Ladle Carver
@ladlecarver.bsky.social
I use this account for bookmarking stuff which I am interested in.
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NEW: Organ tuners have been leaving temperature and humidity records in little-known books for decades. 🎹
They reveal how temperatures inside churches have changed over time due to climate change and increased heating.
A new scoop for The Reengineer!
www.thereengineer.pro/p/church-org...
They reveal how temperatures inside churches have changed over time due to climate change and increased heating.
A new scoop for The Reengineer!
www.thereengineer.pro/p/church-org...
Church organ tuning records mirror our warming climate
The records appear to reflect climate change, as well as the increased heating of churches in winter
www.thereengineer.pro
December 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
NEW: Organ tuners have been leaving temperature and humidity records in little-known books for decades. 🎹
They reveal how temperatures inside churches have changed over time due to climate change and increased heating.
A new scoop for The Reengineer!
www.thereengineer.pro/p/church-org...
They reveal how temperatures inside churches have changed over time due to climate change and increased heating.
A new scoop for The Reengineer!
www.thereengineer.pro/p/church-org...
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Chess game, 1555: the artist's three sisters & their nurse. Mischievous youngest, calm & knowing eldest, middle one who always gets fooled by them. Painted by Sofonisba Anguissola, whose day is today.
November 16, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Chess game, 1555: the artist's three sisters & their nurse. Mischievous youngest, calm & knowing eldest, middle one who always gets fooled by them. Painted by Sofonisba Anguissola, whose day is today.
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![Comic. A snake slithers around a hypercube. No two non-consecutive parts of its coils can be on adjacent corners. [Three small 4-dimensional hypercubes showing disallowed options with one large cube with snake wrapped around it. Dimensions = 4. Max Length - 7.] Snake(N) = Longest snake that can fit in an n-dimensional hypercube. Snake(N=1, 2, 3…8) = 1, 2, 4, 7, 13, 26, 50, 98. Snake(N>8) = UNSOLVED. [caption] It turns out every scientific field has a key thought experiment that involves putting a cute animal in a weird box for no reason. So far, quantum mechanics and graph theory have found theirs, but most other fields are still working on it.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreicjbjwxfe3ef6styvrvsjtt63znh24tfuqxlceewi3b6t7zfu756i@jpeg)
August 8, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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Here’s something really graphic for Halloween:
October 31, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Here’s something really graphic for Halloween:
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July 30, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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"The single biggest problem in communications is the illusion that is has taken place." - George Bernard Shaw?
"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth gets its pants on" - Mark Twain?
Neither of these quotes ever happened.
markhamnolan.com/strategy/the...
"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth gets its pants on" - Mark Twain?
Neither of these quotes ever happened.
markhamnolan.com/strategy/the...
The problem with your favourite quote — Markham Nolan
The single biggest problem with your favourite quote is the illusion that it has taken place.
markhamnolan.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:22 PM
"The single biggest problem in communications is the illusion that is has taken place." - George Bernard Shaw?
"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth gets its pants on" - Mark Twain?
Neither of these quotes ever happened.
markhamnolan.com/strategy/the...
"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth gets its pants on" - Mark Twain?
Neither of these quotes ever happened.
markhamnolan.com/strategy/the...
Eight legs. Ceci n'est pas un insecte.
(Campus building in London of the Arup consultancy's university)
(Campus building in London of the Arup consultancy's university)
Howland Street, London W1T
Glass fronted building with a ventilation system incased in what I think is maybe a insect like a Carabus
#reference #buildingreference #materialreference
Glass fronted building with a ventilation system incased in what I think is maybe a insect like a Carabus
#reference #buildingreference #materialreference
December 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Eight legs. Ceci n'est pas un insecte.
(Campus building in London of the Arup consultancy's university)
(Campus building in London of the Arup consultancy's university)
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👈: Illustration by Henry Holiday (cut by Joseph Swain) to the chapter 'The Banker’s Fate' in Lewis Carroll’s 'The Hunting of the Snark' (1876).
👉: Horizontally compressed rendering of 'The Imagebreakers' (1566-1568) by Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder.
snrk.de/flipping-the...
👉: Horizontally compressed rendering of 'The Imagebreakers' (1566-1568) by Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder.
snrk.de/flipping-the...
December 8, 2025 at 11:58 AM
👈: Illustration by Henry Holiday (cut by Joseph Swain) to the chapter 'The Banker’s Fate' in Lewis Carroll’s 'The Hunting of the Snark' (1876).
👉: Horizontally compressed rendering of 'The Imagebreakers' (1566-1568) by Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder.
snrk.de/flipping-the...
👉: Horizontally compressed rendering of 'The Imagebreakers' (1566-1568) by Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder.
snrk.de/flipping-the...
Several of these English translations of a paraphrased aphorism by Arthur Schopenhauer had been posted to the Internet. Schopenhauer's original text can be found a the bottom of snrk.de/hunting-happ....
December 14, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Several of these English translations of a paraphrased aphorism by Arthur Schopenhauer had been posted to the Internet. Schopenhauer's original text can be found a the bottom of snrk.de/hunting-happ....
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En 1925, Cecilia Payne bouleverse l’histoire de l’astrophysique en comprenant pour la première fois que les étoiles ne sont pas composées de la même façon que la Terre. S’il a fallu quelque temps pour que sa découverte soit reconnue, elle a marqué un moment fondateur de l’astrophysique moderne.
Cécilia Payne : au cœur des étoiles
En 1925, Cecilia Payne bouleverse l’histoire de l’astrophysique en comprenant pour la première fois que les étoiles ne sont pas composées de la même façon que la Terre. S’il a fallu quelque temps…
www.radiofrance.fr
December 9, 2025 at 10:20 AM
En 1925, Cecilia Payne bouleverse l’histoire de l’astrophysique en comprenant pour la première fois que les étoiles ne sont pas composées de la même façon que la Terre. S’il a fallu quelque temps pour que sa découverte soit reconnue, elle a marqué un moment fondateur de l’astrophysique moderne.
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This picture has been making the rounds again, and is being misidentified again.
This is a GOOSEFISH.
This is NOT a tasselled wobbegong shark.
It’s a great pic. I get why people are very excited about it. But it’s as easy to give it the right name as the wrong one.
fullfact.org/online/tasse...
This is a GOOSEFISH.
This is NOT a tasselled wobbegong shark.
It’s a great pic. I get why people are very excited about it. But it’s as easy to give it the right name as the wrong one.
fullfact.org/online/tasse...
December 8, 2025 at 12:30 PM
This picture has been making the rounds again, and is being misidentified again.
This is a GOOSEFISH.
This is NOT a tasselled wobbegong shark.
It’s a great pic. I get why people are very excited about it. But it’s as easy to give it the right name as the wrong one.
fullfact.org/online/tasse...
This is a GOOSEFISH.
This is NOT a tasselled wobbegong shark.
It’s a great pic. I get why people are very excited about it. But it’s as easy to give it the right name as the wrong one.
fullfact.org/online/tasse...
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Edward Hopper.
Niño mirando el mar. 1891
Hopper lo pintó cuando tenía 9 años.
Niño mirando el mar. 1891
Hopper lo pintó cuando tenía 9 años.
December 2, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Edward Hopper.
Niño mirando el mar. 1891
Hopper lo pintó cuando tenía 9 años.
Niño mirando el mar. 1891
Hopper lo pintó cuando tenía 9 años.
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Albert Birkle.
Alemán, 1900-1986.
El ferroviario. 1927.
Alemán, 1900-1986.
El ferroviario. 1927.
December 3, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Albert Birkle.
Alemán, 1900-1986.
El ferroviario. 1927.
Alemán, 1900-1986.
El ferroviario. 1927.
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Leonora Carrington.
December 7, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Leonora Carrington.
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Did somebody already do this one? I woke up with a fully formed idea in my head
December 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Did somebody already do this one? I woke up with a fully formed idea in my head
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Louise Catherine Breslau (German/Swiss, 1856-1927)
Jeune Femme et Chrysanthemes [Portrait of Mina Carlson-Bredberg], 1890
Oil on canvas
95 x 91.5 cm
The Stadel Museum
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
Jeune Femme et Chrysanthemes [Portrait of Mina Carlson-Bredberg], 1890
Oil on canvas
95 x 91.5 cm
The Stadel Museum
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
December 7, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Louise Catherine Breslau (German/Swiss, 1856-1927)
Jeune Femme et Chrysanthemes [Portrait of Mina Carlson-Bredberg], 1890
Oil on canvas
95 x 91.5 cm
The Stadel Museum
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
Jeune Femme et Chrysanthemes [Portrait of Mina Carlson-Bredberg], 1890
Oil on canvas
95 x 91.5 cm
The Stadel Museum
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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Remembering Dave Brubeck on his birthday 🎂
📷 Bob Willoughby, 1950
“Brubeck’s popularity proved surprisingly robust despite the obstacles he often put in the way of casual listeners, and his following never ebbed, even as other jazz stars came and went."
- Ted Gioia
📷 Bob Willoughby, 1950
“Brubeck’s popularity proved surprisingly robust despite the obstacles he often put in the way of casual listeners, and his following never ebbed, even as other jazz stars came and went."
- Ted Gioia
December 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Remembering Dave Brubeck on his birthday 🎂
📷 Bob Willoughby, 1950
“Brubeck’s popularity proved surprisingly robust despite the obstacles he often put in the way of casual listeners, and his following never ebbed, even as other jazz stars came and went."
- Ted Gioia
📷 Bob Willoughby, 1950
“Brubeck’s popularity proved surprisingly robust despite the obstacles he often put in the way of casual listeners, and his following never ebbed, even as other jazz stars came and went."
- Ted Gioia
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We are not pomelone
What looks like an alien starship visiting a small country estate in eighteenth-century Germany is in fact, *checks notes* a giant pomelo. So nothing to see here, #skystorians
December 6, 2025 at 10:44 AM
We are not pomelone
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I interviewed the farmer with a flock of gay sheep, found out why there are no current plans for a flock of lesbian sheep, and felt conflicted about biological essentialism.
Just not that into ewes: ‘gay sheep’ escape slaughter and take over a New York catwalk
Designer Michael Schmidt’s 36-piece collection was made from the wool of rams who have shown same-sex attraction
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I interviewed the farmer with a flock of gay sheep, found out why there are no current plans for a flock of lesbian sheep, and felt conflicted about biological essentialism.
How can satire and parody compete with reality?
December 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
How can satire and parody compete with reality?
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Calendrier de l'avent d'enluminures médiévales #calavhist, jour 4 !
Un chevalier se contorsionne pour enlever sa cotte de mailles...
Morgan Bible, Morgan Library & Museum MS M.638, f. 28r
Un chevalier se contorsionne pour enlever sa cotte de mailles...
Morgan Bible, Morgan Library & Museum MS M.638, f. 28r
December 4, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Calendrier de l'avent d'enluminures médiévales #calavhist, jour 4 !
Un chevalier se contorsionne pour enlever sa cotte de mailles...
Morgan Bible, Morgan Library & Museum MS M.638, f. 28r
Un chevalier se contorsionne pour enlever sa cotte de mailles...
Morgan Bible, Morgan Library & Museum MS M.638, f. 28r