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@pommesfritz24
i know i talk CONSTANTLY about how relatable marcus aurelius is but i love this man so much. not only does he constantly have to encourage himself to get out from under his blankets but he also has to tell himself to put away his books and go DO things….it’s the ancient roman equivalent of yelling at yourself to stop bingewatching shows on netflix and get to work and i love him so very dearly
german news show posted a thumbnail without any text so i tought i would have a go on it:
i am sorry
Ah yes, the 18th century Prussian army. Such swiftness in the long marches. Such boldness in the infantry, such grace in the cavalry. With its illustrious commanders– Seydlitz, Schwerin, Winterfeldt, the Alte Dessauer, etc.–embodying the Prussian virtues of modesty, austerity, restraint…
And then there’s Zieten.
Time transfixed via Rene Magritte
Size: 146x97 cm Medium: oil, canvas
dumb ass accidentally painted a train instead of a fire
rene magritte has talent but this is a rookie mistake
Portrait of J.-B. de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, Jean-Baptiste-François Bosio, n.d., Metropolitan Museum of Art: Drawings and Prints
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949 Size: 6 5/8 x 4 5/8in. (16.9 x 11.7cm) Medium: Brush and brown wash over graphite underdrawing.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/334829
math people scare me. math people will be like "math works in mysterious ways TO YOU. i get it though." and they do and it's fucking terrifying.
and if you ask them to elaborate they will but then you'll wish they didn't
[...] je vous assurai que je voulais bien oublier tout ce qui s'était passé, pourvu que vous me donnassiez votre parole que vous ne feriez plus rien contre Maupertuis. Si vous m'aviez tenu ce que vous me promîtes alors, je vous aurais vu revenir avec plaisir; [...] Mais votre séjour à Leipzig retraça dans ma mémoire les traits que j'avais bien voulu en effacer. Je trouvai mauvais que, malgré la parole que vous m'en aviez donnée, vous ne cessassiez point d'écrire contre Maupertuis [.]
Frédéric à Voltaire, Potsdam, 16 mars 1754
Fritz: You shit-talked Maupertuis? When I specifically asked you not to?
You shit-talked Maupertuis? You shit-talked Maupertuis like a common gossip-monger? Oh! Oh! Jail for Voltaire! Jail for Voltaire for One Thousand Years!!!
Illustrations from a Passover Haggadah inscribed in Italy by Joel ben Simeon in 1469 for Menahem ben Samuel and his daughter Maraviglia. Images of a woman, possibly Maraviglia, participating in the rites of the seder, make the work "the most extensive existing cycle of representations of women participating in Jewish religious rituals known from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance."
This article goes into more detail about this manuscript, currently held in the British Library:
The exceptional collection of decorated Hebrew prayer books in the British Library contains an intriguing work produced in Italy in 1469 CE.
Abendmahl, Corona-Lockdown-Homeoffice-Edition
The Last Supper: Can everybody see me? Can everybody hear me?
sorry I had to
planning my outfit for next pesach
“why are you like that” well i picked up that big book of illustrated greek myths as a kid and i’ve been this way ever since
guess my favorite rene descartes quote
who give a shit.
My trading card of Jean-Jacques Rousseau resting casually on meadow grass with a ‘come hither’ expression while a sheep waits in the background has finally arrived.
I think about this trading card a lot
Similar energy
I am reading this GDR short story about young Frederick II. and my dear darling Katte and I feel like tumblr should know that the short story has Katte say
“Your Highness, you know how dear you are to me, how much I love you. Rule over me; and everything that is mine, even my life, is yours too. My place will always be by your side.“
followed by “but he didn’t really mean that” and a line about how their friendship is based on their love for music, books, pranks, and women.
Here’s one good thing to come out of 2020:
Paleontologists completed a life-sized replica of Sue, the most complete T. Rex ever found.
And she is freaking GORGEOUS!
As I read more about this beauty, I found out some new details regarding things I thought I previously knew about the beast that was Tyrannosaurus Rex, and I’m going to share them with you.
First, and most obvious, her size:
This is nothing new, we all figured T. Rex was big, but I for one never stopped to consider exactly how big it was. Nobody ever really knows what to imagine when they read about something the size of a whale that walked around and ate everything it could kill.
Speaking of eating things, I just want to remind you all that T. Rex had–by miles–the strongest bite of any terrestrial animal living or dead, somewhere around six and a half tons of force. That’s over six times greater than the current estimate of what Allosaurus was capable of, and three times what was delivered by the highest measured reading of the living title holder–the estuarine crocodile. It didn’t have to waste time swinging its head open-mouthed like Saurophaganax for a little extra oomph, or grow fancy serrated teeth like Carcharodontosaurus to cut pieces out of its prey. It opted for the simplest approach: get its mouth around something and crush it to death; imagine the full weight of an elephant on whatever was between this thing’s jaws.
“How did it find something to eat?” I hear you asking. “It can’t see something if it doesn’t move, right?”
Listen, I love Jurassic Park too, but that’s a big crock of shit.
Notice how both her eyes face forward. That gives her binocular vision (the ability to focus both eyes on one target, like you and I). More importantly it means she has impeccable depth perception due to overlapping fields of vision from each, large, eyeball. Researchers agree that T. Rex not only had incredible vision, but that it was probably better than most modern animals–including eagles, hawks, and owls–and that she could likely spot something three and a half miles away. If something that big can see that well, it doesn’t matter if you move or not, she’d be able to tell if it was an animal trying to hide or a piece of vegetation. So pray she isn’t hungry if she lays eyes on you. And even if by some miracle she didn’t see you, she’d still smell you.
If she decided you looked tasty, you probably wouldn’t hear her coming as much as you’d feel her. Modern science indicates that T. Rex didn’t roar like in Jurassic Park, but rather bellowed or maybe even hissed like crocodilians. If she were on to you, you’d most likely feel this sense of unease creep up your spine as a low-pitched rumble in the air permeated through you. You wouldn’t know what it was or where it was coming from until you hear her footfalls. By then it’s too late–you could try to run but she’d probably catch you. There’s plenty on YouTube that reconstructs what T. Rex may have sounded like, and it’s legitimately haunting.
To wrap all of this up, the one bit of good that came out of the cursed year that is 2020 is that this wonderful child of science and art came into the world, and reaffirmed my respect and admiration for the eight ton slab of muscle and teeth that is this magnificent creature.
…and it is nothing if not magnificent.
I honestly expected like three notes, what happened!?
