Megan Panatier

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maybe they meant Canadian Rapture, which happens in October

Footh-ill

A black clay jug in the form of a goat. The tail and the horns have been made as cusps.

And look at the smooth, balanced, simple and unique form of this jug from Gordion. Perfect.
🏺

a bald stick figure in a chair with his arms out in front like he’s typing on a keyboard, and he’s got the biggest angry frown imaginable and eyebrows that express frustrated bemusement

my daughter really captured my essence in this portrait of me “at work”

Washi: The Japanese paper crafted to last 1,000 years Ancient documents made with washi, the hand-crafted Japanese paper, are proof of its remarkable longevity.

www.bbc.com/reel/video/p... Washi: the Japanese paper crafted to last 1,000 years

The hotdog kills me.

Frodo saying "All right, then. Keep your secrets"

Me to the pistacchio I didn't manage to pry open

Screenshot of shot with the full moon rising in front of Simba, Timon, and Pumbaa. Below are three moon diagrams showing the proper orientation of the moon from the northern hemisphere, equator (Kenya) and southern hemisphere. The moon from the film is aligned to the northern hemisphere version because realism means nothing any longer.

Outrageous! The moon rotation in this shot of
The Lion King remake implies it was shot far into the northern hemisphere. What happened to realism? Literally unwatchable.

Father Figure by Taylor Swift hits differently with “swimming with the fishes” being mentioned

me just waking up after sleeping all weekend and looking at blue sky

hey buddy

Dense forest sloping to the sea.

Santa Cruz Mountains twilight, fog shrouding the coast. #CAwx

An accountant sent me tax returns…as a video. Fourteen minutes.

It was at that moment that I decided to go full prepper off-grid. I cannot live like this.

I swear this is not just because I’m the father of a five year old girl but the k-pop demon hunters soundtrack has got to be the pop record of the year, right? it’s like, weaponized pop production. violating the nuclear non-proliferation treaty pop production

What an apt metaphor for the moment, only way too many people refuse to accept the tower is empty and they're on their own.

fol. 43r digitized page from an illuminated manuscript, text box surrounded by illustrations of various mammals (15 total) against gold background

fol. 208r digitized page from an illuminated manuscript, text box surrounded by illustrations of various birds (19 total) with 4 flies and 2 butterflies scattered in between against gold background

For #ManuscriptMonday:
#Mammals & #birds (plus some bonus #insects), fols. 43r & 208r from Horae (Cambrai) [Heures de Boussu], France, 1490-95
Gallican BnF / Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal Ms-1185 réserve
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Glowing from Within - bioGraphic With more scientists and artists turning their attention to bioluminescence, new information about glowing fungi is coming to light.

Just in time for spooky season, I got to learn all about bioluminescent fungi, including some fungi that interlace with the wood of trees to create glow-in-the-dark trees! Read all about it here:

www.biographic.com/glowing-from...

This tiny butterfly has the most chromosomes of any animal on Earth Scientists have confirmed that the Atlas blue butterfly carries the most chromosomes of any animal, with 229 pairs. Unlike duplication, its chromosomes split apart, reshaping its genome in surprising ...

Homie got 229 pairs of chromosomes

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

Yeah, but do you have a raccoon who shows up when you call him and lets you throw marshmallows at him? Didn’t think so.

Egypt opens the tomb of Amenhotep III after 20 years of renovation work Egypt on Saturday opened a tomb of a Pharaoh for visitors after more than two decades of renovation in the southern city of Luxor.

You know what? Just open it here and end it all already:

apnews.com/video/the-to...

A prayer more than an interview. Amen.

A "fairy ring" of toadstools

I'm just about to step inside this "fairy ring", so if you don't hear from me for a few hundred years...

Elon Musk and Stephen Miller both tweeted against judges today.

A South Carolina judge's house burned down and almost killed her family.

A menagerie of pink Cosmos brighten the space they nest in.

The garden is a magical place 📷🧚…

Alt text: drawing of a cat in a witch’s hat, surrounded by candles, stirring a cauldron of a potion called: Leave me alone potion

primary anybody who doesn't talk like this

WAFFLES

Alt text: drawing of a cat in a witch’s hat, surrounded by candles, stirring a cauldron of a potion called: Leave me alone potion