Beccaneer

many of u

Sukkot begins tonight 🌿✨ A festival of harvest and memory, marking the Israelites’ desert wanderings and the season’s abundance.

📷 The Benguiat family, late nineteenth century Smyrna (now Izmir), Ottoman Empire, late 19th century. The Jewish Museum.

Romanised Pali manuscript of the Lokapannati

Ghosts, Monsters, and Demons of India p. 60 Bhoota Vahana Yanta Bhoota Vahana Yanta means “spirit movement machine.” The term is used for several varieties of robot drone assassins and sword-wielding machine- men mentioned in the Lokapannati, a Pali-language text written between 1000 and 1200 CE by Saddhammaghosa of Thaton, but concerning events that took place much earlier, around 500 to 200 BCE. According to the story, robots were first invented by engineers of the early Roman Republic. These robots were used for commerce, in agriculture, as a police force, and as executioners. The secret of how to build these spirit-engines was fiercely protected. If any engineer dared to take the designs out of the city, one of his own executioner robots would come after him and kill him. At that time, in Pataliputra (then in the kingdom of Magadha, now Patna in the state of Bihar), there lived a young man who had heard of the Romans’ magical androids. He became so determined to learn the secrets of their manufacture and share them with the people of Magadha that he arranged his own death. Then, on his deathbed, he vowed to be reincarnated as a Roman. This indeed took place. In his new life, the man grew up to join the Roman guild of engineers. He even married the daughter of the Master Robot-Maker, and had a son by her. Once he learned the secrets of the Bhoota Vahana Yanta, the man resolved to transfer the information back to Pataliputra. But he was well aware that now, since he was a member of the guild, he would be killed as soon as he left. So he cut a gash in his thigh, inserted the plans in his flesh, and sewed the wound back up.

When I was researching my book Ghosts, Monsters, and Demons of India, I learned of a 1000-year-old myth about Roman tech being used to build killer robots to guard the Buddha's remains in Pataliputra, and a Hungarian folklorist read my book & got excited about it, & she managed to dig up a🧵(1/3)

Maggie Vandewalle - 'Barrow'
#Watercolour

Valeus💜 #myart #valeus #criticalrole #criticalrolefanart #criticalrolecampaign4 #dnd

New drow OC! Her name is Lucia✨ #myart #dnd #ocs #dungeonsanddragons

Tardigrade in neon rainbow colors inside a circle with the caption “Just because I can survive harsh conditions doesn’t mean I should have to”

Just because I can survive harsh conditions doesn’t mean I should have to.

Graphic: @standplaatskrk.pl

Painting as described

Stag in an Autumn landscape, Rosa Bonheur.

A fig leaf cover of impotence is very Sukkot-themed though.

This may be one of the greatest days of my life. I just received word from UNLV Dept of Geoscience saying I may have literally actually discovered a rock formation during my desert explorations that's unknown to science. I could not be more excited! This is my childhood dream! (Even if it gets ID'd)

Dios mío, ahora resulta que Johnny cogió su fusil es woke

Jewish but don't really practice much? This article on repentance as part of atonement was a useful reminder for me going into Wed night.

I love this little raccoon adventurer. I started to doodle him on a whim and it just kept getting better until I ended up bringing it to full render. I don’t know where he’s headed, but I 100% want to go with him.
#animalart #cottagecore #pencilart #adventurer #hiking

"and where do you see yourself in five years"

The bees have discovered Brutalism

In a new project I am working on together with Asaf Timor, a scholar and professional ritual scribe (סופר סת"ם), we are preparing a set of tefillin using exclusively ancient methods and materials.

The work is based on research we’ve conducted in recent years on the Judean Desert tefillin...
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Book cover image for "Legitimation of the Elites in High Medieval Poland and Norway: Comparative Studies," edited by Wojtek Jezierski, Hans Jacob Orning, and Grzegorz Pac.

New open-access book from @brepols.net with comparative studies on elites in medieval Poland in Norway, including contributions by @hopesteffen.bsky.social and many others: www.brepolsonline.net/action/showB... #medievalsky

Every year, #SeaOtterAwarenessWeek takes place during the last full week of Sept to celebrate and inspire deeper awareness of these marine mammals. All three sea otters living at Point Defiance Zoo are rescued. They were deemed non-releasable to the wild by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 🦦

The big one

La pregunta clave no es: ¿Por qué los jóvenes se han vuelto de ultraderecha?

La pregunta clave es: ¿Por qué los medios de comunicación se han vuelto de ultraderecha?

That's a character concept for sure.

Possum bard, breaking the stereotypes and your ears simultaneously.

chill out

I had a dentist appointment yesterday with no doggos. I want a do-over.

Photo of a printed sign reading "Dear Scotland, it's "you" not 'youse'. Sincerely, The English Language." Underneath which is tacked a handwritten note: "Dear England, Youse dinnae ken wit yer talkin aboot. Cheers, Scotland."

Sent to me (nothing to do with the current trip).

#Linguistics #Scots #dialect

We have a little more than $800 to go to reach our goal!

Help the The Natural History Society of Maryland fund their new shark science and conservation exhibit, which I'm working with them to design! 🧪🦑🌎🦈

www.southernfriedscience.com/help-support...

I feel like there have been hundreds of these movies for decades.

This is a stonking book! I read the physical copy and my eldest kiddo read the ebook. Periodically there'd be a "Whoa!! How is that even a thing!!" from the corner and I'd try to guess which myth/folktale was causing the shock. Highly, highly recommend.

How One Bad Password Ended a 158-Year-Old Business Weak password let Akira ransomware destroy 158-year-old KNP Logistics, causing £5M ransom demand and 700 job losses.

thehackernews.com/2025/09/how-...

2FA all the things, people. ALL THE THINGS.