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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 30m

A coat of arms has to be impressive, full of symbolism, it's important, it represents an powerful family or person, so you have to think long and hard about its design and take it very seriously.

Or just put some underpants on it.
Like Lord Jan van Abbenbroeck did;

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Darrell Wakelam @darrellwakelam.bsky.social · 1h

My 'Corrugated Cardboard Seahorses' are now available at www.darrellwakelam.com with info, video clips, and photos of the process. Click on the 'news' link on my homepage.
I share ideas freely, so please respect that and don't revamp or re-record without permission. Thanks.
#edusky

A pair of corrugated card seahorses. I'm sharing these again as they are now up on the website along with video clips, information, and process photos.

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Alistair Coleman @alistaircoleman.bsky.social · 4h

“Before we crack on with the meat raffle, could the owner of a yellow Vauxhall Corsa please move their vehicle? Dave from the mobile discotheque says he can’t get his van in”

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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 6h

A study of online content finds that the quantity of AI-generated articles now exceeds the number posted by human authors. But ... they suspect that the AI-generated article are largely unread by humans. boingboing.net/2025/10/15/s...

Study finds most new articles generated by AI

But it's been a close-run thing for about 12 months, according to their sample of 65,000 English-language online items

boingboing.net

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Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 13h

A.I. generated videos are like dreams - you find your own fascinating and no one else gives a shit about them

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

Oh man, I wonder which party this congressman belongs to

Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 2h

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

www.politico.com

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Maria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · 1h

“…become master over yourself, master of your own good qualities… acquire power over your aye and no and learn to hold and withhold them in accordance with your higher aims…”

Happy birthday, Nietzsche www.themarginalian.org/2015/10/15/n...

Nietzsche on the Journey of Becoming and What It Means to Be a Free Spirit

“…become master over yourself, master of your own good qualities… acquire power over your aye and no and learn to hold and withhold them in accordance with your higher aims……

www.themarginalian.org

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 3h

Here’s my message to Speaker Mike Johnson on the 15th day of this shutdown, from his very own podium.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 11h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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Scott Gray @scott1gray.bsky.social · 1d

When you see what the art for real 70s sci-fi films looked like, you realise how cheap and lazy this "AI" slop really is.

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979). Poster art by Victor Gadino.

Marvel employees were asked whether the 'WONDER MAN' poster for the in-universe movie was created using Al.

"Its artwork made by artists but touched up by Al," which was clarified with "so, really Al-assisted Photoshop work," and the response was "yes."

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Art History Animalia @arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social · 21h

#TwoForTuesday + #TextileTuesday + #TigerTuesday
Dahlov Ipcar (USA, 1917-2017)
#Leopard and #Tiger, 1974
Wool on linen ground, 36 x 60 in. Private Collection
On display at “Dahlov Ipcar: The Possibilities of Pattern” @ Shelbourne Museum
shelburnemuseum.org/exhibition/d...
#WomenArtists

wool rug depicting a lion (top) and leopard (bottom) curled up together like a yin-yang on a leafy & floral background

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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 1d

“The flying Dragon is somewhat troublesome to compose...” ⠀
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From The Mysteries of Nature and Art (1634), a book that is said to have spurred a young Isaac Newton onto the scientific path — publicdomainreview.org/essay/t... twitter.com/PublicDomainRev/status/1450880306207240194/photo/1...

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Gordon Hundley @drgoon.bsky.social · 21h

The Wizard Nebula (Sharpless 142) in the constellation of Cepheus. This region of star formation is being energized primarily by a massive spectroscopic binary system called DH Cephei. The stars in this system are young, near the start of the main sequence and are a source of X-ray emissions. 🔭

A bright nebula of colorful gases, with a cluster of bright stars that are ionizing it. The primary star system ionizing the gases is a massive binary system named DH Cephei. Cold molecular pillars and bok globules are evident and indicative of star formation. This is the Wizard Nebula or Sharpless 142, 8500 light years distant in the constellation of Cepheus. Six hours of imaging, evenly split over SHO filters. 840mm, cropped.

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Des Walsh @deswalsh.bsky.social · 1d

How our forbears made memes.

Screenshotting a VHS tape

YouTube video by RonSwon

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David Benedict @eggsbened.bsky.social · 16h

Today is the centenary of the birth of the great Tony Hart who opened the eyes of generations to visual art and who is forever associated with this, the shimmering Gallery theme from Vision On – which was also pretty much everyone’s introduction to the vibraphone. youtu.be/-ZNkJXKV7_w

Vision On - The Gallery Tune - BBC1 1960/70s

YouTube video by Lost 1960s TV and Radio

youtu.be

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Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 1d

Graeme’s imagination and talent is of the sort that AI will never even begin to threaten.

Graeme Swanson @swansonian.bsky.social · 1d

Yesterday my etsy shop had preciously one view. (And i think that was probably me) If you like my stuff please repost. An eccentric millionaire with lots of empty wall space could be scrolling your timeline right now. marswasrubbish.etsy.com/listing/1579...

One of my prints “And now we’ll abseil down the other side” Shows a mountain that’s actually a monster with abseilers on top of it.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 15h

You gently run your hand through the rack. You can feel it—pure cotton, rich wool, Irish linen. The plump buttonholes are handsewn; the buttons attached with a firm shank. You flip the price tag over. It's affordable

You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month

Headline reads: Altman says ChatGPT will soon allow erotic for adult users.

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 1d

Tbf mass lead poisoning of young men might explain *quite a lot* of what’s been happening in recent years.

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 1d

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 1d

Just remembered this, and now I’m not getting it out of my head for the next week.

Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule | Coventry Market | ITV

YouTube video by ITV

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Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 19h

Benignant [buh-NIG-nunt]
(adj.)
- Kindly, gracious, and benevolent.

From “benign” (exerting a good influence) on model of its opposite, “malignant”

Used in a sentence:
“He offered a benignant smile that suggested he might forgive you for existing—so long as you stopped doing it so loudly.”

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Illuminations @illuminations.bsky.social · 17h

This morning, 11am in the UK, midday CET - and it's not too late to request a Zoom link from from [email protected]

Details of an online seminar this morning, 15 October: me speaking about my forthcoming book, Magic Rays of Light: The Early Years of Television in Britain

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Maria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · 17h

Joy — like music, like love — is one of those entirely unnecessary miracles of consciousness that give meaning to survival with its bright allegiance to the most alive part of us www.themarginalian.org/2025/07/04/m...

A Defense of Joy

One of the most important things to have learned in life is that choosing joy in a world rife with reasons for despair is a countercultural act of courage and resistance, choosing it not despite th…

www.themarginalian.org

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 20h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 1d

The mastery of artist Harry Wingfield.
‘Cake’
(Yes, it is a painting - from Third Picture Book, 1971)

Photo realistic close-up in watercolour of a large slice of cream filled Victoria sponge

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phoenixmcarthur @mmcarthur.bsky.social · 1d

Ruth Asawa was what gamers like to call a world builder. Over the course of six decades, mainly from her small home in San Francisco, she transformed wire and other simple materials into an entire universe of fruiting forms and branching shapes.

With Ruth Asawa, MoMA is set to open its biggest show ever by a woman artist

But the museum is not promoting the show that way—and might not even have registered its record-breaking size

www.theartnewspaper.com

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