@blackartz.bsky.social
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If you’re feeling a bit sad it might help a little to know that this painting exists. It’s called Dynamism of a dog on a leash, by Giacomo Galla, 1912:
November 16, 2025 at 9:48 AM
If you’re feeling a bit sad it might help a little to know that this painting exists. It’s called Dynamism of a dog on a leash, by Giacomo Galla, 1912:
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Art of the day
Joseph Cornell (1903-1973): Untitled (Pinturicchio Boy)/Medici Slot Machine-Series (1943).
Joseph Cornell (1903-1973): Untitled (Pinturicchio Boy)/Medici Slot Machine-Series (1943).
November 15, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Art of the day
Joseph Cornell (1903-1973): Untitled (Pinturicchio Boy)/Medici Slot Machine-Series (1943).
Joseph Cornell (1903-1973): Untitled (Pinturicchio Boy)/Medici Slot Machine-Series (1943).
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Fascinating world of ancient #glass ! A small-scale but colourful mosaic glass inlay depicting an Ibis. This inlay, originating from a workshop in Roman-era Egypt, was discovered in Tawern, near Trier, Germany.
The ibis was considered a sacred animal of Thoth, the Egyptian deity...🧵1/2
📷 me
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The ibis was considered a sacred animal of Thoth, the Egyptian deity...🧵1/2
📷 me
🏺
November 15, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Fascinating world of ancient #glass ! A small-scale but colourful mosaic glass inlay depicting an Ibis. This inlay, originating from a workshop in Roman-era Egypt, was discovered in Tawern, near Trier, Germany.
The ibis was considered a sacred animal of Thoth, the Egyptian deity...🧵1/2
📷 me
🏺
The ibis was considered a sacred animal of Thoth, the Egyptian deity...🧵1/2
📷 me
🏺
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Vaccines save lives.
“… the promise of nasal vaccines is that they could induce mucosal immunity along with a systemic immune response.”
“… the promise of nasal vaccines is that they could induce mucosal immunity along with a systemic immune response.”
Will nasal vaccines consign injections to history?
Nasal vaccines could offer protection against airborne pathogens at their point of entry into the body.
www.nature.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Vaccines save lives.
“… the promise of nasal vaccines is that they could induce mucosal immunity along with a systemic immune response.”
“… the promise of nasal vaccines is that they could induce mucosal immunity along with a systemic immune response.”
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‘The Piper at the Gates of Dawn’ is not just a title of a famous album, it was originally a wonderful - if disconcerting - chapter in The Wind in the Willows.
And now Westminster Abbey are banning illustrations from beloved children’s books…
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
And now Westminster Abbey are banning illustrations from beloved children’s books…
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Demonic’ Wind in the Willows jumper banned from Westminster Abbey
Woman told to remove or cover up garment featuring 1908 illustration of Pan lest it offend worshippers
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:41 AM
‘The Piper at the Gates of Dawn’ is not just a title of a famous album, it was originally a wonderful - if disconcerting - chapter in The Wind in the Willows.
And now Westminster Abbey are banning illustrations from beloved children’s books…
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
And now Westminster Abbey are banning illustrations from beloved children’s books…
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Sorry for anyone losing their job at Amazon, but am heartened by this
"We underestimated the power of existing user habits"
It doesn't matter how much money you have or how big a brand you are if customers don't want what you're selling
Amazing lesson in doing your research first
"We underestimated the power of existing user habits"
It doesn't matter how much money you have or how big a brand you are if customers don't want what you're selling
Amazing lesson in doing your research first
I legitimately didn't know they were competing with Steam and it's crazy to me that they burnt so much money on what sounds like something with very little (or wildly misguided) market research.
October 29, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Sorry for anyone losing their job at Amazon, but am heartened by this
"We underestimated the power of existing user habits"
It doesn't matter how much money you have or how big a brand you are if customers don't want what you're selling
Amazing lesson in doing your research first
"We underestimated the power of existing user habits"
It doesn't matter how much money you have or how big a brand you are if customers don't want what you're selling
Amazing lesson in doing your research first
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New YouGov polling. That’s a peak for the Greens. Amazing how a good communicator with vision can turn around a party’s fortunes.
RFM: 27% (+1)
LAB: 17% (-3)
CON: 17% (=)
GRN: 16% (+1)
LDM: 15% (=)
Also Labour’s lowest in a YouGov poll.
RFM: 27% (+1)
LAB: 17% (-3)
CON: 17% (=)
GRN: 16% (+1)
LDM: 15% (=)
Also Labour’s lowest in a YouGov poll.
October 28, 2025 at 9:18 AM
New YouGov polling. That’s a peak for the Greens. Amazing how a good communicator with vision can turn around a party’s fortunes.
RFM: 27% (+1)
LAB: 17% (-3)
CON: 17% (=)
GRN: 16% (+1)
LDM: 15% (=)
Also Labour’s lowest in a YouGov poll.
RFM: 27% (+1)
LAB: 17% (-3)
CON: 17% (=)
GRN: 16% (+1)
LDM: 15% (=)
Also Labour’s lowest in a YouGov poll.
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I have a very bad feeling about this...
October 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I have a very bad feeling about this...
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Caerphilly result, from a progressive rather than partisan point of view, is great. 1. The more people wake up to the power of turning out/voting tactically the better; 2. Given Lab still has four years in gov't with a big majority, the more it is terrorised away from regressive policies the better.
October 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Caerphilly result, from a progressive rather than partisan point of view, is great. 1. The more people wake up to the power of turning out/voting tactically the better; 2. Given Lab still has four years in gov't with a big majority, the more it is terrorised away from regressive policies the better.
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"Amazing result for Plaid Cymru, so here's a guest from Reform anyway..."
October 24, 2025 at 7:55 AM
"Amazing result for Plaid Cymru, so here's a guest from Reform anyway..."
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🚨 BREAKING 🚨
📈 Since the election of our new leadership team, our membership has doubled, now sitting at more than 140,000.
And this is just the beginning: join.greenparty.org.uk
📈 Since the election of our new leadership team, our membership has doubled, now sitting at more than 140,000.
And this is just the beginning: join.greenparty.org.uk
October 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Nobody adds a ballroom to a house they plan on leaving.
October 20, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Nobody adds a ballroom to a house they plan on leaving.
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The people who build their heaven on your land are telling you that yours is in the sky. - Nina Simone
Pic of the day
#photography
Pic of the day
#photography
October 19, 2025 at 11:32 PM
The people who build their heaven on your land are telling you that yours is in the sky. - Nina Simone
Pic of the day
#photography
Pic of the day
#photography
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Truly bonkers new (not AI) mixing tool from Tim Exile. I've been using his algorithmic music creation tool a bunch and this looks just as neato.
Mixing is a skill and it pays to learn how to do it yourself, but it can also be useful to hear how your music sounds mixed in different ways.
Mixing is a skill and it pays to learn how to do it yourself, but it can also be useful to hear how your music sounds mixed in different ways.
Finalist is a new way to mix your music with simple controls. It can be as straight forward as picking a preset, with lots of ways to tweak it as well. Also, you own it. Infinite mixes, no subscriptions, no credits.
go.timexile.com/48us60k
go.timexile.com/48us60k
October 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Truly bonkers new (not AI) mixing tool from Tim Exile. I've been using his algorithmic music creation tool a bunch and this looks just as neato.
Mixing is a skill and it pays to learn how to do it yourself, but it can also be useful to hear how your music sounds mixed in different ways.
Mixing is a skill and it pays to learn how to do it yourself, but it can also be useful to hear how your music sounds mixed in different ways.
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whoever did this little bit of magnificence, take a bow
October 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
whoever did this little bit of magnificence, take a bow
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"Our Young Greens, sparkling with brilliance and bravery, showed that another way was possible." - @rachelmillward.bsky.social
October 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
"Our Young Greens, sparkling with brilliance and bravery, showed that another way was possible." - @rachelmillward.bsky.social
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"But you can't make people listen. They have to come round in their own time, wondering what happened and why the world blew up under them."
Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
September 29, 2025 at 7:37 AM
"But you can't make people listen. They have to come round in their own time, wondering what happened and why the world blew up under them."
Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
Woodland Dor #Beetle (Anoplotrupes stercorosus) momentarily balanced on a piece of Pine bark. Yes, that's a small stone Stuck between my other fingers. #LittleThings
September 23, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Woodland Dor #Beetle (Anoplotrupes stercorosus) momentarily balanced on a piece of Pine bark. Yes, that's a small stone Stuck between my other fingers. #LittleThings
Solitary Parasol #mushroom on Yartelton Hill - taken in yesterday's #AutumEquinox
September 23, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Solitary Parasol #mushroom on Yartelton Hill - taken in yesterday's #AutumEquinox
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it's Bilbo and Frodo's birthday and i just got done rereading LOTR for the hundredth time or whatever. here's the moment that stuck with me the most time time (from Faramir's ambush of the Haradrim in Two Towers)
September 22, 2025 at 10:43 AM
it's Bilbo and Frodo's birthday and i just got done rereading LOTR for the hundredth time or whatever. here's the moment that stuck with me the most time time (from Faramir's ambush of the Haradrim in Two Towers)
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Instead of trying to "cure" autism perhaps America should simply get rid of a President who watched Rain Man and thought Dustin Hoffman was the bad guy.
September 23, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Instead of trying to "cure" autism perhaps America should simply get rid of a President who watched Rain Man and thought Dustin Hoffman was the bad guy.
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Sometimes it's nice to remember that even Marcus Aurelius was like "you don't have to comment on everything bro"
September 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Sometimes it's nice to remember that even Marcus Aurelius was like "you don't have to comment on everything bro"