Anne, Cranky Cat Crone

My photo shows the front of a warm-yellow coloured Minoan clay flask, hand painted in black with a frontally depicted octopus. The flask measures 27 cm (about 10.5 inches) in height. It has a short spout at the top with a small loop handle at either side. The octopus is swimming diagonally with its eight writhing, sucker-lined arms covering the whole surface of the flask. It stares out at the viewer with wide, almost cartoon-like eyes. Additional motifs include sea urchins, tritons, small rocks and seaweed. Minoan decoration depicting sea motifs is known by scholars as the ‘Marine Style’. The flask was excavated in 1903 at a Bronze Age settlement site at Palaikastro. The Palaikastro excavations, carried out between 1902 and 1906, were run by R. Bosanquet and R.M. Dawkins from the British School of Athens. The flask is part of the collections at Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Heraklion, Crete.

Marvellous 3,500 year-old Minoan clay flask decorated with a wide-eyed octopus 🐙❤️

Excavated in 1903 from a Bronze Age settlement site at Palaikastro, Crete.

Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me

#Archaeology

4-panel comic: Astronomers asking researchers from different departments to help them identify the “little red dots” in JWST images: (1) Entomologists [Person 1 behind easel that is black with red dots on it, looked at by Person 2 with shoulder-length hair.] PERSON 2: Clover mites. (2) Computer Scientists [Person 1 behind easel that is black with red dots on it, looked at by Person 3 with beanie.] PERSON 3: Stuck pixels. (3) Dermatologists [Person 1 behind easel that is black with red dots on it, looked at by Person 4 with ponytail.] PERSON 4: Cherry angiomas. (4) Graphic designers [Person 1 behind easel that is black with red dots on it, looked at by Person 5 with short hair.] PERSON 5: No, those are vermillion, or maybe jasper. Can I see your color settings?

Little Red Dots

xkcd.com/3212/

me: starfish

Scientist: not a fish

me: jellyfish

Scientist: not a fish

me: seahorse

Scientist: fish

They were on the Trump stolen files case because Trump stole files about Iran. The answer is actually even more damning than the insinuation!

When someone says „Scientists do not want you to know“ you can dismiss everything from there on. Scientists want you to know. They are desperate that you know. They can’t shut up about what they found out and want you to know.

It’s a leftover from the Ritual Cleansing of the Hive.

Just fyi to newspeeps reportng on texas primarys: Montague county is pornounced "mon-tayge.' it isnot in faire Verona afterall.

A set of dolls greet visitors for Hina Matsuri.

It's a little late, but the dolls are ready to greet the guests🎎🍑🙇‍♂️

#Kyoto #京都 #HinaMatsuri #ひな祭り #雛人形 #雛飾り #DollsFestival #Japan #DollsDay #dolls

Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

Billy the brown tabby cat is lying on his side on his purple towel nest on top of a chest of drawers. One of his ears is folded over and squished under the side of his head, hiding it.

can you Helps me Find my Ear??? it has Wandered Off!!!

Call your reps about this. Every time a book ban has been overturned or shut down, it's because the vast majority of people who believe in the freedom to read spoke up.
Find your reps' info at reps.fyi.

Americans urged to leave Middle East, but many airports are closed and embassy staff is reduced The State Department ordered the mandatory departure of non-emergency personnel and family members in six countries after the U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia was struck by two Iranian drones.

It’s so American to be like you should return home via your bootstraps

Howdy everybody, Benny needs our help! This good boy is in need of some important care. I'm offering sketches for those who donate a minimum of 10$, colored sketches for a minimum of 20$, just have Andrew let me know you donated, thank you! Let's get Benny better!

Trans people are under attack.
They are trying to make them going out in public illegal.
They are taking away their licenses.

If you cannot see that the moment you unpeople one demographic, you create a gray area for every other demographic, you're beyond hope.

Trans rights are human rights.

“I will be too tired. I am going back to bed.”

Toad went back into the house.

Trump Administration Live Updates: Noem Defends Calling Pretti and Good Domestic Terrorists

Would someone please impeach this ridiculous person?
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...

A photo of a wooden workbench. There is a necklace made from clustered pink glass flowers and pale green glass leaves at the back. More of those beads are set out on the workbench along with a small round container of pink seed beads. A smaller in-progress piece that will become a bracelet is in the foreground, and a spool of silver wire and the tips of a pair of wire cutters are also visible.

It’s snowing outside but I have spring on my workbench.

The emergence of Sluggo and his favorite of all the root vegetables:

Ali Khamenei, his daughter, his grandson.
The new leader’s father, sister, and nephew.

Recipe for the creation of an implacable enemy.

every time one of these dudes is like "masked agents illegally brutalising and killing US citizens" wiuth nary a mention of anyone else it's like damn they really only purely give a fuck about ppl they think can benefit them at the ballot box huh

The Dodge of War

Yeah our bills are up and not just because of the cold. Health insurance is way up. Hell, our veterinary bills are twice what they were a couple years ago. It’s uhhh not great

my guy you have literally just explained why this is a serial animal abuser who has now moved on to humans exactly like the literature warns

Henrietta Lacks' Family Reaches Settlement in Fight Over Her Stolen Cells Details of the Novartis agreement aren't public, but the family says it is pleased with the outcome.

A long overdue reckoning for Henrietta Lacks — the Black woman whose cancer cells led to breakthroughs but were harvested without her consent. Novartis has settled a lawsuit by Lacks’ estate that alleged the pharmaceutical giant profited off her cells.
https://bit.ly/3NgCeBs

You will never regret opposing a war Because wars destroy human beings, and we are meant for more than destruction

I don't hate this war because it wasn't "authorized properly," or because I am not a fan of the specific President waging it. I hate this war because it is a war.

thewhitepages.net/p/you-will-n...

Notes I left to myself right before falling asleep:

What if a robot from a previous technical civilization told a Paleolithic person it could handle making all those bothersome cave paintings so they didn't have to

Repost far and wide if this happens.

It’s not Sandal’s fault he’s the mostest awesomest.

Step 1: kill everyone we can

Step 2: wait whose job was this step

Step 3: Cancel Step 2

Step 4: Send for the A Team

Step 5: Wait, theyre WHAT?

Step 6: fine make the call

I thought his father was born in the U.S. and his grandfather was born in Germany….

Is Trump the child of undocumented migrants, or is so mentally shook he’s mixing up his father and grandfather. Neither is a great look.