Victoria
@vixilated.bsky.social
Bookdragon. Educator: NYC History, Movies. Dancer past. Freaked out citizen of a flawed, now hijacked, "Democracy". What have black people ever done to you???
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‘Faeries, come take me out of this dull world,
For I would ride with you upon the wind,
Run on the top of the dishevelled tide,
And dance upon the mountains like a flame!’~ Yeats
This #BookWormSat takes elvish delight in the fairies, sprites, pixies and little people of literature. Join us. 🧚
For I would ride with you upon the wind,
Run on the top of the dishevelled tide,
And dance upon the mountains like a flame!’~ Yeats
This #BookWormSat takes elvish delight in the fairies, sprites, pixies and little people of literature. Join us. 🧚
November 14, 2025 at 8:56 AM
‘Faeries, come take me out of this dull world,
For I would ride with you upon the wind,
Run on the top of the dishevelled tide,
And dance upon the mountains like a flame!’~ Yeats
This #BookWormSat takes elvish delight in the fairies, sprites, pixies and little people of literature. Join us. 🧚
For I would ride with you upon the wind,
Run on the top of the dishevelled tide,
And dance upon the mountains like a flame!’~ Yeats
This #BookWormSat takes elvish delight in the fairies, sprites, pixies and little people of literature. Join us. 🧚
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Wakey-wakey - it's #FolkyFriday and the sleeper has awakened! 🖤
Our theme today is "Sleep, Hibernation and Dream Folklore" so let's talk subconscious symbolism, Moon deities, night-terrors, and wild creatures ready to snuggle down!
Tag related posts #FolkyFriday for shares until 6pm UK time!
Our theme today is "Sleep, Hibernation and Dream Folklore" so let's talk subconscious symbolism, Moon deities, night-terrors, and wild creatures ready to snuggle down!
Tag related posts #FolkyFriday for shares until 6pm UK time!
a cartoon of snow white saying good morning while laying down
ALT: a cartoon of snow white saying good morning while laying down
media.tenor.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Wakey-wakey - it's #FolkyFriday and the sleeper has awakened! 🖤
Our theme today is "Sleep, Hibernation and Dream Folklore" so let's talk subconscious symbolism, Moon deities, night-terrors, and wild creatures ready to snuggle down!
Tag related posts #FolkyFriday for shares until 6pm UK time!
Our theme today is "Sleep, Hibernation and Dream Folklore" so let's talk subconscious symbolism, Moon deities, night-terrors, and wild creatures ready to snuggle down!
Tag related posts #FolkyFriday for shares until 6pm UK time!
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🖼️ The Wind, Christina Rossetti.
November 14, 2025 at 9:34 AM
🖼️ The Wind, Christina Rossetti.
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The emergence of Nadine and her slightly assisted swimming lesson:
November 14, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The emergence of Nadine and her slightly assisted swimming lesson:
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Katharina Grosse, German (1961- ), Untitled, 2011, acrylic on canvas, 180 x 150 cm, private collection
November 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Katharina Grosse, German (1961- ), Untitled, 2011, acrylic on canvas, 180 x 150 cm, private collection
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Sunflowers painting (for saIe)
70 × 90 cm (≈ 28 × 35 in)
Art with flowers
Floral artist Vera Kober
70 × 90 cm (≈ 28 × 35 in)
Art with flowers
Floral artist Vera Kober
November 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Sunflowers painting (for saIe)
70 × 90 cm (≈ 28 × 35 in)
Art with flowers
Floral artist Vera Kober
70 × 90 cm (≈ 28 × 35 in)
Art with flowers
Floral artist Vera Kober
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November 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Old enough to remember when raping children was a dealbreaker in politics.
November 13, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Old enough to remember when raping children was a dealbreaker in politics.
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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This is fucking batshit evil bananas
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 6:09 AM
This is fucking batshit evil bananas
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Imagine being such a shitty person that the most infamous pedophile and sex trafficker in modern history thinks you suck.
November 14, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Imagine being such a shitty person that the most infamous pedophile and sex trafficker in modern history thinks you suck.
😂
LOL, Robert Downey Jr.’s assessment of Wall Street bros. 🎯
November 14, 2025 at 6:54 AM
😂
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New today:
"At its core, HIGH NOON is a parable about civic abandonment, the inherent danger in waiting for the moment to act & discovering that no one will stand beside you—a quality which makes it an apt tale for our current political moment."
- Riley Womack
(🎨 by @studioralston.bsky.social)
"At its core, HIGH NOON is a parable about civic abandonment, the inherent danger in waiting for the moment to act & discovering that no one will stand beside you—a quality which makes it an apt tale for our current political moment."
- Riley Womack
(🎨 by @studioralston.bsky.social)
High Noon (1952): Wait Along, Wait Along…
At its core, High Noon is a parable about civic abandonment, the inherent danger in waiting for the moment to act and discovering that no one will stand beside you.
www.brightwalldarkroom.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
New today:
"At its core, HIGH NOON is a parable about civic abandonment, the inherent danger in waiting for the moment to act & discovering that no one will stand beside you—a quality which makes it an apt tale for our current political moment."
- Riley Womack
(🎨 by @studioralston.bsky.social)
"At its core, HIGH NOON is a parable about civic abandonment, the inherent danger in waiting for the moment to act & discovering that no one will stand beside you—a quality which makes it an apt tale for our current political moment."
- Riley Womack
(🎨 by @studioralston.bsky.social)
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November 14, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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The fascinating and touching story of how humanity saved the ginkgo (in case you need your faith in humanity restored) www.themarginalian.org/2025/09/23/g...
How Humanity Saved the Ginkgo
Pressed between the pages of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland — a favorite book of my childhood, which my grandmother used to read to me and which still dwells in her immense library &#…
www.themarginalian.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:47 AM
The fascinating and touching story of how humanity saved the ginkgo (in case you need your faith in humanity restored) www.themarginalian.org/2025/09/23/g...
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'Wapping' (1941) by John Minton
(Imperial War Museums)
(Imperial War Museums)
November 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
'Wapping' (1941) by John Minton
(Imperial War Museums)
(Imperial War Museums)
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Carel Willink, Dutch (1900-1983), Self-Portrait with Wilma van der Meulen, 1934, oil on canvas, 160 x 110.4 cm, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands
November 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Carel Willink, Dutch (1900-1983), Self-Portrait with Wilma van der Meulen, 1934, oil on canvas, 160 x 110.4 cm, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands
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November 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Six incredible writers working across memoir, history and fiction make up the shortlist for the 2026 Eccles Institute and @hayfestival.bsky.social Writer’s Award:
Carmen Ávila
Jacqueline Crooks
Misha Ewen
Rowan Hisayo Buchanan
Maddie Mortimer
Vanessa Londoño
Carmen Ávila
Jacqueline Crooks
Misha Ewen
Rowan Hisayo Buchanan
Maddie Mortimer
Vanessa Londoño
November 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Six incredible writers working across memoir, history and fiction make up the shortlist for the 2026 Eccles Institute and @hayfestival.bsky.social Writer’s Award:
Carmen Ávila
Jacqueline Crooks
Misha Ewen
Rowan Hisayo Buchanan
Maddie Mortimer
Vanessa Londoño
Carmen Ávila
Jacqueline Crooks
Misha Ewen
Rowan Hisayo Buchanan
Maddie Mortimer
Vanessa Londoño
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This is really quite scary. LLMs deciding at will to serve up erotica options in choose your own adventure programs, and that they chose at all. And that OpenAI et al seem uninterested in designing safety systems in Chat GPT to prevent other choices being made.
www.wired.com/story/the-bi...
www.wired.com/story/the-bi...
The Former Staffer Calling Out OpenAI’s Erotica Claims
Steven Adler used to lead product safety at OpenAI. On this week’s episode of The Big Interview, he talks about what AI users should know about their bots.
www.wired.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This is really quite scary. LLMs deciding at will to serve up erotica options in choose your own adventure programs, and that they chose at all. And that OpenAI et al seem uninterested in designing safety systems in Chat GPT to prevent other choices being made.
www.wired.com/story/the-bi...
www.wired.com/story/the-bi...
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Shoveling Sand on the Seine & Man Reading | Paul Kotlarevsky
Double-Sided Oil on Canvas
Double-Sided Oil on Canvas
November 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Shoveling Sand on the Seine & Man Reading | Paul Kotlarevsky
Double-Sided Oil on Canvas
Double-Sided Oil on Canvas
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After living through the Nazi & atomic bomb eras, Tove Jansson writings would often encompass fearful ideas about loss of a familiar world. However she would balance this with characters who encompassed #kindness & #community, even in the darkest times #WomensArt #WorldKindnessDay
November 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
After living through the Nazi & atomic bomb eras, Tove Jansson writings would often encompass fearful ideas about loss of a familiar world. However she would balance this with characters who encompassed #kindness & #community, even in the darkest times #WomensArt #WorldKindnessDay
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We're witnessing the greatest sustained attack on the human spirit in history. Big Tech seeks to destroy the arts. They're destroying the school system. They want to make us lobotomized people who can't read, write or create. They've turned dystopian fiction into a manual.
November 13, 2025 at 9:54 PM
We're witnessing the greatest sustained attack on the human spirit in history. Big Tech seeks to destroy the arts. They're destroying the school system. They want to make us lobotomized people who can't read, write or create. They've turned dystopian fiction into a manual.
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IC 4637 - From Judy Schmidt (geckzilla.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/gnaoyM
November 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
IC 4637 - From Judy Schmidt (geckzilla.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/gnaoyM