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youaintnopunk.bsky.social
#doodle thing #painting #drawing
November 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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anitasagastegui.bsky.social
Thirsty Bee

#Small

#BlueSkyArtShow #nikon #nikonD850 #WestCoastKin #blueskyartists #artshow #photographersofbluesky #macro #macrophotography #close-up #bee #bees #visual_macro #UnJourUnePhoto
A bee seen in macro drinks water that has collected on a leaf. The background is black due to a large flower pot that is out of focus
November 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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chrismurphyct.bsky.social
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.

If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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atrupar.com
BREAM: Schumer says Republicans are weaponizing hunger

MIKE JOHNSON: Absolutely absurd. Remember -- don't get lost in the facts
November 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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electproject.bsky.social
It begins
elizabethweill.bsky.social Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg 🇵🇸 @elizabethweill.bsky.social · Oct 24
Breaking: The Department of Justice announced it will "monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions [in New Jersey and California] ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law." www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...
Justice Department to Monitor Polling Sites in California, New Jersey
WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Justice announced that it will monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot ...
www.justice.gov
October 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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chapps.bsky.social
I confess a weakness for Elizabethan portrait miniatures. And there was one master of the art who stood above all others: Nicholas Hilliard. And here he is in 1577, a self-portrait made while in France. Very young and dapper - quite a looker! 1/

#V&A 📸 me
Nicholas Hilliard was born into the prosperous trading classes, the son of a goldsmith. By 1572 he had begun to work for Queen Elizabeth I. This self-portrait marks Hilliard's first encounter with the Renaissance ideal of the artist as an individual of genius. Dating from Hilliard's visit to France in 1576-1578, its mood is very much that of the portraiture of the art-loving French court, where artists enjoyed a far higher status than their English counterparts. Its boldness and brilliance demand recognition of Hilliard’s genius, and express his aspirations to the status of a gentleman, not a tradesman. The reality on Hilliard's return to England was less ideal. A permanent position at court with all its attendant privileges eluded him, and he was compelled to set up as an artist in the City of London like any other craftsman. He appears here turned in 3/4 view looking towards the right, but his eyes stare straight at the viewer (as he was obviously looking at a mirror to create this self-portrait). He has slim features, dark curly hair under a black hat with an embroidered band, and a pointed dark beard and a grand mustache. His head is held firm by a gorgeous ruff made of folded white lace, and he wears a black jacket. He has piercing eyes under dark brows, but for all this, he is very young and very beautiful. Delicate, youthful features. It’s a round portrait in a round gilded frame, which has seen better days. Marks and inscriptions: * 'Ano Dmi. / 1577 ; AEtatis Suae / 30' Inscribed on either side of the head in a gold script. 'NH' [damaged] Signed in monogram above the left shoulder Nicholas Hilliard, English (1547-1619), watercolor on vellum, painted in 1577 when the artist was 30 years old. Stuck on a later piece of card. Diameter: 41mm (1.61 in.) V&A Museum, South Kensington, London (P.155-1910)
September 28, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Fantastic Four

xkcd.com/3146/
Comic. [Person with ponytail talking to a second person.] PERSON 1: In the new *Fantastic Four* movie, their ship doesn’t have enough fuel to get home and Sue Storm goes into labor, so they slingshot around a neutron star and fire their engines at periapsis—as Sue has her baby—to get a boost. PERSON 2: Ah yes, the Obirth effect.
September 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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alexdecampi.bsky.social
Oh we were on that bullshit well into the 1800s. See St Paul’s of Liège (Belgium), which first commissioned Joseph Geefs to sculpt Lucifer

When Joe delivered it in 1842 (real fuckin sexy, etc) the Bishop was like “oh no!” so re-commissioned his brother Guillaume, who… made it sexier
Two sexy Lucifer sculptures, the left-hand Twink Satan by Joseph Geefs from 1842, the right-hand Twunk Satan replacement by his brother Guillaume Geefs, 1848 The commission was originally awarded to Geefs' younger brother Joseph, who completed L'ange du mal in 1842 and installed it the following year. It generated controversy at once and was criticized for not representing a Christian ideal. The cathedral administration declared that "this devil is too sublime." The local press intimated that the work was distracting the "pretty penitent girls" who should have been listening to the sermons. Bishop van Bommel soon ordered the removal of L'ange du mal, and the building committee passed the commission for the pulpit sculpture to Guillaume Geefs, whose version was installed at the cathedral permanently in 1848.
September 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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museumofscience.bsky.social
Here’s your first look at our new baby armadillo! 🧪

Backpack is a screaming hairy armadillo, one of only four born in human care since 2020. Born right here at the Museum of Science in Boston, they started out tiny, with a soft shell and a look that resembled a pink gummy bear.
September 11, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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laurahelmuth.bsky.social
Some good news today: Researchers using remotely operated submarines keep discovering new fish species, hundreds so far. This one is the bumpy snailfish
September 11, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social
Resharing for #InternationalArmadilloDay:
arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social Art History Animalia @arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social · Aug 13
For #InternationalArmadilloDay :
#Armadillo effigy pot
Nicoya culture (Pacífico Norte, Costa Rica), 1000-1300 CE
Polychrome ceramic, 21.3 x 26.8 cm
Museo del Oro Precolombino, Costa Rica
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Va...
photo of the armadillo effigy pot in its display case at museum: armadillo depicted holding its front paws to its snout with back paws serving as part of the tripod structure (along with tail in back)
August 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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whistberry.bsky.social
#InternationalArmadilloDay, you say? Don't mind if I do!

(Apologies to any trypophobia folks. I know this one is a lot)
Drawing in white ink against a black background of an armadillo raised on its hind legs so it is facing the viewer with its front legs in the air. It is drawn with a series of large and smaller dots to suggest the form of the animal rather than being a realistic portrayal.
August 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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anitasagastegui.bsky.social
Yosemite Valley

#Stunday #Yosemite #Nikon #WestCoastKin #caliphotos #NatureArt #mountains #californiaphotos #landscapephotography #scenery #landscape #california #fineartphotgraphy #cali #landscapes #thewildimages #UnJourUnePhoto
Yosemite Valley, at around dusk in winter. The sky is pink, there is snow on the mountains including Half Dome, and many of the trees below are red and orange
August 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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laurajnelson.bsky.social
I take a long walk in Los Angeles every day and over time I have amassed quite a collection of photos of funky little cars that are parked all by themselves
A green muscle car in front of a hedge A red hatchback car in front of a Bank of America A blue VW minibus in front of an apartment building A yellow convertible parked on the street
November 13, 2024 at 6:03 AM
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chapps.bsky.social
There's something special about this Etruscan female votive head with a tall headdress and beaded diadem. The closeup below shows *dozens* of fingerprints from the ancient potter, a man who was contemporaneous with Alexander the Great. 🤯 🏺 #ancientbluesky

325-275 BCE, #GettyVilla. 📸 me
A votive female head, possibly representing a deity, wears a veil and a beaded necklace. Her hair is parted at the center and is pulled back in tight wavy locks that cover her ears. She wears a tall headdress in the form of a netted band or diadem, which is divided at the center and is rendered by numerous spherical beads. The back is unarticulated, and consists of a slab of clay that folds over the diadem to form a veil. There is a projecting collar at the bottom, acting as the supporting base for the head. A portion of the upper left part of the head and a bead from the necklace (a simple necklace of roughly round beads) are missing, and there are cracks on the top of the head. Traces of white (pigment or encrustation?) are present all over the surface, which is covered in a beige slip.
July 14, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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stevenbeschloss.bsky.social
The cruel and reckless mass deportation operation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement may soon take an even darker turn. @markjacob.bsky.social and I discuss this alarming prospect.

www.americaamerica.news/p/will-we-to...
Will We Tolerate Concentration Camps and Slave Labor?
Massive new ICE funding plus a growing labor shortage is a formula for inhuman exploitation by the Trump regime
www.americaamerica.news
July 9, 2025 at 1:32 PM
madcatmedia.bsky.social
U.S.-SS
aoc.bsky.social Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · Jul 3
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.

This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.

It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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kenwhite.bsky.social
/5 Any such administration does not merely lose the right to the legal presumption of regularity. It, and its agents, lose any reasonable expectation to the protection and benefit of the rule of law that it flouts.
July 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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josiahhawthorne.bsky.social
“From The Depths,” William Balfour Ker
“From the depths” by William Balfour-Ker. A lavish party of the wealth is interrupted by an upraised fist breaking through their dance floor; underneath we can see the entire party venue is built on the shoulders of the marginalized and lower classes.
June 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
madcatmedia.bsky.social
At last, a truthful headline about this....
Israeli-US food distribution scheme in Gaza is ‘slaughter masquerading as aid’ says MSF – Middle East crisis live
Médecins Sans Frontières calls on Israeli authorities to end siege on Gaza as Palestinian authorities says Israeli forces have opened fire on people heading towards food
www.theguardian.com
June 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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cwebbonline.com
God bless this woman. She is a hero. Every damn word 🔥

The only thing I’d add: call the local police and report the group of men impersonating ICE and the attempted kidnapping—while they’re still lurking around.
June 24, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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erinbiba.bsky.social
Got a ConEd alert telling me to use less energy during the heat wave and this is all I can think about.
Screenshot of a Bluesky post Lauren Follow @laurenkayes.bsky.social It's so cool that cities are like "oweeease only turn your AC on if you're actively dying and don't go below 79 " while the Al nobody asked for is slurping up the power grid to make 1 image of a girl with 5 tits Jun 22, 2024 at 5:58 PM
June 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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ruthbenghiat.bsky.social
Why are no headlines focusing on the unconstitutional and dictatorial nature of this action?
June 22, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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calculizer.bsky.social
josh is funny and i needed this today and so can you
joshgondelman.bsky.social Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · Jun 20
My new standup special "Positive Reinforcement" premieres ONE WEEK FROM TODAY on Blonde Medicine's YouTube channel!!! (The album version with a little bonus material will be out on 7/11!) Here's a little clip (the first one!)! If you like it, maybe tell somebody about it! :)
June 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM