Josiah Scott
@tarrscottsky.bsky.social
Art, old buildings, movies, books and cute dogs
A really impactful performance, especially tonight
Brian Wilson - Surf's Up (1967) Solo Version
YouTube video by A Stubborn Only
youtu.be
June 11, 2025 at 11:15 PM
A really impactful performance, especially tonight
Casper's Easter glam shot
April 21, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Casper's Easter glam shot
Reposted by Josiah Scott
The Wikimedia Foundation, which owns Wikipedia, says its bandwidth costs have gone up 50% since Jan 2024 — a rise they attribute to AI crawlers.
AI companies are killing the open web by stealing visitors from the sources of information and making them pay for the privilege
AI companies are killing the open web by stealing visitors from the sources of information and making them pay for the privilege
April 2, 2025 at 9:12 AM
The Wikimedia Foundation, which owns Wikipedia, says its bandwidth costs have gone up 50% since Jan 2024 — a rise they attribute to AI crawlers.
AI companies are killing the open web by stealing visitors from the sources of information and making them pay for the privilege
AI companies are killing the open web by stealing visitors from the sources of information and making them pay for the privilege
Libby helped me discover so many great books, but now Missouri is defunding it in order to "protect the children."
I'm afraid this is only the start of purges at state-funded libraries.
I'm afraid this is only the start of purges at state-funded libraries.
Secretary of State Hoskins Suspends Funding to Overdrive Vendor Amid Content Concerns
www.sos.mo.gov
March 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Libby helped me discover so many great books, but now Missouri is defunding it in order to "protect the children."
I'm afraid this is only the start of purges at state-funded libraries.
I'm afraid this is only the start of purges at state-funded libraries.
I promise she's a real sweetheart
March 12, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I promise she's a real sweetheart
Geometric shadows
March 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Geometric shadows
Watching the Oscars (late, but better than never)
Interesting song choice for the Foreign Film section:
youtu.be/GlpDf6XX_j0?...
Interesting song choice for the Foreign Film section:
youtu.be/GlpDf6XX_j0?...
Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin - Je t'aime... moi non plus/Original videoclip (Fontana 1969)
YouTube video by mtorringa
youtu.be
March 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Watching the Oscars (late, but better than never)
Interesting song choice for the Foreign Film section:
youtu.be/GlpDf6XX_j0?...
Interesting song choice for the Foreign Film section:
youtu.be/GlpDf6XX_j0?...
Any guesses as to what happened here? Found at the edge of the tree line with no footprints anywhere nearby
February 20, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Any guesses as to what happened here? Found at the edge of the tree line with no footprints anywhere nearby
Reposted by Josiah Scott
Helicoidal staircase at Palazzo Barberini c.1630, by Francesco Borromini, great Italian Baroque architect, born #OTD 1599.
@BarberiniCorsin
@BarberiniCorsin
September 25, 2023 at 5:16 AM
Helicoidal staircase at Palazzo Barberini c.1630, by Francesco Borromini, great Italian Baroque architect, born #OTD 1599.
@BarberiniCorsin
@BarberiniCorsin
Reposted by Josiah Scott
By & large, most books are superior to human beings.
February 7, 2025 at 12:04 PM
By & large, most books are superior to human beings.
The Love Spell (ca. 1470), by an unknown Lower Rhenish painter
February 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The Love Spell (ca. 1470), by an unknown Lower Rhenish painter
If the Sistine Chapel were instead a book—
The Croatian miniaturist Giulio Clovio's Farnese Hours, from 1546
The Croatian miniaturist Giulio Clovio's Farnese Hours, from 1546
February 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM
If the Sistine Chapel were instead a book—
The Croatian miniaturist Giulio Clovio's Farnese Hours, from 1546
The Croatian miniaturist Giulio Clovio's Farnese Hours, from 1546
Mattjis Bril (1550-1583), from the collection at the Musée Fesch in Cosica
February 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Mattjis Bril (1550-1583), from the collection at the Musée Fesch in Cosica
National Library in Washington DC
January 21, 2025 at 10:17 PM
National Library in Washington DC
This decorative urn keeps getting in the way!
January 21, 2025 at 10:16 PM
This decorative urn keeps getting in the way!
