🕊️🎄 #Christmas
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(n.)
- The general sense of peace and tranquility associated with Christmas.
(n.)
- The general sense of peace and tranquility associated with Christmas.
December 24, 2025 at 11:21 PM
🕊️🎄 #Christmas
Behold! The Very First Christmas Card (1843)
Behold! The Very First Christmas Card (1843)
Christmas cards aren’t just an anachronism.
They’re almost an endangered species, the victim of the Internet, postal rate increases, and the jettisoning of any time consuming tradition whose executio...
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December 20, 2025 at 3:04 AM
In the Dutch tulip fields, Monet was astonished by the colors.
“I could never have believed that such colours existed,” he said in admiration.
“I could never have believed that such colours existed,” he said in admiration.
December 9, 2025 at 2:58 AM
What the Great Pyramids of Giza Originally Looked Like
What the Great Pyramids of Giza Originally Looked Like
Ask anyone who's traveled to the Great Pyramids of Giza: no matter how many times you've seen them in photographs or on television, you're never really prepared to come face-to-face with them in real ...
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November 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Critics later called Van Gogh’s Saint-Rémy period his “therapeutic months.”
For him, painting was survival—a daily prayer in color.
Repetition steadied his mind; each brushstroke a way to hold chaos at bay.
For him, painting was survival—a daily prayer in color.
Repetition steadied his mind; each brushstroke a way to hold chaos at bay.
November 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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This is Scotchy. He is here to collect the belly rub toll. Would like to remind you that failing to pay results in a fine of even more belly rubs. 12/10 (TT: scotchythedoxie)
November 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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One of the least-visited places by tourists is the Morgan Library & Museum.
english.elpais.com/travel/2025-...
english.elpais.com/travel/2025-...
The Morgan Library, an abandoned subway station and other New York City secrets
From the air, underground, or at street-level, EL PAÍS has put together a list of 10 surprising places to explore in the Big Apple, beyond the touristy clichés
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November 21, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Van Gogh sometimes painted halos of light.
They weren’t religious symbols but expressions of intensity—his way of showing the eternal through color.
They weren’t religious symbols but expressions of intensity—his way of showing the eternal through color.
November 12, 2025 at 11:35 PM
The First Photograph of a Human Being: A Photo Taken by Louis Daguerre in 1838
The First Photograph of a Human Being: A Photo Taken by Louis Daguerre in 1838
You’ve likely heard the reason people never smile in very old photographs. Early photography could be an excruciatingly slow process.
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November 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
⬇️ This. ⬇️ 👍🏻👍🏻
I think we under-estimate how many people are miserable because they have no enthusiasms, no hobbies, because they gave up reading and quit learning when school ended. It's shocking how much studying a beloved subject elevates your mood. It will transform your life.
October 26, 2025 at 8:03 PM
⬇️ This. ⬇️ 👍🏻👍🏻
This ...⬇️⬇️⬇️ #MakeAmericaReadAgain
If you want to push back against tech's encroachment into every corner of our lives, you have to read books. They're eager to create a future in which most people are illiterate and hooked on slop, a world without imagination or knowledge. Reading is resistance.
October 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
This ...⬇️⬇️⬇️ #MakeAmericaReadAgain
The Medieval Masterpiece, the Book of Kells, Is Now Digitized and Available Online
The Medieval Masterpiece, the Book of Kells, Is Now Digitized and Available Online
If you know nothing else about medieval European illuminated manuscripts, you surely know the Book of Kells. “One of Ireland’s greatest cultural treasures” comments Medievalists.net, “it is set apart ...
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October 11, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Oh dear! 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
Banning books about Animals?!?!
Take the first step to fight against book bans at www.bookbanpetition.us
Take the first step to fight against book bans at www.bookbanpetition.us
October 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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October 5, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Hwæt! 🐉
Ever wondered what the epic poem Beowulf sounds like spoken in Old English?
#NationalPoetryDay
Ever wondered what the epic poem Beowulf sounds like spoken in Old English?
#NationalPoetryDay
October 2, 2025 at 2:54 PM
We love our lemon sharks in Coral City 🤗🍋🦈 #lemonshark #sharksofcoralcity #shark #smile #toothy #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity
September 22, 2025 at 6:48 PM
3,900 Pages of Paul Klee’s Personal Notebooks Are Now Online, Highlighting His Bauhaus Teachings (1921–1931)
3,900 Pages of Paul Klee’s Personal Notebooks Are Now Online, Highlighting His Bauhaus Teachings (1921–1931)
Paul Klee led an artistic life that spanned the 19th and 20th centuries, but he kept his aesthetic sensibility tuned to the future.
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September 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
"True dat."
It turns out that those who railed against cancel culture and censorship have no qualms resorting to cancel culture and censorship when it serves their political interests.
September 18, 2025 at 3:47 AM
"True dat."
Historically some bookmobiles have traveled by watercraft, train, and carts pulled by horses, donkeys, elephants, and camels.
action.everylibrary.org/bookmobiles_...
action.everylibrary.org/bookmobiles_...
Bookmobiles Bring Food, Internet, And Reading Materials
Bookmobiles may seem old-school, but they are still around and better than ever, offering new and unique services to connect with users.
action.everylibrary.org
September 16, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Landscape under a Stormy Sky - 1888
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14315
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14315
September 16, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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August 30, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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Coral City Green Sea Turtle 🥷🐢🌇(read TMNT style) #greenseaturtle #seaturtle #seaturtlesofcoralcity #chelonia #tmnt #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity
August 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
1,000+ Artworks by Vincent Van Gogh Digitized & Put Online by Dutch Museums
1,000+ Artworks by Vincent Van Gogh Digitized & Put Online by Dutch Museums
It gets dark before dinner now in my part of the world, a recipe for seasonal depression.
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August 28, 2025 at 6:47 PM