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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 23h

Elizabeth Catlett, Mother and Child, 1944 #womensart

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 4h

#OtD 2 Oct 1984, railworkers from the NUR and ASLEF unions were sent home after refusing to move coal during the British miners' strike

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Steve Gilbert @ombudsmans61pc.bsky.social · 1h

888..."We know too well - especially The Royal College of Nursing - that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians." Nelson Mandela 1997.

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 12h

A gut-punch of a statistic, reflective of what's happening throughout the entire natural world. But using the word "stocks" to describe a wild population of one of Earth's most breathtaking, magical species indicates precisely why we've reached such a predicament. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

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Ireland’s wild Atlantic salmon stocks down 80% since 1970s

Public consultation launched amid fears ‘iconic species’ could be lost entirely from Irish rivers

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Séamas Aloysius @seamusaloysius.bsky.social · 19h

Vincent van Gogh "The Mulberry Tree" (October 1889) Oil on canvas | 54 x 65 cm. (21 1/4 x 25 1/2 in). Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, CA. #ArtSky #VanGogh

"The Mulberry Tree" by Vincent van Gogh, painted in October 1889.
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• Artist: Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890)
• Date: October 1889
• Medium: Oil on canvas (54 cm × 65 cm)
• Location: Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, California
• Background: Painted while Van Gogh was staying at the asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, he considered this vibrant autumn landscape one of his most successful works on the theme.

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The 70s Guy @stevenw888.bsky.social · 13h

1 October 1971, #CatStevens released his landmark 5th studio album, Teaser and the Firecat, featuring hits like "Peace Train", "Moonshadow", and "Morning Has Broken". It shares its title with a children's book written and illustrated by Stevens, which focused on the characters on the album cover.

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Steve Gilbert @ombudsmans61pc.bsky.social · 12h

887...Andy Burnham intervened in an independent investigation? Then it's time Andy Burnham's Labour team investigated the "sham" investigations of consumers' complaints by the "illogical" OS:Property ombudsman.

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Jazz Genius @jazzgenius.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Alice Coltrane Huntington Ashram Monastery ImpulseAS-9185 Ron Carter 1969 stereo #ad 😎

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Alice Coltrane Huntington Ashram Monastery ImpulseAS-9185 Ron Carter 1969 stereo

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vegy🥕power🥕🐇 @vegypower.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The mind can go in a thousand directions but on this beautiful path I walk in peace. - Thich Nhat Hanh #poetry #mysticpoetry #peace #thichnhathanh (photo by Tao of Gardening)

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Séamas Aloysius @seamusaloysius.bsky.social · 17h

On October 1, 1970, Janis Joplin walked into Sunset Sound Recorders in Los Angeles and recorded “Mercedes Benz,” an a cappella performance that would become the final studio recording of her life. 🕯️💖🕊️ 🌹

Written by Joplin with poet Michael McClure and Bob Neuwirth, the song was recorded in a single take, with Janis singing completely unaccompanied. Its humor and irony made it unlike almost anything else she had recorded.
Just three days later, on October 4, Joplin died at the age of 27 while still working on what would become Pearl.
“Mercedes Benz” was eventually included on the posthumously released album, leaving one of rock’s most unmistakable voices completely alone for one remarkable final studio performance.

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Jazz Genius @jazzgenius.bsky.social · 19h

John Coltrane - Settin The Pace - Prestige 1961 DG Mono #ad ⚫

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John Coltrane - Settin The Pace - Prestige 1961 DG Mono

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Steve Gilbert @ombudsmans61pc.bsky.social · 14h

886...In brief: Rigged Market Capitalism. With rigged pro-business regulators and ombudsmen as its support act.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Cornish artist Kirsty Elson trawls the beaches of her home collecting driftwood as the raw material for her fun animal sculptures #WomensArt

Photo of a small sculpture resembling an elingated pale coloured cat created from light brown driftwood pieces against a pale blue background

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Archaeology News Online Magazine @archaeologynews.bsky.social · 15h

Rare evidence of gomphothere processing uncovered at 13,000-year-old site in Chile Archaeologists have uncovered a dense concentration of gomphothere remains at ancient Lake Tagua Tagua in central Chile. Several bones carry cut marks linked to stone tools... archaeologymag.com/2026/09/evid...

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Rare evidence of gomphothere processing uncovered at 13,000-year-old site in Chile | Archaeology News Online Magazine

Archaeologists find cut-marked gomphothere bones and stone tools at a 13,000-year-old site beside ancient Lake Tagua Tagua in Chile.

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Steve Gilbert @ombudsmans61pc.bsky.social · 15h

885...Time to bill Nigel Farage and his billionaire chums for the devastating cost of Brexit. It's the patriotic thing to do. Thumbs up to that.

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Steve Gilbert @ombudsmans61pc.bsky.social · 15h

884..."We know too well - especially the NAZA film makers - that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians." Nelson Mandela 1997.

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JBC @johnbcaddell.bsky.social · 16h

behold beautifully bundled #butterflies #InsectThursday #insects #bugs

Monarch butterflies wintering at Natural Bridges State Park in Santa Cruz, CA

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BluesMusic @bluesmusic.bsky.social · 15h

Remembering on his birthday Albert Collins 'Master of the Telecaster'🎸 🎶'Head Rag' #blues #bluesmusic

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🪬🌙🐈‍⬛Pythia Uidliua🐦‍⬛⭐️🧿GNOTHI SEAUTON ♐️⚕️🍷 @krymsynreine.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Celtic glass bead 120 BC– AD 20, Dziewięcioły, Poland, Moravia Archaeological Museum in Kraków #druidsky /|\ #pagansky #witchsky #occultsky #heathensky #archaeology #celtic #bead #Poland

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Lavonne @loveon9.bsky.social · 17h

Good luck! Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit!

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 16h

The timeless beauty of ancient glass! This Roman glass scent bottle is around 2,000 years old, yet its elegant design feels surprisingly modern! British Museum 📷 by me #Archaeology

My photo shows a small Roman scent bottle made of cobalt-blue mould-blown glass in the form of a scallop shell. At the top it has a cylindrical neck with an out-turned rim. There is a thin, curved, handle either side of the neck. The top of each handle is attached to the neck, and the bottom is attached to the top of the scallop shell. Bottle dimensions: height 8.5 cm, diameter 5.2 cm. Dated AD 25-100. It is displayed on a circular, clear perspex (?) stand in a British Museum display case. The bottle was bequeathed to the British Museum by Felix Slade in 1869.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Pink Cyclamen (1870) by Fidelia Bridges, US artist #WomensArt

Painting of a delicate pink flowering plant in a terracotta plant pot all against a sage green background

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 01/10/2026

#OtD 1 Oct 1931 hundreds of tenants of an estate in Neukolln, Berlin, launched a rent strike to pressure their landlord into evicting the SA (Nazi Brownshirts). However, due to many of the tenants being on welfare the strike eventually crumbled stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8147...

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Steve Gilbert @ombudsmans61pc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

883..."We know too well - especially Google maps with its devastating evidence - that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians." Nelson Mandela 1997.

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eddiephotos.bsky.social @eddiephotos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#Butterflies #Pollinators A Speckled wood butterfly resting on some dried leaves along our country lane's.

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Rosemary Griggs @ragriggsauthor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The late medieval tie-beam roof at the Church of St Mary, Fawsley, Northamptonshire . #woodensday #medieval

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Mevagissey, Cornwall.' (c1914) Like many female artists working at the beginning of the 20thC, Doris Zinkeisen’s work traversed the boundaries between fine and decorative art; she was one of the first artists to enter the Belsen camp in April 1945.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The work of contemporary potter Evelyn Ward (of evelynwardpottery, Instagram) #Womensart

Ceramic blue paint with white circular design

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Archaeo - Histories @archaeohistories.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A prehistoric basalt steatopygian figurine, often called a mother goddess, dating back to 4th Millennium BC from Saudi Arabia. The figurine known for steatopygia (exaggerated hips and thighs) and stylized facial features, reminiscent of other ancient Venus figurines. (H. 22cm) Private Collection

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Steve Gilbert @ombudsmans61pc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

882...Our "concern" is that another company appears to have flagrantly ignored the rules. And yet another Labour leader has been caught offside. 🦋 Link to the O61% Campaign: In Rip-Off Britain the Labour Party are supporters of Big Business. Hope? Less...

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JoAnn @jojoinsf.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#52WeeksOfFavourites #MusicChallenge 💿📀 Cover Songs 📀💿 I love every version of this beautiful song I’ve ever heard. This one is my favorite. Their voices sound so great together and they’re accompanied by a fantastic band. Love Hurts - Gram Parsons & Emmylou Harris youtu.be/LUr9X3mic_U?...

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Love Hurts - Gram Parsons & Emmylou Harris

YouTube video by Good Ol Country

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Steve Gilbert @ombudsmans61pc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

881..."We know too well - especially Macklemore - that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians." Nelson Mandela 1997.

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Diveden, California Girl @diveden.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Another Mourning Cloak butterfly that we saw at the park. This one is a nice healthy one 🦋 #photography #art #butterfly

Butterfly landed on a twisted rope. The butterfly is dark brown with lace-like yellow tips on its wings and little blue dots following the yellow

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🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Cirl Bunting 16cm South Devon, parts of East Cornwall in the UK, New Zealand's South Island Summer diet insects winter diet seeds and grains Flock in winter Attentive parenting, female incubates, both feed chicks after fledging parents feed chicks 3 more weeks then they begin a second brood

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Steve Gilbert @ombudsmans61pc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

880...The 2017 Grenfell Fire revealed catastrophic regulatory failings in numerous organisations/individuals. Martin Lewis's 2017 Sharper Teeth: The Consumer Need for Ombudsman Reform partially revealed the shocking failings of those regulatory bodies. But it needed a sharper analysis.

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Steve Gilbert @ombudsmans61pc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

879..."We know too well - apart from those who call The Genocide a "war" - that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians." Nelson Mandela 1997.

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Steve Gilbert @ombudsmans61pc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

878..."We know too well - apart from those Israeli settler terrorists - that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians." Nelson Mandela 1997.

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Steve Gilbert @ombudsmans61pc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

877...But not the need for regulatory reform here in Rip-Off Britain and the need for a public inquiry into the ombudsinjustice at Ombudsman Services at the time of CEO The Rev Lewis Shand Smith. Or Labour's part in the subsequent cover-up. Change? Hope?

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Steve Gilbert @ombudsmans61pc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

876...and adopting in full Directive 2013/11/EU on ADR. And getting Baroness Helena Kennedy to explain to the victims of ombudsinjustice why she ignored our requests to speak to her committee on this subject. Change? Hope?

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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A little girl told the bus driver this was her favorite song, so he turned up the music and they danced together. Original post

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Steve Gilbert @ombudsmans61pc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

875...If Andy Burnham really is considering "all the options" then let's have a public inquiry into the ombudsinjustice at Ombudsman Services at the time of CEO The Rev Lewis Shand Smith. And Labour's part in the subsequent cover-up. Make - Hope - a reality.

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Steve Gilbert @ombudsmans61pc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

874...The Ombudsmans61percent Campaign say they should. Wayne Rooney - weak on the rules, weak as an Argyle manager.

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Steve Gilbert @ombudsmans61pc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

874...Another option that needs consideration is why Labour's Chuka Umunnna, Yvonne Fovargue, Baroness Helena Kennedy and Luke Pollard covered-up the ombudsinjustice at Ombudsman Services. Hope?

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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

After losing his wife at 25, an Argentinian farmer spent decades planting a giant guitar of 7,000 trees in her memory, a tribute so big even satellites can see it. Original post

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