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Stori3d Past @stori3dpast.bsky.social · 4h

"The first step in appreciation of antiquity was to bring it out of a magical misty past and realize that it had been a firm historical actuality. The shift from credulous awe to sober scrutiny is what typifies the Renaissance."

- Michael Levey
'Early Renaissance'

Stori3d Past @stori3dpast.bsky.social · 1d

"[The Renaissance involved] the desire for information and a wish to know the truth of things. Man himself became a less passive creature, less the subject of revelation and more himself the one who revealed."

- Michael Levey
'Early Renaissance'

Stori3d Past @stori3dpast.bsky.social · 1d

I enjoyed the Penguin "Mannerism" book so much that I've picked up "Early Renaissance." Great, fast read. The key point is that the Renaissance was a rediscovering of art for art's sake -- not in service to Church or even State.

This painting of musicians by Lorenzo Costa, c1488, encapsulates this.

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Stori3d Past @stori3dpast.bsky.social · 9h

So close! Gotta say, it's been lovely not stumbling across cast-off contact lenses ever since the kid went off to college.

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Jörg Hillebrand @gaghyogi49.bsky.social · 11h

Angus MacGyver at the Strategic Research Development Administration facility in the #MacGyver episode "The Human Factor"⬆️ and the Bajoran refugee camp on Valo II (#StarTrekTNG's "Ensign Ro"⬇️), both filmed at Bronson Canyon but 5 years apart.

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L E Jenks-Brown @lejenksbrown.bsky.social · 13h

Can someone please, please tell me how wide (at widest point) and how tall the Pantheon in Rome is? The diameter of the ball that could fit inside is 43m, but that’s all I can find. Wiki has 53m for both height and width. At some point I wrote down it was 43.2m wide and 52m tall but I lost source!

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Stori3d Past @stori3dpast.bsky.social · 13h

Vindolanda is alone among the visited forts of Hadrian's Wall for not being under the control of the National Trust or English Heritage. It's owned, managed, and run by the Vindolanda Trust. It does things its own way (of course still obeying national guidelines & laws).

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Stori3d Past @stori3dpast.bsky.social · 13h

Vindolanda's the kind of fort where for about 10 years in the early 200s, all the old fort complex was wiped away and in its place were built hundreds of stone-based Celtic-style roundhouses. NO ONE KNOWS WHY. Then after that, back to a regular fort again for the next 200 years.

Stori3d Past @stori3dpast.bsky.social · 13h

Chesters Roman Fort, Vindolanda Roman Fort, Housesteads Roman Fort

*3 of my followers will get this, but they'll really get it!*

Photo of a Kansas City Chiefs press conference with Andy Reid, Travis Kelce, and Patrick Mahomes. Reid is wearing a gray suit and red tie with a lapel pin. Kelce is wearing a camp-style short-sleeved shirt with a bird print, along with a suede cap, and Mahomes is wearing a white collared shirt, a pink checkered double-breasted vest, and a pale pink tie.

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Stori3d Past @stori3dpast.bsky.social · 13h

*spoilers below, guaranteed to siphon away all the fun of the joke*

Chesters - Straightlaced, button-down fort

Vindolanda - Diva & wildcard. Finds include Roman writing tablets, a wooden toilet seat, leather boxing gloves!

Housesteads - Postcard perfect fort straddling a scenic hilltop. Dapper.

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Stori3d Past @stori3dpast.bsky.social · 13h

Chesters Roman Fort, Vindolanda Roman Fort, Housesteads Roman Fort

*3 of my followers will get this, but they'll really get it!*

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Stori3d Past @stori3dpast.bsky.social · 16h

I met my wife-to-be on IRC in 1992. Back when the entire Internet was 20 researchers doing actual work plus 3000 bored students in college LANs using social media 1.0.

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Stori3d Past @stori3dpast.bsky.social · 1d

"[The Renaissance involved] the desire for information and a wish to know the truth of things. Man himself became a less passive creature, less the subject of revelation and more himself the one who revealed."

- Michael Levey
'Early Renaissance'

Stori3d Past @stori3dpast.bsky.social · 1d

I enjoyed the Penguin "Mannerism" book so much that I've picked up "Early Renaissance." Great, fast read. The key point is that the Renaissance was a rediscovering of art for art's sake -- not in service to Church or even State.

This painting of musicians by Lorenzo Costa, c1488, encapsulates this.

cover of Early Renaissance by Michael Levey

3 young musicians, one woman and two men, singing while standing at a table or desk. The man in the middle plays a bulbous lute. Each singer's mouth is opened slightly differently, showing that the three are creating a harmony or melodic chord in whatever it is they're singing. They all look like real people, making music for the joy of it rather than being highly allegorical.

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Dr Matt Pope @mattpope.bsky.social · 1d

If you are still awake, take a moment you look up at the moon. Currently untroubled by living humans. Still a place of ghosts, gods and 20th century wreckage.

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Stori3d Past @stori3dpast.bsky.social · 1d

The Renaissance began as a celebration of life, humans as individuals with value, expression for the sake of expression, & the new.

It could use Classical themes, but it was about invention. Music is the best example: Renaissance musicians created a whole genre with no Classical work to compare to.

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Stori3d Past @stori3dpast.bsky.social · 1d

I enjoyed the Penguin "Mannerism" book so much that I've picked up "Early Renaissance." Great, fast read. The key point is that the Renaissance was a rediscovering of art for art's sake -- not in service to Church or even State.

This painting of musicians by Lorenzo Costa, c1488, encapsulates this.

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Stori3d Past @stori3dpast.bsky.social · 1d

Sigh, Oltrarno. What an amazing-looking night too!

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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution @whoi.edu · 1d

🎉 We’re excited to announce the WHOI Ocean Learning Hub! ✨🌊

Explore ocean knowledge, from in-depth articles to bite-sized facts, and peek below the surface into dynamic imagery and in-depth explainer videos 🤩.

So start exploring—and let us know what you think! 👇

go.whoi.edu/OLH

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Stori3d Past @stori3dpast.bsky.social · 1d

I'm so glad to see you doing these again!

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Stori3d Past @stori3dpast.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks! We took forever to agree on a floor, but we ended up really happy with it.

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Stori3d Past @stori3dpast.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah that was me too. This time I discovered that the entire novel is crammed with biases and prejudices, far beyond race. Everyone is judged for their name, family, part of town, clothing, language, mode of transportation, posture. A kaleidoscope of ways townsfolk segregated "us" from "them."

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Stori3d Past @stori3dpast.bsky.social · 1d

The air says Summer, but the low sun decidedly proclaims Fall.

Low-angle view of a laminate kitchen floor struck by an extra long line of dotted sunlight coming through the window blind

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Archaeo - Histories @archaeohistories.bsky.social · 6d

Kids Exploring Ancient Ruins 😄

#archaeohistories

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Stori3d Past @stori3dpast.bsky.social · 1d

One of the most memorable Renaissance faces was Federigo da Montefeltro's, 15th C Duke of Urbino.

A celebrated commander, he lost his right eye in a tournament & could no longer command. He radically had the bridge of his nose removed so his good eye could scan battlefields again, & regained power!

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Marcel R. Bülles 📚💍🌋🎉 @thetolkienist.com · 2d

Seriously?

I was today years old before I figured out that Schrödinger's Cat only lived two doors down from the Tolkiens in Oxford.

What the freckity frack?! 😅

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northmo...

Northmoor Road - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Stori3d Past @stori3dpast.bsky.social · 2d

Finished "To Kill a Mockingbird." True masterpiece. I reread it coz my teacher friend says her school's administration won't let her 9th grade class read it. Its language & themes are "uncomfortable." That's the book's entire point! Painful, gorgeous work. I wish I was half the man Atticus Finch is.

Stori3d Past @stori3dpast.bsky.social · 3d

"I came to the conclusion that people were just peculiar, I withdrew from them, and never thought about them until I was forced to."

- Harper Lee
'To Kill a Mockingbird'

Stori3d Past @stori3dpast.bsky.social · 4d

In "To Kill a Mockingbird," the narrator calls a garage a "carhouse." I have fallen in love with that super-rare word. 1200 years ago you would find "bone-house" for body, or "whale-road" for ocean. "Car-house" fits perfectly. It is an ideal Old English di-thematic descriptor word.

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Stori3d Past @stori3dpast.bsky.social · 2d

Pondered pointing out the propensity but put paid to the plan.

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Stori3d Past @stori3dpast.bsky.social · 2d

Our Florence trip pictures only exist on a 20-year-old corrupted hard drive that I hope at some point to recover. But this is the view (pic taken from Foursquare site).

Ancient Florence city center with Palazzo Vecchio and Duomo see from hilltop across the river

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