"Stark Industries was a pionner in the field of technology since its foundation in 1939, 50 years before the release of unrelated Belgian techno anthem 'Pump Up the Jam'."

Relatedly, if you're in academia and read an essay or article or book by a scholar that really impresses you, consider sending them an email to let them know. I think this is especially important to do for younger scholars, who may not have many other ways of getting positive feedback on their work

Remember your favorite creator possibly might be struggling with imposter syndrome and doubt and this timeline sucks.. so if you find yourself thinking “wow I really relate to this persons work” or that persons work gives you joy, you should probably tell them. It’s a hard time to be a creative.

one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.

What's tragically ironic about this photo of a museum auctioning off works from its collection is that it is taking place in a landmarked building once seen as iconic home of yet another museum—the Whitney—that was itself sold off in recent years to a private auction house (Sotheby's)

Angry amidst the Gundams. 📸 mokmok.dan

Nahui Olin, Autorretrato con Gato Negro (Self-Portrait with Black Cat) #caturday

Nahui Olin, Gato en el Jardín Florido (Cat in the Flowering Garden) #caturday

For #caturday: Gatos Amorosos (Amorous Cats) by 20th-century Mexican avant-garde painter & poet Nahui Olin

Philomena Cunk "what the f＊＊k is this?" Cunk On Life green screen

soviet law prevented him from traveling to actually see mayan script like all the other mayan scholars but turns out he had no problem sitting in leningrad studing some priest's tracings from the 1500s that another catholic guy annotated in 1853 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Kn...

luckily his monuments didn't crop her out

Happy birthday to the Soviet linguist Yuri Knorozov who casually deciphered the Mayan script in 1952 and got pissed when editors removed his cat as co-author on papers or cropped her out of his author headshot (the only picture of himself he even liked)

97 years ago today, Steamboat Willie paddled onto the screen. In 2024, this iconic cartoon entered the public domain, opening new possibilities for sharing, remixing & reimagining. Follow us for Public Domain Day 2026 announcements! 👀 Full cartoon ➡️ archive.org/details/stea... #OTD #PublicDomain

Martin Scorsese on the set of The Color of Money (1986)

Happy 83rd birthday to Martin Scorsese!

Happy Birthday, Martin Scorsese!

Home Alone was released on this day 35 years ago 🏠 ✨

Thank you whoever that is, for releasing what was perhaps the world premiere of Kapustin's Piano Concerto No. 1. I am now patiently waiting for its second premiere, or probably the first premiere of its revised edition.

What happens when Italians try to locate Italy on a map

steam machine de la abuela

The Nintendo Christmas Card 🎄🎉🎁 (1998) #retro #art #gaming #Christmas

Tacos Goku is from Oaxaca

One of the most unusual Italian still lifes I've come across, by Paolo Antonio Barbieri (the brother of Guercino): Still Life with Mirrors, Objects, Fruit and Vegetables, first half of the 17th century, oil on canvas, 80.5 x 107.5 cm (Private collection) #earlymodern #17thc

Small but extremely qualified.

Vincent van Gogh, Worn Out, 1882 www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/collectio...

thinking about when me and @shilin.bsky.social played a kapustin duet

My painting PORTSMOUTH WALK

Drew a Least Weasel because the name always makes me chuckle... "Thou art the very least of weasels!" Yet ounce per ounce, probably one of the most vicious and terrifying predators on the planet (but also deadly cute!) #art #SciArt

Daily sketch 🪾🪨🥷🐈‍⬛️ Can you... spot the cat ? #art #artsky #cat #sketch #ink

the only instance in recorded history of a traffic collision between a car and a u-boat!

across all wikipedias in all languages, vietnamese wikipedia's "game boy" article is the only place that uses the public domain shots of hillary clinton as a tetris addict taken on air force one

Interstellar was released on this day in 2014 🚀

Are we there yet? #art #oilpainting

this is such a funny thing to say when you're Rachmaninoff

Rachmaninoff noooo thats gross!!!

Tree #pixelart

Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita, Chat couturier, 1927, oil on canvas, 7 5/8 x 9½ in. (19.5 x 24.1 cm.), Private collection

I had to post it

Sergei Prokofiev.🎶🖤 #prokofiev #portrait #drawing #artsky #artist

Quality control cat. 📸 tuuuckerr

happy halloween! 🎃 #illustration #procreateart

opossum (2024)

Watercolour painting, done from a photo, of a cat called Misty! #cats #catsofbluesky #TGIF #art #paintings #watercolours