Jon Flushing

@jflushing.bsky.social

Author Member of the Writers 3 Love family, friends, our 2 rescues, travel, music, Avid reader Trying to live my best life Happy to make others laugh Believe in fairness and equality Miniature wargamer Fan of Sci Fi, Fantasy, & Horror No DMs Please

Come see the original screen-used model of the U.S.S. Enterprise at the Roddenberry Archive room at #STLV. Lost for several decades, it was recently recovered and restored, ready to be shared with Star Trek fans all over the world.

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“Did Mitch win his primary?” “No, sir. He’s still dead.” “How about Lindsey?” “He’s still dead too, sir.” “At least Amir Hassan won, right?” “No, sir. He lost to the guy who dropped out last month.” “The Mexicans only gave us one good word, and that’s siesta. Very few people know that.”

I'm a huge fan of archaeological photos where we get our first peek at objects in the field. Here, a 1st c. CE marble monopodium (table base) in the form of a naked boy holding a goose appears out of the lapilli in #Pompeii in 1952. 🏺 #ancientbluesky 1/ 📸 left, me; right, see ALT

Marble sculpture of a naked boy with longish hair, wearing a cape and holding a small goose. He stands against a pilaster, which would have formed the support for a marble garden table. 

Photo: my own, taken at the exhibition “L’altra Pompei, vite comuni all’ombra del Vesuvio” ('The other Pompeii, ordinary lives in the shadow of Vesuvius'), held at the Pompeii palaestra.Black and white photo from the excavation of 1952, showing the head and top of the table support pilaster of this sculpture appearing out of a mound of lapilli, volcanic material (like loads of small pebbles or rocks). A brick column and brick wall are in the background. 

Photo courtesy of Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei

Disc of Chinkultic, 590 CE, Maya ball player, a ruler or elite participant, in ceremonial attire during a ritual ballgame. Framed by hieroglyphic inscriptions that record the event and its participants, this monument reflects the deep political, religious, and cultural significance of the ballgame.

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