197. “Apoplectic cardinals harvesting tomatoes on the shore of the Red Sea (effect of the Aurora Borealis).” Alphonse Allais, 1897.

196. 'The Dream of Ossian,' by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Angres, 1813. outing myself as cringe here. this is about the only ingres painting i like. something about the subject (the ossian thing is one of the funniest affairs in literary history) makes the neoclassical flourishes feel wonderfully lurid.

disney devastating autistic communities like crack did to inner cities in the 80s

195. Emaciated Horse and Rider ca. 1625. Attributed to India, Deccan, Bijapur. Like the previous one, this is small, a sheet of paper. the colors on the horse still stick with me almost 5 years later.

194. Portrait of a Dervish, 16th century, Bukhara. The Persian inscription reads: "Why then am I obliged to Heaven that it has given me a soul? For it has created within me a source of sorrows from which that soul suffers."

per the kav hayashar when you deprive someone of their wages you are taking a piece of their soul (because of the toil they expended) and the piece of their soul you have stolen cries out to heaven demanding vengeance. i bring this up for no reason in particular

we need to bring back the perception of opera as about pulpy emotional people murdering each other in-narrative and murdering their diaphragms out of narrative. like this is an obvious one but look at what diana damrau is *doing* to herself www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuBe...

Frog https://www.wikiart.org/en/abbott-handerson-thayer/frog-1915

the word 'rippling' is a thing that indicates youre reading something horny. it never shows up in a non-horny context

tbh 'rural bits of michigan arent part of any civilization and are effectively the bit of the map without any blotches of color representing an empire on it' is kinda true

civilization fell when they stopped making the shonen protagonists bisexual

'you can have a lizard and be a normal guy but if you have more than two lizards your personality instantly changes to 'lizard guy' and you and your wife discuss your sexual intimacy in public'--ryan letourneau

thank you, horrible fascist at shul 2 years ago, for saying my hair looked gay

Becoming a billionaire and spending it all on getting the exclusive time of the Jim Henson Company for fifteen years just so they can get all the little guys exactly right.

Explaining online privacy to americans

i think trump is probably genuinely distressed by this because he is, for the first time since covid, running into an issue he cant just bluster his way out of.

its fun that slowly, inexorably, the ai safetyist/accelerationist split is getting drafted into the left-right split

The visions of seers can carry knowledge carried on the winds of time, whispering of events to come to those with ears to hear. But how to separate the insights of oracles from the ravings of madmen? How can you take advantage without unacceptable risk? Well, through securitization, our firm can no

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ssj_... lmao tyhis always cheers me up

there's also a full body rat from ratatouille costume

Menshevism is inherently socialist.

'Mulier amicta sole et luna sub pedibus ei[u]s et sup[e]r caput corona stellarum duodecim'. BL Add 11695; Beatus of Liébana, Commentary on the Apocalypse; 1091-1109 CE; Spain, N.; ff.147v, 148r @blmedieval.bsky.social

"the good news is that we have found a relatively cheap and easy way to prevent the cast from going through puberty. the bad news is that not everybody in this room is going to like it".

Head of a young female saint, carved in boxwood with gilt copper crown set with garnets and amethysts, possibly Dijon, c. 1380-1400. The hair here is exquisite. (V&A Museum, London)

ill be honest, mamdani is making me kinda hopeful. maybe the lib policy wonks and the anti-establishment leftists can get along after all

I think my favorite Jesus' foreskin lore is that there was also claim after the Rings of Saturn were discovered that his foreskin transmuted into them upon ascending to Heaven after resurrecion.

manwe and varda are the only valar who directly intervene in the plot of LoTR, no?

"Or, as Bynum recounts, when Catherine of Siena had a vision of Christ using his foreskin as a wedding ring, “she associated that piece of bleeding flesh with the eucharistic host.”"

Behind the wall (Derrière le mur) - 18??-19?? https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/motte-henri-paul-1846-1922-france-derriere-le-mur-12-c-1df44b8bb7

Girl with Red Stockings https://www.wikiart.org/en/pierre-auguste-renoir/girl-with-red-stockings-1886

blow + fujoshi = Les Misérables

Miniature of the Earl of Westmorland with His Twelve Children https://www.wikiart.org/en/limbourg-brothers/miniature-of-the-earl-of-westmorland-with-his-twelve-children

watched a youtube short by @jamellebouie.net about why you dont gotta hand it to tucker carlson and while i basically agreed with it i cant help but notice that he didnt actually mention the most obvious reason he opposes backing israel, which is that he hates Jews

193. murals by Alfredo Martinez for the Hotel Playa Ensenada in Baja California

i know we're all glued to the seat at the prospect of starmer failing but 'slight improvements to public services result in a labour minority government while tories and reform switch places' is like a real possibility

Reminds me of the joys of obscure Thai night markets

when I tell you this t-shirt I just found in a thrift store was the best six dollars I've ever spent

Kenyan born artist Magdalene Odundo, considered one of the premier ceramicists working today #womensart

Zulu Master Weaver Beauty Ngxongo,1993 known for her watertight isichumo baskets #womensart

Liturgical combs were used by priests before celebrating mass. This has 2 scenes of the life of St Thomas Becket - showing Henry II naming him archbishop of Canterbury, the other his martyrdom in 1170 - & is very accurate in the events depicted (Met Museum) c.1200-1210. Amazing.

h/t @bullheadpsalms.bsky.social #TarotSky #OccultSky #WitchSky

The End of Evangelion Episode 26' Sincerely Yours I Need You

not to sound like a curmudgeon but I literally don’t care if Colbert gets to live his fanboy dream here. the MCUification of middle-earth has to stop

friend: i wonder why it is that monotheism first made its presence felt in the levant. me: i have an answer to this question but i doubt itll satisfy your desire for scientific academic inquiry

i dislike john howe's illustrations generally but i especially dislike this one. glaurung is literally called 'the golden.'