Actually many still wear it - in Libya it’s worn in black and white, with and without a long tassel, a remnant of the Ottoman Empire. In fact Libyans still wear the Roman toga - called a “jard” - I think the only descendants of the Roman Empire who still do. How about that factoid.

For Musak & Siham I am Ibrahim, from the northern Gaza Strip - Palestine. I am the father of two young daughters: Siham and Musak. My wife Nesema, is pregnant and we are expecting a new baby under the most horrible con...

I know how helpless and overwhelmed we are feeling at the moment- I also know Linda and how much energy she has put in to raising money and making sure it gets to people. Please ,please, please , every little bit helps and please share. Thank you. chuffed.org/project/for-...

impossible to pick a favourite but this little guy is so cute 🥹

six black plates with various first dog on the moon sgraffito cartoons on them

i can’t remember the last time i opened a kiln and was really happy with the firing but today is the day look at these beauties!!

#pottersaurus #pottery #ceramics #firstdogonthemoon #heysaurus

Beautiful ! Thank you.

YouTube video by CaitlinRoseVEVO Caitlin Rose - Whatchoo (Official Video)

Here's a thing - ambushed by the perfect song, deep in the drink
Dear God, the gift this woman has
#CaitlinRose

youtu.be/b7AK0JohzSE?...

Yo @albomp.bsky.social @senatorwong.bsky.social
got anything of substance to say/do other than “we‘re not a major player” & “grave concerns” rhetoric? Will Israel just keep committing war crimes & Australia exporting bomb parts while allowing its ambassador to stay here. No sanctions? Nothing?

Powerful Speeches From Trans Dems Flip 29 Republicans, Anti-Trans Bills Die In Montana Transgender Reps Zooey Zephyr and SJ Howell delivered powerful speeches on the Montana House floor on Thursday. Republicans defected en masse to join them in voting against anti-trans bills.

www.erininthemorning.com/p/powerful-s...

YouTube video by UnionSquareMusic The Damned - New Rose (Official HD video)

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An upside-down American flag hangs from El Capitan near Yosemite National Park’s Horsetail Fall on Saturday to protest the thousands of federal job cuts made by President Donald Trump’s administration. Tracy Barbutes/Special to the Chronicle

Brilliant protest. Yosemite National Park workers hung an upside-down American flag — traditionally a symbol of distress or a national threat — thousands of feet off the ground on the side of El Capitan.

@brontelee.bsky.social -Merch

Mug from c.1793, showing the king lying in "La Guillotine - modern beheading at Paris"

Apropos of absolutely nothing, a commemorative Welsh mug on the occasion of the beheading of Louis XVI

The removal of a transgender reference from the National Park Service’s Stonewall website wasn’t done by NPS staff. Elon, care to elaborate?

If you have any information about these or any other NSN members, email us securely at thewhiterosesociety@protonmail.com - we'll keep your info safe & anonymous.

A clam with a spring attached to the shell. The spring has a magnet placed above a sensor.

Hardly new info, but BSky should know:

Warsaw's water quality is monitored by eight clams with magnets attached to their shells. If contamination in the water causes the clams to close, the magnets trigger an alarm and shut off the city's water supply.
Thank you, little guardian molluscs.

🧪🌏🚰

Abandoning trans people is 'fascist logic', says leading feminist philosopher Leading feminist philosopher Judith Butler has declared that abandoning trans people or any minority is operating within 'fascist logic'.

“Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic,” they said. “That means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice and a third, a fourth. Then what happens?”

Oh poor love-she did well.

Monstrous w/ Surekha Davies In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by British writer, speaker, historian, and monster consultant, Dr. Surekha Davies. They discuss Surekha’s new book, Humans: A Monstrous History. Follow Su...

New podcast episode - I talked with Cara Santa Maria on TALK NERDY about HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY, which comes out from @ucpress.bsky.social tomorrow! 1/2

💙📚 🗃 #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thCentury

www.carasantamaria.com/podcast/sure...

a cartoon of a girl wearing glasses with flames coming out of them Alt: a cartoon of a girl wearing glasses with flames coming out of them

And now i have separated my personal account from my sarcastic alias one. Let's the dissociation begin.

Bequest of Scofield Thayer, 1982

Standing Nude, Facing Right, 1918
https://botfrens.com/collections/88/contents/123923

The sleeping girl

The sleeping girl, 1913
https://botfrens.com/collections/88/contents/25501

YouTube video by Dave Markey The Secret Lives Of Bill Bartell (Official Trailer) 2025

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it could be a Japanese quince

‘It’s All About Shock and Awe’: Trump’s Plan to Distract, Overwhelm, and Deplete Naomi and Mehdi break down the far-right’s 'traitorous' plan to burn it all down.

"Mehdi, I think we get it! It's a lot!"

Naomi Klein had to interrupt me on 'Unshocked' after I went on a rant about all the crazy stuff Trump has "overwhelmed" us with in just 10 days!

Naomi, author of 'The Shock Doctrine', unpacked Trump's 'Shock & Awe' strategy.

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Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.

it's not hyperbolic to say we're witnessing a coup.

I know it’s deeply petty and not what is important but stewart lee sharing my article will deeply piss off one of my man enemies who hates me for no reason and I can’t help but love that 😇