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Suzanne S
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Library volunteer. Book hoard- er, collector. Not very interesting. She/her.
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I’d never seen the lion one before and it slaps
June 19, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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At the American Shakespeare Center’s Blackfriars Conference, if you run over your time, you are literally forced to exit, pursued by a bear.

The bear can and will take your paper from you to shut you up.
hildur.bsky.social Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · Dec 9
I could not tell you how often I have done readings with male writers who go way over the allotted time limit, biting into other people's reading time or making the event last way longer than it was supposed to.

But the worst ones are the ones who go: "I'll just read until someone stops me."
kendraserra.bsky.social Kendra Albert @kendraserra.bsky.social · Dec 9
Ending on time is a feminist act.
December 9, 2024 at 5:15 PM
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natania.bsky.social
Today’s #medievalmood is this owl, who has seen things.

I feel you, friend. I feel you.

From a Book of Hours at Trinity College, 15th C, B 1.46
A fluffy brown owl in a round green base, his eyes wide and his feathers puffed out. Behind him is ornate floral line art in blue and red.
November 21, 2024 at 4:03 AM
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Ancient Egyptian blue faience bead in the form of a curled-up hedgehog! 🦔💙

Middle Kingdom, c. 1985 -1650 BC. National Museum of Scotland 📷 by me www.nms.ac.uk/search-our-c...

#Archaeology
A blue spherical bead in the form of a hedgehog curled up in a defensive ball. Made of Egyptian faience, a ceramic material with a shiny blue glaze. The hedgehog’s face, ears, feet and tail are shown in relief, and the quills are shown by black dots painted over the surface. A hole for threading runs through the sphere
November 19, 2024 at 12:19 PM
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timoflegend.bsky.social
Accidentally created a masterpiece of German Expressionism.
A picture of a black and white cat named Kiki with a face that appears twisted by malice. The shadow of the photographer approaches, menacingly.
November 16, 2024 at 1:39 AM
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A young male Resplendent Quetzal at San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica. He's still working on his tail here.

#birds #costarica
A breathtaking bird perches gracefully on a moss-covered branch, its vibrant plumage an extraordinary display of color. Its body is adorned with shimmering emerald green feathers that catch the light, while its deep crimson chest creates a striking contrast. A bold crest atop its head adds an elegant flair, and its bright yellow beak stands out vividly against the rich green hues. The bird’s long, cascading tail feathers hang delicately, completing its regal appearance. Set against a backdrop of lush foliage, the scene captures the enchanting beauty of this magnificent creature in its natural habitat.
November 19, 2024 at 7:03 PM
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When You Stop Caring: Justice Bath's clerk in the year 1250

The clerk finished recording an entry and began a new one. Suddenly, more information surfaced about the case but there wasn't enough space to write it. What should he do? 🧵1/3
A bald person in a blue tunic is holding both of his hands up in the air as if to say, "I don't know". The image appears in the margins of a 14th-century manuscript. Luttrell Psalter, BL Add MS 42130 (14th century)
November 19, 2024 at 8:10 PM
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1 - Welcome to #ThreadTalk! Get ready for #fashionhistory – it’s been a while, but I'm back.

Today’s topic is All That Glitters – we’re talking about fashioning fabric with gold and metal, but especially real gold.

Below, 1610-1620 - Dress of Electress Magdalena Syblla of Saxony.
From State Art Collection - Dresden - The golden yellow and salmon-red ceremonial dress with gold and silver lace follows the shape, nuanced colors and sophisticated decorative details of Italian women's fashion around 1590-1620. The tight-fitting, slightly protruding, pointed bodice is trimmed in dense rows with narrow gold and silver lace. It is closed at the front with concealed hooks and eyes. The skirt is buttoned to the bodice using numerous gold and silver trimming buttons. The slightly stiffened bodice embodies an early form of the so-called snail waist, which was to be a defining feature of women's fashion in the 17th century. The skirt - an overskirt - is open at the front and is effectively trimmed in several circumferential panels with wide and medium-wide gold and silver lace, into which drop-shaped silver sequins are worked. A second, representative skirt was effectively visible through the front slit and the long skirt slits, which were held together with ribbon roses (not known). The graceful star-shaped shoulder decoration is borrowed from the bridal and formal wear of noble Venetian women. The jagged tips flash with bright red silk pompoms. The tight-fitting salmon-red sleeves are fastened at the wrist with buttons. They are completely embroidered with scales and stars. The golden yellow wing sleeves above are decorated with lace and many small trimmings made of gold and silver thread. The accessories of the dress can be imagined as a high, fine white lace collar, lace cuffs of the same kind, and rich gold and pearl jewelry. The queens and princesses of the English and Danish royal families, as well as Maria de' Medici, Duchess of Florence and Queen of France, were particularly pioneers of the fashion represented by the dress shown. No other original examples have survived in this completeness and condition.
November 19, 2024 at 1:02 AM
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Beleaf in yourself

📷 Katie Emberley
Red panda Moshu with a leaf on his head
November 19, 2024 at 5:48 PM
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I’m in ur sink, questioning ur decor choices. Photo from my collection, ca. 1960s.
Color photo of a fluffy grey cat sitting derpily in a bathroom sink. In the background you can see that the toilet cover is carpeted and there’s a matching dark pink throw rug on the floor.
November 19, 2024 at 3:07 AM
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And here’s a detail of #embroidery on the vamp of each shoe #19C #dresshistory
A detail of the front or vamp of show with black silk satin upper decorated with embroidered flowers and leaves worked in light blue, cream, green and pink silk thread using satin and stem stitches. Pointed to square toes and a small bow at the square-cut throat along the top.
November 18, 2024 at 8:24 PM
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That’s fair
Ahhhhh@nerdjpg.com • 15m I can't wait until I have enough followers to do a 20,000 person murder mystery game 9 © 76 • • • Amanda Knox @amandaknox.bsky.social Sounds fun, but l'ma pass. November 18, 2024 at 9:34 PM
November 19, 2024 at 2:38 AM
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#MosaicMonday - A dapper wee parrot from the Altar Room of Palace V, Pergamon: ca. Mid-2nd Century BC. #Bird #AncientBluesky 🏺

Or, to quote Ovid (Amores 2.6.1)...

'Parrot, winged mimic from the dawn-lit east'

Image: Berlin Antikensammlung (Mos. 71). Link - recherche.smb.museum/detail/69712...
A mosaic representation of a blue-green parrot with a resplendent red beak, sitting atop a brick; all against a black background.
November 18, 2024 at 9:01 AM
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An #Archaeology flamingo thread in 16 skeets

One day, I saw this Egyptian pot 🏺 from 5000+ years ago (now @metmuseum.bsky.social ). Maybe it represents the famous Dance of the Flamingos?

Wanting to see if that hunch was true, I dug in. The research-hole didn’t take me where I thought it would…
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a simple ceramic jar with a light red on tan decoration. In the center is a row of birds drawn in a simple, stylized fashion. They have long legs and a long neck ending in a curly-q shaped head. The color and shape gives them a strong resemblance to a line of flamingos doing their famous dance shown frequently in nature documentaries often voiced by David Attenborough
November 18, 2024 at 6:47 PM
suzstil.bsky.social
Timeline cleanse- I don’t have any pets right now, unfortunately, but I do have this pretty rad lizard sculpture.
A brass sculpture of a lizard; I don’t think it’s an exact representation of any species, but it looks like a member of the bearded dragon family. His head is triangle-shaped and he has big jowls with three spikes facing backwards. He has two rows of spikes going down his spine. There is a lot of beautiful detail: etching to indicate scales and swirls and lines decorating his head, body, and tail.
November 18, 2024 at 6:06 AM
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The earliest European representation of a capybara from "A Relation of a voyage" (1698) - a reminder of my fellowship this summer @marshslibrary.bsky.social
Detail of a postcard image of an illustration of a capybara or "A CAPIVARD or Water hog at the foot of a Bananier" (text from next to image) from the 1698 text
November 14, 2024 at 8:27 PM
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Fun medieval fact! The term 'Reply Guy' actually takes its name from Guy de Réplaille, a 12th-century abbot known for his prolific but inconsequential letters to multiple noblewomen
November 17, 2024 at 2:08 PM
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So obsessed with this circa 1660 embroidered eggshell! You can see it on display at Witney Antiques' free exhibition, open until 23 November. We determined it's made by drilling holes in the shell, using a long needle to create a network of lines, then creating patterns with needlelace stitches
Eggshell embroidered with flowers and leaves, circa 1660
November 17, 2024 at 8:52 PM
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Today’s daily doodle
A krill is smoking a cigarette in one hand and drinking a pink cocktail in a martini glass in the other, wearing sunglasses, and says “the bastards don’t quit but neither do I”
November 14, 2024 at 5:01 AM
suzstil.bsky.social
Henry VIII’s wives, ranked in order of personal preference:

1) Catherine of Aragon
2) Catherine Parr
3) Anne Boleyn
4) Anne of Cleves
5) Catherine Howard
6) Jane Seymour

#Tudors
November 13, 2024 at 6:13 AM
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Alexandre-Isidore Leroy de Barde, Selection of Shells Arranged on Shelves, watercolor and gouache on paper, c. 1803-1810, 125 x 90 cm (Musée du Louvre, Paris)
Rows of shells along shelves in a trompe-l'oeil cabinet space. "This work is one of a series of 6 acquired for the Musée du Louvre by King Louis XVIII. They reproduce curiosities presented in boxes at William Bullock's London Museum in Piccadilly, engraved by Thomas Bewick and published in the museum's 1814 catalog. Bullock was, in fact, a member of the Linnean Society, a group dedicated to the study of natural history. He was also one of England's leading collectors of the early 19th century." -Louvre
November 9, 2024 at 6:53 PM
suzstil.bsky.social
Haven’t felt much like posting, what with… everything. I don’t think I have any particularly useful politics takes, so I’m leaving those to more-informed, wiser BlueSkyers. Personally speaking, we (my parents and I) did make it to and from my cousin’s wedding on Saturday. (1/x)
November 9, 2024 at 5:42 AM
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Britain’s first black voter was in 1749, 25 years earlier than thought, and ran a pub www.theguardian.com/world/2024/o...
Britain’s first black voter was in 1749, 25 years earlier than thought, and ran a pub
John London, a landlord, paid rates so could take part in Westminster byelection despite being called a ‘blackamoor’
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2024 at 8:52 PM
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Wife: use the newspaper to get that spider down

Me *reads the news out loud*

Spider *depressed* holy shit
May 10, 2023 at 8:28 PM
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beijingpalmer.bsky.social
there are many good journalists and some good institutions but this is not the moment to beg people to stop being mean to us after the industry failed catastrophically in the basic mission of conveying the truth
November 8, 2024 at 4:02 PM