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[terpsikeraunos]

ancient greek word of the day: κακοθερής (kakotherēs), unfitted to endure summer heat

[aphilologicalbatman-deactivated]

this literally means “bad at summer” pass it on

[zipstick]

Reblog if you, too, are bad at summer

[huariqueje]

Underneath - Eva Volf

American , b. 1983 -

Oil on canvas , 16 x 16 in.

[maculategiraffe]

we joke a lot about what would and wouldn't blow the mind of a medieval peasant but you know what I bet would really knock their socks off, would be a york peppermint patty. there's just something about one of those that you know god did not sanction for the mouth of man. they'd be struggling to articulate it, like "tis like if camphor got with child by honey, and the by-blow fell headfirst unto a thresher full of mint. and the whole dunked in black cream from the teat of the devil's dam. do you have any more"

[9ieme]

this picture of a chip pan oil fire from the wikimedia cookbook is so strikingly sublime

[teaboot]

Carry on my wayward son

[bidet-of-evil]

god i miss gluten

[littlesmartart]

rewatching bbc musketeers and god. poor athos' reactions to the anne/aramis storyline never stop being the funniest fucking thing. all hail the king of sideeye.

[mamercus]

you try to send pompey to the moon to get rid of him but after a while he just comes back andrequests a ‘moon triumph’

[oonpy]

My address? I live in a personal hell made up from the consequences of my procastination

[pankendev]

i don't go there but i don't mind the postcards

[noahverrier]

My oil painting of a grilled cheese sandwich

[girlcodedhamlet]

it's very frustrating seeing otherwise well-structured posts about media literacy and critical thinking bookended with statements about "nowadays", "nobody has literacy anymore", "this generation is so anti-intellectual", and the like, unquestioningly falling into better past fallacies.

Do we really think the 80s and its Satanic Panic were better at critical thinking? what about the 40s? the Victorian era? societies have always had problems with critical thinking and literacy, because most societies have dealt with propaganda, corrupt leadership, difficulty providing education (due to poverty or discrimination or other issues), and/or people who resist critical thinking (due to privilege or circumstance or what have you). we can criticize media trends without pulling a "well back in the GOOD OLD DAYS" about it.

[feyd-meowtha]

[finelythreadedsky]

agh when amphimedon is down in the underworld explaining to agamemnon what went down with odysseus and the suitors he pieces together by guesswork a couple of things (like the fact that odysseus went to eumaeus’s house first and met telemachus there and that the two of them hid all the weapons) but! he thinks that odysseus told penelope to set the bow contest! we, having been present for book 19, know that he didn’t! it was her idea! odysseus didn’t even have to tell penelope who he was or what she should do for her to play into his plans! amphimedon doesn’t even consider the possibility that penelope also didn’t know the beggar was odysseus and tbh i think he’s right to assume she did and that she set the bow contest specifically to give him an opportunity to start blasting.

[knucklecurve]

filthy, filthy read

[fishpondfish]

it is impossible to watch a movie. every night i think i want to watch a movie. no movie gets watched. because it's not possible

[timberwind]

you can post on tumblr even when you're trying to take a break from social media it literally doesn't count. it's like pepsi max, or pescatarianism

[juicydangler]

[huariqueje]

Seascape with Sunrise - Thomas Sarrantonio , 2024.

American , b. 1954 -

Oil on panel , 30 x 30 in.