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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 22h

VIVIAN MAIER was a Nanny for 40yrs who unbeknownst to anyone spent her free time taking over 150,000 photos of whatever interested her. 2yrs before she died her photos were found in a lock up she’d failed to keep up payments on and her decades of incredible work suddenly exploded upon the world.

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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Who can relate? ✍️ #WritingCommunity

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Love these photos of a gansey sweater over at Highland Threads. Such great knitting. A gansey is a type of fisherman sweater with identical front and back sides. Last photo shows one from Flamborough Marine, my favorite contemporary maker for this style. highlandthreads.co.uk/wick-museum

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Shantha Mohan, Ph.D., DTM @shlead.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

“We need the tonic of wildness... We can never have enough of nature.” - Henry David Thoreau Wishing you a lovely evening and a tremendous Thursday! #dailyflowers 🌱 #flowerreport #bloomscrolling #garden Photo by my niece. May 2022. SoCal garden.

Red blanket flowers, yellow strawflowers, pink salvias, tiger-eye violas, and blue forget-me-nots among green foliage.
May 2022. From a garden in SoCal.

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Hadas Weiss @hadas.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

great, i just wasted 10 years studying linear effects in asymmetric organic synthesis

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Sheila Liming @seeshespeak.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

it’s season of mists and mellow fruitfulness season, mthrfkrs

A blazing specimen of red maple against blue sky

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Nicolas Robert @robertsnickc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

#Painting by Nathalie Orselli #art

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Goddamn, this point by @anandwrites.bsky.social really needed saying.

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loveaspurpose.bsky.social @loveaspurpose.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

“Liberation is not a future event; it is the unmasking of the present.” ~ Longchenpa Today #MacroMonday is the start of Daylight Savings Time 🇦🇺🌏

Dainty flowers in the front yard of a suburban garden with of a variety of colours being magenta purple, pale and also bright pinks, peach and pale orange, white with yellow centres in amongst green feathery low ground leaves.

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

“Hang on to your hope.” E. B. White in 1973.

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Theresa McLeod @westtexascatlady.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

If feeding a hungry kid accidentally benefits an "undeserving" kid, I am prepared to live with this devastating outcome.

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noam @noamchompers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

philosophers should have simply *answered* the deepest and most intractable questions ever posed. instead they've chosen to fuck around. disappointing

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Shihab S Joi @shihabsjoi.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Daughter: "Daddy can I have eggs for brekkie?" Me: "Sure how you want 'em?" Daughter: "Dunno, something interesting" Me:

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

What awful, awful news.

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Sir Ian McKellen orates 'The Stranger's Case' from 'Sir Thomas More' by Shakespeare about the Evil May Day xenophobic riot of 1517 in London. This passage was written 400 years ago, but times never change. Humanity refuses to change its unwarranted bias against 'others'.

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Sheila Liming @seeshespeak.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Had to grade a ton of student writing this week and developed a list of “real talk” questions to ask them about common issues I saw in their papers. It turned into a surprisingly productive conversation.

Screenshot showing a list of questions: “8. Why do you cite from random shitbags on the internet instead of from any of the qualified,
vetted, peer-reviewed, reputable, expert sources I assigned for our class readings?
9. Why did I spend 13 years in college earning a Ph.D. in order to be called “Ms. Liming” in
papers written by my own students?
10. Why do you love prepositions—like, love, love, loooooooove them – and hate me

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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Absolutely…. #BookSky

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Bob Cobb @igneous.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Store from 1983 is a really good documentary about this store. Really good if you like christmas stuff too www.imdb.com/title/tt0086...

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The manager was right — some longtime shoppers closed their accounts in protest — but Marcus stuck with his decision. At the time of the flagship's closure, the Main Street store had been open for 112 years.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

These victories were achieved through the efforts of Civil Rights activists, along with support from Neiman Marcus president Stanley Marcus, who was an early advocate for desegregation. The Neiman Marcus Dallas store manager purportedly warned Marcus that he would destroy his business this way.

A Black man protesting in front of a department store in San Diego, California. He's wearing a suit and holding a sign that says "We March Protesting the Indignity and Humility of Jim Crow." There are some people behind him.

Stanley Marcus smoking a pipe. He's wearing a striped suit.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The downtown Neiman Marcus flagship was one of the first major Dallas businesses that broke with these practices. In 1961, the company desegregated its Zodiac Room, a swanky lunch spot frequented by Dallas elites. Later, they welcomed Black shoppers to come and buy clothes without restrictions.

The Zodiac Room restaurant on the sixth floor of Neiman Marcus in Dallas. The photo shows a bunch of tables covered in white tablecloth and leather covered seats.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

For instance, they had to try on clothes over their clothes, put on protective covers when trying on hats, or weren't allowed to make returns once they brought the clothes home. These policies stemmed from racist fears that white customers would refuse merchandise previously worn by Black shoppers.

Department Store, Mobile, Alabama, 1956

By Gordon Parks

Promised gift of The Gordon Parks FoundationJoanne Wilson, one of the Thorntons’ daughters, is shown standing with her niece in front of a department store in downtown Mobile. The pair is impeccably dressed in light, summery frocks. The jarring neon of the “Colored Entrance” sign looming above them clashes with the two young women’s elegant appearance, transforming a casual afternoon outing into an example of overt discrimination. Notice the fallen strap of Wilson’s slip. Though this detail might appear discordant with the rest of the picture, its inclusion may have been strategic: it allowed Parks to emphasize the humanity of his subjects.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Neiman Marcus closed its downtown Dallas flagship on Wednesday. The store played a notable role in the history of desegregation in Dallas. Previously, Black shoppers across the US could enter department stores, but they weren't allowed to try on clothes without adhering to certain conditions. 🧵

A notice about the Neiman Marcus store opening in downtown Dallas.

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Sidney Poitier — New York (1959)

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Geriel Dumond @gerieldumond67.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

J’aime ces moments où tout devient silencieux… juste le ciel, la nature et quelques pensées. 🌿🤍pensez a vous abonné😊

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Lady-Rain @lady-rain.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I collect scattered hopes and return them as reasons to smile… #TinyMessenger #photography #ladybeetles #ArtInNature #nature

Even ordinary days hide extraordinary reasons to smile.

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I’d buy anything from this shop.

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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Beautiful Friendship Story of Steve the Border Collie and his pal the foal and how they love just being together 💞

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

James Burke with one of the greatest pieces if timing in Television history as he turns, points, and Voyager 2 takes off from Cape Canaveral in August 1977.

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Italian photographer Valerio Minato spent 6 years trying to capture one perfect shot near Turin, Italy, where the Basilica of Superga, the Monviso mountain, and the Moon lined up in a single frame. Good Morning Blue Sky

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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Debuted on ABC 66yrs ago today. THE FLINTSONES (1960-66)

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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I’m so doing this from now on LOL 😂

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josh (oldfriend99) @oldfriend99.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

At its core, chess is all about taking turns

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

She escaped her Nazi husband (disguising herself as her own maid became a Hollywood star, then co-developed a radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes - the principles of which are incorporated into today’s Bluetooth & GPS technology. BOMBSHELL: THE HEDY LAMARR STORY (2017)

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Hadas Weiss @hadas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

when a flight doesn't charge you extra for a glass of water

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Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We've already got Super Intelligence, they're called Professors. 😘

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Lupus Londonwolf @lupuslondonwolf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I was making potato and leek soup and the recipe asked for five potatoes cubed. Even for potato soup, 125 potatoes seems a little excessive.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Scans from “Nomads” by Itsuro Naraki. Naraki is a Japanese photographer whose work is deeply influenced by Robert Frank. These portraits show people Naraki met on the street between 1986 and 1994. The book is available for purchase at Pinakotheca Books. IG t.archivist

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Douglas Reyes-CeroÑ @dreyesceron.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Star Spangled Banner being played by the Mariachi Herencia de Mexico band before the Bears-Eagles game in Chicago on Monday Night Football was a deeply cool thing to see tonight

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Despite being a famous Hollywood star if you want to know what sort of person DAVID NIVEN was, the largest wreath at his funeral was from the Porters at Heathrow Airport. It read: “To the finest gentleman who ever walked through these halls. He made a Porter feel like a King.”

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Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

When authoritarian regimes collapse, their leaders experience symbolic deaths, largely through the destruction & removal of monuments that they've built to glorify themselves and affirm their power. Sometimes called "iconoclasm," who gets a statue or monument is always a symbolic struggle for power.

6th July 1945: A bust of Adolf Hitler lies amidst the ruins of the Chancellery, Berlin. Reg Speller/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

A picture taken on August 22, 1991 shows a crowd watching the statue of KGB founder Dzerzhinsky being toppled on Lubyanskaya square in Moscow. ANATOLY SAPRONENKOV/AFP/Getty Images

Iraqis, with the help of U.S. troops, topple a monument to Saddam Hussein in central Baghdad in 2003. One journalist described the toppling of Saddam as “the most staged photo opportunity since Iwo Jima.”

Hungarians stand over the toppled statue of Joseph Stalin on Oct. 23, 1956.Credit...Andor D. Heller/Hungarian News Agency

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Nomi Claire Lazar @nomiclairelazar.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Please *always plug your papers*. Our job is not just to produce scholarship but to disseminate it. If people won’t know it’s there, what’s the point? And some of us are on this site largely to learn about colleagues’ work. Plug away!!!! It’s part of our job.

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Scott Sandage @scottsandage.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#ThatFeelingWhen you’ve got 26 original printings of The Columbian Orator, enough to put one into the hands of each student as you begin teaching how #FrederickDouglass taught himself #HowToRead and #SpeakTruthToPower

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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026

Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

So sad to hear of the death of Bonnie Greer, novelist, broadcaster and hugely inspiration woman. She was a great supporter of this Womensart project & WA books and our chats will be cherished always. A true intellectual & beautiful person. RIP xx

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Nicolas Robert @robertsnickc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

“My religion is nature. That’s what arouses those feelings of wonder and mysticism and gratitude in me.” ~ Oliver Sacks (1933-2015) #Painting, Caspar David Friedrich, ‘Evening,’ 1821.

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Roz asks Frasier to do the translating so she can dump her French boyfriend… FRASIER (2001) One of the great Sitcoms of all time debuted on NBC 33yrs ago today.

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