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The Hermit of Everything @hermiteveryday.bsky.social · 6h

October rose. ✨

A rose with a creamy yellow centre and white petals with pink tinged edges.

Moniquevs @moniquevs.bsky.social · 10h

I'm wondering how local and national politicians are thinking about the closure of the Soesterberg Airbase right now. It was a stupid decision back then.

Ben Coates @bencoates1.bsky.social · 10h

Dutch defence chief says: in the event of war with Russia, Rotterdam will be defended at all costs but protecting Amsterdam “is not important to me” 😳

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NRC @nrc.nl · 13h

Menopauze ook bij gorilla’s: vrouwen leven er langer dan gedacht

Waarom blijven bij sommige soorten grootmoeders zo lang leven? In de biologie is het verschijnsel lange tijd een raadsel geweest.

www.nrc.nl

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Harold Makaske @haroldmakaske.bsky.social · 21h

De Vondst van de dag illustreert het verschil tussen de jaren 30 en de huidige tijd. De verzuilde samenleving met een sterk 'maatschappelijk middenveld' van organisatie die zich uitspraken tegen de bedreiging van de democratie en racisme. Zo ook de kerken. Waarom zwijgen die organisaties nu?

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 20h

#Apples
So many apples this year people are giving them away.
If you ever find a Ten Commandments, slice it crossways & count the red spots around the core. There should be 10. This disposition of seeds in the core is supposed to be a method of divination in any apple. Does anyone know how?

A Ten Commandments apple cut crossways to reveal 10 red blotches in the white/yelowish flesh, around the five pointed core.

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Metje van Elten @metjevanelten.bsky.social · 1d

“Een gouden tijdperk breekt aan voor Israël en het Midden-Oosten”, aldus een zelfvoldane Trump. Jammer dat die gouden jaren nog even op zich laten wachten voor de Palestijnen in Gaza en op de Westoever.

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Chie Yoshii @chieyoshii.bsky.social · 20d

Painting process of a piece for my upcoming solo show:  
"The Road Not Taken" 
Oct 22nd - Nov 22nd, 2025
 William Baczek Fine Arts 
For collector's preview, please contact the gallery at [email protected]  
来月オープンする個展作品の制作過程です。よろしくお願いいたします。  #art #wip #artstudio #artgallery #artshow

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Carole King @carolekingofficial.bsky.social · 1d

Wishing my old friend Paul Simon a very happy birthday.
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1959 RCA Paramount recording session
Photo courtesy Sony Music Archives

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Arthur David Spota @adaspota.bsky.social · 2d

Aleister Crowley ~ The Moon Study for Tarot (1921)
#AleisterCrowley #BOTD #Thelema

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 1d

It’s striking to see both Israelis and Palestinians released today flashing peace signs as they emerge from captivity.

May they and those who love them find healing in their freedom.

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Frans Timmermans @franstimmermans.groenlinkspvda.nl · 2d

De voorbereiding op het debat was enerverender dan ik verwachtte. Dank voor alle lieve berichten. De sociale meerderheid van aardige mensen is groter en sterker en wij laten ons niet intimideren.

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Moniquevs @moniquevs.bsky.social · 2d

Heeft Timmermans beveiliging? Zo ja, dan hoop ik dat dat flink opgeschroefd gaat worden. Verschrikkelijk dit.

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Chele @chelenc.bsky.social · 2d

Carrie (1976)
dir. Brian De Palma

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶!

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Karen - Wall Flower Studio @karsloan.bsky.social · 2d

"Open sesame" is the #magical phrase in the story of "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" (One Thousand and One Nights), which opens the mouth of a cave where the forty thieves hid the treasure. 🪄 #FolkloreSunday #fairytales #Folklore

Stories from the Arabian nights - Laurence Housman
Illustrated by Edmund Dulac, ca 1911 - Public Domain

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.bsky.social · 2d

For Crowley’s 150th, a documentary first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1986 is now available on BBC sounds.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Moniquevs @moniquevs.bsky.social · 3d

Centerfold was a Dutch band just like the Golden Earring. They had several big hits in the 80's. This version is more spicy. Both versions are great in their own way! 🎧

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Moniquevs @moniquevs.bsky.social · 3d

Drop a song that you must sing out loud whenever you hear it.

Centerfold - Radar Love (Musikladen Eurotops) 1987

youtu.be/WPGAFNaM2Zc?...

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 3d

Gaza lives.

Maha Hussaini @MahaGaza
We have returned, like we'll always do.
[photo of a cat sitting in a bombed out window frame silhouetted against a backdrop of rubble]
Gaza City

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Moniquevs @moniquevs.bsky.social · 3d

Rostam Batmanglij - Wood

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Wood

YouTube video by Rostam - Topic

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Moniquevs @moniquevs.bsky.social · 3d

Siouxsie And The Banshees - Scarecrow

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Scarecrow

YouTube video by Siouxsie & The Banshees - Topic

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Isabelle Marie @isabellemarie.bsky.social · 3d

2,700-year-old temple with 'sacred cave' discovered in Turkey — and it may honor the 'mother goddess'.
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...

2,700-year-old temple with 'sacred cave' discovered in Turkey — and it may honor the 'mother goddess'

The temple may have been dedicated to a mother goddess worshipped by many cultures, including the Greeks and the Romans.

www.livescience.com

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Moniquevs @moniquevs.bsky.social · 3d

Loving your video's. And I admire your British accent. You are one of the very few Dutch people I know who have no Dutch accent at all when speaking English. 👍

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De Groene Amsterdammer @groene.nl · 3d

Op sociale media delen PVV-fanaccounts levensechte AI-beelden, veelal van knappe, blonde vrouwen die worden bedreigd door migranten. Deze pagina’s blijken te worden beheerd door minstens twee PVV-Kamerleden.
👉 buff.ly/MFNFcU3

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Signe Maene @signemaene.com · 6d

1/3 According to a Flemish folktale, bokkenrijders or buckriders, who were said to be thieves, ghosts, or sometimes even witches, and rode through the sky on the backs of goats in Flanders and the Netherlands, had stolen the Queen's laundry.

#WyrdWednesday

Art from Affiche: "De Bokkenrijder of het skelet." Opdrachtgever: Het Hollandsch Tooneel. Shows a buckrider riding through the sky. Castle in the far distance. Clouds.

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Susan DuBose @houseofbast777.bsky.social · 3d

'Alone in the Desert'
Photo by Carles Alonso, 2019
The photo is of Nomads riding Camels through the Sahara Desert. The photo wasn’t taken by a drone, which are illegal in Morocco, but was taken by Carles Alonso, while standing on the highest dune in Morocco using a telephoto lens.

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