Maisie
@corblimeygvnr.bsky.social
Here for pre-/early modern history/tech/history-of-/early music/landscapes/trivia/cats/squirrels/monkeys/to be entertained. Civility fetish.
Would wear. For all of history except the last thirty or so years, leather was softened before being worn/expected to be worn/sold, right? So what happened?
Stunning pair of c. 1,500 year-old luxury women’s leather shoes!
Exceptionally well-preserved and still shimmering with gold leaf! ✨
From Egypt. V&A Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Exceptionally well-preserved and still shimmering with gold leaf! ✨
From Egypt. V&A Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
December 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Would wear. For all of history except the last thirty or so years, leather was softened before being worn/expected to be worn/sold, right? So what happened?
Nice afternoon light
December 11, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Nice afternoon light
Some people don't have a vivid enough carousel of taunting spectral superegos circling their heads, and it shows
IN DEPTH | If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
www.independent.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Some people don't have a vivid enough carousel of taunting spectral superegos circling their heads, and it shows
What's the most terrifying thing you've ever seen?
You're wrong, it's this
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTdi...
You're wrong, it's this
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTdi...
Children's Christmas Puppet Video
YouTube video by Found Footage Fest
www.youtube.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
What's the most terrifying thing you've ever seen?
You're wrong, it's this
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTdi...
You're wrong, it's this
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTdi...
Wish I had a better camera but you get the idea
December 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Wish I had a better camera but you get the idea
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Following Eurovision’s decision to allow Israel’s participation, Spanish public broadcaster RTVE has withdrawn from the contest. The announcement split the screen between Israel’s performance and scenes of bombardment and starving children in Gaza. #Spain #eurovision #genocide
December 7, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Following Eurovision’s decision to allow Israel’s participation, Spanish public broadcaster RTVE has withdrawn from the contest. The announcement split the screen between Israel’s performance and scenes of bombardment and starving children in Gaza. #Spain #eurovision #genocide
Ok if I saw it among other rugs, I would not think "this one looks harmless"
The Tasselled Wobbegong is a master of disguise that can eat a fish almost as big as itself in one gulp. It's classified as a shark, but when it lays on the sea floor it looks like a harmless rug if you manage to see it. But with powerful jaws and sharp teeth they are no fish to mess with.
December 9, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Ok if I saw it among other rugs, I would not think "this one looks harmless"
I'd envisaged being a driver as working out not that much cheaper than train travel once I'd added up petrol+tax+insurance etc. but... it's still vastly cheaper to drive everywhere. And that's kind of disgusting.
December 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I'd envisaged being a driver as working out not that much cheaper than train travel once I'd added up petrol+tax+insurance etc. but... it's still vastly cheaper to drive everywhere. And that's kind of disgusting.
People talk about Citizen Kane/2001: A Space Odyssey etc as films they need to pretend to have seen but for me it's Ace in the Hole. I feel like every month I meet someone who starts talking to me about Ace in the Hole and how it's an interesting/prescient/cynical view of our media landscape/ wtvr
December 7, 2025 at 12:29 PM
People talk about Citizen Kane/2001: A Space Odyssey etc as films they need to pretend to have seen but for me it's Ace in the Hole. I feel like every month I meet someone who starts talking to me about Ace in the Hole and how it's an interesting/prescient/cynical view of our media landscape/ wtvr
chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-toxic-... this is kind of terrifying. Do we need to... ban chess, until we can figure out what's going on?
The Toxic Pursuit of Greatness in Chess (w/ Brin-Jonathan Butler) | The Chris Hedges Report
Author and journalist Brin-Jonathan Butler chronicles the disturbing history of chess’ greatest players and those obsessed with the game.
chrishedges.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM
chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-toxic-... this is kind of terrifying. Do we need to... ban chess, until we can figure out what's going on?
Will die on this hill
Die Hard is a movie.
December 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Will die on this hill
I'm not entirely sure of the point of this painful deep dive into whether or to what extent Farage is racist. Libs, I think that's why the right like him, you know
December 6, 2025 at 10:12 AM
I'm not entirely sure of the point of this painful deep dive into whether or to what extent Farage is racist. Libs, I think that's why the right like him, you know
Druids' advent party. That's the longest I've ever spent talking about the holy grail at a buffet table.
December 5, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Druids' advent party. That's the longest I've ever spent talking about the holy grail at a buffet table.
He manages to denigrate care work, migrants and reveal his solipsism all at once. Heaven forfend a child, elderly parent or ill partner ever needs his help. I hope people are paying attention.
December 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
He manages to denigrate care work, migrants and reveal his solipsism all at once. Heaven forfend a child, elderly parent or ill partner ever needs his help. I hope people are paying attention.
I still don't know of anyone who has bought a book from Daunt Books and don't believe anyone ever has and I think the totes are just issued to women under 35 whose parents meet a minimum income threshold
December 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
I still don't know of anyone who has bought a book from Daunt Books and don't believe anyone ever has and I think the totes are just issued to women under 35 whose parents meet a minimum income threshold
Gosh this is me post-covid pneumonia
December 4, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Gosh this is me post-covid pneumonia
share.google/JK8BzrEP0ipP... you can tell from every incidental detail in this outrageous story that the deli owner cannot cook
I called my recipe book Sabzi – vegetables. But the name was trademarked. And my legal ordeal began
The granting of patents and trademarks to foods and words from the global south is part of a long colonial grab. It’s time to realise we share what we cook, and what we call it
share.google
December 4, 2025 at 9:56 PM
share.google/JK8BzrEP0ipP... you can tell from every incidental detail in this outrageous story that the deli owner cannot cook
I think you have to have worked in a kitchen to fully appreciate the hilarity of all the Lifetime Xmas bollocks movies being about chefs
December 3, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I think you have to have worked in a kitchen to fully appreciate the hilarity of all the Lifetime Xmas bollocks movies being about chefs
Adding to small list of things very estranged exes decide to contact me to discuss: Bryan Johnson's girlfriend announcement video
December 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Adding to small list of things very estranged exes decide to contact me to discuss: Bryan Johnson's girlfriend announcement video
Why does it feel like this guy will have a very outsize contribution towards the acceleration of our extinction in *whatever* form it might take
December 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Why does it feel like this guy will have a very outsize contribution towards the acceleration of our extinction in *whatever* form it might take
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As we enter the Yuletide season, this is my annual reminder to all of you that Ted Kotcheff’s WAKE IN FRIGHT (1971) is a Christmas film.
December 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
As we enter the Yuletide season, this is my annual reminder to all of you that Ted Kotcheff’s WAKE IN FRIGHT (1971) is a Christmas film.
Reposted by Maisie
This is a real tweet from the Secretary of Defense (Secretary of War?). We live in a simulation.
December 2, 2025 at 12:52 AM
This is a real tweet from the Secretary of Defense (Secretary of War?). We live in a simulation.
The BlackFriday goblins have failed spectacularly this year. No purchases whatsoever. It's all supplements and VPNs that grind my laptop to a halt. I want exciting things, heavily discounted musical instruments, chocolate, robots, fancy clothing, sparkly things, I'm over here, take my money
December 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The BlackFriday goblins have failed spectacularly this year. No purchases whatsoever. It's all supplements and VPNs that grind my laptop to a halt. I want exciting things, heavily discounted musical instruments, chocolate, robots, fancy clothing, sparkly things, I'm over here, take my money
Ok, things are bad for the rest of us but I feel great for this fungus --Chernobyl Fungus Appears to Have Evolved an Incredible Ability : ScienceAlert share.google/6Y0ZqNsVHAvp...
Chernobyl Fungus Appears to Have Evolved an Incredible Ability
The Chernobyl exclusion zone may be off-limits to humans, but ever since the Unit Four reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded nearly 40 years ago, other forms of life have not only move...
share.google
December 1, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Ok, things are bad for the rest of us but I feel great for this fungus --Chernobyl Fungus Appears to Have Evolved an Incredible Ability : ScienceAlert share.google/6Y0ZqNsVHAvp...
Well look, if you get involved in silly stuff
November 30, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Well look, if you get involved in silly stuff