For #ReliefWednesday a glimpse into everyday life in the Roman Empire: this relief from #Ostia shows a vegetable and flower seller behind a market stall, presenting a carefully arranged display of goods. Dating late 2nd/early 3rd century AD 📷Archaeological Museum Ostia

Oxford, the longest running continuous weather station in UK history, with temperature observations stretching back to 1815, has preliminarily broken its maximum temperature record for May yesterday by OVER 3ºC with a temperature of 33.7ºC. Unprecedented in its 211-year history.

A recent @newscientist cartoon p.s. I will be in Madrid and Germany very soon! Details at www.tomgauld.com

Antoni Campañà photo of barricade on Carrer de Bisbe, during the Barcelona 1937 May Days. I read recently this "medieval" bridge is now the single most Instagrammed spot in whole of Barcelona, actually dating from 1928, so would have been about 9 years back old then. Colourised by Catalunyaencolor

Xmal Deutschland - Boomerang live at Schlachthof Bremen 1984. Peel: The Complete Peel Sessions, available on CD and streaming services 10th July Pre-order now xmaldeutschland.4ad.co/peel

Junior Wells ft. Otis Rush '66. 🎶'Hoodoo Man Blues' #blues #bluesmusic #bluesharp

Former MI6 Chief Richard Moore: Straightforward example of Russia, backed by China, challenging West is in Ukraine. This is most blatant challenge to international order since World War II. We need to ensure Putin doesn’t succeed. And without China, Russia would've already lost.

Happy birthday to Michel Polnareff's "La Poupée qui fait non", which was released as a single on this day in 1966 according to the oracle that is @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social

Wooden cycling shoes... #bikesky #vintage #photography #bicycle #bike #streetstyle #fun #cycling #cyclinglife #biking #cycle #vélo 🚲🚴

Have something just about written about women's stage races, editing final bit, needed to find the first names of a few riders. Down to two and being driven to distraction. I had this woman's name as Tungey. It's even better in real life: Bobbie Tingey. Part of the team that went to France in '55.

The magical view from Beinn a'Chrulaiste 📷 c.o. Soul of Scotland .🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

what the fuck is google doing these designs suck ass

"Teresa" has been working in Salinas, CAs fields for 20 years. "Right now, I am weeding - removing the grass from the romaine lettuce fields. It is tiring work. Not only do we need to bend over to weed it but we need to carry it out of the field and it is very heavy." #WeFeedYou

This is Tumbleweed. She is an artist, and this is her art. Doesn't expect everyone to understand. 13/10 (IG: winstonandtumble)

Hopefully the end of the domestic terrorist movement ‘Shag the Flag’ but a real shame someone had to die to get to this point. But yeah, all those spineless politicians who suddenly professed to their love for flags, this is who you prostrated yourself to. Go and have a word with yourselves.

happy birthday to the iconic, bad bitch Siouxsie Sioux!!! miss lady invented the goth girl blueprint 🖤🕷️

The Leslie Nielsen spy spoof Spy Hard was released thirty years ago this week, and it included this homage to the famous bicycle scene from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

This dog was found with a broken jaw. Now she's a Pilates princess ❤️‍🩹

Yesterday would have been Miles Davis's 100th birthday. His impact on music can't be overstated, always pushing the boundaries of composition, performance, and creativity. This clip is taken from a legedary 38 minute long performance at The Isle of Wight festival on August 29th 1970.

🧵 Legal scholar Ryan Calo argues that technology can become a “shell game” of responsibility, where tech companies push consequences onto individuals instead of the decisions made in boardrooms. On the Future Knowledge #podcast. 🎧 Listen & subscribe ⬇️ futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/law...

Jeepers Creepers (2001) Written and Directed by Victor Salva stars Justin Long, Gina Philips and Jonathan Breck. Fear takes a road trip. #FilmSky #Movies

'Hit Me' was released 13 years ago today as the second single from Suede's critically acclaimed comeback album, Bloodsports. - SuedeHQ

Another glorious day on Dartmoor!

Wednesday *Humphrey Bogart in #FilmNoir The Big Sleep (1946)

Sheela na Gig are strange gargoyle like ornaments that adorn castles and cathedrals all over Europe. Depicting a woman with a stretched and overly large vulva or labia, the carvings held evil at bay, keeping demons and evil spirits from entering these places. #WyrdWednesday

A monograph of the Nectariniidae, or, Family of sun-birds London: Published by the author, 1876-1880. (source: http://biodiversitylibrary.org/item/113608) #nature #illustration #art

Vincent Price birthday ✨🎉 Here is my favorite with Kermit 😂

Quaratesi Altarpiece, c. 1425, by Gentile da Fabriano. Alas its glorious frame is lost, but the pieces are still pretty great!

tony blair and tony blair's caricature in TRANSMETROPOLITAN are basically merging into one. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...

We are heading into a depression that might make the 30s look like Coachella.

Happy 69th birthday to Siouxsie Sioux. What are your favorite songs by the Banshees or Creatures?

Paris in Quiet Contrast Rediscovering the City in Black and White 👉 aksgar.me/paris-in-qui... #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #bnw #classicmono #bw #b&w #bnwphotography #art #artwork #scape #architecture #streetphotography #streetphoto #photography #travel #travelphotography

Today, there's lots of reminders that ICE is still out there killing people, in and out of concentration camps. We are still allowing concentration camps. WHY THE HELL ARE WE ALLOWING CONCENTRATION CAMPS EVERYWHERE?

Absolutely mind blowing conditions from this morning in the ancient Fanal Forest in Madeira.

This is what happens when a toddler takes over the white house

Royal lion hunt relief, Assyrian palace at Nineveh, c 645-635 BC, alabaster, British Museum

Oiran Courtesan, Japan. Photography by Okamoto Toyo. 1930’s

Nationalise water

Christopher Lee and Vincent Price, both #BOTD.

America's mayor in an Arsenal dishdasha is incredibly powerful mojo

Zelenskyy sent an urgent letter to Trump, warning of a critical shortage of air defense systems and missiles for them. kyivindependent.com/zelensky-sen...

On this day in 1897, a Czech Jewish woman was born. On the 7 May 1942 she was deported to Theresienstadt with her husband and daughter (16) and on the 9 May 1942 to Sobibór where she and her daughter perished. Her name was Milada Ditmarová Please support @sobibor.org

Oh my god “Wealthy areas like the city centre” At least google some pictures of it in the 1990s

Sadly damaged frescoes in Hall of the Liberal Arts & Planets, Palazzo Trinci, Foligno. Must have been amazing when Gentile da Fabriano first painted them! Today is his day.

Back in the real world Manchester is… the poorest (or join poorest) local authority in Greater Manchester. The fact that it has been growing is a damn good thing and will benefit all of GM.

Excellent work, but it does sort of lead back to essential detail: none of this was particularly hidden! Mandelson has always been a shabby little figure far too entranced by wealth to take an interest in where it came from.

#shakespeare O'Toole was very sharp when he wasn't pissed, and Welles is always extraordinary As a commenter says, We've gone from this to Joe Rogan youtu.be/smMa38CZCSU?...