A potted carnation from 1552, printed from woodblock and then hand-coloured.

A box crab species (genus Calappa) depicted by Louis Auguste de Sainson. Engraving colored by hand from "Dictionnaire Pittoresque d'Histoire Naturelle et des Phénomènes de la Nature" published in Paris from 1833 to 1840. Coin for scale. 🦑 🐙 🐡

Hotel Rosita, Puerto Vallarta. MX.

We make a lot of mistakes as a species, but some of them we can fix.

Wishing you some serene and beautiful moments in your weekend. I’m pretty sure we all need that #SkySky 🌿

Timeless humour! A 2,000 year-old Roman souvenir pen with a joke inscription roughly equivalent to: “I went to Rome and all I got you was this cheap pen!" 😂 Dated circa 70 AD, this iron stylus pen was recovered in London during excavations by MOLA. 📷 Juan Jose Fuldain/MOLA #Archaeology

Hey! Scholars! If you're using someone's work in your class, sometimes it's nice to email them and tell them, because then they might feel good about their research instead of entirely crushed by the academic humanities' ongoing descent into the grave

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We’ve gone from this to “move fast and break things” and call it progress.

She looks a little windswept, as if she is holding onto the front of her coat as a chill breeze whistles about her eyes. Hopefully she was wearing an equally cosy hat and softest gloves. Paul Poiret, mid #1920s #thekyotocostumeinstitute #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

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Sometimes there are jewels just sitting on leaves out here This is a tortoise beetle, beautifully iridescent, about the size of my fingernail.

Soft-launching this today, because Michaels has some exceptionally good weekend coupons - Help me rebuild the arts & crafts room at Park Slope Women's Shelter! www.thingstogetme.com/2169641a9c163

Something small you can do today that might actually matter! Highly recommend reading Matthew's entire post before commenting, they know how to run an effective comment campaign. I would appreciate it if you joined me in commenting. :>

#BirdOfTheDay #WinterSurvivors so grateful these friends hang in there with me all Winter☺️

If you don't have spare cash right now, but still want to help, share this thread, or share any posts where I talk about our merch. Keeping merch funding coming allows me to be a little braver financially with projects like this without relying on philanthropy. SquidFacts.net

I’m going to keep sharing this PSA: although the MMR is usually given at 12 and 18 months, your baby can get a first dose as early as 6 months. They will still need the other two doses, because immunity doesn’t stick at that age, and insurance may not cover it. But it’s protection.

Happy birthday to Marjorie Rice (née Jeuck, 1923–2017) who discovered 4 new pentagonal tilings of the Euclidian plane! 🧪🐡👩🏼‍🔬🧮 #histart The San Diego mother of 5 (6th died in infancy) completed half a correspondence art course after high school & had no training as a #mathematician but was always 🧵

Disabled artist trying to pull in rent last minute - I'm down to the wire and anything helps. I have over 150 wallpapers for $2 each, or grab a bundle and get a big discount. Here's one of my favourites, from Winnall Moors Nature Reserve: ko-fi.com/s/e215269b08 #Helpsky #💕💸 #Photography

#SundayYellow #SundaySharing #Stunday #macro #MacroPhotography #Photography #EastCoastKin #bee #bees #weebee The shine in me eyes knowing that even though it is pouring today, not long until I can get to snapping these wee fellas again 🤳🐝😁💛 Last summer capture

What's so amazing about Jim Henson as a puppeteer is that he could literally be explaining that Kermit is made out of felt and ping pong balls and yet Kermit still feels alive the whole time he's doing it

Dana Terrace’s 'Knights of Guinevere' has been greenlit for a full season, and a new trailer just dropped. We spoke with Terrace about building the series, a bespoke 2D pipeline at Glitch, and what the season order means. www.cartoonbrew.com/series/dana-...

Reposting an old one because of the day. “Great Blue Valentine”. Coloured pencil on cotton paper. #Valentines #Birds

Silly drawing of two dinos in love for this Valentine's Day. Don't forget to love yourself today! 💟

Right now I have whistles designed by a man in Italy printing on a plate given to me by someone from Canada, in a filament donated from the UK, and I'm sending them to a union who wants to protect immigrants. Just feels like an incredible team effort. 💖

Pitcher plant dragon…

Baby pitcher plants, if needed 🥹 (Sarracenia minor)

My annual post about the difference between hoar frost and rime. Hoar: water vapour transforms directly into frost (deposition). Happens when it's clear and cold and the crystals are small. Rime: water vapour in the ice forms ice. Happens when warm and foggy. Much longer and long-lived crystals

Share this Aquarium valentine with someone who brings more color to your world ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

Join us to learn about soils, the bugs that live there, & practices to support these important animals! This course is for conservation & agriculture professionals in the Southeast, but everyone is welcome! 🗓️Feb 18 at 6am PT / 9am ET 🔗Register for this free event: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

When life gives you woodworms, go ahead and decorate the holes! #bookhistory

If you are an American beader who is running your own small business and could use a bead stash, please email me team @ peculiarityshop dot com with your address. Marginalized creatives highly encouraged to reach out. I will do five boxes to start. Mixed media, random grabs. Make art.

Heads up: iNaturalist will be offline for 1 hour beginning Wednesday, February 11 at 9pm Pacific Time (UTC-8). More details: forum.inaturalist.org/t/scheduled-...

Who wants to take home an ocean? I've got 2 big blue beauties wrapped and ready to travel: oishiny.etsy.com Each one comes in a gift box with free international shipping included. #Handmade #ShopIndie

It's #WoodDuckWednesday and and Mr Wood Duck is looking forward to canoodling on Valentines Day. 🪶

started some veggies today. cannot wait for winter to be over and gardening to begin in earnest!

Pollinators have been disappearing. It’s time to bring them back! Whether you’re tending a yard, a community garden, a local park, or even just a tiny balcony, our Bring Back the Pollinators program has you covered with guides, videos, free events, & more! Get started ➡️ bringbackthepollinators.org

No matter how small you are, every living thing deserves its place in the world. From this tiny bee too the great blue whale. All creatures would live in harmony but for our impacts upon them. Bee kind, put nature first and see how it will give back to you

Young crab spider on sun cup flower (Camissonia sp.), from the Mojave Desert yesterday. The entire flower is less than 3/4 inch in diameter, so this is a tiny spider. #BugSky 🐙🌿📷🕷️

How can you tell a Viceroy (left) from a #Monarch (right)? The black line across the viceroy's hind wings, which monarchs do not have. The viceroy is also a little smaller than the monarch. #mimicry #butterfly #evolution

At Bad Art for Good, we get together to make art that spreads important messages! You don't have to be good at art to make something that makes an impact. The next event is Feb 23rd at @indyhall.org It's free! It's fun! It's in Philly! RSVP to reserve your spot here luma.com/83rzi5bf

Ms. Wood Duck gives me side eye as she paddles past. This was a fave shot of her, because I managed to time it just as she turned slightly and light revealed that she's got more color than I usually see. #WoodDucks #Birds #Ducks #Reflection

I've definitely overdone the stars here! 😂 So gonna tweak that a bit. But this is supposed to be a fun drawing not a super-serious one. So I'm mostly gonna scan it and not be too fussy. #FebruaryFrost26

Experimenting with things: scorpion ghost earring (time for me to get my ears pierced, in other words 👀) (No scorpions were harmed in this process, as always, these are simply their old exoskeletons I find under tree bark)

Luxury Roman scent bottles made of gold-band mosaic glass. 1st century AD. This opulent glass was made by encasing strips of gold leaf between layers of colourless glass. Beautiful example of the skill of ancient glassmakers some 2,000 years ago! The Met. 📷 by me #Archaeology

A #fuzzy moth for today's #FebruArty!

Just taking a moment to breathe an enjoy the roses of Ann Lowe and her trademark appliqués, fabric florals that she had perfected at a young age when she helped with her mother’s dressmaking business. This gown, mid #1960s #NMAAHC #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

he’s right behind me isn’t he

Not quite as old, but this has reminded us of our piggy bank which was made at Wood Brothers Glassworks in Barnsley

Elon Musk et al are totally fucking up the night sky ALREADY and they plan to make it worse 🔭 www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/satelli...