Francis Deblauwe 𒉺𒊏𒀭𒋛𒄑 𒊌𒉡

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Phone doodle: on fire

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Just your regularly scheduled share of this masterpiece by @tomgauld.bsky.social

>>This gambit is … what the first President Bush did when he encouraged Iraqis to overthrow Saddam Hussein after his armies had been ejected from Kuwait. It’s a punt which signals that the White House will cede control of the situation to forces it can’t control or even well-understand.<<

An Unpopular, Doomed, Bloody War People will die and nothing will be accomplished

My thoughts

open.substack.com/pub/musgrave...

Why All Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Are Historians SFF authors are the front-line practitioners who put the fruits of history’s craft into daily practice, sharing it in doses the public can consume, combining, treating, administering, customizing, …

My new Strange Horizons essay is up! With a deliberately provocative title!

WHY ALL SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY WRITERS ARE HISTORIANS
Yes, *all*
And, no, it isn't just for the reason you think...

I've been working toward this one for a while, very excited to share it!

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Phone doodle: luxuriant 3

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Phone doodle: yellow and purple

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The Slow Death of American Cool American hegemony rested on cultural reach. That is ending.

people born in america probably don’t realize how cool america used to be. how many random people around the world built their identity around US signifiers. the decline of American cultural hegemony is going to have long term consequences we're only beginning to see. new post

'My Wife's Lovers', 1893 painting by Carl Kahler (1856–1906).

My old Iraq War & Archaeology project can be found at web.archive.org/web/20220320...

I will post my phone doodles here. All made starting from a photograph & then filtered/collaged/cut/mirrored/etc. w. free apps using only free features & w/o any AI. First 1000, I made them basically daily; nowadays, it varies. You can see all the previous ones at www.facebook.com/media/set/?v... .

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Phone doodle: brooch

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Phone doodle: milk chocolate

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Phone doodle: green ribbons

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Phone doodle: xgh

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Phone doodle: majesty

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Phone doodle: citius, altius, fortius

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>>America will rise
Against the people of the lie
I love you more
Than hate loves war<<

A ceramic dish with a woman's head visible at one end.

Another view of the same dish, showing that the woman's body is reclining in the dish as if she's in a bath.

Also I finally called up this for the first time, and this mid-C17 English delftware sauceboat (oh yes) is everything I hoped for and more (C.1420-1928). Bring on the gravy.

Meet the extremophile molds wreaking havoc in museums Extremophile molds are invading art museums and devouring their collections. Stigma and climate change have fueled their spread

>>The hidden threat eating away at museum treasures

Extremophile molds are invading art museums and devouring their collections. Stigma and climate change have fueled their spread<<

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