This display of a mine troll’s treasures is at a mining museum in Finland. The exhibits included tons of clear didactics that explained history & technology as well as several whimsical areas dedicated to the resident troll. This strikes me as just absolutely Finnish.
June 13, 2025 at 9:33 AM
This display of a mine troll’s treasures is at a mining museum in Finland. The exhibits included tons of clear didactics that explained history & technology as well as several whimsical areas dedicated to the resident troll. This strikes me as just absolutely Finnish.
Attended a zine-making workshop at NAAS 2025. We sat in companionable silence, listening to music, coloring, cutting, and pasting. It was a fun, relaxing, and refreshing way to think through the material I was presenting the next day. Definitely going to use this in the classroom #NAASpirations
June 7, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Attended a zine-making workshop at NAAS 2025. We sat in companionable silence, listening to music, coloring, cutting, and pasting. It was a fun, relaxing, and refreshing way to think through the material I was presenting the next day. Definitely going to use this in the classroom #NAASpirations
Forgive the wonky picture. This lil guy at the National Museum in Stockholm is a wax portrait. Wax portraiture was much more common than you might think and it’s my current research obsession. Sadly there was no label on the case for this so I have no idea who he was.
June 1, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Forgive the wonky picture. This lil guy at the National Museum in Stockholm is a wax portrait. Wax portraiture was much more common than you might think and it’s my current research obsession. Sadly there was no label on the case for this so I have no idea who he was.
Allow me to introduce you to the attempt: Luce, the jubilee year mascot
May 8, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Allow me to introduce you to the attempt: Luce, the jubilee year mascot
The stock market is fueled partly by emotion. Add to that market manipulation bad things happen. I hate that my retirement is so dependent on an entity that is so deeply irrational. Never forget, market speculation made some tulip bulbs more expensive than a house. Short 🧵
April 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The stock market is fueled partly by emotion. Add to that market manipulation bad things happen. I hate that my retirement is so dependent on an entity that is so deeply irrational. Never forget, market speculation made some tulip bulbs more expensive than a house. Short 🧵
At the site of one of young Rembrandt’s schools, you can pose in the window for an auto-generated portrait sketch. Leiden’s museums and historic sites use technology in really clever and engaging ways.
April 2, 2025 at 10:31 AM
At the site of one of young Rembrandt’s schools, you can pose in the window for an auto-generated portrait sketch. Leiden’s museums and historic sites use technology in really clever and engaging ways.
Inside an antique shop in Leiden, a repurposed house with clear early modern origins. So many old paintings & religious statues. A happy accident I stumbled into today
March 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Inside an antique shop in Leiden, a repurposed house with clear early modern origins. So many old paintings & religious statues. A happy accident I stumbled into today
I’m at the European Social Science History conference in beautiful Leiden. The program has “conference bingo” on the last page. 🤣
March 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I’m at the European Social Science History conference in beautiful Leiden. The program has “conference bingo” on the last page. 🤣
The Kennedy Center posted a list of cancellations so far, which I pulled off Reddit. This is good. A message is being sent to the unqualified stooges put in place to be cultural goons and host acts like the J6 Choir of traitors. You are not legit.
March 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The Kennedy Center posted a list of cancellations so far, which I pulled off Reddit. This is good. A message is being sent to the unqualified stooges put in place to be cultural goons and host acts like the J6 Choir of traitors. You are not legit.
Mark Rothko, Yellow and Blue, 1954
Has been sold several times for tens of millions of dollars, and for a time was in the collection of a notorious mobster/thug in Hong Kong. Said thug used the sale and purchase of art like this to launder money.
Has been sold several times for tens of millions of dollars, and for a time was in the collection of a notorious mobster/thug in Hong Kong. Said thug used the sale and purchase of art like this to launder money.
March 1, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Mark Rothko, Yellow and Blue, 1954
Has been sold several times for tens of millions of dollars, and for a time was in the collection of a notorious mobster/thug in Hong Kong. Said thug used the sale and purchase of art like this to launder money.
Has been sold several times for tens of millions of dollars, and for a time was in the collection of a notorious mobster/thug in Hong Kong. Said thug used the sale and purchase of art like this to launder money.
Below is AI’s explanation of a meme claiming that people born in 1995 are turning 65 this year. Tell me again how it’s a tool that can replace human intelligence.
February 23, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Below is AI’s explanation of a meme claiming that people born in 1995 are turning 65 this year. Tell me again how it’s a tool that can replace human intelligence.
Saw a great exhibition of a Ray Harryhausen’s work today including these skeletons from Jason and the Argonauts
February 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Saw a great exhibition of a Ray Harryhausen’s work today including these skeletons from Jason and the Argonauts
I’m working on a project about the designer of this kit. Adam Grant (nee (Grochowski) was a Polish Catholic detained at Auschwitz & Grusen camps by the Nazis, then spent 5 years as a DP @ Regensburg. That he survived to be a successful artist, husband & dad in the Midwest is a miracle of resilience
February 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I’m working on a project about the designer of this kit. Adam Grant (nee (Grochowski) was a Polish Catholic detained at Auschwitz & Grusen camps by the Nazis, then spent 5 years as a DP @ Regensburg. That he survived to be a successful artist, husband & dad in the Midwest is a miracle of resilience
St. Denis in Paris. One of my all time favorite buildings. The effect of colored light through the windows is Abbott Suger’s “lux nova”- an expression of divine presence
February 18, 2025 at 11:28 AM
St. Denis in Paris. One of my all time favorite buildings. The effect of colored light through the windows is Abbott Suger’s “lux nova”- an expression of divine presence
The Landsdowne Portait of Washington. Posted in honor of a politician who set the precedent of calling the president “Mr. President” rather than “Your Excellency” in recognition of the principle that no citizen is above the law.
February 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The Landsdowne Portait of Washington. Posted in honor of a politician who set the precedent of calling the president “Mr. President” rather than “Your Excellency” in recognition of the principle that no citizen is above the law.
It’s a cold gray day in the American Midwest, so I’m thinking about this view I took in Ireland a few springs ago. It really is that green.
February 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
It’s a cold gray day in the American Midwest, so I’m thinking about this view I took in Ireland a few springs ago. It really is that green.
These ladies were church leaders. They are immortalized in these 9th century mosaics at St Praxedes in Rome. The church is right around the corner from Sta Maria Maggiore and well worth the short walk if you’re in the neighborhood
February 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
These ladies were church leaders. They are immortalized in these 9th century mosaics at St Praxedes in Rome. The church is right around the corner from Sta Maria Maggiore and well worth the short walk if you’re in the neighborhood
Being a product of 50s masscult, paint-by-number history isn’t super diverse, however I did find this ad in the archives. By the 1960s DIY & hobby bug business was looking to expand into new markets
February 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Being a product of 50s masscult, paint-by-number history isn’t super diverse, however I did find this ad in the archives. By the 1960s DIY & hobby bug business was looking to expand into new markets
This is the impossibly cool Golden Rondelle, designed as an exhibition theater for Johnson Wax for the 1964 World’s Fair. It’s at their HQ in Wisconsin now. You can book a tour of this and the Frank Lloyd Wright research tower for free online: www.scjohnson.com/en/interacti...
11/10 stars
11/10 stars
February 9, 2025 at 2:08 PM
This is the impossibly cool Golden Rondelle, designed as an exhibition theater for Johnson Wax for the 1964 World’s Fair. It’s at their HQ in Wisconsin now. You can book a tour of this and the Frank Lloyd Wright research tower for free online: www.scjohnson.com/en/interacti...
11/10 stars
11/10 stars
Henry A. Wallace, FDR's V.P., gave this warning about American Fascists that is completely relevant to today's attack on American democracy.
February 8, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Henry A. Wallace, FDR's V.P., gave this warning about American Fascists that is completely relevant to today's attack on American democracy.