Carly Silver

The horses of the Sun, Charles Le Brun, c. 1672-1674

(Musée du Louvre)

Central Asian Caravan Woman Rousing her Camel While Nursing ORIGINAL LANGUAGE TITLE 騎駱駝哺乳婦人俑 CULTURE Chinese DATE 8th century C.E. MEDIUM Earthenware with unfired coloring DIMENSIONS Overall: 16 × 18 × 11 inches (40.64 × 45.72 × 27.94 cm) CREDIT LINE Purchase: the Richard J. Stern Foundation for the Arts--Commerce Bank, Trustee, and Hall Family Foundation Endowment for the Oriental Department OBJECT NUMBER 2002.7 ON VIEW On view GALLERY LOCATION 229 COLLECTIONS East Asian Art TERMS ChineseCeramicsTang dynasty (618-906 C.E.)

Good afternoon and major props to this 8th century CE woman breastfeeding as she rides a Bactrian camel along the Silk Roads 🐫 art.nelson-atkins.org/objects/3254...

Matilda the bunny sitting on the edge of a yellow rug in my office. She is facing towards the camera, with her head turned slightly to the right so that we can see the left side of her head.

Matilda the bunny sitting on the edge of yellow rug in my office. Her head is turned slightly to the left so that we can see the right side of her head.

Matilda said to capture her good side, so I took pictures of both of her sides. ;-)
#Bunny #HouseRabbit #BunniesOfMastodon

Call for Emerging Editors Board Members Closing date for expressions of interest: 2 March 2026

The Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies is looking to strengthen and extend the networks and scholarly expertise available to the journal by establishing an Emerging Editors Board. Read about it here: academic.oup.com/bics/pages/c...

if you are a media & comms scholar writing about kalshi/polymarkets/etc and are interested in doing a 25k word crossover academic/trade book on it hmu I'd love to commission something like this

The Queens of Chemistry in Ancient Assyria — Lady Science Women chemists have existed since ancient times, serving in royal courts as expert perfume makers.

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! Check out this article about the first known female perfumer of the ancient world, Tapputi-belet-ekallim.

#InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience #WomenInScienceDay

www.ladyscience.com/features/que...

bunny swirl

gradient.horse Draw a horse, watch it run!

omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for

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It was transforming the biggest NFL stage in the world into a sugar cane plantation that did it for me.

Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?

Yes? Do you have an appointment?

In a new form of household trolling, the oldest, Aalia (15), is teaching Layla (4) to repeat that "Homer was a blind poet who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey"

New significant podcast company launched Significant Productions has launched - bringing together Elis James, John Robins and long-time producer Dave Masterman

Significant Productions has launched - bringing together Elis James, John Robins and long-time producer Dave Masterman

In response to the deluge of messages on casting in The Odyssey:

Helen was born from an 🥚 Don’t talk to me about historical veracity.

I can't be the only one that noticed that the runner-up in the Forward Gal Stakes was named Imperatrice, the same name as Secretariat's maternal granddam...

“So you are a historian? What is your field of expertise?”

“The long January of 2026.”

“All of it, really?” #skystorians

a woman in a dress with the word yes written on it ALT: a woman in a dress with the word yes written on it

Nothing like spending a freezing Saturday inside with tea, line-editing on the couch.

Orange cat Buddy looking at a posting of orange cat Sandal, who is having a thought. Buddy is proud of Sandal and dreams of having his own thought some day...

Mass Market Paperbacks are discontinued Publishers Weekly last month reported that ReaderLink, the largest full-service distributor of

I somehow missed this news.

goodereader.com/blog/digital...

Catherine O’Hara, ‘Schitt’s Creek’ and ‘Home Alone’ Star, Dies at 71 Catherine O'Hara, a legendary Hollywood actor known for her roles in 'Schitt's Creek' and 'Home Alone,' has died. She was 71.

RIP #CatherineOHara variety.com/2026/tv/news...

Learn about turning your dissertation into a monograph and/or working in academic publishing! Next Tuesday, Feb. 3, at 6 PM join Christian Winting and me as we talk about all things Humanities/Social Science Publishing at @columbiauniversity.bsky.social. #publishingsky #skystorians

Hi Prof. K-J, would I be able to reach out to you via email, if you are interested?

I now want to publish an edited collection on this topic...

Hi! I spotted a bit here: www.jstor.org/stable/25827...

ancient potters like fuck yeah I'm the one who had the idea of beakers with a bell shape I'm gonna live forever

MOBY GOT DICK By Josephine Riesman I hate white whales and I cannot lie You other seamen can't deny When the beast swims by as a pale and eerie sight Spermacetti is your right You get sprung Wanna throw spears well Til you know that the whale's in Hell Oh, Moby I wanna stop goonin' And get harpoonin' My boatswain tried to stop this But that eye you got makes (Me so vicious!) Ooh, Devil’s own whale You say you wanna end my tale? Well, try me, try me Cuz I ain’t no average briney
 I’ve seen him blowin’ To hell with all knowin’ He swim, fin Got it goin’ like a turbo Schwinn I’m tired of novelists Sayin’ orcas are the best Take the average Ahab and ask him why I’ll tell ya I’m not shy So sailors (YEAH!) Sailors (YEAH!) Has your whale-foe got the white? (HELL YEAH!) Tell him to fluke it (FLUKE IT!) Fluke it (FLUKE IT!) Now throw that sharpened stick Moby got Dick

Please don't ask me why my brain works like this, because I don't have an answer

I would love to publish a book on ancient pickles!! Let's chat? :D

Our girl bun did!

bunny loaf

Dick Jacobs, New Haven lawyer who attended 500 Yale football games, remembered for his love of family Dick Jacobs was honored at the recent Yale-Harvard game for his fandom, just a couple months before his death.

"“He was a wonderful, wonderful, righteous, holy man." So true. <3

Dick Jacobs, New Haven lawyer who attended 500 Yale football games, remembered for his love of family www.nhregister.com/news/article...

we’re in the vet’s office waiting room and they just called for Agamemnon. we all looked at the Great Dane but it turns out Agamemnon is an orange kitten in a backpack that makes him look like an astronaut cheese puff