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Nicholas Nicola
@nicolasnicola.bsky.social
etching,writing,politics,culture,ec/archeology, stars,anti-palm oil/humanitarian issues[...also have a strong tendency to repost many missives...life is 'Catch-22'...]. Apologies if no follow back.All the best.
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Young Italian Woman at a Table, about 1895–1900, Paul Cézanne. Getty Museum

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Young Italian Woman at a Table (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection)
Young Italian Woman at a Table (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection); about 1895–1900; Paul Cézanne (French, 1839 - 1906); Oil on canvas; Unframed: 92.1 × 73.5 cm (36 1/4 × 28 15/16 in.); 99.PA.40
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December 18, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Study of the Model Joseph, about 1818–1819, Théodore Géricault. Getty Museum

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Study of the Model Joseph (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection)
Study of the Model Joseph (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection); about 1818–1819; Théodore Géricault (French, 1791 - 1824); Oil on canvas; Unframed: 47 × 38.7 cm (18 1/2 × 15 1/4 in.); 85.PA.407
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December 18, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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December 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Stunning new discovery in Italy:
Thousands of dinosaur footprints were discovered more than 2,000 meters above sea level, providing new insights into life 200 million years ago.

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December 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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I’m increasingly uneasy about the flood of AI images on social media. They are mostly absurd and frustrating. They may sometimes be creative experiments, but the fact that so many users take them at face value says a lot about our collective loss of visual literacy.

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December 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent Peter Arnett, who reported from Vietnam and Gulf War, has died
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Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent Peter Arnett, who reported from Vietnam and Gulf War, has died
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Peter Arnett, who traveled the world covering wars from Vietnam to Iraq, has died.
apnews.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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The Go-Betweens - Finding You (live). #Australianmusic #music #gobetweens
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The Go-Betweens - Finding You (live)
YouTube video by Fredrik af Trampe
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October 21, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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Dawn of civilization reborn: Türkiye’s Taş Tepeler takes the lead | Daily Sabah share.google/nl7Rzg5LGV2T... #archeology
Dawn of civilization reborn: Türkiye’s Taş Tepeler takes the lead
Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy celebrated the fifth anniversary of the Taş Tepeler Project with an event in Karahantepe, located in...
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November 28, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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From Will Golay: Light is composed of an electromagnetic wave, encoding information about its orientation. Learn how observing polarized optical light from one of the most extreme types of events in the universe enables us to study the origin of its light! ⚛️🔭☄🧪
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Variable polarized optical emission from a tidal disruption event
Light is composed of an electromagnetic wave, encoding information about its specific orientation. Learn how observing polarized optical light from one of the most extreme types of events in the unive...
astrobites.org
December 17, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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Almost no jobs have been added to the American economy since April. In fact, 710,000 more people are unemployed now versus November 2024. More thoughts on today's dismal jobs report — and what it means for America's affordability crisis.
Why Americans are going batsh*t over the cost of living
Today's added information
robertreich.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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"archeologists find 22,000-year-old drag marks"

@trixiemattel.bsky.social looks like [...] got her start in NM

[i don't know enough queens to really make this sting, but I'm sure you know a hag or two who deserves to be the subject]
December 16, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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"what unspeakable crime did you commit that reshaped the trajectory of your life" would be a good password reset question
December 16, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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MoMA explores how African studio portraits offered a new vision of freedom
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MoMA explores how African studio portraits offered a new vision of freedom
Show proposes that West and Central African photographers may have helped shape Black identities across the globe
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December 16, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Inside the mother of all Neolithic tombs ... Newgrange in Ireland. This photo, from excavator Michael O'Kelly's book, shows the chamber (with spiral carving) that is illuminated via the famous roofbox opening at winter solstice. A 5,200-yr-old celebration of the return of the sun. #TombTuesday
December 16, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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Like any bully, Trump is fundamentally a coward. When he feels humiliated, he lashes out. Every authoritarian action he is taking must be understood against the backdrop of his declining popularity. He feigns strength, but he's operating from a place of weakness.
December 15, 2025 at 11:00 PM