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I read a lot, and I reread a lot. It's good!
My wide profile picture is Bernie Sanders with Totoro and the girls, by ‪Kevin Sukho Lee! kevinsukholee.bsky.social
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Nice retro-radio at the local shop!
Small multi retro radios, one out sitting on top of another still in the box. Top of multi retro radio box detailing it has FM/AM/SW radio; flashlight; hand crank, solar panel, USB charger; mp3 player, whistle, is an alarm clock.
January 31, 2026 at 7:12 AM
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I love these things!
etheringtonbros.bsky.social Etherington Brothers @etheringtonbros.bsky.social · 3d
Our feature artist/tutorial today is this RIDICULOUSLY USEFUL set of HEELS reference by @GRIZandNORM!#HeelsOfTheDay #gamedev #animationdev #CHARACTERDESIGN #characters #heels
January 30, 2026 at 11:27 AM
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I am a big fan of BCN!
breakingcatnews.bsky.social Breaking Cat News @breakingcatnews.bsky.social · 5d
Watch me be a total dork about my latest book for two minutes! 😂🩷

“It’s Showtime, Sophie!” is the ninth Breaking Cat News book! This one goes out to all the ✨wrestling nerds and theater kids✨!
January 29, 2026 at 2:35 AM
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Lovely art!
nenazhivina.com Olga Nenazhivina Art 👩‍🎨 @nenazhivina.com · 5d
New addition to the Red Bloom collection ✍️

#art #ink #drawing
January 29, 2026 at 2:28 AM
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This is adorable, as it says!
January 23, 2026 at 12:46 PM
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I am delighted to find on Hoopla the glorious The Amazing Maurice! terrypratchett.com/film-tv/the-...
The Amazing Maurice | Terry Pratchett
This animated family film is based on the wildly popular Discworld ® novels and will star Hugh Laurie (Avenue 5) as Maurice, Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) as Malicia, David Thewlis (Wonder Woman) as...
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January 11, 2026 at 10:07 AM
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When I went to hoopladigital, I found a new movie there. A misnomer, for it is an older movie, from 1999, with James Earl Jones. www.npr.org/2025/02/14/n...
This long-buried 1999 film offers a new chance to see James Earl Jones
There are many reasons to seek out Charles Burnett's long-buried 1999 film, but perhaps primary among them: The rare chance to see Lynn Redgrave, Margot Kidder and James Earl Jones share the screen.
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January 10, 2026 at 5:25 AM
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🤍&🖤
January 9, 2026 at 8:24 AM
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大人になったらイケメンになれるかな？
（この子たちはネザーなので大人になっても小さいままだよ…）
January 9, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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Italian mathematician Maria Gaetana Agnesi died #OTD in 1799.

She wrote the first book discussing both differential & integral calculus and was the first woman appointed as a mathematics professor at a university (University of Bologna). #WomenInSTEM #mathematics
Black-and-white historical engraving portrait of Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718–1799), the pioneering Italian mathematician and philosopher. She is depicted in bust view facing forward, with elaborately curled 18th-century hair styled high on her head and a long braid over one shoulder. She wears a formal gown with a wide fur-trimmed collar and puffed sleeves, conveying elegance and intellectual dignity against a soft, shaded background. Title page of Volume I of "Instituzioni analitiche ad uso della gioventù italiana" by D.na Maria Gaetana Agnesi, published in Milan in 1748. The ornate text in Italian announces the work by the Milanese member of the Academy of Sciences of the Institute of Bologna. Below the title is an engraved illustration of a classical architectural structure, possibly a temple or tower, flanked by trees in a landscape setting, with publication details at the bottom: "IN MILANO, MDCCXLVIII. NELLA REGIA-DUCAL CORTE. CON LICENZA DE' SUPERIORI."
January 9, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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TODAY'S COMIC: You Not There
PANEL 1: OSO, a fawn pug, stands at a window with his paws on the glass, facing away from the viewer. NARRATION: I look out window. Stare and stare. To look for you. But you not there. PANEL 2: From outside the house, looking in the window, we see OSO looking outside, with on ear up. NARRATION: Did that car stop? My ears go fast. No, that not you. …That hope go past. PANEL 3: From behind OSO’s head, we see a man walking down a sidewalk. Green grass and bushes in front of a fence, with a bird on it. NARRATION: I see a peoples! They not you. And then a bird. (It not you, too.) PANEL 4: The front door has opened and GRAMP, seen from chest down, walks in with a grocery bag in one hand, with other hand giving a thumbs up. OSO prances next to him, gleefully looking up at GRAMP. A heart and excited lines emanate from his head. NARRATION: But then you home! Oh joyous joy! I WAS SO BRAVE. The goodest boi. ——— Want 5,000 more comics like this? Join us at Patreon.com/sheldoncomics for the *FULL* Sheldon archives, art giveaways, fun community, and more! Sheldon Comics copyright Dave Kellett. Colors by Beth Reidmiller
January 9, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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For my regularly scheduled (so to speak) sharing of Elizabeth Gracen's lovely Flapper Press newsletter! flapperpress.com/so/acPk09yl_
This Week @ Flapper Press Useful Words, Inspiring Stories, Eclectic Perspectives
Odilon Redon. The Chariot of Apollo (1905–1916), Oil on canvas, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY
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January 5, 2026 at 4:42 AM
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New #ebook at Project Gutenberg: School-days in 1800; by Lucy Ellen Guernsey https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75733
March 27, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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That is good to see!
matthewcobb.bsky.social Matthew Cobb @matthewcobb.bsky.social · 29d
Hard to imagine anything good coming out of the Bondi beach attack, but there was this earlier today (there were many first responders and a survivor there, too).
Crowd roars in standing ovation for Bondi hero Ahmed al-Ahmed at sold-out Ashes Test in Sydney
Cricketers and fans pay tribute to victims and first responders ahead of play at the SCG
www.theguardian.com
January 4, 2026 at 7:29 AM
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Dollar Tree Dinners is not alone in the world, she has Michael, and he makes delightful rugs! www.nerdgasmatron.com
Nerdgasmatron – A Twisted Take on Your Favorite Cartoons
www.nerdgasmatron.com
January 3, 2026 at 6:42 AM
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This lovely performance from Don't Look Up.
Listen to the qualified scientists.

youtu.be/BnyvDBGojoQ?...
Ariana Grande & Kid Cudi - Just Look Up (Full Performance from ‘Don't Look Up’)
YouTube video by Ariana Grande
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December 30, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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Ah, Flapper Press! Love these. They help!
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This Week @ Flapper Press Useful Words, Inspiring Stories, Eclectic Perspectives
Italian (Umbrian) painter. Hope (ca.1500), Tempera and gold on wood, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY
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December 29, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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💙📚 💡📚 I read a lot, both audiobooks and non. Right now, I'm listening to The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates, edited by Ralph Ketcham, read by Sean Runnette. It's quite something. The delegates were worried about what's finally come to pass. Good book to read.
Cover of Signet Classics edition of The Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates: The Clashes and Compromises That Gave Birth to Our Government. Edited and with an Introduction by Ralph Ketcham. Left side is the flag with the ring of thirteen stars. Right side is black, with the titles in white.
December 28, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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Both statements are valid! My feeling is that del Toro's is about people understanding that he took liberties. Not about them understanding the movie.
haileypiperfights.bsky.social 🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · Dec 28
Guillermo del Toro: "I've taken some liberties in adapting the Mary Shelly novel, I hope everyone understands."

Ishiro Honda: "Frankenstein the deathless will fight a burrowing dinosaur with a glowing horn and radiation breath, signifying mankind will never understand the monsters we create."
Frankenstein or Frankenstein's monster or the creature, whichever pleases you, standing taller than trees as he fights Baragon, a Godzilla sized monster with big ears and a large horn on its snout and ridges running down its back in the 1965 movie Frankenstein Conquers the World
December 28, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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Indeed! Lovely!
toye0621.bsky.social Toy(e) @toye0621.bsky.social · Dec 25
きっかけがなんであれ、新しくブルースカイに来た人達を歓迎します。
ウェルカムキャットをどうぞ。一人一匹までね
December 27, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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I love Leonard Cohen, and this song, The Captain, touches a chord.
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Leonard Cohen - The Captain (Official Audio)
YouTube video by LeonardCohenVEVO
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December 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Libraries matter. Access matters.

After years of legal battles, the Internet Archive is still here—and still fighting for a world where everyone can read, learn, and remember.

@arstechnica.com tells the story: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Internet Archive’s legal fights are over, but its founder mourns what was lost
“We survived, but it wiped out the library,” Internet Archive’s founder says.
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November 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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A quick reminder during this busy travel season to know your rights as a passenger. Please be kind, be safe, and have a great holiday season!
December 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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@new.gutenberg.org for announcing 73205, eh? Ah, I see. I'm guessing the cover photo was the issue... I've added the book to my to-be-read list!
December 22, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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I love this man's art to an extremely healthy degree. Michael Whelan has a special place in my heart.
michaelwhelan.bsky.social Michael Whelan @michaelwhelan.bsky.social · Dec 20
THE ARCH OF SOLSTICE (2016)
Acrylic - 16” x 26”

For several months, I’d been taking daily walks after sunset, and the moon has been my companion much of the time. One evening a crescent moon hung over the horizon with Venus glowing brilliantly below it. 1/4

www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/we...
Rendered in white, an angelic figure with wings spread reaches up to a point of light in the sky situated beneath a sliver of crescent moon and framed by a natural stone arch. Along the arch—and in the foreground right—evergreen trees are topped with snow.
December 22, 2025 at 4:41 AM