Haarlem, from 1509-1517. With roots in Medieval iconography, pillar-biters represented hypocrisy and false piety. More here: www.leidenmedievalistsblog.nl/articles/dev...

A polychrome wooden carving of a man in pilgrim's garb with a priminent rosary grotesquely gnawing on a church column

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🔥This is how it’s done. Imagine if every anti-immigrant fearmongering liar was grilled like this. #ShowMeTheStats #GetYourPhoneOut 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (h/t @ukcameraman.bsky.social )

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Babs Pease, contemporary artist and printmaker living in rural Scotland #WomensArt

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The extraordinary 3,000 year-old ‘Berlin Gold Hat’! One of four known cone-shaped golden ‘hats’ from ancient Europe. Sheet gold decorated with bands of solar and lunar motifs, which may represent calendars according to latest research. Neues Museum, Berlin 📷 by me #Archaeology

My photo shows a very tall, slender, conical gold object known as the Berlin Gold Hat, displayed against a dark museum background. At the top end, the tall slender cone narrows to a pointy tip.
At the bottom it widens into a rounded base with a broad flat brim. It is made of very thin hammered sheet gold, the entire surface of which is embossed with horizontal bands of decoration. Repeated motifs of concentric circles, disks, ovals, and other symbols, are thought to represent the sun and moon. According to latest research this may represent solar and lunar calendars. It is dated to the late Bronze Age, c. 1000-800 BC. It is 74 cm tall and weighs 480 gms. On display at Neues Museum, Berlin. It is one of only four known golden ‘hats’ from ancient Europe. Three from Germany and one from France.

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Angu Walters 🖌 African Paintings @artcameroon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Painting of the Day. Twin II > > www.artcameroon.com/twin-2-paint... This joyful scene of a happy African couple holding hands radiates warmth, affection, and quiet intimacy, brought to life through bold colors and lively composition. $900 / $165

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Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I’ve posted this painting before, but it's still a mystery ~ no-one really knows what’s going on, but everyone seems to have a firm view about it! So, is she waving to the spectral child outside, or warning her, or maybe something else? ~ Jacobus Vrel's ‘Woman at a Window’ (1650)

Woman sits awkwardly in her chair, peering out a large dark window and holding one palm against the panes. Through the window we see a ghostly small child

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Carole with an e @crwright.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Having lived through those years, I remember the fear many reporters faced but carried on despite all. Thank you.

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Michele @funnymichele.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

More Chihuly glass from the Chihuly Bridge of Glass in Tacoma, WA 😍 #ECK #photography #pnw

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Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

#Poetry #Painting #Nightime Magical Moon, Magical Moon When full you light the way - Geraldine Barbara 🎨 Illustration Nakata

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STEMfem @stemfem.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

9/17/1802 — b. Mercy B. Jackson, American physician, professor, suffragist. A pioneer in homeopathic medicine, and one of the first female physicians in the U.S. Owned a large private practice; champion of women’s right to practice medicine #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #MedSky #HistMed #womensrights

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

SIGOURNEY WEAVER’s High School Yearbook - 1967 “Please, God, please, don’t let me be normal.”

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The Women In Science Archive @wisarchive.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Agatha Christie was born 136 years ago today. Beginning in 1930, she took part in archaeological expeditions to Iraq in and around writing the world's greatest mystery novels, and in the 1950s developed new methods for preserving artefacts from exposure to extreme climate. tinyurl.com/2a2364jt

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Ivory and Bone: Agatha Christie’s Three Decades of Archaeology.

In a tent in Iraq, an Englishwoman attempts to sleep as mice crawl over her body and cockroaches look on from the walls. She is exhausted, having divided her day between meticulously cleaning and doc...

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Chris Woodyard @chriswoodyard.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

#TheVictorianBookoftheDead Hariot Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Dowager Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava, wearing mourning for her husband who died in 1902. As Vicereine of India she led a movement to provide medical care for women by women and to train women doctors. Imperial War Museum

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Nicolas Robert @robertsnickc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

“In the very end, civilisations perish because they listen to their politicians and not to their poets.” ~ Jonas Mekas (1922-2019) #Photography

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Christina Proenza-Coles @proenzacoles.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

In 1862, Susie King Taylor joined the US Army to fight against slavery. Her captain wrote “I regret that you are debarred from having your name on the roll of pensioners as an Army Nurse; for among all the number of heroic women whom the government is now rewarding, I know of no one more deserving.”

Extremely crisp image of a woman in military bodice and full skirt, seated in a garden. From a plate glass negative made by Samuel Willard Bridgham, a photographer who served on the board of the US Sanitary Commission during the Civil War.

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Heat and Dust 🕉 @coromandelsunrise.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I found this site by accident high up on cliffs overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, on St Agnus Island, the furthest South Westerly point of UK territory. No signposting, no information boards. Just me alone & 3 small Stone Circles. 1/2 #StandingStoneSunday #Megalithic #Neolithic #BronzeAge 📷 My own.

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

#OTD in 1992, Dr. Mae Jemison launched into orbit as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour making her the first Black woman to travel into space. An incredible life: + Physician (M.D., Cornell 1981) + Peace Corps Area Medical Officer in Sierra Leone & Liberia #WomenInSTEM 🧵

A color portrait of Dr. Mae Carol Jemison, the first Black woman to travel into space and a pioneering engineer, physician, and advocate for science education. In this warm, studio-lit photograph from 2013, she appears as a confident woman with short, stylishly layered dark hair, smiling directly at the camera with a bright, engaging expression that radiates warmth, intelligence, and approachability. She wears a soft blue V-neck top, large silver hoop earrings, and a striking black cord necklace featuring a prominent circular turquoise pendant that rests at her collarbone. The background is a smooth, neutral gradient, keeping the focus entirely on her poised and professional presence. The overall composition is intimate and celebratory, conveying quiet strength and accomplishment while highlighting her enduring role as an inspirational figure in STEM and in women’s history.

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Nicolas Robert @robertsnickc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

#Photography via Superkursunaskr.

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Simon Knott @simonknott.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Inside the brilliant Culture House, Sunderland, which opened this morning. Four floors of libraries, galleries, arts and science labs, screens, performance spaces, children's discovery spaces and the archive centre, not to mention cafés and a sky garden!

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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

A wonderfully appropriate Banksy

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Nightmareliner Ontario @mostlyharmless.northsky.social · 14/08/2026

The arid backdrop speaks volumes, but Beatrice's analysis is also excellent. The right time for adaptation and mitigation was (at least) 20 years ago. The second best time is now. The worst time is at any point in the future, and the longer the timescale the worse it'll be. Burnham: MIA.

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Petra Michaela @petramichaela.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

If the heat bothers you, plant a tree. If the rain bothers you, plant a tree. If you like fruit, plant a tree. If you like birds, plant a tree. And if you like life, plant a tree.

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Apparently it's #WorldElephantDay: a #Roman intaglio depicting an elephant creeping out of the shell of a snail. Photo: Metropolitan Museum 🏺 AncientBluesky

An translucent orange intaglio depicting an elephant creeping out of the shell of a snail.

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Mabel Logan @mabellogan.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Beautiful red skies sunrise - Ardvasar, Isle of Skye #Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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fravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Father Arthur Poulin Monk,.priest and artist from Berkeley, California

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Writers Write @writers-write.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

'If I tried to think out or invent the whole book, I could not do it. For one thing, it would bore me and for another, it would lack the ‘verve’ and the extraordinary touches and surprising ideas that flood out from my imagination.' ~Enid Blyton #authorbirthday #botd #writingsky

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Literary Birthday – 11 August – Enid Blyton

Enid Blyton was a prolific and hugely popular British author who wrote stories, poems, plays, and educational books for children.

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Acid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Food and art baked into a yummy package. 🫓 A stunning, traditional Uzbek bread known as Patir - a dense and celebratory flatbread. The bread is meticulously decorated by hand with detailed patterns stamped into the center and a sculpted, flower-like border. It is then baked in a tandoor oven.

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Angela O'Brien / GrecianGirly @greciangirl.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Fire-damaged head from a Chryselphantine (ivory & gold) statue thought to represent Apollo. Dated to 6th century BCE. Found buried next to the Sacred Way, Delphi, Greece. Sacred items could not be destroyed so were therefore buried. Archaeological Museum of Delphi. 📷 Helen Simonsson

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glastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

St Benedict's Church, Glastonbury at sunrise.

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Simon Knott @simonknott.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Edith Stein, St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. The patron saint of political resistance. sojo.net/articles/opi...

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Edith Stein: Patron Saint of Political Resistance

She was more than just a victim.

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Tina Webb @laundryprncss.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Don’t piss off a bibliophile. #Booksky

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Before the Storm, painting by George Callaghan, Irish artist.

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Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

#Lyrics #Painting #Beatles The long and winding road that leads to your door Will never disappear I've seen that road before It always leads me here, lead me to your door -Paul McCartney and John Lennon 🎨 Suzie Emery

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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Olaniyi Omotayo, Nigerian (1995- ), Empowered Unity 4, 2025, oil and acrylic on canvas, 36 x 48 in, private collection

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