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Elizabeth I, portrayed in splendor before gold, with bonus A+ verdure tapestry (matching her own flowers!) in 1563. By Steven van der Meulen, whose day is today.

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Fascinating world of early medieval glass! An absolutely gorgeous drinking horn made of blue glass, with white trailing around the body, length 23cm. Drinking horns made of glass were popular among the early medieval Germanic elite in various regions of Europe, they... 🧵 1/2 🏺

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Five shells. Big and small. Bright and dark. Smooth and rough. Simple and not. Painted in 1696 by Adriaen Coorte, whose day is today.

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Exquisite c. 20,000 year-old laurel-leaf point. Expertly worked and aesthetically beautiful, this Solutrean flint tool is 28 cm long, just 1 cm thick, with edges so thin they’re translucent! From Volgu, France. Musée d'Archéologie nationale Saint-Germain-en-Laye 📷 by me #Archaeology

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I’m infused with the peat reek after a wonderful visit to Kirbuster Farm Museum with my fellow tourist guides. Find out more about the museum here: www.orkneymuseums.co.uk/our-museums/...

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Strawberries, 1696. A little miracle of simplicity, for Adriaen Coorte's day.

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Black cat and dragonflies, by Tadashige Nishida (2000). Japan

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More than 2 million oil and gas wells sit unplugged in the U.S., many leaking contaminants into waterways, farmland and neighborhoods. Time and time again, oil companies have walked away — leaving taxpayers to pay for cleanup. Here’s how. (Published Dec. 2024)

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The whole family of great-horned owls in the nest looking around. You can only barely hear it but mom was calling out to dad in a nearby try and the end of the clip #birds #owls #raptors

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me this morning www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/o...

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From my visit last week to the Topaz Internment Camp, where Fred Korematsu was interned. This quote still sticks with me.

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NEW: Yesterday, the Justice Department sent armed marshals to warn former U.S. pardon attorney Liz Oyer not to disclose internal DOJ information during her Senate testimony. Today, Oyer is speaking out to condemn the DOJ’s actions and defend the rule of law.

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Fear has a way of being contagious. But courage is also contagious.

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Stone carvings on #arch Kilpeck Church, Herefordshire Built around 1140 #BlueSkyArtShow #Herefordshire #Church

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Strategic CMD SIGNAL Group: (TOP SEC//NOFORN): 1) Loading a Gentoo Ballistic Missile with squid propellant. 2)Subsurface to air launch 3) Pygoscelis VII Variant cruise Velocity Training 4) Engine boost-burn Test

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ADMIN REVEAL: Our tireless Gov Social media manager (also our sec of finance), has had quite the week. Pingu the chinstrap penguin has learned alt text, created a commerce merch store, and has become worryingly sage on the topic of guano’s chemical and economic value. Thank you Pingu

submitted 10 days ago • 128 comments

"...so like i said a tariff is clearly a tax and in this case it is not even a reciprocal tariff he is just a complete dipshit tbh"

submitted 11 days ago • 146 comments

Alexander Pushkin at the shore. Wonderful way to imagine another great creator, by Leonid Pasternak in 1896.

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"When was the last time you said 'thank you,' Mr. Penguin?"

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I love this

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Family at war

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deals are being made every day

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Roman souvenir from Hadrian’s Wall! Much nicer than a modern-day fridge magnet! 🤩 The Staffordshire Moorlands Pan. Small cast copper-alloy ‘trulla’ with Celtic-style decoration and enamel inlay, inscribed with names of 4 forts on Hadrian’s Wall. C2nd AD. 📷 by me #RomanFortThursday #Archaeology

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I have tariffed the penguins that are on Heard Island and which you were probably assuming did not export goods forgive me they were taking advantage of us so cunning and so cold

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Please watch @booker.senate.gov and @warnock.senate.gov speak on the Senate floor right now, Booker's been going 13 hours: www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2ut...

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