It’s funny because it’s true

Men, what's stopping you from dressing like this again? Two Ostrogothic buckles, one gilded silver with an eagle head terminal, the other gilded copper with a field of cloisonné garnets (and a big garnet in the middle). See ALT.🏺 Left, late 6th-early 7th c. CE; Right, 5th c. CE. #BritishMuseum 📸 me

This has got to be our best view yet I think!🐦 #Starlings

The Hidden Beauty of #Seeds & #Fruits by Levon Biss #photography #book Link for more information and many more #photos: mossandfog.com/the-hidden-b...

Two finely crafted bone combs from the early 6th c. AD, found in a grave at Dittigheim. To protect their delicate tines, they were carefully kept in a custom-made case. In the Early Middle Ages, long, well-groomed hair was more than a fashion choice, it was a symbol of status and identity. 1/2 📷me

The history of everyday laypeople will always be a gajillion times more fascinating, relatable, and useful than the gold-encrusted tombs of royalty.

One major problem, bluntly, is that lots of folks can't distinguish between good writing and poor writing. This is about education, not intelligence: they could learn the difference, but it's frequently not taught, even in "good" schools. This is ultimately a competitive disadvantage for them.

Sincerely one of the funniest things the WSJ has ever written or done. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...

Have a quiet think. Let it be a guiding lesson for you Whatever regretful comments you may have made in your life, whatever actions you wish you could take back, let your benchmark for the lowest of the low be using the deaths of 15 people for the relaunch of your political career

This is beautiful. The smiles! Bondi beach hero Ahmed Al-Ahmed with the doctors looking after him at the hospital in Sydney. And… The doctors are *also* Syrian! Tamer Al-Kahil from Homs. Anas Natfaji from Aleppo. *Three* heroes.

I'm sharing this here, as I have on Facebook and Instagram, but there's no account on here to share from, and I just think this is wonderful. A really good balance of design and implementation, and appears to achieve everything it set out to do, and it *SO* appeals to my inner 'work nerd'.

Ancient Minoan outfit from an event last weekend! #minoan #greek #ancient #mysca #fashionhistory

The tragedy of Rob and Michelle’s deaths are incomprehensible. I’m hearing Rob’s voice telling us all to do more, to repair the human soul, to repair our hearts, to repair our country, to repair our world, to keep fighting, to keep living for every soul taken from this earth.

this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.

As you may know, I have stopped using Twitter, and have decided to reproduce some of my more memorable threads here for posterity. Here’s one I hold wrote after a particularly engaging swordfighting lesson. Buckle up, swordfighting fans, because I *have* studied my Agrippa! [BIG ASS THREAD]

Next level birdwatching. [📹 wildlifetestic]

they were dug by the ancients, by which I mean the giant sloths www.earth.com/news/huge-tu...

eating a delicious pear and feeling like a genius because it is the perfect ripeness

Firstly, Israel is not a religion. Secondly, protesting against genocide IS NOT antisemitism.

Take a journey through time down a new NSF COLDEX ice core borehole just completed by the team in #Antarctica! If you’re at #AGU25 stop by the COLDEX booth in the Exhibit Hall to talk to COLDEX team members from across the 15-institution center funded by NSF! @agu.org Follow us on IG @ coldex_stc

If a suburban man in Sydney can have more than 6 guns at his home (including semi automatic weapons?) then our smug 'we're not like America' assumption is useless. The vast majority of Australians want all politicians to fix this. Now. The gun lobby/party must have no power or say in it. #gunlaws.

Just want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.

Look what I got

Andy Warhol with Christmas Tree at The Factory (1964) #TheHolidays #mood

i will never get over living in a place where i get to see this sort of thing fairly regularly!!!!!

Javier, our new CEO, wanted to thank everyone for a fun and motivating first week. You all have made his transition process enjoyable. He has much to do but insisted on relaying that his initial numbers indicate that the dogs are all very good and will likely continue to be ❤️

"Boy Making Music." Tamatekapua wharenui, Te Papaiouru Marae, Ōhinemutu (Rotorua). Photo by James MacDonald, 1920. Ref MU000523/002/0079, Te Papa

First year selling my art at Christmas without the Other site, where most of my sales came from, as well as losing US orders to new tariffs, so it'll be a tough one - I put huge work into every order, so even if you can't buy, shares help get them in front of eyes. GRMA! www.ciaraioch.com/artprints

end of a very long day, that said I just watched Can you ever forgive me with Melissa McCarthy and the amazing Richard E Grant, oh my word what an undersung gem of a film...:)

Requiring foreign visitors to hand over 5 years of social media isn’t “security,” it’s unchecked government control. All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

A favourite lichen scene from my time in the Northwest Territories, Canada. The orange is Xanthoria(Rusavskia) with Physcia spp top and bottom. #lichen #fungi #fungifriends

A jewel-blue cluster of apatite crystals crowns a grass-green tourmaline crystal - mined in Brazil - from the Will Johnson collection. #fluorapatite #apatite #tourmaline #Brazil #crystals #mineral #mineralspecimen #gemstone #gemology #geology #mineralogy #nature #beauty #green #blue

Moche culture, Peru, ca. 300 CE

Tuesday blooms #mobilephotography #garden #flowers Orange red Corymbia blooms

My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’

Thread, long but very worth it.

1. I hate to see good people wasting their time and energy. And there’s perhaps no greater waste of time and energy than seeking to change the trajectory of the human population. It’s not just futile, but also a massive distraction from things we CAN change. This thread seeks to explain why. 🧵1/12

Some good news. “A wild beaver has been spotted in Norfolk for the first time since beavers were hunted to extinction in England at the beginning of the 16th century.”

Heavy #ice #crystals gave this leafless old #deciduous #tree in SW #Calgary 🇨🇦 an illusion of #foliage. The #hoar #frost on its branches soon melted away. I was lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time. Happy Sunday everyone! 🙂#winter #cold #blueskyartshow #sky #photography #winter

A room party where I’m just comfy in my pajamas in bed at 11pm and everyone else in the room is just vibing and I’m happy to be included

Interesting thread, please read

“I’ve been out there, and sitting on a rock, and you can hear the chatter (of the old people), the yabber going on and there’s nobody there, but you can hear it.” I have experienced this. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

#WinterWeddingAdventCalendar Day 4: Greta Thompson wore toasty gloves and a white slipper satin shirtdress and hat designed by her brother Mozelle and made by Mary Alice Snowden for her January 1955 wedding to Charles Manning in Pittsburgh, PA.

There’s something wholly unlikeable about that guy. I’ve never seen anything from him and yet he’s everywhere with that empty grin

True joy recognizes and acknowledges pain, tears, sadness, and every other emotion that exists within the spectrum of human experience. It is about discovering and finding balance, equilibrium, and a sense of steadiness even in the midst of difficult, trying, and turbulent times.

No-strings-attached, zero-means-testing, no-questions-asked cash payouts have been proven, over and over again, to be the most effective form of charity/aid going. It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.

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