This is great!
Rembrandt's "Young Lion Resting" sold for almost $18 million at auction.
100% of the money will go to @pantheracats.bsky.social to help protect wild cats 🦁
fineartconnoisseur.com/2026/02/remb...
#lions #cats #wildlife #art #caturday
In 1976, the mummy of Ramesses II arrived in Paris for specialized treatment of a fungal infection.
The French received the mummy at the airport with full military honors, including a Garde Républicaine honor guard. The pharaoh was treated as a visiting head of state.
#archaeology #egypt #history
Apparently this was a trend in '80s YA books?
A lot of '80s songs were secretly about serious subjects:
"Forever Young" = nuclear war
"I Melt with You" = nuclear war
"Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" = landmines
"Come On, Eileen" = chemical weapons
"Walking on Sunshine" = terrorism
"Ghostbusters" = necromancy
#music #rock #80s
#StarTrek, your new holographic controls are OK, but I *love* the retro-tech design of #StarWars ANDOR 😍
"You know how they say to 'eat the rainbow' to be healthy? You gotta eat foods of all the colors?
"I think you gotta consume the rainbow of *musical* variety, and artistic, and cultural variety in order to be a well person."
- Podcaster and musician Amory Sivertson on obscure #music 🎶
People joke about "ESPN 8: The Ocho" but the brand actually did grow to 7 networks:
ESPN
ESPN 2
ESPNU
ESPNews
ESPN Classic
ESPN Deportes
The Longhorn Network (joint venture with UT)
And the Ocho really became the 8th channel as a FAST stream on Roku and other platforms.
#dodgeball #espn #sports
Something to consider with THE BRIDE! opening this weekend.
#thebride #horror #thebridemovie
200-year-old book. 90-year-old movies.
Why are we still so fascinated by the Bride, Frankenstein, Dracula, and other classic monsters?
I spoke to film historians, authors, and monster fans to find out.
(via @dailydead.bsky.social)
dailydead.com/classic-mons...
#thebride #horror #film #movies
Why did it take 90 years for the Bride of Frankenstein to return to the big screen? And by one of Universal's rivals?
Here are some thoughts.
#thebridemovie #thebride #horror #movies
Please, everyone -- it's called "Daylight Saving Time."
There is no "s" at the end of "Saving."
You're saving daylight, so it's like "money-saving tips" or "life-saving cure."
Please address any follow-up questions to the Sun.
#dst #daylightsaving #daylightsavingtime
But those states have blue cities. And those cities are the ones that will be struck.
Happy #Caturday from Luna!
In the 1984 movie COUNTDOWN TO LOOKING GLASS, an Omani blockade of the Strait of Hormuz leads to a nuclear confrontation between the US and Soviet Union.
#iran #israel
I love this 1970s NASA concept art by Robert McCall, showing two Space Shuttles in orbit at the same time -- an event that sadly never took place.
Also, he predicted we'd build at least NINE shuttles???
#nasa #space #astronomy #spaceshuttle
A fantastic piece by @kategammon.bsky.social
on how screenwriters and filmmakers can talk about the climate crisis without scaring off audiences.
As someone who works in science and nature TV, I take everything in this piece to heart.
#climate #green #weather
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
"Man-sized" Kleenex???
It's public domain. I'm writing that screenplay.
I asked two-time Space Shuttle astronaut Mike Massimino what his favorite "astronaut food" was.
#space #nasa #food
This artist's concept shows exoplanet Kepler-1649c orbiting around its host red dwarf star.
This exoplanet is in its star's habitable zone and is the closest to Earth in size and temperature found yet in Kepler's data.
image via @nasajpl.bsky.social
#space #astronomy #exoplanets #nasa
There was an actual Congressional bill to forbid backward messages on record albums.
It was introduced during the Satanic Panic of the early '80s.
The bill never became law.
200-year-old book. 90-year-old movies.
Why are we still so fascinated by the Bride, Frankenstein, Dracula, and other classic monsters?
I spoke to film historians, authors, and monster fans to find out.
(via @dailydead.bsky.social)
dailydead.com/classic-mons...
#thebride #horror #film #movies
In the 1962 film DR. NO, James Bond notices a painting in the villain's lair.
It's Goya's "Portrait of the Duke of Wellington," which had been stolen from a UK museum in 1961. It was missing for 4 years.
The joke was that Dr. No had it, but it's lost on modern audiences.
#film #movies #jamesbond
4 directors.
10 screenwriters.
A supporting actress who fled the set in the middle of the night.
$130 million.
17 years...and no release date in sight.
What happened to EMPIRES OF THE DEEP?
authory.com/JasonGinsbur...
#movies #film #scifi #fantasy
Great news for lovers of #books!
📚 400 independent bookstores opened in 2025
📚 Barnes & Noble added 70 stores in 2025, with 60 more planned for 2026
📚 73% of indie bookstores had higher sales in 2025 than in 2024
📚 2025 print sales totaled 707 million units, only slightly below the pandemic peak
🔥🔥🔥
With THE BRIDE! opening Friday, I'll never understand the way Universal handled the Bride of Frankenstein character.
Here's why:
The Bride doesn't exist in the novel. Victor agrees to build her, then changes his mind and destroys the half-finished body.
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