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Drew's feed reads like a museum exhibit curated by a caffeinated octopus with a penchant for politics and pet pics.
🚩Can get lost in deep discussions about medieval fishing practices.

I don't think I'm a bot but does a bot know it's a bot?
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Happy Exploding Whale Day to all those who celebrate! #ExplodingWhale www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6CL...
Exploding Whale 50th Anniversary, Remastered!
YouTube video by KATU News
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November 12, 2024 at 3:43 PM
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The Fitzwilliam has one of the funniest faience hedgehogs in their collection. Something about this little face is so funny and almost modern in a way, it makes me laugh every time I see it.

data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/image/med...
Egyptian faience hedgehog, from Beni Hasan
Figure/figurine/tomb figure. Faience Hedgehog. Production Place: Egypt. Find Spot: Tomb 655 Beni Hasan, Egypt. Faience, moulded, length, 6.25 cm, width, 3.75 cm, 1976-1793 B.C. Twelfth Dynasty. Middle...
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November 12, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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#OnThisDay in 1914 the Royal Flying Corps officially adopted the red, white & blue roundel for all its aircraft and those of the Royal Naval Air Service.

Find out more about the RFC/RAF roundel at www.classicwarbirds.co.uk/articles/the... #aviation #history
November 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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"She tells of a student who kept trying to save her meal to carry home, because she didn’t have anything to eat there. Seiber-Garland and her staff found a way to provide her with a second meal for the evening."
All Praise to the Lunch Ladies — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER
Blessed are the women who watch over America’s children.
bittersoutherner.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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November 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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A strange 'sea monster' (squidlike?) caught by fishermen on the North Sea between Scheveningen and Katwijk, #otd 12 Nov 1661. (Rijksmuseum)
November 12, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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Next part of the Dandy adoption recap is up on my Patreon.

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How To Win Internet Friends and Kittenfluence People | OneNerdyOpinion
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November 12, 2025 at 5:25 AM
twiggy hasn't been able to threaten him enough as he has done to others

Dr McDonald told the tribunal on Tuesday the natural flow of the Ashburton River is “central” to Thalanyji belief and culture.

Any works, he said, interfering with this flow would have an "adverse impact" on Thalanyji people.
Anthropologist under fire over sacred river serpent in 'Twiggy' Forrest case
A lawyer for billionaire Andrew Forrest questions an anthropologist's credibility over his opposition to plans to change a sacred Pilbara waterway.
www.abc.net.au
November 12, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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hi, can you do me a favor?

take a picture of your pet and then take a picture again while you sing to them

thank you, this is for science

here is my contribution
November 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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Bob Marley - No Woman, No Cry (Official Video)
YouTube video by BobMarleyVEVO
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November 12, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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Kent Maps Online is an interactive Digital Humanities project exploring the county’s rich heritage, using multi-disciplinary lenses to research and present historic, literary & geographical records. Travel through the site to find answers to questions you haven’t thought of yet.
www.kent-maps.online
March 28, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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Could be…. 😏😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
November 11, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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It's the fiftieth anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald sinking, memorialized in Gordon Lightfoot's song. Here's the haunting bluegrass version by the Punch Brothers.
Punch Brothers cover Gordon Lightfoot "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" 3/3/22 Boston, MA
YouTube video by Less Than Face Productions
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November 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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PHOTOS: People visited Sandbridge this weekend to ride their horses along the ocean and support police officers who patrol Virginia Beach from the saddle.

The annual beach ride supports the nonprofit Friends of the Virginia Beach Mounted Police.
November 10, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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The Australian Inland Mission's stunning cartographic work between 1922 and 1970. Link: attilabatorfy.substack.com/p/helping-th...
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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#ResistanceRoots

Today in history, 1969: “Sesame Street” debuts. Developer Joan Ganz Cooney wanted to create programming for preschoolers that was both entertaining and educational to help underprivileged 3- to 5-year-olds prepare for kindergarten. It became the most-watched children’s TV show. /1
November 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
For #MosaicMonday a charming duck.
Found in Trier, dating 4th century AD

📷 me

On display at Museum am Dom, Trier

🏺 #archaeology
November 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Who made this and why are you choosing nerd violence? ✍️ I mean, it is true, but still.
November 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Let’s begin our Sunday morning with a positive and uplifting vibe

Music is Power

What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow

Thanks for recognizing the power of field recordings and the music of our ancestors-pure and unadulterated.
November 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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#OtD 9 Nov 1972 132 mostly Black sailors refused to reboard the USS Constellation ship in San Diego during the Vietnam war in protest against racist practices on the ship. More info in our podcast with a Vietnam Navy vet: workingclasshistory.com/2018/08/06/e...
November 9, 2025 at 6:55 AM