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Dr Francesca Santoro
@phyllida.bsky.social
Greek & Roman history, politics, art history, literature. Music: Mahler, DSCH, opera, chamber music. Have lived in Rome & Amsterdam. Love languages, theatre, museums in general, Shakespeare, London, the House of Commons, Rowson cartoons, in particular.😊
Decodex 2025-12-09

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@tonylarch.bsky.social @lightacandle.bsky.social

I quite like this one!😊

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Decodex – A Daily Cryptogram Puzzle Game
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December 9, 2025 at 1:40 AM
😼😼https://www.nytimes.com/badges/games/v1/bee.html?d=2025-12-08&l=abeiptz&p=103&r=Queen%20Bee&c=466c5bfa165ac0df5c9c7f6aa67f4761&smid=url-share 👑🐝🤗Challenge: Make the first word a Pangram. One that uses all 7 letters! Bonus Points😼!!
I got Queen Bee!
How many words can you make with 7 letters?
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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🌜 Good Night, Good People Everywhere! 🌛

VIENNA AT CHRISTMASTIME
Hotel Römischer Kaiser
Balcony of a more than 300 year old Palais,
decorated with Norway Spruce trees
Annagasse, Inner City
Image © Merisi Vienna
#EastCoastKin #Photography
#PhotographersOfBluesky
December 8, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Northern lights from mid-November.

#canada #boreal #northernlights
December 8, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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December 8, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Razz gets in on the glamour shot
#cats
#orangecats
#photography
December 8, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Good morning!

I limited interactions on this one. Hoping it stays with the mooties 😎
December 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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For the ultimate in end-of-week Zen, here is a video of the firefly display tonight at the massive multi-acre Gardens Aglow holiday lights exhibit on Cape Cod. Tap and turn horizontal for full-size. I hope you have had a great day!
December 8, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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Genuinely love whoever in aincient Mesopotamia decided that the correct shape for weights was ducks.

RETVRN
December 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Thanks to Republicans’ chaotic policies:

Small businesses have let 120,000 employees go.

Grocery and utility prices are up.

The cost of health care is skyrocketing.

But instead of helping struggling families, Trump is looking into building a giant “Arc de Trump”.
December 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Good morning from Haarlem.

#GoodMorningFromHaarlem
December 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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December 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Mark Kelly: "They are not silencing me. I'm still speaking out. I still am going to do my job every single day regardless of whether this president wants to kill me, hang me, execute me, or shut me up. I'm not gonna shut up."
December 7, 2025 at 2:39 PM
www.nytimes.com/badges/games... 👑🐝🤗 Such fun!
I got Queen Bee!
How many words can you make with 7 letters?
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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As the day draws to a close, let us find peace in the simple truths that truly matter: the well-being of those we love, the satisfaction of a day well spent, and a heart overflowing with gratitude for the blessings in our lives.
December 8, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Decodex 2025-12-08

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Time: 1:35

I wonder if it's possible for @playdecodex.bsky.social to use a darker print for the encrypted message—and perhaps a larger print. My poor eyes will thank it!🔎🦇😵‍💫

@tonylarch.bsky.social @lightacandle.bsky.social

Play here: playdecodex.com
Decodex – A Daily Cryptogram Puzzle Game
Decode a quote a day! Play the daily cryptogram at playdecodex.com.
playdecodex.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Health insurers are jacking up premiums while raking in billions in profits.

Expiring ACA subsidies will saddle millions of Americans with massive monthly premium increases.

Is it any wonder that 63% of Americans now support Medicare for All?
December 8, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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#ShakespeareSunday how sour sweet music is,/
When time is broke and no proportion kept! /So is it in the music of men's lives/...I wasted time, and now doth time waste me. R II V.5 Topic: Time @lightacandle.bsky.social @tonylarch.bsky.social @tjmiddleton.bsky.social @earlgreytea220.bsky.social
December 7, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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⭕Rassemblement devant la #Maison-Blanche contre la politique belliciste des #États-Unis contre le #Venezuela.
December 7, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Bull's head rhyton, Minoan, 1600-1500 BC
December 7, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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December farmers market haul.

I love living in California. ❤️
December 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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The Top 10 Richest People In The World | December 2025
The Top 10 Richest People In The World | December 2025
There’s a new No. 2 on Forbes’ ranking of the world’s wealthiest people.
www.forbes.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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“Self Portrait” by Mic Diño Boekelmann (Filipino American) - Oil on board, Manila envelope / 2024 - Fabricated Boundaries, American University Museum (Washington, DC) #WomenInArt #art #artText #BlueskyArt #Boekelmann #AUMuseum #FilipinoAmericanArt #WomensArt #WomanArtist #WomenArtists #selfportrait
December 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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“Mustataustainen omakuva” (Self-Portrait, Black Background) by Helene Schjerfbeck (Finnish) - Oil on canvas / 1915 - Ateneum Art Museum (Helsinki, Finland) #WomenInArt #art #artText #HeleneSchjerfbeck #Schjerfbeck #SelfPortrait #FinnishArt #WomensArt #WomanArtist #WomenArtists #AteneumArtMuseum
December 6, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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The inaudible and noiseless foot of Time
Steals ere we can effect them.

All's Well That Ends Well
V, 3

Milo Winter #ShakespeareSunday
December 7, 2025 at 1:03 PM