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'Landmark' elephant bone finding in Spain may be from time of Hannibal's war against Rome An elephant bone discovered in Spain may date to the time of Hannibal's battles against the Romans.

The discovery of an ancient elephant bone in Spain is the first "direct archaeological testimony" of war elephants being used from Hannibal's time, a new study reports. 🏺🧪🐘

Rectangular sandstone relief with a standing figure of Minerva in high relief. She wears a long garment and helmet, she's holding a lance in her right hand and an oval shield at her left side. On her right sight an owl is visible.

For #ReliefWednesday a representation of Minerva, the #Roman goddess of wisdom, arts, crafts, and warfare. She's carrying the helmet, a lance and a shield. The deity is accompanied by an #owl, her sacred animal.
Found in Burgstall an der Murr.

📷 Landesmuseum Württemnberg

🏺 #archaeology

Section of the base of a basket, with preserved food remains inside.

Basket remains from the submerged Neolithic settlement of La Marmotta, Italy #NationalWickerDay

Basket-making was common in prehistory, but baskets rarely survive. Organic preservation provides us with a more complete picture of Neolithic technology.

🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

🏺 #Archaeology

For a medieval Monday, a magnificent hidden treasure of Welsh legal history- a beautifully illustrated manuscript of the Welsh text of the laws of Hywel Dda #medievalsky

Laser Interferometry Gravitational wave Observatory (LIGO)

Black holes merger illustration. Source unknown.

𝗚𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀 conform to Einstein's 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 [via Cornell U] 🧪🥼🌌⚫💥〰️

"GW250114 was clear enough for researchers to measure two tones and constrain a third. All agree with Einstein’s general relativity."

astro.cornell.edu/news/gravita...

#gravity #wave #black #holes #merger #LIGO

Cloudy skies over McDonald Observatory.

#photography #streetphotography #fujifilm #fujifeed #BlueskyArtShow #clouds

Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼
@Noahpinion
Holy fuck. What??? Really???

Psaki on WaPo layoffs: "Anyone who tells you this was about the bottom line is wrong."

Statistics for Christian Nationalists to Ponder

NUMBER OF TIMES YOUR HERO DONALD TRUMP IS MENTIONED IN THE EPSTEIN FILES:

Over 38,000 times.

NUMBER OF TIMES JESUS IS MENTIONED IN THE US CONSITUTION:

Never. Not even once.

Caricature of Pam Bondi by artist Trevor Stone Irvin. The text surrounding her reads: There is no law I won't break, No lie I won't make, No justice I won't delay, No citizen I won’t betray The Paid Agitator and Sewer Rat Pam Blondi Where justice goes to Die

𝗹𝗼𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 / lohth-suhm / 𝘢𝘥𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦:

1. Causing feelings of disgust; detestable; repulsive; revolting

2. Pamela Jo Bondi

Cartoon by Trevor Stone Irvin (substack.com/@trevorstone...)

Marble bust of Herodotus. Image from Metropolitan Museum of Art collection.

New! ‘Herodotus and History’ course with Professor Chris Carey.

Join Prof Carey from Wednesday 25th February to find out about one of the most fascinating writers of the ancient world! Five, weekly online sessions with recordings available.

www.hellenicandromanlibrary.org/Events/Event...

🏺

Trump Is Doubling Down on All the Wrong Things Republicans are worried about the midterm elections, but the president doesn’t seem to be.

"Republicans’ whispers have grown louder in recent weeks: Trump is distracted; he’s focused on the wrong things; the chaos is hurting us. And then a thunderclap from deep-red Texas," @jonlemire.bsky.social writes.

{gift link} www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Thursday, 2/5/26 from 5:30–8:30pm
Rein In ICE: Phone Bank ☎️📱with Common Cause & @in-slwm.bsky.social!

Join fellow activists from near and far to mobilize voters to take action against dangerous legislation in state houses and Congress. #StopICE

Sign up here: www.mobilize.us/commoncause/...

So weird how this keeps happening.

www.haaretz.com/us-news/2026...

A Corinthian delight: three examples of ancient caricatures. The pyxis at the top shows a child-like Herakles drawing water from a fountain. On the lower left, a kylix depicting a woman playing the usually all-male drinking game kottabos. On the lower right, Artemis and her curious dog. 🏺 1/

📸 me

I am done with trump.

NASA document reveals new Artemis II moon mission target launch dates for March NASA quietly updated its potential launch windows for its delayed moon mission, apparently now targeting March 6-11

NASA quietly updated its potential launch windows for its delayed moon mission, apparently now targeting March 6-11

Deep-sea explorers film massive animal drifting through darkness in South Atlantic Ocean | Discover Wildlife The rare giant phantom jelly was spotted during a science expedition off the coast of Argentina.

A popular press recap of all the cool stuff that @schmidtocean.bsky.social recently found off the coast of Argentina

Deep-sea explorers film massive animal drifting through darkness in South Atlantic Ocean | Discover Wildlife share.google/99B8UnGPRL7y...

Tell Congress: Impeach DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Contact Congress today!

Kristi Noem is an absolute disgrace. And if Mike Johnson is too big of a coward to impeach her, we will!

UN special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese condemned Israel’s ban on Doctors Without Borders (MSF) from Gaza, saying “Israel has NO authority to block anyone from entering the Palestinian territory it illegally occupies.”

Excellent news.

For those keeping score at home:

If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.

Democracy dies in oligarchy.

A 2,000 strong MN choir sing outside #Minneapolis Marriott to the ICE paramilitary . Be "Minnesota nice." ICE can't handle it.

In Grand Rapids, Michigan, ICE goons pinned a man face-first into the snow on the side of a busy road and abducted him, despite his repeated pleas that he has a lawyer and legal status. (2/3/26)

god bless the James Webb Space Telescope

Inside the resistance with Will Stancil "It's something I could do to keep them from stealing my neighbors."

New in PN: Inside the resistance with @whstancil.bsky.social

"They seem to have thought they could come in here with big guns and intimidate everyone, then we would all just sort of run away. That didn’t happen. Ultimately, I don’t see a way out for them that isn’t some kind of defeat or retreat."

He’s the stupid people’s President.