I can't resist a sob story, especially if four pets are involved. (I can't resist a festive crime novel either...)
F.L. Everett@fliceverett.bsky.social · 2w ago*famous actor voiceover* *piano* Please, don't scroll by. This tragic author has never been number one in any Amazon category. With your help, just 99p could change the life of this writer who has four pets to feed and a charity shop habit. Donate today - thank you. www.amazon.co.uk/Death-Holly-...
Happy #Halloween This intaglio depicts a skeleton resting on an amphora and holding a jug. Such representations were intended to remind to enjoy life to the fullest since pleasure ends irrevocably with death. 📷 Museum August Kestner/Christian Tepper #Archaeology 🏺
Doing some research on Ancestry and delighted to find a Brindley family transcribed as Funkey. 🤣 (It was especially difficult to read.) #TinyJoys
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‘We got Greenland’: Trump pushes a made-up line about ownership of the arctic island
The more the president falsely claims he successfully acquired Greenland, the more important it becomes to set the record straight.
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Nearly put olive oil in my wine glass (with wine in it). Nearly. #TinyJoys
A longish article totally worth reading to the end - especially if you know a “but AI helped me find sources I didn’t know existed” person or two.
Dr. Joe Krulder@joekrulder.bsky.social · last mo.🗃️ I am posting this Jordan Sand article, though it was released August '26. Entitled, "AI is an Anti-Primary Source Machine," Sand demonstrates major "hallucinations" of Artificial Intelligence when it comes to primary sources. Excellent article. www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/ai-i...
I have eaten the plums that were wrapped up in the birch bark.
Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · last mo.Everyday objects are the real archaeological treasures! Birch bark is perfect for making containers and wrapping. This 7,500-year-old wrapping was X-rayed, but unfortunately, it didn't show anything. It probably held something perishable. From the Mesolithic settlement of Motala/Sweden. 🧵1/2 📷me
If anyone knows of a novel about Marie Antoinette, Anna would like the heads-up.
Anna Mazzola@annamazz.bsky.social · 2mo agoBonjour. I have now read a lot of very bad fiction (and a lot of very good non-fiction) about Marie Antoinette. Surely there must be some good novels that I've missed, other than Farewell, My Queen and Dumas.
“Every time a politician casts doubt on the legitimacy of Parliament, because it does not represent ‘the voice of the people’ we can smell the whiff of eternal fascism.” Umberto Eco, Italian philosopher, author of The Name of the Rose; died 2016; bequeathed library @unibo.it Photos Leonardo Cendamo
Hips, haws, nuts and berries! It’s starting to look a bit autumnal out there! So this week’s challenge is #fruits! Share your finds of wild & naturalised fruits for #wildflowerhour this Sunday 8-9pm. Happy fruit hunting! ☺️🍒
When "en plein air" means being upwind of your subject matter...
Camille Pissarro@camillepissarro.bsky.social · 3mo agoFlock of Sheep https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/16343
Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do...
Jane E. Hall@clothofnature.bsky.social · 3mo agoMeet our extended family… the Daisy family. A wildflower array of the Asteraceae still blooming here at Madrigal despite drought and relentless heat — yellow, white, purple, prickly, feathery and thistle-down soft. Different weather. The same wonderfully sprawling family #WildflowerHour #DaisyFamily
At Scrabble till half-past nine of the clock. Dr Johnson got several double word scores. I did well with Scottish words which provoked much argument.
Johnson's Dictionary Online@sjdictionary.bsky.social · 4mo agoTo Scrabble. v.n. [krabbelen, scraffelen, to scrape or scratch, Dutch.] To paw with the hands. He feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate. 1 Sa. xxi. 13. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/scrabbl...
Really thrilled to have this painting in the "A Day in May" exhibition organised by Auto Amor and the John Martin Gallery and currently on at their Spirit Studios, Suffolk. A lovely collection of diverse work and sales benefitting the wildlife trusts - online catalogue: jmlondon.com/viewing-room...
