Michèle Plott
@micheleplott.bsky.social
Historian of the emotions, visual & material culture, (sometimes) gender, lately monuments & memory in the urban landscape
Pinned
Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 110 by Robert Motherwell, 1971
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137843
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137843
motherwell hitting harder w/this today.
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November 22, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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"I don’t journal. To be honest, I don’t think using the word 'journal' as a verb should be acceptable in polite society."
Thinking about Georges Perec's An Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Paris
www.punchlistmag.com/p/can-a-50-y...?
Thinking about Georges Perec's An Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Paris
www.punchlistmag.com/p/can-a-50-y...?
Can a 50-year-old book on Paris help repair your attention span?
It might be worth a try! Plus: more gripes about “Sotheby’s at the Breuer,” the Louvre reconsiders its renovation, and Record’s EIC is big mad
www.punchlistmag.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:20 PM
"I don’t journal. To be honest, I don’t think using the word 'journal' as a verb should be acceptable in polite society."
Thinking about Georges Perec's An Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Paris
www.punchlistmag.com/p/can-a-50-y...?
Thinking about Georges Perec's An Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Paris
www.punchlistmag.com/p/can-a-50-y...?
"I don’t journal. To be honest, I don’t think using the word 'journal' as a verb should be acceptable in polite society."
Thinking about Georges Perec's An Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Paris
www.punchlistmag.com/p/can-a-50-y...?
Thinking about Georges Perec's An Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Paris
www.punchlistmag.com/p/can-a-50-y...?
Can a 50-year-old book on Paris help repair your attention span?
It might be worth a try! Plus: more gripes about “Sotheby’s at the Breuer,” the Louvre reconsiders its renovation, and Record’s EIC is big mad
www.punchlistmag.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:20 PM
"I don’t journal. To be honest, I don’t think using the word 'journal' as a verb should be acceptable in polite society."
Thinking about Georges Perec's An Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Paris
www.punchlistmag.com/p/can-a-50-y...?
Thinking about Georges Perec's An Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Paris
www.punchlistmag.com/p/can-a-50-y...?
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Latest Foreign Desk on Monocle Radio. This was a fun one to do: assessing the difference between the reality of politics and diplomacy, and the fictions and satires. With @alexvont.bsky.social, John Everard and @quantick.bsky.social. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Stranger than fiction? - Monocle
Many politicians and diplomats serve during incidents that feel stranger than fiction. Veep writer David Quantick and former UK ambassador John...
monocle.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Latest Foreign Desk on Monocle Radio. This was a fun one to do: assessing the difference between the reality of politics and diplomacy, and the fictions and satires. With @alexvont.bsky.social, John Everard and @quantick.bsky.social. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
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Latest update from @britishlibrary.bsky.social says they are launching a new version of their main catalogue on Monday 8 December and around that time also launch an interim version of their Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue. Hooray!
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
Restoring our services – November 2025 update
In the coming weeks and months we will be restoring a number of key functions.
www.bl.uk
November 22, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Latest update from @britishlibrary.bsky.social says they are launching a new version of their main catalogue on Monday 8 December and around that time also launch an interim version of their Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue. Hooray!
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
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Historian of Ancient Greece Claire Taylor has an important, open access article on "Women, gender and the ancient economy: towards a feminist economic history of the ancient Greek world" in JHS 🧶 I really like this as a method for recovering more invisible labor. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
![oinochoe
Object Type
oinochoe
Museum number
1873,0820.304
Description
Pottery: White-ground oinochoe.
A woman in a long sleeved, dotted chiton, a bordered himation, and sandals, with earrings, bracelets, and hair wound into a ball on the neck and fastened with a fillet, standing to right, twisting between the thumb and first finger of her right hand a thread from a hank of wool on a distaff which she holds up with her left. On…
Producer name
Attributed to: The Brygos Painter
Cultures/periods
Attic
Production date
490BC-470BC (circa)
Production place
Made in: Attica (Greece)
Europe: Greece: Attica (Greece)
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot: Locri (said to be from)
Europe: Italy: Calabria: Reggio di Calabria (province): Locri
Materials
pottery
Ware
White Ground
Dimensions
Height: 21.59 centimetres
Inscriptions
Inscription type: inscription
Inscription position: on shoulder/body of vase
Inscription language: Greek
Inscription script: Greek
Inscription content: HE ΠAIΣ KAΛΕ
Inscription transliteration: ή παΐς καλή
Inscription translation: the girl [is] beautiful
Inscription note: 'kalos' inscription, painted pre-firing
Curator's comments
BM Cat. Vases
The type of face is very similar to that of the Hera on the Brygos cup, BM Vase Ε65; the dotted dress also suit the style of this artist.
Bibliographic references
Vase / Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum (D13)
Location
On display (G69/dc5)
Exhibition history
Exhibited:
2006 8 Jun-4 Sep, Los Angeles, The Getty Villa, The Colors of Clay
2015, 26 Mar-5 Jul, The British Museum, Defining Beauty: the body in ancient Greek art.
Subjects
spinner/spinning
Acquisition name
Purchased from: Alessandro Castellani
Department
Greek and Roman
Registration number
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November 22, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Historian of Ancient Greece Claire Taylor has an important, open access article on "Women, gender and the ancient economy: towards a feminist economic history of the ancient Greek world" in JHS 🧶 I really like this as a method for recovering more invisible labor. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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The Finns have my favourite bear euphemisms - lightfoot, honey-paw, dweller of the land, old man of the forest, forest-apple, Otava (the name of the Ursa Major constellation)...even Karhu itself doesn't actually mean 'bear', it's a euphemism in of itself
It's believed we've lost the true name for bear in Germanic languages - "bear" roughly means "brown one," a euphemism used instead of the true name because it was believed that saying their true name would summon the bear.
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The Finns have my favourite bear euphemisms - lightfoot, honey-paw, dweller of the land, old man of the forest, forest-apple, Otava (the name of the Ursa Major constellation)...even Karhu itself doesn't actually mean 'bear', it's a euphemism in of itself
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First Snow Bunt of the Autumn/ Winter, Cefn Sidan Beach. #birdingWales
November 22, 2025 at 9:31 AM
First Snow Bunt of the Autumn/ Winter, Cefn Sidan Beach. #birdingWales
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Well, this is pretty terrifying. The Daily Mail is buying the Telegraph.
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Daily Mail owner strikes £500m deal to buy Telegraph titles
Acquisition likely to trigger in-depth investigation by regulator after agreement between DMGT and Redbird IMI
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Well, this is pretty terrifying. The Daily Mail is buying the Telegraph.
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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elon installs a new feature that publicly displays the country where your app was installed and operates from
people find out the most racist pro-US accounts are based in israel, india, bangladesh, etc
US DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY TWITTER BASED IN ISRAEL
elon pauses location feature
people find out the most racist pro-US accounts are based in israel, india, bangladesh, etc
US DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY TWITTER BASED IN ISRAEL
elon pauses location feature
November 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
elon installs a new feature that publicly displays the country where your app was installed and operates from
people find out the most racist pro-US accounts are based in israel, india, bangladesh, etc
US DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY TWITTER BASED IN ISRAEL
elon pauses location feature
people find out the most racist pro-US accounts are based in israel, india, bangladesh, etc
US DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY TWITTER BASED IN ISRAEL
elon pauses location feature
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This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Let’s not forget that this regime was supported internationally while starving people, jailing queer and roma people, unionists and supporters of the left, submitting women, and making islamophobia, antisemitism and Catholic fundamentalism some of its key messages. For four long decades.
Spain has too rosy a view of Franco’s regime. Let’s remind ourselves of its horrors | Giles Tremlett
Little is taught about the murderous, incompetent dictatorship – and now almost one in five young people say Franco was good for the country, says historian Giles Tremlett
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Let’s not forget that this regime was supported internationally while starving people, jailing queer and roma people, unionists and supporters of the left, submitting women, and making islamophobia, antisemitism and Catholic fundamentalism some of its key messages. For four long decades.
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today has been so weird are we in a fever dream
November 22, 2025 at 2:21 AM
today has been so weird are we in a fever dream
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watching your husband’s phone light up like a Christmas tree and knowing it’s President Donald J Trump
November 22, 2025 at 5:06 AM
watching your husband’s phone light up like a Christmas tree and knowing it’s President Donald J Trump
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This exhibition reimagines Tibet by showing how it has historically been represented by outsiders and how Tibetans now talk about Tibet. #TyeePresents #Sponsored
Learning to Unlearn about Tibet | The Tyee
In a new MOA exhibition, Tibetan Canadians express their cultures, identities and a sense of homeland.
thetyee.ca
November 22, 2025 at 2:26 AM
This exhibition reimagines Tibet by showing how it has historically been represented by outsiders and how Tibetans now talk about Tibet. #TyeePresents #Sponsored
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In highly important news from history today, it’s the 80th anniversary of the 21st birthday of Christopher Tolkien, notable now for the wording (especially the small print) of the invitation to the party
November 21, 2025 at 9:55 AM
In highly important news from history today, it’s the 80th anniversary of the 21st birthday of Christopher Tolkien, notable now for the wording (especially the small print) of the invitation to the party
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This is absolutely the type of hard hitting reporting I want to see in my local news. Dive deep. Tell us everything.
Walter de Staplecat, Simpkin IV, Teabag, Balthasar and Benny D Cat take the stage as we meet the college cats of Oxford. And, of course, Magdalen’s Ozymandias. Read on for our photo special. (Includes a cat map.) oxfordclarion.uk/college-cats...
College cats of Oxford
Once upon a time, we featured an image of Magdalen's kitten, Ozymandias, in our newsletter. We figured it might be a gentle contrast to our regular diet of planning and local politics.
The grey ball ...
oxfordclarion.uk
November 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM
This is absolutely the type of hard hitting reporting I want to see in my local news. Dive deep. Tell us everything.
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Trump also just posted these photos to Truth Social, including the one with Mamdani standing next to a portrait of FDR. Trump mentioned Mamdani asked if he could have his picture taken there.
"It's an amazing portrait in the cabinet room," Trump said. "So he's a big fan of the New Deal, I guess..."
"It's an amazing portrait in the cabinet room," Trump said. "So he's a big fan of the New Deal, I guess..."
November 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Trump also just posted these photos to Truth Social, including the one with Mamdani standing next to a portrait of FDR. Trump mentioned Mamdani asked if he could have his picture taken there.
"It's an amazing portrait in the cabinet room," Trump said. "So he's a big fan of the New Deal, I guess..."
"It's an amazing portrait in the cabinet room," Trump said. "So he's a big fan of the New Deal, I guess..."
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in a real world, this would be blaring across the headlines in every country. this is the scene that starts your climate disaster survival movie.
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:16 PM
in a real world, this would be blaring across the headlines in every country. this is the scene that starts your climate disaster survival movie.
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We have a US administration trying to bully Ukrainians into accepting Russia’s proposal that their sovereignty be undone. Aside from the naked injustice of this, there are five basic practical reasons why it would make the world far more dangerous.
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snyder.substack.com/p/the-putin-...
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The Putin-Witkoff Plan Worsens the War
Five Reasons the US should not help Russia subjugate Ukraine
snyder.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
We have a US administration trying to bully Ukrainians into accepting Russia’s proposal that their sovereignty be undone. Aside from the naked injustice of this, there are five basic practical reasons why it would make the world far more dangerous.
(video)
snyder.substack.com/p/the-putin-...
(video)
snyder.substack.com/p/the-putin-...
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reading the news in 2025
November 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
reading the news in 2025
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Completely agree.
The fates of Ukraine and Europe are linked.
European security system will be destroyed without Ukraine.
The fates of Ukraine and Europe are linked.
European security system will be destroyed without Ukraine.
November 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Completely agree.
The fates of Ukraine and Europe are linked.
European security system will be destroyed without Ukraine.
The fates of Ukraine and Europe are linked.
European security system will be destroyed without Ukraine.