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Oil flask (aryballos) in the form of a seated #monkey
Etrusco-Corinthian, c.560BCE
Terracotta, 9.5x5.1cm
on display at Harvard Art Museums
“In the 6th c. BCE, workshops produced an array of faience flasks combining Egyptian & Greek elements….Whimsical monkey-shaped containers were popular in Italy.”
Etrusco-Corinthian, c.560BCE
Terracotta, 9.5x5.1cm
on display at Harvard Art Museums
“In the 6th c. BCE, workshops produced an array of faience flasks combining Egyptian & Greek elements….Whimsical monkey-shaped containers were popular in Italy.”
June 10, 2024 at 2:17 AM
Oil flask (aryballos) in the form of a seated #monkey
Etrusco-Corinthian, c.560BCE
Terracotta, 9.5x5.1cm
on display at Harvard Art Museums
“In the 6th c. BCE, workshops produced an array of faience flasks combining Egyptian & Greek elements….Whimsical monkey-shaped containers were popular in Italy.”
Etrusco-Corinthian, c.560BCE
Terracotta, 9.5x5.1cm
on display at Harvard Art Museums
“In the 6th c. BCE, workshops produced an array of faience flasks combining Egyptian & Greek elements….Whimsical monkey-shaped containers were popular in Italy.”
I love the nursery updates, this one is titled "Green Christmas oobleck" and contains the line "We had placed Christmas items such as tinsel and tree decorations inside the tray, this was to enforce the Christmas spirit"
December 15, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I love the nursery updates, this one is titled "Green Christmas oobleck" and contains the line "We had placed Christmas items such as tinsel and tree decorations inside the tray, this was to enforce the Christmas spirit"
Why are we talking about going back to Twitter again. No don't tell me i don't want to know
December 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Why are we talking about going back to Twitter again. No don't tell me i don't want to know
We left a soft thing out
December 15, 2025 at 8:46 PM
We left a soft thing out
It's the podcast guy equivalent of "well you're ugly anyway"
December 15, 2025 at 7:11 PM
It's the podcast guy equivalent of "well you're ugly anyway"
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It's probably for the best in this environment that it's not getting more national attention, but what Brandon Scott has achieved in Baltimore over the last six years is genuinely amazing newrepublic.com/article/2020...
How Mayor Brandon Scott Curbed Violent Crime in Baltimore
At a time when the Trump administration has been disparaging Black political leaders, Charm City’s young mayor has built a formidable case for himself.
newrepublic.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
It's probably for the best in this environment that it's not getting more national attention, but what Brandon Scott has achieved in Baltimore over the last six years is genuinely amazing newrepublic.com/article/2020...
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If, like me, you’re finding the winter darkness oppressive, and you’re a night owl, and you can’t wait until the shortest day of the year to start feeling a sense of optimism again:
Today is the day of the earliest sunset. The evenings get longer from today. You’re welcome.
Today is the day of the earliest sunset. The evenings get longer from today. You’re welcome.
December 12, 2025 at 6:24 PM
If, like me, you’re finding the winter darkness oppressive, and you’re a night owl, and you can’t wait until the shortest day of the year to start feeling a sense of optimism again:
Today is the day of the earliest sunset. The evenings get longer from today. You’re welcome.
Today is the day of the earliest sunset. The evenings get longer from today. You’re welcome.
My Lidl has stopped doing the pumpkin seed rolls 😢 They're still on the till though so I have hope they might return
December 15, 2025 at 12:32 PM
My Lidl has stopped doing the pumpkin seed rolls 😢 They're still on the till though so I have hope they might return
She was always my favourite Spout Girl
December 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
She was always my favourite Spout Girl
we value your privacy
December 14, 2025 at 9:55 PM
we value your privacy
the bookmarks and history on my Firefox aren't working so I'm having to type in URLs like it's 1998
December 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
the bookmarks and history on my Firefox aren't working so I'm having to type in URLs like it's 1998
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The thing that annoys me is how the idea of "AI competency" is either hilariously empty OR an impossible bar for most undergraduate students.
The weak version of this seems to be "showing students how to use ChatGPT and telling them that it can hallucinate." The strong version is an MA in ML.
The weak version of this seems to be "showing students how to use ChatGPT and telling them that it can hallucinate." The strong version is an MA in ML.
It’s been fun while it lasted: “Purdue University will begin requiring that all of its undergraduate students demonstrate basic competency in artificial intelligence starting with freshmen who enter the university in 2026.”
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
Purdue University Approves New AI Requirement For All Undergrads
Purdue University will begin requiring that all of its undergraduate students meet an AI competency requirement starting with freshmen who enter the university in 2026.
www.forbes.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The thing that annoys me is how the idea of "AI competency" is either hilariously empty OR an impossible bar for most undergraduate students.
The weak version of this seems to be "showing students how to use ChatGPT and telling them that it can hallucinate." The strong version is an MA in ML.
The weak version of this seems to be "showing students how to use ChatGPT and telling them that it can hallucinate." The strong version is an MA in ML.
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They’ve got to make a true-crime style film about the Salt Path scam, but also starring Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs.
December 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
They’ve got to make a true-crime style film about the Salt Path scam, but also starring Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs.
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🔴I wrote about far-right attacks against refugee charities and why some are choosing to leave the sector to protect themselves. It's awful but understandable.
open.substack.com/pub/nicolake...
open.substack.com/pub/nicolake...
When it's time to move on
It's toxic out there
open.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
🔴I wrote about far-right attacks against refugee charities and why some are choosing to leave the sector to protect themselves. It's awful but understandable.
open.substack.com/pub/nicolake...
open.substack.com/pub/nicolake...
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Something fishy's going on, but they're beautiful! 6/
December 14, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Something fishy's going on, but they're beautiful! 6/
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Learned today that “Galápagos” comes from a Spanish word for tortoise, meaning that “Galápagos Tortoise” is,
in fact,
a tortology
in fact,
a tortology
December 13, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Learned today that “Galápagos” comes from a Spanish word for tortoise, meaning that “Galápagos Tortoise” is,
in fact,
a tortology
in fact,
a tortology
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Hanging out with babies rules. This guy is the size of a Build A Bear and he's never even seen anything before. He just got here!
December 14, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Hanging out with babies rules. This guy is the size of a Build A Bear and he's never even seen anything before. He just got here!
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Just because i know you were wondering
December 13, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Just because i know you were wondering
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I am so proud of them. the kids did it. they made a new stupid number to say. they may now take their place in history.
December 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I am so proud of them. the kids did it. they made a new stupid number to say. they may now take their place in history.
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This is a true & effectively irrefutable argument ... which is why it's so fun to read the absolute cosmic nonsense in the comments.
"I need to go higher than the speed limit when I'm passing/avoiding something/driving in snow/feel like it!"
"I need to go higher than the speed limit when I'm passing/avoiding something/driving in snow/feel like it!"
My least popular (and most correct) view is that cars should be automatically limited to the local speed limit. Put the pedal to the floor and you still can't go over 25mph in a residential area.
(15 in Manhattan btw)
(15 in Manhattan btw)
There is no possible justification for limiting e-bikes to 15mph but not cars.
December 13, 2025 at 8:16 PM
This is a true & effectively irrefutable argument ... which is why it's so fun to read the absolute cosmic nonsense in the comments.
"I need to go higher than the speed limit when I'm passing/avoiding something/driving in snow/feel like it!"
"I need to go higher than the speed limit when I'm passing/avoiding something/driving in snow/feel like it!"
I've been listening to a Pluribus podcast which is alright but one of the hosts a) doesn't read fiction (?) and b) has no interest at all in going to space
December 13, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I've been listening to a Pluribus podcast which is alright but one of the hosts a) doesn't read fiction (?) and b) has no interest at all in going to space
Cleaned out the freezer and found a 14-month-old bottle of breastmilk... probably the last of mine the world will ever see
December 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Cleaned out the freezer and found a 14-month-old bottle of breastmilk... probably the last of mine the world will ever see
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60,000 is the *low end* estimate.
So, El Fasher looks like one of the worst single event atrocities to happen this century so far, but the evidence has come in such a trickle it seems to only now be getting verified
At least 60,000 murdered in Sudanese city, which resembles ‘a slaughterhouse’
Satellite evidence shows extent of paramilitary massacre in El Fasher
www.irishtimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:04 AM
60,000 is the *low end* estimate.
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Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
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#FrogFriday 🐸:
J. Martin Pollock
“I AM AT THE ZOO BRING ME A FLY.” 1923
Lithograph in colours, backed on linen, 40 x 25 in. (102 x 64 cm)
London Underground / London Zoo
www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5...
J. Martin Pollock
“I AM AT THE ZOO BRING ME A FLY.” 1923
Lithograph in colours, backed on linen, 40 x 25 in. (102 x 64 cm)
London Underground / London Zoo
www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5...
December 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
#FrogFriday 🐸:
J. Martin Pollock
“I AM AT THE ZOO BRING ME A FLY.” 1923
Lithograph in colours, backed on linen, 40 x 25 in. (102 x 64 cm)
London Underground / London Zoo
www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5...
J. Martin Pollock
“I AM AT THE ZOO BRING ME A FLY.” 1923
Lithograph in colours, backed on linen, 40 x 25 in. (102 x 64 cm)
London Underground / London Zoo
www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5...