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Babcock & Peale

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Writing & Painting; Classics & Philosophy; Pennsylvania, Vienna, Montana, Maine.

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Babcock & Peale @pealebabcock.bsky.social · Jun 2

Käthe Kollwitz

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Therese Sellers @qerese.bsky.social · 7h

book on a granite step
#LandofAeolia #independentbookstore #RockportMA

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 1d

14 Oct 1644: b. Willian Penn, future founder of #Pennsylvania #otd in #London. When arrested at a #Quaker meeting in #Cork city in 1667, he was heir to an estate of 7,500 #Irish acres in Co. Cork

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Babcock & Peale @pealebabcock.bsky.social · 6d

Metaphysics of light

John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 6d

The beheaded St Denis, feast #otd 9 Oct
Attributed to Nicolas Poussin who died 19 Nov 1665.

(Musée du Louvre)

Babcock & Peale @pealebabcock.bsky.social · 6d

Metaphysics of light

John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 6d

9 Oct 1253: d. Robert Grossteste, Bishop of #Lincoln, theologian, philosopher & scientist #otd

(British Library Harley MS 386)

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 10d

NEW: Extraordinary scenes in Amsterdam this afternoon (Sunday, Oct 5).

An estimated 250,000 bring the city to a standstill; people all wearing red to show solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸

(🎥 Ahmed Zantac)

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ACLU @aclu.org · 13d

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

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Babcock & Peale @pealebabcock.bsky.social · 13d

Detail from “Bad Lindsey!” by B&P
#LindseyGraham

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 16d

Maksym Butkevych, Ukrainian human rights activist, who spent two years in Russian captivity, was awarded the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize.

The award recognizes individuals, organizations, and institutions for their work in defending human rights.
Congratulations!

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Babcock & Peale @pealebabcock.bsky.social · 17d

Bella sends her kindest regards to Blue.

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Käthe Kollwitz

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Babcock & Peale @pealebabcock.bsky.social · 17d

First two

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Babcock & Peale @pealebabcock.bsky.social · 17d

Not mine, but a happy celebration

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 18d

Fortified Italianate building on a hill, Circle/School of Cornelis van Poelenburch (1594-1667) 17th Century (British Museum)

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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 18d

On this date in 1962, Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" was published, and it became one of the most-influential books in the modern environmental movement.

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Babcock & Peale @pealebabcock.bsky.social · 19d

What was requested by the birthday boy

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Wee birthday toast

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Babcock & Peale @pealebabcock.bsky.social · 19d

Bella & Brummi

Babcock & Peale @pealebabcock.bsky.social · 19d

This very painful to watch, but seems important to spread.
What is the highest aim of civilization?
To protect the bonds of love & care.

John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 20d

If you voted for him, you've done this.

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Babcock & Peale @pealebabcock.bsky.social · 20d

η ψυχή in Alpha is for Anthropos by @qerese

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 21d

'Mevagissey, Cornwall.' (c1914) Like many female artists working at the beginning of the 20thC, Doris Zinkeisen’s work traversed the boundaries between fine and decorative art; she was one of the first artists to enter the Belsen camp in April 1945.

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Babcock & Peale @pealebabcock.bsky.social · 23d

Sampson is adorable.

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Babcock & Peale @pealebabcock.bsky.social · 24d

Military planes flying low over Philadelphia.

Babcock & Peale @pealebabcock.bsky.social · 25d

On the sidewalk in front of my doctor’s office

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Babcock & Peale @pealebabcock.bsky.social · 25d

Doings in the garden of my doctor’s office

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