Victor Frankenstein is such a whiny little asshole, I love him so much.

Dog Days! Fantastic illustrations of the Canis Major constellation appear in these two @bodleian.ox.ac.uk medieval astronomical texts to celebrate #InternationalDogDay! 🐶⭐️

A page of Latin text from a medieval manuscript. Two columns of closely written words are decorated with small illuminations; rubrics, small pictures of birds and other animals, and floral details. In the central column, a small dog leaps playfully over a gilded initial in Ms Bodl 264 fol 8r.

A dog with a rabbit in its mouth runs away from a disgruntled looking owner along the lower left margin of this highly decorated manuscript– highly relatable to modern dog owners, we’re sure. MS Bodl 264 fol 52r.

A dog riding a deer, jousts against a monkey on goatback in this very elaborately decorated 12th Century Psalter. Lots of colour, illustration and gilding throughout this manuscript. An illuminated initial immediately above the jousting animals shows a man being knighted. Shelfmark: Bodleian MS Douce 131 fol 32r.

A beloved pooch faithfully waits at their ailing mistresses’ bedside in a two panel illustration. The mistress lies on her bed with her head on her hands, while a small white dog is on the floor next to her. This manuscript belonged to Louise of Savoy, 1476–1531, whose son became King Francis I of France. Shelfmark: Bodleian Library MS. Douce 195 fol. 1r.

Our medieval offerings for #InternationalDogDay:

1. Dog leaps over an initial in Ms Bodl 264.
2.'Drop it!': a dog with a rabbit in its mouth runs away from its owner. MS Bodl 264.
3. Dog jousts a monkey MS Douce 131.
4. Lapdog sits by their ailing mistress MS. Douce 195.

I’d forgotten about that one, I LOVED it as a kid!

Lots of indie book shops are online, so buy from them instead of 4m4zon! You can also shop at bookshop.org and designate your fav local bookseller to get a little spiff when you make a purchase.
#booksky #bookish

All done! This has been waiting since November for less than an hour’s worth of sewing.

Forgot to put my jeans in the laundry before starting it and the idea of doing a second load has finally motivated me to mend my other pair.

Read it all! There's a lot of good things going on.

Torbie cat with her mouth extra wide open in a yawn, her tongue pink and curled a little at the end. It looks like she's screaming.

Yes, Zoey, a lot of us are screaming.

Sounds tasty!

Jalapeño cheddar!

A loaf of jalapeño cheddar bread cooling on a wire rack, tragically still too hot to cut.

The worst part a baking bread is the bit in between taking it out of the oven and it being cool enough to eat.

Will people finally stand up when there's no food?

lol, good to know it’s not just me

An embroidery of two skaters on a pond in a snowy landscape. It has just been taken out of the hoop and is still wrinkled.

Finished stitching my sister’s Xmas gift! Three days after she unwrapped it. 😬

A painting showing a figure wearing a very skimpy robe, barely held together with a belt

When you've just got home from visiting family, and there's no clean laundry so you make do 👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums

The Combat of Horatii and Curiatii at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Thanks @e_brubacher for sharing 😁

You may DEPEND on being cured.

“This quibbling over the number of people desperate for food seems a politicized diversion from the fact that the Israeli government is blocking virtually all food from getting in”-Kenneth Roth

“FEWS said in its report that its famine assessment holds even if as few as 10,000 people remain.”

Sitting on the bathroom floor scrolling my feed because if I breathe wrong there’ll be hair dye everywhere. This is why I always put off doing this

That yarn's so fun!

Oh ouch! Hope it heals up quick and isn’t too sore in the meantime!

That’s very cool I’m definitely going to keep an eye on that

I took my laundry down to the machine and then thought you know it’s not THAT cold I can just run out and get the mail without a coat. And that was the devil speaking.

Do they stream all their concerts??

Photo of a yellow parrotlet sitting in the palm of my hand. He is round, fluffy, and full of mischief.

Decided to change my handle to better fit my current attitude towards life. Still named in honor of this guy, who I’m sure you can tell is a horrid little gremlin.

Ugh, I remember those ads from the 90s. I was in elementary school and a picky eater who did NOT need to be told to eat less.

An embroidery hoop with white and blue fabric sewn together to form the basic background of a sky, snowy landscape, and pond. Traced on top are details to be embroidered, including skaters, trees, and houses.

Today I finally put together the background and traced the pattern for my sister's xmas present. At least I can say I didn't leave it until december?

#StandingStoneSunday!
A late #neolithic statue-menhir found at Rottenburg-Lindele, dating 3250-3000 BC. It is considered one of the oldest anthropomorphic stone sculptures from southern Germany and was reused as a cover for a grave in the 8th/7th century BC.

📷 @almbawue.bsky.social

🏺 #archaeology

does everybody know about my favorite website, the embroidery tips page that forgot to close its <h3> tags

Annual morbidity in the 20th century, before and after vaccines:

Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47

Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429

Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3

Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2

Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0

Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0