Andrew McCabe
@andrewahala.bsky.social
Antiquarian books, Numismatics History. Modernism. Classical & African Art Literature & Culture #sicklecell, 🏳️🌈 dad, he/him. Woke af.
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On a ship, the Thamesis built 1930 in Holland & docked Albert Embankment. I already smashed a glass full of red wine on the deck when the boat shifted a bit and the deck table was sloping and slippy. I bought a replacement then they very kindly comped me a third and gave Austin water and snacks 🔥💯
November 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
On a ship, the Thamesis built 1930 in Holland & docked Albert Embankment. I already smashed a glass full of red wine on the deck when the boat shifted a bit and the deck table was sloping and slippy. I bought a replacement then they very kindly comped me a third and gave Austin water and snacks 🔥💯
New: 12mo 16th century #Antiquarian numismatic book gems both with exquisite typesetting, multiple types, multiple layout formats, Latin, Greek, Italic, various spacings, different font sizes, decorated letterings, woodcut images, marble inscriptions. Aurelius Victor, 1591 & Strein, Families, 1579
November 11, 2025 at 11:50 AM
New: 12mo 16th century #Antiquarian numismatic book gems both with exquisite typesetting, multiple types, multiple layout formats, Latin, Greek, Italic, various spacings, different font sizes, decorated letterings, woodcut images, marble inscriptions. Aurelius Victor, 1591 & Strein, Families, 1579
ArtXLagos 6-9 Nov 2025
International art fair
Music Film Design Literature & Art
Keynote speakers El Anatsui, Njideka Akunyili-Crosby, Yinka Shonibare, Wangechi Mutu, Bruce Onobrakpeya, Ibrahim Mahama and more
ArtX prize & support for early career artists
www.artxlagos.com/programme?ut...
International art fair
Music Film Design Literature & Art
Keynote speakers El Anatsui, Njideka Akunyili-Crosby, Yinka Shonibare, Wangechi Mutu, Bruce Onobrakpeya, Ibrahim Mahama and more
ArtX prize & support for early career artists
www.artxlagos.com/programme?ut...
November 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
ArtXLagos 6-9 Nov 2025
International art fair
Music Film Design Literature & Art
Keynote speakers El Anatsui, Njideka Akunyili-Crosby, Yinka Shonibare, Wangechi Mutu, Bruce Onobrakpeya, Ibrahim Mahama and more
ArtX prize & support for early career artists
www.artxlagos.com/programme?ut...
International art fair
Music Film Design Literature & Art
Keynote speakers El Anatsui, Njideka Akunyili-Crosby, Yinka Shonibare, Wangechi Mutu, Bruce Onobrakpeya, Ibrahim Mahama and more
ArtX prize & support for early career artists
www.artxlagos.com/programme?ut...
My mate Sam brought over his new girlfriend for drinks.
While I chatted to him and played with Austin, she helped the twins build an IKEA bed and wardrobe.
Keeper.
While I chatted to him and played with Austin, she helped the twins build an IKEA bed and wardrobe.
Keeper.
November 8, 2025 at 10:53 AM
My mate Sam brought over his new girlfriend for drinks.
While I chatted to him and played with Austin, she helped the twins build an IKEA bed and wardrobe.
Keeper.
While I chatted to him and played with Austin, she helped the twins build an IKEA bed and wardrobe.
Keeper.
The river Thames, home to 125 species of fish, even sharks, over 400 invertebrates, and various large mammals, including seals and Austin the puppy
November 7, 2025 at 9:20 AM
The river Thames, home to 125 species of fish, even sharks, over 400 invertebrates, and various large mammals, including seals and Austin the puppy
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Today, a friend involved in the Esna restoration project has shared with me his latest stunning photos of the restored ceiling and columns of the Temple of Khnum in Esna, Upper #Egypt. During a multi-year restoration project, the dirt and soot that had obscured the ...🧵1/3
📷 D. v. Recklinghausen
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📷 D. v. Recklinghausen
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November 7, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Today, a friend involved in the Esna restoration project has shared with me his latest stunning photos of the restored ceiling and columns of the Temple of Khnum in Esna, Upper #Egypt. During a multi-year restoration project, the dirt and soot that had obscured the ...🧵1/3
📷 D. v. Recklinghausen
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📷 D. v. Recklinghausen
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"A personal bugbear is people walking side by side: “double wides” or “triple wides”. What’s the biggest phalanx he’s seen? “Sometimes you get a linked quadruple-wide, at which point …” With a heavy sigh, he shakes his head.
Yup. Rambling Families in Phalanx 🤬
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Yup. Rambling Families in Phalanx 🤬
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The ‘pavement vigilante’: why Cameron Roh is naming and shaming bad walking etiquette
He films people breaking his self-created ‘laws’ of street decorum and posts the videos online – with many viewers expressing their gratitude. So watch out if you’re rushing along on your phone or whe...
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November 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
"A personal bugbear is people walking side by side: “double wides” or “triple wides”. What’s the biggest phalanx he’s seen? “Sometimes you get a linked quadruple-wide, at which point …” With a heavy sigh, he shakes his head.
Yup. Rambling Families in Phalanx 🤬
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Yup. Rambling Families in Phalanx 🤬
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
New in my library, revised ed. du Choul's numismatic Ancient Roman Religions (quarto, 1672, Wesel, Hoogenhuyse). Same French text as first ed (folio, 1559, Lyon, Rouille) but plates entirely re-engraved with bolder print and energetic style, compare e.g. portraits of Pompey the Great in first pic
November 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
New in my library, revised ed. du Choul's numismatic Ancient Roman Religions (quarto, 1672, Wesel, Hoogenhuyse). Same French text as first ed (folio, 1559, Lyon, Rouille) but plates entirely re-engraved with bolder print and energetic style, compare e.g. portraits of Pompey the Great in first pic
"Teen Vogue Will Fold Into Vogue dot com" - Danya Issawi, fashion writer The Cut, today
Teen Vogue has run first class political coverage for years, making the right calls on issues major news orgs wouldn't touch. So its owner, Condé Nast, cancelled its independence
www.teenvogue.com/news-politics
Teen Vogue has run first class political coverage for years, making the right calls on issues major news orgs wouldn't touch. So its owner, Condé Nast, cancelled its independence
www.teenvogue.com/news-politics
Politics
www.teenvogue.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
"Teen Vogue Will Fold Into Vogue dot com" - Danya Issawi, fashion writer The Cut, today
Teen Vogue has run first class political coverage for years, making the right calls on issues major news orgs wouldn't touch. So its owner, Condé Nast, cancelled its independence
www.teenvogue.com/news-politics
Teen Vogue has run first class political coverage for years, making the right calls on issues major news orgs wouldn't touch. So its owner, Condé Nast, cancelled its independence
www.teenvogue.com/news-politics
cracks me up every time to see how Austin strolls so casually towards the swan full of puppy bravado, the swan hisses, Austin, surprised, halts abruptly in great alarm, sits down on his butt to make defensive plans and in a fraction of a second scarpers away as fast as he can. #dogs
1. Austin the Terrified's first meeting with a swan. The swan hissed. He ran away.
November 2, 2025 at 7:33 AM
cracks me up every time to see how Austin strolls so casually towards the swan full of puppy bravado, the swan hisses, Austin, surprised, halts abruptly in great alarm, sits down on his butt to make defensive plans and in a fraction of a second scarpers away as fast as he can. #dogs
Austin visits the Prime Minister at Downing Street
Austin visits Buckingham palace
Austin visits Parliament
Austin goes shopping in Piccadilly
Austin visits Buckingham palace
Austin visits Parliament
Austin goes shopping in Piccadilly
November 1, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Austin visits the Prime Minister at Downing Street
Austin visits Buckingham palace
Austin visits Parliament
Austin goes shopping in Piccadilly
Austin visits Buckingham palace
Austin visits Parliament
Austin goes shopping in Piccadilly
1. Austin the Terrified's first meeting with a swan. The swan hissed. He ran away.
November 1, 2025 at 10:01 AM
1. Austin the Terrified's first meeting with a swan. The swan hissed. He ran away.
Safe distance from London but not as safe as the American Numismatic Society will be from New York once it moves to Toledo Ohio
#numismatics
#numismatics
October 31, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Safe distance from London but not as safe as the American Numismatic Society will be from New York once it moves to Toledo Ohio
#numismatics
#numismatics
At the Mountains of Madness is a science-fiction and cosmic horror novella by H. P. Lovecraft, written on scrap paper Feb-March 1931. It details a disastrous expedition to Antarctica in September 1930, and what is found by a group of explorers led by Dr. William Dyer of Miskatonic University.
October 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM
At the Mountains of Madness is a science-fiction and cosmic horror novella by H. P. Lovecraft, written on scrap paper Feb-March 1931. It details a disastrous expedition to Antarctica in September 1930, and what is found by a group of explorers led by Dr. William Dyer of Miskatonic University.
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Dude I have entire wings of my family who I call cousins and they're basically just people who came over for a meal and never left
Wait, are people really upset that Mamdani spoke about his “aunt,” and it was actually his father’s cousin and not his father’s sibling?
Because that is an extremely normal thing a lot of cultures do. Including a lot of large Jewish families!
Because that is an extremely normal thing a lot of cultures do. Including a lot of large Jewish families!
In a bit of a tense moment, one of the La Mega co-hosts presses Mamdani on why he "lied" about his "aunt" having been scared to ride the subway after 9/11 while wearing a hijab.
Mamdani says it was "not a lie" because he refers to his father's cousin as his "aunt."
Mamdani says it was "not a lie" because he refers to his father's cousin as his "aunt."
October 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Dude I have entire wings of my family who I call cousins and they're basically just people who came over for a meal and never left
Found a quiet circle in the fifty five thousand square foot (one White House or three-fifths a typical dance hall) dystopian IGA lounge at IST. Not especially luxurious but all usual stuff and most pax don't make it to further nooks so worth exploring to find a good perch.
Utterly Soulless.
Utterly Soulless.
October 28, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Found a quiet circle in the fifty five thousand square foot (one White House or three-fifths a typical dance hall) dystopian IGA lounge at IST. Not especially luxurious but all usual stuff and most pax don't make it to further nooks so worth exploring to find a good perch.
Utterly Soulless.
Utterly Soulless.
Russian food. Beets, odd potato dishes, fish with small bones, pickles with pickles, canned stuffs that taste so heavily of tin it makes my fillings hurt. And vodka. The vodka is good.
1924Istanbul for dinner met all expectations. Gloomy, brusque waiters, dark wood. I had a very good time. Vodka.
1924Istanbul for dinner met all expectations. Gloomy, brusque waiters, dark wood. I had a very good time. Vodka.
October 28, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Russian food. Beets, odd potato dishes, fish with small bones, pickles with pickles, canned stuffs that taste so heavily of tin it makes my fillings hurt. And vodka. The vodka is good.
1924Istanbul for dinner met all expectations. Gloomy, brusque waiters, dark wood. I had a very good time. Vodka.
1924Istanbul for dinner met all expectations. Gloomy, brusque waiters, dark wood. I had a very good time. Vodka.
"people are overworked and tired"
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It takes a god-genius-level leader (Zohran?) to steer the overworked and tired towards the true fight. Be happy and grateful if a handful of peeps turn up for your "Crocheting for the LibDems" coffee-morning.
Stay kind to the overworked and tired who couldn't.
💯
It takes a god-genius-level leader (Zohran?) to steer the overworked and tired towards the true fight. Be happy and grateful if a handful of peeps turn up for your "Crocheting for the LibDems" coffee-morning.
Stay kind to the overworked and tired who couldn't.
I try to avoid "real organizers vs. fake/keyboard organizers" framings for the most part but one thing you learn quickly from organizing is how difficult it is to get people to do anything at all, how much you're competing against sociologically. people are overworked and tired
October 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
"people are overworked and tired"
💯
It takes a god-genius-level leader (Zohran?) to steer the overworked and tired towards the true fight. Be happy and grateful if a handful of peeps turn up for your "Crocheting for the LibDems" coffee-morning.
Stay kind to the overworked and tired who couldn't.
💯
It takes a god-genius-level leader (Zohran?) to steer the overworked and tired towards the true fight. Be happy and grateful if a handful of peeps turn up for your "Crocheting for the LibDems" coffee-morning.
Stay kind to the overworked and tired who couldn't.
A disabled woman's PIP claim was rejected three times while she struggled to work and manage debilitating pain of multiple chronic health conditions
This exactly matches my twins repeated PIP rejections despite debilitating #sicklecell disease. No help system exists
www.aol.co.uk/articles/too...
This exactly matches my twins repeated PIP rejections despite debilitating #sicklecell disease. No help system exists
www.aol.co.uk/articles/too...
'It took me three attempts to get PIP. Now I've found a work coach that actually understands disabled people'
Exclusive: Amy McDonald manages her chronic pain alongside running a business. Now, she wants other disabled people to find the support they deserve
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October 25, 2025 at 9:23 PM
A disabled woman's PIP claim was rejected three times while she struggled to work and manage debilitating pain of multiple chronic health conditions
This exactly matches my twins repeated PIP rejections despite debilitating #sicklecell disease. No help system exists
www.aol.co.uk/articles/too...
This exactly matches my twins repeated PIP rejections despite debilitating #sicklecell disease. No help system exists
www.aol.co.uk/articles/too...
Bouncing round the red light district of Istanbul like a drunken sailor
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October 25, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Bouncing round the red light district of Istanbul like a drunken sailor
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The Suleymaniye mosque built 1550 included a multi-domed complex of welfare institutions for the poor, sick and hungry, with a colonnaded courtyard restaurant, Daruzziyafe, in continuous use for 450 years. Always my favourite, sad on this Istanbul trip to find it now closed. These are my memories:
October 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
The Suleymaniye mosque built 1550 included a multi-domed complex of welfare institutions for the poor, sick and hungry, with a colonnaded courtyard restaurant, Daruzziyafe, in continuous use for 450 years. Always my favourite, sad on this Istanbul trip to find it now closed. These are my memories:
Istanbul.
1. View from my office towards an Ottoman bathhouse still in use today
2,3. Pandeli restaurant above the Spice Bazaar. Blue tiling consumes you. Old tradition food
4. Serpent bronze column built for 479 BCE Greek victory at Plataea over Persians, relocated to Hippodrome 324 CE
1. View from my office towards an Ottoman bathhouse still in use today
2,3. Pandeli restaurant above the Spice Bazaar. Blue tiling consumes you. Old tradition food
4. Serpent bronze column built for 479 BCE Greek victory at Plataea over Persians, relocated to Hippodrome 324 CE
October 25, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Istanbul.
1. View from my office towards an Ottoman bathhouse still in use today
2,3. Pandeli restaurant above the Spice Bazaar. Blue tiling consumes you. Old tradition food
4. Serpent bronze column built for 479 BCE Greek victory at Plataea over Persians, relocated to Hippodrome 324 CE
1. View from my office towards an Ottoman bathhouse still in use today
2,3. Pandeli restaurant above the Spice Bazaar. Blue tiling consumes you. Old tradition food
4. Serpent bronze column built for 479 BCE Greek victory at Plataea over Persians, relocated to Hippodrome 324 CE