A hard situation deep into the Thai Jungle today after we got a tip off. Nobody lives here. Managed to get the first boy saved (more soon we hope) and medical care. I've never seen a dog go from scared to happy to be rescued so quick
Álfheiðr
@sphecida.bsky.social
She, Her, Hers Your American flags won't save you
If I could be granted one wish that would change the world for the better… Find a dog to adopt. That’s it. Simple as that. There are millions out there waiting ❤️
Meet MACC’s Baby Seal. Puppy life = living life at full speed. This handsome guy is looking for an adventure partner for a lifetime. Also, could he be any cuter! Look at the belly! So many years of belly rubs and laughter in your future.
Your Prince Charming has come to save you
Here's Peter sitting on his saddle during its very first trials in June 1988.
Durotriges Dig@durotrigesdig.bsky.social · last wk.The talented illustrator / scholar Peter Connolly is remembered for his reconstructions of ancient armies But did you know that he frequently managed to get himself in the picture? Usually as an Iron Age chieftain, king or druid 😆👍 #FindingConnolly #Archaeology #HillfortsWednesday #AncientBlueSky
Sipping my coffee ☕️ and thinking about these marvellous Minoan cups! They look so modern it’s incredible to think they were made by Bronze Age potters some 3,800 years ago! Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete. 📷 by me #Archaeology
The study combines data from 149 field studies, in 27 countries across five continents to compare the impacts of plant diversity on natural pest predators across croplands, grasslands and forests. UKCEH's Ben Woodcock is among the co-authors. See our news: https://tinyurl.com/3mtyu6ft 2/2
Plant diversity boosts pests’ predators and reduces crop damage
The largest global assessment of its kind has shown that plant diversity increases populations of predators to suppress pests before they cause significant crop damage. The meta-analysis combines data from 149 field studies across five continents, with co-authors including Dr Ben Woodcock of the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.
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'A Hairdresser Noticed Something Strange About Roman Statues—and Solved a 2,000-Year-Old Puzzle'
A Hairdresser Noticed Something Strange About Roman Statues—and Solved a 2,000-Year-Old Puzzle
The answer was hiding in an obscure Latin word that scholars had been mistranslating for decades.
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In today's episode of #WeirdShitInMyYard is this fluffy #gall(?) that I found growing on a Black Cherry leaf (Prunus serotina). Inat suggests subfamily Sceliotrachelinae of family Platygastridae, but did not seem confident. Any #Wasp people have an idea? Attn: @apsciencebylyn.bsky.social
The MAGA bros sending death threats to Emily Wilson are the same cretins who think Oðinn is some kind of testosterone laden brawny man. They haven't read the sagas, nor the Iliad and the Odyssey. www.npr.org/2026/07/29/n...
'Odyssey' translator Emily Wilson says Nolan shouldn't have written the movie himself
The renowned classics scholar caused a stir when her critical review of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey went viral. Wilson explains her reaction to the film and why she's translating the poem again.
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"There are more female characters than in most Nolan movies, thanks to the source material. But none of them has much to say, in contrast to the characterisations in the poem." www.bbc.com/news/article...
Odyssey translator slams Nolan's film adaptation as 'gimmicky' with 'no sex'
The film has won rave reviews from film critics but a translator of Homer's work was less than impressed.
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"TikTok is just AI slop, teenagers dancing, and political misinformation" SKILL ISSUE. MY TikTok feed is 100% the guy structuring an elephant puppet around a toddler carrier and using it to invade Italy via Hannibal Barca's 218BC route through the Alps. vm.tiktok.com/ZN8JcuTJd/
'Rare' discovery of adjacent tombs in Co Galway offers insight into prehistoric burials
'Rare' discovery of adjacent tombs in Co Galway offers insight into prehistoric burials
An amethyst pendant, found in the portal tomb, is said to be unlike anything else found in Ireland.
thejournal.ie
I wrote about the re-arrest of the Tate brothers, and the political opportunities that are being wasted by Democrats too eager to re-masculinize their party. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Why are Democrats so quiet about the Tate brothers? | Moira Donegan
The party’s silence shows how broadly male supremacist thinking has seeped into the conventional wisdom of political strategists
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Meet MACC’s Teacup Bengal Tiger. Hopscotch is a big boy with no body size awareness. So perfect! He is a true hunk and oh so meaty. He loves bulldozing around with his friends in playgroup and galloping around like the tiger that he is. In his downtime he is an artist & spit bubbles is his art.
We need to return to a country that believes in science and higher education
Silver-gilt greave silver, gold overlay c. 400 BCE Thracian culture #handmade #greave #armor #legcovering #warrior #war #silver #gold #knemis #thrace #ancientthrace #c400BCE #thracianmetalworking #metalart #ancientart #art #sculpture #sculpturetowear #wearableart #burialmount #bulgaria #odrysian
This Etruscan vase shows a youth playing a flute whilst riding a dolphin. It may be a reference to the tale of Arion, a Greek poet from Lesbos, who was kidnapped by pirates and saved when his beautiful playing summoned a getaway dolphin to help his escape. 🕰️c350BC 🏛️📷National Archaeology Museum 🇪🇸
The thing that pisses me off most about ponies is when they drag you all the way up to one of the highest points on a vast patch of British moorland just so you can do the unpaid photo shoot for the cover of their debut solo LP.
Tom Cox@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · last mo.
the whole "women's sports exist to protect women from men" framing is hilarious, given that a lot of these divisions were initially formed because men were deeply embarrassed any time a woman beat them at a sport olympic shooting was mixed gender right up until a woman won the gold
There’ve been kerfuffles about the accuracy of the Odyssey movie. Perhaps one thing they got right was the armour. Whilst the film armour looks vaguely classical, it’s more cinematic perhaps than this actual Mycenaean bronze panoply found in Dendra. 🕰️C15thBC 🏛️📷Archaeological Museum, Nafplion
