Strange Women Lying in Ponds

History. Art. Culture. The Written Word. Comedy. Curiosities. Nature and The Sciences. Anything Else That Holds My Attention. Combinations Thereof. And The Occasional Disjointed Personal Post. ((Hodge-Podge)) Welcome Bid. "Queen of the Cultured Wilds. Empress of the Empty Space between Words. Grand Duchess with Dominion over Damasks" - shilohta "The best mystery I've ever discovered" - R a n d e h

[thunderstruck9]

Henri Martin (French, 1860-1943), Prairie ensoleillée aux peupliers [Sunny Meadow with Poplars]. Oil on canvas, 41 x 33⅛ in.

[frigbob]

MY BABY BOYS. MY PRIDE AND JOY. SO SCARED OF LAUNDRY.

[sweaterkittensahoy]

The Scots emptied THREE DIFFERENT BOSTON BARS OF BEER.

Including the Sam Adam's Taproom. Whose only job is to HAVE BEER.

Amazing. Stunning. 10/10

[sweaterkittensahoy]

Also, thank you @crubblessnowglobe for making sure I saw this:

Australians getting fucked up on the good shit in Seattle. Top tier work.

[princessxombie]

This is cultural exchange done right

[nasa]

Send Your Name to Space with Roman!

Send your name to fly on Roman and download a boarding pass like this one with your name on it!

What’s the farthest you’ve ever traveled from home? Want to beat your record by about a million miles? Submit to have your name added to a memory card that will be attached to a plaque on our Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope traveling a million miles away!

Prior to Roman’s launch, an SD card loaded with submitted names will be attached to this plaque where the square outline is.

After launch on August 30, Roman will journey way out to the second Sun-Earth Lagrange point (L2), the same orbit as our James Webb Space Telescope. At L2, the gravity of the Sun and Earth, together with an object’s motion around the Sun, let it stay lined up with Earth as they orbit. That will give Roman a relatively steady orbit without using much fuel. Like Webb, Roman will trace out a large orbit around the actual L2 point — much larger than the Moon’s orbit around Earth — and the two will easily be kept far apart.

Telescopes at L2 also have a constant, unobstructed view of a wide swath of the sky. Earth won't block much of Roman's view since it will be so distant! And at L2, heat from Earth, the Sun, and the Moon have less effect on infrared telescopes, which “see” heat.

The Roman Telescope model has its boarding pass! Do you have yours?

Send your name here. Submissions close July 16. Follow along with Roman’s road to launch at science.nasa.gov/blogs/roman!

Make sure to follow us on Tumblr for your regular dose of space!

[lisamarie-vee]

[ohsoromanov]

Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia, 1898. Shared by Ilya.

[chainmail-butch]

Hi, its me. The warmest creature in the world. I love you. Im the warmest creature in the world and I love you so much and I need to be in your lap right now. Yes, I know about the heat wave. That's okay though because I was already the warmest creature in the world so I don't mind. I love you and you need to let me sleep in your lap right now. I'm soooo warm and I love you sooo much. If you say no you'll be saying no to a thing that love you. Let me sleep in your lap. When I fall asleep I get warmer. I love you

[mioritic]

Koloman Moser (Austrian, 1868–1918)

"Nackte bei der Toilette" ("Nude at her toilette"), undated

Leopold Museum

[notwiselybuttoowell]

Florida college seized by DeSantis in ‘anti-woke’ push to triple in size

New College of Florida to acquire USF Sarasota-Manatee in deal that leading Democratic lawmaker says ‘reeks of grift’

[thebookofthefilm]

Paul Ableman’s novelisation of Michael Aitkens’ BBC sitcom Waiting For God (1990 - 1994) was published to coincide with the broadcast of the final series. This Penguin paperback issue was released the following year, and features stars Graham Crowden and Stephanie Cole on the cover.

[explorearound]

Midsummer nights in Eastern Finland

by kpunkka

[pwlanier]

A superb Jun purple-splashed blue-glazed tripod censer, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127)

Courtesy Alain Truong

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Baby Rhino

Sleeping next to mom.

By Erik Pederson

[saywhat-politics]

‘Different worlds’: Americans see a huge divide between haves and have-nots, new poll shows

A national NBC News poll finds 81% of Americans say there is more that divides than unites the wealthy and those who aren’t wealthy.

June 18, 2026, 2:00 AM MST

By Bridget Bowman, Annelise Hanson, Lauren Zola and Ben Kamisar

Most Americans are optimistic that the country is broadly more united than divided, and they feel that’s true even across some contentious dividing lines like race and gender.

But that optimism does not extend to what Americans see as a broad gulf between the wealthy and those who are not wealthy, according to a new national NBC News poll.

A majority of Americans (54%) say most Americans share the same core values but disagree about policies and issues, while 44% say most Americans have fundamentally different core values, according to the survey, which was sponsored by More Perfect, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing democracy.

There are notable splits along some lines, including age and geography. But even those are overshadowed by the overwhelming shares who see sizable divisions between Republicans and Democrats (80%) and between the wealthy and the not wealthy (81%).

[danskjavlarna]

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[folklorespring]

Fruit vendor in Tbilisi waiting for customers. 2005, Martin Roemers.

[vintageeurope]

Dunnottar Castle, Scotland 1870/80