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of acquiescent temper, miscellaneous opinions, and uncertain vote.

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tom slists @tomslists.bsky.social · Jul 24

‘A world of disorderly notions, picked out of his books, crowded into his imagination.’

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tom slists @tomslists.bsky.social · 4h

Like a mini Wells ‘sea of stairs’

tom slists @tomslists.bsky.social · 4h

Wow! Is that the original painting? In Keble?

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tom slists @tomslists.bsky.social · 5h

As my boss got older he needed an afternoon nap. He just lay down under his desk and slept for half an hour. In an open-plan office with no cubicles.

Occasionally you would hear a shriek of surprise as someone nearly trod on him

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Tom Sutcliffe @tds153.bsky.social · 14h

Loved this excursion...and will look beneath my feet more carefully when I next visit the National Gallery.... open.substack.com/pub/davidaar...

A pull on the thread

Some thoughts on public art

open.substack.com

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Eddie Robson @eddierobson.bsky.social · 15h

Learning this completely changed how I read these strips.

Andrew Male @andrewmale.bsky.social · Dec 15

The top row of the Peanuts Sunday strip was called the 'throw-away panel'. If there wasn't enough space in the comic section that syndicated it, the top row could be removed and the rest of the comic would still make sense without it. Schulz often used the throw-away panel for private/obscure jokes.

Peanuts On This Day @peanuts60yrsago.bsky.social · Dec 15

December 15, 1963

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tom slists @tomslists.bsky.social · 1d

I can't help feeling that this would keep them not just pure, but purged

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tom slists @tomslists.bsky.social · 1d

There is something beautiful about the look of allotments, the mix of equality with individualism as people take personal control of their own lives – "little kingdoms, every one" as Chris Wood put it in his song 'Asparagus'

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUMT...

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Ashmolean Museum, Oxford @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social · 1d

This type of brightly glazed ceramic was made for only about fifty years, during the reign of emperor Minghuang – who ruled from 712 to 756 – when the Tang dynasty was at its height. At the time, the capital city Chang'an (modern Xian) was one of the most populous and cosmopolitan in the world.

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tom slists @tomslists.bsky.social · 1d

Not good, but a typo I might make. M is a right-hand letter, R is a left-hand letter. My right hand is impatient when I am typing and sometimes jumps in too soon. On a keyboard, of course. A whole different set of errors on a phone

tom slists @tomslists.bsky.social · 1d

The cat is quite stand-offish – likes to be in the same room as us, but not much closer. Unless one of us feels poorly and takes to our bed during the day. Then he jumps up and lies on or against the human for as long as it takes (with only short breaks for his meals)

Ginger and white cat with a green collar lying on a white duvet. Green eyes staring at birds he heard outside

tom slists @tomslists.bsky.social · 1d

They have heard that we place the family name last, not first.

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tom slists @tomslists.bsky.social · 1d

Dynamic !

tom slists @tomslists.bsky.social · 2d

hmmm, knob jokes or philosophy, knob jokes or philosophy . . .

T V screen recording two programs: The Great Philosophers and 8 out of 10 Cats

tom slists @tomslists.bsky.social · 2d

I saw this portrait in Lambeth Palace on an open day recently

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tom slists @tomslists.bsky.social · 2d

I sometimes see Americans writing that “We in Western industrialised countries . . .” do this or that.
And I think, no. Only in America. Everyone else wonders why you are doing that

tom slists @tomslists.bsky.social · 2d

Sometimes I love BlueSky

Chat says:
@ginSol.bsky.social – we are doomed

Response: I mean, we are, but not because a certain aspect of technology becomes obsolete and young people are unfamiliar with it

Perfect comeback: cheers for that

tom slists @tomslists.bsky.social · 2d

Gold! for #MosaicMonday

Church of San Nicolo, Ravenna

Gold mosaic set in a grid of squares of slightly varying colours, shades, and spacing - dark and gleaming

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tom slists @tomslists.bsky.social · 2d

(Whistful)
“I remember CD-ROMs . . .”

tom slists @tomslists.bsky.social · 2d

‘something of an augmented reality, imbued with strangeness. It is as though there is always more meaning, more intention, more feeling packed into every shot than we can possibly comprehend’

Muriel Zagha @murielzagha.bsky.social · 4d

With Canterbury Cathedral in the news I feel moved to urge you all to watch Powell and Pressburger’s wondrous A Canterbury Tale, and to read my @engelsbergideas.bsky.social piece from a little while ago on film and on-screen miracles!
engelsbergideas.com/reviews/powe...

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tom slists @tomslists.bsky.social · 2d

. . .
In an Old Ford car,
‘Cause an Old Ford car,
Won’t go that far

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Ashmolean Museum, Oxford @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social · 2d

The kings of the Gupta dynasty of Ancient India showed themselves on coins in various royal roles.

Here Chandra Gupta II is dramatically depicted slaying a lion, with a bow and arrow. Hunting was a royal privilege and its depiction implies bravery and power as well as the ideals of kingship.

A round Indian gold coin featuring a figure with a crossbow killing a lion.

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tom slists @tomslists.bsky.social · 3d

1983 that song came out! Hard to believe

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tom slists @tomslists.bsky.social · 3d

Lovely photo! The link didn’t work for me, but this one does

www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress...

Archaeopress

Archaeopress Publications

www.archaeopress.com

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tom slists @tomslists.bsky.social · 3d

A work of art

h/t @timdemko.xyz

HydrologyNL @hydrology.nl · 3d

It looks like British Columbia is nice as well.

tom slists @tomslists.bsky.social · 3d

I discover that the proper spelling of the county is ‘Suffous’