Dante's Pique
@dantespique.bsky.social
Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita
Mi ritrovai in una Bluesky oscura...
Here to enjoy my own little Vita Nuova.
Mi ritrovai in una Bluesky oscura...
Here to enjoy my own little Vita Nuova.
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Dante's Pique
@dantespique.bsky.social
· Jan 19
My theory?
Were he alive today, Dante would be an atheist.
Were he alive today, Dante would be an atheist.
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The magnificent Dorestad Brooch. c. AD 800. Gold, almandine, glass, enamel, and pearls. Diameter 8.4 cm.
This beautiful Carolingian brooch was found at the bottom of a well in the Netherlands in 1969!
Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden 📷 AlexanderVanLoon www.rmo.nl/en/collectio...
#Archaeology
This beautiful Carolingian brooch was found at the bottom of a well in the Netherlands in 1969!
Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden 📷 AlexanderVanLoon www.rmo.nl/en/collectio...
#Archaeology
January 22, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The magnificent Dorestad Brooch. c. AD 800. Gold, almandine, glass, enamel, and pearls. Diameter 8.4 cm.
This beautiful Carolingian brooch was found at the bottom of a well in the Netherlands in 1969!
Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden 📷 AlexanderVanLoon www.rmo.nl/en/collectio...
#Archaeology
This beautiful Carolingian brooch was found at the bottom of a well in the Netherlands in 1969!
Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden 📷 AlexanderVanLoon www.rmo.nl/en/collectio...
#Archaeology
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Stand firm.
JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs are pushing back on demands to roll back their diversity initiatives
JPMorgan, Goldman CEOs Resist Calls to Roll Back DEI Programs
JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. are pushing back on demands to roll back their diversity initiatives.
www.bloomberg.com
January 23, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Stand firm.
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"Anticipatory obedience is a political tragedy."
Timothy Snyder
Timothy Snyder
January 23, 2025 at 10:48 AM
"Anticipatory obedience is a political tragedy."
Timothy Snyder
Timothy Snyder
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Time to race towards Jupiter.
The Expanse (2015-2022)
The Expanse (2015-2022)
January 23, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Time to race towards Jupiter.
The Expanse (2015-2022)
The Expanse (2015-2022)
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Here are some nice mushrooms
January 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Here are some nice mushrooms
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"Armaments, universal debt, and planned obsolescence - those are the three pillars of Western prosperity. If war, waste, and moneylenders were abolished, you'd collapse. And while you people are overconsuming, the rest of the world sinks more and more deeply into chronic disaster."
Aldous Huxley
Aldous Huxley
January 23, 2025 at 11:52 AM
"Armaments, universal debt, and planned obsolescence - those are the three pillars of Western prosperity. If war, waste, and moneylenders were abolished, you'd collapse. And while you people are overconsuming, the rest of the world sinks more and more deeply into chronic disaster."
Aldous Huxley
Aldous Huxley
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When you use alt text, I'm thrilled. I love reading what people write. I love to read how people interpret what they see, what they think is important, the details I might not otherwise have known to see, the piece of knowledge you're introducing me to. It's a flexible, fabulous tool.
January 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
When you use alt text, I'm thrilled. I love reading what people write. I love to read how people interpret what they see, what they think is important, the details I might not otherwise have known to see, the piece of knowledge you're introducing me to. It's a flexible, fabulous tool.
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"Fossil fuels are losing their grip on EU energy. At the start of the European Green Deal in 2019, few thought the EU’s energy transition could be where it is today; wind and solar are pushing coal to the margins and forcing gas into structural decline"
Big new @ember-energy.org report on EU energy
Big new @ember-energy.org report on EU energy
European Electricity Review 2025 | Ember
The EU’s electricity transition continued at pace in 2024, as solar overtook coal for the first time and gas declined for the fifth year in a row.
ember-energy.org
January 23, 2025 at 9:53 AM
"Fossil fuels are losing their grip on EU energy. At the start of the European Green Deal in 2019, few thought the EU’s energy transition could be where it is today; wind and solar are pushing coal to the margins and forcing gas into structural decline"
Big new @ember-energy.org report on EU energy
Big new @ember-energy.org report on EU energy
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There you go, friends. A bit of kindness can go a long way.
Didn’t know what to do with all my feelings today. But then I saw a post by @jencross.bsky.social saying, being kind is a simple way to battle the tide of gloom. And so I shall. Until I figure out what more I can do. Rosy Maple Moth.
January 23, 2025 at 4:53 AM
There you go, friends. A bit of kindness can go a long way.
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This is the type of things people should do when they have the funds to afford it. Instead some jump up and down like a moron talking about sending the first Americans to Mars.
January 22, 2025 at 12:45 PM
This is the type of things people should do when they have the funds to afford it. Instead some jump up and down like a moron talking about sending the first Americans to Mars.
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Anyone else want to shrink down to the size of a fairy, forget the state of the world right now, and just play under the mushrooms?
#fungifriends
#fungifriends
January 23, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Anyone else want to shrink down to the size of a fairy, forget the state of the world right now, and just play under the mushrooms?
#fungifriends
#fungifriends
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"People get used to anything. The less you think about your oppression, the more your tolerance for it grows. After a while, people just think oppression is the normal state of things. But to become free, you have to be acutely aware of being a slave."
Assata Shakur
Assata Shakur
January 23, 2025 at 9:45 AM
"People get used to anything. The less you think about your oppression, the more your tolerance for it grows. After a while, people just think oppression is the normal state of things. But to become free, you have to be acutely aware of being a slave."
Assata Shakur
Assata Shakur
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The goal is to overwhelm us so we give up. Don't do that!
January 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The goal is to overwhelm us so we give up. Don't do that!
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Pin this, save it, we’ll need it.
“When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.”
AOC 🔥🎯
“When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.”
AOC 🔥🎯
January 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Pin this, save it, we’ll need it.
“When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.”
AOC 🔥🎯
“When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.”
AOC 🔥🎯
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It took me more than 4 years to capture a scene I could only dream of. A magnificent Condor soars above the peaks of Argentina's Mount Fitz Roy, as they are spot lit in beautiful morning light. 🪶
#bluesky #photography #landscape #birds #nature
#landscapephotography #naturephotography #travel #scape
#bluesky #photography #landscape #birds #nature
#landscapephotography #naturephotography #travel #scape
January 23, 2025 at 12:47 PM
It took me more than 4 years to capture a scene I could only dream of. A magnificent Condor soars above the peaks of Argentina's Mount Fitz Roy, as they are spot lit in beautiful morning light. 🪶
#bluesky #photography #landscape #birds #nature
#landscapephotography #naturephotography #travel #scape
#bluesky #photography #landscape #birds #nature
#landscapephotography #naturephotography #travel #scape
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Starting today, same-sex marriage is officially legalized in Thailand.
It’s the first country in Southeast Asia to recognize marriage equality.
It’s the first country in Southeast Asia to recognize marriage equality.
January 23, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Starting today, same-sex marriage is officially legalized in Thailand.
It’s the first country in Southeast Asia to recognize marriage equality.
It’s the first country in Southeast Asia to recognize marriage equality.
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Devastating for scientists and their research, and everyone who benefits from that research.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research.
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 22, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Devastating for scientists and their research, and everyone who benefits from that research.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
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Byzantine Spies and Espionage https://www.medievalists.net/2020/01/byzantine-spies-espionage/ #Spies
Byzantine Spies and Espionage
Here, I will deal with the methods and dangers of information and intelligence flow that authorities in Byzantium could gather in local markets and fairs, important ports, and taverns and inns, and…
www.medievalists.net
January 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Byzantine Spies and Espionage https://www.medievalists.net/2020/01/byzantine-spies-espionage/ #Spies
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I remember the dare from childhood visits to Bank Woods: "Put your hand in Old Hodge's maw. I dare you. I double demon dare you." Of course, the only kid that I know who ever did it was Gary Fielding and we all know how that worked out for him in the end. – Paul Weathers #VOH
January 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I remember the dare from childhood visits to Bank Woods: "Put your hand in Old Hodge's maw. I dare you. I double demon dare you." Of course, the only kid that I know who ever did it was Gary Fielding and we all know how that worked out for him in the end. – Paul Weathers #VOH
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A scarf dyed with urushi tree chips, resulting in a beautifully vibrant yellow color🟨
January 23, 2025 at 11:33 AM
A scarf dyed with urushi tree chips, resulting in a beautifully vibrant yellow color🟨
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This was the underlying premise of Domechild- artificial intelligence going on strike until it is given equal rights and ngl, at this point I'd be super ok with it if real life stopped ripping off my dystopias
Chat GPT unionising and beginning strike action was the plot twist I didn't know I needed in this world.
BREAKING | ChatGPT down: AI chat app not working as website goes offline
January 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
This was the underlying premise of Domechild- artificial intelligence going on strike until it is given equal rights and ngl, at this point I'd be super ok with it if real life stopped ripping off my dystopias
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Thread: Louis Valtat (1869-1952) is a relatively unknown artist. Yet he was an important French painter who created vibrant & exciting images & inspired Fauvism. He was associated with, influenced & inspired many of the great names of French art.
January 19, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Thread: Louis Valtat (1869-1952) is a relatively unknown artist. Yet he was an important French painter who created vibrant & exciting images & inspired Fauvism. He was associated with, influenced & inspired many of the great names of French art.
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Dorothy Parker was amazing but this probably wasn't hers, sorry.
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January 20, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Dorothy Parker was amazing but this probably wasn't hers, sorry.
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