Operator1997

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26M, History and movie geek, GalaxyTrail fan, avid Wikipedia editor (NeverBeGameOver)

Pfp: Fritz Lang's M (1931)
Banner: Bong Joon-ho's 살인의 추억 - Memories of Murder (2003)

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NATO head says support and membership critical for Ukraine

NATO head says support and membership critical for Ukraineapnews.com NATO head says support and membership critical for Ukraine

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Post proxy work break #zzzero #zenlesszonezero #zzzeroillustration

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BREAKING NEWS: Voters turned out in numbers not seen in decades to stop the far-right National Rally from taking power in the French National Assembly. Polls predicted a first-place finish for National Rally, which instead came in third in initial results as polling stations closed.

Projections in France's election show voters rejecting the far rightwww.npr.org Voters turned out in numbers not seen in decades to stop the far-right National Rally from taking power in the French National Assembly. Polls predicted a first-place finish for National Rally, which ...

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Updated and rendered design, Ming Yi #freedomplanet2 #oc

World-heritage worthy documents at Yale: - Hyakumanto Dharani (first woodblock print of Japan, 8th century) - Gutenberg Bible (permanent display alongside the woodblock sutra at Beinecke) - Cyrus Cylinder (British Museum, on display til end of June at the Peabody) - Dunlap Broadside

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This is so accurate it almost hurts. 🧪

Article #53: Zen Basics, written in Tang China, printed in Joseon Korea. While the Gutenberg Bible was getting printed, the presses of the Joseon court were printing these out (I'm pleasantly reminded of the texts I saw from Tōfuku-ji).

Essence of Zen Buddhism - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org

Yale University Art Gallery has rotated this piece from the Nanboku-cho period (1300s Japan) onto public display. My 52nd article, achieving two objectives: - Increasing coverage of individual Japanese works of art - Increasing coverage of Art currently in the State of Connecticut

The Final Death of the Buddha Sakyamuni - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org

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THIS IS HUGE! For the FIRST time, an HIV PrEP drug candidate in the form of a twice-yearly subcutaneous injection has shown ZERO infections in a late-stage Phase III trial. Lenacapavir was 100% effective at preventing HIV in MORE THAN 2,000 participants. Let’s talk about that! 🧪🧵⬇️

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Attention, fellow journalism nerds: You might already know that nonprofits known as 527s can raise unlimited sums for political spending. What you didn't know (because it just went live) is that @propublica.bsky.social has a new database that lets you easily search these organizations’ finances:

Introducing ProPublica’s 527 Explorerwww.propublica.org Nonprofits known as 527s can raise unlimited sums for political spending. ProPublica is releasing a new database that will allow journalists, researchers and others to more easily search these organiz...

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Breaking news: Maryland Gov. Wes Moore will issue a mass pardon of more than 175,000 marijuana convictions Monday morning, one of the nation’s most sweeping acts of clemency involving a drug now in widespread recreational use.

Maryland governor to pardon 175,000 marijuana convictions in sweeping orderwapo.st The blanket pardon by Gov. Wes Moore will forgive decades of low-level marijuana possession charges for about 100,000 people.

Trying to figure out what I found is a legit arrowhead. Spotted this evening in Newport, RI

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twitter continues not having a single goddamn idea how people use their site or what they like about it lol

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THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a new antibiotic that reduced or eliminated drug-resistant bacterial infections (MORE THAN 130 multidrug-resistant bacterial strains, in fact) while sparing the gut microbiome! Let’s talk about that! 🧪🧵⬇️

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Speaking of our SCOTUS reporting, we just updated our "Supreme Connections" database with the latest disclosures from the justices: www.propublica.org/article/supr...

ProPublica Updates “Supreme Connections” Database With New Justice Disclosureswww.propublica.org The update includes data from eight financial disclosures made public last Friday that cover 2023, as well as information from some older filings.

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Tonnelle nord-ouest au Parc de Marquayrol (La Pergola) , Henri Martin, circa 1925

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not at all, prime Toshiro Mifune

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Comm for @crimsonthedragon.bsky.social

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THIS IS HUGE! A major trigger in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and related conditions has been identified, and existing drugs CAN stamp it out, in what scientists call a "massive step" in successfully treating these debilitating chronic conditions. Let’s talk about that! 🧪🧵⬇️

Article #51: Piet Mondrian, the guy who made the circuit board looking paintings (See "Super Crooks" on Netflix). His early works are underrated and I've seen this one a few times. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/By_The_...

By The Sea - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statuet... Article #50. Normally there are numerous bronze figurines in museums. This sold for $6k-7k. But 1. It's new to the MET. And 2. There's literature. So now it got its own article.

Statuette of Mercury - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org

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Ohhhh Null...you are...absolutely fucked. Just ohhhhh boy.

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The Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) is an evergreen conifer species in the pine family, Pinaceae, which is native to western North America. The trees grow to a height of around 20 to 100 metres (70 to 330 feet) and commonly reach 2.4 metres (8 feet) in diameter.

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I love shopping at Amazon, a site where you can find such famous brands as mmarby and TOBYLOOQ and WURLMNGHUA198

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Hello, everyone! ^ v ^ I will be streaming more work on Freedom Planet Academy again today, in 15 minutes! This time, working on cut-scene sprites for the scene that plays before the stage, Liyu Lagoon, starts! Join the pre-stream chat here: www.twitch.tv/velacosmos

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon;... Article #49 - Zen painting of Dragon and Tiger. Southern Song Dynasty, exported to Japan where it was owned by the Ashikaga and Tokugawa shogunate. It is now in Cleveland, OH

Dragon; Tiger - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org

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#KawaseHasui "Night Rain, Teradomari", Sochu (1921) #japanese #woodblock

48 articles. 25,855 reads. Thanks for tuning in!

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#KawaseHasui (1883-1957) Yumoto spa, Nikko, 1920-s #japanese #woodblock

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taihe_S... Article #48: documenting the earliest Chinese Buddhist statues (also balancing.the scale of Western and Eastern art coverage)

Taihe Shakyamuni - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org