Oh no they start mixing it with jenever

Wait. I take it back. They drank vodka.

Historians of science were brutally treated in the 1970s, never forget. #historySTM #historyofscience #historyofmeteorology

Dutch people selling books in Frankfurt: why are you looking at me with forks and knives in your hands...

(from: Daniel Stolzenberg, 'The Holy Office in the Republic of Letters', Isis (2019))

Tom Hiddleston as Søren Kierkegaard.

Oh no no no Mickey no no no no

A picture of the full crew of the Siboga expedition, 1900 (from the Special Collections, UvA). Professional me: yes, this is empire. Non-professional me: THAT CUTE BLACK CAT ON THE LEFT IS LOOKING AT ME PSPSPSPSPS. (The other tabby cat three hoomans to the right thinks: ef this.)

In 2018 we decided to split up the family museum due to conflicting ideas about systematics with the then 6 year old. Six years later, both museums are trying to outcompete each other in amassing stuff. This is a lesson. In what, I do not know. #philosophyofcollecting

Life goals for a retired @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social historian. Learn from the master #MaartenvanRossem