"Chris Ware: Life is Complicated" exhibition at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum in Columbus, OH will be on display May 23--Nov. 29. 2026.

Dinosaurs And Non-Dinosaurs xkcd.com/3204/

FWIW I find the Rough Sketch version of Powers of Ten so much better with the time dilation and the wonderful lonely narrator. youtu.be/7f5x_dRKIF4 “The points of light might just get smol-er.” I saw it dozens of times at the (smothered by its own government) @onsciencecentre.bsky.social.

Is religion bad for upholding moral values? The affiliation of unaffiliated people to moral values (with regard to politicians) seems to be stronger than the affiliation of religious people.

Percentages of people who say religion is very important in their lives per country

Map based on the 2023 rankings from the Economist Intelligence Unit Democracy Index brilliantmaps.com/countries...

Map Of Every Colonial Battle Fought By UK, France, Spain, Portugal & The Netherlands List of the most important one: brilliantmaps.com/colonial-...

the ancient world just intuitively understood that hot beverages taste better when poured out of a little dude. we had the technology before, and we can again.

Never mind the lit-bros: Infinite Jest is a true classic at 30

He: In my newest acquisition, all the ladies are naked! She: Please trade it in for one where the men are naked too. Collector's Gallery by Cornelis de Bailleur, born OTD 1607.

2/2 When tired of history paintings in this collection, enjoy exotic objects on table in back of room, and painted macaw & cockatoo to go with them. From Cornelis de Bailleur, whose day is today.

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

Fascinating look into #iTeachChem in ASL 🧪🍎 #DisabledInSTEM

#PeterHarris. Broad Street with Hopper, (2024)

This delicate sponge has a remarkably clever survival strategy.🪝✨️⁠ ⁠ Most sponges filter small plankton and bacteria from the water and pump them through their bodies. But the harp sponge (Chondrocladia lyra) uses small hooks along its vertical branches to trap and eat larger prey.

Dragon in the deep. 🐉⁠ ⁠ Dragonfish (family Stomiidae) are cunning predators. Although they are strong swimmers, they prefer to lie in wait and ambush unsuspecting fishes and crustaceans. This black dragonfish (Idiacanthus sp.) was spotted at 527 meters (1,729 feet) in Monterey Bay.

A #Roman glass bowl in cobalt blue with white irregular swirls; it was made about 2000 years ago, probably in Italy, but ended up in a C1st AD grave in Roman Britain #AncientBlueSky #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #AncientRome

Delightfully degenerate household: cares of the world hang overhead but everyone (esp. duck) is relentlessly having a jolly time because it’s Jan Steen. Today is his day.

John Tenniel's famous illustration of the Jabberwocky for "Through the Looking Glass". Lewis Carroll knew this one was a hit, and considered using it as the cover; however he also worried it'd be too scary for kids and should be removed entirely. In the end he took the middle ground and kept it in

Chess game, 1555: the artist's three sisters & their nurse. Mischievous youngest, calm & knowing eldest, middle one who always gets fooled by them. Painted by Sofonisba Anguissola, whose day is today.

A glass of absinthe https://botfrens.com/collections/111/contents/30473

The hat makes the man https://www.wikiart.org/en/max-ernst/the-hat-makes-the-man-1920

Illustration to "A Week of Kindness" https://www.wikiart.org/en/max-ernst/illustration-to-a-week-of-kindness-1934-85

Frank Jacobs' Strange Maps blog on Big Think is a treasure trove of alternative cartography http://bit.ly/1rMaeQY

Bluesky has actually been remarkably successful as an app within a relatively short time frame. Expecting it to have the same metrics as some of the biggest apps in the world is stupid. What really matters is having content that people care about, especially if it travels outside the platform itself

Now and then, I forget that it’s #FrogForFriday and when I do, I feel remiss. @pogue.omg.lol 🖼️ Frog, Hans Hoffman, C16th.

Verrückter Fakt des Tages: #vfdt Es gab gefiederte Dinosaurier mit nicht zwei, sondern vier Flügeln. Bei Microraptor gui waren auch die Beine zu funktionsfähigen Flügeln ausgebildet. Er konnte aber trotzdem nicht so gut fliegen wie heutige Vögel, er war wohl eher ein Gleiter.

Airlines will not show this to prevent walkouts.

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#TilesOnTuesday Reading about the accelerating decline in wild bird species in the UK made us think of this fellow. Multi-Lustre Dodo Tile by William De Morgan (1898) The dodo is an extinct flightless bird from Mauritius and was popularised by Lewis Carol who featured it in 'Alice in Wonderland'.

Goya is always relevant.

“There is no longer only a liberal case for a unified continent, but one that is more about strength in numbers against external predators.” I don’t think these are mutually exclusive at all.

Hallucigenia was such an odd animal that palaeontologists reconstructed it upside-down when they first analysed its fossils - and now we may know what it ate

Looking to apply to grad school? We’ve organized a list of arts-related MFA, MA, and PhD programs to explore and apply to before their deadlines close soon!

talking about Minnesota accents just reminded me of one of my favorite videos like the first time I saw it must have been years ago but I still laugh every time, guaranteed www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj7a...

London in the good old days - before everyone's feet pointed forwards.

NEW: Organ tuners have been leaving temperature and humidity records in little-known books for decades. 🎹 They reveal how temperatures inside churches have changed over time due to climate change and increased heating. A new scoop for The Reengineer! www.thereengineer.pro/p/church-org...

Snake-in-the-Box Problem xkcd.com/3125/

Here’s something really graphic for Halloween:

"The single biggest problem in communications is the illusion that is has taken place." - George Bernard Shaw? "A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth gets its pants on" - Mark Twain? Neither of these quotes ever happened. markhamnolan.com/strategy/the...

Eight legs. Ceci n'est pas un insecte. (Campus building in London of the Arup consultancy's university)