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Wil Eelsing

@wileelsing.bsky.social

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Dutch. History, Lit, Art and Animal lover, especially cats. Not particularly woke, just a decent upbringing which apparently is the same as woke. This is my DetoX space.

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Wil Eelsing @wileelsing.bsky.social · Sep 4

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Becky Wallower @bwallower.bsky.social · 1d

#StoneworkSunday 🏺
#SundayStonework figure found c. 150 years ago in Bishop's garden @gloucestercathedral.org.uk is possibly sole remnant of #SaxonSunday Abbey founded there 7th C.
Cruciform halo indicates it is Christ, bird pos figure of holy spirit, border may show Byzantine/Carolingian influence.

A worn and damaged image carved in stone. A circle with a decorative motif frames a figure of Jesus Christ, evident from the cruciform halo behind the head. His hair is seen under a stole wrapped round his head and down over his shoulders, but his face is damaged. On the left within the circle looking toward Christ is a large bird, which is thought to represent the Holy Spirit.

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Isabelle Marie @isabellemarie.bsky.social · 2d

#Paléontologie. Découverte d’une nouvelle espèce de reptile marin préhistorique.
www.courrierinternational.com/article/pale...

Découverte d’une nouvelle espèce de reptile marin préhistorique

Une nouvelle espèce d’ichtyosaure, cette famille de reptiles marins qui hantaient les océans au temps des dinosaures, a été identifiée par des chercheurs britan...

www.courrierinternational.com

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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 1d

I just felt a small, but genuine thrill when noticing we’d finally finished the awful lemon-scented hand soap in the kitchen, and it had been replaced with my favorite cherry blossom soap. It would seem that I have a favorite hand soap. Such is the rock and roll lifestyle I lead.

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PetaPixel | Photography and Camera News @petapixel.com.web.brid.gy · 8d

Does This Satellite Photo Show Amelia Earhart’s Plane?

Ever since Amelia Earhart vanished while attempting to become the first woman to circumnavigate the globe in 1937, people have been desperate to find out what happened to her. [Read More]

petapixel.com

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Daily Manul (Unofficial) @manul.day · 28d

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 1d

'Wheelbarrow washing' by Pamela Grace, hand coloured etching by contemporary printmaker living and working in Galloway, southwestern Scotland #womensart

Print of a garden scene with washing drying on a line and a green wheelbarrow in the foreground

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Niall McDiarmid @niallmcdiarmid.bsky.social · 1d

London Colour - Oct' 2025

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Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 5d

'Across from Battersea Park (Autumn)' by Jonathan Stewardson
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👤 @jonathanstewardson.bsky.social

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 11h

Halloween is near! It's time to post this marvellous articulated Roman skeleton, presumably meant to be a reminder to enjoy life to the fullest, since pleasure ends irrevocably with death.
In Petronius’ Satyricon, the host of a dinner party brings out a small skeleton with moveable...🧵1/2

Bronze figurine of a walking skeleton with elongated limbs and detailed ribcage, shown against a dark gradient background.

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 22h

Gorgeous, spooky friend from my collection. No date/info.

Black and white photo of a black medium haired cat lying on grass, looking up at the camera. It looks like it has pure white eyes with no pupils but it’s just light blow out.

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 21h

Researchers analysed the chemical signatures in teeth from 71 people, spanning the entire Neolithic period from 11,600 to 7,500 years ago. The teeth were found at five archaeological sites in what is now modern Syria.

Ancient teeth provide new insight into the lives of the world’s first farming villagers  - Durham University

www.durham.ac.uk

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21h

The federal food program helping more than 1 in 4 young children access fresh produce, milk, and formula will run out of funding next week.

Over 5 million children could lose food assistance — all thanks to the Trump-Republican shutdown.

The cruelty is endless.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 1d

Trump’s fraud stunt with the tariffs on China, cost the US economy $1.65 trillion, which was wiped out in seconds.

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wayneq4444.bsky.social @wayneq4444.bsky.social · 19h

Saw a bunch of squirrellys

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wayneq4444.bsky.social @wayneq4444.bsky.social · 19h

Saw a squirrelly

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Wil Eelsing @wileelsing.bsky.social · 10h

Hilarious! Thanks!

Wil Eelsing @wileelsing.bsky.social · 20h

No, but I'll google it.

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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 1d

Inside the house, the potential serial killer, box open on the table, tries to distract himself from the voices incessantly clamoring in his head. He knows that he’s just one last tiny push away from madness.

Outside in the driveway, a cat stares at his stolen treasure, laughing quietly to himself.

A single puzzle piece sits on the ground.

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