Peter Barth

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Joke's on Elmo - I'm still on tumblr

Another entry in my occasional series "Little Guys in World Art". This charming chap getting his groove on is a whistle made by the pre-Columbian Moche culture of Peru. I love his little face so I drew him.

Photograph of a gilded copper and turquoise whistle, depicting a musician playing an antara (panflute), Moche culture, Peru, 100-800 CE. The original piece is in the collection of the Museo Larco, Lima, Peru.A cartoon version of the pan-pipe player depicted on the Moche whistle in the previous photo. Underneath him is the caption "Anyway, here's Wonderwall."

⚡️'A new era of war begins' — Ukrainian sea, ground drone team up for combat mission on Kinburn Spit. In the "first combat mission of this type known," a Ukrainian sea drone delivered a ground drone to Russian-held territory on the Kinburn Spit, Ukraine's 123rd Territorial Defense Brigade said.

'A new era of war begins' — Ukrainian sea, ground drone team up for combat mission on Kinburn Spit

In the "first combat mission of this type known," a Ukrainian sea drone delivered a ground drone to Russian-held territory on the Kinburn Spit, Ukraine's 123rd Territorial Defense Brigade said on July...

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they're replacing Platner with Barnabus Marsh IV, a simple country fisherman whose only tattoo is of something called "the esoteric order of dagon." got a good feeling about this one!

SCOTUS upholding the firing of the FTC commissioner but not the Federal Reserve board member is such a blatant reveal of how this Supreme Court sides with the interests of capital over consistent jurisprudence and precedent.

There's a bloke on Hampstead Heath, alone, with a silver ice bucket and a very expensive looking bottle of champagne, sat on a bench and watching the sun go down, absolutely living his best life.

The oldest known instance of the "Cool S", a symbol of unknown origin, on a tenth century Viking runestone. This sigil has persisted through the centuries and is still found today. Scholars believe its origin is unrelated to the letter S, and that it may have originally been part of a ritual.

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The four types of Ukrainian drone observed (so far!) in today's strikes on strategic targets in Moscow, Russia: * Antonov an-196 Liutyy * Fire Point FP-1 / FP-2 * Sichen / Behemoth * BARS cruise missile #OSINT

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Just a friendly reminder. If the US had taken only a small fraction of the money and military equipment it has squandered fighting and losing to Iran, and instead helped Ukraine, the Middle East would be more stable and Russia would be facing defeat.