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Everything I’ve read by her has been excellent

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Never thought to agree with her…

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Lost seal of Edward the Confessor found after being missing for 40 years An 11th-century Anglo-Saxon seal belonging to Edward the Confessor has been rediscovered more than 40 years after being declared lost. The wax impression of the ‘Saint-Denis seal’ disappeared without ...

Exciting times for the study 11thC England: the 'lost' seal of Edward the Confessor has been rediscovered in the Archives nationales de France! #SkyStorians #MedievalSky

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This

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The strait of Hormuz was open without issue before the illegal war began

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The President of the United States is threatening to commit war crimes and wipe out a "whole civilization" — all because he started a disastrous war of his own making and had no plan and no strategy for how to end it.

This is abhorrent, and the American people do not support this.

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Cheeto playing chicken. 2 weeks to get rid of him!

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an easter sunday poster with three penguins dressed up as bunnies ALT: an easter sunday poster with three penguins dressed up as bunnies

A bit of Easter silliness

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Christopher Penn wrote:

Just remember that given the abundance of neurodivergent people in science, it's far more likely that autism causes vaccines.

Christopher Penn wrote: Just remember that given the abundance of neurodivergent people in science, it's far more likely that autism causes vaccines.

A different perspective.
Always helpful.

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Easter bunny using unorthodox transport to deliver eggs.

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Cats in the desk chair…lazy Saturday

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There's been a lot of disinformation today on bkuesky so here's what we actually know for sure - Donald Trump is a convicted felon, an adjudicated rapist, and a war criminal.

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Crucifixion (c. 1523), by Sister Eufrasia Burlamacchi. Biblioteca Statale Statale di Lucca. Photo: Suri Li #GoodFriday

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Yes

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The Trap Always Closes Donald Trump, Lyndon Johnson, and wars we can’t win

The Trap Always Closes
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Well said

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7 Mar: feast of the 3rd Century martyrs SS Perpetua & Felicity #otd #WomenoftheRomanCanon (BM)

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Reliquary Casket with Scenes from the Martyrdom of Saint Thomas Becket
ca. 1173–80

This early piece held relics of St Thomas canonized #otd 21 Feb 1173. That is just two years, one month and eight days after his killing.

Santo Subito!

(Met Museum)

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My photo shows a ‘roaring’ hippo statuette made of Egyptian blue faience, a ceramic material made of ground quartz. The hippo is seated with head at left, and turned to front. The hippo’s original tusks (top incisors and lower canine teeth are known as tusks), are missing, so it looks as if the hippo is smiling. The blue body is decorated in black with Nile river plants such as water weed and lotus flowers. This decoration depicts the hippo’s marsh habitat as well as having layers of symbolism associated with regeneration e.g. lotus flowers open with the sun in the morning and close at night symbolising rebirth. Height 7.5 cm, length 12.5 cm. On display Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen.

My photo shows a ‘roaring’ hippo statuette made of Egyptian blue faience, a ceramic material made of ground quartz. The hippo is seated with head at left, and turned to front. The hippo’s original tusks (top incisors and lower canine teeth are known as tusks), are missing, so it looks as if the hippo is smiling. The blue body is decorated in black with Nile river plants such as water weed and lotus flowers. This decoration depicts the hippo’s marsh habitat as well as having layers of symbolism associated with regeneration e.g. lotus flowers open with the sun in the morning and close at night symbolising rebirth. Height 7.5 cm, length 12.5 cm. On display Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen.

A little blue hippo made by an Egyptian artisan around 4,000 years ago! 🦛 ❤️

Decorated with river plants and lotus flowers, blue faience hippos are associated with the life-giving Nile and rebirth. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. 📷 by me

#Archaeology

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Yes, do it now

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it will really be something if the Epstein Files unseat a British Prime Minster who isn't in them, and not the American President who was Epstein's best friend.

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A terrible reality to acknowledge.

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Yes!

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2024: can Europe defend itself ALONGSIDE America?

2025: can Europe defend itself WITHOUT America?

2026: can Europe defend itself AGAINST America?

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#Epstein

#EpsteinFiles

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Today as my classes ended in honor of MLK day Monday, I told my students to do something to make the world better this weekend.

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This massive silver pound (120 grams) that was issued by King Charles I in 1644 is the heaviest circulating coin ever minted in the British Isles. Here it is alongside a modern £1 of Charles III. From the Hunterian collection.

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When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.”

What they left out was the cruelty, the misogyny, the racism, the pure hate, and the manufactured poverty that keeps people desperate and silent.

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