Mathieu Duplay 🌈
@mathieuduplay.bsky.social
Music for a while. He/him/his. Reposts are not endorsements. TERFs need not apply. I am Albert Gregor.
Today is Gene Tierney's birthday, and I absolutely adore her, so here she is in one of the loveliest films ever.
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir - Lost in the Fog
YouTube video by Bob Kingston
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Today is Gene Tierney's birthday, and I absolutely adore her, so here she is in one of the loveliest films ever.
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Stunning 2,000 year-old #Roman purple glass bottle, probably used for perfume.
📷 Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins
#Archaeology
📷 Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins
#Archaeology
November 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Stunning 2,000 year-old #Roman purple glass bottle, probably used for perfume.
📷 Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins
#Archaeology
📷 Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins
#Archaeology
Hübsch gepredigt! Aber tauben Ohren!
Ariadne auf Naxos (1912): Großmächtige Prinzessin - Beverly Sills - Live in Boston (1969 HD)
YouTube video by This is Coloratura!
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Hübsch gepredigt! Aber tauben Ohren!
There are good days, there are bad days, and there are days when Grindr is down.
November 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM
There are good days, there are bad days, and there are days when Grindr is down.
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A silver and gilt, shell-shaped box from Tomba degli Ori, Canosa, Bari, Italy.
Dated late 3rd to early 2nd C BCE.
Interior and exterior of the lid shows a Nereid on a sea monster.
Greek Inscription on the hinge:
Of Opaka Sabaleida
#FindsFriday #Archaeology
📸 my own, Taranto Archaeological Museum.
Dated late 3rd to early 2nd C BCE.
Interior and exterior of the lid shows a Nereid on a sea monster.
Greek Inscription on the hinge:
Of Opaka Sabaleida
#FindsFriday #Archaeology
📸 my own, Taranto Archaeological Museum.
November 14, 2025 at 11:44 AM
A silver and gilt, shell-shaped box from Tomba degli Ori, Canosa, Bari, Italy.
Dated late 3rd to early 2nd C BCE.
Interior and exterior of the lid shows a Nereid on a sea monster.
Greek Inscription on the hinge:
Of Opaka Sabaleida
#FindsFriday #Archaeology
📸 my own, Taranto Archaeological Museum.
Dated late 3rd to early 2nd C BCE.
Interior and exterior of the lid shows a Nereid on a sea monster.
Greek Inscription on the hinge:
Of Opaka Sabaleida
#FindsFriday #Archaeology
📸 my own, Taranto Archaeological Museum.
Move over, Edith Wharton.
November 17, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Move over, Edith Wharton.
Giga in G Major, K. 574
YouTube video by Alessio Corti - Topic
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 8:23 PM
You know what they say about abusers promising to change.
They don't. Never.
MTG swearing off the toxic politics is like Count Dracula promising to drink only mineral water (as long as it has lots of hemoglobin in it).
They don't. Never.
MTG swearing off the toxic politics is like Count Dracula promising to drink only mineral water (as long as it has lots of hemoglobin in it).
BASH: We have seen these attacks from the president at other people. It's not new. And I haven't heard you speak out about it until it was directed at you.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
November 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
You know what they say about abusers promising to change.
They don't. Never.
MTG swearing off the toxic politics is like Count Dracula promising to drink only mineral water (as long as it has lots of hemoglobin in it).
They don't. Never.
MTG swearing off the toxic politics is like Count Dracula promising to drink only mineral water (as long as it has lots of hemoglobin in it).
One of my neighbours has been playing the orchestral introduction to Casta Diva on a loop all evening, always breaking off just before the soprano comes in -- so I don't know which version they are playing. A particularly refined form of torture.
November 15, 2025 at 11:28 PM
One of my neighbours has been playing the orchestral introduction to Casta Diva on a loop all evening, always breaking off just before the soprano comes in -- so I don't know which version they are playing. A particularly refined form of torture.
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David Bispham as Alberich in the Opera Siegfried (1902) by Aimé Dupont, from Harvard Theatre Collection.
Source: @harvard.edu / Wikimedia Commons
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/2fe01411-4bcd-4232-967d-d5ff600b2296
#makeup #theatre #art #publicdomain
Source: @harvard.edu / Wikimedia Commons
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/2fe01411-4bcd-4232-967d-d5ff600b2296
#makeup #theatre #art #publicdomain
November 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
David Bispham as Alberich in the Opera Siegfried (1902) by Aimé Dupont, from Harvard Theatre Collection.
Source: @harvard.edu / Wikimedia Commons
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/2fe01411-4bcd-4232-967d-d5ff600b2296
#makeup #theatre #art #publicdomain
Source: @harvard.edu / Wikimedia Commons
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/2fe01411-4bcd-4232-967d-d5ff600b2296
#makeup #theatre #art #publicdomain
Willa Cather was seriously badass, and she would have settled that (K)New person's hash in no time at all.
November 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Willa Cather was seriously badass, and she would have settled that (K)New person's hash in no time at all.
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Moby Dick was published on this day in 1851, so today's bank note comes from Nantucket and features a large vignette of whalers in a longboat about to harpoon a spouting sperm whale. Also on the right, note the Hydrostatic Oil Press. Manufacturers and Mechanics Bank, Nantucket, MA, $3, Dec 5, 1843.🗃️
November 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Moby Dick was published on this day in 1851, so today's bank note comes from Nantucket and features a large vignette of whalers in a longboat about to harpoon a spouting sperm whale. Also on the right, note the Hydrostatic Oil Press. Manufacturers and Mechanics Bank, Nantucket, MA, $3, Dec 5, 1843.🗃️
When you fail to understand that Humbert Humbert is a monster, and that Jim Burden is *ten years old* when he meets the *significantly older* Antonia Shimerda, you don't deserve to be an English professor, let alone to teach at Harvard.
did not have Harvard English professor Elisa New emailing Jeffrey Epstein about Lolita on my 2025 bingo card
November 14, 2025 at 9:07 PM
When you fail to understand that Humbert Humbert is a monster, and that Jim Burden is *ten years old* when he meets the *significantly older* Antonia Shimerda, you don't deserve to be an English professor, let alone to teach at Harvard.
I just saw a string of posts connecting Tr*mp to Bill Clinton and I need a drink, where's the bar
a woman in a black coat says " if that 's not cause for alcohol "
Alt: a woman in a black coat says " if that's not cause for alcohol, I don't know what is"
media.tenor.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I just saw a string of posts connecting Tr*mp to Bill Clinton and I need a drink, where's the bar
Willa Cather encountering Jeffrey Epstein in the afterworld.
November 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Willa Cather encountering Jeffrey Epstein in the afterworld.
I am old enough to remember the 1970s, especially the latter part of the decade when I spent a lot of time in the UK, and I don't know if this makes me want to laugh or cry.
Also, I don't think I would have been happier as a cis gay man back in 1975, but somehow "most people" never means us.
Also, I don't think I would have been happier as a cis gay man back in 1975, but somehow "most people" never means us.
There were rolling bin strikes throughout the 70s which left the streets groaning under piles of rubbish.
November 14, 2025 at 11:11 AM
I am old enough to remember the 1970s, especially the latter part of the decade when I spent a lot of time in the UK, and I don't know if this makes me want to laugh or cry.
Also, I don't think I would have been happier as a cis gay man back in 1975, but somehow "most people" never means us.
Also, I don't think I would have been happier as a cis gay man back in 1975, but somehow "most people" never means us.
It says something about Bluesky that the first thing I noticed here was the impeccably tailored suit and, in particular, the lack of a collar gap.
... to Mrs. Erlynne's last gambit (El abanico de Lady Windermere)
November 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
It says something about Bluesky that the first thing I noticed here was the impeccably tailored suit and, in particular, the lack of a collar gap.
We're on a mission from God.
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 10:24 AM
We're on a mission from God.
It isn't just Starbucks. The Quest for the Perfect Teapot, that modern adventure story.
Tea drinkers, here’s a little gift for you.
Enjoy this perfect teapot from Starbucks.
Enjoy this perfect teapot from Starbucks.
November 11, 2025 at 10:37 AM
It isn't just Starbucks. The Quest for the Perfect Teapot, that modern adventure story.
Gwyneth Jones was born on Nov. 7th, 1936. Turandot is the one role in which I was lucky enough to see her live. (Obviously the music here is by Alfano, not Puccini.)
Gwyneth Jones James Mc Cracken Puccini Turandot Principessa di morte Bercy 20 06 1985
YouTube video by Allons à l'Opéra
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Gwyneth Jones was born on Nov. 7th, 1936. Turandot is the one role in which I was lucky enough to see her live. (Obviously the music here is by Alfano, not Puccini.)
You can have book piles, or you can have a dog. I have a dog.
From the NYT Style section. This makes book piles legitimate decor choices, right?
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 AM
You can have book piles, or you can have a dog. I have a dog.
My unpopular take on Lucia di Lammermoor is that the title character is best cast as a lyric soprano with a strong legato, and that turning the role into a coloratura extravaganza is a betrayal of what the composer actually wrote. Caballé may not be the best Lucia overall, but this is what I mean.
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor / Act 3 - "Ardon gl'incensi"
YouTube video by Montserrat Caballé - Topic
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 5:13 PM
My unpopular take on Lucia di Lammermoor is that the title character is best cast as a lyric soprano with a strong legato, and that turning the role into a coloratura extravaganza is a betrayal of what the composer actually wrote. Caballé may not be the best Lucia overall, but this is what I mean.
"Bossy"
November 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
"Bossy"