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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 1d

Israeli ceasefire means it will massacre the emaciated maimed shell of a body they left you in for entering your own home, then claim Israeli terrorists were feeling unsafe near your house while they were destroying what was left of your life and family.

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Five Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza despite ceasefire

Israeli army confirmed it opened fire, saying a group had approached its soldiers before being targeted.

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Alberto B. Foglia @abfoglia.bsky.social · 3d

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 7d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Massimo @massimovl.bsky.social · 14d

Please friends, sign the petition "Palestinians are not spam" and share it widely.

Robin (she/he-ella/él) @merryrobin.bsky.social · 14d

This is unacceptable
We won't let this be normalised
This is discrimination, psychological torture, concealment of war crimes, and overall, collaboration with fascism and genocide
We must try everything, so please do sign and keep sharing
www.change.org/p/stop-blues...

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ArcheoSilvia @archeosilviag.bsky.social · 20d

Per gli amici di Roma (e non solo) ecco il sito di un progetto davvero interessante (e molto utile!) ➡️ cantierinarranti.it
Qui potrete scoprire i cantieri in fase di attivazione, in corso o conclusi riguardanti il patrimonio culturale della città di Roma e del territorio ->

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Conoscere, conservare e valorizzare. Questa la filiera delle buone pratiche che la Soprintendenza Speciale di Roma ha da tempo formalizzato in protocolli e strategie di azione dedicate alla cura dell’...

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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 23d

Clear view of lightning withing a thunderstorm cell that was building over Clark Dry Lake and Rabbit Peak on 9-18-25. As seen that evening from Coyote Canyon where the coyotes joined in for a howl fest for a while.

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morrowind.txt @morrowind-txt.bsky.social · 24d

Nobody cares about that. You just make us tired. Go away.

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Alberto B. Foglia @abfoglia.bsky.social · 24d

Second the Golden Idol games! My wife is a non-enthusiast and she’s been enjoying them! Curse of the Obra Dinn is a good one too imo!

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Alberto B. Foglia @abfoglia.bsky.social · 26d

Reading through this book now, very interesting history of labor and labor action in the Roman Empire! Go buy it!

Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 27d

I don’t like giving money to Bezos or advocating for buying books from Amazon, but they are selling my book for $3.83 today—in hardback (as opposed to $35). The paperback will be out in January, so I guess they are fire 🔥 selling their stock. In case you are interested www.amazon.com/Strike-Labor...

Strike: Labor, Unions, and Resistance in the Roman Empire

Strike: Labor, Unions, and Resistance in the Roman Empire [Bond, Sarah E] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Strike: Labor, Unions, and Resistance in the Roman Empire

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Archaeologists Against Apartheid and Genocide @archagainstaparth.bsky.social · 27d

On Israeli archaeological malpractice, heritage crimes, and US complicity #archaeology #🏺

Title: Illegal excavations in East Jerusalem—archaeological malpractice in service of Zionism and Israel’s ‘holy war’ in the region

Image: Silwan village, occupied East Jerusalem, with the Haram al-Shareef complex and al-Aqsa mosque above.
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The Palestinian village of Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem lies right below the southern corner of Haram al-Shareef, the complex upon which the al-Aqsa mosque rises. On Monday the 15th of September 2025, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio walked below the roads of this village, all the way to the Western Wall plaza inside the Walls of the Old City. This was the grand opening ceremony of a tourist attraction that was not only built in contravention of International Law, and the principles of archaeological methodology, but is also foreboding of grave danger to the status quo that protects the sovereignty of the compound.

The area of Silwan has been inhabited con-tinuously since the Bronze Age, and has been the object of archaeological attention from as early as 1838, when British biblical scholar Edward Robinson, in his travels through Ottoman Palestine, iden-tified the pool of water located at the bottom of the hill as the Siloam pool, mentioned in the christian Gospels.

A long series of excavation campaigns followed Robinson’s early exploration. During the following century, the area witnessed large scale campaigns led by the German, French and British Schools of Archaeology. The most recent of them, conducted by Dame Kathleen Kenyon, and dubbed by her biographer “the last great imperial excavation”, was interrupted only by the 1967 Six Day War.

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 28d

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The frantic race to save historic treasures from Israeli bombs - BBC News

Palestinian archaeologists remain dedicated to saving what remains of Gaza's remarkable past as Israel widens its military offensive

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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · Sep 15

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Alberto B. Foglia @abfoglia.bsky.social · Sep 15

Loving this series! A question I had is: How much of the peasantry actually owned land, and how many were purely serfs/ tenant farmers? I’m assuming there is wide variation based on period and culture, but let’s say in Roman Egypt vs. some Medieval European culture?

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Bruno Dias @brunodias.bsky.social · Sep 13

I think a very large proportion of english-language legacy media and elite journalism generally does not exist to report on reality so much as to promote a priori narratives.

Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · Sep 13

From an Atlantic editor.

I cannot get over how the entire centrist hivemind is attempting to wish into existence a person, and a movement, that does not exist. You are journalists, you are supposed to describe things as they are, not how you want them to be!

I don't think it's simpering praise. He was an interesting man. I didn't agree with much that he said, but he was interesting and he was growing, and his death is a significant loss for those who believe engagement can help bridge disagreements.

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Alberto B. Foglia @abfoglia.bsky.social · Sep 12

It’s not so much that they are silent, it’s that usually the background noise pollution is such that it drowns out the noise they do make. If ICE engines were banned the noise from EV tires and motors would be quite noticeable imo.

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kate wagner @katewagner.wehwalt.net · Sep 11

my predictions (most to least likely):
1) inter-maga groyper (or Epstein truther)
2) terrorgram/O9A
3) rando with incoherent politics
4) rationalist cult of some variety
5) ai psychosis
6) inside job
7) an actual liberal / leftist

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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · Sep 11

US political violence overwhelmingly comes from the right -

the side that calls for, glorifies, & literally pardons it

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NPR @npr.org · Sep 11

JUST IN:
A historic conviction: Brazil's Supreme Court delivers a majority vote to convict former President Jair Bolsonaro over a plot to overthrow the government.

Brazil's Supreme Court forms a majority to convict ex-President Bolsonaro of a coup

A historic conviction: Brazil's Supreme Court delivers a majority vote to convict former President Jair Bolsonaro over a plot to overthrow the government.

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Allan T Adams @allantadams.bsky.social · Sep 11

The doorway to the passage from Shambles to the market at 37 Shambles, York for #ADoorableThursday. Drawn on site & then coloured in and taken apart with a pencil later.

#ArchitecturalIllustration
#drawing #sketchbook
#ArtYear

Watercolour sketch of a doorway of a timber framed building. To the right an exploded view of the components of the doorway.

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · Sep 11

Remembering MN house speaker Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark and their beloved dog Gilbert. Murdered in June at their home by a rightwing Trump-voting evangelist, who also shot another MN lawmaker and his wife at THEIR home, 9 and 8 times, respectively (miraculously, they survived).

1) pic of Melissa and Mark Hortman 2) pic of Melissa Hortman and dog Gilbert

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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · Sep 10

We have a bit of a natural experiment here. Compare the tone, quantity and duration of Charlie Kirk coverage with that of the two Dem lawmakers gunned down in their homes in Minnesota 6 months ago. May be revealing.

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · Sep 10

#Woodensday! Wooden votive offerings in the shape of parts of the human body, from the spring sanctuary near the #Roman settlement at Dambach, Bavaria.
Objects like this were given to healing deities. They were intended either to indicate the part of the body that...🧵1/2

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Two carved wooden objects shaped like human arms with hands and fingers, weathered and rough in texture, displayed upright against a light background.

Two carved wooden objects shaped like human legs with feet, worn and cracked with age, displayed upright against a light background.

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Alberto B. Foglia @abfoglia.bsky.social · Sep 9

Curious! Also because hooded cloaks were actually fairly common in the Celtic regions during the Roman period, being considered a distinctive Celtic garb. Interesting that it seems to have disappeared then? There was even a cult of hooded spirits (genii cuccullati)

From Wikipedia entry on hooded spirits, photo by Carol Raddato. Three men in hooded cloaks carved in rough low relief in sandstone. Only their faces and feet are visible under their cloaks.

Alberto B. Foglia @abfoglia.bsky.social · Sep 7

Cool! This inscription looks a little rough compared to the other Latin ones, right? Weren’t the others in relief, instead of inscribed?

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holden m. accountable @noahs.bsky.social · Sep 6

[ancient egyptian standup comic] see guys from the upper kingdom, they observe funerary rites like THIS. but us guys from the lower kingdom, we observe funerary rites like THIS. See this guy knows what I’m talking about [pointing at man with the head of a bird]

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