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Archaeologist + art enthusiast. Here you'll find mostly reposts of things I find interesting.

[William Shatner @WilliamShatner]

What a heartbreaking week it has been. Sir Patrick Stewart was a friend, a colleague, and a magnificent actor. From the stage to the bridge of the Enterprise, he brought intelligence, grace, and a deep sense of humanity to everything he did. Captain Picard stood for the best of us, and so did the man who played him. I was filled with affection and admiration for him and his work.

My heart goes out to Sunny and his family. He will be deeply missed.

[Gareth Harney @OptimoPrincipi]

Patrick Stewart playing Sejanus in the 1976 BBC production of ‘I, Claudius’. ⚔️

[חסיא @claritchka]

@fuelgrannie @space_weable If you think attacking someone over the color of their skin is a valid “criticism,” then congrats! You’re a racist.

[C. Widmann (The Pluriglot) @vuorille]

This is why you always learn the local language when travelling.

[Auteur House @auteurhouse]

Sergei Parajanov’s “The Color of Pomegranates” (1969) is a masterpiece of extraordinary beauty.

The film is based on the life & work of the Armenian poet Sayat-Nova. Visually, Parajanov’s film is poetry brought to life. It tells story through symbols, colors objects & gestures.

[חסיא @claritchka]

@s_sergio10634 @yaelbt So you deny America’s genocide of Native Americans?

[mick 🍂 green guy enthusiast @mickdlmnd]

oh to be an old man taking photos with my two evil fluffy cats in front of pretty floral landscapes

[Spencer Hakimian @SpencerHakimian]

Remote Work Final Boss

[メ @BjaySwag]

i think the mass extinction of the dinosaurs is the highest recorded ratio of birds killed with one stone.

[Isaac Choua @ChouaIsaac]

I look forward to the day the Council of Nicaea is convened at 770 Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights.

[Sam Stein @samstein]

Zelensky, this morning on Russia's latest attack: "six people were killed, including children. A little girl was killed in a stroller – her name was Angelina, she was just over a year old"

[Basil🧡 @LinkofSunshine]

This is the third pollster this cycle to print out completely fake information (TPSI, Median Strategies, now Wedgewood)

I genuinely think regulators should start coming out to charge these people with wire fraud

[T. 📚☕️ @levantophile]

Here is another sad case: a pharmacist and mother of three who poured her life into her pharmacy, only to see her livelihood destroyed in a matter of hours.

Judging by her last name, Audélia is presumably of North African Jewish heritage, and her family likely immigrated to France several decades ago, fleeing the growing hostility toward Jews in the newly independent states of North Africa. They would have been part of a large migration wave that saw some 800,000 Jews leave their homelands across the Middle East and North Africa over the course of a few decades.

Like many French Jews, she presumably keeps a low profile about her background and has simply tried to earn an honest living and raise her children in a country that has, frankly, become increasingly dangerous for its Jewish citizens over the decades. Jewish schools and synagogues are now under round-the-clock police protection following numerous attacks, and even this past weekend, a small synagogue was ransacked. (As far as I know, it was the only house of worship targeted.)

Now add to this broader climate of insecurity the trauma of watching her livelihood destroyed before her eyes, and the question becomes unavoidable: what must she be thinking now, and what will she do next? Will she even want to stay in France and attempt to rebuild after all this?

I don’t know. But I sincerely hope that she, like all the affected business owners, can get back on her feet and find the courage to keep building a life in a country that is as much hers as it is any other citizen’s.

Solidarity with Audélia, with Youssef, with Sohal, and with the thousands of other business owners from all ethnic and religious backgrounds affected across France.

[Shashank Joshi @shashj]

Quite a thing to say this on the day that a Russian strike kills a baby in a stroller.

[Art Encyclopedia @artenpedia]

Kenny Harris - Moka with Blue and Pink (2024)

[ArtNouveauDeco @NouveauDeco]

Art Nouveau door from 1897 designed by architect Ernest Blerot, Brussels, Belgium.

[Armin Rosen @ArminRosen]

The bravery of this generation of Soviet Jews is almost impossible for us to fully grasp, and they're now dying out https://t.co/wczuhOaK8v

[Lahav Harkov @LahavHarkov]

Over 4,000 Jews moved from France to Israel this year so far, and the number is expected to reach 5,000 by the end of the year. This is the 1st year since the fall of the Soviet Union that any country other than Russia is the origin of the most immigrants. (Source: @MakorRishon)

[Art Encyclopedia @artenpedia]

Olaf Falafel - The Pearl With The Girl Earring (2021)

[Werner Zagrebbi @zagrebbi]

France has the highest social spending of any country in the world