Jacob
@iacobuscaesar.bsky.social
I have an MA in archaeology and run a blog called Living in the Longue Durée about ancient history and whatever else. This profile is mostly funny observations about history and science.
Blog: https://livinginthelongueduree.com
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Blog: https://livinginthelongueduree.com
Ask if you want Discord.
To steal an old meme from u/Rodan1993 on r/PrehistoricMemes:
December 15, 2025 at 8:16 PM
To steal an old meme from u/Rodan1993 on r/PrehistoricMemes:
I love conspiracy-theory posts that are just like “turns out I was right” with no justification whatsoever while being extremely wrong.
People are out here making these and thinking “this is such an own; I’m so clever; how will the globeheads even respond?”
People are out here making these and thinking “this is such an own; I’m so clever; how will the globeheads even respond?”
December 15, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I love conspiracy-theory posts that are just like “turns out I was right” with no justification whatsoever while being extremely wrong.
People are out here making these and thinking “this is such an own; I’m so clever; how will the globeheads even respond?”
People are out here making these and thinking “this is such an own; I’m so clever; how will the globeheads even respond?”
Ta-da! I’ve completed WALL-E and EVE!
Honestly building this was so therapeutic and I should do it more often. Might also rewatch the movie sometime soon if I can get logged into Disney+ on my iPad.
Honestly building this was so therapeutic and I should do it more often. Might also rewatch the movie sometime soon if I can get logged into Disney+ on my iPad.
December 14, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Ta-da! I’ve completed WALL-E and EVE!
Honestly building this was so therapeutic and I should do it more often. Might also rewatch the movie sometime soon if I can get logged into Disney+ on my iPad.
Honestly building this was so therapeutic and I should do it more often. Might also rewatch the movie sometime soon if I can get logged into Disney+ on my iPad.
Yesterday for my birthday I was given a Lego set related to one of the best Pixar movies so it’s time to build with these again.
I absolutely love WALL-E by the way but I have no idea how my friend guessed that since I don’t recall talking about it with her.
I absolutely love WALL-E by the way but I have no idea how my friend guessed that since I don’t recall talking about it with her.
December 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Yesterday for my birthday I was given a Lego set related to one of the best Pixar movies so it’s time to build with these again.
I absolutely love WALL-E by the way but I have no idea how my friend guessed that since I don’t recall talking about it with her.
I absolutely love WALL-E by the way but I have no idea how my friend guessed that since I don’t recall talking about it with her.
My computer’s wi-fi connection pooped out again and it won’t be better until Tuesday. I do have an external disk drive though and my old CDs so I am enjoying my birthday with what really matters: woolly mammoths.
December 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
My computer’s wi-fi connection pooped out again and it won’t be better until Tuesday. I do have an external disk drive though and my old CDs so I am enjoying my birthday with what really matters: woolly mammoths.
I want you all to know that if you look up “vaporwave” on Wikipedia, this is the absolutely incredible thumbnail image.
The caption is “A vaporwave-style image with Wikipedia as the main theme” and it’s made by AtikaAtikawa.
The caption is “A vaporwave-style image with Wikipedia as the main theme” and it’s made by AtikaAtikawa.
![Vaporwave image with a big Wikipedia W in the middle and the Japanese name of the site above it and “the surreal encyclopedia” below it. To the top left, the frames of Wikipedia pages for “DEAD box,” “Thanatos,” and “Where Is My Mind?” are present while a yellow and purple Saturn-like planet looks opposite. Two anime girls in bikinis flank the image and the text “[citation needed]” appears multiple times.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7nmvmrqm7o2p4ookku6dyrsn/bafkreiay73c4vb7wyxbizynjfw2xkmkrpzzv32uqtlvn3xo7vdmj7woskq@jpeg)
December 12, 2025 at 9:23 AM
I want you all to know that if you look up “vaporwave” on Wikipedia, this is the absolutely incredible thumbnail image.
The caption is “A vaporwave-style image with Wikipedia as the main theme” and it’s made by AtikaAtikawa.
The caption is “A vaporwave-style image with Wikipedia as the main theme” and it’s made by AtikaAtikawa.
Virgin robust archaeological and historical evidence that the Great Pyramid of Giza is the tomb of the pharaoh Khufu vs. chad Jehovah’s Witnesses leaders claiming it was built by Melchizedek with dimensions numerologically predicting all of cosmic history and the End Times.
![Influenced by the pyramidology theories of John Taylor and Charles Piazzi Smyth, Nelson Barbour and Charles Russell taught that the Great Pyramid of Giza contained prophetic measurements in "pyramid inches that pointed to both 1874 and 1914. Russell viewed the Great Pyramid as "God's Stone Witness and Prophet" (71]72] Smyth reviewed Russell's manuscript on the Great Pyramid before publication.
Russell credited him and Scottish writer Robert Menzies for the view "that the Great Pyramid is Jehovah's
'Witness', and that it was as important a witness to divine truth as to natural science."73]
Prophetic dates derived from the measurements inside the Great Pyramid were seen as complementary to biblical interpretations. Russell included the Great Pyramid as part of his film and color slide production The Photo-Drama of Creation in 1914, suggesting that the Great Pyramid was built by the Old Testament king-priest Melchizedek. 4] A special edition of the first volume of Studies in the Scriptures was also published, which was re-titled The Divine Plan of the Ages and the Corroborative Testimony of the Great Pyramid. 75] In accordance with Russell's wishes, a 7-foot (2.1 m) high replica of a pyramid was erected at his gravesite in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with its capstone "patterned after the capstone of the Great Pyramid of Egypt, symbolic of the Christ. "76|77178]
Russell's interpretations of the Great Pyramid were supported by the writings of John and Morton Edgar who were prominent members of his movement.[79](80](81] Russell had first stated that 1874 was derived from a measurement of 3416 pyramid inches, 82 but the measurement was revised in the 1910 edition to 3,457 inches (87.8 m) to point to 1915.183] The Edgars claimed that the revision in measurement and change in date was a result of errors made by Smyth.[84]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7nmvmrqm7o2p4ookku6dyrsn/bafkreifzorx5ahovsivlfzyhmczhsjrr4wt5ov2yoteu7vjjhzxebb36jy@jpeg)
![In the early 1920s, the significance of the pyramidological predictions for 1914 were reinterpreted to mean that "the old evil order began to pass away in 1914."(85]86] In 1924, an issue of Golden Age referred to the Great Pyramid as "the Scientific Bible" and added that measurements on the Grand Gallery inside the Great Pyramid confirmed the dates 1874, 1914 and 1925.87 Similarly, the 1924 publication The Way to Paradise refers to the Great Pyramid as "the Bible in Stone" and concludes:
It is quite probable that Shem, son of Noah, a faithful servant of God, was in charge of its construction. In it have been discovered some of the deepest secrets of geometrical, geographical, astronomical, and mathematical science. The pyramid also outlines in its own peculiar way the same plan of God that we find in the Bible, and it dated beforehand some of the most notable events that have occurred in the history of mankind. It gives the date of the exodus of the Children of Israel from Egypt, and the date of birth and death of Jesus. It gives the date of the French revolution as 1789, and the great World War as 1914, besides many more. It was built over five hundred years before Moses wrote any part of the Bible. It is so far in advance of the wisdom of that day that no man could have been the architect. Its harmony with the Bible teachings prove that God designed it. (88]
In 1928, the belief that the Great Pyramid contained a prophetic blueprint of biblical chronology was rejected, and the Pyramid was seen as built "under the direction of Satan the Devil."(89]90]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7nmvmrqm7o2p4ookku6dyrsn/bafkreiai5xxdywpvuz5kpdmluy2lvl4pl6d5kbwz5okysq7s4iup3hl7ka@jpeg)
December 11, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Virgin robust archaeological and historical evidence that the Great Pyramid of Giza is the tomb of the pharaoh Khufu vs. chad Jehovah’s Witnesses leaders claiming it was built by Melchizedek with dimensions numerologically predicting all of cosmic history and the End Times.
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Babe, wake up! Aztecs announced for Age of Mythology: Retold!
Also Demeter.
Babe, wake up! Aztecs announced for Age of Mythology: Retold!
Also Demeter.
December 9, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Babe, wake up! Aztecs announced for Age of Mythology: Retold!
Also Demeter.
Babe, wake up! Aztecs announced for Age of Mythology: Retold!
Also Demeter.
Stranded on the south side of Pangaea 252 million BC. It’s like 35 Celsius and I’m dehydrated but there’s all these little pig creatures and they’re starting to look so tasty. You can’t tell me that’s not gonna taste like a pork chop.
December 9, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Stranded on the south side of Pangaea 252 million BC. It’s like 35 Celsius and I’m dehydrated but there’s all these little pig creatures and they’re starting to look so tasty. You can’t tell me that’s not gonna taste like a pork chop.
TIL the etymology for an internet “troll” does not derive from the gnarly creatures of Scandinavian folklore but from trolling, the fishing technique where you move lures or bait fish along behind a moving boat to provoke fish to attack them. Which makes a lot of sense really.
December 8, 2025 at 9:31 AM
TIL the etymology for an internet “troll” does not derive from the gnarly creatures of Scandinavian folklore but from trolling, the fishing technique where you move lures or bait fish along behind a moving boat to provoke fish to attack them. Which makes a lot of sense really.
Two things:
The most famous image of an aurochs that you see around was illustrated by Holy Roman Empire Imperial Council member Sigismund von Herberstein in 1556 and calls people stupid for thinking it’s a bison.
If pictures are to be believed, Sigismund was an absolute unit.
The most famous image of an aurochs that you see around was illustrated by Holy Roman Empire Imperial Council member Sigismund von Herberstein in 1556 and calls people stupid for thinking it’s a bison.
If pictures are to be believed, Sigismund was an absolute unit.
December 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Two things:
The most famous image of an aurochs that you see around was illustrated by Holy Roman Empire Imperial Council member Sigismund von Herberstein in 1556 and calls people stupid for thinking it’s a bison.
If pictures are to be believed, Sigismund was an absolute unit.
The most famous image of an aurochs that you see around was illustrated by Holy Roman Empire Imperial Council member Sigismund von Herberstein in 1556 and calls people stupid for thinking it’s a bison.
If pictures are to be believed, Sigismund was an absolute unit.
Virgin typing an image prompt into generative AI vs. chad removing 10 centimeters of rusty topsoil to form lines of a combined length of 1,300 kilometers, comprising colossal images and abstract patterns in the Nazca Desert of what is now Peru between 500 BC and 500 AD.
AI bros could never.
AI bros could never.
December 6, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Virgin typing an image prompt into generative AI vs. chad removing 10 centimeters of rusty topsoil to form lines of a combined length of 1,300 kilometers, comprising colossal images and abstract patterns in the Nazca Desert of what is now Peru between 500 BC and 500 AD.
AI bros could never.
AI bros could never.
Apparently I’m in the top .64% of Discord users, which is not a good sign.
My best friend on here was my roommate and it said to send a special message so I typed “fart” and it was a normal message, so she said “I don’t have to.” 🙃
Anyway, join the Rome server to hang out: discord.gg/AvASrxtCnj
My best friend on here was my roommate and it said to send a special message so I typed “fart” and it was a normal message, so she said “I don’t have to.” 🙃
Anyway, join the Rome server to hang out: discord.gg/AvASrxtCnj
December 5, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Apparently I’m in the top .64% of Discord users, which is not a good sign.
My best friend on here was my roommate and it said to send a special message so I typed “fart” and it was a normal message, so she said “I don’t have to.” 🙃
Anyway, join the Rome server to hang out: discord.gg/AvASrxtCnj
My best friend on here was my roommate and it said to send a special message so I typed “fart” and it was a normal message, so she said “I don’t have to.” 🙃
Anyway, join the Rome server to hang out: discord.gg/AvASrxtCnj
For the Prehistoric Planet enjoyers here since apparently there are quite a few, have this blurry picture I took on the metro as it zoomed out of a station. I guess they’re doing Prehistoric Planet at the Atelier des Lumières in Paris starting December 10.
December 4, 2025 at 9:12 AM
For the Prehistoric Planet enjoyers here since apparently there are quite a few, have this blurry picture I took on the metro as it zoomed out of a station. I guess they’re doing Prehistoric Planet at the Atelier des Lumières in Paris starting December 10.
Stimulate those cone cells.
December 4, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Stimulate those cone cells.
Gigantopithecus in that image be like, “how do we find peace with the inevitability of extinction? I shall sit under this tree.”
December 2, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Gigantopithecus in that image be like, “how do we find peace with the inevitability of extinction? I shall sit under this tree.”
Our favorite couple came and floated over me today as I walked by their pond. Then they got to munching that delicious algae, yummy, yummy. I enjoy these two very much and I’m wondering if they’re beginning to recognize me at this point.
December 2, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Our favorite couple came and floated over me today as I walked by their pond. Then they got to munching that delicious algae, yummy, yummy. I enjoy these two very much and I’m wondering if they’re beginning to recognize me at this point.
Trapped dire wolf doomed to the wall.
December 1, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Trapped dire wolf doomed to the wall.
For various reasons related to previous conversations with friends, I regret to inform you all that my profile picture on Discord is now Oliver Cromwell in a universe where he discovers the Christmas spirit.
December 1, 2025 at 9:52 AM
For various reasons related to previous conversations with friends, I regret to inform you all that my profile picture on Discord is now Oliver Cromwell in a universe where he discovers the Christmas spirit.
Out here in France carving up the Turkey with the friends!
November 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Out here in France carving up the Turkey with the friends!
This is extremely cool but why do journalists covering archaeology have to do this?
“Archaeologists accidentally discovered…” HOMIE, they were excavating a 1500s Spanish adobe structure associated with the Coronado expedition. It wasn’t an accident that they found early modern material there.
“Archaeologists accidentally discovered…” HOMIE, they were excavating a 1500s Spanish adobe structure associated with the Coronado expedition. It wasn’t an accident that they found early modern material there.
November 27, 2025 at 12:56 PM
This is extremely cool but why do journalists covering archaeology have to do this?
“Archaeologists accidentally discovered…” HOMIE, they were excavating a 1500s Spanish adobe structure associated with the Coronado expedition. It wasn’t an accident that they found early modern material there.
“Archaeologists accidentally discovered…” HOMIE, they were excavating a 1500s Spanish adobe structure associated with the Coronado expedition. It wasn’t an accident that they found early modern material there.
For the past month or so, my morning walking route has taken me past this one pond and in it are these two swans, who are always in different parts of the pond but reliably always together. They’re my favorite couple and I love seeing them every morning. What should I call them?
November 27, 2025 at 9:20 AM
For the past month or so, my morning walking route has taken me past this one pond and in it are these two swans, who are always in different parts of the pond but reliably always together. They’re my favorite couple and I love seeing them every morning. What should I call them?
Preparing for impact on this goofy 107,000-person subreddit I moderate mostly alone.
November 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Preparing for impact on this goofy 107,000-person subreddit I moderate mostly alone.
Hey, I hope things get better!
It snowed here if you like that sort of thing.
It snowed here if you like that sort of thing.
November 23, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Hey, I hope things get better!
It snowed here if you like that sort of thing.
It snowed here if you like that sort of thing.