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Festive witches' sabbath as imagined by a follower of Jan Mandijn. Because who could resist those dancing cats?
October 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Festive witches' sabbath as imagined by a follower of Jan Mandijn. Because who could resist those dancing cats?
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Anyone shocked that Reform plan to deport immigrants with Indefinite Leave to Remain hasn’t been paying attention.
Next it will be stripping citizenship from dual citizens, then deporting them.
Who do you think Reform are?
This.
This is who they are.
Next it will be stripping citizenship from dual citizens, then deporting them.
Who do you think Reform are?
This.
This is who they are.
September 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Anyone shocked that Reform plan to deport immigrants with Indefinite Leave to Remain hasn’t been paying attention.
Next it will be stripping citizenship from dual citizens, then deporting them.
Who do you think Reform are?
This.
This is who they are.
Next it will be stripping citizenship from dual citizens, then deporting them.
Who do you think Reform are?
This.
This is who they are.
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There’s a tradition in some European countries called “telling the bees,” in which bees are informed of notable events in the human world. In Oxford, when a hive’s owner dies, a member of the family will tap on the hive with a housekey and say, “Bees, bees, your master is dead.”
September 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
There’s a tradition in some European countries called “telling the bees,” in which bees are informed of notable events in the human world. In Oxford, when a hive’s owner dies, a member of the family will tap on the hive with a housekey and say, “Bees, bees, your master is dead.”
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Kier Starmer's statement that includes the words "We must all be free to debate openly and freely without fear - there can be no justification for political violence" feels *slightly* hypocritical when he criminalises peaceful protest, endorses transphobia, and fully backs UK arms sales to Israel.
September 10, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Kier Starmer's statement that includes the words "We must all be free to debate openly and freely without fear - there can be no justification for political violence" feels *slightly* hypocritical when he criminalises peaceful protest, endorses transphobia, and fully backs UK arms sales to Israel.
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'The Backs of Houses, Harley Street, London' (1925) by Algernon Cecil Newton
(London Museum)
(London Museum)
September 11, 2025 at 6:50 AM
'The Backs of Houses, Harley Street, London' (1925) by Algernon Cecil Newton
(London Museum)
(London Museum)
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Fucking hell.
I just posted today about how higher ed always devalues the humanities & how it's linked to legacy media laying off seasoned cultural critics.
It's all connected: defunding the humanities & public media, pushing AI on us - it's about destroying critical thinking.
I just posted today about how higher ed always devalues the humanities & how it's linked to legacy media laying off seasoned cultural critics.
It's all connected: defunding the humanities & public media, pushing AI on us - it's about destroying critical thinking.
Wow. The University of Chicago, a world-class institution whose humanities faculty in the past has included Homi Bhabha & Lauren Berlant & Ralph Ellison & Hannah freaking Arendt, is getting rid of basically every graduate department involving the acknowledgment that other cultures & languages exist.
August 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Fucking hell.
I just posted today about how higher ed always devalues the humanities & how it's linked to legacy media laying off seasoned cultural critics.
It's all connected: defunding the humanities & public media, pushing AI on us - it's about destroying critical thinking.
I just posted today about how higher ed always devalues the humanities & how it's linked to legacy media laying off seasoned cultural critics.
It's all connected: defunding the humanities & public media, pushing AI on us - it's about destroying critical thinking.
DRACULA x THE SECRET HISTORY
1895. A young man falls headlong into the Greco-Roman drinking society of an infamous author, but when he witnesses the sacrificial killing of a boy, he must choose between morality and immortality - before his own blood is spilt.
#QueerPit #HF #H
1895. A young man falls headlong into the Greco-Roman drinking society of an infamous author, but when he witnesses the sacrificial killing of a boy, he must choose between morality and immortality - before his own blood is spilt.
#QueerPit #HF #H
August 15, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Sky, Sapphire, Cerulean, Cyan, Cobalt, Azure, Navy and Ultramarine - a bonanza of blues for today’s #ShadesofSaturday. …
June 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Sky, Sapphire, Cerulean, Cyan, Cobalt, Azure, Navy and Ultramarine - a bonanza of blues for today’s #ShadesofSaturday. …
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Good morning rebels...
June 6, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Good morning rebels...
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Ladybird endpapers
‘Hedgerow’ (1979)
Artist: John Leigh-Pemberton
‘Hedgerow’ (1979)
Artist: John Leigh-Pemberton
May 24, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Ladybird endpapers
‘Hedgerow’ (1979)
Artist: John Leigh-Pemberton
‘Hedgerow’ (1979)
Artist: John Leigh-Pemberton
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Goodnight.
🖼️ Yuri Vasnetsov
🖼️ Yuri Vasnetsov
May 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Goodnight.
🖼️ Yuri Vasnetsov
🖼️ Yuri Vasnetsov
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Daughters of the Mist, 1900-1919, by #EvelynDeMorgan (British, 1855-1919), who died #otd, May 2. Held by the @demorganfoundation.bsky.social, www.demorgan.org.uk/collection/d...
#womenartists #artherstory
#womenartists #artherstory
May 2, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Daughters of the Mist, 1900-1919, by #EvelynDeMorgan (British, 1855-1919), who died #otd, May 2. Held by the @demorganfoundation.bsky.social, www.demorgan.org.uk/collection/d...
#womenartists #artherstory
#womenartists #artherstory
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The Tea, about 1880, by #MaryCassatt (American, 1844-1926). On view at @mfaboston.bsky.social in Gallery 226, collections.mfa.org/objects/32829 #NationalTeaDay #womenartists #artherstory
April 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The Tea, about 1880, by #MaryCassatt (American, 1844-1926). On view at @mfaboston.bsky.social in Gallery 226, collections.mfa.org/objects/32829 #NationalTeaDay #womenartists #artherstory
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#TheVictorianBookoftheDead Beautiful ambrotype of a young woman in mourning, 1860s.
eBay listing
eBay listing
March 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
#TheVictorianBookoftheDead Beautiful ambrotype of a young woman in mourning, 1860s.
eBay listing
eBay listing
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Female and non-binary writers are driving a vibrant new sub-genre featuring strange, unhinged underdogs, says Chloe Johnson 👇 #BookSky
Goodbye cosy, hello weird
www.thebookseller.com
March 22, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Female and non-binary writers are driving a vibrant new sub-genre featuring strange, unhinged underdogs, says Chloe Johnson 👇 #BookSky
Just found out my poetry has been stolen by Meta to train its AI. I’m a nobody in the writing world, my career as a poet & author is only just beginning & already my work has fallen victim to Meta (like so many others!)
I’d love to know what @ukparliament.parliament.uk is planning to do about this
I’d love to know what @ukparliament.parliament.uk is planning to do about this
We are disappointed but not surprised that Meta has used millions of pirated books to develop its AI systems.
As a matter of urgency, Meta needs to compensate the rightsholders of all the works it has been exploiting.
But what can authors do? Read here:
societyofauthors.org/2025/03/21/t...
As a matter of urgency, Meta needs to compensate the rightsholders of all the works it has been exploiting.
But what can authors do? Read here:
societyofauthors.org/2025/03/21/t...
March 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Just found out my poetry has been stolen by Meta to train its AI. I’m a nobody in the writing world, my career as a poet & author is only just beginning & already my work has fallen victim to Meta (like so many others!)
I’d love to know what @ukparliament.parliament.uk is planning to do about this
I’d love to know what @ukparliament.parliament.uk is planning to do about this
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Happy (Spring) Equinox! 💚🌱💮🐰🥚
March 20, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Happy (Spring) Equinox! 💚🌱💮🐰🥚
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He died doing what he loved. Nothing.
March 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
He died doing what he loved. Nothing.
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March 7, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Illustrated manuscript (the first ‘little book’) by Charlotte Brontë, c.1828 (when she was aged 11-12), the author who later went on to write 'Jayne Eyre' #womensart
March 4, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Illustrated manuscript (the first ‘little book’) by Charlotte Brontë, c.1828 (when she was aged 11-12), the author who later went on to write 'Jayne Eyre' #womensart
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It's #PancakeDay! 🥞
In some parts of Wales, it was believed that if pancakes were not made and tossed on this day, there would be little prosperity during the ensuing year.
#ShroveTuesday #Wales #History
In some parts of Wales, it was believed that if pancakes were not made and tossed on this day, there would be little prosperity during the ensuing year.
#ShroveTuesday #Wales #History
March 4, 2025 at 8:46 AM
It's #PancakeDay! 🥞
In some parts of Wales, it was believed that if pancakes were not made and tossed on this day, there would be little prosperity during the ensuing year.
#ShroveTuesday #Wales #History
In some parts of Wales, it was believed that if pancakes were not made and tossed on this day, there would be little prosperity during the ensuing year.
#ShroveTuesday #Wales #History
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The Moon's My Constant Mistress — Norman Lindsay, 1918
February 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The Moon's My Constant Mistress — Norman Lindsay, 1918
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Adam Ant, during the filming of the Stand & Deliver video, Hatfield House, Hertfordshire, Spring 1981, by Allan Ballard.
February 13, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Adam Ant, during the filming of the Stand & Deliver video, Hatfield House, Hertfordshire, Spring 1981, by Allan Ballard.