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Scholastica @scholasticaa.bsky.social · Oct 25
Women Dancing, Ruvo. (Naples Archeological Museum)
Painted fresco of ladies holding hand and dancing in a line, see from the side
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tomgauld.bsky.social
Now for some sports news...
(this week's cartoon for @theguardian.com books pages)
Panel One: A sportscaster speaks to a television camera "You join us just in time for the annual booksellers versus librarians tug of war." Panel Two: We see the participants warming up as he continues... "Two very strong teams this year, they’ve both been in training since February. As always, the real skill in this match is not to start chatting about boo-" Panel Three: "Too late!! A pair of librarians are discussing the new Margaret Atwood! A crowd is forming! The booksellers are joining in! It's all over!!" We see all the participants chatting. Panel Four: The sportscaster finishes up to the camera: "The rope lies untouched! The discussions continue! We have a draw for 325th year in a row! Join us again next year!" End. Bonus alt-text Content: Fun fact! The first tug of war was between the staff of Cranston Library and those of Daniel Midwinter Booksellers www.cranstonlibraryreigate.com/ www.blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/manuscripts/2017/11/10/booksellers/
November 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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igorsushko.bsky.social
Remember: In 2022, as Russia stormed toward Kyiv, Biden urged Zelensky to flee while Europe's inaction piled on the ultimate pressure for Ukraine to surrender & capitulate. Ukraine persevered, defeating Russia in the Battle for Kyiv despite all odds.
November 23, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
I’ve said this every month for a year.
November 21, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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dmacottawa.bsky.social
A Walk in the Woods. Montebello, Quebec. November 2018. #fall #nature #trees #travel #quebec #hiking #photography
November 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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judah-grunstein.bsky.social
What we often ignore is how conspiracy theories serve as the glue that holds together a self-identified community, and collectively repeating and developing those conspiracy theories serves as the ritual practice Gellner (citing Durkheim) ascribes to pre-rational/scientific human cognition.
November 20, 2025 at 10:49 AM
scholasticaa.bsky.social
Faustine Léo by Henri Lehman (photographed at the Metropolitan Museum, New York).
November 20, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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tomgauld.bsky.social
My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com
p.s. My new book of science cartoons 'Physics for Cats' is out this week. Details at www.tomgauld.com
Panel 1 A figure stands at a lectern "This image illustrates my theory that, presented with a sufficient quantity of intricate formulae, overcomplicated diagrams and impenetrable acronyms, an audience will agree with almost anything." The screen is completely packed with such things Panel 2,3,4,5. Four audience members say enthusiastically: "My thoughts exactly!", "Hear, hear!", "I quite agree!" and "Excellent point!"
October 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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adamparkhomenko.bsky.social
Jamal Khashoggi. Say his name.
November 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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canadianpaintings.bsky.social
Light Flurries
David Thauberger
2025
November 15, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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naturehq.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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canadianpaintings.bsky.social
Old Houses on Sherbourne Street
John Kasyn
1978
November 14, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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loumusac.bsky.social
Mont St. Hilaire and Mont St. Bruno off to the east. #LeFleuve #SaintLawrenceRiver #Montreal taken from #parcdesrapides in LaSalle. #landscape #Photography
A sky full of dark grey clouds. In the distance on the horizon are the twin mountains of Mont St. Hilaire and Mont Bruno. The Saint Lawrence River takes up the whole foreground, a lone bush of an island of grass is on the right in the river, and three ducks wade on the left.
November 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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wtafc.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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owillis.bsky.social
a lot of our issues comes from the failure to speak plainly. the mainstream media is filled with too many people who wanted to be creative writing types and pack their work with literary flourishes meant to entertain instead of inform, while the political class has too many lawyers trying to obscure
November 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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benchu.bsky.social
Very useful chart from Berenberg - the blue bars are the tariffs that could be removed if the US Supreme Court strikes down Trump's emergency tariffs (though the White House could well respond by using other tariff legislation to try to re-impose them)
November 14, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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natalkakyiv.bsky.social
I have a hard time throwing something out if it has a nice pattern, so I “recycled” a Tory Burch shopping bag into a work of art. 🙂
November 13, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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dmacottawa.bsky.social
Glebe Central Park, Ottawa. #fall #nature #trees #park #city #travel #photography
November 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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markhertling.bsky.social
My latest in @thebulwark.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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deadder.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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oh-that-guy.bsky.social
The white owl | William James Webbe
November 12, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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bowerswrites.bsky.social
In my latest Legion Magazine article - the first of two parts - I interview British historian and author Stephen Fisher (@seaspitfires.com) about the forgotten Canadians who fought not at Juno, but Sword Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944.

legionmagazine.com/the-canadian...

📸 Bantam Books.
November 12, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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anabrandusescu.bsky.social
tree covered in snow on a november night
November 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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loumusac.bsky.social
Took Stephens street in #Verdun home today. #landscape #snowfall #Montreal #Photography #weather
Stephens street in Verdun decorated in snow. Tree branches are heavy with it too.
November 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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minibubbly.bsky.social
Old caves yield new secrets from Canadians who went over the top at Vimy Ridge

The earth threatens to swallow messages of love and home from men facing oblivion #Canada #France #WWII #LestWeForget

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Old caves yield new secrets from Canadians who went over the top at Vimy Ridge | CBC News
A hidden archive of what for many were last thoughts and tributes to Canada is emerging from the soft chalk tunnels beneath the Vimy Ridge battlefield more than a century after they were created.
www.cbc.ca
November 11, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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mark-carney.bsky.social
Lest we forget.
November 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM