Readin' them Tomes

Ahoy! I am a Master of Early Modern History, self-titled The Admiral because I happen to know a lot about those (by that logic I should also be called King, but I am not THAT narcissistic). Alternates between wizened librarian and feral archive hobgoblin, which one will you get?

[crap-copper]

Build a DND character together:

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Voting ended onMay 10

[chaotic-historian]

Oh look. We're building a really stupid bard!

[terrorcamp]

A huge congratulations to Terror Camp 2025 presenter Kaitlyn Gorsalitz @alongblank on her contributions to the recent identification of the remains of FOUR (!!!!) new Franklin Expedition men, as part of Dr. Douglas Stenton's research team.

You can read the full scientific paper here!

And for access to Kaitlyn's presentation “When We Meet Next”: Investigating Franklin Men and Their Families, please email command [@] terror dot camp for last year's TC recordings.

💙

[chaotic-historian]

The fact that all the identified remains except for one are from Erebus, and the only Terror crewman (Peglar) was 130 km from everyone else is really interesting. Was Crozier doing something? Did the two crews split up? Some sort of disagreement between their captains? Makes you wonder...

[stealingpotatoes]

give cal a bit of a break please

(links // tip jar!)

[chaotic-historian]

At this stage in my life I find this a little too relatable :/ pls less failures now, Mr force ghost

[srsfunny]

Goodluck Pikachu

[chaotic-historian]

Phil Harding, my beloved

From s. 12 ep. 3, 'The Bombers in the Marsh'

[raccoonmilf]

They’re called sperm whales because people used to think their heads were filled with cum

[sacredrelicoflove]

I don't think-

[raccoonmilf]

It’s true they’re called sperm whales because people used to think their heads were full of magical, wonderful, flammable cum.

[chaotic-historian]

And in many European countries they're called cachalot (or derivatives thereof) bc some French guy looked at one and went "fuck me that's a nice hat!"

(But the oil is called spermacet because people used to think it was flammable ‐

[jnyfmg]

proximity

[jnyfmg]

This comic has a lot of notes and over 100k+ combined on other websites, but I haven't made anything from it. So if you like my work then please consider supporting my kofi

[jnyfmg]

If you reblogged the version of this with the zionist war criminal's poetry on it you owe me 20 bucks. fuck putinism and fuck zionism

[depsidase]

[hunter-rodrigez]

If this doesn't prove how utterly fucking useless the UN is, I don't know what will.

Strongly worded E-Mail ass response...

[ltwilliammowett]

Copenhagen Sarcophagus, dated approximately 220-240 AD, depicting a Roman ship with a spritsail

The marble sculpture shows three nude male figures aboard a ship in rough waters.One figure is in the water next to the ship, while another sea creature is visible beneath the waves.

The ship depicted is an ancient Roman trading vessel, notable for its use of a spritsail (a square sail supported by a diagonal spar). This depiction is one of the earliest and clearest visual evidences of the use of the spritsail in antiquity.

Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen.

[chaotic-historian]

Have to add that this is not from Denmark, even though it is in the collections of the NCG, but was likely found in Ostia, Italy, in the area around the ancient port of Rome. The name being given as the "Copenhagen Sarcophagus" is a little misleading, as the Romans never made it this far north, and it isn't called that in the collections database.

[raccoonmilf]

Hi Official Raccoon Scientist!

Having been nicknamed "The Raccoon" in High School (for eating the leftovers of everyone's lunches bc I was ravenous and a developing girl headed for almost 6 ft tall), I have adopted the little critters as official cousins. This leads me to ask:

Are there any non-profits that specifically target raccoons, either rehab, conservation, rescue, or research, that you can recommend donating to? I live in Scandinavia, and we do not have any local organisations like that (due to a sad general state of not having raccoons), but I really want to find a way to give a little hand to my masked brethren.

Thank you for your work, and for letting us see all the little pygmy cousins! What amazing animals!

Absolutely. I would really recommend donating to Exotic Pet Wonderland Animal Sanctuary. While they also work with animals like foxes, bobcats, coyotes, etc, they specialize in raccoons. All of the animals at the sanctuary were at one point pets and can never go back to the wild. I used to be the assistant director, but resigned to focus on my research. But I highly recommend them! Additionally, there is also the Nature Conscious Tourism Initiative. That is my own nonprofit and all of the funds there go directly to pygmy raccoon conservation in the form of paying for medical care of rescued raccoons and stuff like food until they can be released. Also, it's gonna pay for raccoon/coati crossing signs in locations where they are frequently found as roadkill.

[norvicensiandoran]

[mckitterick]

the Ides of March grows near

[adhdoofenshmirtz]

[lytefoot]

Tumblr users these days, putting up the Ides of March decorations earlier every year.

[chaotic-historian]

"I've no idea where you got the autism from" says my dad, who can identify birds from a hundred meters away, regularly withdraws to his workshop, gets overwhelmed by small problems, and folds all his candy wrappers into identical little bows

[nuclearnymph]

[chaotic-historian]

Having previously worked with Very Old Machines, when I saw the pastry, I immediately went "ah yes, the sacrifice. the sacrifice to make the gears go whirrrrr. the sacrifice chosen especially by the machine after many attempts with other foodstuffs."

It being a pillow just makes me think that the music machine needs a comfort blanky in order to play, which, yeah, I've seen that before, too 😂

[fyeahcontroversialcharacters]

[sinclair-wildstar]

I will reblog this every time it crosses my dash.

[dreamychocolateprincess]

People who don’t get this infuriate me

[chaotic-historian]

"THAT WAS A PLOT POINT BETH" has the same vibes as "HAROLD THEY'RE LESBIANS" and I'm so here for it.

[thenatsdorf]

Black cats are lucky. (via leahweissmuller)

[immaplatypus]

MAN [IN THICK ACCENT]: Black cat bring good luck.  Not bad luck.  I have black cat - See, him face - And I am not dead today: Good luck!

[official-mugi]

“See him face”

I sure fucking do see him face

[just-things-i-enjoy]

Him face

[luccorvus]

Reblog him face for good luck in 2021

[catsbeaversandducks]

Reblog him face for good luck in 2021 (2)

[datlokibumtho]

Reblog him face for good luck in 2021 (3)

[datlokibumtho]

Reblogging him face again for good luck in 2025.

[iamtotallycool]

Reblogging him face for good luck in 2026

[not-euclidean]

Photos taken by Harald Sverdrup of the aurora borealis as viewed from ‘Maud’, 1918-1925

[the-vegan-muser]

I took one of my new favorite cassowary pictures yesterday

[chaotic-historian]

Please, we're not stupid. That's clearly Edna Mode's hair