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Dr Francesca Santoro

@phyllida.bsky.social

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Greek & Roman history, politics, art history, literature. Music: Mahler, DSCH, opera, chamber music. Have lived in Rome & Amsterdam. Love languages, theatre, museums in general, Shakespeare, London, the House of Commons, Rowson cartoons, in particular.😊

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Jacques-Yves Cousteau @runflysmile.bsky.social · 4h

See the good in people and help them 😊

Mahatma Gandhi

#Good #People #Help #Heart #Rose #Gandhi

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Dr Francesca Santoro @phyllida.bsky.social · 3h

Does he sit up nights planning what he can do to piss everyone off the next day?🤨

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Not Quite Old @notquiteold.bsky.social · 14h

These are scary times
for humans and animals.
And we need to pay attention.
But that doesn’t mean
we shouldn’t smile or laugh
or play with the kids or pets
or cook a nice dinner.
Scary times have moments of joy.
Scary times need moments of joy.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4h

That’s seven.

@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/uni...

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Miya115 @miya1156.bsky.social · 11h

Autumn roses..

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Dr Francesca Santoro @phyllida.bsky.social · 3h

Decodex 2025-10-20

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@tonylarch.bsky.social @lightacandle.bsky.social

You have to love a philosopher whose most famous saying was "What do I know about it?" "Que sais-je?"🤔

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rillana64.bsky.social @rillana64.bsky.social · 10h

'Um die Ecke' #FotoVorschlag

Zwei Katzen, der rote Kater auf dem Kratzbaum ganz oben und die junge "Tigermaus" hockt auf dem offenen Fenster auf dem Rahmen

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outis reading @charlaynvonsolms.com · Sep 10

...and Leto, Iapetos, and Kronos with his devious plans, and the Dawn [Eos] and the great Sun [Helios] and the bright Moon [Selene], and the Earth [Gaia] and great Okeanos and dark Night [Nyx], and the sacred genos of all the other immortals, who are forever.
(Hesiod, Th. 18-21)

Detail of a terracotta pelike depicting Rhea and Kronos, attributed to the Nausicaä Painter c. 460–450 BCE. The Titan Rhea is shown handing her husband, Kronos, a stone wrapped in swaddled clothes for him to swallow.
Metropolitan Museum of Art 06.1021.144. Beazley Archive 214648. LIMC Cronus 22; see LIMC, Vol. 6, p. 145.

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Enough @enuffsenuff.bsky.social · 17h

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 9h

omg!

"Demolition crews have begun tearing down part of the White House...

"Construction teams Monday were demolishing a portion of the East Wing, with a backhoe ripping through the structure..."

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Dr Francesca Santoro @phyllida.bsky.social · 8h

😊Grammatically speaking, the US belongs to *US*, the people. "Us" is the object of the preposition "to". #JustSaying😊 We = Subject pronoun: "We the people of the US of America ... do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States . . ."

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10h

-A living wage
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence

These are the foundations of real freedom.

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Patrick Skinner @pmskinner.bsky.social · 1d

It’s. The. Little. Kitty.

And she’s spectacular

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Lightacandle @lightacandle.bsky.social · 1d

This borage plant appeared late in the season and still seems to be newly blossoming, maybe hoping for a mild autumn. #WildflowerHour #WildflowerAllotment

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

The world joined us and said, “No Kings.”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Rand Paul: "When you kill someone, if you're not in a declared war, you really need to know someone's name at least. You have to accuse them of something. You have to present evidence. So all of these people have been blown up without any evidence of a crime."

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

If you are confident that a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, you stop it and board it. That way, you have evidence.

If you don't really care if a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, but you just want to kill people, you blow the boat up. That way, the irrelevant evidence is gone.

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 1d

When I look down, tulip.

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Lightacandle @lightacandle.bsky.social · 1d

Two wildflowers still happily growing within the shelter of an apricot tree, pot marigold and viper's bugloss. #WildflowerHour #WildflowerAllotment

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Lightacandle @lightacandle.bsky.social · 1d

Pot Marigold still happily growing. #WildflowerHour #WildflowerAllotment

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Lightacandle @lightacandle.bsky.social · 1d

Borage hanging on in there..... #WildflowerAllotment #WildflowerHour

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 1d

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1d

I have never seen such a perfect image

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George The Station Cat @george-station-cat.bsky.social · 23h

Good Morning & welcome to marvellous marmalade Monday

New week.
New energy.
Speak kindly, walk confidently, and treat yourself like someone worth cheering for, because you are

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Oriental Art Srl - Simone Scamuzzi @oriental-art-srl.bsky.social · 23h

Buon risveglio e buon inizio settimana a tutti!
Good morning everyone!
☕☕☕

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