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Art and design geek, writer, mother, crone, lifter of heavy objects, reader of all the things, student of the ancient. She/her. I often smell good.

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long stretch of worked roman stone on Hadrian's Wall.

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

05.01.2024 11:17 πŸ‘ 3748 πŸ” 1499 πŸ’¬ 82 πŸ“Œ 426

Yes, hello, is that God? Yeah, hi. I have a complaint. You gave me this brain that’s designed for finding berries and avoiding lions and now people are β€˜just circling back’ to see if we can β€˜move the needle’ on β€˜key initiatives’? NONE of those things are berries.

10.03.2026 11:07 πŸ‘ 4544 πŸ” 1250 πŸ’¬ 46 πŸ“Œ 53
Photo of four lichens growing flat on grey rock. A yellow lichen is growing in a diagonal line across the photo. A dark grey oval lichen is growing along the yellow line as is a larger, round, off white lichen. A small amount of brown lichen is at the right side end of the line of yellow lichen.

Photo of four lichens growing flat on grey rock. A yellow lichen is growing in a diagonal line across the photo. A dark grey oval lichen is growing along the yellow line as is a larger, round, off white lichen. A small amount of brown lichen is at the right side end of the line of yellow lichen.

Crustose lichen mix: Candelariella (yellow), Rhizocarpon (dark grey) Dimelaena (off white) and Acarospora (brown). Photo covers about 6cm, left to right. NWT, Canada. #lichen #fungi #fungifriends

09.03.2026 20:38 πŸ‘ 439 πŸ” 76 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 3

I get yelled at for saying this but for many hundreds of years people went to university not to get diplomas or be employable but because immersion in the humanities was considered foundational to a good life, and school must return to its original purpose: the joy of learning.

08.03.2026 00:22 πŸ‘ 12764 πŸ” 2781 πŸ’¬ 233 πŸ“Œ 195

Aw, dang it.

03.03.2026 02:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sleepy owl found resting among items on a New York antique store shelf Shoppers in upstate New York month turned up a rare find while perusing a local antique store this month: a live owl resting peacefully among items on a shelf.

This isn't really important, what with the war and all, but it did make me feel a little better and maybe it will make you feel better too

28.02.2026 12:33 πŸ‘ 334 πŸ” 67 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 4

Onfim is one of my favorite historical figures ever, and any mention of him makes me wildly happy, so I am naturally compelled to re-share the delight.

26.02.2026 13:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Business travel + hotel fitness room + handstand pushups + heavy dumbbell snatches = I am now queen of this Hilton Garden Inn. Take note. #crossfit #crossfitmasters #escapistjoys

26.02.2026 13:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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

11.02.2026 22:03 πŸ‘ 12080 πŸ” 4010 πŸ’¬ 78 πŸ“Œ 192
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Leah doesn’t like slow songs but I dig this. You decide.

09.01.2026 14:07 πŸ‘ 988 πŸ” 277 πŸ’¬ 41 πŸ“Œ 17

πŸ”₯

05.02.2026 22:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Spotlighting The World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell Somewhat devastating news today from the CIA: One of CIA’s oldest and most recognizable intelligence publications, The World Factbook, has sunset. There's not even a hint as to why they …

The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions!

This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...

05.02.2026 00:25 πŸ‘ 6053 πŸ” 2183 πŸ’¬ 177 πŸ“Œ 196

one of my strongest beliefs is that we're in our situation right now bc some of the most prominent talking heads (e.g. joe rogan, andrew schulz) are learning about politics in their 40s and 50s, instead of their teens and early 20s, and we have to go along for the ride as they learn basic things

04.02.2026 22:10 πŸ‘ 29577 πŸ” 4315 πŸ’¬ 784 πŸ“Œ 324

Check out the #Comics4Liam hashtag. It’s wonderful.

01.02.2026 23:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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For Liam.

30.01.2026 07:04 πŸ‘ 9443 πŸ” 2945 πŸ’¬ 109 πŸ“Œ 179
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Well, those boots were not made for walking

11.01.2026 12:30 πŸ‘ 4115 πŸ” 1075 πŸ’¬ 204 πŸ“Œ 180
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Blue buttons jellies float at the oceans surface, like little animal flowers, living between sea and sky. There are millions of them out there right now, and most will live their whole lives without even being seen by a human.

Despite the hard things, the world is still wondrous.

15.01.2026 22:58 πŸ‘ 394 πŸ” 111 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 9
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Here is a video of a frozen creek that had begun to thaw, and the water was flowing beneath the thin ice on top. I took this because it was soothing and wonderfully bloopy and I wanted to listen to it for hours. You are all welcome to enjoy it, too. Let your brain settle here and rest for a moment.

10.01.2026 04:56 πŸ‘ 10691 πŸ” 3884 πŸ’¬ 169 πŸ“Œ 166
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πŸ”Š This is the sound of a vulture-bone flute inside a cave. Want to know what singing inside an ancient tomb would have sounded like? Check it out: buff.ly/7oVubJ6

03.01.2026 22:24 πŸ‘ 92 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 7

Tonight I showed my son (who is newly 17) Mad Max: Fury Road for the first time. I am pleased to report that he cackled at all the same awesomely goofy things I did on first viewing, so therefore, he may continue to live in my house and eat my food, because he is indeed my son, shiny and chrome.

28.12.2025 03:49 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather

25.12.2025 18:01 πŸ‘ 3009 πŸ” 1193 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 97

I’ve been watching a show in which people smoke ALL THE TIME. There are all these romantic intrigues, so they smooch it up at the drop of a hat. Do those with the habit just not mind having or giving constant ick-breath? Do they no longer notice it? I do not understand the appeal nor the tolerance.

26.12.2025 03:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Happy holiday to the #crossfit fam!

25.12.2025 13:14 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Holy gainz unto all, bruh!

25.12.2025 13:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I can’t think of a better day to wish you a merry Christmas

25.12.2025 09:49 πŸ‘ 339 πŸ” 56 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 1
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a man reading a book to a young boy Alt: a man reading a book to a young boy

As you may know, I have stopped using Twitter, and have decided to reproduce some of my more memorable threads here for posterity. Here’s one I hold wrote after a particularly engaging swordfighting lesson.

Buckle up, swordfighting fans, because I *have* studied my Agrippa!

[BIG ASS THREAD]

05.06.2025 11:19 πŸ‘ 1599 πŸ” 619 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 192
The Royal Game of Ur from the British Museum

The Royal Game of Ur from the British Museum

Okay, as promised, here are my 25 boardgames that would make good presents for historians or the historically-inclined.
- I've played them and enjoyed them
- They have to have a historical theme or be related to the practice of history
- They were within the first 25 I thought of...

11.12.2025 19:35 πŸ‘ 165 πŸ” 71 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 5

I am completely charmed.

10.12.2025 17:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Brilliant. We need this everywhere.
[Florence, Italy]

06.12.2025 16:06 πŸ‘ 1481 πŸ” 369 πŸ’¬ 61 πŸ“Œ 29

I needed this. Maybe you do too.

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