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Dawn Del Vecchio
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Math teacher. Dem. If you look like a bot, MAGA troll, fake celeb, techbro worshiper, crypto seller, or wannabe porn star you will be blocked. I am not here to buy anything. NO DMs, NO Lists.
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Artist’s painting of an acrobatic dancer on a flake of limestone, c. 1292 - 1077 BC.

Around 3,000 years ago in ancient Egypt, artists used stone fragments for painting and drawing instead of paper sketchpads!

From Deir el-Medina. Museo Egizio, Turin 📷 by me

#Archaeology
November 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Good Morning ☕ and Happy Caturday 🐈🐈‍⬛

Caturday bliss is when you open your eyes and realize you don't have to get up

In my 🎅🏼 1755 years on this planet, I have studied many philosophers and many cats

And I've come to realize that the wisdom of cats is infinitely superior 😸
November 15, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Remember, you're under no obligation to justify yourself to anyone if you choose to spend the entire weekend reading books, drinking multiple kettles of tea, and indulging in a scandalous amount of croissants.
November 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Fascinating world of ancient #glass ! A small-scale but colourful mosaic glass inlay depicting an Ibis. This inlay, originating from a workshop in Roman-era Egypt, was discovered in Tawern, near Trier, Germany.
The ibis was considered a sacred animal of Thoth, the Egyptian deity...🧵1/2

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November 15, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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November 15, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Blossom Puzzle, November 15
Letters: B E I A L R T
My score: 388 points
My longest word: 11 letters
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#MerriamWebster
November 15, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Tightrope, a daily trivia game | Britannica

Nov. 15, 2025

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My Score: 1850
November 15, 2025 at 8:55 AM
#Wordle 1,610 3/6

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November 15, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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Good Morning ☕ and Happy Friday 🍂

May your morning coffee be strong, your spirit be light and your day be filled with the kind of joy that only a Friday morning brings

Release the worries of the week and welcome the weekend with open arms

We got that special Friday feeling
November 14, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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November 14, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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#OnThisDay - 14 November - in AD 565 the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I died at the age of 83. His was an energetic reign, perhaps most famous for his legal revisions. #History 🏺

Image: Gold Solidus of Justinian I, Constantinople, AD 538-545. ANS 1948.19.743. Link - numismatics.org/collection/1...
November 14, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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#FrescoFriday - A fresco of Fortuna from the Caupona of Tertius, Pompeii (IX.7.22), with the addition of a notable graffito:

"CACATOR / CAVE MALU(M)" (CIL IV 3832)

'Shitter, Beware of Evil!'

Best mind your step! #Pompeii #Archaeology 🏺

Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (112285)
November 14, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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#FrescoFriday - From a series of fresco depictions of the Muses from the Praedia of Julia Felix, Pompeii (II.4.10/3). Here is Urania, Muse of Astronomy, with a celestial globe and measuring rod. #Pompeii #Art 🏺

Image: Louvre Collections (ED 2759 ; P 12). Link - collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/5335...
November 14, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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November 14, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Blossom Puzzle, November 14
Letters: A D E R H I W
My score: 311 points
My longest word: 10 letters
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#MerriamWebster
November 14, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Tightrope, a daily trivia game | Britannica

Nov. 14, 2025

T I G H T R O P E
✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ 💔 ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ 🎉

My Score: 1830
November 14, 2025 at 8:33 AM
#Wordle 1,609 4/6

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November 14, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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✨The Seasons✨

This #FrescoFriday we travel to Block 10, Regio IX of Pompeii to enjoy some of the details from the blue room unveiled during archaeological work in 2024. The room is thought to have been a sacrarium — “a shrine devoted to ritual activities and the storage of sacred objects”.
November 14, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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Nothing has changed - #Egyptian flip flops 😃: a pair of sandals made of woven reed and palm leaves. Dating around 1000 BC. It has been remarkably preserved because of Egypt's arid desert climate.

On display at National Museum Copenhagen.

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November 14, 2025 at 6:45 AM
www.sciencenews.org/article/math...
There’s math behind this maddening golf mishap

In a “lip out,” a golf ball appears to enter the hole, but it escapes
#math #maths #physics #golf #iteachmath #mathsky
There’s math behind this maddening golf mishap
Math and physics explain the anguish of a golf ball that zings around the rim of the hole instead of falling in.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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When @profgalloway.com gets emotional, @karaswisher.bsky.social gives him a hand to hold (but draws the line at a hug).
#PivotTour
November 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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"Someone made a new sign for the Oval Office out of those two pieces of printed paper with gold script. By that token, anywhere could be the Oval Office. Even here."

@karaswisher.bsky.social and @profgalloway.com turn the Pivot Tour stage into their own Oval Office.
#PivotTour
November 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
November 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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✨Bring on the good fortune✨

This #PhallusThursday we celebrate with this tuff stele from Pompeii that depicts a large phallus inside a temple. If you ever wondered if the Romans attributed divine power to the phallus, wonder no more!

#AncientRome
November 13, 2025 at 6:45 AM