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Sophie Carr @sophiecarr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is the ridiculously cool Stuðlagil (basalt canyon) in east #Iceland, taken on my first ever trip there in July 2020. The water isn't always this colour.
A very turquoise green river comes through a narrow canyon lined with upright basalt columns. Long exposure makes the ugly froth in the middle look nice and smooth.
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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Outstanding new review of ALL of the currently available DNA evidence for the peopling of the Americas, led by Bethany Potter (and the amazing @jenniferraff.bsky.social!): www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Tomorrow (19th September) is #TalkLikeAPirateDay and your annual reminder that when we talk the way we talk when we're talking like a pirate, it's because of a film that was based on a book, inspired by an earlier book, inspired by a real life pirate from #Orkney! ARRR! 🏴‍☠️👇
An illustration of a pirate with a tricorn hat and a bushy moustache
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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
It's eight years tomorrow since we posted on Twitter that Sting had been in to return his books.
A shelf on the book return trolley. The titles of the five books are Every Breath You Take, Every Move You Make, The Bonds That Break, Every Step You Take and I Am Watching You.
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Tragically today, it’s the 386th anniversary of the death of René Descartes’ daughter Francine at the age of just five—to which he responded by building a robot daughter he took everywhere with him until she was murdered by superstitious sailors, hastening the philosopher’s own death Well... 🧵
A dramatic illustration showing a man in 17th century clothes raising an automaton/doll above his head as he prepares to throw it over the side of a ship
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Chris Klitzing 🦋🇨🇦🇺🇦 @hosea6.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
#NASA CERES satellites measure how much sunlight Earth absorbs and how much heat is radiated back to space. The difference is heat accumulation, which has more than tripled over the past 26 years! We are cooked, quite litterally #climate
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Happy Skynet Day to those who celebrate
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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The most baffling thing for me is the men who think that pleasing women sexually makes them weak. Dude, if I were a straight man, one of my main purposes in life would be making sure women thought I was spectacular and giving in bed. I would be so fucking proud of it.
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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Back in the olden days it was only the very wealthiest of cows that could afford to have a portrait photographer visit them at home.
A black and white archive photograph of a cow posing in front of a mill
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Sophie Carr @sophiecarr.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
One of the craziest lakes I've ever seen - perched above a huge cliff. Definitely plays with the eyes. And extremely nerve-racking perching on the edge of the cliff to photograph it too! Faroe Islands, June 2019 #FaroeIslands #Geology
A view of a lake with some massive steep cliffs nearby with a huge drop into the sea below. The photo is taken perched on top of the cliffs with a view of the cliffs, lake, and mountains beyond, with blue lake, blue sea, and some fog drifting around. Bit of a mind-bender.
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Sophie Carr @sophiecarr.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Back to the reflections again. Didn't take my camera in this week, but took enough photos last week to make up for it! #Reflections #CanaryWharf
Blue and gold photo - ripples on water with buildings reflected at sunset. Some cool patterns if you look closely :)
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Sophie Carr @sophiecarr.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Golden swirls 💛 #abstract #CanaryWharf #reflections
Golden swirls - reflection of a building in swirly water.
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Erik @gingerlanche.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I ache in the places where I used to play
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Sophie Carr @sophiecarr.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Two bees still asleep in the Canterbury Bells. Just watched an third one wake up, have a quick wash, and then fly off to continue with his bee business 🐝🐝🥰 #bees #iphone15pro #amazingnature
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Sophie Carr @sophiecarr.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Look at this wonderful tree I discovered last weekend! You may be seeing more of it… (Accompanied by chiffchaff, my new favourite birdsong since using Merlin!). #treeporn #berko #localphotography #iphone15pro
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
These jellyfish larvae: * . * . * . * . * * . * . * * . *
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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Alexandra Djokic (Serbian, b.1970) "Underwater," 2023 Acrylic on paper 150 x 100 cm #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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🥀🪦 @graveyardgirly.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Another shot of the door at St Edward’s, Stow-on-the-wold.
The church door at St Edward’s, Stow-on-The-Wold.

Supposedly inspired Tolkien’s writing of the “Door of Durin” from the Lord of the rings (although this is not authenticated, but he was known to visit stow in particular)

The church resides on the site of a Saxon church and these two ancient yew have grown against the doors for centuries, their roots embedding themselves naturally framing the arched stone door frame. Above, Are stained glass windows with ornate tracery, in reds and blue. A wrought iron lantern hangs above the door which lights up the Cotswold stone in the evenings .

This door is highly popular in stow and heavily photographed by Tolkien fans in the summertime, so I visited on a early morning during a rain shower, and got a good few moments to appreciate the church and the churchyard on my own. Highly recommended a visit to stow if you are ever in the Cotswolds!
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Sarah 👹🦇 @sarahchicken.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
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Bronte, my Tibetan terrier sitting on the Caerphilly mountain trig point. Sky is blue. Her tongue is out. She’s having a marvellous day.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
my problem is that i legitimately think this is what it would be like to interact with wild predators IG plumesofficiel
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Ian Welsh @ianwelsh.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
First step of reducing suffering: I don't have to care what other people think. Second step: I don't have to care what I think. Despite what some self-help types will say, these two steps will not end suffering. This is the low hanging fruit.
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Sophie Carr @sophiecarr.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
I love the abstract patterns that waves make after they've broken and are dispersing. Fauskasandur #Iceland #DronePhotography #DJIMavic3Pro
A very green sea with the remains of the white patterns where a wave has broken reaching down from the top, where another wave has just broken. There is some turquoise light on the water.
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Ian Welsh @ianwelsh.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
n=1, but what I will say for serious meditation is that it worked for me. I'm not enlightened, but despite being fat, ugly, old, poor and being on my 4th bout with cancer I'm happy most of the time, far happier than when I was young, handsome, well off and healthy. Iife=weird
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Bill Watterson is my favorite cartoonist. I adored the relationship btw Calvin and Hobbes as a child. But as I've gotten older, these strips feel even more tender and insightful. My respect for him grew when I learned of his stance against merchandising. Such principles are almost unheard of today.
Excerpt from Wikipedia reads: "Fight against merchandising his characters
For years, Watterson battled against pressure from publishers to merchandise his work, something that he felt would cheapen his comic through compromising the act of creation or reading.[21][22]

He refused to merchandise his creations on the grounds that displaying Calvin and Hobbes images on commercially sold mugs, stickers, and T-shirts would devalue the characters and their personalities. Watterson said that Universal kept putting pressure on him and that he had signed his contract without fully perusing it because, as a new artist, he was happy just to find a syndicate willing to give him a chance (two other syndicates had previously turned him down). He added that the contract was so one-sided that, if Universal really wanted to, they could license his characters against his will, and could even fire him and continue Calvin and Hobbes with a new artist. Watterson's position eventually won out, and he was able to renegotiate his contract so that he would receive all rights to his work. Later he said that the licensing fight exhausted him and contributed to the need for a nine-month sabbatical in 1991.[23]"
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Ivy @askylitocean.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
🖼️ "clear winter night" by Carol Collette
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Sophie Carr @sophiecarr.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
The bare bones of a forest for all to see in winter. Northchurch Common, #Berkhamsted #DronePhotography #DJIMavic3Pro
A view of some silver birch trees seen from directly overhead with a drone. There are a few leaves remaining but mostly bare. Some of the trunks are green with mosses.
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Jen Langston 🏴‍☠️ @jen-bookfreedom.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Love this performance because Bowie gives it a plaintive feel with his amazing voice: youtu.be/nRnbuDvk7zM
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David Bowie - Life On Mars? (Live) [Official Video] [HD]
YouTube video by David Bowie
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Sophie Carr @sophiecarr.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
And of course it's ten years today since I woke up to the heartbreaking news that David Bowie had died. Lets flood Bluesky with our favourite Bowie songs today. This is definitely one of mine, and I'll share some more later.
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David Bowie - Wild Is The Wind (Official Video) [HD]
YouTube video by David Bowie
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Silvia Bethencourt @baterfly.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
crazy IG em_clarkson
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Ashmolean Museum, Oxford @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Would you believe us if we told you this bat measured just 2.3cm in height? The inspiration behind today's magical animation by @_t0bbz_ , this object is a beautiful example of an ojime, a Japanese cord fastener. 🦇 Ojime bead in the form of a bat, Japan, late 19th century. 2.3cm. EA1956.3749
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Keith Adams @keithadams.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
a lesson here for us all
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Silvia Bethencourt @baterfly.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Francisco Goya painted 'Saturn Devouring His Son' on the walls of his country villa in the 1820s. The mysterious image has haunted art historians since. news.artnet.com/art-world/fr...
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The Disturbing Masterpiece We Were Never Meant to See
Francisco Goya painted 'Saturn Devouring His Son' on the walls of his country villa. The mysterious image has haunted art historians since.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
the best answer i got for this:
awaitsync on Threads writes: "Metrognome"
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Arizona Bat Rescue 🦇 @azbatrescue.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
🦇 Bats are rumored to sleep the whole day but we usually find the little ones jostling and grooming in their kiddo clump at any time of day. They must catch many little naps in-between shenanigans. #bats #arizona #wildanimals #cuteanimals #wildlife #babyanimals #babybats
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𝙰𝚗𝚍𝚢 𝙿𝚊𝚌𝚒𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚔 💀☕📚🍂🎨🐈‍⬛ @andy-paciorek.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Danse Macabre Magdalena Korzeniewska, 2013
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Few celebs today wear classic style; even fewer wear tailored clothing. If they do, it's often a designer piece that reflects "la moda." Some wear trendy clothes well, others less so, but their choices are almost always steered by professional guidance, sometimes in conjunction with $$$ brand deals.
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Sophie Carr @sophiecarr.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
A whooper swan family waddles across an autumnal grassland in the Westfjords of #Iceland in Sept 2019.
A family of whooper swans in walking across autumnal grasses at the bottom of the picture. The first and last swans are the parents, fully white with yellow beaks, and the four adolescent cygents in the middle are still quite grey. In the distance are some pointy mountains with hazy grey clouds above.
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Silvia Bethencourt @baterfly.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
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Michael Brunström @michaelbrunstrom.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Gashapon (or Gachapon) are vending machines found all over Japan that dispense capsules containing miniature toys and other items. There are thousands of different kinds. Here’s a thread of the best ones I saw on my recent trip. 🧵
A row of gashapon machines
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John Lyon @johnlyon.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Don't think of it as a cubicle. Think of it as a starter coffin.
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Dr. Sabine Metzger 🦇 @drsabinemetzger.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
🦇 #BatsInArt #PreciousBats #MaciejRauch #Contemporary #Polish Maciej Rauch (b. 1988) MESSENGER, 2025 Oil on canvas
https://www.singulart.com/en/artworks/maciej-rauch--messenger--2360555
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
we've lost the art of cutting high-waisted, full legged trousers that will show off a man's buttocks
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Erik @gingerlanche.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
No cheating. Post your Lock Screen.
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É @efeth.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
This man is a polymath, you could make me physically allergic to the internet for the rest of my life and I wouldn’t be able to make that watch
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Sorry for the string of videos, but this is amazing and makes me wonder if this is what life could be like if we all just logged off the internet. IG risolve
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mindi @flawdbizkit.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
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lady offering free hugs
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