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Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder.bsky.social · 9h

"The great virtue in life is real courage that knows how to face facts and live beyond them."
~ D.H. Lawrence

Along the Woods in Autumn
🎨 Alfred Sisley (1885)

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Dr Crom @doccrom.bsky.social · 1d

#ReliefWednesday - From the tomb of Gnaeus Alleius Nigidius Maius at Porta Stabia, Pompeii (SG6) comes this relief with a series of arena scenes, reflecting the deceased's role as a sponsor of Games. #Pompeii #Archaeology 🏺

Image: National Archaeological Museum Naples (6704)

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Dr Crom @doccrom.bsky.social · 1d

#ReliefWednesday - Roman clay lamp, with the discus showing a speeding quadriga: ca. Late 1st Century AD. The danger of the race is clear, with the figure collapsed in front of the horses. #Roman #Art 🏺

Image: Berlin Antikensammlung (TC 951). Link - recherche.smb.museum/detail/705607/

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Dr Crom @doccrom.bsky.social · 23h

ClassicsBluesky 🏺🧵

#LatinForTheDay – 15 October #Ovid

“quid mihi, Livor edax, ignavos obicis annos,
ingeniique vocas carmen inertis opus;
non me more patrum, dum strenua sustinet aetas,
praemia militiae pulverulenta sequi,
nec me verbosas leges ediscere nec me...

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Dawn Del Vecchio @dawndelvecchio.bsky.social · 6h

Tightrope, a daily trivia game | Britannica

Oct. 16, 2025

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My Score: 2510

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Dawn Del Vecchio @dawndelvecchio.bsky.social · 7h

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Dawn Del Vecchio @dawndelvecchio.bsky.social · 7h

Blossom Puzzle, October 16
Letters: C D E N O R S
My score: 458 points
My longest word: 15 letters
🌼 🌺 💮 🌹 🌷 🏵 🌻 💐 🌸 🌼 🌺 💮 🌹 🌷 🏵
#MerriamWebster

Dawn Del Vecchio @dawndelvecchio.bsky.social · 7h

#Wordle 1,580 3/6

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Dawn Del Vecchio @dawndelvecchio.bsky.social · 1d

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Dawn Del Vecchio @dawndelvecchio.bsky.social · 1d

#Wordle 1,579 4/6

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Dawn Del Vecchio @dawndelvecchio.bsky.social · 1d

Blossom Puzzle, October 15
Letters: A C E R I T U
My score: 323 points
My longest word: 12 letters
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#MerriamWebster

Dawn Del Vecchio @dawndelvecchio.bsky.social · 1d

Tightrope, a daily trivia game | Britannica

Oct. 15, 2025

T I G H T R O P E
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My Score: 2480

Dawn Del Vecchio @dawndelvecchio.bsky.social · 2d

Weekly Quordle Challenge 121
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Dawn Del Vecchio @dawndelvecchio.bsky.social · 2d

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Dawn Del Vecchio @dawndelvecchio.bsky.social · 2d

Blossom Puzzle, October 14
Letters: C H I E M S T
My score: 383 points
My longest word: 12 letters
🌻 💐 🌺 🌷 🌸 🌹 🏵 💮 🌼 🌻 💐 🌺
#MerriamWebster

Dawn Del Vecchio @dawndelvecchio.bsky.social · 2d

Tightrope, a daily trivia game | Britannica

Oct. 14, 2025

T I G H T R O P E
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My Score: 1760

Dawn Del Vecchio @dawndelvecchio.bsky.social · 2d

#Wordle 1,578 4/6

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 2d

A stunning 2,000 year-old Roman blue glass amphoriskos.

📷 Getty Museum www.getty.edu/art/collecti...

#Archaeology

Getty Museum photo of a translucent, dark blue, two-handled, glass flask (amphoriskos) against a grey background. The free-blown body is bulbous in shape, with a narrow neck with a flattened rim. The two handles were added afterwards and attach to the body and mouth. The handle on the right has been attached slightly higher up on the body than the other side. Height 10.5 cm. There is some incrustation on the interior of the glass.

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Dawn Del Vecchio @dawndelvecchio.bsky.social · 2d

I would avoid fractions at all costs! Sure, you could figure it out that way, but no. Students all struggle with fractions. And I can't tell you how many of my students can't reason it out that 1/5 is greater than 1/6. Convert both to mph & compare. That's how we are used to measuring speed.

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Howie Hua @howiehua.bsky.social · 3d

It's Mental Math Monday! How would you mentally calculate which is faster: going 6 miles in 5 minutes or going 7 miles in 6 minutes?

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 3d

Superb & eviscerating take on the situation at CBS by John Oliver and @lastweektonight.com. As I’ve noted, the new billionaire owners create a mirrortocracy, pretend it’s a meritocracy & hire a mediocrity to get there. But it is not about innovating & supporting journalism.
youtu.be/gieTx_P6INQ

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

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Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder.bsky.social · 3d

"He who masters the grey everyday is a hero."
~ Fyodor Dostoevsky

Golden Birches in Autumn
🎨 Arkady Rylov

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Dr Crom @doccrom.bsky.social · 4d

#OnThisDay - 12 October - in 19 BC the Senate decreed a public holiday to mark the return of Augustus to Rome after 3 years in the eastern provinces, also pledging the altar to Fortuna Redux. #History 🏺

Image: RIC Augustus 53A; Münzkabinett Berlin (18206797). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

Obverse of a Roman aureus: Head of Augustus, laureate, right.

Reverse of a Roman aureus: Legend (FORT RED CAES AVG S P Q R) in three lines inscribed on rectangular altar.

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Dawn Del Vecchio @dawndelvecchio.bsky.social · 3d

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Dawn Del Vecchio @dawndelvecchio.bsky.social · 3d

Blossom Puzzle, October 13
Letters: E I N T R V W
My score: 368 points
My longest word: 11 letters
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#MerriamWebster