@pottedhistory.bsky.social Graham, Really really eyeing the new version. What are is dimensions and style compared to this one?

Lot 1206. Property from the Dawentang Collection. A Jun sky-blue glazed loop-handled jar, Jin-Yuan dynasty (1115-1368); 15.8 cm wide, box. Price Realised HKD 107,950 (Estimate HKD 80,000 - HKD 150,000) © Christie's Images Ltd 2026 www.alaintruong.com/2026/05/chin...

"Eagle One in orbit and holding." Moonbase Alpha's chief Eagle pilot is Alan Carter played by Nick Tate an Australian actor who I'm pleased to say is still going strong at the age of 83. Post-It Note art with markers, pencils and ink.

Today is the birthday of writer Dashiell Hammett (May 27, 1894-Jan. 10, 1961). Most remembered today for creations like Sam Spade and Nick & Nora Charles, he also cocreated the newspaper comic strip Secret Agent X-9 (later renamed Secret Agent Corrigan) with Flash Gordon-creator Alex Raymond.

THEY’RE SPENDING MORE BECAUSE IT’S MORE EXPENSIVE The desperate lies. sheesh

#OnThisDay - 26 May - in AD 735 the Venerable Bede died at Jarrow, Northumbria. Theologian, grammarian, historian - perhaps his most-admired work is his 'Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation'. #Bede Image: Cotton MS Tiberius C II, f. 5v. Link - blogs.bl.uk/digitisedman...

#OnThisDay - 26 May - in AD 17 Germanicus Caesar celebrated his triumph over "the Cherusci, Chatti, Angrivarii, and the other nations who live as far off as the Albis" (Tacitus, Annals 2.41.2). #History 🏺 Image: RIC Gaius 57; Münzkabinett Berlin (18205079). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

Reupping this list of amazing suffrage historians and their books this morning. Thanks to all of them for joining us for the #HATM watch party for #Suffs #PBSGreatPerformances

BTW the recurring #suffs slogan "Finish the Fight" is the title of a great suffrage history for younger readers by Veronica Chambers! bookshop.org/p/books/fini... #HATM #FinishTheFight

Harsh, but fair.

Franz Stuck, "Dissonance", 1910 #FranzStuck, #FranzVonStuck, #dissonance, #Dissonanz, #faun, #PanFlute, #year1910, #SatyrDay, #satyr ※ Location: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_S... ※ See also: 　​※ @vivilala.bsky.social 　​※ zirk.us/@floh/109443... ※ Source: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Di...

It was a good movie and one that is set in incredible locals, gets a bit dark, but ends well.

Amazing ad, chef's kiss no notes

A Great Ending @drhaup.bsky.social / @fpwellman.bsky.social @wellmanformo.bsky.social @piperformissouri.bsky.social @reichard4rep.bsky.social @iquitcigs.bsky.social @tebarrett.bsky.social @chaosonpaper.bsky.social @nobullbarnitz.bsky.social @moberzan.bsky.social @rockafowlers.bsky.social

We are watch #TheFall, a 2006 film that someone recommended watching. Categorized as a fantasy/adventure... Let's see...

The Spirit from May 22, 1949. Art by Will Eisner & Jerry Grandenetti, with letters by Abe Kanegson.

Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000)

4. 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬ł𝐚𝐰 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐤𝐢 (1732–1798), the last king of Poland, created Łazienki as a modern Enlightenment residence. Antiquity was a language of ideas: order, reason, beauty. Every Thursday, the king dined with leading thinkers, artists, and politicians

It's shit like this that is just textbook fascism. In group/out group notions of justice. The people of Minnesota haven't seen any justice for the crimes you directed against us, Stephen. But we will.

Imagine being a Russian troll assigned to Bluesky: “Comrade, today you will destabilize Western democracy by arguing with poets, policy nerds, and a raccoon avatar with tenure.”

Will Eisner's The Spirit from May 12, 1944. Cover by Lou Fine.

If anyone has Meskin Vigilantes and a good scanner, I’m 16 (of 68!) short of having 600dpi scans of every Meskin Vig story. Also game to buy beat/incomplete copies with intact stories in.

🔥 SPRINGSTEEN: "I’m here to support Stephen Colbert, the first guy who lost his show because a president can't take a joke - and the Ellisons feel they need to kiss his ass… small-minded people with no idea what freedoms of this beautiful country are supposed to be about." 🇺🇸

#OnThisDay - 21 May - in AD 293, as part of the Tetrarchy, Galerius is advanced to the rank of Caesar by Diocletian and Maximian. It was at this time that Galerius assumed "Maximianus" as his cognomen. #History 🏺 Image: RIC VI Nicomedia 12; ANS 1980.109.182. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

His vaccine is ready!! He just needs to travel to Germany now!! Ahhhhhh

For #WorldBeeDay - Attic Black-Figure amphora, ca. 540 BC, showing the four men who attempted to steal honey from the hives that fed the infant Zeus - Laios, Keleos, Kerberos, and Aigolios - being punished by bees! 🐝🏺 Image: British Museum (1847,0716.1). Link - www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...

Today is the birthday of Everett “Busy” Arnold (May 20, 1899-Dec. 26, 1974), publisher & founder of Quality Comics. Quality was the original publisher of characters such as Plastic Man, Blackhawk, the Ray, the Phantom Lady, Black Condor, Doll Man, and more.

At one of my favorite museums in the world. (V&A, London) La Gorgone Adèle d'Affry became a professional artist after being widowed at age 20. She adopted the male pseudonym 'Marcello' when exhibiting her sculptures, many of which depict remarkable women from history and classical mythology.

In a sane world, we'd be discussing giving a million dollars to Jeffrey Epstein's victims and not to the traitors on January 6.

JULY 31st! Travis Daniels 3. Condemned in Carcosa! #Ghosts #HauntedHouse #KinginYellow #Hastur #Hard-Boiled

Was Anyone Asking For the UFO Files? We Did In the 70’s..

#OnThisDay - 18 May - in AD 113 the Column of Trajan was dedicated. Commemorating his victories in Dacia, the accompanying inscription (CIL VI, 960) notes the construction methods. #AncientHistory 🏺 Image: RIC II Trajan 292; Münzkabinett Wien (RÖ 88430). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

#AllMetalMonday The extraordinary 57.5cm tall C3 BC #Etruscan figure, called (in recent times anyway) Ombre della Sera, as it recalls long shadows cast at the end of day. Inspiration for Giacometti is pretty clear..... Now in Volterra's Guarnacci Etruscan Museum, stopping people in their tracks.

Border detail from a 4th century mosaic from Roman Aldborough (Isurium Brigantum) in Yorkshire. Known as the ‘Helicon Mosaic’, it originally came from a dinning room floor of a town house. The fragments can be viewed in the site museum. 📸 My own. #MosaicMonday #Aldborough

Today is the birthday of writer & artist Bill Everett (May 18, 1917-Feb. 27, 1973). Most remembered for creating Namor, the Sub-Mariner, and co-creating Daredevil.

Satyrs Jousting (Unknown artist, 18th century)

Alright #HATM Fam, That was good. Glad to be with you all tonight. In the week ahead, go do something that makes you smile, one thing that makes you laugh, and one that helps someone on their journey.

"We are the United States government, we don't do that kinda thing.">A truly adorable line in light of the world about us today. #HATM

So, then, what do you do with it? Send it to the bottom of the ocean? NOPE - get arrested by the US Government when you walk back into your apartment. Now we have a strong person to represent the US Government. #HATM

ok, for 1992, that observation of the world running on little numbers hits so damn hard 34 years later. #HATM

Ok, this is a pretty good comedic element to offset the suspense...then COSMOS shows back up #HATM

So, this movie works on the numerous twists as we try to get to an ending? #HATM

Well, now, Doris, how do you get out of this one? #HATM

Ok, so this guy is just a plant? Or, is he the one masterminding things? #HATM

Cosmos is alive... ok, that really makes sense as someone who could crack the codes...arrested, they could develop his skills, redeploy them and he would have a great cover all along the way. #HATM #SNEAKERS... Predecessor to 'The Mandarin.'

Um, what bridge is that??? #HATM

The musical score, with that damn beat (metal straw on a glass?) really added a level suspense laced with anxiety for that entire scene. #HATM