Music/Art/Films.

Just chilling

[viralfrog]

[knightofleo]

Kestrel-dad not sure how to dad but he’s trying his best.

[astarlingdiscovery]

[punished-ned]

Dad loves you and feeds you. But he is also dumb and feeds you a wonderfully done wagyu steak. You are 3 days old.

[swan2swan]

Okay, but check out this video from mid-May 2022 of a Kestrel Dad who just kept piling up voles and mice beside his babies when the mom was injured/killed/mia’d by owls…but then watched one of his babies just swallow a lizard and went “OH. I can feed them small food!” and learned to tear it apart!

EDIT: There’s a not-zero percent chance that this could be the same dad???????? The source is the same–Robert E Fuller–but they could be different birds. 

[swan2swan]

UPDATE: Not only has Mister Kes learned to feed his chicks all on his own…

….the three chicks who were taken out of the nest for intensive care after the mom disappeared were put back in, and he just started feeding them, too.

He’s a single father of six who does not possess the instincts to feed even one of his offspring, but he learned and adopted that behavior without difficulty and is now hunting and providing for six kids all on his own. 

[tuulikki]

[random-chaos-thoughts]

Happy father’s day to the Krestel single dad of 6 Who is doing a wonderful job

[adreamngofdragons]

Shout out to these chicks who have never seen a hand before.

[birds-in-posts]

Common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)

[official-ornithology-posts]

Official ornithology post

[animentality]

[callmebliss]

Y’ever read something and have understanding that has eluded you interminably suddenly stop, curl up, and snuggle neatly into a fold in your brain because a new way way opened to it?

[macleod]

I've seen this passed around a few times, and I have one thing to say:

It's online. The book was carefully and wonderfully recreated online by hand. You can find it here. The entire book is this easy.

calculusmadeeasy.org

[grfn-btbtas]

[vampira-carmilla]

The Chariot of Death (1848) — by Théophile Schuler.

[shittalkingclassicliterature]

[intactics]

[mornington-the-crescent]

[spandexinspace]

I need everyone to know that the ship Götheborg, the world's largest ocean-going wooden sailing ship, answered a distress call the other day.

Imagine waiting for the coast guard or whatever to show up and instead a replica of 18th century merchant ship pulls up and tows you to the coast.

[foxgirlofficial]

pov: you’ve been transported to the 17th century

[uvradical]

#in the article it says that the sailboat sailors were concerned because they could not be towed quickly because of the kind of boat#so they asked Götheborg what type of ship they were and warned that they would not be able to go above a certain speed#and götheborg went ' we are also a sailboat. 50 meters length. no worries :) '#and the poor sailboat sailors were just like ' That's not possible. they have to be messing with us' and then the ship Rolled Up (via bunjywunjy)

[ms-demeanor]

I'm crying. Here's a photo of a sailor from the Götheborg watching over the little sailboat in tow:

From the story:

We repeatedly emphasized that we were aboard a small 8-meter sailboat, but the response was the same each time: "We are a 50-meter three-masted sailboat, and we offer our assistance in towing you to Paimpol." We were perplexed by the size difference between our two boats, as we feared being towed by a boat that was too large and at too fast a speed that could damage our boat. The arrival of the Götheborg on the scene was rapid and surprising, as we did not expect to see a merchant ship from the East India Company of the XVIII century. This moment was very strange, and we wondered if we were dreaming. Where were we? What time period was it? The Götheborg approached very close to us to throw the line and pass a large rope. The mooring went well, and our destinies were linked for very long hours, during which we shared the same radio frequency to communicate with each other. The crew of the Götheborg showed great professionalism and kindness towards us. They adapted their speed to the size of our boat and the weather conditions. We felt accompanied by very professional sailors. Every hour, the officer on duty of the Götheborg called us to ensure everything was going well.[...] This adventure, very real, was an incredible experience for us. We were extremely lucky to cross paths with the Götheborg by chance and especially to meet such a caring crew. Dear commander and crew of the Götheborg, your kindness, and generosity have shown that your ship is much more than just a boat. It embodies the noblest values of the sea, and we are honored to have had the chance to cross your path and benefit from your help.

"Our destinies were linked for very long hours" is just knocking me out.

[beardedmrbean]

Fancy tricks

[reallybadblackoutpoems]

imagination (1963) - harold ordway rugg

"chekhovs cat / schrödingers razor / occams gun"

[venort]

Chekov's Cat: if you see a cat in the first act, it will probably be relevant later. (example: Alien)

Shrodinger's razor: an unopened box may or may not contain the solution to the story; there's no way to know without opening it. (example: Monk)

Occam's gun: the simplest way to kill off a character is to shoot them. (example: Bambi)

[aegimeda]

i have been cracking up at this for the past 3 minutes

[jesticutioner]

Chekov's Box: If there is a container introduced in the opening act, it will be opened later.

Schrodinger's Gun: Treat every gun as if it's loaded unless you've checked it yourself.

Occam's Cat: If you hear strange noises at night, it's probably a cat.

[jollyfurydragonballer]

[hatesaltrat]

I’m fuckin howling at this!

“Ooh, another one is gone”

The funniest thing I’ve seen all week.

[hatesaltrat]

I’ve sent this to so many people today and I giggle each time all over again.

[otakuvampyre]

That poor guy. Must've been quite the shock. 🤣 I hope he got his bike back eventually. And didn't drown.

[cargopantsman]

the Danish "Ej, shit.... okay" video has a sibling!

[fluffmugger]

the OG

[maureen2musings]

L'anse Aux Meadows. The only completely authenticated European site in North America, a Norse settlement dating back to around 1000 AD. Discovered on Newfoundland in 1961. Studies of ancient Icelandic sagas indicate that this was the land known as Vinland to the Vikings. Leif Erikson, the son of Erik the Red, is credited with first landing in Vinland.

officialabouthistory

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Wild boar; Floor mosaic of the entrance to the House of Vesbinus (Casa del Cinghiale II). Date: A.D. 50—79 Place of origin: Pompeii

[britishmuseum]

Literacy was not widespread in ancient Mesopotamia. Schooling in Mesopotamia began at an early age in the ‘tablet-house’. The first thing a boy (and very rarely a girl) had to learn was how to make a tablet and handle the stylus which made the impressions in the clay. The stylus was wedge-shaped, and we call this type of script ‘cuneiform’ after the Latin cuneus, wedge, and forma, shape.

After learning the basic cuneiform signs the pupil went on to learn the thousands of different Sumerian words. The teacher would write out some lines on one side of a tablet (on this tablet above it is a proverb, loosely translated as ‘Since the sheep left through the city gate, he shears it for booty’ – although we don’t know what this is supposed to mean!). The schoolboy studied these, turned over the tablet and tried to reproduce what the teacher had written.

After completing their training, the students became entitled to call themselves dubsar or scribe. They then became a member of a privileged class. School tablets have been found in almost all of the private houses in southern Mesopotamia of this date that have been excavated. This suggests that in wealthy families all the male children went to school.

Part of the Babylonian school curriculum was learning the main temples, buildings and streets of Babylon. This exercise tablet contains extracts about this, as well as bilingual magic, and lists of wood, reed and terracotta items.

The exercise tablet above comes from around 500 BC, when Aramaic replaced Akkadian as the main language spoken in Mesopotamia. Here it seems that someone has used the familiar (Aramaic) to show a learner how cuneiform conveys sounds.

This rare fragment of an exercise tablet has traditional Sumerian-Akkadian set text on one side, and Greek soundings out of these words on the other. It would have been used to teach Greek speakers how to read cuneiform. The first step was learning the signs and studying the ancient word lists. On this tablet, terms for ‘canal’ are given, including the Sumerian and Babylonian words palal and atappu. The scribe then spells out this strange-sounding vocabulary in familiar Greek script:

Sumerian pa-lal Greek spelling pha-lal φα-λαλ Babylonian a-tap-pi Greek spelling athaph αθαφ

Find out more about the Museum’s collection of cuneiform tablets in this blog post, or visit the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Gallery of Mesopotamia (Room 55)

Cuneiform tablet with schoolwork. Old Babylonian, about 1900–1700 BC.

Clay cuneiform tablet. From Babylonia, c. 700–500 BC.

Clay cuneiform tablet. Late Babylonian, c. 500 BC.

Clay cuneiform tablet. Late Babylonian, c. 100 BC.

[trueloveandotherscificoncepts]

a completely biased list of the TOP 10 best Shakespeare things

Non-Fiction

Shakespeare (2007) - Bill Bryson [book]

Playing Shakespeare (1982) - starring John Barton // BBC/Royal Shakespeare Company [TV series]

Speaking Shakespeare (2002) - Patsy Rodenburg [book]

Shakespeare’s Stagecraft (1967) - J.L. Styan [book]

Shakespeare Unlimited (2015-present) // Folger Shakespeare Library [podcast]

That Shakespeare Life (2018-present) // Cassidy Cash [podcast]

Women as Hamlet: performance and interpretation in theatre, film and fiction (2007) - Tony Howard [book]

Performing Hamlet: actors in the modern age (2018) - John Croall [book]

Women Reading Shakespeare, 1660-1900: an anthology of criticism (2013) - Ann Thompson & Sasha Roberts

Essential Shakespeare Handbook (2014) - Leslie Dunton-Downer & Alan Riding [book] 

Fiction (about/inspired by the Bard)

If We Were Villains (2017) - M.L. Rio [novel]

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (1967) - Tom Stoppard [stage play]

Wyrd Sisters (1988) - Terry Pratchett [novel]

Shakespeare in Love (1998) - starring Joseph Fiennes & Gwyneth Paltrow // dir. John Madden [film]

Upstart Crow (2016-present) - starring David Mitchell // BBC [TV series]

Mrs. Shakespeare (2017) - Ian Wild [stage play]

Shakespeare, His Wife, and the Dog (2016) - Philip Whitchurch [stage play]

The Shakespeare Stealer (1999)/Shakespeare’s Scribe (2001) - Gary Blackwood [novel(s)]

10 Things I Hate About You (1999) - starring Julia Stiles & Heath Ledger // dir. Gil Junger [film]

Queen Margaret (2018) - Jeanie O’Hare [stage play]

Ghost Light (2019) - Saoirse Wadding-Hayes [stage play] (because i am nothing if not a shameless self promoter) 

Film Adaptations/Filmed Stage Productions

Hamlet (2017) - starring Andrew Scott // dir. Robert Icke [at the Almeida Theatre, London]

Much Ado About Nothing (2011) - starring David Tennant & Catherine Tate // dir. Josie Rouke [at Wyndham’s Theatre, London]

Macbeth (2018) - starring Christopher Eccleston & Niamh Cusack // dir. Polly Findlay [at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon]

Hamlet (2009) - starring David Tennant // dir. Gregory Doran [film] 

Twelfth Night (1996) - starring Imogen Stubbs // dir. Trevor Nunn [film]

A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1999) - starring Kevin Kline & Michelle Pfeiffer // dir. Michael Hoffman [film]

Romeo + Juliet (1996) - starring Leonardo DiCaprio & Claire Danes // dir. Baz Luherman [film]

The Taming of the Shrew (1967) - starring Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton // dir. Franco Zeffirelli [film]

Titus (1999) - starring Anthony Hopkins & Jessica Lange // dir. Julie Taymor [film]

The Tempest (2010) - starring Helen Mirren // dir. Julie Taymor [film]

[tampire]

Dracula (2020)

[feelmyskin]

Peter Capaldi in the video of Someone You Loved by Lewis Capaldi.