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Underage Petosky stone talks, names Donald Trump in newly-disclosed Epstein files incident

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Tibetan Buddhists revere canines for their role as keepers of sacred scriptures. The Tibetan Mastiff represents alertness due to its massive stature & powerful build. Many Himalayan monasteries keep these dogs to protect the Dharma, highlighting their key role in maintaining peace & sacred wisdom.

Ancient Egyptian dog-headed god Anubis now accepts offerings via hawala, Venmo, &c

The Yoopers have their own mineral

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Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow. (29-letter pangram; repeats A, O, U)

Wilson Dizard III @wpd3.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The Dining Room c. 1887 by Peter Ilsted (1861-1933, Danish)

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Wilson Dizard III @wpd3.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Lilla Cabot Perry (1848-1933) The Green Hat, 1913 Lilla Cabot Perry’s second daughter, Edith, modeled for The Green Hat

Wilson Dizard III @wpd3.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A Bulbul / Nightingale in the Mughal Tradition This finely observed early 19th-century Mughal style painting depicts a Red-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer), rendered in gouache on paper.

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Etruscan Lion-shaped vessel attributed to the Clusium Group Chiusi production, 340–310 BC

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Many scholars believe that the bronze horses of St. Mark's Basilica were crafted by Lysippos (from Sicyon, near Corinth), the favorite sculptor of Alexander the Great. They were looted by Venetian forces in 1204, during the capture of Constantinople by the Crusaders.

"The Conquest of Naples by Charles of Durazzo" (The Conquest of Naples by Charles of Durazzo), a tempera painting on wood with relief and gilded ornaments made by the anonymous Florentine artist known as the Maestro of Charles of Durazzo. Painted in Florence, Italy, around the year 1400. (Detail)

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Woman with Papyrus Fresco from Akrotiri, Thera (Santorini) (1700–1600 BC) Museum of Prehistoric Thera, Fira, Santorini

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ROSA ROLANDA (Mexican-American, 1895-1970) She was an artist, dancer, photographer, costume designer, & painter, who captured a unique vision of folklore, female identity, & surrealism. Daughter of Scots parents & of Mexican descent, she trained early in dance, sculpture, and costume design.

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When visiting the Kingdom of the Vandals, bring a handle, in case you need to use a pump.

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In this 15thC miniature, Alexander the Great meets the Blemmyae, people said to have no heads, with their eyes & mouths in their chests. The tale was already ancient: in the 1stC, Pliny the Elder reported that the Blemmyae had no heads & that their mouths & eyes were in their breasts.

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Howard Pyle painted “An Attack on a Galleon” in 1905 for “The Fate of a Treasure Town,” which he wrote & illustrated for Harper’s. The oil painting is in the Delaware Art Museum..In “The Fate of a Treasure Town,” Pyle describes the pirates who attacked Spanish ships & ports in the Caribbean.

Willy Pogány created “Sigurd Rides Through the Wall of Fire” for Padraic Colum’s “The Children of Odin,” published by the Macmillan Company in New York in 1920. The book contained four color plates and numerous black-and-white illustrations.

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“The Cat of Kazan” is an 18thC Russian lubok, a popular print that combined pictures with text for a broad audience. Its inscription gives the cat an absurdly grand identity: the Cat of Kazan, with the mind of Astrakhan and reason of Siberia, who “lived gloriously, ate sweetly, farted sweetly.”

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A new bill would bar private equity cos, insurance cos &c from owning or running drs’ practices.I The Stop Corp. Takeovers of Physicians Act's backed by AOC, Warren, Wyden & Merkley. It bans deals where a co. has a dr as the owner but still runs staffing, schedules, pay, billing & profit targets.

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Woman Applying Kohl, painting from the Salim Album and is housed in the Harvard Art Museums collection Created around 1590 during the Mughal period in India by an unknown court artist. Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper.

"Maja" ANTONIO GARCÍA MENCÍA (1852-1918) was a prominent painter, watercolorist, and Spanish folk illustrator of the 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Lovers on a Veranda, Suzuki Harunobu, 1770

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Wilson Dizard III @wpd3.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A gold-faced god of death lay buried in the dark of Tomb 7 at Monte Albán for centuries, shaped by Mixtec goldsmiths between 1300 and 1450 CE to represent Mictlantecuhtli, ruler of the underworld. Today it is among the finest pieces of pre-Columbian metalwork ever recovered in Oaxaca.

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Terracotta Group of Two Women Playing Knucklebones. 330–300 BC. British Museum.

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Wilson Dizard III @wpd3.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Inscribe on your heart Every inch of time at sunset. -- Ruan Ji, Chinese musician and poet (210 - 263 CE)

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Wilson Dizard III @wpd3.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Victor Gabriel Gilbert (1847-1933) La Demoiselle / The Demoiselle, c. 1899 Musée d'art et d'histoire Baron-Gérard à Bayeux (Calvados)