Luciande
@luciande.bsky.social
Miscellaneous ideas of an introvert. Loves democracy, travelling, Shakespeare and chocolate. Posts in 🇫🇷 and 🇬🇧. Proud 🇪🇺citizen
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Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over
January 1, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over
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Waters of lamentation: by the rivers of Babylon
Cambridge Trinity College, R.17.1; The Edwine Psalter; 12th century; (cir. 1150 CE); Christ Church, Canterbury; f.243v @trincolllibcam.bsky.social
Cambridge Trinity College, R.17.1; The Edwine Psalter; 12th century; (cir. 1150 CE); Christ Church, Canterbury; f.243v @trincolllibcam.bsky.social
January 1, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Waters of lamentation: by the rivers of Babylon
Cambridge Trinity College, R.17.1; The Edwine Psalter; 12th century; (cir. 1150 CE); Christ Church, Canterbury; f.243v @trincolllibcam.bsky.social
Cambridge Trinity College, R.17.1; The Edwine Psalter; 12th century; (cir. 1150 CE); Christ Church, Canterbury; f.243v @trincolllibcam.bsky.social
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January 1, 2026 at 10:49 AM
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🎉 Ismuas Month Of Music 🎉
Day 1 - A song that instantly puts you in a good mood
Roger Glover And Guests - Love Is All (1974)
Spotify
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
Day 1 - A song that instantly puts you in a good mood
Roger Glover And Guests - Love Is All (1974)
Spotify
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
Roger Glover And Guests - Love Is All
YouTube video by Oxygene 80
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January 1, 2026 at 8:42 AM
🎉 Ismuas Month Of Music 🎉
Day 1 - A song that instantly puts you in a good mood
Roger Glover And Guests - Love Is All (1974)
Spotify
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
Day 1 - A song that instantly puts you in a good mood
Roger Glover And Guests - Love Is All (1974)
Spotify
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
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Urge Overkill - Girl You'll Be a Woman Soon
YouTube video by Vangelis Bakos
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December 31, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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Il y a 30 ans tout juste, le 31 décembre 1995, sortait le dernier strip de Calvin & Hobbes...
December 31, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Il y a 30 ans tout juste, le 31 décembre 1995, sortait le dernier strip de Calvin & Hobbes...
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Une comète ?
Non, 20 secondes de photographie du ciel avec des satellites Starlink de tonton Musk (on dit tonton facho en français, je sais!).
©Wang Chao
Non, 20 secondes de photographie du ciel avec des satellites Starlink de tonton Musk (on dit tonton facho en français, je sais!).
©Wang Chao
December 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Une comète ?
Non, 20 secondes de photographie du ciel avec des satellites Starlink de tonton Musk (on dit tonton facho en français, je sais!).
©Wang Chao
Non, 20 secondes de photographie du ciel avec des satellites Starlink de tonton Musk (on dit tonton facho en français, je sais!).
©Wang Chao
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Le silence pour ce qu’il se passe au Soudan me sidère depuis des mois.
On parle de gens obligés de s’enterrer vivants. Tués à la machette. À la mitraillette. Décapités. Des images satellites montrant un bain de sang.
C’est un génocide.
0 Black Lives Matter.
0 manifestation.
Le silence.
Honteux.
On parle de gens obligés de s’enterrer vivants. Tués à la machette. À la mitraillette. Décapités. Des images satellites montrant un bain de sang.
C’est un génocide.
0 Black Lives Matter.
0 manifestation.
Le silence.
Honteux.
December 30, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Le silence pour ce qu’il se passe au Soudan me sidère depuis des mois.
On parle de gens obligés de s’enterrer vivants. Tués à la machette. À la mitraillette. Décapités. Des images satellites montrant un bain de sang.
C’est un génocide.
0 Black Lives Matter.
0 manifestation.
Le silence.
Honteux.
On parle de gens obligés de s’enterrer vivants. Tués à la machette. À la mitraillette. Décapités. Des images satellites montrant un bain de sang.
C’est un génocide.
0 Black Lives Matter.
0 manifestation.
Le silence.
Honteux.
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Hear the Evolution of the London Accent Over 660 Years: From 1346 to 2006
Hear the Evolution of the London Accent Over 660 Years: From 1346 to 2006
Read a novel by Charles Dickens, and you'll still today feel transported back to the London of the eighteen-twenties. Some of that experience owes to his lavishly reportorial descriptive skills, but e...
www.openculture.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Hear the Evolution of the London Accent Over 660 Years: From 1346 to 2006
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Top 10 of this year's most read pieces — no.6: our post on Blemmyes, mythical headless humanoids whose eyes, nose, and mouth are embedded in their breast: publicdomainreview.org/collection/b...
(Full Top 10 here: publicdomainreview.org/blog/2025/12...)
(Full Top 10 here: publicdomainreview.org/blog/2025/12...)
December 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Top 10 of this year's most read pieces — no.6: our post on Blemmyes, mythical headless humanoids whose eyes, nose, and mouth are embedded in their breast: publicdomainreview.org/collection/b...
(Full Top 10 here: publicdomainreview.org/blog/2025/12...)
(Full Top 10 here: publicdomainreview.org/blog/2025/12...)
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Peder Krøyer first visited Skagen at the northernmost point of Denmark
in 1882 and became captivated by the light and the landscape. One of the distinguishing features of his paintings (this is 1908) is that moment when the sky is illuminated by two sources of natural light.
in 1882 and became captivated by the light and the landscape. One of the distinguishing features of his paintings (this is 1908) is that moment when the sky is illuminated by two sources of natural light.
December 28, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Peder Krøyer first visited Skagen at the northernmost point of Denmark
in 1882 and became captivated by the light and the landscape. One of the distinguishing features of his paintings (this is 1908) is that moment when the sky is illuminated by two sources of natural light.
in 1882 and became captivated by the light and the landscape. One of the distinguishing features of his paintings (this is 1908) is that moment when the sky is illuminated by two sources of natural light.
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Authoritarian regimes often try to co-opt cherished cultural darlings. Exploiting Norman Rockwell in this way is offensive, and also factually wrong, if you know anything about his artistic trajectory.
The latest edition of Receipts from @crampell.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4pU1xY5
The latest edition of Receipts from @crampell.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4pU1xY5
The MAGAfication of Norman Rockwell
Trump uses the artist’s work—like other cultural icons—to promote Gestapo tactics and nativist ideas.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Authoritarian regimes often try to co-opt cherished cultural darlings. Exploiting Norman Rockwell in this way is offensive, and also factually wrong, if you know anything about his artistic trajectory.
The latest edition of Receipts from @crampell.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4pU1xY5
The latest edition of Receipts from @crampell.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4pU1xY5
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Today's artist without a (known) birthday: Jan van Bijlert of Utrecht. Meaning it will be a very festive day! Here, a concert with a bit of gratuitous nudity from the 1630s.
December 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Today's artist without a (known) birthday: Jan van Bijlert of Utrecht. Meaning it will be a very festive day! Here, a concert with a bit of gratuitous nudity from the 1630s.
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December 28, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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The English word ‘shirt’ has the same origin as ‘skirt’.
While ‘shirt’ directly stems from Proto-Germanic *skurtijōn, ‘skirt’ was borrowed from its Old Norse descendant.
Here’s number 10 in my doublet series: English doublets with a Germanic origin.
Tomorrow: German.
I started this series ... 1/
While ‘shirt’ directly stems from Proto-Germanic *skurtijōn, ‘skirt’ was borrowed from its Old Norse descendant.
Here’s number 10 in my doublet series: English doublets with a Germanic origin.
Tomorrow: German.
I started this series ... 1/
December 28, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The English word ‘shirt’ has the same origin as ‘skirt’.
While ‘shirt’ directly stems from Proto-Germanic *skurtijōn, ‘skirt’ was borrowed from its Old Norse descendant.
Here’s number 10 in my doublet series: English doublets with a Germanic origin.
Tomorrow: German.
I started this series ... 1/
While ‘shirt’ directly stems from Proto-Germanic *skurtijōn, ‘skirt’ was borrowed from its Old Norse descendant.
Here’s number 10 in my doublet series: English doublets with a Germanic origin.
Tomorrow: German.
I started this series ... 1/
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Looking at this map, it took me a while to figure out what the price-to-income ratio actually shows. Only then did I see what’s going on in Portugal!
December 28, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Looking at this map, it took me a while to figure out what the price-to-income ratio actually shows. Only then did I see what’s going on in Portugal!
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Félix Vallotton (1865–1925), Château Gaillard at Andelys (1924),
December 27, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Félix Vallotton (1865–1925), Château Gaillard at Andelys (1924),
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This is the mother of Huitzilopochtli and is related to the principles of origin and legitimization of Mexica power. Coatlicue, the goddess who carries the skirt of snakes, miraculous mother of the Sun, the Moon and the stars, was found in a heraldry in 1790. arqueologiamexicana.mx/mexico-antig...
December 27, 2025 at 11:39 AM
This is the mother of Huitzilopochtli and is related to the principles of origin and legitimization of Mexica power. Coatlicue, the goddess who carries the skirt of snakes, miraculous mother of the Sun, the Moon and the stars, was found in a heraldry in 1790. arqueologiamexicana.mx/mexico-antig...
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Rashaan Rori Allwood
December 27, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Rashaan Rori Allwood
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Something lovely for the weekend!
Beautiful blue glass beads from the late Bronze Age 💙
Ploughed up by a farmer in Denmark in 1885, analysis shows the beads were made in Mesopotamia, pointing to long-distance trade in luxury goods some 3,000 years ago.
📷 National Museum of Denmark
#Archaeology
Beautiful blue glass beads from the late Bronze Age 💙
Ploughed up by a farmer in Denmark in 1885, analysis shows the beads were made in Mesopotamia, pointing to long-distance trade in luxury goods some 3,000 years ago.
📷 National Museum of Denmark
#Archaeology
December 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Something lovely for the weekend!
Beautiful blue glass beads from the late Bronze Age 💙
Ploughed up by a farmer in Denmark in 1885, analysis shows the beads were made in Mesopotamia, pointing to long-distance trade in luxury goods some 3,000 years ago.
📷 National Museum of Denmark
#Archaeology
Beautiful blue glass beads from the late Bronze Age 💙
Ploughed up by a farmer in Denmark in 1885, analysis shows the beads were made in Mesopotamia, pointing to long-distance trade in luxury goods some 3,000 years ago.
📷 National Museum of Denmark
#Archaeology
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Que peut apporter l'ADN à l'histoire ?
C'est à cette question que répond Patrick Geary dans ce bref ouvrage paru chez @cnrseditions.bsky.social.
Au menu : quelques renseignements, beaucoup de questions, une bonne dose de prudence. Un fil ⬇️ #medievalists #medievalsky
C'est à cette question que répond Patrick Geary dans ce bref ouvrage paru chez @cnrseditions.bsky.social.
Au menu : quelques renseignements, beaucoup de questions, une bonne dose de prudence. Un fil ⬇️ #medievalists #medievalsky
December 27, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Que peut apporter l'ADN à l'histoire ?
C'est à cette question que répond Patrick Geary dans ce bref ouvrage paru chez @cnrseditions.bsky.social.
Au menu : quelques renseignements, beaucoup de questions, une bonne dose de prudence. Un fil ⬇️ #medievalists #medievalsky
C'est à cette question que répond Patrick Geary dans ce bref ouvrage paru chez @cnrseditions.bsky.social.
Au menu : quelques renseignements, beaucoup de questions, une bonne dose de prudence. Un fil ⬇️ #medievalists #medievalsky
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A Bronze Age horned helmet from Brøns Mose at Viksø, decorated with bosses and adorned with eyes and a beak. The helmet was found with an identical one in a bog. They were probably used at religious ceremonies. Later on, they were deposited in the bog as offerings. 🧵1/2
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology
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🏺 #archaeology
December 26, 2025 at 8:15 AM
A Bronze Age horned helmet from Brøns Mose at Viksø, decorated with bosses and adorned with eyes and a beak. The helmet was found with an identical one in a bog. They were probably used at religious ceremonies. Later on, they were deposited in the bog as offerings. 🧵1/2
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology
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For Christmas Day an early medieval gold foil cross found in Andelfingen, dating 7th c. AD.
Gold foil crosses were purpose-made for burials, they were sewn on the veil that covered the deceased.
They are regarded as one of the earliest Christian symbols in southwestern Germany.
MERRY CHRISTMAS🎄🎅
Gold foil crosses were purpose-made for burials, they were sewn on the veil that covered the deceased.
They are regarded as one of the earliest Christian symbols in southwestern Germany.
MERRY CHRISTMAS🎄🎅
December 25, 2025 at 8:06 AM
For Christmas Day an early medieval gold foil cross found in Andelfingen, dating 7th c. AD.
Gold foil crosses were purpose-made for burials, they were sewn on the veil that covered the deceased.
They are regarded as one of the earliest Christian symbols in southwestern Germany.
MERRY CHRISTMAS🎄🎅
Gold foil crosses were purpose-made for burials, they were sewn on the veil that covered the deceased.
They are regarded as one of the earliest Christian symbols in southwestern Germany.
MERRY CHRISTMAS🎄🎅
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The most “festive season” lichen photo I have.
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays +++ from snowy Newfoundland, Canada!
#lichen #fungi #fungifriends
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays +++ from snowy Newfoundland, Canada!
#lichen #fungi #fungifriends
December 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The most “festive season” lichen photo I have.
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays +++ from snowy Newfoundland, Canada!
#lichen #fungi #fungifriends
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays +++ from snowy Newfoundland, Canada!
#lichen #fungi #fungifriends