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Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 4h

Happy Friday! You've made it to the end of the week. To celebrate, here's a drawing from of a very feisty eel 1908. The drawing is titled "Two Men on a Boat are Attacked by a Sea Monster." But that's wrong. It's a big ol' eel, and maybe those dudes shouldn't be so mean to it. 🗃️🧪

B&W ink pen drawing of two men in a small boat, with a large eel. The sky on the horizon has been colored an uneven blue. The water looks choppy, with small waves near the boat and bigger ones just behind it.

The eel is rearing up, and facing the man at the front of the boat. From its posture, it seems to be attacking him. It's expression, however is somewhat calm, suggesting that it is either: a) very comfortable with violence; or b) just wants to talk. The eel has a line coming out of it's mouth, and has probably been hooked and hauled into the boat. You'd want to talk, too.

For their part, the men look distressed. The one facing the eel, at the front of the boat, is holding an oar and about to fall into the water. The man at the back has a club, and is probably about to go after the eel. He is wearing a wide tie, which is not appropriate garb for eel fighting.

The eel is probably named Frenelder, and the two men are likely name Samuaxe and Vera Similitude (Vera had weird parents). In different circumstances they might all enjoy cucumber sandwiches together. But here...now...in this boat.? No. All that is left to them is the Great Kinetic Dance.

The drawing is from: Wellcome Library V0049550; https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/image/V0049550.html

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Dorival Moreira @domoreira.bsky.social · 7h

Porto, Portugal

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Dorival Moreira @domoreira.bsky.social · 7h

Porto, Portugal

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Ramin Nasibov @nasibov.me · 3h

swell

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LadyGrey029 @ladygrey029.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Lepo Sumera - Piano piece 1981 (perf.: Kadri-Ann Sumera, piano youtu.be/a3JvV_QdzT0?... 🎶 "It is our mind, and that alone, that chains us or sets us free." ~ Rinpoche

Photo art by Chema Madoz, depicting 3 eggs, with one of the three having been cracked open, showing tally-marks inside - a simple means of keeping count, often used by prisoners counting down the days 'til their release..

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LadyGrey029 @ladygrey029.bsky.social · 11h

LM22 Sa'd al-Dhabih (Fortunate Assassin) lunarium.co.uk/articles/lun... 13.56hBST-> RoosterDay lunarium.co.uk/articles/lun... 14.09h-> Serious day, good for Movement & breaking Free; focus on getting things done: meet resistance w/Tact &Determination M.Nuut ~ Haned kadunud youtu.be/n3FXVD1XhRY?...

Photo by Antonio Prata, depicting Iron Rooster, crowing..

"Haned Kadunud" (tr. Lost Geese) narrates a pastoral tale where the singer is tasked with guarding geese and hens.
A sudden wind and lightning from the north scatter the birds, prompting a journey across the land to search for them.
Along the way, the singer encounters ploughmen and other people, asking if they have seen the geese, described as "golden-naped" and "silver-crowned".
The lyrics evoke a sense of longing, responsibility, and connection to nature, characteristic of Estonian folk storytelling.

"When anger’s slain you sleep at ease.
When anger’s slain there is no sorrow.
Anger has a poisonous root and a sweet tip, O Vāsava.
The noble ones praise its killing, for when it’s slain there is no sorrow."
Chetvāsutta SN 11.21
(trans. Bhikkhu Sujato)

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LadyGrey029 @ladygrey029.bsky.social · 10h

"Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart, and not in the mind" ~ Lionel Hampton Ólafur Arnalds, Alice Sara Ott ~ 'Reminiscence' (Based on Nocturne in C# Minor by Frederic Chopin) youtu.be/hffMLTmRe9A?...

Photo by Horace Nicolls, young children feed poultry WWI (via IWM)

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Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Pause for a moment, and read...

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Weird Bristol @weirdbristol.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

The AI disclaimer for my book THIRTEEN CHILLING TALES OF BRISTOL HORROR. In the war against the machines, I stand firmly with humanity! amzn.eu/d/01lfWEUV

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

The wood is full of watching eyes. The wood is full of sharp teeth. The wood is full of things that makes burrows in the dark beneath. – Trad. Hookland rhyme

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

CHARLIE CHAPLIN MODERN TIMES (1936)

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Ramin Nasibov @nasibov.me · 15/10/2026

stargazer

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

The Whisky a Go Go — Sunset Strip (1964)

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LadyGrey029 @ladygrey029.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"All You Who Sleep Tonight" by Jonathan Dove - James Newby & Joseph Middleton @ Sendesaal Bremen youtu.be/St53DyOdhns?... G'night all.. ✨

Photo by Brassaï - early 1930's Paris, street-lamps being light manually, by a man with a long ?lamp-lighter? ie a light wick attached to approx. 6 meter long pole..
Almost empty streets, a sense of loneliness, in a bygone era..

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LadyGrey029 @ladygrey029.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Ella Fitzgerald - Midnight Sun (1957) youtu.be/-f53xo_NNF8?... 🎶 👩‍🎤 ✨

Mikko Lagerstedt - Sea-scape with bright Milky Way above a figure perched on a Step-ladder, with arms outstretched..

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Remembering one of the great composers of the 20thC — COLE PORTER — who left us 62yrs ago today aged 73.

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

We talk readily about the collective folklore we still half-believe from days of parental scarelore – Stay Belows, Harrowhounds, Blackwater John – yet remain tight-lipped about our intimate encounters with it. As if to speak would break some cherished spell. – Dr. M. Benn #FolkloreThursday

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Beth Levin @betheena.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

myaskofiev 2: Stravinsky on Alexander Siloti (9 Oct 1863-1945):

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Beth Levin @betheena.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

(269) Bartók: Music For Strings, Percussion & Celesta - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqdF...

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Bartók: Music For Strings, Percussion & Celesta

YouTube video by kakinotane

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

L.S. Lowry at home, photo by his favourite photographer, Sefton Samuels.

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Carolina @anilmedeiros.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Pai, só quero dizer-te: não morras nunca, agora, nunca mais... antónio franco alexandre youtu.be/Oo4KXZVApsQ?...

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Marsh's Library @marshslibrary.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Another one for #mathsweek2026! John Wilkins, in his book Mathematicall magick (1648), claims that if the gear in this illustration is turned one thousand times an hour, the sail at the top will be turned 1000000000000 times and move faster than a star. Impressive!

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LadyGrey029 @ladygrey029.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

LM21 Al-Baldah (City or District) lunarium.co.uk/articles/lun... 12.01h-> CraneDay lunarium.co.uk/articles/lun... 13.17h-> Blissful day for intellect, health, creativity Make good use of today's sparky energy, go w/Flow but maintain Balance M.Nuut ~ Veere, veere päevakene youtu.be/48LIVdXOARk?...

Photo by Guy Cohen: cranes, morning bath

"Follow the stream, have faith in its course." ~ Sheng-yen

"When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves" ~ The Dhammapada

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sanctorium.bsky.social @sanctorium.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

a fact a day a bird that warps the arithmetic of per- fection with its arc, passing again & again in the evening air, in the pre- vailing wind, making no mistake— Jorie Graham, Poem Andrei Baciu

Photograph monochrome

In the distance to left, a singular close stand of trees, fading to the right

In foreground, a bare scattering of birds on the ground

Sky and earth are white, trees and birds muted dark

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I’d like to think there’s a universe in which Dirty Harry goes to see PLAY MISTY FOR ME (1971) in DIRTY HARRY (1971)

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Is Play Misty For Me one of my favourite films of all time, or do I just want to live in the house where Clint Eastwood lives in Play Misty For Me? I don’t think the answer is quite clear cut.... tomcox.substack.com/p/misty

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Is Play Misty For Me one of my favourite films of all time, or do I just want to live in the house where Clint Eastwood lives in Play Misty For Me?

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

‘Miners’ — Wales (1965) 📷 by Bruce Davidson

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Staś Malek @bejsam.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Country Men no. 9 (Leola, PA, 2023) #StreetPhotography

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

“So it was, on that misty morning, that Brenda set off for the capital. She knew not what she would find there, only that the time had come to move on - away from small-minded rural attitudes and people who called her ‘Oreo’ and ‘the wide panda’ - to seek a more fulfilling life.”

A belted galloway cow walking into the mist, on a Dorset lane, towards a bold, unpredictable future. You can see half of my car in the background. It looks remarkably clean, by normal standards. When one of my wife's work colleagues asked her "What car does your husband drive?" she answered "I can't remember what make it is but it's the really dirty one that sometimes turns up in the car park here" and her colleague immediately said "Oh yes, I know the one."

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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Today's the 960th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings, so obviously I'm reposting my scenes from the Bayeux Tapestry in Playmobil.

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LadyGrey029 @ladygrey029.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

'The Peaches Are Better Down The Road' ~ Johnny Hodges (from The Complete Verve Small Sessions 1956 - 1961) youtu.be/pdOLWufd98U?... 🎶 🎹 🎷 Go Carpe that Diem! ☺️

Photo/art by Sarolta Bán, titled 'Close Connection'
depicting a man wearing a flat cap, walking down a farm-track, accompanied by a tree (in full leaf) on a lead..
In the fields, partially cloaked by mist, one can see bare-branched trees

'No man can reveal to you aught but which already lies half asleep in the dawning of yr knowledge. If he is indeed wise, he does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom, but rather lead you to the threshold of yr own mind' ~ K.Gibran

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LadyGrey029 @ladygrey029.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

..and if you still need sth to put a smile on yr face on a grey 'hump'day morning, try this for size.. #MorningBlues Cue's Blue Now ~ Billy Strayhorn & Johnny Hodges (The Stanley Dance Sessions) youtu.be/JTvgXPgKmc4?... 🎶💙

Photo/image by Frank Machalowski
depicting a lone White Rhino in a misty forest - strong sense of incongruousness, of being misplaced, and of a decidedly blue rhino, wondering how the hell it got there..

"Happiness is lighter than a feather,
no one can grasp it.
Suffering is heavier than the earth,
no one can let it go." ~ Zhuangzi

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LadyGrey029 @ladygrey029.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

"Form that includes all forms, image without an image, subtle, beyond all conception." ~ Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching Ry Cooder ~ Dark Was the Night (by Blind Willie Johnson) youtu.be/de3xz1AV8HA?... 🎶🎸 Wishing all a restful night.. ✨

Photo by Byron Bauer
depicting a waxing crescent moon in a dark night sky, reflected in the inky-blue waters of the lake beneath - along the shore-line of the lake, tiny sparkles of lights indicate that Glow-worms are active, suggesting that this is a warm summer night, maybe June of July

"..down in the depths of the dark blue sea,
An insect train work ceaselessly..
The gentle wind and the balmy air,
Little by little, bring verdure there..
“Little by little,” said a thoughtful boy..
"& still this rule in my mind shall dwell,
Whatever I do, I will do it well" ~ Shinku (extracts)

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Simon-out-of-the-Box @simonthesalt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

"Care Instructions: Should your owl become grubby, please HANDWASH ONLY, with lukewarm water, and ensure that you dry it upside down, to retain the 'loft' in it's feathers."

Photo by utktun, twitter

Barn-owl doing a handstand, or is that a head-stand?

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LadyGrey029 @ladygrey029.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Gentle stories, a real Tonic in today's fraught world.. If you're a Bookworm like me, or have a Loved one who adores a Captivating tale, you can currently get Anne's delightful book, with signed dedication.. (discounted -> St. Nicolaus') www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1... 🦊 @annelouiseavery.bsky.social

Artwork by Bev Doolittle, titled 'Woodland Encounter'

The image depicts a winter woodland scene, mostly black & white, with a glorious red fox in the centre of the image, in a small glade within the monochrome Birch trees.

However, if you look a little closer, you may also be able to see two figures, Native American horsemen, sitting silently on piebald horses, almost indistinguishable from the black & white of the Birch forest and undergrowth..

Beautifully silent, still image; yet brimming with action & significance.

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Aj d'Wit (Audrey) @audjde.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

A few months back I was thrown a word from @gewb80260.bsky.social - Komorebi. It's a Japanese word, and its meaning is really beautiful. I haven't been anywhere in the past, or recently to find the right image, however, I've put some words together. Here they are. #Verse #poetry #Komorebi #Trees

$Note: I haven't quite captured the essence of the word. No doubt I will continue to dance with it in the future. Text: Komorebi Dance Numerous muted bulbous shapes, sway delicately upon the dark amber, crumpled leaf strewn earthen path, as if moving to an ancient rhythm known only within the realm of trees trees, the world over, have learnt the magic of capturing the sun’s light, flirting with it as it filters through branches, boughs, leaves, twigs, bouncing it this way and that, twirling, swirling it, breaking, fracturing its persistent forceful rays to design a carpet of komorebi an ethereal, luminous dance of shadows and light transforming any tree darkened pathway into a patchwork of wonder, glamour, and delightful mystery but only for a short time until a new dance emerges © Aj d’Wit - 13 October 2026 (Komorebi: Japanese word meaning, sunlight through trees - light that leaks through trees)$

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Mr Natural @neilmatheson66.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Maggie Vandewalle (b.1963, USA) "Happy Dance" Watercolour and ink on paper. #Autumn

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Gary Buckley @garybuckley.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

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LadyGrey029 @ladygrey029.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

'Call of the winds' ~ J. Ohrmann & M Aminian (Roots Revival) youtu.be/384wt6tznwE?... 🪈🎶 "..let there be spaces in yr togetherness, let the winds of the heavens dance between you.. For the pillars of the temple stand apart, And the oak tree & the cypress grow not in each other’s shadow" ~ K.Gibran

Photo by Jody Macdonald, titled 'walking amongst giants'
depicts a lone figure walking along a sandy pathway between giant Baobab trees.
The leafless trees (looking almost as if they have been uprooted & re-planted upside down, with only the bare roots showing) seem to have a sense of quiet desolation about them; however they are merely doing their thing, like other deciduous trees, shedding their leaves to preserve what little water they have stored..

'All conditioned things are impermanent.
Work on your own salvation with diligence.' ~ The Buddha's last words

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Lovely limestone plaque carved with the face of an owl! 🦉❤️ The solemn gaze from across the centuries gives an air of ancient wisdom! From Egypt, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 400–30 BC. Met Museum 📷 by me #OwlishMonday #Archaeology

My photo shows a small, roughly square-shaped piece of limestone carved to depict a frontal face of an owl. The owl has large, rounded eyes and a long, pointed beak highlighted with fine diagonal incised lines. The face is outlined by two symmetrical fan-like feather patterns with a raised border around the eyes, cheeks, and beak. Dimensions: Height 10.3 cm x Width 11.1 cm x Depth 2.5 cm This relief represents the ancient Egyptian owl hieroglyph 'm'. The limestone plaque is displayed in a glass case at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

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Ramin Nasibov @nasibov.me · 13/10/2026

moored

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Annie Brassey @anniebrassey.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Sunbeam, Gulf of Penas, #Chile 13.10.1876. "Sorry as we are to lose the scenery of the Straits, it is pleasant to find the weather getting gradually warmer, day by day, and to be able to regard the morning bath once more as a luxury instead of a terror." #Brassey #Victorian #Travel #History #1870s

Pages and map from "A Voyage in the Sunbeam" by Annie Lady Brassey, published in 1878. Gulf of Penas, Chile 13.10.1876.

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

My goodness, my grimace.

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Ramin Nasibov @nasibov.me · 13/10/2026

prague

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LadyGrey029 @ladygrey029.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

TreeOfKnowledgeDay lunarium.co.uk/articles/lun... 11.00hBST-> LM19 Al-Shaulah (The Sting) lunarium.co.uk/articles/lun... 09.15h-> Good day for solitude; patience &mindfulness will help unravel any GordianKnots Everything is what IS, but it's ALL down to perspective☺️ Kargus youtu.be/n-tYcqHCr8U?... 🎶

Photo by Mike Hudson, titled 'Life in my Fathers hand'
depicting time-worn pair of hands, gently cupping a small mound of earth, from which rise the first True Leaves of a new seedling..

Beautiful image redolent of the Circle of Life..

"When the mind understands its true nature, it becomes an unceasing flow of delight." ~ Byron Katie

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Joelle McTigue 📷 @joellemctigue.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

The city is dense; you'll never see every corner. The photo for now marks where I need to return: Saint-Étienne-du-Mont Church. We passed Hemingway’s first apartment. He lived here in the 1920s, newly married, newly poor, carrying stories in his pockets. joellemctigue.substack.com/p/tracing-sh...

Saint-Étienne-du-Mont Church & Ernest Hemingway's Apartment

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

On this day 1971, boxer Muhammad Ali visited Tesco at Stretford’s Arndale shopping precinct to promote Ovaltine.

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