‘We wouldn’t still be playing if we’d got stinking rich’: the Damned celebrate 50 years of punk, goth and holy grail hunting

This is fun and educational little project by @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social demonstrates creative and on-brand social media engagement without a huge budget

My computer speaker is distressed at what it's hearing @pareidolia.bsky.social

Remembering David Bowie, born on this day, 1947. Pictured here in The Man Who Fell to Earth, 1976.

Fantastic photo of one of our sky puppy friends

Remembering Ron Asheton, who died on this date in 2008. Inimitable, one of the greats underappreciatedrock.org/ron-asheton

Remembering SYD BARRETT - born 80yrs ago today #PinkFloyd

Welcome to the Public Domain, MOROCCO (1930) 🎩 🎥 Marlene Dietrich was bending the rules as she pleased. See her iconic suit & daring kiss in this pre-Code classic. 🌸💋 Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai... #PublicDomainDay #PublicDomain #CopyrightFree

Anyone who doesn’t understand how to read a royalty statement, there are professional auditors who will do it for you and they only get paid if they make a recovery for you. If you don’t know any, HMU. I know lots of them.

Season's Greetings and Happy Holidays from your friends at BCI. 💫 Thank you for being a part of our community this year. 🦇❤️

Merry Christmas from Peter Lorre and Sidney Greenstreet

A number of my works are available through the National Library Service, which provides work via audio and braille, and I encourage their use. All my contracts allow for this service to provide access to my work. www.loc.gov/nls/who-we-s...

Someone ask for a snowball? ❄️🥶 These little floofs (𝘔𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴) hibernate in the snow! Snow provides good insulation and protection from predators -- which is important when you weigh just 4-8 grams. 😮 🦇 Ussuri tube-nosed bat 📸 Yushi & Keiko Osawa

I have just found out that some reprehensible fucking dork has made an AI chatbot based on the character I played on The Magnus Archives and *it has my voice*. I genuinely don't think I have ever felt so fucking violated. My actual voice. Saying things I have never said. I feel sick.

Huge news! This is the week that #LadyKillers is back! Our new season begins on Tuesday 16 December at 3pm on BBC Radio 4 and the trailer's available NOW on BBC Sounds. If you're outside the UK, listen weekly wherever you get your podcasts.

Journalism, how does it work

Tubi is such a crazy streaming service. It’s like if the Criterion Closet was in a gas station

Not @theonion.com Not the Onion www.reuters.com/world/us/rub...

The only Christmas party I want to attend www.instagram.com/reel/DRh--3z...

Water your tree.

Conservationist Kristen Lear discusses efforts to restore agave plants in the American Southwest and Mexico, and what restoration means for both pollinating bats and your tequila. Plus, scientists can now track individual butterflies during monarchs’ epic migrations. 🦇 🦋

Pepys House (at his alma mater Hitchingbrooke School) may be renamed due to "recent research" revealing his actions towards women. Did they just now read the Diaries? @samuelpepys.bsky.social www.bbc.com/news/article...

Sunny, Suni, what's the difference. This has been up for two days and has not been corrected. Does ABC News have any editors left? abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...

A Redditor is mildly freaking out because a friend noticed the air fryer looks like a grinning face. Now the owner can't unsee it and finds it unsettling @pareidolia.bsky.social www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfu...

The greatest Thanksgiving special ever made by any TV show in history. There is no debate. Don’t even bother.

Are you a PhD student & interested in using museum collections in your teaching or research? We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections. Find out more: collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/

Oh, man. One of cinema's most reliable weirdos, and I mean that in a highly complimentary fashion. RIP. variety.com/2025/film/ne...

🧵 We are, in fact, doing the thing again for @onesimplewish.bsky.social. In 2024, the kind people of this community put the money cannon on blast to help grant $75K in wishes for children in foster care. Toys, tech, a suit for job interviews. Here we go again! 👇 www.onesimplewish.org/giving/megwa...

There is a post circulating on Bluesky encouraging the moving of a frozen turkey straight into a pot of hot oil. We are combating this misinformation the best way we know how - through the power of dance music.

Ever dreamed of saving bats? This is your chance! Learn more at batcon.org/careers.

The Folger Shakespeare Library, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, is seeking an established curator to join the Collections division as our next Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Rare Books and Prints. amherst.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/FSL_Em...

Highgate Cemetery deserves love and care, but café and education centre are worrying aspects of this project

#RECALL: Belkin Portable Power Banks and Wireless Charging Stands; The lithium-ion battery in the power banks and charging stands can overheat, posing fire and burn hazards to consumers. Get full refund or store credit: www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2026...

#Caturday #FilmSky 𝘿𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙚 𝙆𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙣 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝

Did you know OMD's first LA gig was in 1951? Or that the band was formed a year after "If You Leave" was featured in John Hughes' film "Pretty in Pink"? You would if you read MyNewsLA! #journalism #AI #80s #synth mynewsla.com/government/2...

This is fun to follow, as you would expect. But an added dimension is how creatively museums are interpreting the daily prompts #museum30

🕯️ ‘Remember, remember the 5th of November…’ Guy Fawkes is said to have been carrying this iron lantern when he was arrested in the cellars underneath the Houses of Parliament on the night of 4–5 November 1605. See it on display in the Ashmolean Story gallery: www.ashmolean.org/guy-fawkes-l...

There's a related reason why Bacardi has a bat as its logo. The company also maintains "pollinator gardens" that support bats, bees, butterflies, and other helpful wildlife (I'm not affiliated in any way. I don't even drink the stuff. I just love bats) #bats #nature

Yvonne De Carlo

Bonus Book Cover of the Day:

Hey Y'all. Times are about to get tough for people. So the wife and I have put this up on eBay. 100% of the sale price goes to the Oregon Food Bank( free shipping too😁) Would appreciate any help to get the word out so we can help some hungry folks. OFMD fam do your thing ! ❤️🌈🖤🏴‍☠️

So much for all those entities who regulated cookies and thought that was enough

"[American Institute of Architects] is now asking Congress to exercise their oversight powers and investigate how the executive branch is allowed to destroy the historic facade of the White House without adhering to any process or review." Petition here: aia.quorum.us/campaign/145...

Knock knock! Who’s there? Orange! Orange who? Orange you glad you got to hear about bats? 🍊 Learn more about these gorgeous, festive bats in our latest blog post. https://www.batcon.org/orange-is-the-new-bat/🦇

Taylor Swift is inspiring new appreciation for classic works of art www.bbc.com/news/article...