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I’m holding my copy of MYTHOPEDIA by Adrienne Mayor

If you love myths and love reading about the natural world, I highly recommend MYTHOPEDIA by Adrienne Mayor. Organized A to Z, it explores natural phenomena all over the world and related the myths and folklore.

03.03.2026 00:39 — 👍 478 🔁 55 💬 17 📌 5

"Flowers in a Clay Pot" ca. 1920. Unsigned painted by Karen Blixen, Danish (b. 1885 - d. 1962)

#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

03.03.2026 09:33 — 👍 19 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

Eugène Boudin (1824–1898)
Un Coin de Bassin à Deauville.

02.03.2026 09:27 — 👍 94 🔁 11 💬 3 📌 0

Patrick William Adam (British, 1854–1929)
"The Study, Ardilea, North Berwick", 1917.
Oil on Canvas, 92 × 68.5 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

03.03.2026 04:17 — 👍 18 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1

(kinda) worked: Daniel Byman and Matthew Waxman. “Kosovo and the Great Air Power Debate.” International Security 24, no. 4 (2000): 5–38.

did not work: Daniel Lake “The Limits of Coercive Airpower: NATO’s ‘Victory’ in Kosovo Revisited.” International Security 34, no. 1 (2009): 83–112

02.03.2026 20:41 — 👍 42 🔁 2 💬 5 📌 1

I'm reading "Supremacy at Sea" by Evan Mawdsley, about how the US Navy went from getting the snot kicked out of it in 1942 to dominating the Pacific by 1944. www.amazon.com/dp/B0CZ7FDCY4/

02.03.2026 18:43 — 👍 41 🔁 2 💬 6 📌 0

Fishing Fleet at Anchor, Newfoundland - Robert Wakeham Pilot (1898–1967) #maritime_scene #impressionism

02.03.2026 19:03 — 👍 19 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

An Enchanted World: The Shared Religious Landscape of Late Antiquity by Michael L. Satlow. Uncovering the vibrant spiritual life of Late Antiquity.

In An Enchanted World, Michael Satlow uncovers the shared spiritual landscape of Late Antiquity that stretched beyond the confines of Judaism, Christianity, & the pantheon of Greek & Roman deities.

Out now (31 March UK pub).

Read a free sample: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

#History

02.03.2026 19:04 — 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

Frank Johnston (Canadian, 1888–1949)
"Fall, Algoma", 1920.
Oil on Panel, 13.25 × 10.5 in (33.7 × 26.7 cm)
Private Collection.

#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

02.03.2026 06:40 — 👍 48 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0

Tidal Wetlands (2026) by American artist Jim Musil (born in 1969).

Acrylic on board

#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

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View of my neighborhood in NYC from the 9th floor during a recent blizzard

Snowbound
Watercolor - 15x15 inches
View from my window in the middle of the latest blizzard in NYC. . The city was silent. Time itself seemed suspended. #art @bsky.art

01.03.2026 14:13 — 👍 251 🔁 46 💬 3 📌 4

Tad Retz (American, born 1996)
“Lobster Cove”,
Oil on board
18 X 18

#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

01.03.2026 08:51 — 👍 25 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Breakers
Oscar Droege (German, 1898-1982)

28.02.2026 23:11 — 👍 57 🔁 13 💬 1 📌 0

Guillermo Gomez Gil "Sunset on the Malaga Coast" 1918, Carmen Tissen Museum

01.03.2026 00:42 — 👍 69 🔁 13 💬 0 📌 0

Started this tonight. A worthy successor to Douglas Porch’s “The French Secret Services” and well-written. Anecdotes like the failed rescue of Denis Allex and Dec. 2017 charges of Chinese penetration will whet your appetite for a longer offering though. @dvanp.bsky.social get started on volume two!

01.03.2026 03:48 — 👍 20 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 1

My forthcoming book on "The DGSE" is now available for pre-order through Georgetown University Press: press.georgetown.edu/Book/The-DGSE

02.10.2025 12:20 — 👍 44 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 3

As HLS falls behind, Isaacman looks to change SLS future. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, and Associate Administrator, Amit Kshatriya during the Crew 12 Launch.Image Credit: NASA NASA made the public call today to remove the planned lunar landing from …

While the change to Artemis III's mission to be a joint test of HLS in Earth Orbit was expected and welcomed, the decision to develop an entire new variant of the SLS rocket in less than two years has sparked sharp criticism across the industry.

Read More:
derek.space/2026/02/28/a...

28.02.2026 18:43 — 👍 27 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 1

Capri Girl With Flowers
—Sophie Gengembre Anderson

28.02.2026 10:17 — 👍 40 🔁 10 💬 1 📌 0

no 3 for the year is Ancient Christianities: The First Five Hundred by Paula Fredriksen. Really good introduction to the theological debates and social conflicts of the era. What struck me throughout the book was the degree to which Christianity was not clearly monotheistic at its founding

28.02.2026 01:31 — 👍 25 🔁 4 💬 4 📌 1

Dmitri Cavender (USA b. 1957)
Dusk, Santa Monica, A Few Hotels
oil on canvas

25.02.2026 00:33 — 👍 44 🔁 11 💬 0 📌 0

John Singer Sargent, Glacier Streams

25.02.2026 15:49 — 👍 50 🔁 11 💬 0 📌 0

Oil painting of a rainy window by Riona Buthello

28.02.2026 06:00 — 👍 64 🔁 7 💬 3 📌 1

Laurie Campbell (Canadian Artist, born 1969)
"The Roddick Gates", 2024.
Oil on Canvas, 48 × 48 inches.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

28.02.2026 06:04 — 👍 20 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

My new article is up: thespacereview.com/article/5165/1

24.02.2026 13:09 — 👍 12 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0

Sven Kroner (German Artist, born 1973)
"Untitled", 2023.
Acrylic on Canvas, 180 × 150 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

28.02.2026 05:00 — 👍 40 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Sven Kroner (German Artist, born 1973)
"Ostern (Easter)", 2021.
Acrylic on Canvas, 140 × 115 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

28.02.2026 05:01 — 👍 15 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

P. S. Krøyer (Danish, b. Stavanger 1851, d. Skagen 1909), Study from the beach. The sandbanks are seen in clear moonlight. Skagen 1884. Oil on canvas. 33×46 cm.

#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

26.02.2026 06:27 — 👍 27 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Frits Thaulow (Norway, 1847-1906)
Sunset over the river, 1901
oil on canvas
Grieg Kunstsamling

#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

26.02.2026 06:33 — 👍 13 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

“A snippet of Baltic Sea”, 2023
Oksana Salminen (Finnish, b.1966)

#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

26.02.2026 06:34 — 👍 23 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

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