Selwyn Davis
@selwyndavis.bsky.social
Naarm artist. Frustratingly curious. Just Say No to empire, not even once. "It's a spectrum". I know I can’t spell, you’re just going to have to deal with it.
It’s so sad to watch a friend slowly turn into a bad person.
November 30, 2025 at 8:09 AM
It’s so sad to watch a friend slowly turn into a bad person.
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The Chinese auto giant is serious about extending its fast-charging lead all over the world, and Europe could experience it soon.
insideevs.com/news/780361/...
insideevs.com/news/780361/...
BYD's 5-Minute Flash EV Charging Is Headed Here Next
The Chinese auto giant is serious about extending its fast-charging lead all over the world, and Europe could experience it soon.
insideevs.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The Chinese auto giant is serious about extending its fast-charging lead all over the world, and Europe could experience it soon.
insideevs.com/news/780361/...
insideevs.com/news/780361/...
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#FindsFriday This fabulous little figurine of a woman was found in Egypt from ~3000BC
But based on the pose she was probably carved in Mesopotamia
Buuuut she's made from Lapis Lazuli from Afghanistan!
Quite a journey!
#archaeology #photooftheday
📍Seen in the Fitzwilliam museum in Cambridge🏺
But based on the pose she was probably carved in Mesopotamia
Buuuut she's made from Lapis Lazuli from Afghanistan!
Quite a journey!
#archaeology #photooftheday
📍Seen in the Fitzwilliam museum in Cambridge🏺
November 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
#FindsFriday This fabulous little figurine of a woman was found in Egypt from ~3000BC
But based on the pose she was probably carved in Mesopotamia
Buuuut she's made from Lapis Lazuli from Afghanistan!
Quite a journey!
#archaeology #photooftheday
📍Seen in the Fitzwilliam museum in Cambridge🏺
But based on the pose she was probably carved in Mesopotamia
Buuuut she's made from Lapis Lazuli from Afghanistan!
Quite a journey!
#archaeology #photooftheday
📍Seen in the Fitzwilliam museum in Cambridge🏺
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Something ancient and wonderful for the weekend! 🤩
The world’s oldest known sculpture of a horse!
This tiny figurine was carved from mammoth ivory by an Ice Age artist some 40,000 years ago!
📷 by me
#Archaeology
The world’s oldest known sculpture of a horse!
This tiny figurine was carved from mammoth ivory by an Ice Age artist some 40,000 years ago!
📷 by me
#Archaeology
November 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Something ancient and wonderful for the weekend! 🤩
The world’s oldest known sculpture of a horse!
This tiny figurine was carved from mammoth ivory by an Ice Age artist some 40,000 years ago!
📷 by me
#Archaeology
The world’s oldest known sculpture of a horse!
This tiny figurine was carved from mammoth ivory by an Ice Age artist some 40,000 years ago!
📷 by me
#Archaeology
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NSW Police proudly wasting millions on this next-to-useless police vessel “Nemesis” which has been cruising Newcastle Harbour trying to intimidate climate protestors this weekend.
Your tax dollars being flushed. Ohhh and Labor wants to buy a new one for a cool $46.5 million.
Your tax dollars being flushed. Ohhh and Labor wants to buy a new one for a cool $46.5 million.
November 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
NSW Police proudly wasting millions on this next-to-useless police vessel “Nemesis” which has been cruising Newcastle Harbour trying to intimidate climate protestors this weekend.
Your tax dollars being flushed. Ohhh and Labor wants to buy a new one for a cool $46.5 million.
Your tax dollars being flushed. Ohhh and Labor wants to buy a new one for a cool $46.5 million.
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Introducing Klavis for VCV Rack, an authentic re-creation of the popular Eurorack brand. Includes six modules with many unique functions for mangling signals, sequences, and states.
Now available on the VCV Library.
vcvrack.com/Klavis
Now available on the VCV Library.
vcvrack.com/Klavis
August 1, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Introducing Klavis for VCV Rack, an authentic re-creation of the popular Eurorack brand. Includes six modules with many unique functions for mangling signals, sequences, and states.
Now available on the VCV Library.
vcvrack.com/Klavis
Now available on the VCV Library.
vcvrack.com/Klavis
Poverty causes crime. I can not stress that enough.
November 29, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Poverty causes crime. I can not stress that enough.
I’ve lived off my art for my whole adult life. Yet i am constantly surprised by how little art is considered within its environment. Context is everything.
November 29, 2025 at 11:17 AM
I’ve lived off my art for my whole adult life. Yet i am constantly surprised by how little art is considered within its environment. Context is everything.
I need to go back to Japan. It’s been far too long.
November 29, 2025 at 10:18 AM
I need to go back to Japan. It’s been far too long.
Like this, but imagine it’s for mental health.
November 28, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Like this, but imagine it’s for mental health.
@iwriteok.bsky.social Shakespeare wrote for common people, who were largely illiterate. Those words he is credited with inventing are more likely to be slang and phrases of the day that just weren’t written down yet.
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
@iwriteok.bsky.social Shakespeare wrote for common people, who were largely illiterate. Those words he is credited with inventing are more likely to be slang and phrases of the day that just weren’t written down yet.
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November 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Wilcox being brilliant again. What a woman.
November 27, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Wilcox being brilliant again. What a woman.
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#blueskyartchallenge - politicians discussing about climate change, 2011
November 24, 2025 at 5:30 AM
#blueskyartchallenge - politicians discussing about climate change, 2011
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This terracotta die comes from the ancient city of Mohenjo-Daro, one of the first urban centres in human history 🎲⠀
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Gaming with dice has been a popular pastime in India for millennia, with this object dating back to 2500–1900 BCE.
🎲 Terracotta Die, 2500–1900 BCE. 2 x 2 x 2 cm. EAMd.25
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Gaming with dice has been a popular pastime in India for millennia, with this object dating back to 2500–1900 BCE.
🎲 Terracotta Die, 2500–1900 BCE. 2 x 2 x 2 cm. EAMd.25
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 AM
This terracotta die comes from the ancient city of Mohenjo-Daro, one of the first urban centres in human history 🎲⠀
⠀
Gaming with dice has been a popular pastime in India for millennia, with this object dating back to 2500–1900 BCE.
🎲 Terracotta Die, 2500–1900 BCE. 2 x 2 x 2 cm. EAMd.25
⠀
Gaming with dice has been a popular pastime in India for millennia, with this object dating back to 2500–1900 BCE.
🎲 Terracotta Die, 2500–1900 BCE. 2 x 2 x 2 cm. EAMd.25
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Massive increase in empty homes in Melbourne
youtube.com/shorts/CX5Dn...
youtube.com/shorts/CX5Dn...
Massive increase in empty homes in Melbourne
YouTube video by PurplepingersTV
youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Massive increase in empty homes in Melbourne
youtube.com/shorts/CX5Dn...
youtube.com/shorts/CX5Dn...
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Some 60,000 families, many of them climate refugees, live in the area spread over 65 hectares.
Thousands left homeless by fire in Bangladesh shantytown in Dhaka
Some 60,000 families, many of them climate refugees, live in the area spread over 65 hectares.
bit.ly
November 27, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Some 60,000 families, many of them climate refugees, live in the area spread over 65 hectares.
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Britain has a long history of seizing people's possessions to pay for welfare support. Now it wants to use that in asylum policy.
UK set to seize asylum seekers' belongings. It's a British tradition
www.bigissue.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Britain has a long history of seizing people's possessions to pay for welfare support. Now it wants to use that in asylum policy.
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New research suggests early states grew not from surplus alone but from the tax potential of cereal grains. Writing followed as a tool for keeping track. A fresh phylogenetic view on why grain shaped political evolution. #Anthropology #Archaeology #HumanEvolution #StateFormation
Fields That Built Nations: How the Humble Cereal Plant Reshaped Human Politics
New phylogenetic research suggests that early states did not rise on the promise of surplus alone but on the precise tax potential of grain, along with the bureaucratic tools invented to keep track of
www.anthropology.net
November 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
New research suggests early states grew not from surplus alone but from the tax potential of cereal grains. Writing followed as a tool for keeping track. A fresh phylogenetic view on why grain shaped political evolution. #Anthropology #Archaeology #HumanEvolution #StateFormation
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Like a kangaroo, the dinoflagellate 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘶𝘴 has a pouch. The pouch is called a phaeosome chamber, which houses symbiotic cyanobacteria (the orange cells). These cells have a free-loading roommate: an archaeal parasite.
A Cell So Minimal That It Challenges Definitions of Life | Quanta Magazine
The newly described microbe represents a world of parasitic, intercellular biodiversity only beginning to be revealed by genome sequencing.
www.quantamagazine.org
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Like a kangaroo, the dinoflagellate 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘶𝘴 has a pouch. The pouch is called a phaeosome chamber, which houses symbiotic cyanobacteria (the orange cells). These cells have a free-loading roommate: an archaeal parasite.
The social media ban for kids is much more disturbing than is being reported. Kids are citizens without a vote. Once this type of law is set the containment of information will follow. You are next .
November 26, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The social media ban for kids is much more disturbing than is being reported. Kids are citizens without a vote. Once this type of law is set the containment of information will follow. You are next .
It is absolutely wild that the Australian government is attempting to ban kids from accessing social media, including YouTube. yes there is some shite, also amazing educational resources. What petty small minded authoritarian zealots would allow this?
November 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
It is absolutely wild that the Australian government is attempting to ban kids from accessing social media, including YouTube. yes there is some shite, also amazing educational resources. What petty small minded authoritarian zealots would allow this?
Get ready for overreach. Our local lackeys are emboldened to ignore laws.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Australian government said young children will be banned from social media next month as scheduled despite a rights advocacy group on Wednesday challenging the world-first legislation in court.
Australia will enforce a social media ban for children under 16 despite a court challenge
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Australian government said young children will be banned from social media next month as scheduled despite a rights advocacy group on Wednesday challenging the world-first legislation in court.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Get ready for overreach. Our local lackeys are emboldened to ignore laws.