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Peter Metz

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Lover of history. Fan of Star Trek and Star Wars. Craves fairness, compassion, justice and equity for us all. He/ Him I have friends everywhere Connoisseur of pizza. Safe space 🏳️‍🌈

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 7h
That expression you have while witnessing spectacular incompetence.
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Nigel Stanley @nigelstanley.bsky.social · 16h
3/5 Around #Malvern Great Malvern Priory - Originally the church of a 12th century monastery and rebuilt and extended in the 15th century. Sir George Gilbert Scott did a Victorian restoration in 1860, but there is still much medieval in the church. #photography #churchphotography #architecture
The image depicts the intricate and ornate ceiling of a Gothic church. The ceiling features a stunning array of ribbed vaults, stained glass windows, and detailed stone carvings. The stained glass windows are vibrant and colorful, allowing light to filter through and illuminate the space. The central part of the ceiling is adorned with a richly decorated wooden or painted panel, adding to the grandeur of the architectural design. The overall impression is one of awe-inspiring craftsmanship and historical significance.
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NPR @npr.org · 2h
Switzerland's glaciers are disappearing at a record pace. More than 5% of their ice has vanished this year alone — threatening water supplies, ecosystems and communities across Europe. n.pr/4z7IApd
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Swiss glaciers suffer another year of record ice loss
Switzerland's glaciers are disappearing at a record pace. More than 5% of their ice has vanished this year alone — threatening water supplies, ecosystems and communities across Europe.
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David M Rubin @six18sfoundry.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
William James portrait of Henry James
Oil of Bald serious man in black suit w white collar in profile against very dark background . At gardener museum
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 10h
The town of Hay-on-Wye in Wales is completely dedicated to books and has 26 bookshops but only 2000 residents. That’s one bookshop per 77 people. [📹 happyenchantedhome] Repost of @rajbindas86: Original post
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Becky Wallower @bwallower.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
2 x #SaxonSunday from Essex 🏺 Paglesham great square headed brooch is bronze, once gilded, c. 550 AD: v ornate type typically worn by wealthy females, w faces on head, arms + foot. Smaller, simpler but chunky gold Prittlewell buckle likely made for burial of the 'prince' c. 580-605. Southend Museums
Paglesham brooch w cruciform top section, decorated with faces at head and arms, and at foot overlapping rectangular base section. Base has four heads with eyes/noses along the bottom. Proliffic scrolled, intertwining and animal decoration throughout.Simple but heavy gold buckle, shown with buckle at top on short side of triangular fitting below. Three domed circular features decorate the triangle with a rather shield shaped fitting for the buckle at the top. Said to be the most spectacular of items buried at Prittlewell.
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Becky Wallower @bwallower.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Lively #MosaicMonday from posh C4 #Roman villa at Horkstow Lincs once featured wheel w Orpheus in centre enchanting animals including this bear, elephant (yes really) + 6 others in panels around him. Now over Humber in Hull Museum of Archaeology 🏺 For painting of mosaics after 1797 discovery see 2/.
A partial survival of an interesting mosaic of Orpheus (who would have been in now missing centre of wheel like device) and 8 animals, 2 of which remain. In left remaining section is a part of a bear pouncing forward from hind legs. On right is an elephant, missing its trunk, with long legs. Below the wheel to the left a figure can be seen in the corner of the mosaic. 
Two wide bands that would have bounded the mosaic are seen - one guilloche and one floral vault variation - with rows of triangles pointing up and down on a white line between them. Colours throughout the mosaic are shades of red/brown plus black, white and grey.
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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 18h
Researchers led by Julia Gresky of the German Archaeological Institute have discovered the first-ever intact burials at Göbekli Tepe in southeastern Türkiye, dating back to between about 8700 and 8000 BC.
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The First Human Burials Have Been Excavated At Göbekli Tepe, Challenging Old Theories About The 11,500-Year-Old Site
Until now, only scattered and smashed bones had been found at the site.
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Bart van Zwieten @bvzw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This Zapotec effigy of the opossum man from Oaxaca dates to 500-800 CE. In ancient myth, the clever opossum stole fire from the underworld for humans. Because it carries babies in a pouch and plays dead, it symbolizes fertility, life cycles, and cunning.
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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 17h
An amazing glimpse into Mesolithic everyday life: this more than 7,500-year-old ring was made from heather roots, carefully rolled up and prepared for later use. It was discovered at the settlement of Motala/Sweden, where the same material was used for fish traps. Dating 5750–5550 BC. 🧵1/2 📷me
A thick bundle of dried plant roots, tightly rolled into a ring and secured with fibrous ties, displayed on a dark grey museum plinth.
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Ceryl @politicdormouse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Elmina Wilson structural #engineer 1st US woman to earn 4 yr #civilengineering degree, 1st master's degree in field & 1st woman professor of Engineering @ Iowa State University. Moved to #New York & helped design Flatiron Building & Met Life Tower b. #OTD 29 Sep 1870 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmina_...
Elmina Wilson in late C19th B&W photo #WomenInSTEM #HistSTM #HistSTEM
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Historical Marker Ahead @historicalmarker.bsky.social · 22h
“Stumbling stones” in Arlington, Va., show the names of enslaved people on the sidewalks in front of where they were enslaved. The idea came from a similar project in Germany where small plaques were placed in front of the homes of those murdered in the Holocaust enslavedarl.org/s/memorializ...
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's inconceivable to me how someone who lost in a free & fair election can incite an angry mob to attack his own government, (the very definition of treason) & be allowed to run for any office ever again.
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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Marie Antoinette would like to have a word....
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Museum Bums @museumbums.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Alongside the AIDS memorial quilt, Tramway in Glasgow has a fascinating exhibition of the media, healthcare material, and letters to the quilt organisers, around the outbreak of AIDS in Scotland 👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums The exhibition is on til 4th October, free and you don't need to book 👍
The front cover of Gay Scotland, from July 1963, with the headline "AIDS in Scotland", and a photo of two figures with their arms round each other's waists
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Museum Bums @museumbums.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
That's a lot of unlacing to do when Stephen realises he forgot to put his trousers on... 👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums "Stephen" 1996, by John Wood, exhibited this summer at Gallery Celine, Glasgow 😁
A black and white photo of a figure in a black leather jacket, black leather boots, and white boxers, bends at the waist to tie their left boot
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Jack Shoulder @jackshoulder.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#TodayInQueerHistory Sept 27 (1961) Gay rights campaigner and AIDS activist Samson Chan was born #OTD. He went to the US in the 1980s and set up Asians and Friends - Chicago and fundraised for AIDS causes. When he returned to Hong Kong in the 1990s he continued his activism work.
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Jack Shoulder @jackshoulder.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#TodayInQueerHistory Sept 29 (1992) Paul Jabara wrote some EPIC bangers. His discography includes the oscar award winning disco track Last Dance, the Donna Summer/ Barbara Streisand duet No More Tears (Enough is Enough) & the ICONIC It's Raining Men. He died of AIDS related complications #OTD.
A man in 1970s dress posing with a fire hydrant
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Carausius @carausius286.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This beautiful Roman glass bowl was found around Vesuvius. Its bold colours and lines make for a striking piece. 🕰️C1stBC-1st AD 🏛️📷 MANN 🇮🇹
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Jon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#MosaicMonday Mosaic of the capture of Europa, found in a #Roman villa at Torre tre Teste, on a road from Rome to Paestum (Palestrina), Italy - 1st/2nd century AD - Ny Carlsberg, Copenhagen. #ancient #artwork #art #History
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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#MedievalMonday & the rather incredible Cheddar Brooch from the Somerset Museum A large silver disc brooch from around c9-10 We caught this on a broader journey to North Devon & Cornwall which you can catch here >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiGX...
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Anthony Majanlahti @anthonymajanlahti.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Everything old is new again. This #SpoliaSunday we're in #Garbatella, built as a working-class suburban quarter of #Rome in the first part of the C20. Atop the Scuola d'Infanzia, the architect Innocenzo Sabbatini set this #sarcophagus. But all is not as it seems. #AncientBluesky 🏺
INNOCENZO SABBATINI. 
SARCOPHAGUS OF THE MUSES, 1927-1931, FROM A C2-C3 CE ORIGINAL. CASA DEI BIMBI, GARBATELLA

Here atop a modern building in the working-class district of Garbatella, a surprising sarcophagus looms over the preschool built by the brilliant young architect Innocenzo Sabbatini. It's a sarcophagus of the Muses, a style popular in the C2 and C3, but it's a cast. The school was built around a C16 nucleus, the villa Sergardi, and the two side wings, of Sabbatini's creation, were inventively decorated with classical imagery. The Muses of this sarcophagus weren't chosen by accident: they represent the Fascist regime's desire to give the empire-building spirit back to the Romans, reminding them of the great culture these little children had inherited. The columns on either side and the lintel were meant to evoke the relaxing otium of a Renaissance villa, where the gardens would be full of grape-bearing pergolas. This preschool is a compendium of the only periods the Fascists admired. But it's also beautiful.
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Anthony Majanlahti @anthonymajanlahti.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
For this #MosaicMonday we look up into the spectacular presbytery vault of San Vitale in #Ravenna. To me, the Ravenna #mosaics are an astonishing collection, the last magnificent product of late antiquity. But whose empire does this shimmering C6 CE ceiling actually represent? #AncientBluesky 🏺
PRESBYTERY VAULT MOSAICS, C. 547 CE. BASILICA OF SAN VITALE, RAVENNA

A view looking straight up into the vaulted ceiling of the presbytery. At the apex within a starry medallion is the Lamb of God. The central wreath is supported by four white robed angels, a visual inheritance from classical winged Victories. They stand upon blue globes, an ancient symbol of cosmic dominion. The vault sections are filled with a lush paradise of acanthus vines and birds, echoing Augustan imagery of abundance. This shared classical vocabulary reflects the complex political reality of C6 CE Ravenna. The basilica was begun under Ostrogothic rule, a regime using Roman art to present themselves as theoretically still part of the empire. When Justinian consecrated the church in c. 547 CE he did not have to replace the Ostrogothic aesthetic. The Gothic kings' official style was already Roman, allowing this final flowering of late antiquity to bridge two competing empires.
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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Modern replica of a #Roman mosaic floor set into the approach to Sudeley Castle Winchcombe #Gloucestershire The original was found in 1882 during excavations at Spoonley Wood but has since been largely destroyed 📷 Aug 2026 #MosaicMonday
Mosaic set into the floor of a terrace with stone benches looking out at a rural landscape with trees
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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
I thought I knew the story of the "lost world" off the east coast of Britain, inhabited by Mesolithic people until rising sea waters engulfed it around 8,000 years ago... But I didn't know about the *tsunami*. Holy hell. 1/
Close-up of a map showing the proposed extent of Doggerland, the land mass between the UK and mainland Europe that existed when sea levels were much lower.
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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A 5,000 year-old arrow has emerged from melting mountain ice in Norway, offering a glimpse into prehistoric hunting in the high mountains 🏹❄️ archaeologymag.com/2026/09/5000...
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5,000-year-old arrow emerges as Norway’s melting mountain ice reveals older archaeological finds | Archaeology News Online Magazine
A 5,000-year-old arrow is among 48 prehistoric finds recovered as melting ice reveals older archaeology in Norway’s Jotunheimen mountains.
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Andrew Curry @andrewcurry.com · 28/09/2026
I was there 12+ years ago for @archaeologymag.bsky.social. It was quite an adventure. My tent blew down and at one point I accidentally brushed my teeth with sunscreen in the dark. I know there are more extreme places to do archaeology, but not many. archaeology.org/issues/septe...
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Letter from Norway - The Big Melt - Archaeology Magazine - September/October 2013
The race to find, and save, ancient artifacts emerging from glaciers and ice patches in a warming world
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Andrew Curry @andrewcurry.com · 10/09/2026
Comic artist Ulli Lust won Germany's biggest non-fiction prize for her book "Early Man was a Woman," out now in English. "The idea of an egalitarian society which didn’t diminish women is a wonderful realization for many people," she told me in an interview for @science.org. "We need that."
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This comic book artist is drawing women into prehistory
Science chats with illustrator Ulli Lust, whose work is countering ice age gender myths
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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A 2,300-year-old silver container in the shape of a scallop-shell decorated with an octopus 🐙 It may once have held cosmetics. From Paternò, Sicily. Altes Museum, Berlin 📷 by me #Archaeology
My photo shows a silver shell-shaped container with an eight-armed octopus in relief at the centre of the lid. The arms of the octopus curl outwards across the ridges of the shell’s surface. This ornate shell container has a hinged lid and may once have been a cosmetic container . It is displayed on a clear stand in a museum case. Dimensions: 13.3 × 13.2 × 3 cm. It is part of the Silver Treasure from Paternò, Sicily, a hoard discovered in 1909, consisting of tableware and toiletries. Dated 4th-3rd century BC.
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DekeThornton @dekethornton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New discovery: Tableware found in 2,100-year-old shipwreck located off coats of Adrasan, Türkiye It's believed that the cargo contained luxury tableware produced in Rhosus, modern-day Arsuz, and was intended for markets such as Rome. www.dailysabah.com/life/history...
Underwater photo of numerous pottery vessels across the sandy seabed, including bowlss and plate. A measuring scale is visible in the background.
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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Timeline cleanse! 🐕✨ A charming Egyptian dog figurine made of faience, dating 2120–1795 BC. An adorable glimpse into the past 😊 On display at Neues Museum Berlin.
Small blue dog figurine with irregular black spots, standing in profile and facing right, displayed in a museum case.
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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Orcadian Gothic A Neolithic couple stand before the chambered cairn of Wideford Hill #Orkney Painting by Brian Lee, spotted on the Historic Scotland site interpretation board, in homage to Grant Wood's famous 1930 painting Well played 👏 📷 Aug 2024 #TombTuesday #Archaeology
A woman with yellow hair and man with grey, both dressed in Neolithic textiles and furs, the man holding a shovel, stand infront of a stone built structure with thatched roof. Neither look happy
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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Tomb with a view - Taversoe Tuick, a Neolithic chambered cairn on Rousay (one of the Orkney islands). Rousay is often referred to as the ‘Egypt of the North’ on account of its many wonderful archaeological sites. 📸 My own. #TombTuesday #Rousay #Prehistory #Archaeology #Orkney
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Last night I wrote about consequences, and what happens when the courts give Trump a pass. I hope you'll take a moment to read it, especially in this moment where we see the Court isn't immune to public pressure—Justice Alito just recused from a case because of it.
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Dr Pat Witts @wittspat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Following last week's post, and prompted by a comment made then, I'm sharing two more details from Ras al-Hillal in Cyrenaica (modern Libya) to document this floor. On the left, a cup with a ? dove. On the right, a ? gazelle and a ? fruit tree. 📷1991 #MosaicMonday #AncientBlueSky 🏺
Ancient mosaic showing a damaged cup with a rectangular base and two handles. A small bird, probably a dove, perches on the left handle. There are slabs of marble at the top of the photo.A panel of ancient mosaic which is disintegrating. On the left, the remains of an animal, perhaps a gazelle. Its front legs are visible at lower left of the photo. On the right, the trunk and top part of an attractive ? fruit tree. Loose tesserae are scattered around.
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Mindcite💥 @mindcite.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
From Wildwood to Surf City, what kind of crises do NJ voters need to understand that climate science is not a liberal hoax, but climate denial and demonization of clean energy and resilient infrastructure are the most destructive conservative scams in history? #ActOnClimate
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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
An ancient and magical amber bear 🐻 ✨ Carved some 10,000 years ago, it washed up on a beach at Fanø in Denmark from a submerged Mesolithic settlement under the North Sea. National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen 📷 by me #Archaeology
My photo shows a small and ancient figurine of an amber bear carved some 10,000 years ago during the Danish Mesolithic period. The museum lighting makes the amber glow translucent orange against a dark display case background. The bear is displayed on a small metal stand viewed in profile facing right. The ears, muzzle, and mouth are defined. The neck has a polished groove suggesting it was once suspended on a cord. The characteristic shoulder hump of a brown bear is clearly defined. There are some finely incised horizontal lines along the belly. The legs are incomplete. Length 6.5cm. Amber has many properties which may have been associated with 'magic' for ancient peoples. For example, when rubbed against fur, amber produces static electricity which can give off sparks in the dark, make hair stand on end, and attract small things towards it.
The bear was found in 1991 on a west coast beach of the Danish North Sea island of Fanø. It is one of a small number of amber animal figurines from the Baltic Sea region which have been assigned to the Mesolithic period by means of a typo-chronological approach and /or other contextual information.
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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
All Saints Church, Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk St Peter & the Four Evangelists - Saints Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. The stained glass is by Samuel Yarrington in 1843. A time when there was a revival in the use of coloured glass. #StainedGlassSunday
St Peter & the Four Evangelists - Saints Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The famous Neolithic ‘dresser’ from House One at Skara Brae on Orkney. 📸 My own. #StoneworkSunday #Prehistory #SkaraBrae #Orkney
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Following Hadrian @followinghadrian.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#ArtefactSunday – Two ivory Roman folding-knife handles carved in the form of gladiators. The figure on the left represents a secutor, with his distinctive enclosed helmet and rectangular shield. Dated to the 3rd century AD; the gladiatorial type and date of the second handle are uncertain.
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Rasta @rastasack.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
5,000-year-old arrow emerges as Norway’s melting mountain ice reveals older archaeological finds #Archaeology #History #Norway Some places recently covered by ice are now completely exposed. The oldest ice is also producing some of the oldest archaeological finds.
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5,000-year-old arrow emerges as Norway’s melting mountain ice reveals older archaeological finds | Archaeology News Online Magazine
A 5,000-year-old arrow is among 48 prehistoric finds recovered as melting ice reveals older archaeology in Norway’s Jotunheimen mountains.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 27/09/2026
New York City is the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement and has long been a refuge for those seeking community, dignity, and a place to call home.
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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Thousands of wildebeests crossing a river: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsi...
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Wil Eelsing @wileelsing.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
@bonsaiongtre_37 (TT) pruning a bushy bonsai tree down to its fine branches: #AGoodPlace
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Chris Dale @chrisdaleoxford.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
In Iona Abbey OTD in 2023
Carved stone head with a drinking cup on a column in an old abbey.
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Soapy @soapy2019.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
That's a sooper dooper cool coffee table.😃
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Action Together New Jersey @atnj.org · 26/09/2026
#NoKings #NJ October 17 Asbury Park Atlantic City Bloomfield Caldwell Cherry Hill Closter East Orange Franklin Township Glassboro Glen Ridge Hackettstown Hawthorne Highland Park Highstown Lacey Township Lawrenceville Lindenwold North Plainfield Ocean City Paramus Pennsville
NoKings sign: No King No Pope Just a lowdown lying Dope
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