Elaine Kelly
@elainek9.bsky.social
She/her. Introvert, cross-stitching bibliophile. Bleeding heart leftie pinko feminist and proud of it. Trans rights are human rights.
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One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
January 25, 2026 at 10:39 PM
One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
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This guy went to work today, put a mask on, kidnapped a 5 year old child, and then used him as bait so both he and his father could be sent behind bars
January 22, 2026 at 2:13 AM
This guy went to work today, put a mask on, kidnapped a 5 year old child, and then used him as bait so both he and his father could be sent behind bars
This saddens and scares me at the same time. As someone else has asked on this platform: why does the US have a 25th Amendment if it's not being applied to a clearcut case?
The weakest, most inept administration in history, unable to work out how best to deal with a dementia ridden President, and deciding to just let him destroy everything and hope he just dies of old age soon.
Unhinged
January 19, 2026 at 12:04 PM
This saddens and scares me at the same time. As someone else has asked on this platform: why does the US have a 25th Amendment if it's not being applied to a clearcut case?
The ruff is a bit mind-boggling, but that stomacher is a thing of beauty.
Excellently accessorized young lady, painted in 1632 by Nicolaes Eliasz. Pickenoy. It's his day today.
January 10, 2026 at 6:32 PM
The ruff is a bit mind-boggling, but that stomacher is a thing of beauty.
Edwardian adverts where the Irish are the best-dressed 😉
Edwardian underwear, with an, erm, interesting selling point
January 10, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Edwardian adverts where the Irish are the best-dressed 😉
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Home Alone 3 looks awful
January 10, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Home Alone 3 looks awful
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"News" in ballad form. Song-sheet for a ballad with music and verse; printed on the Thames during the 1683-4 Frost Fair. (British Museum)
January 9, 2026 at 10:18 PM
"News" in ballad form. Song-sheet for a ballad with music and verse; printed on the Thames during the 1683-4 Frost Fair. (British Museum)
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The Royal Historical Society is a membership organisation of 7000+ historians, UK and RoW. We welcome historians to join us at any time: next closing dates 9 March and 11 May.
We offer membership categories for all kinds of historians and at all stages of research: bit.ly/46V8WOQ #Skystorians 1/2
We offer membership categories for all kinds of historians and at all stages of research: bit.ly/46V8WOQ #Skystorians 1/2
January 9, 2026 at 11:29 AM
The Royal Historical Society is a membership organisation of 7000+ historians, UK and RoW. We welcome historians to join us at any time: next closing dates 9 March and 11 May.
We offer membership categories for all kinds of historians and at all stages of research: bit.ly/46V8WOQ #Skystorians 1/2
We offer membership categories for all kinds of historians and at all stages of research: bit.ly/46V8WOQ #Skystorians 1/2
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A poem by Amanda Gorman
For Renee Nicole Good
Killed by ICE on January 7th, 2026
For Renee Nicole Good
Killed by ICE on January 7th, 2026
January 9, 2026 at 9:30 AM
A poem by Amanda Gorman
For Renee Nicole Good
Killed by ICE on January 7th, 2026
For Renee Nicole Good
Killed by ICE on January 7th, 2026
The remake we all need right now 🙂
January 9, 2026 at 9:51 AM
The remake we all need right now 🙂
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Cold day! Winter scene with some exciting pig butchering by David Teniers the Younger, whose birthday is today.
December 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Cold day! Winter scene with some exciting pig butchering by David Teniers the Younger, whose birthday is today.
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“Let me state the obvious:
Antisemitism is always wrong.
Islamophobia is always wrong.
Intentionally killing civilians is always wrong, whether on a beach in Sydney or a beach in Gaza.
Can we not all agree on all of the above? Is that really so hard” - my take for Zeteo’s First Draft newsletter:
Antisemitism is always wrong.
Islamophobia is always wrong.
Intentionally killing civilians is always wrong, whether on a beach in Sydney or a beach in Gaza.
Can we not all agree on all of the above? Is that really so hard” - my take for Zeteo’s First Draft newsletter:
The (Muslim) Hero of Bondi
Mehdi on the Islamophobes' response to the brutal killing of Jews in Australia; how the DOGE folks are headed for Gaza; and the fallout from the Bari Weiss/Erika Kirk CBS town hall.
zeteo.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
“Let me state the obvious:
Antisemitism is always wrong.
Islamophobia is always wrong.
Intentionally killing civilians is always wrong, whether on a beach in Sydney or a beach in Gaza.
Can we not all agree on all of the above? Is that really so hard” - my take for Zeteo’s First Draft newsletter:
Antisemitism is always wrong.
Islamophobia is always wrong.
Intentionally killing civilians is always wrong, whether on a beach in Sydney or a beach in Gaza.
Can we not all agree on all of the above? Is that really so hard” - my take for Zeteo’s First Draft newsletter:
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Pair of charmingly grumpy owls out on skates for winter fun. Have even brought along a snack! By Adriaen van de Venne, who died (alas!) on this day 1662.
November 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Pair of charmingly grumpy owls out on skates for winter fun. Have even brought along a snack! By Adriaen van de Venne, who died (alas!) on this day 1662.
Throwback to me in 2009 after a huge flooding event in my city meant my water was shut off for several weeks, and I had to visit a nearby bowser on a daily basis 😄
A little reminder of life before easily accessible domestic tap water. Adriaen van de Venne, c. 1620 -1626 (British Museum)
The artist died #otd 12 Nov 1662
The artist died #otd 12 Nov 1662
November 12, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Throwback to me in 2009 after a huge flooding event in my city meant my water was shut off for several weeks, and I had to visit a nearby bowser on a daily basis 😄
Watching the Presidential Inauguration live online at the moment. Lowkey in terms of the pomp and circumstance, but very moving nonetheless. Standing ovation for the outgoing Uachtarán, which was lovely to see.
www.rte.ie/player/onnow...
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November 11, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Watching the Presidential Inauguration live online at the moment. Lowkey in terms of the pomp and circumstance, but very moving nonetheless. Standing ovation for the outgoing Uachtarán, which was lovely to see.
www.rte.ie/player/onnow...
www.rte.ie/player/onnow...
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Born on this day in 1632, in Delft, the incomparable painter Johannes Vermeer. What he can do here with the color blue! It's miraculous. The mysteries of that window are infinite.
October 31, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Born on this day in 1632, in Delft, the incomparable painter Johannes Vermeer. What he can do here with the color blue! It's miraculous. The mysteries of that window are infinite.
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Frédéric Forest
Paris - 1
January
2024
Paris - 1
January
2024
October 30, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Frédéric Forest
Paris - 1
January
2024
Paris - 1
January
2024
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EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
October 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
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John Atkinson Grimshaw, English (1836-1893), October Afterglow, 1885 oil on canvas, 77 x 63.5 cm, private collection
October 19, 2025 at 12:38 PM
John Atkinson Grimshaw, English (1836-1893), October Afterglow, 1885 oil on canvas, 77 x 63.5 cm, private collection
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heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god
October 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god
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Self portrait with madrigal, c. 1578.
by Marietta Robusti c. 1550-1590
(The Uffizi)
by Marietta Robusti c. 1550-1590
(The Uffizi)
October 13, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Self portrait with madrigal, c. 1578.
by Marietta Robusti c. 1550-1590
(The Uffizi)
by Marietta Robusti c. 1550-1590
(The Uffizi)
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“He even went for a carvery on the third day” has finished me.
Barnsley man in hospital after three-day cola bottles binge
Nathan Rimmington ate his way through 3kg of sweets - and doctors were shocked he survived.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
“He even went for a carvery on the third day” has finished me.
Interesting piece in today's Irish Examiner: let's not hold our collective breath just yet. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Colin Sheridan: The one word missing from all this so-called talk of peace in Gaza is 'Palestinian'
The world may celebrate a ceasefire in Gaza, but without Palestinian agency and justice, peace remains an illusion
www.irishexaminer.com
October 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Interesting piece in today's Irish Examiner: let's not hold our collective breath just yet. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...