Carol
@silentdandelion.bsky.social
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A promotional Christmas card from the 1940s. Art by Fred Ray.
December 12, 2025 at 11:14 PM
A promotional Christmas card from the 1940s. Art by Fred Ray.
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Terumaru, a bright young lightbulb and the mascot of the Tokyu Denki electric company, trapped in a door yesterday:
November 23, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Terumaru, a bright young lightbulb and the mascot of the Tokyu Denki electric company, trapped in a door yesterday:
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It is remarkable to think Ellen Thesleff painted this portrait of her sister Thyra Elisabeth in 1892. After leaving Finland the previous year to study in Paris, Ellen returned home and became one of the key figures who introduced Impressionism to the country.
November 21, 2025 at 9:03 AM
It is remarkable to think Ellen Thesleff painted this portrait of her sister Thyra Elisabeth in 1892. After leaving Finland the previous year to study in Paris, Ellen returned home and became one of the key figures who introduced Impressionism to the country.
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'Snow in the Suburbs' by UK printmaker Gail Brodholt #WomensArt
November 20, 2025 at 5:45 AM
'Snow in the Suburbs' by UK printmaker Gail Brodholt #WomensArt
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East 42nd Street At Night, New York.
Alfred Gescheidt, 1960s
Alfred Gescheidt, 1960s
November 17, 2025 at 8:33 AM
East 42nd Street At Night, New York.
Alfred Gescheidt, 1960s
Alfred Gescheidt, 1960s
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November 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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a perfect speech.
November 5, 2025 at 4:42 AM
a perfect speech.
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Hello! My CEO Roscoe and I are giving away TWO signed copies of my novel 1983 to two randomly selected people who repost this & pop a reply below. You also get a free postcard of this illustration of Roscoe by my mum.
It’s been called “Stranger Things rewritten by Kurt Vonnegut & Sue Townsend”…
It’s been called “Stranger Things rewritten by Kurt Vonnegut & Sue Townsend”…
November 1, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Hello! My CEO Roscoe and I are giving away TWO signed copies of my novel 1983 to two randomly selected people who repost this & pop a reply below. You also get a free postcard of this illustration of Roscoe by my mum.
It’s been called “Stranger Things rewritten by Kurt Vonnegut & Sue Townsend”…
It’s been called “Stranger Things rewritten by Kurt Vonnegut & Sue Townsend”…
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Beatrix Potter, Four rabbits on bicycles, 1895 #womensart
October 30, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Beatrix Potter, Four rabbits on bicycles, 1895 #womensart
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We went to a dinner party tonight and i saw an old friend i haven’t seen since the fire
Had an interesting conversation about the objects that make up a life
And what we can leave behind
If we were to choose and if we were not able to
What is value
What we can leave
What we remember
What we forget
Had an interesting conversation about the objects that make up a life
And what we can leave behind
If we were to choose and if we were not able to
What is value
What we can leave
What we remember
What we forget
October 26, 2025 at 7:39 AM
We went to a dinner party tonight and i saw an old friend i haven’t seen since the fire
Had an interesting conversation about the objects that make up a life
And what we can leave behind
If we were to choose and if we were not able to
What is value
What we can leave
What we remember
What we forget
Had an interesting conversation about the objects that make up a life
And what we can leave behind
If we were to choose and if we were not able to
What is value
What we can leave
What we remember
What we forget
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Please go through this thread if you are having a bad day. I promise you, it’s the loveliest thing I’ve seen on Bluesky for a while 🥹
I don't like to brag but I do think our cat Jim is probably better at stretching than virtually any other cat in Britain.
October 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Please go through this thread if you are having a bad day. I promise you, it’s the loveliest thing I’ve seen on Bluesky for a while 🥹
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It's exactly five years since Mogwai's Stuart Braithwaite (@plasmatron.bsky.social) gave his mum a scare by quoting his favourite Public Enemy lyric on Twitter
October 1, 2025 at 7:20 AM
It's exactly five years since Mogwai's Stuart Braithwaite (@plasmatron.bsky.social) gave his mum a scare by quoting his favourite Public Enemy lyric on Twitter
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The truly perfect business model doesn’t exi-
September 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The truly perfect business model doesn’t exi-
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William Connell, California, 1935
September 20, 2025 at 8:38 AM
William Connell, California, 1935
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September 12, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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beauty in maps tbh
“Over the past 20 years, Paris has undergone a major physical transformation, trading automotive arteries for bike lanes, adding green spaces and eliminating 50,000 parking spaces.
Part of the payoff has been invisible — in the air itself.”
Leadership, strategy, real action, common sense. #Paris
Part of the payoff has been invisible — in the air itself.”
Leadership, strategy, real action, common sense. #Paris
Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 30, 2025 at 12:44 AM
beauty in maps tbh
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Thank heaven for baby owls! 🪶
July 26, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Thank heaven for baby owls! 🪶
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Painting by Relja Penezić
‘California Road Chronicles #81’ 2019.
Oil on Wood. Size 61 x 61 cm.
‘California Road Chronicles #81’ 2019.
Oil on Wood. Size 61 x 61 cm.
July 14, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Painting by Relja Penezić
‘California Road Chronicles #81’ 2019.
Oil on Wood. Size 61 x 61 cm.
‘California Road Chronicles #81’ 2019.
Oil on Wood. Size 61 x 61 cm.
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This is Morrie. He won't go anywhere without his emotional support stuffed carrot. "From the minute he wakes up to when he goes to sleep he knows where his carrot is," his family told us. He has plenty of spares, so he's never without a carrot when one needs washing. 14/10 (TT: tuesdayswmorrie)
July 3, 2025 at 11:36 PM
This is Morrie. He won't go anywhere without his emotional support stuffed carrot. "From the minute he wakes up to when he goes to sleep he knows where his carrot is," his family told us. He has plenty of spares, so he's never without a carrot when one needs washing. 14/10 (TT: tuesdayswmorrie)
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ok did everybody watch the Stanley Clarke Tiny Desk? because Stanley Clarkd still has plenty to say (his trio album with Hiromi* was amazing, too) and it will make your day
*also go listen to Hiromi's album from this year it also rules & heals
youtu.be/R81jAk9LgiQ?...
*also go listen to Hiromi's album from this year it also rules & heals
youtu.be/R81jAk9LgiQ?...
Stanley Clarke: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
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June 28, 2025 at 5:39 PM
ok did everybody watch the Stanley Clarke Tiny Desk? because Stanley Clarkd still has plenty to say (his trio album with Hiromi* was amazing, too) and it will make your day
*also go listen to Hiromi's album from this year it also rules & heals
youtu.be/R81jAk9LgiQ?...
*also go listen to Hiromi's album from this year it also rules & heals
youtu.be/R81jAk9LgiQ?...
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Never forget that #SesameStreet once did a sketch based on Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal, which involved a Swedish fisherman counting seals until he found the seventh one.
June 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Never forget that #SesameStreet once did a sketch based on Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal, which involved a Swedish fisherman counting seals until he found the seventh one.
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US Abstract Expressionist painter Helen Frankenthaler in the studio, 1956. Photo by G. Parks #WomensArt
June 27, 2025 at 4:42 AM
US Abstract Expressionist painter Helen Frankenthaler in the studio, 1956. Photo by G. Parks #WomensArt
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Painted in Paris in 1883, 'The Breakfast Table,' exemplifies John Singer Sargent’s regard for the formal innovations of the French impressionists - it also evokes the paintings of Degas and Manet. The sitter peeling an orange whilst reading a book, is Sargent's sister Violet.
June 25, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Painted in Paris in 1883, 'The Breakfast Table,' exemplifies John Singer Sargent’s regard for the formal innovations of the French impressionists - it also evokes the paintings of Degas and Manet. The sitter peeling an orange whilst reading a book, is Sargent's sister Violet.