@mariaoconnor
Avid reader captivated by human evolution, art, anthropology and sciences in general. Interested in fighting poverty & pseudo-science. I don't answer messages, except if I know the person. I block porn/adult content/nudity
Snake and pine lily (Lilium catesbaei) from Mark Catesby’s ‘The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands,’ 1731-1743. I saw this at the Newberry Library in Chicago.
#MarkCatesby #scientificillustration #naturalhistory #snakeart #botanicalart
This is an incredible story. Just incredible.
When an ideological pendulum is displaced from its equilibrium position; by violent discriminatory forces; it is subject to an antagonist violent force toward the other extreme.Back & forth perpetually; unless people stop the pendulum in the rational, peaceful, inclusive & fair equilibrium position
A necklace of alternating green and white beads resting on a museum stand
#FindsFriday A lovely Ancient Egyptian necklace of faience beads (with modern string)
From the New Kingdom, c.1300 BC
📸 Mine
📍 Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge
#archaeology #ancientbluesky #photooftheday 🏺
“Correction Fluid” Analyzed in Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead - Archaeology Magazine share.google/GRq8zOfzkMy2...
"Somedays, I can hear the sky calling out to me, inviting me home."
Piece by jArts
#dragonkin
#dragonposting
#dragonart
July surf, Maine. Plein air watercolor from summer.
#pleinairwatercolor #maine #surf #watercolor
Good Saturday morning all!
"This country was founded by a group of slave owners who told us that all men are created equal."
George Carlin
Good morning all! Breakfast time.
🎨Henri Matisse - Le Petit Déjeuner
#art #food
Just finished.
Watercolor
8” x 8”
#art #artist #visualartist #watercolor #mixedmedia #metalsmith #jewelrymaker #depotbench #boise #idaho
Two fan-shaped turkeytail fungi growing from a moss-covered log> They show strong concentric banding mostly brown towards the centre and bluish grey towards the outside
Turkeytails #fungi
During his training at the Arts Academy of Düsseldorf, Albert Bierstadt engaged deeply with the spiritual and sensory tenets of German Romanticism. The movement, both intellectual and aesthetic, emphasized sublime or transcendent experience—a concept that lent itself well to depicting the American West. In landscapes like Indian Canoe, Bierstadt aimed to convey a sense of the divine through nature. The diminutive figure set amidst the vast sky and towering trees has no individual traits and serves as a stand-in for the awing experience of the sublime. The sun setting behind a lone Indian may also be read as a signal of the looming decline of Native Americans' traditional way of life. #art #painting
Indian Canoe, circa 1886
Albert Bierstadt
Oil on canvas
#ArtSky
Brian took the makings for sloppy Joes with him for lunch to work and again had it for dinner. I had leftover spaghetti sauce/pasta for lunch and for dinner again with a piece of Texas Toast, mini cherry Pepsi, Brian had an 805, dinner was good. Leftovers yum!
Estos regalos me gustan a mi! (no las pulseras de tienda jipi).
Aprende mamá.
“The idea that a civilization might destroy itself is both ludicrous and likely.
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We are pathetically inadequate at long-term planning, idiotically primitive in our destructive urges and pathologically incapable of simply getting along."
- Brian Cox
art by Geninne Zlatkis featuring birds and butterflies, commonly found as prints, decoupage plates, or original watercolor paintings.
A classic black-and-white portrait photograph of Susan B. Anthony, the legendary American suffragist, abolitionist, and women's rights pioneer, taken in her later years. She is seated in a formal pose against a plain dark background, wearing a high-necked, long-sleeved black dress with elaborate lace trim and floral-patterned lace collar and cuffs. Her white hair is neatly styled in a low bun with a small decorative comb or ribbon. She gazes to the left of the camera with a calm, resolute, and dignified expression—her face conveying unwavering determination and quiet strength. The image captures her as a tireless advocate who co-founded the National Woman Suffrage Association, fought for decades to secure voting rights for women (culminating in the 19th Amendment after her death), and remains an enduring symbol of perseverance in the struggle for gender equality. The soft lighting and formal composition highlight her as an icon of the suffrage movement.
Susan B. Anthony dedicated her life to women's #suffrage & campaigned for the abolition of slavery, women's property rights & more: susanbanthonyhouse.org/her-story/bi...
Active until she died, #OTD in 1906. She never got to vote in her lifetime (well, legally that is).
#WomensHistoryMonth #WHM
I never, ever tire of seeing David Hockney’s exquisite work up close & so yesterday’s trip to the Serpentine Gallery was a treat: his year in Brittany paintings morphed into one long, Bayeux-type piece!
This winter-into-spring section will especially resonate today!
Wishing you a super special day!
🌱 Las pequeñas acciones de hoy crean grandes recuerdos mañana 💚
Photo of a sketch on a table with pens around it. The sketch depicts a house under a pink flower tree. In the window stands a little samurai silhouette and somewhere hides a cat. Brushed and technical pens on paper.
Daily sketch 🌸🏚🥷🐈⬛️
Can you spot the cat ?
Also, I just reached 5k followers here. I’ll post a small celebration + print giveaway later today. Keep an eye out 👀
#art #artsky #ink #sketch
🌳 ¡El mejor invento ya existe… y crece en la naturaleza!
ICYMI: The reading crisis in the UK is more of a threat to the book industry than AI, according to Pan Macmillan CEO Joanna Prior speaking at the London Book Fair yesterday (11th March) 👇 #BookSky #LBF
A narrow dirt path runs straight through a towering redwood forest, lined on both sides by simple wooden X-frame barriers, with sunlight filtering through the bright green canopy far overhead.
Walking with my thoughts in Armstrong Grove
Guerneville, California
#photography #art #redwoodtrees #selfcare #forests
@norabar.bsky.social
Six years ago today, on Friday, March 13th, 2020, COVID-19 was declared a national emergency. BREAKING NEWS PRESS BRIEFING COVID-19 DECLARED A GLOBAL PANDEMIC Friday, March 13, 2020 Today is Friday, March 13th, 2026.
Today is Friday, March 13th. Six years ago today in 2020, Covid was declared a national emergency.
Much has changed since then.
Now we have measles making a come back.🧪
China pledges billion-dollar spending boost for science www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@norabar.bsky.social
Free tuition public universities & colleges, is not a socialist idea, it is a national security strategy.
Banks don't like it, but having well educated workers it is also in their best interest.
An educated society is not fooled by TV propaganda, don't vote for ignorant or corrupt politicians
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