Five hundred years before we landed on the moon, imaginative medieval manuscript makers created these moon masterpieces. Happy #MoonDay to all that celebrate! 🌚

A bio-inspired robot crosses paths with a real insect , 400 million years of evolution face to face with human engineering.

"don't cite what you haven't read" remains the basic entry level academic responsibility; & if your discpline "doesn't have that as a norm" then sorry, your discipline needs reforming for this new world. Citations are structural parts of trust and knowledge building, not trinkets or optional extras

Prog night a the #proms - some of the vocals are a bit rough around the edges so far...

Meta AI glasses "The biggest advance in pervert technology since the trenchcoat"

It's very hard not to love @doctorow.pluralistic.net when he gets stuck into something. This video really lays out the AI bubble clearly!

Wow. Published in May in The Lancet. Look at those numbers of fabricated references per 10,000 articles in PubMed. The urge to publish is overcoming the urge to, I dunno, discover and learn things? #AI #medsky 🧪 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

The Netherlands' new open access strategy specifically name-checks 'scaling small' & puts community-driven publishing at its core - the very ethos the OBC was built on. Fantastic to see scholar-led values embedded into national policy! #OpenAccess #OAPolicy #ScalingSmall

Annie Londonderry (1870-1947) a Latvian immigrant to the US, in 1894–95 became the first woman to bicycle around the world, after a bet by two men who thought it would be an impossible challenge for a woman.... #womensart

Female US rower completes historic solo journey from California to Hawaii https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/04/california-hawaii-rowing-solo-journey (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48873692)

Magnificent portrait of a woman, 1620, by Artemisia Gentileschi. She was born on this day in 1593.

In 1638, Artemisia Gentileschi paints herself as the allegorical figure of Pictura. Bold! But justified. Today is her day.

Schönes Detail am Anfang des Buches von @antjeschrupp.bsky.social. Während der Entstehung der Staatlickeit war die Anzahl der Untertanen wichtiger als die Grösse des Territoriums. "...dazu passt dass sich im Indogermanischen vor ca 4500 Jahren ein grammatikalisches Geschlecht herausgebildet hat."

And the same for authors and books

Crochet Canopy, downtown New Iberia, Louisiana, US #WomensArt

Tja, während man junge Menschen einsperrt und wegen des Verdachts der Bildung beziehungsweise Unterstützung einer kriminellen Vereinigung vor Gericht zitiert, zeigt uns die globale Erderhitzung von welcher Seite die wahre Gefahr droht. #Symbolpolitik auf Kosten von Menschenleben

Kenyan born artist Magdalene Odundo, considered one of the premier ceramicists working today #womensart

Wirtschaftskompetenz… Merz und die Klimakiller‑Truppe scheint die überschlägigen Kosten der Wirtschaft durch die Hitzewelle – rund 435 Mio. € pro Tag – für bezahlbar zu halten. Zumindest gab es von ihm weder ein Statement noch einen Krisenstab. (1/24)

Fascinating world of ancient #glass: This magnificent #Roman #fish-shaped flask was found during the excavation of a storeroom in the ancient city of Begram/Afghanistan. It was probably made in a workshop at Alexandria/Egypt, dating 1st/2nd century AD. Begram was a major....🧵1/2 🏺 #archaeology

Genau! "Wir sollten noch viel dringender aus dem kollektiven Wahnsinn ausbrechen. Und endlich entschlossen handeln." @republik.ch www.republik.ch/2026/06/27/b...

Hitze ist nicht „warmer Sommer“. Relevante Teile Bevölkerung nehmen das nicht ernst. Ich habe hier vom 12-jährigen Fußballer über die in der Chorprobe im stickigen Pfarrheim kollabierte 50-jährige Lehrerin bis zur ausgetrockneten 80-jährigen Omi alle Alters- und Bildungsklassen liegen.

'“The journal wants to publish as many submissions as possible and doesn’t care too much about quality,” [...] “These are not bugs but intentional features, designed to essentially remove the human editors as much as possible.”' This has been the case with commercial publishing for a long time now.

The White House vs. Isengard in Lord of the Rings.

'The New American Gothic' Criselda Vasquez Oil on canvas 72” x 48"

At the end of the term I asked my college creative wriing students to submit anonymous thoughts on AI. No real surprises: Mood ranges from resignation to despair, capitulation from embittered erosion of standards to total, feelings of betrayal from deep to furious. 1/

If you got AI to write your book you didn’t write your book. Stephen King wrote your book. Octavia Butler wrote your book. Jilly Cooper wrote your book. Dav Pilkey wrote your book. Lisa Jewell wrote your book. I wrote your book. Every author whose work has been digitised wrote your book. You did not

"Grandpa, what did it feel like living through the 2020s?"

Lady Florence Norman, a suffragette, on her motor-scooter, London, 1916 #FridayFeeling ❤️

Google wird durch französische Suchmaschine ersetzt Das Europäische Parlament ⁠verzichtet künftig auf Google als voreingestellte Suchmaschine auf Dienstgeräten. www.deutschlandfunk.de/google-wird-...

This week’s Guest Recipe from the #CookbookCorner archive is the Salty Sweet Lime Crisp Sandwiches from the lovely 'Beatrix Bakes: Another Slice' by Natalie Paull! www.nigella.com/recipes/gues...

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Six major European organisations call to strengthen Open Science policy and practice lalist.inist.fr/six-major-eu...

New! Watch with @monstermaker.bsky.social on Mr. Benn, @richardlittler.bsky.social on The Magic Ball, @iammilliam.bsky.social on Jackanory, @raeearl.bsky.social on Camberwick Green and @outonbluesix.bsky.social and @invaderace2000.bsky.social on The Banana Splits. timworthington.org/2026/05/28/t...

Du bist auf Bluesky, damit hast du den ersten Schritt aus der Big-Tech-Falle schon gemacht. 👏 WhatsApp, Google & Gmail begleiten uns trotzdem durch den Tag. Geht auch anders – mit datenschutzfreundlichen Alternativen, viele aus Europa. 🧵👇 digitalrechte.de/news/raus-au...

#RecipeOfTheDay is a no-bake Double Chocolate and Strawberry Tart which is coolly manageable even in this crazily hot weather! www.nigella.com/recipes/doub...

Incredibly vivid colors in recently-cleaned 1528 Visitation. Mary & Elizabeth accompanied by 2 haunting women in De Chirico-like street. By Pontormo, born OTD 1494.

“Cutting off fundamental, curiosity-driven science is like eating the seed corn. We may have a little more to eat next winter but what will we plant so we and our children will have enough to get through the winters to come?” ― Carl Sagan

Dahlias in a copper vase https://botfrens.com/collections/44/contents/11806

Linocut by contemporary UK printmaker and artist Alexandra Buckle who is inspired by her local countryside #womensart

Justine Johnstone by Ira Hill in NYC, 1921. A remarkable life. (Thread)

'A 4,500-year-old Egyptian beadnet dress, crafted from approximately 7,000 blue-green faience beads. It dates back to the Old Kingdom's 4th Dynasty (circa 2551–2528 B.C.E.) The dress was unearthed from a tomb in Giza and painstakingly reassembled from loose beads found among human remains.'

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Joseph Stella, First Light, c. 1928 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135045

The kids are alright

🐝Given it’s World Bee Day, I thought #RecipeOfTheDay just had to be this Honey Chocolate Cake! www.nigella.com/recipes/hone...

Heute ist Weltbienentag! Außerdem trete ich heute mit vielen guten Leuten in Hamburg auf! tickets.centralkomitee.de/product/8365...

'A Drawing of the Shelf Unit Beside My Desk on February 27th 2024 at 2:35pm'. Part still life, part Pop Art, an artwork that can't be replicated/imitated by #AI (which can't deliver true detail). Every detail is verifiable, right down to correct fonts on book & record spines, & even product codes...

This is how you do it: