@matthewparis.bsky.social
I'm a fan of the 13th century chronicler known as Matthew of Paris. I also post images/videos of birds and animals that visit my birdbath and sometimes, my amateur photos of the night sky. You might know me as "Michael".
There is a book about him and the cholera outbreak. It is a great read. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gho...
#skunk Late night visitor. Spring is definitely here.
Ooh it's our Gutenberg Bible, fully digitised: cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/PR-INC-...
In accepting his WGA award, Stephen Colbert named and said something funny about each of his 20 writers so they’d be hired when his show ends 🥹
@wgaeast.bsky.social
#WGAAwards
I might have a heart attack and die from not-surprise.
Nice observation!! I wonder if it is a little like focus control on a camera to get greater depth of field from their vision (meaning that objects both near and far are more sharply focused). It would help identify shapes that could be threats...
Sometimes you just find these things on the interenet.
www.npr.org/2026/02/28/n...
Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed.
#Chronica_Majora (so it is findable)
#birds I've never watched an eagle lay an egg before.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZsS...
The video is slightly edited, but you can hear Jackie's vocalizations while laying. Send donations to the Moon Camp Fundraiser savemooncamp.org to preserve the Big Bear Valley for Jackie and her partner Shadow.
#birds I've never watched an eagle lay an egg before.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZsS...
The video is slightly edited, but you can hear Jackie's vocalizations while laying. Send donations to the Moon Camp Fundraiser savemooncamp.org to preserve the Big Bear Valley for Jackie and her partner Shadow.
It's a lot of money - they'll probably need a wealthy donor...
That was neat. I only got to about 1300... For a humorous take in a similar vein, here's this comedian's take on the tale of the Three Little Pigs...in Shakespearean English.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxoU...
#birds
I visit the website for these eagles almost every day.
Now their habitat is in danger from humans building resorts.
You can help here... They have till July 31, 2026 to raise the funds necessary to preserve the forest.
savemooncamp.org
If the route includes a lot of down-hill, it could be the increased mass giving you down-hill momentum. Could also be driving habit changes because of the payload... Lots of lane-changes and speed-up/slow-down drives down gas mileage. Was the added weight changing how you drive? Just a thought...
For our next seminar we're thrilled to have @saracharles.bsky.social speaking on 'The challenges and constraints of making medieval manuscripts in the twenty-first century'. 17.30 GMT Wed 25/02/26 at @ihr.bsky.social or online. Further details/registration at: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Great shot! Amazing capture of a spectacular moment! Love it!
#birds A grackle captured on takeoff in brilliant light just before the wings pop out. (another photo from 2021)
#birds #BirdOfTheDay theme: #OddCouples A tufted titmouse and a robin "sharing" the birdbath. From a while ago (2021).
Spectacular recording if you click through... #medieval #music
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
"... One of
the fishes, a monster of prodigious size, made its way into
the Thames, and with difficulty passed uninjured between the
pillars of the bridge; ..."
That's the Old London Bridge built in the early 13th Century.
Venerat ad funus Thetidis de piscibus unus,
Quem, rex Neptunus misit quasi nobile munus.
[To Thetis' funeral came a monster fish,
By Neptune sent to make a glorious dish.]
Matthew of Paris records that in 1240, a very large "fish" swam 55 miles up the Thames River to Mortlake.
v1, pp 316
zooming in was more of a treat than I anticipated
#birds If you count drinking as part of today's #BirdOfTheDay theme: #FeedingTime, this is a large batch of starlings. (repost from Oct 2025)
#birds from two days ago - a Cardinal in the morning sun.
#birds A late afternoon cardinal comes to get a drink at a frozen birdbath. Camera reports temperature as -4C, 25F.By pecking at the edges - the cardinal can get ice-chips - it's worth the visit.
