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Happy 28th birthday to Janet Jackson’s iconic album “The Velvet Rope,” released on October 7, 1997! What songs on this album went multiplatinum in your house? #JanetJackson #TheVelvetRope #TheVelvetRope28 #SoulBounce #BlackSky #BlackMusicSky #MusicSky #RnBSky

This is devastating but hard to think of more important journalism. 18,457 children have been killed in Gaza (many more not accounted for). Here, The Guardian prints their names and beautiful faces and tells us what they were like before Israel stole their lives. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Russian windows seem to be made of very fragile glass...

Talk about #BrokenBritain

More Brexiteer tears! Lap it up you short sighted pricks!

Alexandra Drenth, Amsterdam based textile artist and designer specializing in hand embroideries and collage techniques #womensart

Dolly Parton ‘going to be just fine’, singer’s sister says as she calls for prayers amid health problems

Dolly Parton’s sister, Freida Parton, is asking for people to pray for her sister’s health. Dolly is a good soul who has tried to make the world better. It’s sad to think we might have to keep working on things without her help.

Prix Nobel de physique : l’un des lauréats, John Clarke, prévient que Donald Trump « paralyse » la science aux Etats-Unis

It's a mug of Horlicks before bed type of evening.

Flapper vibes by #frockingfabulous #AlexanderMcQueen, 1998. #Fashionhistory via Kerry Taylor Auctions.

THE SECRET PROJECT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS IS FINALLY LIVE CHECK IT OUT outsidersartsclub.com

The French have finally cracked how to market wine to us sophisticated Brits

I am enjoying the new book published by the National Trust looking at 100 of their UK textile treasures. It includes the famous beetle wing dress designed by Alice Comyns-Carr and worn by Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth in the 1880s and immortalised by John Singer Sargent on canvas #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

This is what the Interwebby was made for.

This is a lie. There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years. But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.

Once again, Flers hospital screwing up. This time, admin as regards BH. I really never want to have to go there ever again. Ever.

Make this guy famous?

Where’s the warrant?

I have the bandwidth to find two young women admirable.. possibly even more.

Tories can't spell the name of the country they want to be in charge of:

Another astonishing sign of incredible incompetence from the UK Conservatives. They can’t even get right the name of the country they want to represent. (Image via LBC political editor Natasha Clark)

The BBC knows what it wants and it’s not your friend.

On dance, the correct person left #Strictly tonight. Good.

Too much fluff non-content in this results' show format. #Strictly Meh.

Starmer would have all these arrested if it was in the UK

'Golden Park Light' linoprint by contemporary printmaker Alexandra Buckle #ReframingWomenPrintmakers #Autumn #Fall

Beyond revolting. Full solidarity with the Muslim community who are also seeing a sharp uptick in abuse and violence against them. Mosque fire being treated as arson and hate crime www.bbc.com/news/article...

😂 A sense of humour at least

Had a delightful morning in the company of @perfumeaddict.bsky.social Hot chocolate was consumed. The world was put to rights.

It shouldn't be as hard as some people seem to make out to recognise that islamophobia, anti-semitism, hate in general, all needs to be absolutely, unconditionally, condemned every time without any form of whataboutery or "but this..." etc. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Tories approved by British newspapers see ICE in USA zip tying children and raiding apartments with a military helicopter and think “Yes, let’s have some of that”🤷🏼‍♀️

When you see the Tories and Reform making these statements, think about the consequences. We are not the USA. “The Conservatives will pledge to create a new immigration taskforce modelled on Donald Trump’s controversial Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice).”

If you drive a 2025/2026 Tesla or still use X, there really isn't an excuse. You really are just an asshole that looks the other way.

This 🔽

Margaret Preston ( 1875–1963) Australian printmaker and painter, known for her hand coloured woodcuts of native flowers and landscapes, a leading modernist of the early 20th century #ReframingWomenPrintmakers

I wonder why this book is banned in some US libraries? WAKE UP, PEOPLE!

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

Which is the place from which they speak, "as any fool knows".

Never forget.

'Remembrance' screenprint by Susan Point, contemporary First Nations, Musqueam Coast Salish artist, who works in the Coast Salish tradition #ReframingWomenPrintmakers

Cunk poetry :) From: www.facebook.com/PhilomenaCun...

Chirrup has had a busy #Caturday, and is zonked out, asleep on the sofa. #Cats #CatsOfBluesky

Ross was better than Tom. #Strictly

Bosh (includes a bonus mark for Amy) #strictly

I like Harry. #Strictly

Poor Amy. Tom walking, not dancing. He has to go. Really. He has to go. #Strictly

Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."

And then there's this intriguing Tweet from Koloshyn's wife @NadinSassy who fled Ukraine along with him to Belarus just before Russia's full-scale invasion. It was taken in 2018 and posted in April this year. What does it mean? 11/12