CatsAndDragons
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Cats, dogs, books, faeries, dragons. Cool Ranch Doritos and the BVM
Also teach medieval and other kooky literature to students who don’t know yet how much they will love it. #teamgrendel
Also teach medieval and other kooky literature to students who don’t know yet how much they will love it. #teamgrendel
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Maybe it’s just the Humanities professor in me, but let it be noted that events of today (ahem) have demonstrated the value of being able to assess a large volume of qualitative data and do careful textual analysis with deep attention to context.
November 13, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Maybe it’s just the Humanities professor in me, but let it be noted that events of today (ahem) have demonstrated the value of being able to assess a large volume of qualitative data and do careful textual analysis with deep attention to context.
Every mariners fan right now
a man in a suit and tie is smiling in front of a window .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is smiling in front of a window .
media.tenor.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Every mariners fan right now
Perpetually goofy and happy
October 1, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Perpetually goofy and happy
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Opening the windows this morning for the first time since May.
"Window" derives from Old Norse 'vindauga', a compound word from vindr "wind" + auga "eye". It replaced Old English 'eagþyrl' (eye-hole).
"Window" derives from Old Norse 'vindauga', a compound word from vindr "wind" + auga "eye". It replaced Old English 'eagþyrl' (eye-hole).
a person is standing in front of a window with the words `` open those windows '' written on it .
Alt: A window with the words `` open those windows '' written on it. A mask-faced raccoon suddenly pushes a thin white veneer to the side to peer into the house from outside.
media.tenor.com
October 1, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Opening the windows this morning for the first time since May.
"Window" derives from Old Norse 'vindauga', a compound word from vindr "wind" + auga "eye". It replaced Old English 'eagþyrl' (eye-hole).
"Window" derives from Old Norse 'vindauga', a compound word from vindr "wind" + auga "eye". It replaced Old English 'eagþyrl' (eye-hole).
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Scientists rappelled down cliffs to reach the nests of bearded vultures, which have a diet of bones and paint their feathers red with mud. Inside the nests were perfectly preserved human artifacts from the Middle Ages. By me, for Nat Geo: www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti... 🧪
Found: 650-year-old shoe, in vulture nest
Many unexpected human artifacts have been preserved, for centuries, in vulture nests.
www.nationalgeographic.com
October 1, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Scientists rappelled down cliffs to reach the nests of bearded vultures, which have a diet of bones and paint their feathers red with mud. Inside the nests were perfectly preserved human artifacts from the Middle Ages. By me, for Nat Geo: www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti... 🧪
10/10 no notes
This is literally what the actual "siege" of the auxiliary ICE building looks like
September 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM
10/10 no notes
Stay weird.
As a resident of #Portland it is impossible to capture how unhinged this is. We are a low crime city and the ICE protest "siege" consists of one auxiliary ICE office that normally has at most a dozen weirdos debating what performance art they should use to block a single driveway
Trump says he’s authorized Hegseth to use “Full Force” against Antifa in “War ravaged” Portland
September 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Stay weird.
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what will help men get laid is compressinh their penises into fun shapes, such as pyramid, or festive thanskigivng turkey
August 1, 2025 at 5:08 PM
what will help men get laid is compressinh their penises into fun shapes, such as pyramid, or festive thanskigivng turkey
Rise up
Still, I'm reminded things could be worse...
Newspaper clipping, 1906.
Newspaper clipping, 1906.
July 31, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Rise up
Auntie Cathy rest in power
July 26, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Auntie Cathy rest in power
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UA at Tuscaloosa: Waterford crystal replica of Bear Bryant's hat residing in state-of-the-art museum; English professors collecting money to pay for photocopying the syllabus. Business school lit up 24/7 with floodlights; library HVAC turned off every night to to save on the electric bill.
July 18, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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The best and most accurate summation of this unfortunate incident.
"chief people officer"
you mean HR?
you down to the Coldplay concert with HR?
you mean HR?
you down to the Coldplay concert with HR?
a software ceo got caught in 4k on the jumbotron with the company’s chief people officer at a coldplay concert
July 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The best and most accurate summation of this unfortunate incident.
“pretty uniformly every single one of these Crusades were fought by a baffling assortment of losers who were totally ineffectual.”
Assigning this in the fall when we read The Knight’s Tale.
going-medieval.com/2025/07/09/o...
Assigning this in the fall when we read The Knight’s Tale.
going-medieval.com/2025/07/09/o...
On Crusades, or, how not to identify with losers
I think about Crusades a lot because that’s my job. I also think about them a lot because, well, there were a lot of them – which is pretty wild when you consider they didn’t exist as a pheno…
going-medieval.com
July 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
“pretty uniformly every single one of these Crusades were fought by a baffling assortment of losers who were totally ineffectual.”
Assigning this in the fall when we read The Knight’s Tale.
going-medieval.com/2025/07/09/o...
Assigning this in the fall when we read The Knight’s Tale.
going-medieval.com/2025/07/09/o...
Me after eating 6 mini packs of famous Amos cookies in a row while watching Murderbot:
Am I a big factor in terms of life?
Am I a big factor in terms of life?
Q: Why do you think your supporters have been so interested in the Epstein story?
TRUMP: I don't understand it. He's dead for a long time. He was never a big factor in terms of life. I don't understand what the fascination is. The credible information has been given. It's pretty boring stuff.
TRUMP: I don't understand it. He's dead for a long time. He was never a big factor in terms of life. I don't understand what the fascination is. The credible information has been given. It's pretty boring stuff.
July 15, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Me after eating 6 mini packs of famous Amos cookies in a row while watching Murderbot:
Am I a big factor in terms of life?
Am I a big factor in terms of life?
“It’s not just the cries of birds; sounds are particularly eerie in this regard precisely because they travel, unattached from their source, carried over the wind and through the trees where the acoustics distort and refract them, until they start to seem unnatural and otherworldly.”
My latest column for @atlasobscura.com is up:
I returned to the town where I went to college, in search of a mysterious noise that plagued the community in February 2016, known as “The Forest Grove Sound.”
…and I discovered something I wasn’t expecting to learn at all.
I returned to the town where I went to college, in search of a mysterious noise that plagued the community in February 2016, known as “The Forest Grove Sound.”
…and I discovered something I wasn’t expecting to learn at all.
Listening for Echoes of the Forest Grove Sound
A physics expert and audio engineer may have solved the mystery of a strange noise that rattled an Oregon town in 2016.
www.atlasobscura.com
July 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
“It’s not just the cries of birds; sounds are particularly eerie in this regard precisely because they travel, unattached from their source, carried over the wind and through the trees where the acoustics distort and refract them, until they start to seem unnatural and otherworldly.”
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One of my favourite objects is this gorgeous frog purse made between 1650-1680. A gap below the face allows an opening with a drawstring, and the legs are formed with wire covered in padding. The body is silver-gilt thread, whilst the eyes are formed from black beads. Held at the Museum of London.
July 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
One of my favourite objects is this gorgeous frog purse made between 1650-1680. A gap below the face allows an opening with a drawstring, and the legs are formed with wire covered in padding. The body is silver-gilt thread, whilst the eyes are formed from black beads. Held at the Museum of London.
St. Bernard? How ‘bout a hero butterfly?
A man and his dog were hiking Fee Glacier when he fell into a 26-foot hole. A rescue team arrived but struggled to find their exact location until one of them spotted the tiny pup. He never left his owner's side. Thanks to the dog's loyalty, his human was saved and flown to a hospital. 14/10 for all
July 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
St. Bernard? How ‘bout a hero butterfly?
This dog is asleep
July 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
This dog is asleep
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Medieval story time (that is actually about Alligator Alcatraz merch):
Let’s talk about Godwin Sturt and how he merchandized the death of his 12-year-old nephew in 1144.
Let’s talk about Godwin Sturt and how he merchandized the death of his 12-year-old nephew in 1144.
July 4, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Medieval story time (that is actually about Alligator Alcatraz merch):
Let’s talk about Godwin Sturt and how he merchandized the death of his 12-year-old nephew in 1144.
Let’s talk about Godwin Sturt and how he merchandized the death of his 12-year-old nephew in 1144.
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My mom and stepdad are from the same diaspora group as Zohran Mamdani’s dad (same like “my stepdad was kicked out of the same town and knows some of his classmates”) and apparently the New York Times doesn’t understand how diaspora works, so I am going to tell you a little about my mom’s people!
July 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
My mom and stepdad are from the same diaspora group as Zohran Mamdani’s dad (same like “my stepdad was kicked out of the same town and knows some of his classmates”) and apparently the New York Times doesn’t understand how diaspora works, so I am going to tell you a little about my mom’s people!
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This dog has no head.
July 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This dog has no head.
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This dog is flat.
July 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
This dog is flat.
This dog has no head.
July 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This dog has no head.
This dog is flat.
July 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
This dog is flat.