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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Charles has an awful lot of medals for someone who was in the RN for just five years... in peacetime... largely on ships operating off Portsmouth and the Welsh coast...

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Duncan Mackay @theduncanmackay.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

A few years ago I bought the tunic of a First World War soldier of the US 89th Infantry Division. The veteran clearly wore his uniform after the war at services of remembrance, for in his breast pocket was this - a very old and crumpled crepe paper poppy. #RemembranceDay

A crumpled crepe paper remembrance poppy on a khaki tunic.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

That WW2 veteran who says that winning the war "wasn't worth it" for the state we are now in is just plain wrong. Naziism was an evil that caused the deaths of millions and the systematic murder of millions more. Defeating it was necessary. We need to stop treating every old person as a holy sage.

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Pam 🎨🤘🏻🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @pamjmarchant.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

I am no longer going to sell canvas prints of my work so I'm selling the last few I have at a discount - UK only. Please take a look! Below are three examples #CanvasPrint #ChristmasGiftIdea #art #print pjmarchantartist.weebly.com/canvas-print...

A canvas print of a hare in a wintry landscape

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⳽ⳑⲇⳕⲛⲉ @sloanelysbeth.northsky.social · 11/12/2024

nobody was bothered about trans ppl existing 7 years ago. everything that pisses you off about us is entirely fabricated by news media and politicians. every concern you have about our healthcare being ‘experimental’ is a lie. nothing you think you know is accurate.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

This is officially one of the strangest pictures in American history, and I do not doubt that it will be considered iconic a hundred years from now. 100% serious here.

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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

BBC News shows footage of flattened ground, part of what used to be Gaza As you watch this clip remember two things: Kier Starmer repeatedly said that Israel has the right to defend itself while Israel was literally flattening Gaza as you see in this footage

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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

“The Israelis are systematically trying to destroy the Palestinians as a national group. They're targeting them as Palestinians, and they're trying to destroy Palestinian national identity in addition to MURDERING huge numbers of Palestinians....” —🇺🇸John Mearsheimer

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Chapps @chapps.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

How often can you say that you've seen a kantharos-rhyton? This cup has a bridled donkey head attachment, usually seen only on rhyta. It mirrors the donkey seen on the reverse of the cup, ridden by Dionysos. When you drank from this vessel, you looked like an ass! 🏺 1/ Greek, 520-500 BCE. 📸 me

This black-figure terracotta kantharos-rhyton has a sculpted donkey-head attachment and Dionysian figures around the body of the vessel. In fact, on the rear of the cup Dionysos is shown riding on an ithyphallic mule or donkey, so the head on the cup is Dionysos' own steed. The fun part is that when you grasp the cup by both handles and raise it to your mouth to drink, you look like you’re wearing a donkey mask, providing a great deal of chuckles from your fellow symposiasts.

This appears to be the earliest preserved Attic rhyton (a vessel for wine, frequently with animal head pouring spouts), and this rhyton-kantharos as a whole is a rare preserved example of an Athenian plastic vase with black-figure decoration. In design, the donkey's tall, outward-flaring ears are echoed by the kantharos' tall looping strap handles. In order to assemble this vase, the potter cut a hole in the kantharos' bowl and precisely inserted the donkey's head, thereby forming a dual-chambered wine vessel with a large capacity. But the resulting rhyton-kantharos is overweighted toward the donkey's head, which extends down so far that the donkey's lips set the vessel off kilter, and it rests unstably on the kantharos' foot.

Greek, Attic, about 520-500 BCE, possibly found in Athens. Black-figure terracotta with some pigments (purple on the Dionysian figures and red inside the donkey's mouth).

Height: 21.59 cm (8.50 in.)
Diameter: 13.65 cm (5.37 in.)

British Museum, London (1876,0328.5)

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

I have two - TWO - of these gorgeous original A4 meadow hare linoprints by my mum, Jo, to give away to a couple of lucky people here on Bluesky today. Rules are simple: to be in with a chance to win, you just have to repost this piece I wrote about Jo and her art: www.tom-cox.com/the-magic-ro...

A somewhat psychedelic linocut of a hare

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

There were 115 prisoners mistakenly released in the final year of the last Conservative Government alone. Interesting that it only becomes a major national scandal the second these releases can be blamed on a Labour government

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Kev Moore @kevmoore.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

I think retailers will eventually meld all the festivities into one. There will be a giant fuck off Christmas tree with a pumpkin on top, and Guy Fawkes crucified on it and people will throw Easter egg shaped firebombs at it and the fucker will burn from March to December.

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Today's a perfect day to post some beautiful blue glass! A gorgeous #Roman flask in the form of a shell, mold-blown from dark blue glass. It was used to hold perfume. Dating 1st century AD. On display at British Museum. 📷 me 🏺 #archaeology

Small cobalt-blue glass vessel shaped like a scallop shell with a narrow neck and two delicate handles. The glass has a glossy surface and is displayed on a clear stand in a museum setting with other artifacts blurred in the background.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

A Map Of Britain After The 2029 Technology Crash, by me and my dad.

A map of the new future regions of Britain, including 'Wolves' and Wild Golf'.

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jewelheist.bsky.social @jewelheist.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Omg I’m dying 😂😂😂…so…So Emily Austin, a right wing 'influencer' who works for Bibi and the GOP, launched 'Hot Girls for Cuomo'. Guess who didn't bother to register the URL when she did that? What do you think Hot Girls for Cuomo dot com leads to now?... 😄 Enjoy. [ HotGirlsforCuomo.com ]

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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

I live in Oklahoma... the final destination of the Trail of Tears. I'm surrounded by Indian Tribes. Hell, I'm married to a Cherokee. This is not the Indian way of life.

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Call Out the Killers! 🎯 Jeremy Clarkson brags about shooting birds. 🎯 Prince Harry and William were raised on it. 🎯 King Charles backs gamekeeping estates. These aren’t harmless country pastimes. They’re killing for pleasure 👇

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

A 2,000 year-old blue glass wine cup inscribed in Greek ‘EYΦPAINOY EΦωПAPEI’ “Be glad that you are here” Roman drinking cups like this were used to welcome guests at social gatherings. 1st century AD 🍷 📷 Corning Museum of Glass #EpigraphyTuesday #Archaeology

The Corning Museum image shows a small, rounded cup made of deep blue glass. The vessel has smooth horizontal ridges around the body, a short cycindrical neck with outsplayed rim, and a concave base. Around the middle, there is a Greek inscription in a band around the circumference (EYΦPAINOY EΦωПAPEI) It translates as ‘be glad that you are here’. Height 7 cm, diameter (max): 8.8 cm. The cup is displayed on a flat surface against a dark background.

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Ashley Kuckelman @ashleyvotesblue.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

This ~ 💯%

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Punk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Happy Birthday to Stuart Leslie Goddard aka Adam Ant, lead singer of Bazooka Joe and post punk / new wave group Adam and the Ants, born on this day in 1954 in London #punk #punkrock #postpunk #adamant #history #punkrockhistory #otd

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Mikel 🇺🇦 @mikelking.com · 03/11/2025

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Duncan Mackay @theduncanmackay.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Norwich Castle, c.13th Century graffiti of woman wearing a wimple. Standing in front of this, you almost feel that nothing more than a blink separates you from the moment it was scored into the rock. #StoneHeadSunday

A naive carving of a medieval woman scratched into the grey rock of a building stone.

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Michael Havard @michaelhavard.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

What the Prof says.

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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

All you need to know about Bill Gates' long-standing and misguided take on climate change. 'The solution to the climate crisis isn’t going to come from the fairy-dust-sprinkled flying unicorns that are the “benevolent plutocrats.” They don’t exist.' thebulletin.org/2025/10/you-...

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Michael Mann to Bill Gates: You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it

What Gates is putting forward aren’t legitimate arguments that can be made in good faith. They are shopworn fossil fuel industry talking points.

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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

East Hagbourne, my local village. Often it feels like stepping back in time a little. #Oxfordshire

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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 02/11/2025

fucking hell

A screen grab of a Guardian article reading "The need to identify victims
Identifying the bodies is not just a question of restoring dignity to the dead; it is also necessary for the health of the living. Psychologists described the unresolved grief of relatives of the unidentified dead as an “ambiguous loss” which can generate or contribute to depression, trauma and identity confusion, a situational disorder widespread in Gaza.

The few remaining hospitals in the territory lack the equipment for DNA testing, which is desperately needed to help identify thousands of missing or deceased peope. Israel does not allow DNA testing materials to enter Gaza." with the last sentence highlighed in yellow.

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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

After the EuroMedHR revealed that Israel blocked UNICEF trucks carrying children’s medicines from entering Gaza, 40 international organizations — including MSF, Oxfam, and the nrc — said Israel rejected 99 aid entry requests in the first 12 days of the ceasefire. 🤬🤬🤬🤬

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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Once the TikTok takeover is complete in a few weeks, Americans likely won’t be able to say or ask things like this. This dude broke a taboo and raised a question I never imagined.

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Something lovely for the weekend! Magical amber animals from the Mesolithic. Carved between 10,000-7,000 years ago. Amber can generate static electricity⚡️ For their ancient owners, these small animals could give off sparks in the dark and make hair stand on end, as if by magic✨ 📷 me #Archaeology

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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

So ask yourself... Why the concern for women only when the perpetrator is a migrant?

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Lissa Evans @lissakevans.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

As is traditional on October 31st, I present my greatest ever Halloween costume triumph: Watson as Cardinal Woofsley.

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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

A woman is killed by a man every 3 days in the UK... 78% are murdered by a partner/ex Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety In fact, they voted against them...

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Roman glass cups with colourful enamel decoration of animals from the Roman arena. AD 200s. Found in richly-furnished graves in Denmark. National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen. 📷 by me #FindsFriday #Archaeology

My photo collage shows four images of Roman-era clear-glass cups painted with colourful enamel decoration depicting animals from the Roman Arena. Known as ‘circus cups’, fourteen of which have been found in richly-furnished ‘princely’ graves in Denmark. Dated AD 200s.

The top two images show two sides of the same cup. Top left: a brown lion with shaggy mane, its front and rear legs outstretched as if running at full speed. Top right: a green spotted leopard. Out of shot, a blue goat is being hunted down by the lion and the leopard.

Bottom left: fragmentary glass cup decorated with a light brown lion with shaggy mane. Nose and lips outlined in black.

Bottom right: image of a gladiator with green leggings and blue shield, and in front of him a large brown bear.

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Pam 🎨🤘🏻🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @pamjmarchant.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Autumn through my bedroom window. It's my favourite season and I love rain! 😀👍🏻🌧️

A photo taken from bedroom window, which is covered with raindrops. The trees outside are shades of yellow, orange and green. There ground is covered in fallen leaves.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Amid all the fuss, remember that for much of the 1960s and 1970s, "the Spare" Andrew Windsor was just one unfortunate incident away from being the next king. Hopefully, this appalling saga will lead to a proper national debate on our hereditary monarchy. Long, long overdue.

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Dr Louise Ryland-Epton @lrylandepton.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Next in my #Halloween 🎃 countdown is very odd - what happened when a cloud entered a church during divine service in 1652 and wreaked havoc 4/6 This story began like others in the unpublished writings of #JohnAubrey. I will be publishing a book in 2026. www.louiserylandepton.co.uk/blog/death-b...

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Death by Golden Thunderbolt — Louise Ryland-Epton

In the archives of the Royal Society is a 17th-century scientific paper by the natural philosopher John Aubrey, in which he describes extreme weather events. One of the most extreme was the 'tempest a...

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Damian Shields @damianshields.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Uath Lochans from Farleitter Crag, a recent one from an early stakeout overlooking these bonnie lochans. A long chilly wait before the warm light finally broke through the dreich and spread over the Inshriach forest #Scotland #Cairngorms #Rothiemurchus www.damianshields.com

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Micah @rincewind.run · 29/10/2025

what fire has been ceased, exactly

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may @maysuser.name · 29/10/2025

in cissexist society, "you don't need medical transition to be valid" means "you aren't getting medical transition, be happy"

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Gold bracelets of King Ramesses II. Decorated with two little duck heads. 🦆 🦆 😍 Body lapis lazuli. Dynasty 19. Reign of Ramesses II, 1279-1212 BC. Found in a hoard of jewels, gold and silver plate, during railway construction at Tell Basta (Bubastis) in 1906. NMEC, Cairo. 📷 by me #Archaeology

My photos show two gold bracelets, each formed by two semi-circles connected by a hinge and a clip. They have rich granulated ornamentation in a series of geometric patterns. The upper part is decorated with relief heads of two ducks with necks bent forwards and resting on a single body created with lapis lazuli. The tail is decorated with small granules of gold. The cartouches of Ramesses II are engraved next to the fastener (not seen). Max diameter 7.2 cm. Dated Nineteenth Dynasty, Reign of Ramesses II, 1279-1212 BC. Discovered in 1906 with a hoard of jewels and gold and silver plate at Tell Basta (Bubastis) during railway construction works. On display at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Cairo.

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Simon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

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Mike Berners-Lee @mikebernerslee.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Haha. In 2013 Duncan Clark and I wrote a whole chapter about the equation that Bill Gates invented 3 years later - the Kaya identity. It had actually been around for ages.

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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Honestly, a lot of people are embarrassing themselves with terminology and layout errors over the White House, and it's not new. So, seeing how I worked on the White House complex for years, let me straighten out a bit of it for you all. 🧵

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

... Some might doubt about the ability of owls to build a shelter, but they're very empathetic and caring animals. I reckon they could do it, if they put their mind to it. bsky.app/profile/dj-a...

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