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Excellent article, historiography is always fascinating, especially when applied to the Beatles.

25.11.2025 18:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I want a president that'll put PROJECT A and POLICE STORY in the library of Congress.

25.11.2025 18:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
My photo collage shows four pottery vessels, all a creamy yellow in colour, with black painted decoration depicting underwater sea-life featuring lively stylised octopuses with writhing tentacles (arms), All on display at Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete. 

Top L - Minoan pithoid storage jar decorated in the โ€œMarine Styleโ€ with wide-eyes octopus, argonauts, rocks, and coral. Rounded top tapering down to a narrower base. Short cyclindrical neck flaring out at the mouth with black wavy decoration reminiscent of waves. Loop handles attached to the shoulders of the body. Height 55 cm. From Zakros. 1500-1450 BC

Top R - Minoan flask with a rounded body, short cyclindrical neck which flares at the rim, and two small curved handles attached between the top of the spout and the shoulders of the body. Decorated in โ€œMarine Styleโ€ which depicts an almost cartoon-like octopus with wide eyes and sucker-lined tentacles which writhe around the vase. Other decorative sea-motifs include sea urchins, seaweed and rocks. Height 27cm. From Palaikastro, 1500-1450 BC

Bottom L - alabastron, broad at the base, swelling outwards into a fuller belly before narrowing near the top with a very short cyclindrical neck and a wider flat rimmed mouth. Decorated in โ€œMarine Styleโ€ with a wide-eyed octopus among rocks. From Knossos Little Palace, 1450-1370 BC

Bottom R - krater with rounded body narrowing at the bottom towards the foot. Wide flaring mouth and rim with black painted wavy decoration, and two sturdy handles attached on each side between the top of the mouth and shoulders of the vessel. Decorated with a central very stylised wide-eyed octopus whose tentacles loop up and down around the body of the pot, 1370-1300 BC

My photo collage shows four pottery vessels, all a creamy yellow in colour, with black painted decoration depicting underwater sea-life featuring lively stylised octopuses with writhing tentacles (arms), All on display at Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete. Top L - Minoan pithoid storage jar decorated in the โ€œMarine Styleโ€ with wide-eyes octopus, argonauts, rocks, and coral. Rounded top tapering down to a narrower base. Short cyclindrical neck flaring out at the mouth with black wavy decoration reminiscent of waves. Loop handles attached to the shoulders of the body. Height 55 cm. From Zakros. 1500-1450 BC Top R - Minoan flask with a rounded body, short cyclindrical neck which flares at the rim, and two small curved handles attached between the top of the spout and the shoulders of the body. Decorated in โ€œMarine Styleโ€ which depicts an almost cartoon-like octopus with wide eyes and sucker-lined tentacles which writhe around the vase. Other decorative sea-motifs include sea urchins, seaweed and rocks. Height 27cm. From Palaikastro, 1500-1450 BC Bottom L - alabastron, broad at the base, swelling outwards into a fuller belly before narrowing near the top with a very short cyclindrical neck and a wider flat rimmed mouth. Decorated in โ€œMarine Styleโ€ with a wide-eyed octopus among rocks. From Knossos Little Palace, 1450-1370 BC Bottom R - krater with rounded body narrowing at the bottom towards the foot. Wide flaring mouth and rim with black painted wavy decoration, and two sturdy handles attached on each side between the top of the mouth and shoulders of the vessel. Decorated with a central very stylised wide-eyed octopus whose tentacles loop up and down around the body of the pot, 1370-1300 BC

Something lovely to start the week! ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿบโค๏ธ

Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!

Heraklion Archaeological Museum ๐Ÿ“ท by me

#Archaeology

17.11.2025 11:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1459    ๐Ÿ” 375    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 41    ๐Ÿ“Œ 22
A pumpkin with a light inside. It has been carved with the words โ€œinferring causation from correlationโ€

A pumpkin with a light inside. It has been carved with the words โ€œinferring causation from correlationโ€

Still terrifying

31.10.2025 07:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 165    ๐Ÿ” 50    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
Screenshot of part of the LEGO Ideas website, showing a side view of a diorama featuring both creatures

Screenshot of part of the LEGO Ideas website, showing a side view of a diorama featuring both creatures

๐Ÿšจ THIS IS NOT A DRILL ๐Ÿšจ

Weโ€™ve just seen this, by creator โ€œMenapianโ€ - a 4,998-piece set of the Great Exhibition (1851) Crystal Palace - complete with a bonus Megalosaurus and Ichthyosaurโ€ฆ

beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...

16.09.2025 18:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 786    ๐Ÿ” 255    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 20    ๐Ÿ“Œ 44
A drawing of Henry Mitchell, the smiling, bespectacled dad from the comic strip Dennis The Menace.

A drawing of Henry Mitchell, the smiling, bespectacled dad from the comic strip Dennis The Menace.

Who's the worst cartoon character?

I vote Henry, the dad from Dennis the Menace. He's a mask deliberately invented to whitewash the identity of his creator, Hank Ketcham, one of the worst men to ever make comics.

It's gonna take a thread.

01.09.2025 05:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3000    ๐Ÿ” 1142    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 75    ๐Ÿ“Œ 334

Hit like if you read film criticism weekly and repost if you read film criticism more than that

22.08.2025 01:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 335    ๐Ÿ” 123    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11
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Rogue Trooper is 6 reels long, (an anachronistic system used during post production.)
Our mystery composer played @bazzybazbazbaz.bsky.social & I reel 2 today & it was so, so great, we giggled like loons!
Thatโ€™s the 1st two reels done! Both brill!
Iโ€™m so excited to show you this feckin film.
๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿผโค๏ธ๐Ÿคž๐Ÿผ

16.08.2025 05:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 874    ๐Ÿ” 81    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 43    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11

Ozzy Osbourne visited my magic shop. He said he'd like to buy some stink bombs. How many? All of them. I had to go through drawers finding every last one. He bought 900 of them. To sign the credit card slip I handed him a shock pen, which he thought was hilarious and bought that too. RIP

22.07.2025 18:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16401    ๐Ÿ” 3211    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 88    ๐Ÿ“Œ 96

As a Year 2 - teacher, hand made card with honest message and if you are going to give anything else a shared voucher that works in a few places is the way to go.

23.07.2025 07:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™d definitely pay good money for that, keep us updated if you put it on sale.

22.07.2025 08:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Subway style map to go with The Lord of the Rings, showing the different pathways of various parties throughout the book. The title reads: "Lord of the Rings Transit Map: One Does Not Simply Walk Ino Mordor When One Can Ride." The map takes up the middle part of the page, and there are two keys. The one on the left is titles "Standard Service Lines, and has color keys matched to the subway lines on the map. Lines are named:
"Shire-Bree Commuter Line
Old Forrest Crescent
Wildland Scenic Line
Fellowship Line
Gollum / Smรฉagol Line
Uruk Hai Express
Three Hunters Line
Fangorn Slow Service
Rohan to Gondor Business Line
Black Ships Ferry Service
Oliphant Direct Line
Army of the West Line
Gandalf Express

A smaller key on the right side of the map is labeled: "Limited Service Lines" and has color keys matched to the following names lines:
"Eagle Express
Paths of the Dead Line
Nazgรปl Search & Resuce
Valinor Ltd."

A note at the bottom reads: 
"* Mount Doom station only accepts Rings of Power in payment. Plan accordingly."

Subway style map to go with The Lord of the Rings, showing the different pathways of various parties throughout the book. The title reads: "Lord of the Rings Transit Map: One Does Not Simply Walk Ino Mordor When One Can Ride." The map takes up the middle part of the page, and there are two keys. The one on the left is titles "Standard Service Lines, and has color keys matched to the subway lines on the map. Lines are named: "Shire-Bree Commuter Line Old Forrest Crescent Wildland Scenic Line Fellowship Line Gollum / Smรฉagol Line Uruk Hai Express Three Hunters Line Fangorn Slow Service Rohan to Gondor Business Line Black Ships Ferry Service Oliphant Direct Line Army of the West Line Gandalf Express A smaller key on the right side of the map is labeled: "Limited Service Lines" and has color keys matched to the following names lines: "Eagle Express Paths of the Dead Line Nazgรปl Search & Resuce Valinor Ltd." A note at the bottom reads: "* Mount Doom station only accepts Rings of Power in payment. Plan accordingly."

The other day I drew a subway-style map for The Hobbit, and it was very well received. Some of you asked if I could do one for LoTR, so I have!

Forgive the eel watermark; I'm working on making these something you can buy, if you like.

21.07.2025 23:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2676    ๐Ÿ” 742    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 118    ๐Ÿ“Œ 114

Are you a parent with a baby that needs a little polish? I do gentle, natural replacementโ€”in accordance with a long tradition of fรฆrie child-snatching. I will take your human child and leave behind a waxy-skinned changeling that seems to fade from existence when viewed in your peripheral vision.

16.07.2025 17:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 746    ๐Ÿ” 226    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

He did, started around issue 30 something, think Steve Y the Zenith artist drew it.

15.07.2025 09:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Background paintings from Castle in the Sky (1986), dir. Hayao Miyazaki, Studio Ghibli

Pieces painted by Nizo Yamamoto, Toshiro Nozaki and Mutsuo Koseki

12.07.2025 20:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1633    ๐Ÿ” 558    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 14

If I find myself with a shy bladder in a public loo, I silently recite the poem "Zen & the Art of Going to the Lavatory" seen in the graphics of the TV series "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". Never fails to unblock me. Thanks Douglas.

12.07.2025 12:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 238    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Relic, by Two Way Mirrors 10 track album

Iโ€™ll be putting some new music out pretty soon from my Two Way Mirrors project and for a couple of days Iโ€™ve dropped this older album I did down to ยฃ1โ€ฆ frostilabel.bandcamp.com/album/relic

05.07.2025 15:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Don't believe the haters, the movie's great anarchic fun.

26.06.2025 12:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The new Gundam is good (got a bit of Godzilla Minus One vibe), but if you haven't seen it, as recommended elsewhere, Pluto is excellent.

30.04.2025 17:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Painting of a little dog coming out of a hard-boiled egg in an egg cup on a saucer.

Painting of a little dog coming out of a hard-boiled egg in an egg cup on a saucer.

In a bid to attract more followers online, I looked at which post images do well. People seem to like a) pets b) food, so I strategically painted this image of a weird little guy coming out of a hard-boiled egg. Am I social-media-ing correctly?
#illustration #artsky #art

11.04.2025 09:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 388    ๐Ÿ” 44    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 42    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

[To illustrate annoyance]: Arseflesh!

08.04.2025 14:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Via Jennifer Lynch. Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Thatโ€™s a hell of a gravestone.

07.04.2025 19:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 686    ๐Ÿ” 150    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 18

Just been informed that weโ€™ve been knocked off number one in the charts by Jonathan Pie and I think we all know what we have to do this week. Pull together. Tell your matesโ€ฆ

One more episode to go. Spread the word.

29.03.2025 08:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32    ๐Ÿ” 28    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Tell your mates about #BrokenVeil.

My instagram ads manager thingy has decided to block my account... Fun. So I'm having a bit of trouble getting the promo videos out past Meta's relentless content clamps.

We're down to word-of-mouth for a bit while we get the last two eps out... SPREAD THE WORD.

27.03.2025 13:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 63    ๐Ÿ” 49    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 34
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๐Ÿ’– OUT NOW! Bunny Vs Monkey: The Whopping World Of Puzzles is absolutely CRAMMED with fiendish brain-twisters, amazing activities, and ridiculously fun games to join in with. All wrapped up in a hilarious comic story!
๐Ÿคฏ Wanna win a signed copy? Just share this post! Winners picked at random!

28.03.2025 09:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 82    ๐Ÿ” 65    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

Big Elephants Can Always Understand Small Elephants.
It uses less branding.

09.03.2025 16:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly by Billy Duffy and Johnny Marr is still a favourite.

11.02.2025 18:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The marginal details of the David Lynch memorial at the Burbank Bobโ€™s Big Boy are what make it.

18.01.2025 19:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12993    ๐Ÿ” 1541    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 176    ๐Ÿ“Œ 80

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