nobody wants this shit. we want the taxes we do pay to go to schools and healthcare instead of being used to flatten buildings full of children in Iran. how are you so bad at this
Born on this day in 1593, the amazing Georges de la Tour. Painted the mysteries of night. Here, the newborn. So still.
Here's a T. Rex bored to death trying to bite their own tail. My partner asked me to animate it in stop motion, after she watched a video about the very important topic of "could T. Rex chew its own tail like a dog". The puppet is still a work in progress ๐ฆ
the most thoroughly vindicated man in hollywood.
trade disputes and conspiracies โ๏ธ
republic subverted over sex hangups โ๏ธ
โsand peopleโ killed, royalty indifferent โ๏ธ
naive idiot casts vote for tyranny โ๏ธ
villains with silly names like โdookuโ โ๏ธ
powerful clerical order screwing up โ๏ธ
list goes on
Pictures emerging from todayโs heavy bombing of Isfahan. Damages to the mirror works, tiles, floors, and carved wooden doors of Safavid palaces of Aali Qapu and Chehelsotoon. Both of these are within the UNESCO Heritage complex of Naqsh-e Jahan Square. These are 16th-17th century bldgs.
Amazing speech to text from Hamilton on the stream Iโm watching lol
For #FindsFriday one more chance to enjoy the extraordinary newly-discovered Roman lead pig from Llangynfelyn, Ceredigion; one of a pair seemingly abandoned ๐ค
Emperor Domitian's name is cast on the top, declaring it to be Imperial property ๐ง
๐ @rcahmwales.bsky.social 3D model here: skfb.ly/pG6DJ
I guess I didnโt wake up thinking I needed to know the names of the 279 named triremes โต๏ธin the 4th century BCE Athenian navy, but it appears we all do. link.springer.com/article/10.1... I do like that 3.58% had animal names like ฮฮตฮฟฮฝฯแฟ (lion skin) and ฮฮญฮฑฮนฮฝฮฑ (lioness). Greek epigraphy is fun! ๐ชฆ
The picture shows a needle made of bone, it resembles its modern descendants with an eye at one end and a tapered end.
Things used in everyday life are the real archaeological treasures!
This sewing needle was made from animal bone some 13,000 years ago.
Some designs simply don't need to be improved, because form and functions were perfectly matched from the start
Length: 5.6 cm
๐ท Landesmuseum Wรผrttemberg ๐บ
Sorry I'm not more open-minded about LLMs, it's just some fucking maniacs shoveled out a bunch of useless bloatware featuring that technology, did not give me any chance to opt out, reorganized the entire economy around it, zeroed out gains made by green energy, and made it impossible to buy RAM
The new _Current Approaches to Roman Frontiers โthr first volume of the LIMES XXVโs Congress_is out now open access. So many great articles on women & the Roman army; digital mapping of the limes; and a lot of articles on walls from Britain to China. www.sidestone.com/books/curren...
Iโm glad it was successful!!
In Dutch Kenau means a strong bossy woman, to some it's an insult, but not to me because I know the story behind the word.
Ladies and gentlemen, may I introduce to you;
Kenau Simonsdochter Hasselaer
Wishing all the luck for Duke tomorrow ๐ค
Is this maybe the style of Samโs hat? There is a real type of hat called a bag hat, I think it looks kind of cool revivalclothing.com/product/bag-...
To understand what's happening in Iran today, you have to know about the history of Western intervention in the country.
In the early 1900s, the British secured oil rights in the country until 1993, where they only agreed to pay Iran 16% of the total profits.
This was seen as an unfair deal. ๐งต
And these are nuclear aircraft carriers, some of which probably have nuclear warheads aboard, at a base that almost certainly stores multiple nuclear warheads, in the middle of the 8th largest city in the country
There is a daycare next to where aircraft carriers moor in San Diego
๐๐๏ธSeguimos trabajando en el libro ilustrado con el que vamos a explorar los orรญgenes mรญticos y arqueolรณgicos de Roma. Estรก siendo todo un reto representar tantos episodios donde la historia y la leyenda se entremezclan.
@antiguaroma.comย @despertaferroed.bsky.social
Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads: The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same... - Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist
Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.
overall, a hard rule against starting wars produces a world preferable to a world in which that rule is not respected. It will always be tempting for a stronger nation to use war against a weaker nation that displeases it in some way. It will always be the case that a nation that starts a war believes that its reasons this time are sound. What we have learned, in the most destructive possible ways, is that we are all better off with a hard and fast rule against making exceptions to the rule. Opening the door to things like โpreemptive warsโ to head off some form of (real or concocted) threat has the same effect as saying it is okay to shoot someone if they make you nervous. It causes a lot of people to get shot unnecessarily.
Banger after banger from @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-countr...
average person cheering for war in iran
That argument exists because the lives of non-white people are cheap in imperial discourse. Mass death on the other side of the world has no reality outside of what space it takes up on the american tv news cycle. If it were otherwise, the old normal would have been as insupportable as the new
The morally bankrupt Trump administration has partnered with another morally bankrupt authoritarian to declare an unprovoked war on Iran, already killing scores of civilians.
We need an immediate vote from Congress on a War Powers Resolution. Then articles of impeachment.
What the genocide in Gaza reinforced is that there are no "civilians" when it comes to Israel and the United States. The rest of the world learned the same lesson and the consequences are going to be felt across the world.
Honestly poor reporting that there is no mention that this declaration of war is illegal under the UN charter and US lawโฆ
"Why aren't reporters asking whether the president has the legal right to launch another Middle Eastern war?"
From my Zeteo piece/newsletter today:
zeteo.com/p/an-illegal...
I didn't even plan to be a childrens' book illustrator, but they wanted a #deaf illustrator for this project specifically - and I'm so glad I did it.
It was a rewarding experience that I'm very happy to finally see in real physical book form! ๐
