Wool crêpe coat, printed silk dress, straw hat, leather shoes, and cotton velvet purse worn #onthisday in 1940 by Barbara Heather Patterson at her #wedding. The ensemble was purchased from Derry & Toms department store in London. #OTD @chertseymuseum.bsky.social

Hello Tuesday. 🖼️ Mouse, Shibata Zeshin.

It’s time, friend. The Horse powers you through. Go succeed 🐴❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 Happy Lunar New Year of the Fire Horse! LET’S GOOOOOOOO!! 🫶🧧🍊❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

Rev. Jesse Jackson, a civil rights icon and fixture in Democratic politics, has passed away at age 84. Revisit our 2024 story about his legacy and political influence. thetriibe.com/2024/08/jess...

I wish this translator would translate EVERYTHING

Celebrating #WorldWhaleDay with some of my favorite cetacean photos I’ve taken!

#ITeachPhysics another relative velocity video for you

This was not a thing I knew existed and wow that's creepy.

I am gathering my supplies to mend a pair of pants during a community meeting this evening and let me count the ways that this is a tiny disruption to patterns that would have you believe they are the natural, unstoppable order of things....

Pissed off with the music streaming services? Turns out the 20+ year old Walkman in a box in your closet may still work!

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If you are wondering what words the all-male Congress found so "blasphemous" that they felt compelled to literally scrape them off the monument, they were: ''Woman, first denied a soul, then called mindless, now arisen, declared herself an entity to be reckoned.''

Horse Ink and Brush #CNY2026 #Art #Ink

Just to make this abundantly clear:

Not now, overly-obvious portents.

THE LOYAL SECOND KITCHEN DRAWER: The queen approacheth! Mayhap twill be this fine morrow when one of my tools will fulfil her desires! THE DUSTY SPATULA, EVER-SCHEMING: Bah! The throne has made her foolish and complacent

👀 Invoking Orwell, a federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore panels and historical acknowledgments of the history of slavery that the National Park Service removed in Philadelphia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Little puzzle library spotted near Bracket Park, in case you needed another reason to love Minneapolis

also I would be remiss if I did not reference @katebeaton.bsky.social’s legendary comic when discussing a book by one of the Brontës

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My entire life, my father has listened to this 4 times a day. No matter what continent he was on.

These Red dead nettle flowers look sad, as if they’ve had a falling out. #WildflowerHour

And we’re got big news! Next year’s artist in residence is none other than @roxanegay.bsky.social!!!! Imagine getting to study writing with her AND me!!! At the same time!! APPLY!!!

South Australia has begun a wetland repair programme. Announced in January, the Shorebird & Wetland Habitat programme will upgrade water-control infrastructure, restore breeding and foraging habitat, and cut pressures from weeds, feral foxes and cats, and pest fish. buff.ly/dUG6VrC #ShareGoodNewsToo

we really did make significant progress in reducing smoking didn’t we

The 3-Day Weekend Stretch Goal Surge continues, we might have to send out for more tea to keep it fueled. $344 to reach the first Stretch Goal of adding an additional 4-6 authors to the anthology. www.kickstarter.com/projects/526... Continued thanks bearing with us for these signal boost posts.

China is extending its visa waiver policy to include UK and Canadian citizens, the foreign ministry announced. No visa needed to enter China and stay for up to 30 days for business, tourism, family and friends visits.

Azdoufal, demon lord of roombas

Been playing this for review. As a South African, I am so glad it's out soon. Not only is it a fantastic heist game, but it's genuinely educational, balancing celebrating Africa's history with righteous condemnation of colonialism. My full review will be up later this week. Well done @nyamakop.co.za

Aron Wiesenfeld (American. b.1972) "Hugo," 2022 Oil and acrylic on paper 12 x 9 in #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

A romance cartoon for the @theguardian.com

WOWWW!! 😍. What an STUNNING: “Skyline at Sunrise..” over Courtmacsherry Bay in West Cork, #Ireland on St. Valentine’s Day 2026!! 🥰📸🌅🔥🌊✨❤️ #sunrise #cork #Valentinesday #Valentinesday2026 #love #trending #Speirgorm #bluesky #photography #photo #art #blueskyart #colours #nature #stormhour #thephotohour

At 9:18, 3rd period of the Finland-Switzerland women's ice hockey QF game, the ice crew came to clean the ice during a pause What follows is the funniest use of the slo-mo alternate angle tech I've seen them use during these Olympics of one of the crew members falling

2/3 of Winter Olympic sports sound like something i made up after four glasses of wine

Things are so rough out there that people are joining pickleball gangs.

"When they got home, the Rat made a bright fire in the parlour, and planted the Mole in an armchair in front of it, having fetched down a dressing-gown and slippers for him, and told him river stories till supper-time." - Kenneth Grahame, "The Wind in the Willows" 🎨Ernest H. Shepard #BookWormSat

Roses are red Citation is fine Bringing this back Although it's not mine bsky.app/profile/aedw...

A person on a bicycle is by far the most energy-efficient among animals and machines per distance traveled relative to body weight. The bicycle is magic. www.jstor.org/stable/24923...

everyone was so focused on the soccer and samba that they missed Brazil mastering the power of flight

Polish Deputy Prime Minister of Foreign Affairs Radek Sikorski: “Europe is now paying for this war. We are buying American weapons to deliver to Ukraine. US supplemental package ran out last year. We are paying, this is our security and therefore we deserve a seat at the negotiating table.”

Evening dress https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/98224

The Two Towers (Sarehole Mill, Birmingham)

Everyone in the world comes to get married at the NYC Marriage Bureau. Last week, the Mayor stopped by to officiate a few of those ceremonies.    Thank you to all the couples who shared their joy with us. Happy Valentine's Day, New York.     Watch the full video at Youtube.com/nycmayorsoffice

If you see this, post a rabbit 🐇

Coyote and badger pals.

Venus for Valentine’s 💕

“All too often women believe it is a sign of commitment, an expression of love, to endure unkindness or cruelty, to forgive and forget. In actuality, when we love rightly we know that the healthy, loving response to cruelty and abuse is putting ourselves out of harm’s way.” ~ bell hooks 🌸🌸🌸

🥇 Pinheiro Braathen just won Brazil’s first ever medal at the Winter Olympics, and it’s a GOLD in the giant slalom. It’s actually the first medal of any kind at the Winter Olympics for any country in all of South America.