My latest for @hyperallergic.com is on Egyptian Blue—& a new study by Mishael Quraishi which prices out the Roman cost & manual labor needed to paint the “Blue Room” at Pompeii. Shout outs & thx: @hilarybeckertxny.bsky.social , @diffendale.bsky.social , @chapps.bsky.social, @valentinadl.bsky.social!
Passport to Pimlico.
Black and white photo of a british ww2 minesweeper, who looks like she could pass as french with a bit of posh makeup and a nice dress.
As mines are in the news:
Meet HMS Manxman. Spent a chunk of 1941/1942 laying mines off Italy in WW2.
Why wasn't she sunk?
Looked like a Vichy destroyer if you squinted. So they did a "paint me like one of your French girls" on her.
Extra funnel. Fake bow.
"Bonny jour mez ameees eye-talians!"
A Democrat has won the mayor's seat in Boca Raton... by one vote:
Oh neat, a comparison of the Loose Canon reconstruction versus the actual recovered episode footage. #DoctorWho #DaleksMasterPlan
A graphic depicting the status of classic Doctor Who episodes. The lost episodes are in red. Episodes 1 and 3 of the Daleks’ Master Plan are now in green.
Updated missing episode graphic! 🤩
Thank you @filmisfabulous.bsky.social
Thank you. Wonderful news.
The Strait of Hormuz is perfectly safe...
As a Chelsea fan, a Swedish berserker in defence is a dream at this point.
Stamford Bridge is open for transit, English king Harold Godwinson said. “The only thing prohibiting transit across the bridge right now is a huge Norwegian berserker hacking people to pieces with an axe,” he said. “It is open for transit should the beserker not do that.”
(1) The accused declared, ordered, or otherwise indicated that there shall be no survivors or surrender accepted; (2) The accused thereby intended to threaten an adversary or to conduct hostilities such that there would be no survivors or surrender accepted; (3) It was foreseeable that circumstances would be such that a practicable and reasonable ability to accept surrender would exist; (4) The accused was in a position of effective command or control over the subordinate forces to which the declaration or order was directed; and (5) The conduct took place in the context of and was associated with hostilities.
✋ Former USG war crimes lawyer here.
Apropos of SecDef's remarks this morning:
Denial of quarter—even the declaration of no quarter—is a war crime.
And recognized as such by the US Government.
From DoD's Manual for Military Commissions.
Deffo.
It's the 30th anniversary of the Dunblane massacre today. This article has a good account of how a tragic school shooting pushed the UK towards tighter gun control. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
long stretch of worked roman stone on Hadrian's Wall.
If you ask someone today to name the builder of Hadrian's Wall, they would give you a funny look. But historical memory is odd, and right up to the 1800s we forgot who built it.
Until in 1840 John Hodgson, an obscure Northumbrian clergyman, published the LONGEST footnote in history... 1/22
IT IS TIME
The man looked up from his beach chair.
"Really?" He said. "I've only just retired."
Death held up a timer. A single grain was about to fall. And then... It didn't.
CURIOUS
Vetinari shrugged.
"I've only just discovered drinks with little umbrellas. I'll let it fall in a bit" 1/17
If the U.S. president can't guarantee the safety of participants in the World Cup, then the World Cup shouldn't be played in the U.S.
Yet.
Football is pain.
Football is pain.
Football is pain.
Football is pain.
Goffside?
Blood Pressure FC
Enzooooooo
Bugger.
#CFC
Finally, a use for all of the municipal blackwater waste sludge!
”Let them eat nightsoil!”
1. Horrifying ruling out of the 4th Circuit.
An all-Republican 4th Circuit panel has just ruled that states can compel trans adults to "appreciate their sex" by enacting care bans.
It even directly says that trans adult care bans are legal in the ruling.
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Gusto.
Me Gusto
