@bibliomancer7.bsky.social
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For #TextileTuesday a Catherine wheel in silk with metal thread embroidery and applied decoration.
It’s part of a beautiful 450 year old altar cloth on display a new exhibition at Exeter Cathedral, I highly recommend a visit.
#embroidery #tudortuesday
It’s part of a beautiful 450 year old altar cloth on display a new exhibition at Exeter Cathedral, I highly recommend a visit.
#embroidery #tudortuesday
November 11, 2025 at 7:26 AM
For #TextileTuesday a Catherine wheel in silk with metal thread embroidery and applied decoration.
It’s part of a beautiful 450 year old altar cloth on display a new exhibition at Exeter Cathedral, I highly recommend a visit.
#embroidery #tudortuesday
It’s part of a beautiful 450 year old altar cloth on display a new exhibition at Exeter Cathedral, I highly recommend a visit.
#embroidery #tudortuesday
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It’s Trilobite Tuesday! Growing up to 6 in (15.2 cm) long, the sword-nosed Psychopyge is perhaps the most recognizable trilobite to have emerged from Morocco’s bountiful Devonian outcrops over the last four decades. Few species can rival this trilobite's renown or bizarre Paleozoic appearance.
November 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
It’s Trilobite Tuesday! Growing up to 6 in (15.2 cm) long, the sword-nosed Psychopyge is perhaps the most recognizable trilobite to have emerged from Morocco’s bountiful Devonian outcrops over the last four decades. Few species can rival this trilobite's renown or bizarre Paleozoic appearance.
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Companions of Christmas: MERCURIUS ABU-SIFIN
Today (November 25) is the feast day of this Scythian-Romano soldier saint, who wields two swords: one with which to fight evil men, the other, given to him by the Archangel Michael, with which to fight demons, evil spirits, and monsters. 1/
Today (November 25) is the feast day of this Scythian-Romano soldier saint, who wields two swords: one with which to fight evil men, the other, given to him by the Archangel Michael, with which to fight demons, evil spirits, and monsters. 1/
November 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Companions of Christmas: MERCURIUS ABU-SIFIN
Today (November 25) is the feast day of this Scythian-Romano soldier saint, who wields two swords: one with which to fight evil men, the other, given to him by the Archangel Michael, with which to fight demons, evil spirits, and monsters. 1/
Today (November 25) is the feast day of this Scythian-Romano soldier saint, who wields two swords: one with which to fight evil men, the other, given to him by the Archangel Michael, with which to fight demons, evil spirits, and monsters. 1/
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“Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But since no one was listening, everything must be said again.”
—André Gide, winner of the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature
—André Gide, winner of the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature
November 25, 2025 at 11:52 AM
“Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But since no one was listening, everything must be said again.”
—André Gide, winner of the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature
—André Gide, winner of the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature
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Great interview about Murderbot:
Bifurcating Character with Incisive and Witty Inner Monologue: a Masterclass with ‘Murderbot’ Co-Showrunners Paul Weitz and Spirit Awards Winner Chris Weitz
www.filmindependent.org/blog/bifurca...
Bifurcating Character with Incisive and Witty Inner Monologue: a Masterclass with ‘Murderbot’ Co-Showrunners Paul Weitz and Spirit Awards Winner Chris Weitz
www.filmindependent.org/blog/bifurca...
Bifurcating Character with Incisive and Witty Inner Monologue: a Masterclass with ‘Murderbot’ Co-Showrunners Paul Weitz and Spirit Awards Winner Chris Weitz - Film Independent
One of the most delightful series to premiere this summer, Murderbot is a witty, quirky sci-fi dramedy that explores thought-provoking themes under the
www.filmindependent.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Great interview about Murderbot:
Bifurcating Character with Incisive and Witty Inner Monologue: a Masterclass with ‘Murderbot’ Co-Showrunners Paul Weitz and Spirit Awards Winner Chris Weitz
www.filmindependent.org/blog/bifurca...
Bifurcating Character with Incisive and Witty Inner Monologue: a Masterclass with ‘Murderbot’ Co-Showrunners Paul Weitz and Spirit Awards Winner Chris Weitz
www.filmindependent.org/blog/bifurca...
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A mummy portrait from #Roman Egypt, depicting a bearded young man dressed in a white tunic with dark red stripes. We don't know his name, but he probably lived & died towards the end of the C2nd AD, & may well have been a soldier in life 🏺 #AncientBlueSky
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
A mummy portrait from #Roman Egypt, depicting a bearded young man dressed in a white tunic with dark red stripes. We don't know his name, but he probably lived & died towards the end of the C2nd AD, & may well have been a soldier in life 🏺 #AncientBlueSky
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New sign for picketing ICE #ATL field office this Wednesday. Come join me, or just drive by and honk! (180 Ted Turner Drive SW)
Feel free to DM for more info.
#abolishICE #protest #resist
Feel free to DM for more info.
#abolishICE #protest #resist
November 24, 2025 at 2:33 AM
New sign for picketing ICE #ATL field office this Wednesday. Come join me, or just drive by and honk! (180 Ted Turner Drive SW)
Feel free to DM for more info.
#abolishICE #protest #resist
Feel free to DM for more info.
#abolishICE #protest #resist
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Meigetsu-in Temple in Kamakura, which is famously known as "The Temple of Hydrangeas".
November 23, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Meigetsu-in Temple in Kamakura, which is famously known as "The Temple of Hydrangeas".
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🚨SALE ENDS TOMORROW🚨
Halloween may be over, but we're still feeling spooky!
Shop a bumper selection of titles, exclusively on our website, DRM Free for only 0.99 each! geni.us/Solarissale
Titles available vary by your country of origin. Ends on 24th November 2025 at 23:59 GMT.
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Halloween may be over, but we're still feeling spooky!
Shop a bumper selection of titles, exclusively on our website, DRM Free for only 0.99 each! geni.us/Solarissale
Titles available vary by your country of origin. Ends on 24th November 2025 at 23:59 GMT.
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November 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
🚨SALE ENDS TOMORROW🚨
Halloween may be over, but we're still feeling spooky!
Shop a bumper selection of titles, exclusively on our website, DRM Free for only 0.99 each! geni.us/Solarissale
Titles available vary by your country of origin. Ends on 24th November 2025 at 23:59 GMT.
1/6
Halloween may be over, but we're still feeling spooky!
Shop a bumper selection of titles, exclusively on our website, DRM Free for only 0.99 each! geni.us/Solarissale
Titles available vary by your country of origin. Ends on 24th November 2025 at 23:59 GMT.
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Siren songs are enchanting! 🦑
November 23, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Siren songs are enchanting! 🦑
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A very good boy! 🐾🐕😍
An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.
The Met 📷 by me
#Archaeology
An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.
The Met 📷 by me
#Archaeology
November 22, 2025 at 9:37 AM
A very good boy! 🐾🐕😍
An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.
The Met 📷 by me
#Archaeology
An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.
The Met 📷 by me
#Archaeology
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A handsome Double-barred Finch
seen at The Spit, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia 🪶
seen at The Spit, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia 🪶
November 22, 2025 at 11:14 PM
A handsome Double-barred Finch
seen at The Spit, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia 🪶
seen at The Spit, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia 🪶
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As I always say when some right-winger starts going on about "red tape that slows innovation", every regulation on the books represents a lesson we as a society learned the hard way, and then encoded so we wouldn't forget. It's someone's blood & pain.
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 23, 2025 at 12:17 AM
As I always say when some right-winger starts going on about "red tape that slows innovation", every regulation on the books represents a lesson we as a society learned the hard way, and then encoded so we wouldn't forget. It's someone's blood & pain.
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English novelist, poet and journalist, Mary Ann Evans, known by her pen name George Eliot, was born #OnThisDay in 1819. This black lace shawl or mantilla was owned and worn by George Eliot in the 1850s. It is part of the Exploring Eliot collection. #fashionhistory #readmorewomen
November 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
English novelist, poet and journalist, Mary Ann Evans, known by her pen name George Eliot, was born #OnThisDay in 1819. This black lace shawl or mantilla was owned and worn by George Eliot in the 1850s. It is part of the Exploring Eliot collection. #fashionhistory #readmorewomen
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I used to handle interlibrary loans for a public library. ILL is a magnificent expression of the idea that readers deserve books, and books deserve readers. It’s libraries everywhere pooling their resources for the benefit of everyone.
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries IMLS
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries
Press Release: Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries. The U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island struck down the Trump Adm...
librarytechnology.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I used to handle interlibrary loans for a public library. ILL is a magnificent expression of the idea that readers deserve books, and books deserve readers. It’s libraries everywhere pooling their resources for the benefit of everyone.
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
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🏺🗃️ Thinking back to my Italy trip a year ago, here are some of the most beautiful works I saw in the Naples museum: rare paintings on marble from Herculaneum & Pompeii, their colours faded, yet with a delicacy that recalls Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
November 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
🏺🗃️ Thinking back to my Italy trip a year ago, here are some of the most beautiful works I saw in the Naples museum: rare paintings on marble from Herculaneum & Pompeii, their colours faded, yet with a delicacy that recalls Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
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Early for #MosaicMonday.
Preserved 3rd century mosaic excavated in Iznik
www.heritagedaily.com/2025/11/pres...
www.heritagedaily.com/2025/11/pres...
Preserved 3rd century mosaic excavated in Iznik
Excavations in the İznik district of northwestern Türkiye have uncovered a preserved mosaic floor dating from the 3rd century AD. - HeritageDaily - Archaeology News
www.heritagedaily.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Early for #MosaicMonday.
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Ice, ice baby
❄️ Court robe, 1750-70, Whit Auction
❄️ Skating jacket, padded & quilted, white swansdown, worn over outdoor costume, 1875-85, MCR Art
❄️ Evening dress, 1885, MFA Bost
#Advent
❄️ Court robe, 1750-70, Whit Auction
❄️ Skating jacket, padded & quilted, white swansdown, worn over outdoor costume, 1875-85, MCR Art
❄️ Evening dress, 1885, MFA Bost
#Advent
December 10, 2024 at 12:29 PM
Ice, ice baby
❄️ Court robe, 1750-70, Whit Auction
❄️ Skating jacket, padded & quilted, white swansdown, worn over outdoor costume, 1875-85, MCR Art
❄️ Evening dress, 1885, MFA Bost
#Advent
❄️ Court robe, 1750-70, Whit Auction
❄️ Skating jacket, padded & quilted, white swansdown, worn over outdoor costume, 1875-85, MCR Art
❄️ Evening dress, 1885, MFA Bost
#Advent
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It's always a celebration when all the ducks pass through Central Park during migration. One of my favorites is the Bufflehead--don't you love the name? And when the sun hits the male's feathers just right, the iridescence is ridiculous! 💙💚💜 #Bufflehead #CentralPark #birding
November 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
It's always a celebration when all the ducks pass through Central Park during migration. One of my favorites is the Bufflehead--don't you love the name? And when the sun hits the male's feathers just right, the iridescence is ridiculous! 💙💚💜 #Bufflehead #CentralPark #birding
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Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
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Via @annabjournalist.bsky.social: Alabama's new state Senate map was designed by an 18-year-old University of Alabama freshman who submitted his proposals, unsolicited, to a federal court hearing a lawsuit over the districts.
University of Alabama freshman draws state's court-ordered Senate map | Alabama Reflector
TUSCALOOSA — Daniel DiDonato says he’s been passionate about elections since he was a young child. He submitted six maps to a federal court.
alabamareflector.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Via @annabjournalist.bsky.social: Alabama's new state Senate map was designed by an 18-year-old University of Alabama freshman who submitted his proposals, unsolicited, to a federal court hearing a lawsuit over the districts.
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Additionally, hippos - despite being massive - have almost no fat on them. All of that impressive bulk is muscle.
2% body fat. Compare that to Elephants, which are around 8-10%, or rhinos, which are 10-20%.
The average human is around 20-40%, for reference.
They're *all* muscle.
2% body fat. Compare that to Elephants, which are around 8-10%, or rhinos, which are 10-20%.
The average human is around 20-40%, for reference.
They're *all* muscle.
March 12, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Additionally, hippos - despite being massive - have almost no fat on them. All of that impressive bulk is muscle.
2% body fat. Compare that to Elephants, which are around 8-10%, or rhinos, which are 10-20%.
The average human is around 20-40%, for reference.
They're *all* muscle.
2% body fat. Compare that to Elephants, which are around 8-10%, or rhinos, which are 10-20%.
The average human is around 20-40%, for reference.
They're *all* muscle.
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New comparative research suggests kissing evolved in the great apes and likely occurred in Neanderthals. What seems like a cultural habit may be an ancient primate social tool. #Anthropology #Primatology #HumanEvolution #BehavioralScience www.anthropology.net/p/the-ape-ki...
The Ape Kiss: What a New Comparative Study Reveals About the Ancient Roots of Mouth-to-Mouth Affection
A sweeping look at how kissing emerged in large apes, why Homo neanderthalensis probably kissed too, and what primate behavior can teach us about the evolution of intimacy.
www.anthropology.net
November 20, 2025 at 12:40 AM
New comparative research suggests kissing evolved in the great apes and likely occurred in Neanderthals. What seems like a cultural habit may be an ancient primate social tool. #Anthropology #Primatology #HumanEvolution #BehavioralScience www.anthropology.net/p/the-ape-ki...
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For today's #BirdOfTheDay the theme is all about Birds looking a bit on the #Round side.
And the Alternative Birds are #Sparrows.
I've gone with a Chaffinch, Robin, Bullfinch & Dunnock all looking #Round
#birds #photography #EastCoastKin #naturephotography #ukbirding @rspb.bsky.social
And the Alternative Birds are #Sparrows.
I've gone with a Chaffinch, Robin, Bullfinch & Dunnock all looking #Round
#birds #photography #EastCoastKin #naturephotography #ukbirding @rspb.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 6:46 AM
For today's #BirdOfTheDay the theme is all about Birds looking a bit on the #Round side.
And the Alternative Birds are #Sparrows.
I've gone with a Chaffinch, Robin, Bullfinch & Dunnock all looking #Round
#birds #photography #EastCoastKin #naturephotography #ukbirding @rspb.bsky.social
And the Alternative Birds are #Sparrows.
I've gone with a Chaffinch, Robin, Bullfinch & Dunnock all looking #Round
#birds #photography #EastCoastKin #naturephotography #ukbirding @rspb.bsky.social