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Mundane observations. PhD candidate in premodern history / archaeology, but will also be rambling about music, movies, philosophy and God knows what. Avatar is the album cover of No Deeper Blue by Townes Van Zandt ( "Snake Eyes" by Jeanette (Jet) Whitt)

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I don't know why, but Jamaican crime classic The Harder They Come (1972) being advertised with line β€œInfinitely more intelligent than Last Tango in Paris” is hilarious to me.

26.10.2025 19:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy Birthday to the late, great Don Siegel, born 113 years ago today

26.10.2025 12:55 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wait until he hears that Reagan didn't trust the Russians.

25.10.2025 21:31 β€” πŸ‘ 23133    πŸ” 4605    πŸ’¬ 449    πŸ“Œ 160

Do these idiots even realize that shooting Charlie Kirk makes you a worse person than Charlie Kirk?

10.09.2025 19:01 β€” πŸ‘ 6173    πŸ” 817    πŸ’¬ 1211    πŸ“Œ 306

Just gonna put out there for the record that assassinating people is bad no matter how much you disagree with them

10.09.2025 19:15 β€” πŸ‘ 607    πŸ” 91    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 14
01.09.2025 17:03 β€” πŸ‘ 149    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2

Late to the party, but I finally saw Eddington (2025), and to my surprise I liked it very much! Then again, the reason why I am late to party in the first place is everyone telling me how lame it is.

01.09.2025 13:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I remember seeing that scene in a TV ad for the movie as a kid and thinking it was the coolest, craziest, most unbelievable thing ever.

And then my parents wouldn't allow me see the movie.

01.09.2025 13:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Jelly.

30.08.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

For the EU, this should be a very urgent matter of national security. All EU member states should build on Denmark's wise strategy to phase out Microsoft products

23.08.2025 08:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1382    πŸ” 653    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 54
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Jon Roberts – β€˜Wild Castles: Medieval Fortifications as Ecological Refuges’ In this blog, Jonathan David Roberts shares his reflections on the changing role of medieval fortifications on natural landscapes following a series of walks in his local area. Leaving the footpath…

"castles such as Watch Hill and Rougemont have become fortifications once more, sheltering not armoured knights but plants and animals. Birds and badgers have taken up residence in the structures built as homes for aristocrats." - me on castles and wildlife nehnetwork.wordpress.com/2025/06/03/j...

13.08.2025 09:21 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
Fragment of a Floor Mosaic with a Personification of Ktisis
Byzantine, 500–550, with modern restoration.
The following text is from The Met where you can view this mosaic:
The bejeweled woman, holding the measuring tool for the Roman foot, is identified by the restored Greek inscription as Ktisis, a figure personifying the act of generous donation or foundation. The man with a cornucopia, originally one of a pair flanking her, has the Greek inscription β€œgood” by his head, half of a text that probably said, β€œgood wishes.” The fragment, made of marble and glass tesserae (small pieces of colored material), is typical of the exceptional mosaics created throughout the Byzantine world in the 500s. The Metropolitan Museum, after acquiring the two figures independently, has restored them in accordance with a dealer’s photograph showing their original arrangement while in storage before separation.

Fragment of a Floor Mosaic with a Personification of Ktisis Byzantine, 500–550, with modern restoration. The following text is from The Met where you can view this mosaic: The bejeweled woman, holding the measuring tool for the Roman foot, is identified by the restored Greek inscription as Ktisis, a figure personifying the act of generous donation or foundation. The man with a cornucopia, originally one of a pair flanking her, has the Greek inscription β€œgood” by his head, half of a text that probably said, β€œgood wishes.” The fragment, made of marble and glass tesserae (small pieces of colored material), is typical of the exceptional mosaics created throughout the Byzantine world in the 500s. The Metropolitan Museum, after acquiring the two figures independently, has restored them in accordance with a dealer’s photograph showing their original arrangement while in storage before separation.

An exceptional Byzantine mosaic made of marble & glass tesserae showing Ktisis who personifies the act of generous donation, c. 500.

πŸ‘οΈ Read/watch Byzantium: Beyond The ClichΓ©, here: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/byzantium-...

#mosaicmonday πŸ—ƒοΈ #arthistory #medievalsky #skystorians 🏺 #archaeology

24.08.2025 08:28 β€” πŸ‘ 70    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Big Lebowski

Other favorites:

The Long Goodbye

Smoke

Die Hard

Stranger Than Paradise

Adaptation

24.08.2025 22:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It might be moving, but it is confusing. I've seen that movie half a dozen times, and I still don't know who the real Spartacus is. And that is what makes that movie a classic "whodunit"

24.08.2025 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Very good director, but also a very sketchy fellow.

22.08.2025 18:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Can they be called singles band if (almost) all of their albums are bangers?

22.08.2025 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

we used to build household shrines to Going On The Computer and it's no coincidence that as we abandoned these we started straying further from god's light

22.08.2025 09:19 β€” πŸ‘ 25019    πŸ” 7158    πŸ’¬ 276    πŸ“Œ 486

Well, yes. I'd argue it's not him that is explicitly conservative, not in a traditional sense at least, as much as he is appealing to conservatives. As well as some liberals.

Trying to create a "liberal" version of him is starting from the end result and skipping over all the steps that led to it.

21.08.2025 20:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Joe Rogan is Joe Rogan because of his non-critical approach to everything. He brings almost everyone to his podcast, no matter how wacky, dumb or toxic. Along with a number of "normal" guests that gives him a dose of legitimacy.

There is no "liberal" framework though which this can be done.

21.08.2025 19:51 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

One of the greats with very underrated solo career.

21.08.2025 11:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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Let’s celebrate with a number from the 1st Clash album I bought (yes, I knowπŸ€·πŸ»β€β™‚οΈ)

youtu.be/qkj0wUcbUeE?...

21.08.2025 09:09 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Not subscribing in hopes I get "nunsploitation", but I am pleasantly surprised when I do.

19.08.2025 22:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nothing like some good ol' Andrei Rublev to get me goin'.

18.08.2025 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The older I get, the more I enjoy movies of his that are less overtly something "only he could have made".

18.08.2025 13:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I guess stuff like Jim Jarmusch or Coens would be it.

12.08.2025 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man in a yellow suit and tie is standing in a room with sunglasses in his pocket . ALT: a man in a yellow suit and tie is standing in a room with sunglasses in his pocket .

John Cazale was born 90 years ago today.

12.08.2025 13:28 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 5

This is not a joke. Consider this.

Its 150 gigs for images and all.

That's literally less than one AAA game.

12.08.2025 06:45 β€” πŸ‘ 5061    πŸ” 3332    πŸ’¬ 51    πŸ“Œ 28
Aerial view of ruins of a Roman theater by the Mediterranean coast, with a semicircular seating area, stage, and surrounding stone columns. Beyond the theater, extensive ruins of buildings, colonnades, and walls spread across a dry, scrub-covered landscape, with the blue sea and in the background.

Aerial view of ruins of a Roman theater by the Mediterranean coast, with a semicircular seating area, stage, and surrounding stone columns. Beyond the theater, extensive ruins of buildings, colonnades, and walls spread across a dry, scrub-covered landscape, with the blue sea and in the background.

For #AncientSiteSunday let's go to Leptis Magna on the coast of Libya. It's one of the best preserved #Roman cities. The city was founded in the 7th century BC by the Phoenicians. In Roman times it became one of the most important...🧡 1/2

🏺 #archaeology

10.08.2025 05:05 β€” πŸ‘ 350    πŸ” 69    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 3
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This explains the MAGA crowd.

10.08.2025 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 6664    πŸ” 1654    πŸ’¬ 121    πŸ“Œ 68
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here's another curious Froggie @annaleehq.bsky.social

Frog Inkwell β€” Tiffany & Co., nd
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09.08.2025 20:38 β€” πŸ‘ 93    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

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