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This situation necessitates Democratic leaders who possess the courage to take a stand. It is imperative that they respond appropriately. Will they demonstrate the necessary resolve this time?

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Love Your Classical Music Geek @loveinner.bsky.social · 8h

#NowSpinning Karajan’s digital DG Beethoven Fifth. I am much more familiar with the earlier versions Karajan made in Berlin and London, so it’s good to hear this again.

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dallas @liketexas.bsky.social · 12h

I am…the most interesting cat in the world

Steele, a gray tuxedo cat with a white mustache, sits with his leg over the side of the perch of a cat tree

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Lion of Flanders @dirkjulesgo.bsky.social · 10h

Good morning ☕️☕️, wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday 💛❤️💛

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JustSayin @justsayin-fromx.bsky.social · 17h

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Paul Bavister @paulbavister.bsky.social · 16h

Sundew and Butterwort from Anton Kerner von Marilaun's The Natural History of Plants 1894

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Dave Krantz @weskrantz.bsky.social · 13h

He’s a solid little beast

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Dr Francesca Santoro @phyllida.bsky.social · 13h

Decodex 2026-09-30 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 Time: 1:31 Play here: playdecodex.com @lightacandle.bsky.social @tonylarch.bsky.social Of course this quote is more accurate if you happen to be in Rome, Italy than if you happen to be in Podunk, Kansas.😼

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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is what the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool looks like today after a $17M deliberate fuck up and the orange felon won’t stop until he destroys everything. Makes me sick to my stomach every day.

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Bob McIntosh @scotfot.bsky.social · 19h

Amethyst deceiver #fungi

A single Amethyst deciever viewed from underneath the cap showing the widely spaced gills and the scaly stem. A pleasant purple colour

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Dave Krantz @weskrantz.bsky.social · 17h

good morning

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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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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This also sums up the American healthcare experience pretty well. American healthcare is a travesty. This is the bad place.

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Alaska Naturist Wilderness Adventurer @majesticfreehiker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Sea stacks along the Oregon coast near Brookings make an enchanting submission for #RockinTuesday.

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 22h

Access to culture is a right, not a privilege. Keeping museums free means millions can continue to explore, learn and be inspired, regardless of their background or income. That's good for London, and good for ensuring cost is never a barrier to discovery.

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Culture secretary confirms free admission for all at England’s national museums will remain

The announcement by Lisa Nandy, the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, came after recent discussions of introducing admission fees for overseas visitors

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Shantha Mohan, Ph.D., DTM @shlead.bsky.social · 22h

#TulipTuesday #dailyflowers 🌱 #flowerreport #bloomscrolling Grand Perfection Tulip. Its dramatic red-and-white flamed appearance pays visual homage to the legendary Semper Augustus, the most famous and expensive tulip of the 1630s Tulip Mania. My garden. March 2026.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 21h

For you, if you dare. Bacchus, 1598. Just one of Caravaggio's boys. And today is Caravaggio's day.

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Jasper @jaspersfelines.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Snoopy and Lucy 🐱🖤🤍 #TuxieTuesday #FosterKittens #cats

Two smol black and white kittens, ears looking more cat shaped

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For the Love of Missy @missybbbobtail.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Sometimes life doesn't send you answers. It sends you a cat that lies down next to you and makes everything a little easier.

Jinx the tabby bobtail cat with her two front paws curled under her belly. She’s sound asleep.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Born on this day in 1571, in Milan, the incomparably brilliant Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. Here (more or less) by himself. Shocked at being dead.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Who me? Yes you. Calling of Saint Matthew, 1599, from the church of San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome. By the great Caravaggio, whose day is today.

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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Sergiu Ciochină (Moldavian/French, born 2001) "Sunlit Passage", 2024. Oil on Board, 35 × 50 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 23h

The kimono features an elegant composition of ume (plum blossom) branches gracefully cascading across the cream-colored damask ground, painted with the sophisticated yuzen resist-dyeing technique combined with pigment dyes. Last quarter, 20th century, Japan

This rinzu silk furisode represents a beautiful fusion of traditional Japanese textile artistry with the naturalistic aesthetic that has long characterized Japanese decorative arts. The kimono features an elegant composition of ume (plum blossom) branches gracefully cascading across the cream-colored damask ground, painted with the sophisticated yuzen resist-dyeing technique combined with pigment dyes. The artistic treatment evokes the classical Japanese painting tradition of kachō-ga (bird-and-flower painting), where natural subjects are rendered with both botanical accuracy and poetic sensibility.

The plum blossom motifs carry profound symbolic meaning in Japanese culture, representing resilience, hope, and the promise of spring, as plum trees are among the first to bloom despite harsh winter conditions. This symbolism makes them particularly appropriate for furisode, which are worn by young unmarried women during significant life celebrations. The flowing, organic arrangement of the branches demonstrates the Japanese aesthetic principle of asymmetrical balance, creating movement and vitality across the garment's surface. The damask background, with its subtle woven patterns of flowers and butterflies, adds textural depth while complementing the painted elements. The overall design reflects the continuing influence of the Rinpa school's stylized naturalism, updated for late 20th-century sensibilities while maintaining the essential elegance and symbolic richness of classical Japanese decorative arts.

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Mr Natural @neilmatheson66.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Hasui Kawase (1883-1957) Autumn at Saruiwa, Shiobara, 1949. Coloured Woodblock.

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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

John Atkinson Grimshaw (British, 1836–1893) "October Gold", 1889. Oil on Canvas, 59 × 44.5 cm Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

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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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Dr Francesca Santoro @phyllida.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Decodex 2026-09-28 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 Time: 1:32 Play here: playdecodex.com 🥱 Tell that to Peter Rabbit!😊

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George The Station Cat @george-station-cat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

♻️ SUNDAY RECYCLING REMINDER ♻️ Please be advised that the Leftover Roast Dinner Recycling Receptacle is now OPEN. Accepted items: 🥔 left over Roast potatoes 🍗 Chicken 🥣 Gravy Simply deposit directly into the opening provided. Thank you for recycling responsibly

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Hello Sunday. 🖼️ Margaret Tempest

Family of five rabbits huddled under an umbrella with a robin, mouse in red jumper running to take cover, dandelion beside them against rocky outcrop with landscape in distance, illustration.

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Bob @bobsegel.com · 27/09/2026

Bob's Picture of the Day: Roses Pink Floribunda roses. #Photography #BloomScrolling #BskyTogs #Rose 🌸

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The work of Rathika Ramasamy, India's first internationally celebrated female wildlife photographer #womensart

Photograph of an owl peeping out from a hole in a tree trunk

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Dr Francesca Santoro @phyllida.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The Supreme Court, *That's* who could've foreseen!🤬

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

At the age of 90 year old, Czech former agricultural worker Agnes Kasparkova continued her 13 year project to decorate her small village with hand-painting traditional Moravian motifs on the local houses #womensart

Three images, one of a window surrounded by blue floral patterns on a white exterior wall, two other images of an elderly womam painting the designs

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I feel optimistic about the midterm elections, just over five weeks away. But my stomach aches when I think of what’s at stake. Call me nauseously optimistic. How do you feel? robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-t…

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Tim Middleton @tjmiddleton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Interrail day 10: Basel

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Inspired painter Simone Martini envisions Virgil as inspired poet, 1336. Painted for his pal Petrarch while they were both in Avignon, and how cool is that? Today is Martini's day.

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Tony @tiletony.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It was a crime the first time he made the offer, and it's still a crime tonight.

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Dr Francesca Santoro @phyllida.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#ShakespeareSunday VIOLA: Make me a willow cabin at your gate, And call upon my soul within the house; Write loyal cantons of contemnèd love And sing them loud even in the dead of night; Halloo your name to the reverberate hills And make the babbling gossip of the air Cry out 'Olivia!' TN I.5

When I played Viola, many years ago, I could not quite envision a "willow cabin." Now I can. In the play, Viola, disguised as Caesario, the Duke Orsino's page, comes to tell the Lady Olivia of Orsino's love. 'Caesario"'tells Olivia that if 'he' were wooing her, not take "no" for an answer.

The language is so beautiful in this speech with its alliteration, consonance & sibilance (e.g. 'reverberate', 'babbling' and 'gossip'). One can almost hear the breezes whispering Olivia's name. It is one of my favourite speeches in Shakespeare's comedies—the theme for this week's #ShakespeareSunday.

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Dr Francesca Santoro @phyllida.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I 've done the create & have entered the plain text, but I can't figure out how to get it back to you. @tonylarch.bsky.social @lightacandle.bsky.social Please help!🫠

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Carausius @carausius286.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Macedonians preserved the Mycenaean tradition of burying elites with gold masks. This was made for a priestess. The decoration is detailed & exquisite, including animals on the headband. However, the disks on the eyes & plate on the mouth are confronting & final 🕰️C6thBC 🏛️📷Pella Archaeological Museum

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Dr Francesca Santoro @phyllida.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Decodex 2026-09-26 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 Time: 1:32 Play here: playdecodex.com @lightacandle.bsky.social @tonylarch.bsky.social Well if it worked in our country, everyone would have it as they do in yours!😡

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Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Who else is way past impeachment and wants REAL accountability? 🙋‍♀️ I do. Who’s with me? #USDemocracy #RisingBlue

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Shantha Mohan, Ph.D., DTM @shlead.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual." - Henry David Thoreau Wishing you a peaceful evening and a wonderful weekend! #dailyflowers 🌱 #flowerreport #bloomscrolling #FlowersOnFriday #PurpleFriday #FloralFriday 2022 photo of a garden in SoCal from my niece.

A garden bed featuring purple pansies, yellow/orange yarrow, blue cornflowers, red poppies, marigolds, and greenery.
May 2022. From Southern California.
Camera: Apple iPhone XR.

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