Attic Salt

-20 something-Porn Peddler- -Tired af- side blog: stairwellwit.tumblr.com

[english-history-trip]

My dad got a book about Michelangelo for Christmas and he is sharing Important Art History, so I thought I'd pass it along.

So Michelangelo was commissioned to paint a wall commemorating the Battle of Cascina (what this is isn't important), but Michelangelo never did it, because fuck painting. He did draw a plan for it, but he chose a particularly Michelangelo scene to paint. He chose to commemorate the battle with an image of the soldiers startled while bathing in the river, thereby tempering his distaste for painting with his love of man butts.

This wasn't the only time he pulled this. He was later commissioned to paint an image of the Holy Family, but damned if he wasn't gonna put some naked guys in there.

Basically, Michelangelo really was the guy from this tweet:

[mapsontheweb]

The beginning of each European anthem (fixed)

[hmas-sydney]

When Lithuania got an authoritarian head of state in 1926

[sherlockscones]

Brexit

[j-ellyfish]

[nae-design]

TIL kissing bench / loveseat / conversation sofa / tête-à-tête chair. 

[copperbadge]

I used to get in trouble with my mentor in undergrad because I was obsessed with this style of chair and every period piece where it would fit, I’d cram one into my scene design. If I knew a three-person one existed my 21-year-old brain would have exploded in joy. 

[jaidefinichonv2]

[gaxhar]

Imagine doing this in front of a 14th century peasant

[sunwukxng]

this is literally the funniest comment this video could have

[ikkytricky]

@gymleader-nick

[yarrowtincture]

[goawfma]

being lex luthor kinda sorta requires being a genius, elon musk got start up cash because his family stole an emerald mine from zambian miners 🤷🏾 nothing but wealth and privilege

[blackwoolncrown]

I saw this tweet earlier today and took psychic damage for 5 hours. this idiot is the worst but also fuck the entire fetishistic silicon valley fanatacism that made him possible.

[resplendentgoldenwings]

As it happens there are some fairly simple solutions to this problem and it’s not to late to deploy them.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2019/11/20/this-is-how-elon-musk-can-fix-the-damage-his-starlink-satellites-are-causing-to-astronomy/#5a5184974ccc

[thecalmissar]

so uhhhh is this shit why scientists were surprised to see an asteroid barely miss Earth???

[meshkol]

yes

[log4]

to be clear musk is just a dipshit who approves shit without understanding even the basics of anything absolutely zero thought went into designing these stupid fucking satellites absolutely zero attention payed to anything i hope every single one of these stupid satellites falls out of orbit.

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[trueconfessionsofacurvygirl]

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[bluelivesaintshit]

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[bhritscold]

[state-issued-boyfriend]

[thoughtfullyrandom]

[mattydontstart]

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[scottandhiskind]

[azuuldon]

[gymleader-nick]

I’m sorry but Jennifer’s body came out in like 2009 get these children off this hellsite

[ikkytricky]

[johnnyjoestarrelatable]

when you’re a 14 month old french infant in a military hospital in the late 18th century and that weird hungry guy comes into your room

[foreveriallyzombified]

cant stop thinking about this post. i dont think any “that face you make when” type posts has prompted over 20 minutes of research in me before

[atiredhedgehog]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarrare

[abby-studies-art]

Unusually Wondeful Spotify Playlists

Spotify is a fantastic place to find and discover new and old music, but it can also be a wonderful source of literature, audiobooks, and old radio shows. As a fan of all of these things, I have put together a list of some of my favourite non-musical playlists!

Scary Stories Everything from Poe’s the Raven to some good, old-fashioned spooky late night radio! Very good for fans of podcasts/audiobooks like Lore, the No Sleep Podcast, etc. Mythologies Explore the stories behind your favourite myths including Greek gods and legends, Buddist mythologies, Britannic classics such as Arthur, and Egyptian Afterlife stories! Love Poems A beautiful collection of love poems from classic authors like Shakespeare, Walter Raleigh, and more! Fairy Tales A collection of full fairytales, all by Hans Christian Anderson and including The Mermaid, the Little Match Girl, and The Snow Queen! The Adventures of Sherlock Homes Select adventures of Londons Favourite Detective, and including some pretty amazing vintage radio adaptations! The Essential Edgar Allen Poe Great for research projects, this playlist includes the very best of the famously frightening poet Poe. (I love his work but lack the focus to read it on paper, so this playlist has been a godsend for several English projects and papers!) Jane Austen This is a massive playlist, including the entirety of the Pride and Prejudice audiobook, sense and sensibility, persuasion, and more! It also includes poetry and film scores from Austen adaptation. The HP Lovecraft Compendium 23 hours and 14 minutes of love craft’s spokes and mind bending-est stories read aloud to you by some fantastic Narrators.  A Hipsters Guide to Poetry Ever seen and amazing poem quoted on Tumblr? It’s probably on this playlist. Sylvia Plath, Walt Whitman, and Robert Frost are all included. SciFi Radio Dramas Classic Science Fiction, like 20000 Leagues Under the Sea, 1984, and the War of the Worlds turned audio play for vintage radio and coming to your late night study session now! Women’s Lit Maya Angelou, Virginia Wolfe, Mary Shelly and More are included in this playlist, their poems and short stories.  Irish Lit Explore classical and contemporary Irish novels, short stories, plays, poems, and lore in both English and Irish Gaelic! Learn and practice the language at the same time as you discover the countries culture. Shakespeare: The Poetry His sonnets and poems, all of them, read aloud to you by a number of talented performers. 5 Hours of Shakespeare to put you in the writing mood! French Literature Hugo, Balzac, Dumas and more! French short stories and novels, now in audio form! Explore classics of French literature while you do laundry! Shakespeare: The Comedies Shakespeare can get notoriously gloomy, what with all the murdering and tragically ridiculous misunderstandings he features in some of this plays. But explore his bright, innocent, and summer side with hi classic comedies! The Victorians Explore the sensibility of the Victorian era through some if its best poetry: brooding, sceptical, romantic, whimsical, and nonsensical.  Sylvia Plath Everything you’ve ever wanted in a beautiful playlist. “Hear the voice that penned the poems.”-Spotify. Poems for Spring Beautiful poems read vintage and modern style, celebrating the innocent light that emerges in the spring!

So there you have it! This is by no means a complete list of playlists containing this kind of content, I know for a fact that most public domain books/ audiobooks are available on here! Happy Listening!

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[neurospicybirb]

Fun fact! Water actually turns "blood red" when it is contaminated by sulfur creating sulfuric acid. And scientists have discovered that around the time of the plagues a volcano went off that disturbed Egypt's environment. So the plagues are scientifically proven. The other parts of the plagues are explained by the sulfuric acid river making the animals leave the river and escaping into the human population.

[vampiregirl2345]

WHY DIDNT ANYONE TELL ME THE PLAGUES WERE PROVEN

[kvothe-kingkiller]

if anyone wants a full list heres how they happened:

basically they all stem from a massive eruption of a volcano on the island of santorini off the coast of greece. the ash then floated over to egypt which kickstarted the plagues

1) blood: the ash carried the mineral cinnabar, which has the capability of turning water red

2) frogs: the ash also had many toxic and acidic substances so naturally, all the frogs are gonna flee the river

3) lice: given what was going on insects would have burrowed into dead animals/peoples skin and laid eggs, which then hatched

4) beasts: everything is getting poisoned from the ash and toxins, causing animals to freak the fuck out/die

5) pestilence: toxins again

6) boils: the ash would have caused storms that carried acid rain which when it fell, would irritate peoples skin causing boils

7) hail: the storm again

8) locusts: again with the insects and the amount of dead bodies and such which attract more insects. a lotta insects basically.

9) darkness: the ash covered the sky, blocking out the sun

10) slaying of the first born: given that children’s bodies were found in higher numbers than others, some archeologists think they may have been sacrificed to stop all the destruction, but they aren’t 100% sure about that. this is just me but I would say another possibility is that babies/kids are a lot more susceptible to toxins and shit, so while an adult may have been fine or gotten a bit sick, it might have been very dangerous/deadly for kids or babies

the volcano would also attest for the parting of the sea weirdly enough. the red sea was in fact the ‘reed’ sea, and was very shallow, probably waist deep or so. given the amount of shit dumped into the ocean from the volcano, this wouldve caused a tsunami to head towards egypt. the water would get sucked out from the reed sea right before the tsunami hit, letting people pass it easily, then the actual tsunami would hit, fuckin up anyone who tried to follow.

another theory is that the red water was caused by algae, which would cause the frogs and stuff to jump out as well. the algae also carried substances toxic to animals so if they ingested any they’d get sick and die, so more insects. in this theory there was a sand storm coincidentally that caused the rest

some sources: X X

[wigmund]

The volcano wasn’t ON Santorini - it WAS Santorini, then called Thera. It completely blew away the Minoan settlements on the island and was one of the largest eruptions in human history. 

The tsunamis from the Theran eruption devastated Crete, weakening the then-powerful Minoan civilization, leaving them open to being invaded by the Mycenaeans.

The volcanic winter it created devastated crops in China leading to the fall of the Xia Dynasty. 

The abrupt and catastrophic loss of the people of Thera may have also inspired the myths about Atlantis.

[rogueone]

[gncfag-moved]

no offense but bucky not remembering what he does as the winter soldier makes his & sam’s rivalry so much funnier

[gncfag-moved]

sam: you know im STILL not over the time when you ripped out my car’s steering wheel!

bucky: the time i WHAT

[gncfag-moved]

sam increasingly realizes he can just say whatever tf he wants & bucky’ll be like

[hepalien]

Sam: I can’t believe you stabbed Caesar

Bucky:

[absolutepie]

“I can’t believe you shot 2Pac”

[ghostshapedbox]

This just keeps getting better and better

[bucky-is-my-precious]

Sam: “Let me guess you were the second shooter on the grassy knoll.”

[ikkytricky]

I need more confused Bucky reaction pics

[funnymemes-and-kinkydreams]

[ebon-sean]

I mean....that's one way to stop a war

[sensiblereblogifposts]

Reblog if you support stopping wars

[captain-flint]

JJ abrams: and then they hug.. you kno like friends do

oscar: i got it :)

[artycles]

Gislebertus, Dream of the Magi, Autun Cathedral, 1125-1135

“Caspar. Caspar?” “Yes…” “You’re doing it again.” “Doing what?” “Your arm. You’ve put your arm round me again. We talked about this before.” “Yes, right. Sorry Balthazar.”

[english-history-trip]

Balthazar: -_- zzzzz Melchior: -_- zzzzzz Caspar: o_o

[english-history-trip]

Caspar

Hey, Caspar

Wake up, it’s Christmas

“… It’s what?”

[philamuseum]

The trend of miniature eye portraits being used as tokens of love originated in 1785 with the secret marriage between Prince George of Wales and Maria Anne Fitzherbert.

 "Portrait of a Right Eye,“ around 1800, made in England 

 ”Portrait of a Left Eye,” around 1800, made in England

 "Portrait of a Woman’s Right Eye,“ around 1800, made in England 

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