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Three thousand years ago, a Greek potter looked at a bowl and thought:
‘You know what this needs? A leg!’
Clay bowl with leg-shaped handle!🦵😆
Early Geometric period 850 BC. Altes Museum, Berlin 📷 by me
#Archaeology
‘You know what this needs? A leg!’
Clay bowl with leg-shaped handle!🦵😆
Early Geometric period 850 BC. Altes Museum, Berlin 📷 by me
#Archaeology
October 9, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Three thousand years ago, a Greek potter looked at a bowl and thought:
‘You know what this needs? A leg!’
Clay bowl with leg-shaped handle!🦵😆
Early Geometric period 850 BC. Altes Museum, Berlin 📷 by me
#Archaeology
‘You know what this needs? A leg!’
Clay bowl with leg-shaped handle!🦵😆
Early Geometric period 850 BC. Altes Museum, Berlin 📷 by me
#Archaeology
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#gratitude
“You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.”
Winston Churchill
“You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.”
Winston Churchill
October 10, 2026 at 6:02 PM
#gratitude
“You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.”
Winston Churchill
“You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.”
Winston Churchill
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I've had MANY conversations with students who see this in themselves and friends: "persistence is reduced because AI conditions people to expect immediate answers thereby denying them the experience of working through challenges on their own." Arguments re: how could be used ≠ how it is being used.
October 10, 2026 at 1:26 AM
I've had MANY conversations with students who see this in themselves and friends: "persistence is reduced because AI conditions people to expect immediate answers thereby denying them the experience of working through challenges on their own." Arguments re: how could be used ≠ how it is being used.
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October 10, 2026 at 11:28 AM
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Not sure how many average people realize it but virtually all of ancient history, all that we know about it, is predicated on like just three lucky archaeology sites globally and about 1% of 1% of 0.0001% of recorded knowledge.
So these are world shaking historical finds, taken in the long term.
So these are world shaking historical finds, taken in the long term.
Wow! Texts are super rare for the Hittites, basically there’s just one archive and it’s 95% lists of prayer sacrifices to mountain gods, so this is really, really exciting!
184 new cuneiform tablets ✍️ (total), dating to c.1400 BCE. “Preliminary examination of the texts has revealed references to military activities, epidemics, the death of an infant princess & requests for assistance sent to the king by Hittite military commanders” www.heritagedaily.com/2026/10/184-...
October 9, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Not sure how many average people realize it but virtually all of ancient history, all that we know about it, is predicated on like just three lucky archaeology sites globally and about 1% of 1% of 0.0001% of recorded knowledge.
So these are world shaking historical finds, taken in the long term.
So these are world shaking historical finds, taken in the long term.
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A sleeping antelope incised on rock up to 10,000 years ago at Tin Taghirt, Tassili n'Ajjer in Algeria
October 7, 2026 at 4:11 PM
A sleeping antelope incised on rock up to 10,000 years ago at Tin Taghirt, Tassili n'Ajjer in Algeria
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Voyager 1 is running on less memory than a single photo in your camera roll—69 KB. Its data is saved to an 8-track tape & software was developed when "the cloud" was in the sky. NASA sends commands and the old thing answers.
And yet your brand new laptop freezes because you opened too many tabs.
And yet your brand new laptop freezes because you opened too many tabs.
October 6, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Voyager 1 is running on less memory than a single photo in your camera roll—69 KB. Its data is saved to an 8-track tape & software was developed when "the cloud" was in the sky. NASA sends commands and the old thing answers.
And yet your brand new laptop freezes because you opened too many tabs.
And yet your brand new laptop freezes because you opened too many tabs.
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October 4, 2026 at 8:13 PM
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I so need this to be a conversation that actually happened and not a joke.
my mom: yaoi.... that's, like, another name for god, right?
October 5, 2026 at 3:13 AM
I so need this to be a conversation that actually happened and not a joke.
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Chefs use this continuous thin sheet to create fine julienne cuts, decorative edible garnishes like flowers or butterflies, or specialty preparations like hanabi (firework) vegetable tempura. 🥕
TT: @big_c.panupong
TT: @big_c.panupong
October 4, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Chefs use this continuous thin sheet to create fine julienne cuts, decorative edible garnishes like flowers or butterflies, or specialty preparations like hanabi (firework) vegetable tempura. 🥕
TT: @big_c.panupong
TT: @big_c.panupong
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Composed of gold leaves and other adornments, this magnificent headdress belonged to Queen Puabi, one of the most powerful women known from ancient Mesopotamia.
Discovered in the Royal Cemetery of Ur in present-day Iraq, the burial dates to approximately 2600-2500 BC.
IG: @svitlana_skomsvold
Discovered in the Royal Cemetery of Ur in present-day Iraq, the burial dates to approximately 2600-2500 BC.
IG: @svitlana_skomsvold
October 3, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Composed of gold leaves and other adornments, this magnificent headdress belonged to Queen Puabi, one of the most powerful women known from ancient Mesopotamia.
Discovered in the Royal Cemetery of Ur in present-day Iraq, the burial dates to approximately 2600-2500 BC.
IG: @svitlana_skomsvold
Discovered in the Royal Cemetery of Ur in present-day Iraq, the burial dates to approximately 2600-2500 BC.
IG: @svitlana_skomsvold
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2077 years ago, on the 3rd of October 52 BCE, Vercingetorix, the leader of an alliance of Gallic tribes, surrendered to Julius Caesar, ending the Siege of Alesia. It was the culmination of Caesar’s Gallic campaign and the last major confrontation between Romans and Gallic tribes. #otd #history 🗃️
October 3, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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Traditional Sema ceremony where Sufi dervishes perform a meditative whirling dance, a tradition which traces back to 13th-century mystic and poet Rumi.
Yenikapı Mevlevi Lodge, Zeytinburnu district of Istanbul, Turkey. 🇹🇷
IG: @theworldofsufis
www.instagram.com/theworldofsu...
Yenikapı Mevlevi Lodge, Zeytinburnu district of Istanbul, Turkey. 🇹🇷
IG: @theworldofsufis
www.instagram.com/theworldofsu...
October 2, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Traditional Sema ceremony where Sufi dervishes perform a meditative whirling dance, a tradition which traces back to 13th-century mystic and poet Rumi.
Yenikapı Mevlevi Lodge, Zeytinburnu district of Istanbul, Turkey. 🇹🇷
IG: @theworldofsufis
www.instagram.com/theworldofsu...
Yenikapı Mevlevi Lodge, Zeytinburnu district of Istanbul, Turkey. 🇹🇷
IG: @theworldofsufis
www.instagram.com/theworldofsu...
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Two of the world’s largest pine cones.
A heavy Coulter pine (Pinus coulteri, left/taller) and a long sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana, right/shorter.
IG: @bigtreehunters
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A heavy Coulter pine (Pinus coulteri, left/taller) and a long sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana, right/shorter.
IG: @bigtreehunters
www.instagram.com/bigtreehunte...
September 30, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Two of the world’s largest pine cones.
A heavy Coulter pine (Pinus coulteri, left/taller) and a long sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana, right/shorter.
IG: @bigtreehunters
www.instagram.com/bigtreehunte...
A heavy Coulter pine (Pinus coulteri, left/taller) and a long sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana, right/shorter.
IG: @bigtreehunters
www.instagram.com/bigtreehunte...
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Ieyasu-kun promotes Aichi Prefecture's historical spots. He wears golden armour, but he likes peace. He is slow and steady but occasionally gets excited when something good happens.
September 30, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Ieyasu-kun promotes Aichi Prefecture's historical spots. He wears golden armour, but he likes peace. He is slow and steady but occasionally gets excited when something good happens.
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Magnificent...
September 30, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Magnificent...
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The deep past is so fascinating as an artistic subject, bridging between reality and fantasy.
Image is a "Screengrab from BBC Earth Science on Youtube" according to the source. #SciArt
Image is a "Screengrab from BBC Earth Science on Youtube" according to the source. #SciArt
Magical creatures don’t exist, eh?
Roughly 400 million years ago, before the birth of trees, there were giant mystery cones called “Prototaxites,” which grew nearly 30 feet tall. We literally have no idea what they were.
Plant: no
Mushroom: no
Animal: no
Tell me this isn’t a little bit magic
Roughly 400 million years ago, before the birth of trees, there were giant mystery cones called “Prototaxites,” which grew nearly 30 feet tall. We literally have no idea what they were.
Plant: no
Mushroom: no
Animal: no
Tell me this isn’t a little bit magic
September 30, 2026 at 3:42 PM
The deep past is so fascinating as an artistic subject, bridging between reality and fantasy.
Image is a "Screengrab from BBC Earth Science on Youtube" according to the source. #SciArt
Image is a "Screengrab from BBC Earth Science on Youtube" according to the source. #SciArt
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Located in Nagano Prefecture, Matsumoto Castle—famously nicknamed Karasu-jō ("Crow Castle") for its striking black cladding—is one of Japan’s twelve surviving original keeps (genson tenshu) and a designated National Treasure.
September 29, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Located in Nagano Prefecture, Matsumoto Castle—famously nicknamed Karasu-jō ("Crow Castle") for its striking black cladding—is one of Japan’s twelve surviving original keeps (genson tenshu) and a designated National Treasure.
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The sound of forever 🕊️ A pair of Sarus Cranes performing their unison call — the same ritual that bonds them for life. India’s tallest flying bird, and one of its most devoted
September 26, 2026 at 5:52 AM
The sound of forever 🕊️ A pair of Sarus Cranes performing their unison call — the same ritual that bonds them for life. India’s tallest flying bird, and one of its most devoted
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Deer Spirit. Edo Period, Japan. 1615-1868.
September 25, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Deer Spirit. Edo Period, Japan. 1615-1868.
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Zhongqiujie Kuaile!
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
Go stare at the full Moon with your family!
Eat a mooncake!
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
Go stare at the full Moon with your family!
Eat a mooncake!
September 25, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Zhongqiujie Kuaile!
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
Go stare at the full Moon with your family!
Eat a mooncake!
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
Go stare at the full Moon with your family!
Eat a mooncake!
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The emergence of Morrie, who will happily open the door for you if you give him a boost first.
September 22, 2026 at 12:48 PM
The emergence of Morrie, who will happily open the door for you if you give him a boost first.