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Hopelessly enthusiastic. Photos mine; no AI.
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1 day ago
Saying good night to my BlueSky friends with this incredible sight. On June 31, a rare 22-degree solar halo appeared above Devils Tower in Wyoming. The ring formed as sunlight passed through millions of tiny hexagonal ice crystals, creating one of nature's most beautiful optical displays.
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David Hollingsworth 🏳️🌈
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Happy Heavenly 153rd Birthday to the one and only Alice Guy Blache, groundbreaking French filmmaker, who was
#BOTD
on 7/1/1873. She was one of the first directors to make a narrative film and the very first female to make a film. Now that's a trailblazer! Women can make films too!
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Come on Scotland!
9 days ago
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Fontaine des Innocents,
#Paris
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#travelphotography
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Let's go, Scotland!
##worldcup
14 days ago
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Thames, 28 May: Blackfriars Pier to London Bridge Pier. Something of a meditation on the great river. From a lovely day last month.
#London
#Thames
#Travel
#Travelvideo
#travelphotography
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Thames, Blackfriars to London Bridge, 28 May
YouTube video by Jacq Tracks
https://youtu.be/rPj5eX-0nqY?si=e4rJfQ8ClVE3utsT
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Cannon Street Railway Bridge, 28 May.
#London
#travel
#Thames
#travelphotography
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Well done England!!
#worldcup
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Smithfield at night.
#London
#travelphotography
#travel
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Hedley Thorne
18 days ago
Woodborough Hill, Wiltshire. It's name comes from the Old English "Wodebeorg", meaning (unsurprisingly) "wooded hill." It is situated on a medieval route between Devizes and Marlborough and is easy to access from the village below.
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Steve Luttrell
16 days ago
June 17th: Today's word from the "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle" is "forþferde," literally "went forth" ("passed away"). Pronunciation: forth-FERD-eh. 860 AD: "Her Ęþelbald cyng forþferde..." ("In this year, King Ęþelbald passed away...")
#OutdatedWords
#OldEnglish
#AngloSaxonChronicle
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Steve Luttrell
3 months ago
Happy April 1st! No joke: All this month we'll look at words from "The Canterbury Tales." This is because of its famous first line: "Whan that Aprill with his shoures soote..."
#OutdatedWords
#MiddleEnglish
#ChaucerianEnglish
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Hedley Thorne
4 months ago
The Thames flowing through Oxfordshire; taken today at Wittenham.
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@jacklynch000.bsky.social
Just caught your BBC spot talking about Johnson & the Internet!
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A walk around the Arno River,
#Florence
, in late May--just music and scenery.
#Travel
#TravelPhotography
#TravelVideo
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Strolling by the Arno River, Florence
YouTube video by Jacq Tracks
https://youtu.be/-LcXKBKP7Ec?si=GqRW_oTgIizNI8TM
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Hedley Thorne
4 months ago
Video of our super windy mountain wild camp:
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4 YouTubers, 1 Windy Mountain. The Ultimate wild camp?
YouTube video by Hedley Thorne
https://youtu.be/MK3_CZLukVQ
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Jen Evans
4 months ago
Peter Gordon’s new biography of Benjamin reviewed here.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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What Walter Benjamin Knew
A new biography of the Berlin-born philosopher emphasizes his combination of stubborn unworldliness and startling prescience.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/03/02/the-pearl-diver-peter-gordon-book-review
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#Photography
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On the Seine
A short edit of a long lovely, long afternoon in Paris. To my mind, the Batobus provides one of the finest ways to travel around Paris (that and walking). It’s cost-effective, efficient, and,…
https://japollard.com/2026/02/22/on-the-seine/
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What is going on with
#Amelie
? No narration or dialogue, just music ?
#tcmparty
5 months ago
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Hello! My newest video is a narration-free and (very) abridged walk from Blackfriars to London Bridge (via Mansion House, St Mary Woolnoth, the Monument, etc.). You might consider it the "highlights" of a walk.
#travel
#travelphotography
#travelvideo
#London
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A Little London Walk (Blackfriars to London Bridge)
YouTube video by Jacq Tracks
https://youtu.be/lrWOpsL2uQI?si=9Kevsio2G_b-T4-p
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My newest video is a slow roam about Piazza della Signoria in Florence--surely the most iconic and beautiful square in an iconic and beautiful city!
#Travel
#Video
#TravelVideo
#Florence
#Firenze
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Iconic Piazza della Signoria, Florence
YouTube video by Jacq Tracks
https://youtu.be/x461eGu-9gs?si=p-3yMdHEkzY2wCgv
5 months ago
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I spent a perfectly lovely day on the
#Thames
in June and recorded historic Wapping riverside as we passed.
#travel
#London
#Photography
#travelphotography
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Wapping, London (from the River Thames)
YouTube video by Jacq Tracks
https://youtu.be/m6rsH-3rzB8?si=ho7DTEvgPYcu9QAN
5 months ago
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I am so excited to see the first-time viewers' reactions
#NoirAlley
#TCMPARTY
#diabolique
6 months ago
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Poor little lamb Christina.
#noiralley
#tcmparty
#diabolique
6 months ago
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How *did* he get to the Seine? Smh at her naivete.
#tcmparty
#noiralley
#diabolique
6 months ago
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"Effortless cool" = Simone Signoret.
#tcmparty
#Diabolique
6 months ago
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Here for
#TCMparty
,
#Diabolique
and Simone Signoret!
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Hedley Thorne
6 months ago
Crug Hywel celtic hillfort. (Music- Scott Buckley, "Wanderlust")
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Steve Luttrell
6 months ago
January 9th: Durham Proverb 1: "Geþyld byð middes ēades." ("Patience is at the center of happiness.") Pronunciation (I think): YEH-thyld bith MID-des ee-AHD-es.
#OutdatedWords
#OldEnglish
See you Monday!
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Here's a link to a short, which I typically don't post, but I am pretty pleased as I started to try some things. It features two of Fra Angelico's works at the Museo Nazionale di San Marco: The Annunciation & The Anastasis.
#Florence
#RenaissanceArt
#travel
#Firenze
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Fran Angelico, San Marco, Florence #renaissanceart #religiousart #museums
YouTube video by Jacq Tracks
https://youtube.com/shorts/MZ-daxJhhuE?si=N5_QqRX8gURuTzp-
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From the
#Thames
: Putney Pier to Battersea Power Station. There's no dialogue/narration with this one--just music and video.
#London
#Travel
#TravelPhotography
#TravelVideo
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Thames: Putney Pier to Battersea Power Station
YouTube video by Jacq Tracks
https://youtu.be/jB44bgMYLiU?si=d86MeQYT_gj68Rfv
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Happy New Year to you! I hope 2026 finds you enjoying good health, wealth, love, and much, much good fortune.
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More from a wet, but brilliant, day on the Thames. Here: river views of the City between The Tower of London and St. Paul's Cathedral (with glimpses of Billingsgate, the Monument, London Bridge, St. Magnus Martyr, and oh, so many other landmarks.
#Travel
#London
#Thames
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Thames: The Tower to St. Paul's
YouTube video by Jacq Tracks
https://youtu.be/1jQrcphOJXQ
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Steinen, Switzerland from a train. That shade of green is insane!
#travel
#photography
#travelphotography
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𝐔𝐧𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐛
11 months ago
This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
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Hedley Thorne
6 months ago
Wayland’s Smithy looking particularly moody in the cold today. There’s a specific kind of magic in these stones when the colors are muted.
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The season's greetings, dear friends and people of good cheer! I hope you enjoy very happy holidays, and I wish you the best in health, wealth, and other good fortune for 2026. Happy Christmas! Jacqueline
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NPR
6 months ago
It all started in 1955 with a misprint in a Colorado newspaper and a call to Col. Harry Shoup's secret military hotline. Shoup played along with the tiny voice who called, and a tradition was born. From the NPR archives.
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NORAD's Santa Tracker began with a typo and a good sport
It all started in 1955 with a misprint in a Colorado newspaper and a call to Col. Harry Shoup's secret military hotline. Shoup played along with the tiny voice who called, and a tradition was born.
https://n.pr/4s5lM6I
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John Scalzi
7 months ago
Rob Reiner directed some of the most beloved movies of all time, including Stand By Me, This is Spinal Tap, and The Princess Bride. His production company also made movies like The Shawshank Redemption, Before Sunrise and Michael Clayton. The film industry has lost one of its titans.
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R.I.P. Rob Reiner. I will always be grateful for what you have us--From Meathead to Spinal Tap II. Thank you for sharing yourself with us.
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Philip Gourevitch
7 months ago
Brooklyn Brueghel, 2025
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Steve Luttrell
7 months ago
November 28th: Today's outdated term is "wes hāl," meaning "be well." This is the origin of "wassail," as in "Here we come a-wassailing..." Pronunciation: wess HALE. Source: Collins English Dictionary, 13th Ed. (2018).
#OutdatedWords
#OldEnglish
Happy holidays! See you in 2026! (2 of 2)
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Steve Luttrell
7 months ago
November 27th: The outdated word for today is "brǣding," a generic term for any kind of cooked meat. Pronunciation (I think): BRAY-ding. Happy Thanksgiving, to those who observe.
#OutdatedWords
#OldEnglish
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Steve Luttrell
7 months ago
November 24th: The outdated word for today is "bēodgereordu," meaning "feast." Pronunciation (I think): BEE-ud-yeh-reh-ORD-oo.
#OutdatedWords
#OldEnglish
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From the other week: the Thames Barrier on a rainy May afternoon
#Travel
#London
#Thames
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Thames Barrier to Thames Barrier
YouTube video by Jacq Tracks
https://youtube.com/watch?v=7F8oSzNVbDQ&si=hN_qpbXgY9bHp4Cz
8 months ago
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Re-sharing while I recover from a ridiculous bout of a respiratory thing. Videos of the return to Putney on the way soon!
#Travel
#London
#Thames
add a skeleton here at some point
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@willmckinley.bsky.social
A very happy birthday to you! 🎉🎊🎉🎊
8 months ago
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For me, optimism is a survival mechanism. Optimism doesn't make me an empty-headed idiot. It's kept me from doing something awful
8 months ago
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@realgdt.bsky.social
Maestro, thank you so much. Brilliant film.
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