Lin Hawthorne

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How Much Did It Cost to Paint a Pompeii Room Egyptian Blue? The price of covering a room in the prized pigment was equal to between 50% and 90% of a Roman legionary's annual salary, a new study estimates.

My latest for @hyperallergic.com is on Egyptian Blue—& a new study by Mishael Quraishi which prices out the Roman cost & manual labor needed to paint the “Blue Room” at Pompeii. Shout outs & thx: @hilarybeckertxny.bsky.social , @diffendale.bsky.social , @chapps.bsky.social, @valentinadl.bsky.social!

#fabulamurina (mouse story) 493
murus anticus cavi renovatus est (The front wall of the mousehole has been renewed). Silvius sonum tintinnabuli et pulsationis audit, et ianuam aperit (Silvius hears the sound of the bell and of knocking, and he opens the door). salve tata! (Hello, Daddy!)

#地衣類 #lichen #fungifriends

Plaque with duck (Late Period - Hellenistic Period (400-30 BCE))

Museo Egizio, Turin, Italy

Phyllonorycter anderidae is a seldom recorded species, these were the first moths to emerge from various leaf mines collected last autumn. Mines were on seedling birch on lowland bog in Fife, it's a new species for the vice-county and also new for me.

I feel like it should be more widely unpopular that in the past year we’ve witnessed the creation of an American Stasi required to meet arrest quotas who utilize an AI technology created by a company run by a sweaty raisin of a billionaire who thinks Greta Thunberg is the antichrist.

Cottonweed Achillea maritima - reintroduced to Hayling Island, Hampshire - has toughed out the winter winds and sandblasting. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

‘Stop the light going out and fund the World Service now’, BBC journalists urge government Journalists at the BBC World Service have urged the UK government to deliver a proper funding agreement amid reports of a real-terms budget freeze.

Members at BBC World Service have urged the UK government to deliver a proper funding agreement and "end this annual uncertainty by enshrining a long-term, predictable, and sufficient, inflation-linked funding settlement for the World Service in the next BBC Charter."

www.nuj.org.uk/resource/sto...

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Plants and Habitats: An Introduction to Common Plants and Their Habitats in Britain and Ireland Buy Plants and Habitats (9780957608115): An Introduction to Common Plants and Their Habitats in Britain and Ireland: NHBS - Ben Averis, Ben and Alison Averis

A 2nd edition of my Plants and Habitats book is now out and available from the Natural History Book Store: www.nhbs.com/plants-and-h.... Main differences from 1st edition: many species added and nomenclature & further information (e.g. habitat classifications) updated. I hope people find it useful!

it's a great catch phrase ... it incites laughing like drains

🧵One of the pivotal factors in the tale of rural poverty was the shifting landscape of agriculture. Yorkshire, primarily an agrarian society, witnessed the enclosure movement during this time, altering the very fabric of land ownership and utilisation. This movement, while promoting efficiency and

Rhododendron Bud Blast, Seifertia azaleae.

Sheringham Park, yesterday, with @vannabartlett.bsky.social.

#Fungi #FungiFriends

Iran’s cultural heritage in the crossfire – expert explains what has been damaged and what could be lost When war damages historic monuments, more than architecture is lost.

"When war damages historic monuments, more than architecture is lost. Fragments of cultural memory that have endured for centuries disappear with them. [...] Once destroyed, these monuments cannot truly be replaced."

#Iran

theconversation.com/irans-cultur...

Moss makes an excellent seed bed.
Rosette of Primula veris, Cowslip.

Sphagnum moss. #Newfoundland, Canada. #moss #bryophyte #plants
Photo covers about 6cm, left to right.

My aunt received a love letter from a French exchange student in which he claimed to have thunk of her during the night. It impressed me deeply, obviously, since she’s over eighty now and I still remember it. With glee.

Having only read the title, I have questions...

Palantir CEO Makes Shocking Confession on Disrupting Democratic Power They’re saying the quiet part out loud now.

Palantir CEO promises that his technology will reduce educated women's economic and political power newrepublic.com/post/207693/...

Had a great day out researching the habitat of the wild daffodil as part of a reintroduction project. The species is extinct from its historic environment—ancient meadows and woodland—but survives in farm gardens as an ornamental plant.
Thanks to @joshual951.bsky.social for info on UK habitat 🌼🌿

walking on old pavement lights in edinburgh
stopping for a while suddenly feels like watching a movie

This is Nathan Cavanaugh, another DOGE staffer explaining how he flagged grants at NEH for "DEI" which would be reviewed for termination. 404 Media has reviewed hours of this footage and we'll have more soon.

Part of a lawsuit by @acls1919.bsky.social, @modernlanguage.bsky.social + @historians.org

Silicon Valley has taken a hard pivot from college-for-all (and coding-for-all) to manual-labor-for-all-except-us-billionaires-and-our-kids.

Eight years ago today 🌿

Sprekelia formosissima (Aztec Lily) in the conservatory at DBG (Denver Botanic Gardens), native to rocky hills in southern Mexico & Guatemala 😎

I'm teaching invertebrate zoology in the fall. I'm looking for textbook recommendations with good online resources like slides and study guides? Does anyone have presentations they're willing to share? Thanks! #Invert #Zoology #Invertebrate #lecture

The Most Dangerous Corporation in America? The AI surveillance state is real — and it's being built by Palantir.

Palantir Technologies raked in $1.5 BILLION in income last year — including from lucrative taxpayer-funded DHS contracts — and paid ZERO federal income tax.

It's fast becoming the most dangerous and least accountable corporation in America.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_VwyhErd88

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Last week Sheffield Council installed this plaque at the Town Hall entrance sited under the historic Kinder Scout trespass plaque. Most people don't realise it, but the Sheffield Street Tree campaign will in the future be classed as just as historic. Proud to have been a part of it

We really could not be more proud of the leaders who make the beating heart of Team Mariposa.

Paul's involvement with the fight to save Sheffield's street trees, and to plant valuable, wildlife-friendly new trees for the future, is an example to us all.