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Je voudrais, et ce sera le dernier et le plus ardent de mes souhaits, je voudrais que le dernier des rois fût étranglé avec les boyaux du dernier prêtre.

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LiberalDespot @druidic.org · Nov 20
18 years ago today I took one of my favorite photos. I followed a small path behind a church in Pienza and suddenly : sunset on the slopes of Monte Amiata, from behind the palace of Pius II...

#photography
#Italy
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Wednesday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...
February 10, 2026 at 9:31 PM
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Tuesday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...
February 9, 2026 at 9:07 PM
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Given that the UK state is a rancid and corrupt zombie it's no surprise that repeatedly shoving in a fresh brain never works for long.
February 9, 2026 at 2:19 PM
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This Anas Sarwar?
February 9, 2026 at 1:41 PM
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If you see this, quote with a robot that isn’t from “Star Wars”, “Star Trek”, “Dr Who” or “Transformers”.
February 9, 2026 at 1:22 PM
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Well, hello again #Glasgow Airport.
February 9, 2026 at 10:04 AM
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Oborne's columns on McSweeney are well worth reading with the seasoning of hindsight.
February 9, 2026 at 12:52 AM
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A bit of Glasgow Cathedral (and my first .avif file!).

#Glasgow #Photography
February 8, 2026 at 8:42 PM
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A little bit Greenock before I go to bed...

#Greenock #Photography #Architecture
February 8, 2026 at 2:50 AM
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I wonder how much worse the roof woodwork on Kelvingrove Museum has gotten since this was taken in 2021?

#Glasgow #Photography #Architecture #Decay
February 8, 2026 at 2:30 AM
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Many beached rotting carcasses of industrial whales lie along Scotland St (hmm, that sounds a bit 'State of the Nation').
All could be rescued and turned into really good reclaimed housing.

#Glasgow #Photography #Architecture
February 8, 2026 at 2:21 AM
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Atlas Netted.
Glasgow, March 2021.

#Glasgow #Photography #Architecture
February 8, 2026 at 1:50 AM
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The side of one of Strathclyde University's new glass buildings on Cathedral St. Strange abstract reflections, with glimpses of office furniture. March 2021.

#Glasgow #Photography #Architecture
February 8, 2026 at 1:35 AM
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Animatronic Devil.
Castello Sforza, Milan.
February 8, 2026 at 12:33 AM
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Man in Milan.
Adam, by Stoldo Lorenzi, 1575.
December 2018.

#Photography #statue
February 8, 2026 at 12:16 AM
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St Michael and the Devil.
Bodenham Church, Herefordshire.
May 2008.

#Photography #StainedGlass
February 7, 2026 at 11:48 PM
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Have finally got around to cancelling my TV licence. Apart from an occasional Newsnight (and BBC Alba on New Year's Eve) I realised that simply don't watch live TV any more. Fortunately you don't need a licence for Radio 4.
February 7, 2026 at 7:55 PM
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I immediately read this image as a coffin...
light-n-shade.bsky.social Chiara @light-n-shade.bsky.social · 4d
Look at this absolute delight! A local church holds a Rocking Service where the baby in the Parish born nearest to Christmas Day, is rocked in a decorated cradle at Candlemas. Possibly the last Church in the world to do so - unless you know different? #TinyJoys
A church altar on a blue carpet. In front of the altar is a baby's cradle entirely decorated with yellow and white flowers.
February 7, 2026 at 7:46 PM
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Nice of them to give him a couple of days beforehand to "make the place look presentable" as it were.

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Police search two homes connected to Peter Mandelson over Epstein scandal
Properties in London and Wiltshire targeted by officers investigating alleged leaks to late child sex offender
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:36 PM
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Sometimes you just have to pause and admire because it’s so breathtakingly 19th century
The ornate red brick and wood trim and windows in a corner of the Mark Twain house silhouetted against a gray sky
February 6, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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I think I've met him...
February 4, 2026 at 9:49 PM
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For #ReliefWednesday have this one of Trajan*, accompanied by a youthful Hadrian, receiving the thanks of the merchants.
Cast of relief, Arch of Trajan, Benevento. Museo della Civilta Romana, EUR, Rome.

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#Rome

* the emperor, not @mr-trajan.bsky.social
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Trajan, accompanied by a youthful Hadrian, receives the thanks of the merchants. Cast of relief, Arch of Trajan, Benevento. Museo della Civilta Romana, EUR, Rome.
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February 4, 2026 at 2:03 PM
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I have only just noticed this on people's profiles!

**Starts using it**

#bluesky
February 4, 2026 at 1:50 PM
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The Death of Ferdinand de Saussure

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waiterich.bsky.social Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 6d
Deleted a post about “what’s your least favorite song” because the vibes are bad enough already.

Instead: what’s your favorite song that has a long title, say at least 6 words long?

Mine: “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town” (Pearl Jam)
February 4, 2026 at 1:49 PM
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…over a cover it printed in March 2011 referring to the controversy over the paedophile sex trafficker’s friendship with the then Duke and Duchess of York.

🧵2/5
February 2, 2026 at 8:45 PM