Boldly Going, Boldly Gone

A little bit of everything. Including but not limited to Doctor Who, Star Trek, Achievement Hunter, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., and whatever I am currently obsessed with. Current obsession: Lupin the Third. Amature Pokemon sprite maker. Aquarius, Rhode Islander transplanted to the next state over. 

[sparrowlucero]

TARDIS dragons

[frogayyyy]

Return to Tomorrow (deleted scene), 1968 // 765874 Unification, 2024

Together, forever. I hope someday, with someone, you'll find out what that is...

[saphura]

I know I keep disappearing and reappearing, but I have barely been able to deal with this site in the last year and a bit.

I'm on Discord. Drop me a message or ask or something and I'll give you my details there. Or something. Because yeah.

[pansexual-lilychen]

[taibhsearachd]

[victusinveritas]

In case you need it for your D&D games or siege actions— here's what the ballistic trajectory of a flaming pumpkin fired out of a trebuchet looks like.

[flightyquinn]

Actually, this is very helpful for visualizing a ballistic arc.

[victusinveritas]

Right? I've already sent it to my math teaching friends. One occasionally brings in a tiny trebuchet for his class and this might encourage him to up his game.

[fixyourwritinghabits]

This counts as writing research, why not.

[anxietyproblem]

[shadytail]

We also figured out—the hard way—that the ancients probably cut each layer of linen to the proper shape before gluing them together. For our first linothorax, we glued together 15 layers of linen to form a one centimeter-thick slab, and then tried to cut out the required shape. Large shears were defeated; bolt cutters failed. The only way we were ultimately able to cut the laminated linen slab was with an electric saw equipped with a blade for cutting metal. At least this confirmed our suspicion that linen armor would have been extremely tough. We also found out that linen stiffened with rabbit glue strikes dogs as in irresistibly tasty rabbit-flavored chew toy, and that our Labrador retriever should not be left alone with our research project.

[krakenartificer]

I love this in every way possible. What is it from? Where can I read more?

[blackcatphysics]

The pitfalls of experimental archaeology and puppies.

[shrewreadings]

link to source:

“Unraveling the Linothorax Mystery, or how Linen Armor Came to Dominate our Lives.”

https://jhupress.wordpress.com/2013/04/24/unraveling-the-linothorax-mystery-or-how-linen-armor-came-to-dominate-our-lives/

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

holy shit read the article. it’s short but wild

[mounmantaka]

We found that even more of a threat than rain was one’s own sweat on a hot day. So, yes, it does need waterproofing, both inside and out. We did a number of experiments along those lines, and found that rubbing a block of beeswax over all sides of the armor provided nice waterproofing. It also makes the armor smell nice! When you wear it for a couple hours, your own body heat softens the glue a bit and makes it conform to your body shape, so it is much more comfortable to wear than rigid types of armor. Our reconstructions weighed about 10 pounds–about one third the weight of bronze armor that would provide the same degree of protection.

Honey i gotta go to war… not to smell my bee armor or hang with the boys or anything no.. uhh we need to uh do war things?

[thefibrarchaeologist]

#i've definitely read this before and i've probably reblogged it before but like.#no one in this thread is mentioning that they actually shot someone with an actual arrow in this armor.#they were like 'we've got to test this in practice' and instead of getting a mannequin or something they had an actual person wear it.

They what?

[classicslesbianopinions]

from the article:

While all of this mayhem (both scientifically controlled and free-form) convinced us that our linothorax was ancient-battlefield-ready, we still felt compelled to try a real-life scenario, so Scott donned the armor and Greg shot him. And while we had confidence in our armor, our relief was still considerable when the arrowhead stuck and lodged in the armor’s outer layers, a safe distance away from flesh.

a good life-size mannequin is expensive but i guarantee it would've cost way less than they were spending on all that linen.

[dr-dendritic-trees]

Academics are just like that.

[lovely-english-rose]

what a week huh?

[ruffboi-mags]

I think I will remember the week of Nov 3rd, 2020 for the rest of my goddamn life.

[crystalbeastsquidney]

Halloween at the x mansion but it’s just everyone wearing starfleet uniforms. Charles does Not think it’s funny.

Bonus:

[sunshine-tattoo]

"STOP TRYING TO GET ME TO COSPLAY AS PICARD DAMMIT I LOOK ABSOLUTELY NOTHING LIKE PATRICK STEWART IF ANYTHING JEAN SHOULD COSPLAY HIM THEY ARE BOTH NAMED JEAN"

[frank-o-meter]

A rare “Man from UNCLE” episode set in Australia.

[grandkhan221b]

Some Doctor and companion outfit swaps ! this is always fun

[queer-as-city-folk]

I gotta say, if you think that firing everyone at amtrak and replacing them with Europeans will fix the issues, you're kinda stupid

[queer-as-city-folk]

This is a real take that someone had

[queer-as-city-folk]

Like if you want the unions and average Americans to both want you dead, that's a great strategy

[cungadero]

i mean this in the nicest way possible you guys but you NEED to take better care of yourselves online. getting severely anxious about mass quantities of horrible things you cant change every single day is normal considering the internet’s ability to educate on worldwide issues, it shows that you have empathy and that you truly do care. but relentless knowledge of constant suffering on this scale is NOT something humans are psychologically equipped to handle. it’s okay to shut off. it’s okay to just take a break and enjoy yourself for a while in your own localized space

[acidtheater]

It was half meant as a joke, but I recently read a post that was something like “If you’re not outraged, you’re probably setting understandable boundaries with the news you consume online”, and I still haven’t stopped thinking about it

[apolladay]

When you watch foreign media, do you tend to watch it:

Whatever it defaults to/don't care

Dubbed

Dubbed, unless the dub is bad

Subbed

Subbed, unless the dub is good

I don't watch foreign media/don't have a choice/Show results

Voting ended onOct 31, 2024

Clarify your answer in the tags or replies if you want, including if your preferences change depending on the type of media (ie kdramas vs anime etc)

[nuevayor]

x

[nuevayor]

Everything about this is a masterpiece: the girl that says “wow” and the girl that says “hi” shyly and bill awkwardly lifting his hand to say hi to them I’m cracking THE FUCK UP

[therestlessforest]

The way they all immediately straightened up their postures like the fuckin pope walked in 😂 the sheer power this cool science man has over the american people is palpable

[jnyfmg]

Something about having an universal translator, and learning to understand without it

[daylightsavingcrime]

[Image description: a traditionally drawn and inked Star Trek fan comic, showing a conversation between Uhura and Chekhov on the bridge.

Uhura: I used to worry that linguistic communication was an archaic speciality. With the universal translator, who needs us anymore? After spending time on the Enterprise, I've seen what happens to civilizations when they let machines dictate their lives.

Chekhov: I don't use the translator, because it is not what I said.

Uhura: It loses some of its meaning.

Chekhov: We all have to study the Federation Stadard in Starfleet, anyway.

Uhura: I'm studying Klingon, right now. The problem is, most of the material says that Klingon is harsh and aggressive... I can't help but wonder if that's just because they're our enemies.

Chekhov: On Earth, there are those who say the same about Russian, but they don't know our love songs. Maybe I should be learning Swahili?

End ID]

[bestoldmanyaoi]

Old Man Yaoi Tournament FINALS

Statler/Waldorf (The Muppets) Vs. James T. Kirk/Spock (Star Trek)

Statler/Waldorf

James T. Kirk/Spock

Voting ended onOct 30, 2024