This is the sort of thing a cashless society robs us of, the opportunity to try to get away with paying the bus fare in Carthaginian currency www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Dawn mosaic of the asteroid 4 Vesta, taken from an altitude of ~2800 km on October 19, 2012. This image is a mosaic of three black and white images taken of the asteroid as the spacecraft prepared to descend from it's initial survey orbit into the first high-altitude mapping orbit. The North Pole is located at bottom center, and a distinctive cluster of three craters (nicknamed 'The Snowman') is found at bottom right. The grooves running across the surface are faults created by the Veneneia impact. This collision nearly broke Vesta apart, and left the asteroid with a distinctive out-of-round shape. Image Credit: NASA / JPL / DLR / Justin Cowart
Vesta - Dawn - From Aster Cowart (terrasabaea.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/28NSyQP
Collage of Moon shots showing the progress of a Lunar Eclipse
Probably not gonna stay up for the Moon tonight so I'll post this instead, since I had to make a few minor changes. I'll tell you what though, staying up almost all night when you're 64, ain't the same as doing it at 24! #LunarEclipse #Totality #MoonPhotos #MoonShots #Photography #SantaBarbara
“White-out” has been necessary for scribes for a long time, it seems. A page from the Book of the Dead penned by royal scribe, Ramose (1290-1278BCE) had a huntite and calcite mix to correct illustrations, say Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam Museum.
For #CoffeeWithACodex on March 12 (12pm ET, on Zoom), @leoba.bsky.social will bring out LJS 482, a 13th century copy of commentaries on Aristotle's De generatione et corruptione and Meteorologica, by the Dominican friar Albertus Magnus. #medievalsky
Register here: https://bit.ly/47mgL0K
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Avre Potabilis Chimice Preparat i- Arbol de la Vida
(Alchemical Tree of Life - 17th century)
journal cover
Apeiron Vol. 59, No. 1 (2026) www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/... @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social
Image from the interior of an Attic red-figure kylix depicting the naked body of Jason, helpfully labeled, hanging out of the dragon’s mouth. The Golden Fleece is draped over a tree in the background. Helmeted Athena stands in front of the dragon, a spear in one hand and an owl in the other.
I want you all to appreciate this Attic kylix from the 470s BC depicting the scene where Jason is supposed to be killing the Colchian dragon that guards the Golden Fleece. Except for some reason, it’s either swallowing or barfing him while Athena checks in.
Relief plaque of cobra on a neb basket late Ptolemaic period.
400-30 BC Egypt, limestone
Elements from Egyptian and Greek mythology are combined in this delicate figure. The view taken here is that Anubis is represented, wearing military costume and breastplate that signify his role as a fighter against the enemies of Osiris. He holds a staff topped by a cone-shaped object - the thyrsus carried by followers of Dionysus with whom the Greeks equated Osiris. In his other hand he carries a falcon. On the other hand, the snout and ears appear short for Anubis and more like those of a cat, and the short dress can be worn by Artemis who is associated with Bastet. The identity of the figure is, therefore, not certain. Roman, from Egypt, 2nd-3rd century CE. Height: 1 15/16 in. (4.9 cm) Met Museum, New York (67.190)
This l’il fella is a gold amulet from Roman Egypt, possibly representing the Egyptian god Anubis as a defender of Osiris-Dionysus. He wears a military tunic and breastplate, signifying him as a defender of Osiris; he also holds a thyrsus of Dionysus, equated with Osiris. 🏺 1/
📸 me #MetMuseum
Saturn Cassini mosaic by Ian Regan
Rhea in Colour - From Ian Regan - https://flic.kr/p/5T2SY9
Constellation #Aries. Cicero’s Aratea with Hyginus’s Astronomica, Reims(?) ca. 820-850. British Library, Harley 647, fol. 2v. #medieval #MedievalArt
Constellation #Aries. Cicero’s Aratea with Hyginus’s Astronomica, Reims(?) ca. 820-850. British Library, Harley 647, fol. 2v.
#medieval #MedievalArt
There are many more images of this amazing ring at the museum's link: www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collectio...
Love this dynamic duo! @tsusanchang.bsky.social @mkgreertarot.bsky.social
youtu.be/j85pKiVmMLE?...
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Old men are destroying the world and throwing it into chaos. OLD MEN. Who most likely will not live another 5-10 years. They are destroying the world for the next 50 years or more.
I cannot emphasize how insane that is.
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an image promoting a substack article titled ‘25 medieva manuscripts you can look at online right now’
i made a starter back of beautiful and unique manuscripts you can browse online! (with links) for anyone that wants a good way to spend an afternoon :)
open.substack.com/pub/weirdmed...
American graphic designer, painter, photographer and a
Teacher at the Bauhaus Herbert Bayer.
Things to Come, c.1938
#HerbertBayer #GraphicDesign
I love everything about this! The conviction that a major figure was not struck by a bolt of lightning but worked to understand the system he would ultimately critique and help dismantle. The scholarly sleuthing rare books — all of it. 😎🤓
www.science.org/content/arti...
Remember when Rep. Greg Gianforte, now the GOP governor of the state, body slammed a reporter into a table?
We probably need to shut down the Montana Republican Party entirely until we can figure out where all this violent rage is coming from.
The largest and sharpest image ever taken of the Andromeda galaxy — otherwise known as M31. It is the biggest Hubble image ever released and shows over 100 million stars, thousands of star clusters in a section of the galaxy’s disc stretching across over 40 000 light-years.
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The words "hermetic library" in goofy colourful pokotopia font, varied colours per glyph, on a green blob, over a blue sky with clouds. All in an illustration style, non-realistic.
I'm thinking about doing a site redesign. Here's the new logo. #TrueInternetFact
New at Skyscript: Astrology of the U.S.–Israel strikes on Iran. The 9:40am Tehran chart – Mars 28° Aquarius, Moon 28° Cancer, Saturn–Neptune on the U.S. midheaven, how this moment was radical to both nations’ foundations.
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Imagine if Iran bombed
Washington and killed students in schools, what would you call it?
Terrorism.
The U.S. and Israel bombed Tehran and killed students in schools.
Why do you call it a "pre-emptive strike"?
Bombing a school is a war crime under international humanitarian law.
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EERIE TALES (1919) was a smash hit horror anthology that had post-WWI Germans, hungry for escapism and spectacle, lined up around the block to buy tickets.
Death, the Devil, and the Harlot come to life in a bookshop and spend the night reading tales of murder, debauchery and decay.
This is an approximate true color view of Saturn. Saturn's north polar hexagon stands out prominently while the rings cast shadows upon the planet. This composite is made of images that were taken by Cassini's camera system, the Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS) on May 10, 2014 and received on Earth May 13, 2014. The camera was pointing toward SATURN at approximately 1,142,517 miles (1,838,703 kilometers) away, and the images were taken using the CB2, BL1, MT2, CL1 and CL2 filters. Credit: NASA / JPL / SSI / Val Klavans about.me/valerieklavans
Saturn, rings, and shadows - From Val Klavans (valklavans.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/nB1mmC
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Image created processing data found on: mrbrowse.issdc.gov.in/MOMLTA/ This includes 4 images in one showing Phobos in its 4 different positions. ISRO Mars Orbiter Mission - Mars Colour Camera Mission Name = MARS1 Targer: Phobos Date: 2014-10-14 Altitude: 16019 km - 16074 km Filters: Bayer Filter Producer ID: MR1-ISRO-SAC-DP-TEAM Product IDs: MCC_MEB_20141014T112535853_D_GDS Time: 2014-10-14T11:25:35.853 MCC_MEB_20141014T112547853_D_GDS Time: 2014-10-14T11:25:47.853 MCC_MEB_20141014T112559854_D_GDS Time: 2014-10-14T11:25:59.854 MCC_MEB_20141014T112610854_D_GDS Time: 2014-10-14T11:26:10.854 Credit: ISRO/ISSDC/MOM/AndreaLuck MOM Data Usage Terms And Conditions on mrbrowse.issdc.gov.in/MOMLTA/ For Data Usage Terms and Conditions info contact: issdc@istrac.gov.in ------------------------------------ Terms and conditions for data access (a) All the users have to register in ISSDC MOM portal for downloading the data. (b) All the users should abide to the data policy guidelines, which will be augmented or modified by ISRO as and when necessary. (c) Re-distribution of the data on profit or non-profit basis is strictly restricted. Disclaimer (a) MOM data sharing is open and free of charge for non-profit scientific use. (b) All the data received from MOM remains the property of ISRO and ISRO holds the copyright for the entire set of data received from MOM. (c) ISRO also reserves the right to use any data from any instrument for Education and Public Outreach purposes. (d) The ...
Phobos over Mars - Sequence - Utopia Planitia & Syrtis Major - ISRO Mars Orbiter Mission - From Andrea Luck (andrealuck.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2oYemRA
