your periodic reminder that there was a sperm whale called Porphyrios who took offense at the Romans and singlehandedly decided to stop all Byzantian trade and sank so many ships over the next 50 years that Justinian declared him an official enemy of the empire and put a reward on his head

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'Fetching in the lines', fisherwoman Lizzie Alice Hawksfield, Whitby, late 19th century, photo by Frank Meadow Sutcliffe (1853-1941).

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Abbas Torki, an Isfahan master artisan, demonstrates Ghalamkar, the centuries-old Persian hand-block printing craft using wooden blocks in his workshop. IG: @saleh_taghian ~ Iran 🇮🇷 www.instagram.com/saleh_taghia...

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Bronze Spearhead - 6th Century BCE The blade and socket are decorated with a stylized palmette band. Found Mound 1, Herbertingen-Hundersingen, Sigmaringen district. Now Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart, Germany #FindsFriday

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And it's a final short thread @wingsndnsilver.bsky.social with tonight's local urgent needs, a young woman fighting disabling illness, still in need of $400 for Oct. rent, etc. We raise $200 tonight, a donor adds $200 in matching funds tomorrow:

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