Yaaaaawwwwwnnnn 💕 Happy Caturday everyone

Happy #Caturday! Frodo unleashing a yawn so mighty it bends space, time, and one ear. Frodo & Sam, #CatsOfBluesky

Happy #Caturday from Zitoun and the kitten.

Whoomst disturbes the Queen? Photo from my collection, 1953.

オリーヴァのあんよとしっぽ #pallascat #manul #gatto #cat #マヌルネコ

Japanese artist Mika Hirasa produces narrative illustrations using a fusion of embroidery and applique #WomensArt

Contemporary painter Mary Pym, who was born in the Netherlands but who now lives in the UK #WomensArt

'Waiting Dog, Primark', Peckham by Mark Pearson markpearsonartist.com

Apparently it's #WorldTurtleDay! 🐢 A #Roman enamelled copper alloy fibula (a decorative pin for fastening garments) in the shape of a #turtle. Dating 2nd century AD. On display at Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien 📷 me

#WorldTurtleDay! 🐢🐢🐢 The large mud turtle, which resided in the Nile River and its associated canals, is frequently depicted on cosmetic palettes from the Predynastic period. The palettes were mainly used to grind and mix mineral pigments, especially for eye makeup. 🧵1/2 📷 me

Another one for #WorldTurtleDay! 🐢🐢🐢 A stater (silver coin) from the island of Aegina, 4th century BC. 📷 Lena Nitzer | Staatliche Münzsammlung München | license see alt text

The original mud sealings that blocked the entrances to the tomb of 18th dynasty Pharaoh Tutankhamun have gone on public display for the first time since their discovery. 📷Ahmed Gomaa english.ahram.org.eg/News/569222....

Daily painting of #sunflowers in #support of #Ukraine 🎨Mary Kamerer - Sunshine in a Vase

The fastest knife in the west end! You can read more about Robert Liston in my book, The Butchering Art 👇

Late stage capitalism

When assembling your dog, please make sure that you follow the instructions carefully.

it’s a school of fish, a murder of crows, and a cluster of barbaras

Gonna need an ETA on dinner. Photo from my collection, no date/info.

この後、オリーヴァの重みで朽木の先が崩壊しました。 #pallascat #manul #gatto #cat #マヌルネコ

Buckle, 1913, by Jessie Marion King, Art Nouveau and Arts and Crafts jewellery designer and illustrator #WomensArt

Tish Murtha (1956-2013), social documentary photographer who documented marginalised communities under Thatcher in NE England #womensart (Image care of/property of Ella Murtha)

Surf girls of Bangladesh. The girls work as beach vendors but asked to take surfing lessons inspired by their surroundins. Despite sceptisicm from the community, they quickly proved they were great surfers. (Photographer Allison Joyce) #WomensArt #FridayFeeling

'The Empire, Leicester Square' by George Hyde Pownall (1866 - 1939) www.macconnal-mason.com/artwork-deta...

For #RomanRoadsFriday a section of the 'Via delle Gallie' in Donnas, Val d’Aosta, Italy. The wheel ruts are still visible. The arch was carved into the rock. The road that was built under Augustus. It began at Mediolanum, present-day Milan, and passed through...🧵1/2 📷 🏺#archaeology

22 mei 1923, geboortedag van Max Velthuijs (Den Haag 1923 – Den Haag, 25 januari 2005) schrijver en tekenaar van kinderboeken. Vanaf 1962 maakte hij zijn eerste illustraties voor kinderboeken. Vooral bekend zijn de vele boeken over Kikker. Afb.: kinderboekenmuseum en Wikipedia

Kids today will never understand the sheer poetry of making a mixtape

Jeff Bezos today: “You could double the taxes I pay, and it’s not gonna help that teacher in Queens. I promise you.” And this ⬇️ is why.

The complete imbalance of wealth is sickening 😡 #TaxTheRich #CloseTheLoopholes

The glee with which the transphobic lobby is celebrating this says everything. Nasty, spiteful, and hateful. Shame on anyone bullying this most bullied of communities. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Steinbeck: Furious Pears? Publisher: Meh Steinbeck: Miffed Mangos? Publisher: Too Stan Lee Steinbeck: Irate Tomatoes? Publisher: Are those even fruit? Steinbeck: Technically Publisher: Still no Steinbeck: The… Grapes of Wrath! Publisher: … Steinbeck: … Publisher: *finger guns*

You have to answer her three riddles. Photo from my collection, 1977. Yeah, now.

The Pallas Cat or Manul is the cat with the most different facial expressions. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pallas%...

Contemporary UK artist Natasha Newton's painted stones are inspired by landscape and nature #WomensArt

Children's author and naturalist Beatrix Potter's (1866–1943) watercolour illustrations were by created with inflences from her knowledge of nature #Womensart

'Summerlight, Clapham Common' by Adebanji Alade adebanjialade.co.uk

The stunning so-called Battersea shield is actually not a complete shield, it's a bronze and enamel facing that was attached to the front of a wooden shield. The elaborate La Tène-style decoration is an extraordinary example of Iron Age metalwork. The shield was dredged from ...🧵1/2 📷me

Alas, no Sweet Valley High www.theguardian.com/p/x4f9v5

A delicate Minoan gold ornament, in the form of a bee, to celebrate #WorldBeeDay The c. 3,600 year old bee is finely decorated with filigree-work and granulation. Length: 1.9 centimetres, weight: 17 grains 📷British Museum media.britishmuseum.org/media/Reposi...

Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (1862 – 1931), more commonly known as Ida B. Wells, was an African-American journalist, newspaper editor, suffragist, sociologist, feminist, and an early leader in the Civil Rights Movement. #CelebratingWomen