#OnThisDay - 6 April - in 46 BC, Julius Caesar defeated the Republican forces under the command of Metellus Scipio and Cato the Younger at the Battle of Thapsus in North Africa. #AncientHistory 🏺 Image: RRC 468/1; Münzkabinett Berlin (18216705). Link - numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-...

The Easter Hare is frankly terrifying. 😳 🏺

This 1st c. CE gilded cartonnage (mummy case, a mix of linen and gesso) of a woman shows an incredible blend of Egyptian, Greek, and Roman cultures. The gold is traditional Egyptian, linked to the sun's daily rebirth, showing her hope of rebirth in the afterlife. 🏺 1/ #BrooklynMuseum 📸 me

It takes two! Sarah decorating the Greek spindle whorls that have been wheel thrown by me. 🏺⚱️🪡🧵🧶🎨 www.facebook.com/share/r/18De...

Well, this has me pondering and thinking. Not sure where I am on this one... But, watching it with the #HATM fam adds to the experience. Folks, take care - be kind, smile more than not, laugh occassionally even at yourself. See you next week.

Ok, we have hit 2024...got it. But, the fun center is a bit on the creepy side. #HATM

"This isn't the midnight realm, it's... the suburbs." Oof, that hit for me as a former weird teen in the suburbs with depression. #HATM #ISawtheTvGlow

So, wait, Owen, as some questions here... This is where questions make sense to ask. #HATM

Ok, GEICO for the interruption when the stepdad came to help? rescue? Or, something... #HATM

Ok, I am along on this journey, but um, uh...where is this going? #HATM

Ok, so does this bar actually exist or have they gone into the show itself? #HATM

So, he's like 24 now?? His mom has passed away. He's in the same City?? Well, ok, surprise. #HATM

So we are going to all pray that Maddy did in fact get the hell out of there and is living the life she was hoping for... #HATM

So, he's now 9th grade. Mom, he would be by default somewhere else. Is this the new stepdad? #HATM

LOL TROLLS! lordy have they had more incarnations than one could realize. #HATM

Ok, so this is like X men meets Supernatural but for teens - #ThePinkOpaque that is? #HATM

Wait, wait, so they didn't go check in with dad before running to the friend's house? Um, uh, wow...this is not going to go well. #HATM

Any #Starblazers is going to be awesome, I mean a space traveling battleship...wow. What's not to love there? #HATM

Ok, there's what I was trying to figure out - when is this movie set? It was having strong 1990s vibes-glad that I was right regarding that. Oh, when you find another person who shares the same fandom, that is an instant connection. 1996 - Clinton, Dole, or Perot...the latter w/ his charts #HATM

Film, recently...Well, we watched #FantasticFour and I feel that was a great version of that entire storyline. Something in the kitchen smells awesome. Can't wait to see what it is. #HATM

Just your daily reminder of the intensely colorful beauty of #Egyptian faience. ❤️ 🏺 #ancientbluesky

#OnThisDay - 28 March - in AD 193 the Praetorian Guard brought the brief reign of Pertinax to a bloody end. His refusal to pay the Guard the expected donative hastened his removal. #AncientHistory 🏺 Image: RIC IV Pertinax 11A; Münzkabinett Berlin (18277527). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

Ancient Coin of the Day: Today's thread is about Didius Julianus, the man who bought the position of Emperor from the Praetorian Guard on this day, 28 March, in AD 193. #ACOTD #Numismatics #Rome 🧵🏺 Image: RIC IV Didius Julianus 1; MoFA Boston (1999.514). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

This Nasca ceramic bottle is in the shape of a monkey that looks like she’s having an existential crisis. Quelle horreur! In reality, she’s eating a pepino melon from a shrub in the nightshade family (like tomatoes). The hole in her head whistles when the bottle is filled. 🏺 1/ #MetMuseum 📸 me

Most people know of the beautiful ‘Fayum’ #mummy portraits from Roman Egypt, made in either tempera or encaustic (hot pigmented wax). We rarely see them as intended, inserted into their wrappings, as seen below. A gilded stud is affixed to the center of each concentric linen diamond. 🏺 1/ 📸 me

For more information on this funerary altar, see my Flickr page below. 🏺 3/ flic.kr/p/2rkSMsg

For #InternationalPuppyDay, here’s a rather poignant depiction from the ancient Roman world. This funerary altar depicts a young boy named Anthus - in a too-large toga - and his fat puppy. The inscription calls him ’sweetest son’. Aww. 😭 🏺 1/ Roman, early 1st c. CE. #MetMuseum 📸 me

#OnThisDay - 23 March - in AD 59 Agrippina the Younger, one of the most significant figures of the Julio-Claudian period, was assassinated on the orders of her son, the emperor Nero. #AncientHistory 🏺 Image: RIC Nero 6; Münzkabinett Wien (RÖ 5469). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

In March 2025, President Trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies to review how American history is portrayed at National Park Service sites. Here is the most comprehensive list yet of the signs that have been taken down or flagged for removal since.

h/t to @adammockler.com for pointing out this gem from 2016.

the human body was not designed to know what the worst person in the world is doing every fifteen minutes

Haha, it's great that we're all waiting to see if the sitting President of the United States destroys the global economy tomorrow for no reason, right? This is fun. Love the suspense of all our lives hanging in the balance on the whims of an unstable, raging narcissist.

Ok, so, um that was a really odd trip to that ending. But, Gloria, you did the right thing. See you all next Sunday. #HATM

Ok, I am liking this ending...didn't like the pathway to getting here...but am liking the ending. Joel? Are you on your way to Seoul? #HATM

Reverse portal time, Oscar... #HATM

Ok, I gotta say, when they repeat her name, I hear this... #HATM

Oh, oh, #HATM

Absolutely, not a fan here of Oscar. The power and control dynamics are very real in domestic violence relationships, and she is very much in one. #HATM

OH OH... Gloria, you need to divine retribution him #HATM

Oscar, I am really sorry to say this, but you sir have some really significant issues. Like, HUGE, issues. No, your insurance will not be paying this claim. #HATM

So the level of control exerted here, really is an uncomfortable layer on all of this. #HATM

So, now we need to add Tim here? Oscar? Joel? Yep, Gloria, "it is pretty weird that Tim is here." #HATM

ok, so this is a modern horror film?? Again, really trying to figure this one out. #HATM

Oscar, you are being a class A$$^#!&= #HATM

Wait, so this is a sci-fi romcom?? This movie has me really confused, not in a bad way, but as a what is going on here sorta way. #HATM

So, now this... There goes Seoul, Gloria! #HATM

So, this is will get rather odd really quick, Gloria. This may not go well with your new friends. #HATM

Well, the boyfriend in NYC is not going to believe this, Gloria. Also, those mattresses almost always go flat overnight. #HATM

Colossal did decent business is a very limited release (it peaked on 326 screens the same weekend Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 launched on 4,347), landing at $4.5 million worldwide against a $15 million budget, distributor Neon's first release ever. #Colossal #HATM