I'm a family portrait photographer. In my job you become a good judge of character. I'm convinced that at a number of the kids I've photographed will grow up to be high profile murderers. I'm keeping the pics to sell to the newspapers when they are convicted.

Republican Genesis.

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Your astonishing artifact this week is a bronze statuette of a Roman actor pretending to fart. 🎭💨🏺

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I find this hilarious. A big ol' sad trombone.

Spectacular octopus from the floor of the women’s changing room at the Central Baths in ancient Herculaneum. This magnificent #Roman monochrome mosaic makes quite an impact! 📷 by me #MosaicMonday #Archaeology

At the Nuremberg trials, Karl Dönitz was convicted of war crimes for the sinking of civilian vessels. This is not a complicated question, it's been illegal for centuries.

Here's my Poe #caricature as part of this admirable #Artshare. Repost and add your own dark, autumnal pieces to this thread.

Times are dire and I'd love some more work!

Hello friends! I'm doing a *free* online talk about Filthy Queens and the history of Beer in Ireland for the Dublin Festival of History on Sept 30th from 5pm IST. All welcome. Hope to see some of you there! Link to register: dublinfestivalofhistory.ie/event/filthy...

The @washingtonpost.com story on Tylenol & autism leaves out a MAJOR 2.5M sibling-controlled study of children in Denmark, which "found no evidence that acetaminophen use during pregnancy was associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD or intellectual disability." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

🟡 M4.8 #earthquake detected 3 km ESE of Berkeley, California at 9/22/2025 2:56:12 AM PDT This reflects data from the U.S. Geological Survey that is subject to change. Visit the USGS page linked below for the latest #quake information

Male Andean Cocks-of-the-Rock hanging out a lek. Males show up in groups and like to show off for the ladies. These birds can be found in the cloud forests of the Andes Mountains. Nono, Ecuador, 2023 🪶

Going through some old family photos. Christmas c. 1965-68. There are so many presents because we had 7 kids and 6 adults at Christmases, and my uncle was a doctor, hence the fancy toy range. Love the aluminum tree.

Today's bank note features a portrait of birthday boy Francis Hopkinson as well as a nice train vignette. It also raises the question, would anyone in the 1850s have recognized Hopkinson, who signed the Declaration of Independence, 60 years after his death? Bordentown Bank, NJ, $1, Oct. 1, 1851.

To this day, my favorite comfort food. www.allrecipes.com/recipe/22071...

Gray-browed Brushfinches are a found in the mountains of western South America. They are considered common, but have not been studied much so little is known about their natural history. They tend to hide in dense underbrush, but this one came out for some banana. Zuroloma Preserve, Ecuador, 2023

A little extra soul to end a chaotic week. @solomonmissouri.bsky.social this one is for you. youtu.be/az88RZ8-tnw?...

You guys, so many Romance girlies are reading "On Tyranny" that they've broken the Goodreads recommendations algorithm. 10/10; no notes. #romancelandia

Buried details: the 18% of kids whose identities shifted over the course of the study were overwhelmingly between binary trans and non-binary or vice versa. The number who shifted between binary cis and trans was very low indeed - out of a subset of 254, precisely *one* kid shifted in this way.

The majority of bald people are earthquake survivors.

If they're going to try and retcon Charlie Kirk, then we should try to retcon him too.

We started a new #archaeology video series called, "Artifact of the Day." These are short-ish videos that focus in on one artifact or artifact type 🏺 Check out the series trailer to learn more: youtu.be/3urN1vO0AQE

“You can have your big Klan funeral [kirk’s] but we gonna watch every som-bitch that walks in and out of that place” “this ain’t gonna work out like you think” youtube.com/shorts/q940Q...

Smile like you mean it, says the skeleton from a 1493 medical broadside from Nuremberg. #bookhistory #skystorians

Gotta love a hotel with a cabinet of #archaeology in the lobby. Including a fragment of a Revolutionary War era bowl marked with the slogan “success to the British Navy”. Very popular sentiment around here no doubt!! 🤣 But this is the old house of the English colonial Calvert family in Annapolis. 🏺

Saving this list for the next time I have a student ask why I say that Watergate was small potatoes compared to what goes on in an average week with this administration.

Well THAT’S a way to craft a headline: electrek.co/2025/09/20/2...

Stay safe Brooklyn - a story in three acts (In all seriousness glad she’s patched up)

So GI Joe is the reason we have The Transformers

Calling All Students! Join the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain and enjoy a reduced student membership rate of just £23 per year. Membership is ideal for students who want to support their studies and demonstrate their commitment to the discipline. sahgb.org.uk/join-renew

Positively Art. Amazing.

Lemme spell it out. Trump's only leverage over Jimmy Kimmel and ABC came from FCC regulation. His direct power over H1-B visas gives him similar leverage over tech, higher ed, and others.

[Nate Silver's Therapist]: "And so... is the Bluesky in the room with us right now?"

Pressure and backlash can have an impact. I really don't think ABC nor Disney thought they would get the reaction they got.

Here's something way out of my wheelhouse. I'm trying to identify two boxers from mid-late 1950s. My grandfather owned a weekly newspaper and exploited his Press Pass to go everywhere. He took this picture, possibly in the Indianapolis-Chicago-Louisville area? Can anyone identify the boxers?

I was reliably told celebrating political violence was cause for government reprisal and private sector termination.

dunno man, but americans are a month away to learn that the US entered WWII because the Nazis stole their ideas. and now they are finally able to life, in full, their golden age with a massive surveillance apparatus and ultra equipped state police.

"Just following orders is not a defense." "But I had a note from my commanding officer saying it was ok! I had my fingers crossed behind my back! I had a note from my Mom saying I was allowed to oppress people as long as I didn't mean it too much!"

Hey! Are you in the military and currently asking for these letters, or know of people asking for these letters? @taskandpurpose.com and I want to hear from you! Please reach out via signal (at nslayton.12), we will protect sources.

I like this. Since under RFK Jr, Covid shots are now for people with underlying conditions that put them at risk, Michigan’s chief medical executive Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian states that not having the most recent Covid shot constitutes such an underlying condition. www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside...

Fearful Americans Stockpiling Facts Before Federal Government Comes To Take Them Away https://theonion.com/fearful-americans-stockpiling-facts-before-federal-gove-1819579589/

Billiards player, Masako Katsura, 1950s Katsura was the first woman to compete in a world billiards competition in 1952.She is often referred to as the “First Lady of Billiards”. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masako_...

Next week: Our next online talk is from Roy Vickery, on '50 Years of Plant-Lore Collecting'. Tuesday 23 September, 19:00-20:30 BST on Zoom. Tickets £6.00 (£4 for members with promo code). www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/50-years-o...

Let me second that. There're so many supremely clever people on there in a wide variety of fun and nerdy shows. From drag queens playing DnD to the best improve show since Who's Line, and even one where comedians make powerpoint presentations on absurd topics. Subscribe! @dropout.tv

Hey, @adroitlyabsurd.bsky.social , speaking of older cocktails, here are a few from prohibition. Easily converted for more alcoholic times. blog.newspapers.com/15-prohibiti...

there is still beauty in the world