As the island of Cythera was the birthplace of Venus, it is thought the painting depicts a departure from the island of love & its pleasures rather than an embarkation.
Fleeting pleasures: Embarkation for Cythera, 1717, by Antoine Watteau (1684-1721), French artist who heralded Rococo style & defined genre of fête galante, with scenes of elegant dalliance in poetic, often autumnal landscapes.
Musée du Louvre
"When your coping mechanism has just collapsed and your nervous system is vibrating at a frequency only dogs can hear — that is not the moment for deep emotional excavation. Get stable first. Get your feet under you. The deep work will keep.
This isn’t avoidance. Avoidance is what got you here."
I invoke the law of non contradiction
The view from our bed in Malta. It’s obviously a thing
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‘It’ll be really strange saying goodbye to it’ – actresses Siobhán Cullen and Roisin Gallagher on the final season of The Dry
Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris): This is a species in the Cardinal family. The bright coloured plumage of the male of this 14cm (5.5in) bird only develops in its second year. These North American birds feed on seed. Gorgeous photo taken by Stacey Rich Bergman in the United States. #paintedbunting
Our success as a species is owed to our unrivalled ability to cooperate and collaborate. We see evidence not just in our extensive cultural evolution but also in our genes #Transcendence
The Star Inn in Bath always served a very good pint of Bass which was enjoyed as much for its rare retro taste as anything.
Humans can be good.
Jesus, they weren’t bloody joking.
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Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex X.com In the dramatic circumstances of war, information must guard against the risk of turning into propaganda. It is every journalist's duty to verify the news, so as not to become a megaphone for power. They must show the suffering that war always brings to populations, which entails showing the face of war and recounting it through the eyes of victims. 8:00 AM • 3/16/26 • 470K Views
The Pope:
“It is every journalist's duty to verify the news, so as not to become a megaphone for power.”
"Great men of history” never engaged in introspection, apparently.
Has he heard of Marcus Aurelius?
So, BlueSky, one of my passions is the study of tea in WW2. I need you to watch this oral history from three ex-tea ladies from the Bermondsey WVS.
Because you could guess for ONE THOUSAND YEARS and you would not guess where it is going... #skystorians #history #tea
Love that he carries his own bag
No time for a break when you are on squirrel watch
Fantastic comparison of then and nows re Mandelson, from the Eye. Thanks Leo.
This is Hazel. She did some minor redecorating while you were out. Hopes you like it. 12/10 (TT: kelly_smith02_)
Beavers are amazing - one of nature’s perfect answers to the man made problems we face...:)
📽 | Cinco jugadoras de la selección de fútbol de Irán huyen del equipo en Australia tras sufrir amenazas por no cantar el himno social.elpais.com/_ik…
Sienna was down but she was not out
These are Olena Udovichenko and her son Hordii.
A Russian missile killed them today.
Olena was a teacher in a Kharkiv school, Hordii was a second-grader there.
Last night, Russia killed 11 people in Kharkiv, including Olena and Hordii.
RIP.
Anthony D’Amato,the record shop in Valletta trading since 1885 lays claim to being the oldest in the world
Obama has the crowd at Jesse Jackson's eulogy hanging on his every word
