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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Ann Sotheran, contemporary UK Stained Glass artist #WomensArt

Stained glass artwork featuring a hare sitting among tall green grasses

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SUPERJUMP @superjumpmagazine.com · 28/07/2026

"Fantasy was a niche interest there until the 1980s. When it was ready for the big stage, Japanese developers ignored some of the well-established tropes of the fantasy genre to create something distinctive." Story by @stephlepht.bsky.social. #RPG #GamingHistory

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The Unusual Rise of Fantasy RPGs in Japan

Unlike in the West, developers in Japan had to unearth a new love for a niche genre

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G @gwill2k.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

like unsheathed sword, I thrust coffee cup toward sleep I once adored. heavy leaded blow absorbed, black of night left gored — step out front door. out I pour restored, dayshift brewing for more; sleep laid to rest on killing floor. #shift #vss365

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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Ladies & Gentlemen, without further ado, please meet El Castaño Sagrado of Andalusia, Spain A Sweet Chestnut of biblical proportions Photo: Ernesto Rubio Velasco

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C.S. Voll @stephlepht.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

A group of friends #shift realities when they bite down on purple pears. The ground rises up in front of them, creating a stairway to the clouds, and they crumple faded gift vouchers between their stained fingers as they watch the sun vanish. #vss365

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Carausius @carausius286.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Might as well milk my Odysseus material while the film is trending… In this fragmentary frieze, we see Odysseus nearing the sirens who are shown in fully female form. He seems to struggle to free himself, lured by their deadly song, while one of the crew adjusts his ropes. 🕰️C2nd BC 🏛️BM 📷 mine

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PS Conway @psconway.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

- this careworn coastline, winds wend through the weave of my tweed. memories seek to soak me, corrode me in brine, the trees lean east toward Skibbereen. rains blacken the road to Glandore. the sea remembers, like me, your song caught in her contentious tides. - #poetry #vss365 ☘️

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David Emmett @motomatters.com · 23/07/2026

Went to the Rijksmuseum voor Oudheden (Dutch National Antiquities Museum) in Leiden yesterday. They have a superb display of Dutch archeological history, from 300,000 years ago to the Early Modern Era. And this, the stunning Dorestad brooch, made 750-800 CE.

A highly decorated circular brooch made of gold and inlaid with lots of gems. A large red oval stone in the centre, with four smaller red stones at top and bottom, left and right, with the left stone missing. Fine inlays, predominantly red and green, with decorative curled cutouts shaped like ram's horns near the edge

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C.S. Voll @stephlepht.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

This is the end of a #road And the beginning of a Hidden pathway littered with Glittering tears and heartbreak #vss365

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Lewis Carroll's 'Alice in Wonderland' illustration, 1959 by Finnish artist and Moomins creator Tove Jansson #WomensArt

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Jenny @jennyww.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The #tailwind helped define the children's paths. Some were happy for the guidance but others tried to resist as they had changed their minds. If they resisted hard enough, the tailwind switched direction and took them to their new paths where uncertainty and potentially joy awaited them. #vss365

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C.S. Voll @stephlepht.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

“I feel a #tailwind pushing our ship forward.” “It must be your imagination, because there isn’t even a breeze in the air.” “But the sails are billowing.” “You’re just really full of hot air.” #vss365

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Hiro Ohta @xlix.me · 22/07/2026

The night is more alive and richly colored than the day. – Vincent van Gogh

Photo by Artem Lysenko. Cobblestone streets glisten under the rain-soaked glow of streetlights, reflecting shades of gold and blue. Buildings on either side stand illuminated against the night sky, their facades alive with light and shadow. In the distance, people and tram tracks converge toward a brightly lit square, embodying the quiet rhythm of an evening in motion.

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Soph 🖤 @flannelqueen.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

like a sunflower ever basking in the sun i #turn to face you my true north my guiding star #vss365 #poetry

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

An altar to Diana and Apollo which was dedicated by Marcus Cocceius Firmus - a Centurion of the Second Augusta Legion. It was found at Auchendavy Roman Fort in East Dunbartonshire, and is now part of the collections at the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow 📸 My own #EpigraphyTuesday

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C.S. Voll @stephlepht.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I see it is my #turn To play a sad song at A bar as patrons burn Their tongues with tequila #vss365

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glastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

The sun spilling through the archway of St Michael's tower on Glastonbury Tor. Photo taken this morning at sunrise.

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Chris Andrew Colligan @chrisandprose.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Love, She pirouettes In evolutions Of new life Love, A revolution She dances Invisibly Around me Love, Places great Trust, By granting A tree’s roots To intervene In my gravity I really hope She finds The balance Inside of Me. #vss365 #balance

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Celtic chieftain’s bird helmet! An astounding military helmet from some 2,200 years ago! The bird’s wings are hinged so that they flapped when the wearer moved! From Ciumești, Satu Mare County, Romania 📷 by me #Archaeology

My photo shows a remarkable helmet of a Celtic warrior chieftain dated c. 250-175 BC. The helmet body is made of iron, now brown in colour, with some fragments missing. On top of the helmet perches a large bronze bird of prey, now greenish-grey in colour, with outstretched wings made of sheet bronze. The wings are attached to the bird’s body by hinges, allowing them to flap up and down when the wearer moved, likely suggesting flight. There are coral-red and white enamel inserts in the eyes. There is a modern blue support frame beneath the wings and a modern blue replica beak for display purposes.

It was found in a warrior’s grave at Ciumești in Romania, in 1961. Other military equipment amongst the grave goods of the Celtic warrior’s tomb included an iron coat of chainmail and two of its bronze appliques, two bronze greaves and an iron spearhead, as well as clothing accessories (an iron fibula and iron belt buckle) and two pottery vessels (a biconical vase and a bowl).

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C.S. Voll @stephlepht.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

My #balance isn’t what it used to be, I think to myself as I stumble out of my parked car. Five steps from the roadside, I piss against a pine tree and look up at the full moon. Branches snap to my right. Twirling around, I struggle with my zipper. Two golden orbs appear from behind a bush. #vss365

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Andrii Frolov @artandriifrolov.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

"Biggus" - my oil painting

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C.S. Voll @stephlepht.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

The so-called friend zone has been a hot-button issue for a while now. Everyone has a hot take. Despite all the noise, not a lot of attention has focused on the benefits of these friendships, though. Follow me down this rabbit hole if you want to learn more. #relationships #loneliness #society

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Now the ‘Friend Zone’ Has Become More Crucial Than Ever

Learning along the way that male-female friendships are not a relationship purgatory

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Lady3jane @plinkfm.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Avast, you salty dogs, lest these #headwinds bring down the mast. We don’t want to flounder with the fish and find ourselves in Davy Jones’s locker! We do want to drink from that bottle of rum and ignore those fifteen men on the dead man’s chest. Yo, ho, ho! #vss365 #sillypiratetalk

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

The Iron Age ‘Battersea Shield’ which was found in the River Thames at Battersea in 1857. Dating to around 350-50 BC, the shield is now part of the collections at the British Museum. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #BatterseaShield

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C.S. Voll @stephlepht.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

A ship meets a #headwind And slows down to a crawl As a safe harbour stays Out of reach and men bawl Watching the last sunrays #vss365

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The old internet @theoldinternet.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

PC setup from 1996

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Rachel @rachelnewcombe8.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Morning run Clouds dancing Fears depart #vss365 #depart

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C.S. Voll @stephlepht.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

“Look at that painting. It’s exquisite.” “Don’t you think it’s time to #depart?” “This is all that still exists.” “You’re serious?” “Completely. You wouldn’t want to see what it looks like outside.” #vss365

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gertymactacular @gertymac.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I bought myself a mechanical keyboard and having a little screen where I could upload a gif was a strong selling point. I knew that folder of gifs from 2012 Tumblr would come in handy.

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Tomas Peiser🇨🇦 🗡️ Debatable Morality 💉 @writinginsawdust.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

It might be a great day to read and enjoy the sunshine. However, it's a better day to Change the mower blades Grease the tractor Mow the lawn Pressure wash the house Clean the recycling bins Finish the binder cabinet Time to #conquer the list. #vss365 #adhdwriters

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Retro Dream @retrodream.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

R-Type, Commodore 64C, 1571 disk drive, 1702 display. Photo shot in my studio

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C.S. Voll @stephlepht.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Now you #conquer your Fear of the unknown And straighten your sore Back before the End Makes you comprehend #vss365

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Mr Natural @neilmatheson66.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

George Callaghan (b.1941 Northern Ireland) Path to the Harbour. Acrylic on canvas.

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Jane @jcm444.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

not carved of lightening’s brief glare but #patient erosion of breath upon air like moss concealing a stone’s jagged edge our softness kindness inside of this pledge is grace that carries the distance to where love weathers the hot and the cold grows endures with tender compassionate care #vss365

a tender green shoot growing from dark soil in a ray of sunlight

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Tank Archives @tankarchives.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

#OTD in 1943 a KV-1 tank was loaded onto the Empire Portia and sent for evaluation to Great Britain. The KV-1 tank was no longer in production in the USSR, but the British still had a lot to learn from it. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII

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C.S. Voll @stephlepht.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Another #patient appears in a hallway. Another number gets added to a line. Doctors sleep on their feet, nurses rotate shifts, and visitors cry into their hands. The pain never ends. #vss365

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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Details of over a thousand years old Viking brooch. 901–1000 AD.

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Rae 🦋 @raehrpalmer.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

oh, just to exist as an #unabashed being is a wonderful thought; one I try to imagine often oh, but to exist as an unabashed woman unashamed, unapologetic is an even sweeter thought oh, to live the life I want without embarrassment or fear? that is my aspiration the thing that I hold dear #vss365

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Project Gutenberg @gutenberg.org · 13/07/2026

#OTD in 1930 the First FIFA World Cup Kicks Off encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/1930+FIFA+Wo... #sports

The Football Association poster features a young man with brown hair, seen from the side, running and about to kick a ball. He wears a dark blue long-sleeved jersey, white shorts, red knee-high socks, and brown leather cleats.

Football - Association - 1930 - National Library of France, France - No Copyright - Other Known Legal Restrictions.

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C.S. Voll @stephlepht.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

An #unabashed smile Sings and for a while Life does not look grey Rife with small comforts Is the coldest path #vss365

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

A carved sandstone figure hidden for more than 1,600 years has been discovered near Hadrian’s Wall. The protective spirit found by archaeologists at the Fort of Vindolanda, near Hexham, Northumberland, is depicted on a well-preserved 3rd-century Roman relief. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/07...

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Soph 🖤 @flannelqueen.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

follow me through the darkness until we reach the other side a reverie garden abundant in #roses they'll keep our secrets #vss365 #poetry

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Mr Natural @neilmatheson66.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Peder Mørk Mønsted (1859-1941) Washerwomen at Borhidera, 1902. oil on canvas.

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C.S. Voll @stephlepht.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

“You really #rose through the ranks of the baristas.” “I did some things I’m not proud of, though.” “Like what?” “Extortion, bribery, and misspelling a customer’s name on purpose.” “So monsters do walk among us.” #vss365

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Matt @inpoetsshoes.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

"Dreamstate" Translucent state to find Frolicking through my mind Somewhere between consciousness And somewhere far far behind I watch myself disperse Hands fade and body crumbles away Only the thoughts are left to wander Develop into something more Where no one finds me again #vss365 #frolic

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