Reposted by MireBMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17hIt's Fire Prevention Week in New York City. Learn more about fire safety at fdnysmart.org. 302326558
Reposted by MireBComics in the Spooky Age 🧛♂️🧟♀️🎃 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 11hCover by Harry Anderson, with colors by Stan Goldberg. 213626
Reposted by MireBAnimation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 04/10/2026From: Crane's Feathers (1977), dir. Ideya Garanina, Soyuzmultfilm 4669156
Reposted by MireBGet To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 12hFEED ME!!! For the #BirdOfTheDay it’s a young Barn Swallow hoping somebody puts a juicy bug in its mouth. Preferably Right Now! #WingsOpenNotFlying #birds 🌿 719519
Reposted by MireBBen Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 9hOnce more before Sunday ends, here’s my 296th #ScholarSunday thread. I’d be really grateful if you’d share it to help get all this good work out there, & thanks! 🗃️ @hcrichardson.bsky.social 16533
Reposted by MireBDr Kate Farrant Shaw @katefarrantshaw.bsky.social · 15hAn amazing tour around the Bodleian library in Oxford this weekend #medievalsky 04815
Reposted by MireBJason Woodrow @jasonwoodrow.bsky.social · 17hThis morning's message from Indivisible 8776302
Reposted by MireBMalcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 17hTown Hall, Downham Market, Norfolk “The best of the lesser town halls of Norfolk” - Pevsner guidebook @yalepress.bsky.social 1887, by J. J. Johnson of London #LocalHistory 2275
Reposted by MireBWuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 18hJack Smith….man of the people at the Power to the People concert hanging out on the lawn….no fancy pavilion seats or backstage laminate pass 997220534770
Reposted by MireBNina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 04/10/2026For #AncientSiteSunday the #Hellenistic theatre at Pergamon, #Türkiye, built in the 3rd century BC, alterations were made in the #Roman period. It's one of the steepest known ancient theatres. The capacity was about 10,000 spectators. 📷️ C. Bredfeldt 🏺 1450491
Reposted by MireBThe Godyssey Podcast @godysseypodcast.com · 16hThe original headless horseman is the Dullahan of Ireland, carrying his own head as he searches for souls on Ireland's roadways. He may be an evolution of the Irish god Crom Dubh, the Black One. #FolkloreSunday #SpookySunday 🖼️: W.H. Brooke 0346
Reposted by MireBThe Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 16hIn his essay “The Nightwalker and the Nocturnal Picaresque”, Matthew Beaumont explores how the introduction of street lighting to 17th-century London engendered the birth of a peculiar new literary genre: publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-ni… 0537
Reposted by MireBTitania @titaniasrealm.bsky.social · 16hIllustrations for Bram Stoker's Dracula by Harry Borgman (1974) 419730
Reposted by MireBAshmolean Museum, Oxford @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Happy #WorldAnimalDay! Do you have a favourite in the Ashmolean? World Animal Day exists to celebrate animals but also to raise their status and improve welfare standards around the globe. The 4th of October is the feast day of St Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals. 39040
Reposted by MireBTomb Heintjes @hogansalley.bsky.social · 15h“Wish for the Dead” from Beware #1 (January 1953), page 4. 092
Reposted by MireBGail Myerscough @gailmyerscough.co.uk · 29/09/2026I’m Gail, a one woman (and a feline assistant) business, based in Manchester. I create prints, homewares, T-shirts & cards inspired by midcentury design, music and architecture. Have a look gailmyerscough.co.uk 7210136
Reposted by MireBAnthony Majanlahti @anthonymajanlahti.bsky.social · 21hNecessity is spolia's iron law. For #SpoliaSunday we examine a C4-C2 BCE Etruscan nenfro sarcophagus in Viterbo. Likely unearthed during C13 works, it was reused for a papal potentate, much like Pope Alexander IV, then ruthlessly reused again until its identity was lost. #AncientBluesky 🏺 14110
Reposted by MireBDimitri Tilloi-d’Ambrosi @dimitri-tilloi.bsky.social · 21hDe passage à Vienne et devant le très beau temple d’Auguste et Livie construit au Ier siècle. 0183
Reposted by MireBThe Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 21hHappy birthday Buster Keaton! Born #onthisday in 1895. Watch his silent classic The General from 1926: publicdomainreview.org/collection/t… 211930
Reposted by MireBMalcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Church of St Peter & St Paul, Shropham, Norfolk Stained glass window of 1898 by Mary Lowndes. Unfortunately, the church was locked so we had to admire the window from outside. At least we could appreciate Mary Lowndes technique for the clothing, angel’s wings & faces. #StainedGlassSunday 1598
Reposted by MireBMalcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 23h👀 Coffee time ☕️☕️🌺 - Downham Market, Norfolk. Salvia Amistad - 📷 04.10.2026 (today) #elevensestime 3576
Reposted by MireBIan Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Made it (at last!) to St Peter's, Tickencote in Rutland to see this impressive Romanesque chancel arch (1130-1150) with all its fascinating decorative details #stoneworksunday 716526
Reposted by MireBAuschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 21h4 October 1943 | The first prisoners started working in a new sub-camp of the #Auschwitz camp - Brünn (Brno) auschwitz.org/en/history/auschwitz-… Photo: Polish prisoner Jan Hyla in the forge of the sub-camp (he survived). #podcast about sub-camps: youtu.be/fsfWaHNu7A0 337378
Reposted by MireBTomb Heintjes @hogansalley.bsky.social · 03/10/2026“Wish for the Dead” from Beware #1 (January 1953), page 3. 0144
Reposted by MireBAnthony Majanlahti @anthonymajanlahti.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The law of the jungle. For #SarcophagusSaturday, a C3 #sarcophagus a lenòs at #palazzoVenezia. Unlike variants where a trainer restrains the beast to show #virtus, this #lion devours its prey. It reflects the cruelty of nature, matching the anxieties of a fractured Roman empire. #AncientBluesky 🏺 2366
Reposted by MireBKevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The Roman bridge at Pont-Saint-Martin in the Aosta Valley, northwest Italy. Dating to the 1st century BC, the bridge is one of many impressive Roman monuments in the area. 📸 My own. #RomanSiteSaturday #AostaValley 225049
Reposted by MireBAlison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Happy weekend! 🦔 ❤️ Here’s a lovely ancient Egyptian blue faience hedgehog made some 3,800 years ago! Neues Museum, Berlin 📷 by me #Archaeology 13797163
Reposted by MireBComics in the Spooky Age 🧛♂️🧟♀️🎃 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Cover by Johnny Craig. 414627
Reposted by MireBAmerican Museum of Natural History @amnh.org · 03/10/2026Hello, October! 🍁🍂 Fall into fall at the American Museum of Natural History. We’re open daily, 10 am–5:30 pm. Plan your visit: amnh.link/4bnMbG3 1449
Reposted by MireBComics in the Spooky Age 🧛♂️🧟♀️🎃 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Over a decade ago I got this print signed to my cousin by Bernie Wrightson and then misplaced it. I just found it! Apparently I put it in a very large book to keep it safe. Too safe...but better late than never I guess. 414114
Reposted by MireBRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 04/10/20264 pics from today’s western Maine and NH fall foliage road trip in the White Mountains. 2215785411
Reposted by MireBAuschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 04/10/20264 October 1942 | A Hungarian Jewish boy, Miklos Gárdos, was born. In July 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber. --- Watch our webinar about deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz: youtu.be/M42znxofU5Q 19501137
Reposted by MireBPan: The Reverist @ok2panic.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Absolutely one of my fave bird encounters in this yard, which has provided much birding joy. I scared up this bird earlier in the day and only got a pic of half of it. 😂 It flew of so I continued birding and went back by this area as i headed in. Then this dude popped up. So stoked. 2nd one ever. 1926024
Reposted by MireBGet To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Well aren’t you just adorable, chickadee neighbor? #birds 🌿 420720
Reposted by MireBChristine Beeton @christinebeeton.bsky.social · 04/10/2026One frog, two angles. 📷 #Texas, October 2026 #Frogs #Amphibians #Photography #TexasStateParks #Nature #NaturePhotography #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography 38412
Reposted by MireBfranz @franzanth.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Beetle 5/11 - Tetraphyllus #Art #SciArt 227071
Reposted by MireBGet To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 03/10/2026THE BIRDS ARE TRAVELING! Which means all sorts of fun visitors in my neighborhood. And maybe yours too. #birds 🌿 🧪 🐡m.youtube.comFall Migration Excitement!YouTube video by Get To Know Nature 513020
Reposted by MireBLindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Coming soon! An exhibition about the Romans in Scotland is opening in Edinburgh this autumn, 'Roman Scotland: Life on the Edge of Empire', running from 14 November 2026 to 18 April 2027 at the National Museum of Scotland on Chambers Street. www.nms.ac.uk/exhibitions/...nms.ac.ukRoman Scotland: Life on the Edge of Empire | National Museums Scotland'Roman Scotland: Life on the Edge of Empire' will reshape our understanding of Scotland’s relationship with the Roman world. This exhibition will bring 07624
Reposted by MireB70s Sci-Fi Art @70sscifiart.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I'm trying something new with my next art newsletter: Gifs. Here's one based on a 1973 Mike Hinge illustration. Sign up now and you'll get this one in your inbox Monday! 70s-sci-fi-art.ghost.io#/portal/signup 229144
Reposted by MireBScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026‘NAZA,’ the documentary in which two dozen Israeli military personnel admit to committing war crimes and genocide in Gaza, is selling out theaters. Whether it can advance the case for genocide may be more complicated. Former IDF soldiers and intelligence officers recount how bombingvulture.comNAZA Is Selling Out Theaters. Can It Influence The Hague?Whether the film can advance the case for genocide may be more complicated than convincing viewers. 514173
Reposted by MireBAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026If this reads like one of those Nigerian prince scam emails, it’s because it’s exactly like one of those Nigerian prince scam emails 59450331440
Reposted by MireBFollowing Hadrian @followinghadrian.bsky.social · 03/10/2026#RomanSiteSaturday – The clausura of Bir Oum Ali, about 35 miles southeast of Capsa (modern Gafsa), is one of the best-preserved sections of the Fossatum Africae (a network of Roman frontier barriers in North Africa). The imposing 2nd-century wall extends about 600 m and reaches up to 6 m high. 0353
Reposted by MireBThe Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 03/10/2026More than a century before the Eurostar and LeShuttle, a group of engineers and statesmen dreamed (and fretted) about connecting Britain to France with an underwater tunnel. @PM_Keeling drills into the early history of the Channel Tunnel — publicdomainreview.org/essay/t... 06413
Reposted by MireBNina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Fascinating world of ancient #glass! #Roman dove-shaped vessels were used as perfume bottles. The liquid was sealed inside and the tip of the tail or the beak had to be broken to remove the perfume. This particular example, discovered in a first-century burial at Rovasenda, Italy, is...🧵1/2 🏺 10507146
Reposted by MireBKate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026If you can’t share a divine selection of late #1930s Madame Grès gowns on your birthday then when even can you? Saturday birthdays are the best! #NGVMelbourne #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡 3626236
Reposted by MireBComics in the Spooky Age 🧛♂️🧟♀️🎃 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Cover by Jack Davis. 09410
Reposted by MireBjulieinstitches.bsky.social @julieinstitches.bsky.social · 03/10/2026☔️ ‘Burberry Trench: Crafting an Icon’ is a small but well worth seeing (and it’s free!) exhibition at the V&A. Until 3 January 2027. 1414
Reposted by MireBAngie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Folks have insulted: My Southern drawl. My loc’d hair. My clothes. My shoes. My intelligence. I’ve been called a ghetto Black b!t€h. Now @JDVance says I don’t belong and should leave the very country my ancestors helped build. This is a lot y’all. It is. #AngieForFlorida 68792942169
