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~ Hannah Arendt ~
Hoping for a better world for us all...🍀 Vera ☮️
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"Once again...welcome to my house. Come freely. Go safely; and leave something of the happiness you bring."
Bram Stoker,
Irish author, (1847~1912)
Bram Stoker,
Irish author, (1847~1912)
"With every drop of water you drink, every breath you take, you're connected to the sea. No matter where on Earth you live. Most of the oxygen in the atmosphere is generated by the sea."
~ Sylvia A. Earle ~
American marine biologist and oceanographer. 🌊💙
~ Sylvia A. Earle ~
American marine biologist and oceanographer. 🌊💙
November 27, 2025 at 1:02 AM
"With every drop of water you drink, every breath you take, you're connected to the sea. No matter where on Earth you live. Most of the oxygen in the atmosphere is generated by the sea."
~ Sylvia A. Earle ~
American marine biologist and oceanographer. 🌊💙
~ Sylvia A. Earle ~
American marine biologist and oceanographer. 🌊💙
'A Grief Observed' (1961) by C.S. Lewis, is a sensitive insight into his personal experience, as he comes to terms with his own grief, after the death of his wife
Joy Davidman. 📚💙
Joy Davidman. 📚💙
November 26, 2025 at 7:52 PM
'A Grief Observed' (1961) by C.S. Lewis, is a sensitive insight into his personal experience, as he comes to terms with his own grief, after the death of his wife
Joy Davidman. 📚💙
Joy Davidman. 📚💙
"Let's go up to my apartment. It's only a few ruins away from here."
Erika von Schlütow (Marlene Dietrich)
'A Foreign Affair' (1948), Directed by Billy Wilder. 🎬
Erika von Schlütow (Marlene Dietrich)
'A Foreign Affair' (1948), Directed by Billy Wilder. 🎬
November 26, 2025 at 6:29 PM
"Let's go up to my apartment. It's only a few ruins away from here."
Erika von Schlütow (Marlene Dietrich)
'A Foreign Affair' (1948), Directed by Billy Wilder. 🎬
Erika von Schlütow (Marlene Dietrich)
'A Foreign Affair' (1948), Directed by Billy Wilder. 🎬
“If we can create
portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the times.”
August Sander
German Photographer, (1876–1964)
portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the times.”
August Sander
German Photographer, (1876–1964)
November 26, 2025 at 6:31 AM
“If we can create
portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the times.”
August Sander
German Photographer, (1876–1964)
portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the times.”
August Sander
German Photographer, (1876–1964)
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‘Infectious & mesmerising’… #AgentZo heads @wsj.com #WallStreetJpurnal’s list of 2025’s best books to buy for the Christmas hols!
November 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
‘Infectious & mesmerising’… #AgentZo heads @wsj.com #WallStreetJpurnal’s list of 2025’s best books to buy for the Christmas hols!
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November 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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To laugh is to live profoundly.
Milan Kundera, The Book of Laughter and Forgetting (1979)
Milan Kundera, The Book of Laughter and Forgetting (1979)
November 19, 2025 at 7:45 PM
To laugh is to live profoundly.
Milan Kundera, The Book of Laughter and Forgetting (1979)
Milan Kundera, The Book of Laughter and Forgetting (1979)
I've just watched this film, it has a melancholic quality, it encapsulates an era, as we see the world catapulted towards progress. Joel Edgerton gives a wonderful performance, and is supported by a strong cast and an intelligently written script. 🎬
www.esquire.com/entertainmen...
www.esquire.com/entertainmen...
Every Man Needs To See 'Train Dreams'
The new Netflix movie, which stars Joel Edgerton and Felicity Jones, isn't just one of the year's best. It's critical viewing.
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November 24, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I've just watched this film, it has a melancholic quality, it encapsulates an era, as we see the world catapulted towards progress. Joel Edgerton gives a wonderful performance, and is supported by a strong cast and an intelligently written script. 🎬
www.esquire.com/entertainmen...
www.esquire.com/entertainmen...
#NoirvemberChallenge
'The Night of the Hunter' (1955). Noir thriller. Starring Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters & Lillian Gish. directed and co-written by Charles Laughton.
Scary & Powerful Poster...🎬
#Noirvember
#Filmnoir
'The Night of the Hunter' (1955). Noir thriller. Starring Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters & Lillian Gish. directed and co-written by Charles Laughton.
Scary & Powerful Poster...🎬
#Noirvember
#Filmnoir
November 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
#NoirvemberChallenge
'The Night of the Hunter' (1955). Noir thriller. Starring Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters & Lillian Gish. directed and co-written by Charles Laughton.
Scary & Powerful Poster...🎬
#Noirvember
#Filmnoir
'The Night of the Hunter' (1955). Noir thriller. Starring Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters & Lillian Gish. directed and co-written by Charles Laughton.
Scary & Powerful Poster...🎬
#Noirvember
#Filmnoir
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November 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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📯📯Spectacular News!! 📯📯
The Polish Foreign Ministry has awarded AGENT ZO first prize in their prestigious awards for best history book over the last 2 years!
🇵🇱🇬🇧📘📗📙📕📖📚📚
I am absolutely thrilled to have helped bring Zo’s dramatic story out of the shadows!
The Polish Foreign Ministry has awarded AGENT ZO first prize in their prestigious awards for best history book over the last 2 years!
🇵🇱🇬🇧📘📗📙📕📖📚📚
I am absolutely thrilled to have helped bring Zo’s dramatic story out of the shadows!
November 23, 2025 at 7:23 PM
📯📯Spectacular News!! 📯📯
The Polish Foreign Ministry has awarded AGENT ZO first prize in their prestigious awards for best history book over the last 2 years!
🇵🇱🇬🇧📘📗📙📕📖📚📚
I am absolutely thrilled to have helped bring Zo’s dramatic story out of the shadows!
The Polish Foreign Ministry has awarded AGENT ZO first prize in their prestigious awards for best history book over the last 2 years!
🇵🇱🇬🇧📘📗📙📕📖📚📚
I am absolutely thrilled to have helped bring Zo’s dramatic story out of the shadows!
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"Some day the earth will weep, she will beg for her life, she will cry with tears of blood. You will make a choice, if you will help her or let her die, and when she dies, you too will die."
John Hollow Horn, Oglala Lakota, (1932).
John Hollow Horn, Oglala Lakota, (1932).
At some point you just concede defeat and ease our species into a hospice where our demise is made as comfortable as possible given the prognosis.
November 23, 2025 at 9:45 PM
"Some day the earth will weep, she will beg for her life, she will cry with tears of blood. You will make a choice, if you will help her or let her die, and when she dies, you too will die."
John Hollow Horn, Oglala Lakota, (1932).
John Hollow Horn, Oglala Lakota, (1932).
Mr. Jones (2019 film)
Directed by Agnieszka Holland.
It is based on the true story of Welsh Journalist Gareth Jones played by James Norton, who uncovers the truth of the devastating 'Holodomor' (Famine), which occurred between (1932~1933); millions of people died in the Ukrainian SSR. 🕯️
Directed by Agnieszka Holland.
It is based on the true story of Welsh Journalist Gareth Jones played by James Norton, who uncovers the truth of the devastating 'Holodomor' (Famine), which occurred between (1932~1933); millions of people died in the Ukrainian SSR. 🕯️
November 22, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Mr. Jones (2019 film)
Directed by Agnieszka Holland.
It is based on the true story of Welsh Journalist Gareth Jones played by James Norton, who uncovers the truth of the devastating 'Holodomor' (Famine), which occurred between (1932~1933); millions of people died in the Ukrainian SSR. 🕯️
Directed by Agnieszka Holland.
It is based on the true story of Welsh Journalist Gareth Jones played by James Norton, who uncovers the truth of the devastating 'Holodomor' (Famine), which occurred between (1932~1933); millions of people died in the Ukrainian SSR. 🕯️
"All you bottom-feeders, water and steam is the perfect meal for you, and I hope you never eat a better feast than this for the rest of your lives. I, who endured all your flattery, wash myself of it and return to you your wickedness."
Timon of Athens,
Act 3 Scene 6.
#ShakespeareSunday
Timon of Athens,
Act 3 Scene 6.
#ShakespeareSunday
November 22, 2025 at 10:36 PM
"All you bottom-feeders, water and steam is the perfect meal for you, and I hope you never eat a better feast than this for the rest of your lives. I, who endured all your flattery, wash myself of it and return to you your wickedness."
Timon of Athens,
Act 3 Scene 6.
#ShakespeareSunday
Timon of Athens,
Act 3 Scene 6.
#ShakespeareSunday
Me as your bsky therapist...
November 22, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Me as your bsky therapist...
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle...
November 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle...
“The ragpicker fascinated his epoch. the eyes of the first investigators of pauperism were fixed on him with the mute question as to where the limit of human misery lay."
In his book ‘Des classes dangereuses de la population’… FROM WALTER BENJAMIN’S ‘THE PARIS OF THE SECOND EMPIRE IN BAUDELAIRE’
In his book ‘Des classes dangereuses de la population’… FROM WALTER BENJAMIN’S ‘THE PARIS OF THE SECOND EMPIRE IN BAUDELAIRE’
November 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
“The ragpicker fascinated his epoch. the eyes of the first investigators of pauperism were fixed on him with the mute question as to where the limit of human misery lay."
In his book ‘Des classes dangereuses de la population’… FROM WALTER BENJAMIN’S ‘THE PARIS OF THE SECOND EMPIRE IN BAUDELAIRE’
In his book ‘Des classes dangereuses de la population’… FROM WALTER BENJAMIN’S ‘THE PARIS OF THE SECOND EMPIRE IN BAUDELAIRE’
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“What a culture we live in, we are swimming in an ocean of information, and drowning in ignorance.”
― Richard Paul Evans
― Richard Paul Evans
November 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
“What a culture we live in, we are swimming in an ocean of information, and drowning in ignorance.”
― Richard Paul Evans
― Richard Paul Evans
Serendipity...📚
It was only after a TV producer – who coincidentally was looking for a new female detective to fill a Sunday night slot – discovered a copy of one of her Vera Stanhope novels in a charity shop, that her career took off.
@anncleeves.bsky.social
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562937...
It was only after a TV producer – who coincidentally was looking for a new female detective to fill a Sunday night slot – discovered a copy of one of her Vera Stanhope novels in a charity shop, that her career took off.
@anncleeves.bsky.social
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562937...
Shetland creator Ann Cleeves: I’ve brought back a more mellow Jimmy Perez
We may be seeing Ashley Jensen and Alison O’Donnell on our screens in the 10th season of BBC1’s Shetland – but author Ann Cleeves has not…
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November 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Serendipity...📚
It was only after a TV producer – who coincidentally was looking for a new female detective to fill a Sunday night slot – discovered a copy of one of her Vera Stanhope novels in a charity shop, that her career took off.
@anncleeves.bsky.social
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562937...
It was only after a TV producer – who coincidentally was looking for a new female detective to fill a Sunday night slot – discovered a copy of one of her Vera Stanhope novels in a charity shop, that her career took off.
@anncleeves.bsky.social
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562937...
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I appeared on the Philosopher’s Zone for ABC National Radio (Australia) to discuss my new book.
Love, compassion and gloom: the contradictions of Arthur Schopenhauer - ABC listen
It's been said that the work of the 19th century German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer should come with a health warning, so stark and pessimistic was his outlook on life. And the man was no less con...
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November 20, 2025 at 8:57 AM
I appeared on the Philosopher’s Zone for ABC National Radio (Australia) to discuss my new book.
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"Mars is obviously a dead planet because there’s nothing in the atmosphere which hasn’t been there for millions of years."
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The Environment
The British author, journalist and environmental activist talks to us about climate change. Warns that mankind has become a global catastrophe and discusses books that reveal our impact on the planet
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November 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"Mars is obviously a dead planet because there’s nothing in the atmosphere which hasn’t been there for millions of years."
fivebooks.com/best-books/m...
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some beautiful writing
November 20, 2025 at 3:58 AM
some beautiful writing