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Blue Wave @votebiue.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Gravity is a cruel mistress.

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CMDR GreyAreaUK 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @greyareauk.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

This will never not make me smile.

Sam Neill with one of his pigs. They both appear to be smiling.

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Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Claude Monet – here he is with his second wife Alice, festooned with pigeons, in St Mark’s Square, Venice 1908. Doesn’t Alice look thrilled!

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Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

In the last year of his life, Vincent van Gogh painted this delicate ‘Almond Blossom’ as a gift to brother Theo & his wife Joanna to celebrate the birth of their newborn son, whom they named after Vincent (1890)

Close-up view of white blossoms on almond tree, with a light blue background

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 02/07/2026

This is Harley. She's never rolled down a hill before, but she's super proud of her first attempt. 13/10 nailed it (TT: jesskoselke)

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 30/06/2026

A Japanese fan broke down crying after his country's elimination, but a group of Brazilians fans went to console him and Mexican fans made him soar. You gotta love the World Cup! ❤️🌎⚽️ Video: RÉCORD

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Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Colour images of Monet’s garden at Giverny can be beautiful, but black-and-white images also have their own special appeal. Here's Pierre Choumoff's photo of Monet contemplating the water garden with Japanese footbridge in background, over 100 yrs ago artjourneycurator.substack.com/p/monet-expl...

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Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Self-taught US artist Edward Gordon conveys light effects with a crystalline clarity, and enjoys paying homage to the masters. Here’s his ‘Wind from the Sea’ (see Vermeer’s ‘The Astronomer’ on the wall?) and at R is Andrew Wyeth’s same-named work

Room interior, open window, with gauze curtain blowing in the breeze from the sea

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Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Interior of the farmhouse of Andrew Wyeth’s neighbours, the Olson family (Woodstove, 1962). One day, from the window of the small studio he maintained there, he saw the disabled Christina Olson crawling through a field, inspiring his classic Christina’s World (1948)

Living room with battered furniture lit by a window and an open door, with aged woman sitting at left

disabled woman drags herself across a grassy field toward distant old house

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Jack Kessler @jackkessler.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Someone told me recently that the worst part of a watermelon tastes like the best part of a cucumber and it’s been hard getting anything done since.

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St Bride's Church, Fleet Street @stbrides.com · 07/05/2026

Today family, friends and colleagues gather here at the #Journalists_Church to celebrate and give thanks for the life of Dominic Prince, freelance journalist and documentary maker. May he rest in peace. www.stbrides.com/events/memor...

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Memorial: Dominic Prince – St Bride's Church

Thu 7 May, 11:30am – a service of thanksgiving for the life of journalist Dominic Prince at St Bride's, Fleet Street, the Journalists' Church

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Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Monet said, “One does not paint a landscape. One paints an impression of an hour of the day”. Here’s his Haystacks at Giverny (1884) together with Japanese woodblock artist Yoshida Hiroshi’s Sailing Boats (1926) www.viewingjapaneseprints.net/texts/shin_h... www.artinsociety.com/pt-3-the-new...

Series of paintings of haystacks, showing changes in light and colour at various times of the day

Series of images of two-masted sailing boat on tranquil waters, showing changes in light and colour at various times during the day

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Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

We see many paintings that look like photos, but here are some photos that look like paintings. Céline Laguarde’s pioneer work as a pictorial photographer in early 1900s has only recently been rediscovered. Here are some of her intriguingly atmospheric images awarewomenartists.com/en/artiste/c...

boys sitting on wall beside a river with smokestacks in distance

Person wearing hat looks over balustrade at the countryside

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Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

A rainy evening in Teradomari, just over 100 years ago ~ a huddled traveller braves the storm, as puddles reflect the warm lights of the village houses (Kawase Hasui, woodblock print, 1921)

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Lynne Bateson @lynnebateson.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

My annual reminder on St George’s Day that St George wasn’t English. Legend has it he was born in Turkey, his mum was Palestinian, his dad Greek, he was a Roman soldier, and oh, a French bishop made him famous by writing about him.

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ET Heisenberg @utdheisenberg.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Best to not wear this colour trousers when on TV.

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A Wild Ransom @a-wild-ransom.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

“Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.” ~Maya Angelou #clouds #cottoncandyskies #nature #watercolor #art

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Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

British artist Oswald Birley’s glowing portrait of his young wife Rhoda Pike was inspired by their attendance at a costume ball during a honeymoon visit to Venice (detail, The Green Masque, 1922) godsandfoolishgrandeur.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-...

Dramatically dressed young woman with hat and narrowed eyes looks to the left

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Lynne Bateson @lynnebateson.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Lovely and wonderful the doggie is part of the family pic!

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Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

The face of poverty ~ a child’s “shoe doll”, found in a London slum in 1905, made from fabric scraps, the heel of a man’s shoe and a black sock (Museum of Childhood, Edinburgh)

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Lynne Bateson @lynnebateson.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Magical pic with perfect headline “The moon is the earth’s flashlight.” Mind you Brits might say “torch.”

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Wilson’s World @wilsonsworld.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

A funny #dog story to get your day going! This is from January of 1908, it’s about a smart dog that had some amazing “rescues” from the Seine River - don’t spit your coffee out! #DogOfTheDay #newfoundland #rescuedog #coffee

DOG A FAKE HERO.
Pushes Children Into the Selne to Rescue Them and Win Beefsteaks.
Special Correspondence THENEW YORK TIMES.
PARIS, Jan. 22.-Apropos of the decision of M. Lepine to employ dog now going the rounds concerning a splendid Newfoundland which was a candidate at one of the recent field trials.
The dog is the property of a man who lives on the banks of the Seine, just outside Paris. Some time ago a child playIng on the river bank fell into the water and was in imminent danger of being drowned. The dog, hearing the cries and the splashing, leaped over & hedge, ran down the bank and plunged into the stream Just in time to rescue the little victim. Naturally, the brave animal was made much of and the father of the child, by way of recompense, presented him a succulent beefsteak. later another child fell into the water and was rescued by the dog.
The life-saver received the same caresses and another beefsteak.
Up to this point there was nothing ex-traordinary. But rescues became more and more frequent. Hardly a day passed but that some unfortunate infant was brought safely to the bank by the dog after an Involuntary bath. It began to be suspected that the neighborhood was haunted by a mysterious criminal, and a speclal watch was inaugurated.
Then the truth came out. It was the dog-the noble life-saver himself-that was the gullty one. Whenever he
saw a child playing on the edge of the stream he promptly knocked it into the water, and then promptly Jumped In to the rescue. He had thus established for himself a profitable source of revenue.

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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

At last, some positive pothole news.

Manx Independent: Pothole thwarts Dalek invasion.

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Matthew Redhead @matthewrr.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

There's only one man for the job.

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Lynne Bateson @lynnebateson.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

I had 18. Read this to find out how many Jack had and his theories why.

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 07/06/2025

So tell me, what re-attracted you to the millionaire Zia Yusuf?

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Antoine #LinguisticallyYours #FBPE @a-d-62.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Vowel Hamonisation; why is geese the pluralof goose but meese is not the plural of moose? Click on the link below to read my article medium.com/education-we...

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One Goose, Two Geese; One Moose, Two ….

Vowel Harmonisation in English: A Linguistic Perspective.

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Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Enjoy the flickering, dappled sunlight in Spanish artist Joaquin Sorolla’s ‘Sewing the Sail’ (1896) Photo: Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia

On a sunny day, women carry out sewing repairs on sails hung over a long pole

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Lynne Bateson @lynnebateson.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

One of the best stories of the day!

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Gareth L. Powell / G.L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

A customer refused to buy the copy of the book they wanted from our shelves because they “don’t buy display copies.” Not sure they know how bookshops work. 🤷‍♂️

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 17/12/2024

Saw someone upbraiding someone else for having a hobby while the world is on fire, and, my friends: 1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration; 2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you; 3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 30/11/2024

Dog (urgently walking me up at 4:25 am): IT IS TIME TO PEE Me (groggily getting out of bed): UGH FINE (goes to the bathroom) (pees) (goes back to bed) Dog: ...

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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

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

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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Dawn. London.

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St Bride's Church, Fleet Street @stbrides.com · 21/11/2024

Festive cheer, carols and compassion await at all our special Advent services & events this December. All warmly welcome. Find out more → www.stbrides.com/advent

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Advent & Christmas – St Bride's Church

Celebrate Advent & Christmas with us at our carol services and events at St Bride's Church, Fleet Street, London

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Lynne Bateson @lynnebateson.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Chicago, one of the most beautiful cities in the world.

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Lynne Bateson @lynnebateson.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

“If I’ve scruffled eight dogs in the morning I’m set up for the day.”

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Lynne Bateson @lynnebateson.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Made 2,000 years ago using techniques now not fully understood!

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Lynne Bateson @lynnebateson.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

I feel better now we rate dogs is here

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Buitengebieden @buitengebieden.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Dogs having fun.. 😊

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Lynne Bateson @lynnebateson.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

There are not enough dogs on this platform!

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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Good morning, Bluesky. Today’s #GoodMorningNews: a trial at Washington University’s school of medicine has shown great results for a vaccine that would prevent recurrence for a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer. It’s a small trial, but 3 years later 16/18 participants remain cancer free

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Vaccine shows promise against aggressive breast cancer | WashU Medicine

Clinical trial targeted recurrence of hard-to-treat triple-negative breast cancer

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