#BOTD 1893. Remembering comedian, actor, singer, and pianist Jimmy Durante. (1980) #Filmsky

#BOTD 1905. Remembering jazz drummer and bandleader William Henry "Chick" Webb. (d.1939) #Jazzsky

A painted conch shell trumpet from the Chupícuaro culture, which flourished in what is now the state of Guanajuato, 300-900 CE. Made from the Strombus mollusk, these were important ritual instruments in Mesoamerica, used to give signals during ceremonies, battles and in daily life.

#Mosaic from #RomanBritain, features #Bacchus riding on a #tiger rather than the usual spotted leopard, referring to the myth that the god visited #India. Discovered during building work on the premises of the east India Company in 1803 Leadenhall Street, London. #MosaicMonday

The Time Machine (1960) George Pal

Valerie Thomas spent 30+ years at NASA helping revolutionize how we see images from space & our own world. #WomenInSTEM Managed the development of the first image-processing systems for the Landsat program allowing satellites to send the 1st multi-spectral pictures of Earth back to scientists.(1/2)

It's #MuralMonday 🐰 🎨 Diana Bama 📍Clever Cycles Portland, OR Dropping off the @bromptonbicycle.bsky.social getting dynamo lights installed!

A 2,700 year old Phoenician scarab seal, created in what is now Lebanon, has been unearthed at the Nuragic site of Ruinas in Sardinia.

The granite McDowell Mountains; Arizona USA. Galaxy S24 + Snapseed. #RockinTuesday

McDowell Mtns; Arizona USA. Galaxy S24 + Snapseed.

A prickly trail; McDowell Mtns, Arizona USA. Galaxy S24 + Snapseed.

Louis Armstrong, Paris, c. 1934

McDowell Mountains; Arizona USA. Galaxy S24 + Snapseed.

The granite McDowell Mountains in Arizona are tumbling down. Galaxy S24 + Snapseed. #MountainMonday

Made it to Tom's Thumb (elevation 3819ft or 1164m) in the granite McDowell Mtns, Arizona USA

Oh yeah? Sez who???

Break on my way to Tom's Thumb (center). This is a STEEP trail!

On the way to Tom's Thumb in the McDowell Mtns, Arizona

A beautiful Sunday morning to hike up to Tom's Thumb (center) in the McDowell Mtns in Snotsdale AZ, about a 1200 ft elevation gain. No wind & temps in mid-60'sF under a cloudless sky.

Georgia O'Keeffe (1887 -1986) Red Canna, 1924. Oil on canvas.

Now Playing: Criterion edition. New Hi-Def digital restoration w/uncompressed stereo soundtrack. Still the best hand-drawn animated film ever made.

Driving while asleep?

PEAK Boomer entertainment. Watch with a big bowl of Sugar Smacks w/whole milk. After the cartoons are over, it's time to play with your Hot Wheels on the driveway until holes are worn into the knees of your still-stiff jeans, w/leaded gas fumes hanging in the air. Ask me how i know.

Latest version of my work-in-progress Pop Art/Party Hat. I found the original hat at Goodwill. Really.

Deliciously lurid Brit gem with the barmy zoo keeper perfect for Gough to do mad as only Gough can. Nicely shot with 60s charm and a nice line in cruel. 1963. #horrorcommunity #horrorfamily #horrormovie #horrorfilm #horrorfan #classichorror #horroraddict #filmsky #horrorsky #mutantfam #horrorfam

Egg-cellent news! The first California condor eggs of the season have been laid at our wildlife conservation center, and more could be on the way.

John Singer Sargent: Dr. Pozzi at Home (1881) #art #man #male

Mary Eliza Mahoney (1st licensed US Black nurse), Harriet Tubman (Civil War nurse), and Sojourner Truth (abolitionist, nurse advocate) broke barriers and advanced healthcare despite immense racial challenges, leaving legacies of courage and advocacy. #BlackHistoryMonth #GratitudeforNurses

The Dutch government officially handed over a looted artefact to the Egyptian government in a ceremony in the Hague Thursday. The sculpture, depicting a senior official from the reign of Pharaoh Thutmose III (1479–1425 BC), surfaced at an art fair in 2022. Following an

A stunning photo of dark clouds topped with a bright rainbow, a rare event called cloud iridescence

2/6/1905 — b. Merze Tate, American scholar, historian, professor. The first African-American woman to be enrolled at Oxford University (1932). The first black woman to receive a Ph.D. in #gov from both Harvard University and Radcliffe College #womenshistory #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM #AcademicSky #woc

Canyon Lake from the Boulder Canyon Trail, Tonto National Forest; Arizona USA. The Salt River was was dammed at this canyon in 1924 to provide hydroelectric power. Some people believe the lost Peralta gold mine is at the bottom. Galaxy S24 + Snapseed. #USForestService #USDA #forestfriday

Lush from Fall & Winter rain; lower La Barge Canyon with Battleship Mountain in the background. Superstition Wilderness; Tonto National Forest, Arizona USA. Galaxy S24 + Snapseed. #ForestFriday #USForestService #USDA

@a7sam.bsky.social Red or green or Christmas? Last year's Hatch crop bought & roasted at a local farmer's market. What a heavenly smell!

Taken along Boulder Canyon Trail in the Superstition Wilderness inside Tonto National Forest; Arizona USA. A windy, cloudless, early February day in the low-80's F (29C). First mile from the trailhead was all uphill. Boulder Canyon & Four Peaks behind me. #forestfriday #USForestService #USDA

It was a testosterone-fueled week with some toxic masculinity mixed-in: here in my household- me & Sam! ##lastfourwatched #lettrboxd

BTD - Ken Adam - his concept art for the "war room" in Dr. Strangelove

Edmonia Lewis, American artist. Neoclassicist sculptor; the first professional African American and #NativeAmerican sculptor (1860s). World renowned for her realist sculptures; noted for works with classical and religious themes #womenshistory #womenartists #womensart #BHM #woc #BlackHistoryMonth

Fornax,Roman Goddess of Bakers and Ovens,festival 7-17th Feb is invoked to prevent baking goods from burning.Folk wisdom claims that a person could bake a wish into the bread.Feeding it to the birds will convey their hopes to the Goddess. #Folklore

The classic 🇺🇸 American silent film “THE GENERAL” starring Buster Keaton and Marion Mack and co-directed by Keaton and Clyde Bruckman premiered #OnThisDay in 1927 at the Capitol Theatre in New York City 🎬 United Artists

Alternative movie poster of the day 🎥😍 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) By JximeDesigns

Eraserhead (1977) Directed by David Lynch

Ed Wood and Bela Lugosi 🧛‍♂️

Dr Florence Stoney 1st woman UK #radiologist. Qual'd 1898 @ London School of Medicine for Women. Estab X-ray dept @ Elizabeth Garret Anderson hospital. #WWI served @ front line hospitals as head of surgical & X-ray. Early @wes1919.bsky.social memb. b. #OTD 4 Feb 1870 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florenc...

“Ritratto di giovane donna (Portrait of a Young Woman)” by Girolamo di Benvenuto (Italian) - Oil on poplar panel / c. 1508 - National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC) #WomenInArt #NationalGalleryofArt #GirolamodiBenvenuto #Benvenuto #ItalianRenaissance #art #artText #arte #RenaissanceArt #ItalianArt

You really can't be shocked with how awful people are being treated. How can a world of justice exist when there are trillions(yes I count fish too) of animals being exploited, killed, eaten, worn, used for entertainment, and tested on? We need to treat both humans and animals with compassion. ✌️💚