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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 1d

Star-shaped tile with a stylized flowering plant, anonymous, c. 1250 - c. 1299
Persia

(Rijksmuseum)

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Justseeds Artists' Cooperative @justseeds.bsky.social · 16h

Numbered, limited run of two-color risograph prints of "BLAME THE BOSS", a drawing by Australian illustrator and unionist Sam Wallman The drawing reminds people that if a strike causes disruption or inconvenience - well - that's kind of the point! justseeds.org/product/blam...

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 23h

An owl (Rijksmuseum), c. 1650 - c. 1675

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 1d

This, from @catherinedevries.bsky.social, is really useful advice for young (and, tbh, old!) academics. Worth passing on if you know any, maybe? catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/fail-bette...

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Seána @grantsana.bsky.social · 22h

In line to pay in the petrol station yesterday a woman was talking to her friend and said “I swear to god I need a Valium and a box of chocolate ” and now this morning my 3 year old who overheard this convo, is asking for “a wee Valium and chocolate please.” It’s like living with a devious parrot

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Kyja Noack-Lundberg @kyjanl.bsky.social · 21h

One uni I worked at had pictures of hamburgers, coffee and pills as bad ways to cope with stress, but it just made consuming all three at once look tempting.

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Torch Antifa Network @torchantifa.bsky.social · 1d

rt if you are the founder of antifa

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 23h

struggling to budget both myself & a decent post-doc under the ukri grant caps (given the massive overheads unis charge) & wondering how others are managing. Then I see all the 0.4 fte for 15 months precarious post-docs being advertised & realise that’s the only way to do it. I hate it, thanks.

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Kyja Noack-Lundberg @kyjanl.bsky.social · 1d

Please vote (but only for Bush stone-curlew).

Dr Nick 🦉🇦🇺 @doktrnick.bsky.social · 1d

Being at #6 it looks like the Emu-wren should survive the cull tonight, but be sure and vote for Bird of the Year if you haven't already today, and make sure you vote tomorrow as it'll be down to the final 10.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 2d

Mods are asleep post brassicas

You either die a brassica or you live long enough to see yourself become a crab.

CAP'N
CRUNCH'S
DOPSIAll
NATURALLY &
ARTIFICIALLY
Brassica oleracea
otened
cer

What vegetable are you?
I'm brassica oleracea
Do you have the slightest idea how little that narrows it down?

Brassica oleracea

Ladies, get you a fella who can do it all

Selection for terminal buds
Selection for lateral buds
Selection for stem
Selection for leaves
Selection for stems and flowers
Selection for flower clusters
Cabbage
Brussels sprouts
Kohlrabi
Kale
Broccoli
Cauliflower

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Andrew Blum @ablum.bsky.social · 2d

We had Angela Davis speak at my university a couple of years back. One of the many insightful things she said - protest in the way that aligns with your passion. If that’s poetry do poetry or music etc. Because then you will be able to sustain it. If naked bike rides are your passion, 100% do that.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

Someone in my mentions is upset because these people haven’t suffered the worst at ICE’s hands and therefore they shouldn’t be praised for being out on the streets?

Yeah, no. To push back on these people we need everyone — especially those with relative privilege — to get up and get involved.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

Portland, you magnificent weirdos

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Kyja Noack-Lundberg @kyjanl.bsky.social · 3d

Celery
Apollo 13
Love Shack

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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 3d

My dad has been suffering his own losses – mom’s dementia, cancer, fire — the past 3yrs, but he’s also been a great support as I’ve been at my lowest. Last night we talked abt what I’ve learned: don’t “pay forward” any labor, don’t ever trust administrators, prestige is empty, you are expendable

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Germander Speedwell @germanderspeedwell.bsky.social · 4d

A perfectly broken bouquet from a stoneware vessel; this was lying in my path face-up on the shingle, as if being presented to me (in the subtle way that the foreshore does these things!)

A fragment from a stoneware jar or vase, broken neatly around the relief image of a floral bouquet; it's lying on top of the rocks and shingle of the foreshore.

The same fragment being held in my hand, showing its size (about 2 inches high and across). It's a lovely reddish colour of stoneware.

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ID @chuffnell.bsky.social · 3d

Also this tree crossing the road in Ealing, in the UK.

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · Aug 2

Yeah fucking hell, all I knew was unrequited love for years and years and it never turned me in to a mad frothing incel.

Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · Aug 2

Narratives about how hard it is for teenage boys, and subsequently men, to deal with romantic rejection are so weird to read, as a woman who was also once a teenager. Until you realise that they’re entirely built on the premise that girls and women are the gatekeepers to sex and relationships.

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James Fitzgerald @jamesfitzjourno.bsky.social · 3d

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Kyja Noack-Lundberg @kyjanl.bsky.social · 4d

Oh, well my English friend said people wouldn't know, so I was just going off that. Incorrect is a bit of a harsh way to start a reply!

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Travis Jordan @grugstan.bsky.social · 5d

A young person died just days after the LNP make pill testing illegal.

There’s a good chance that if they could have had these pills tested, they’d be with us all today.

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 5d

Highly potent synthetic opioids found in teddy bear-shaped pills linked to a death in Queensland

Public health warning issued after drugs known as nitazenes detected amid move to ban pill testing * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Teddy bear-shaped pills laced with synthetic opioids have been linked to a death in Queensland, triggering a public health warning about a group of highly potent illicit drugs called nitazenes. N-pyrrolidino-protonitazene and protonitazene were detected in toxicology and samples taken from pale yellow pills marked with the letter “Y” in the state’s south-east. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 4d

It's Don't Argue Inside Your Head With Other People Friday. Today, if you like, you can practice moving your mind away gently from the arguments that start up inside your head w/people who aren't present, or whom it's not safe or not fair for you to argue with. Do this as many times as you need.

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 4d

Pine Marten, Shelly Perkins.

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Briony Neilson @brionyneilson.bsky.social · 5d

Striding towards the ferry to head north over the harbour – Sydney in February 1968 (photo by R. Donaldson, State Library of New South Wales)

b&w photo of an everyday scene near a ferry wharf taking passengers to Neutral Bay and Cremorne and Mosman – at the centre of the shot is a woman wearing a dress that's billowing to the right. Other people are all and a newspaper headline 'Don Lane in Court' is displayed.

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Rocketpilot 🇵🇸 @rocketpilot.xyz · 5d

Barely a week after the Queensland government banned drug testing facilities. All public policy has tradeoffs but the hard right consistently choose the ones that lead to bigger body counts

Person dies after deadly opioid detected in yellow teddy bear pill

Queensland Health issues a public health alert warning nitazenes have been detected in tablets.

www.abc.net.au

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Matthew Cheney @melikhovo.bsky.social · 5d

At an academic conference and the most common conversations I've had is stuff like, "How many faculty is your school trying to fire? Do you still have professional development funds? Do you still have an English department?" Fun times!

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mr. strokin m. clock 🔜 MFF! @thebevil.bsky.social · 5d

Shout-out to one of my coworkers who thought "labubu" was slang for lobotomy

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