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New and Improved. Books, Dogs, Music, Movies, Nature, Science, History and all good things for the soul.
December 3, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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December 1, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Drop something MIRRORED 🪞
Superman (1978)
November 29, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Hear Aldous Huxley Narrate His Dystopian Masterpiece, Brave New World
Hear Aldous Huxley Narrate His Dystopian Masterpiece, Brave New World
The CBS Radio Workshop was an “experimental dramatic radio anthology series” that aired between 1956 and 1957. And it started with style--with a dramatized adaptation of Brave New World, narrated by A...
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November 22, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Booksky #books #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #bookish
November 16, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Why the Leaning Tower of Pisa Still Hasn’t Fallen Over, Even After 650 Years
Why the Leaning Tower of Pisa Still Hasn’t Fallen Over, Even After 650 Years
The Leaning Tower of Pisa has stood, in its distinctive fashion, for six and a half centuries now. But it hasn't always leaned at the same angle: to get the most dramatic view, the best time to go see...
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November 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Peace
November 6, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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Birds of a feather

Photo by Stephen Liptrot
November 4, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Post a film you've seen more than 7 times with a gif.
November 3, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Candlelight Ceremony
for the Day of the Dead

Día de Muertos
Noche de Muertos

Janitzio Island
Lake Pátzcuaro, México

George E. Holton (1945)
November 1, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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Underwater cuddles
October 29, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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A marvellous painted terracotta sima with a lion head waterspout. A sima was a roof element that functioned as a gutter.

Found in Delphi, #Greece, dating late 5th century BC.

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#Archaeology 🏺
October 24, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'

10/10 response, no notes
October 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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Morning.
October 22, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Who's solving the Louvre robbery? Right answers only
October 20, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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This is Finley. He has a rare genetic mutation that causes patches of different colors in his coat. It is completely harmless, but it does make him completely handsome. 14/10 (IG: jaktlabben.finley)
October 9, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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These cats were put in separate cages because they kept fighting. #cat #catday #bluesky
October 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Wow, #Roman tombstones really do get around - this one was rediscovered in New Orleans, after being transported across the Atlantic by unknown persons in the chaotic aftermath of WW2...

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
New Orleans couple discovers ancient Roman grave marker in their yard
Discovery of 1,900-year-old headstone dedicated to Roman sailor sets off effort to repatriate item to Italy
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Highland cattle are famous for their ability to "disco nap". Normally these brief, efficient sleeps will last between three and twenty minutes, deploying a variety of objects as pillows, including moorland boulders, cars or any particularly large dog or sheep who happens to be nearby.
October 8, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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October 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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A Complete Digitization of Leonardo Da Vinci’s Codex Atlanticus, the Largest Collection of His Drawings & Writings
A Complete Digitization of Leonardo Da Vinci’s Codex Atlanticus, the Largest Collection of His Drawings & Writings
No historical figure better fits the definition of “Renaissance man” than Leonardo da Vinci, but that term has become so overused as to become misleading. We use it to express mild surprise that one p...
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October 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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let the gourd times roll
October 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Jane Goodall, a towering figure in primatology whose observations of chimpanzee behavior in the wild and advocacy for their conservation made her a household name, died Wednesday at the age of 91. https://scim.ag/4mKKEg4
Jane Goodall, famed primatologist, changed the way we thought about apes
The scientist and conservationist made waves with her observations and advocacy
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October 2, 2025 at 10:43 PM