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lostinhistory
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Archaeologist turned museum worker turned library techician. Just a dusty bitch with a cat according to that one guy on twitter.
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tomtomorrow.bsky.social
(throwing open my window) you there, boy, what day is this?
samthielman.com CHOAM shareholder (non-voting) @samthielman.com · 1d
Goodness me, I stayed up late reading and it’s already Partially Muscled Skeleton Screaming by the Perimeter Fence Day. Hope you’ve all been good this year!
A panel from Watchmen no. 4 drawn by Dave Gibbons. Script by Alan Moore.
November 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
lostinhistory.bsky.social
YAAAAAAAAY
alientheory.bsky.social Alien Theory @alientheory.bsky.social · 3d
Alien Earth season 2 is a go
November 12, 2025 at 1:10 AM
lostinhistory.bsky.social
Repost with an iconic fictional band
November 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
lostinhistory.bsky.social
Please please please
alexblackwood.bsky.social Alex Blackwood @alexblackwood.bsky.social · 4d
Can we have a 40th anniversary of Aliens in theaters next year, pretty please?
November 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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metcostume.bsky.social
Evening dress
https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/101003
Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of John R. Hotson, 1946
November 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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oldenoughtosay.com
niche but delicious nightmare scenario just dropped
November 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
lostinhistory.bsky.social
Not now, carnivorous death ball emerging from the deep

www.popularmechanics.com/science/anim...
www.popularmechanics.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
lostinhistory.bsky.social
Finally, some good news
washingtonpost.com The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 7d
Are you an older penguin looking to age with dignity? The New England Aquarium in Boston might be the place for you.

The aquarium has a geriatric island for endangered penguins that have exceeded their life expectancy and need a little extra care. https://wapo.st/3Lobf5N
November 8, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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😮😮😮

"10 gravestones in need of repair at each cemetery are being offered for €4,000 each, on the condition that purchasers restore them & acquire a burial plot beside them"

Paris launches lottery for burial plots among famous artists

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Père-Lachaise: Paris launches lottery for burial plots among Morrison, Wilde and Piaf
Parisians can win burial spots in the world-famous cemeteries of Père-Lachaise, Montparnasse and Montmartre as part of a monument restoration scheme.
www.bbc.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:01 AM
lostinhistory.bsky.social
*Rosalind Franklin has entered the chat*
reuters.com Reuters @reuters.com · 7d
James D. Watson, the brilliant but controversial American biologist whose 1953 discovery of the structure of DNA ushered in the age of genetics and provided the foundation for the biotechnology revolution of the late 20th century, died at age 97 reut.rs/4ou5MZL
November 7, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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😭😭😭
sheldricktrust.bsky.social Sheldrick Wildlife Trust @sheldricktrust.bsky.social · 9d
This brave little black rhino has a heartbreaking story - his mother fatally fell off a cliff, and for two days, the tiny baby gave his rescuers the run round. Now he’s safe at our Nairobi Nursery where he has found the love of a new human family. Discover Tytan’s full rescue story: swt.bio/tytan
November 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
lostinhistory.bsky.social
Looking through marriage records and this is an unfortunate name for someone living in a port city on an island
Annie Drowns
November 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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oddthisday.bsky.social
It’s 6 November, and you know what that means, don’t you? YES, THAT’S RIGHT. It’s the 156th anniversary of the death of Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s pet wombat
Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s pen and ink drawing of himself mourning his wombat, showing a man kneeling over the corpse of a rotund wombat, its toes turned up. They are in front of tomb bearing the date 6th November 1869, and a palm tree
November 6, 2025 at 9:35 AM
lostinhistory.bsky.social
I think I'm spending too much time online because the words, "Bestie, there is no paper jam" just came out of my mouth.
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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opinionhaver.bsky.social
I can’t really defend this on any level, but I think believing in vampires is more reasonable in some place in Canada compared to others. Believing in vampires if you live in Montreal is reasonable. There are no vampires in Calgary.
October 31, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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I long to live in a house old enough to potentially have stuff in its walls

Cauldron hidden in wall to deter evil goes on show

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Cauldron hidden in Leeds house wall to deter evil goes on show
The iron cauldron was found in a house in Chapeltown, Leeds, after residents heard strange noises.
www.bbc.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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#31DaysOfGraves day 31: memento mori

I had a hard time choosing, but finally decided on this cherub hanging out with a skull
A stone statue of a fat little cherub resting its elbow on a skull.
October 31, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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csmfht.bsky.social
Watch out for Ea Nasir this Halloween!
October 31, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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#31DaysOfGraves day 30: colour

A lovely mosaic in Père Lachaise
A colourful mosaic of a youth with flowing red hair. He has a yellow cloth over one shoulder and is surrounded by flowers.
October 31, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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I am not a baseball fan, but I am a fan of blue jays

(#GoJays)

Blue jays are having a great season. Here are some things you might not know about the birds

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Blue jays are having a great season. Here are some things you might not know about the birds | CBC News
Baseball has been creating some wonderful publicity for the blue jays lately — the ones that love eating peanuts and have wings. They’re loud, they wake up with the sunrise, but Karen Gosse of The Roc...
www.cbc.ca
October 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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#31DaysOfGraves day 29: profession

The grave of Geneviève Claisse, abstract artist

Père Lachaise
A grave topped by a metal sculpture. The sculpture is four long triangles whise points meet in the centre. It is a very angular sculpture. An older woman with a blonde bob (with bangs). She is in front of a large black, purple and yellow abstract painting An abstract painting. A black circle overlaps an offset white circle, which is inside a larger purple circle, on a spring green background.
October 29, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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If you were writing a story that included a pandemic, natural disasters, conspiracy theories, war, fascism and a subplot about murder hornets, and then decided to *also* add plague monkeys, someone would tell you it was unrealistic.
October 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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#31DaysOfGraves day 28: column

Père Lachaise
A horseshoe of six Ionic columns surrounding a half circle bench. Seated on the bench is a statue of a woman. She is resting her face on her hand and staring unnervingly at the viewer. In front of the statue is a garden bed containing three plaques memorializing various family members.
October 28, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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#31DaysOfGraves day 27: tree

Père Lachaise, Paris
An elaborate grave. A large flat slab carved with a cross covers the entrance to the tomb. Rising above it is a three sided structure. At the top, in the centre, is a ceramic medallion showing the face of the deceased. Lower down, flanking the slab, are two ceramic panels showing tall trees.
October 27, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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#31DaysOfGraves day 26: figure

Père Lachaise
A stone statue of a woman sits in a small grotto at the entrance to a tomb. She is surrounded by ivy and other plants.
October 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM