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that smile
that damn smile
that damn smile
@themerl.bsky.social C19th högs are great, but so are C18 göats, no?
This one is from our copy of British Zoology (1776) and you have to say, it's a fine animal. It has gravitas. Its facial expression (best described as phlegmatic) is at odds with the magnificence of the horns.
This one is from our copy of British Zoology (1776) and you have to say, it's a fine animal. It has gravitas. Its facial expression (best described as phlegmatic) is at odds with the magnificence of the horns.
December 19, 2024 at 12:27 PM
that smile
that damn smile
that damn smile
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Food charities have coordinated a letter to the UK govt calling for the 470,000 children in England who meet the eligibility criteria for Free School Meals but who are currently not signed up, to be automatically enrolled "so that they don’t miss out on a hot, nutritious meal at lunchtime" (1/x)
December 19, 2024 at 11:49 AM
Food charities have coordinated a letter to the UK govt calling for the 470,000 children in England who meet the eligibility criteria for Free School Meals but who are currently not signed up, to be automatically enrolled "so that they don’t miss out on a hot, nutritious meal at lunchtime" (1/x)
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okay how did it take me THREE YEARS at this university to find out there is a courtyard where the now defunct Byzantine Studies department had themselves immortalised in mural form??
December 17, 2024 at 8:44 PM
okay how did it take me THREE YEARS at this university to find out there is a courtyard where the now defunct Byzantine Studies department had themselves immortalised in mural form??
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🌲Twixt sea and pine. 🌲
Christmas, North Norfolk Railway.
Next stop, Studley Constable.
#normalfornorfolk
Christmas, North Norfolk Railway.
Next stop, Studley Constable.
#normalfornorfolk
December 14, 2024 at 8:26 PM
🌲Twixt sea and pine. 🌲
Christmas, North Norfolk Railway.
Next stop, Studley Constable.
#normalfornorfolk
Christmas, North Norfolk Railway.
Next stop, Studley Constable.
#normalfornorfolk
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Woke up thinking about the bowl with little feet. ☺️ It just makes me so happy. The copies I ordered from the Met Store just shipped and it’s the highlight of my week. LMAOOOOO. I don’t know why I’m so excited but baby, I feel like a million bucks!
It's been MONTHS since I went to the museum and I'm still thinking about this ancient lil bowl with feet.
(Egypt, c.3700-3450 B.C)
(Egypt, c.3700-3450 B.C)
December 13, 2024 at 1:35 PM
Woke up thinking about the bowl with little feet. ☺️ It just makes me so happy. The copies I ordered from the Met Store just shipped and it’s the highlight of my week. LMAOOOOO. I don’t know why I’m so excited but baby, I feel like a million bucks!
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they're just some Little Guys
December 12, 2024 at 4:29 PM
they're just some Little Guys
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If you think about it, the very best books are really just extremely long spells that turn you into a different person for the rest of your life
December 12, 2024 at 1:40 PM
If you think about it, the very best books are really just extremely long spells that turn you into a different person for the rest of your life
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it's kinda sad that digital work is so hidden
like there's no messy study room or bookshelves full of works you've read or letters from people and gizmos and widgets you've built or stacks of drawings and diagrams
it's all just, hidden in folders, already lost in space, and eventually lost to time
like there's no messy study room or bookshelves full of works you've read or letters from people and gizmos and widgets you've built or stacks of drawings and diagrams
it's all just, hidden in folders, already lost in space, and eventually lost to time
December 10, 2024 at 10:12 AM
it's kinda sad that digital work is so hidden
like there's no messy study room or bookshelves full of works you've read or letters from people and gizmos and widgets you've built or stacks of drawings and diagrams
it's all just, hidden in folders, already lost in space, and eventually lost to time
like there's no messy study room or bookshelves full of works you've read or letters from people and gizmos and widgets you've built or stacks of drawings and diagrams
it's all just, hidden in folders, already lost in space, and eventually lost to time
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I'm once again asking for a show where a librarian, a bookseller, and a carpenter travel around helping people manage their out-of-control book collections. Discuss their sentimental value, their rarity, their histories, then build amazing book nooks and shelves and little libraries to organize them
December 8, 2024 at 2:18 PM
I'm once again asking for a show where a librarian, a bookseller, and a carpenter travel around helping people manage their out-of-control book collections. Discuss their sentimental value, their rarity, their histories, then build amazing book nooks and shelves and little libraries to organize them
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☀️ Solar power has scaled up faster than any other source of electricity in history ↗️
It took just 8 years to go from 100 TWh to 1000 TWh.
It will only take 3 years to go from 1000 TWh to 2000 TWh!
It took just 8 years to go from 100 TWh to 1000 TWh.
It will only take 3 years to go from 1000 TWh to 2000 TWh!
December 4, 2024 at 10:22 AM
☀️ Solar power has scaled up faster than any other source of electricity in history ↗️
It took just 8 years to go from 100 TWh to 1000 TWh.
It will only take 3 years to go from 1000 TWh to 2000 TWh!
It took just 8 years to go from 100 TWh to 1000 TWh.
It will only take 3 years to go from 1000 TWh to 2000 TWh!
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The last thing Fantastic Mr Fox sees
December 2, 2024 at 1:33 PM
The last thing Fantastic Mr Fox sees
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I've been very quiet here, but here's a great thing that happened recently: Theatre Studies at the U. of Glasgow has launched a *free* online introduction to playwriting in partnership with Playwrights' Studio, Scotland! www.futurelearn.com/courses/an-i... Do pass on to anybody interested!
Introduction to Playwriting - Online Course
In this intro course, you'll generate ideas for a play and get to know genre, drama structure, exposition, dialogue, and drafting.
www.futurelearn.com
December 2, 2024 at 11:32 AM
I've been very quiet here, but here's a great thing that happened recently: Theatre Studies at the U. of Glasgow has launched a *free* online introduction to playwriting in partnership with Playwrights' Studio, Scotland! www.futurelearn.com/courses/an-i... Do pass on to anybody interested!
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Good man yourself Oedipus, how’re ye keeping these days, tell me now, do y’still have the
November 28, 2024 at 9:55 PM
Good man yourself Oedipus, how’re ye keeping these days, tell me now, do y’still have the
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ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PSA:
If you are lucky enough to be able to buy someone a games console this Christmas, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE *before you wrap it up* unbox it, turn it on, and get the software updated.
Servers will be busy on Christmas Day.
Get ahead of them now and enjoy your day x
If you are lucky enough to be able to buy someone a games console this Christmas, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE *before you wrap it up* unbox it, turn it on, and get the software updated.
Servers will be busy on Christmas Day.
Get ahead of them now and enjoy your day x
November 29, 2024 at 4:42 PM
ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PSA:
If you are lucky enough to be able to buy someone a games console this Christmas, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE *before you wrap it up* unbox it, turn it on, and get the software updated.
Servers will be busy on Christmas Day.
Get ahead of them now and enjoy your day x
If you are lucky enough to be able to buy someone a games console this Christmas, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE *before you wrap it up* unbox it, turn it on, and get the software updated.
Servers will be busy on Christmas Day.
Get ahead of them now and enjoy your day x
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A remarkable stat: Heidi Alexander’s appointment as Transport Secretary means the cabinet is now 100% state-educated for the first time in history.
November 29, 2024 at 1:52 PM
A remarkable stat: Heidi Alexander’s appointment as Transport Secretary means the cabinet is now 100% state-educated for the first time in history.
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This is one of my favorite, low-tech, ways of visualizing the past! Doesn't oversell the reconstruction, shows possible past and present in same view, works, rain or shine and without power.
An interesting way to help people visualize what a ruin used to be.
November 26, 2024 at 7:34 PM
This is one of my favorite, low-tech, ways of visualizing the past! Doesn't oversell the reconstruction, shows possible past and present in same view, works, rain or shine and without power.
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Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing.
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. A year later, nearly half of participants said they had housing.
Participants in Denver's basic-income program reported having more-secure housing, though results were similar in the trial and control groups.
www.businessinsider.com
November 26, 2024 at 12:47 AM
Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing.
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
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Finally wrote about that diploma in my house 🗃️
“The Value of Women’s Things”! Our newest Collecting Religion essay is live, by OG #ebaymethod crew member @monicalmercado.bsky.social: collectingreligion.wordpress.com/2024/11/25/t...
The Value of Women’s Things
by Monica L. Mercado In December 2020, I received an unexpected email: Greetings. While researching a document that I have I came across your lovely article about visiting Loretto. I have a large 1…
collectingreligion.wordpress.com
November 25, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Finally wrote about that diploma in my house 🗃️
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Did…did a minotaur write this
November 25, 2024 at 11:09 AM
Did…did a minotaur write this
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Are we doing those old-school, meandering, ludicrous threads here? They were the best thing about ol’ Twitter.
And, hoo boy, have I got one for you.
Buckle up. We need to talk about Gromit.
🪡 🧵 🪡
And, hoo boy, have I got one for you.
Buckle up. We need to talk about Gromit.
🪡 🧵 🪡
November 16, 2024 at 8:53 PM
Are we doing those old-school, meandering, ludicrous threads here? They were the best thing about ol’ Twitter.
And, hoo boy, have I got one for you.
Buckle up. We need to talk about Gromit.
🪡 🧵 🪡
And, hoo boy, have I got one for you.
Buckle up. We need to talk about Gromit.
🪡 🧵 🪡
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The fact that UCC hid a 3000-year-old mummy under the floorboards of a lecture theatre on a campus where two and a half tonnes of uranium rods were being stored in a basement nearby and DIDN'T end up with a zombie-pharaoh apocalypse is both a mystery and endlessly disappointing
November 18, 2024 at 9:17 AM
The fact that UCC hid a 3000-year-old mummy under the floorboards of a lecture theatre on a campus where two and a half tonnes of uranium rods were being stored in a basement nearby and DIDN'T end up with a zombie-pharaoh apocalypse is both a mystery and endlessly disappointing
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How I introduce myself on all the new platforms
November 14, 2024 at 12:48 PM
How I introduce myself on all the new platforms
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don't know if it's properly escaped British containment yet but I really need the whole world to know that Rivals is maybe the single most entertaining TV show made this year, I promise you that even if you think "horny Brits who work in TV in the 80's" isn't your thing: it will be your thing
November 14, 2024 at 9:22 PM
don't know if it's properly escaped British containment yet but I really need the whole world to know that Rivals is maybe the single most entertaining TV show made this year, I promise you that even if you think "horny Brits who work in TV in the 80's" isn't your thing: it will be your thing
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Lots of people still don't know about this feature! It's very, very good. Reduces dunks and pile-ons, and hey, even just people being annoying or missing the point when they quote.
📢 1.90 is rolling out now (3/11)
Every post now has the ability to “detach” quote posts.
Quote posts are great but sometimes they’re used to dunk on people. This tool gives you a quick way to remove your post from the quote, reducing the unwanted attention that a quote might bring.
Every post now has the ability to “detach” quote posts.
Quote posts are great but sometimes they’re used to dunk on people. This tool gives you a quick way to remove your post from the quote, reducing the unwanted attention that a quote might bring.
November 11, 2024 at 1:00 PM
Lots of people still don't know about this feature! It's very, very good. Reduces dunks and pile-ons, and hey, even just people being annoying or missing the point when they quote.
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It’s really pretty cool that one thing you can do to support people you like is ask your local library to get their book because it doesn’t cost you anything, it helps them, and the librarian gets to know someone actually wants to read a book and not just use the computer for Roblox
November 12, 2024 at 4:32 PM
It’s really pretty cool that one thing you can do to support people you like is ask your local library to get their book because it doesn’t cost you anything, it helps them, and the librarian gets to know someone actually wants to read a book and not just use the computer for Roblox