Indiana Jones and the illegible soil sample

the life and times of a commercial archaeologist 

[witchmanor]

Greenhouse and Palm House of Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew

[you-are-another-me]

Crystal clear water in Venice was seen flowing for the first time due to a drastic decrease in pollution because of the Nationwide Coronavirus quarantine that was enacted in Italy.

Never in the last 60 years has water been seen so clear and beautiful.

... And from the chaos that seems to be happening, there flowed beauty.

[nefepants]

I just happened to see the explanation for this on Twitter, and it’s actually the same level of water purity it’s been.

The social distancing wouldn’t reduce the amount of pollution in the water, humans still live in Venice. The difference now is that there aren’t as many gondolas and boats floating around and it’s causing less dirt to be kicked up. Hence the clearer water and hence why you can see the fish that were already thriving there.

As for the swans and birds returning to the waters, that’s just because of the reduced human activity. Once again, has nothing to do with pollution.

Y’all need to stop pushing this vaguely eugenicist stuff. This idea that all humans are a blight on the planet, and even our absence for a few short weeks is enough to reset the ecosystem.

Human beings are dying and suffering right now, and people want to focus on how much this is helping the environment and I?????

[scotianostra]

A murky morning looking towards The Kelpies from Falkirk High Station. A distance of just under 2.5 miles.

[afeelgoodblog]

Little Red Hooman

[english-idylls]

Handwritten manuscript of Hogg's Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (1824).

September 8 - My first night of trial in this place is overpast! Would that it were the last that I should ever see in this detested world! If the horrors of hell are equal to those I have suffered, eternity will be of short duration there, for no created energy can support them for one single month, or week. I have been buffeted as never living creature was. My vitals have all been torn, and every faculty and feeling of my soul racked, and tormented into callous insensibility. I was even hung by the locks over a yawning chasm, to which I could perceive no bottom, and then - not till then, did I repeat the tremendous prayer! - I was instantly at liberty; and what I now am, the Almighty knows! Amen.

[danger]

ingeborgklara by Svalbard II

[amarguerite]

Greece gets Elgin Marbles included in EU trade deal demands

Britain faces having to return the Elgin Marbles as part of a free trade deal with the European Union after Greece demanded a clause was inserted in the agreement.A draft negotiating mandate

HA HA FUCK YOU LORD ELGIN

[findingfeather]

AMAZE.

[ampervadasz]

[ofkindnessandchaos-deactivated2]

OMFG.

[all-aboard-the-bane-train]

Very curious doggo

[castle-engineer-deactivated2019]

Reminder that puffins are extremely social and like to fit in with their friends, so they will adopt mannerisms and interests of the group. So there is a good chance this little guy is trying to be friends with the photographer by showing his interest in the camera.

[willow-wanderings]

TIL photographers are a lot like puffins, cuz we also make friends by showing interest in your camera XD

[dykelliewilliams]

Reminds me of the time researchers were trying to get puffins to land in a specific area so the put decoys up to draw them in but the decoys only had 1 leg and

[loudestcrowdever]

THIS IS SO CUTE OMG

[thewightknight]

Shakespearean insults, with cats.

7 more here.

[kat-howard-deactivated20241127]

I did not realize how very perfect cats were at delivering Shakespeare’s insults until now.

[kittysuggest]

this belongs here

[thinkpiecebot]

We Don’t Have a Middle-Class Americans Problem, We Have a Global Warming Problem

[catsbeaversandducks]

[teathattast]

user301382924386

[gothhyrax]

POV: You are the last treat in the bag

[superlucyjin]

The EU knows we don’t want this. Thank you, Europe. Tonight I needed to see this.

Keep the heid and keep going, kids, and we’ll make our way back soon enough.

[ayeforscotland]

It’s almost like they’re trying to tell us something…

[bewareofchickens-deactivated202]

[sweet-bitsy]

I had no idea that chickens could?? float?? or swim??? I don’t know why I’ve never thought of chickens as buoyant. I never picture chickens anywhere near water. what else have I been missing

[taopopop]

C'est les swimming poules

[pandas-and-squirrels]

Reblogging for the pun and the pun alone

[sirfrogsworth]

Sometimes you just need to stand on a rock and howl. 

[everythingfox]

Turn the sound on at your own risk

[thenatsdorf]

Bff’s from the beginning.

[emmeetslawschool]

that baby is making biscuits on that cat. what a role reversal.

[leonei-d-deactivated20211128]

Omg!!!!

[magic-and-moonlit-wings]

#it’s extra good because kneading is something that kittens do to their moms!! #so #baby is like: ah yes soft cat shall pet #and cat is like: ah yes human kitten is just doing What Kittens Do :) #amazing #10/10 i love it