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Face Mask Ornament. 6th–7th century. Credit line: Bequest of Jane Costello Goldberg, from the Collection of Arnold I. Goldberg, 1986 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/315170
Title: Face Mask Ornament
Date: 6th–7th century
Geography: Peru
Culture: Moche
Medium: Gilded copper
Dimensions: H. 6 5/16 x W. 7 ½ in. (16 x 19 cm)
Classification: Metal-Ornaments
Milady time #girlboss
Norma but Casta Diva is replaced by Jolene
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Today I learned that cuttlefish experience REM sleep, and that it makes their skin flash random colors. This is the cutest thing ever.
The electric eel at my aquarium has a voltmeter attached to his tank, and whenever he pumps out a burst of electricity–either when he’s navigating his tank or getting fed–the meter lights up and makes noise. Sometimes, I’ll walk past him when he’s snuggled up and totally motionless on his log, and see the voltmeter going crazy.
I am left to assume that he is dreaming, and is sleep-zapping at the things in his dreams.
I am absolutely delighted to learn that electric eels dream of kicking ass.
will never not be mad about gig economy apps making a 4 star rating mean “unacceptable quality”
Doordash will suspend you below 4.2 stars.
Uber drivers can be suspended at 4.6 stars.
Lyft drivers risk suspension under 4.8 stars.
Even for apps where they don’t have a publicly stated minimum, their algorithms will bury you.
4 stars does not mean 4 stars. It means 1.4 stars.
If you give a person a 4 star rating, to these companies, you are not saying “I was mostly satisfied with the service, but there’s always room for improvement”—which is what 4 stars should mean—you are voting for them to be fired.
Genuinely, do not ever give people 4 star ratings on gig service apps for any reason that is not a safety issue where their continuation on the app could seriously hurt people.
If someone gives you “just OK” service where you don’t want to give them 5 stars, but you don’t actively hate their existence and hope they die, just don’t rate them.
I'd like to add (and I hope OP doesn't mind me piggybacking on their post) this applies to a lot of other things too.
I'm a teacher, and every year, the State sends out a "climate" survey to all students, parents, and teachers. It has a 1-5 scale and a 'not applicable' option. If you select 4 or 'not applicable' it's marked against the school.
For example, I'm a virtual teacher. The climate survey has questions about the safety and cleanliness of the halls and bathrooms in the school. A normal person would assume that, if they attend a virtual school, they should use the 'not applicable' option, since their school has no halls or bathrooms. Nope, if they select anything but 5 out of 5, our school gets marked down.
Its not just delivery apps that are rigged like this. Keep this in mind. Assume any survey is rigged like this.
I was warned before completing a survey at my car dealership after my car got serviced (so, you know, a standard thing that everyone with a vehicle should be doing at least once a year) that if I marked the service of the girl behind the counter as anything -below- 80%, she would get a formal write-up.
This girl was uncomfortably cheerful, to the point where anyone who has worked in service and retail could see she was just really, really close to losing her shit, but apparently if she didn't act like that, as a young, attractive woman, men would mark her down to the point she would get in trouble.
And this fear of being marked down didn't make her a better customer service rep. It made her terrified of doing anything wrong.
I once got my car serviced at the dealer, and then pulled out of their complex only to find that my breaks weren’t working. Like, I literally had to pull on the parking break to avoid running a light and sailing into oncoming traffic. After I somehow made it around the block and back into the garage, the service manager (who I should stress was not a mechanic, he was a suit behind a desk) approached me with a look of pure desperation and proceeded to offer me a million different perks if I would still give them 10/10 on the service review. And I was like “Um, I mean, it’s not your fault personally, but my breaks literally failed? That’s kind of serious?” and this grown man starts pleading with me because he has a family to support and anything less than a perfect score on the service review will put his job at risk. I think in the end I said I just wouldn’t fill it out, because I couldn’t in good conscience give a 10/10 for a service job than nearly saw me crashing into an urban intersection, but I also didn’t want to be the reason this guy lost his job. But like… what a horrible system where those are your only choices.
Vechir na Ivana Kupala, Yuri Ilyenko, 1968
Dimitris Harasiadis, Monemvasia, Greece, 1955
Radames: I'm gonna die but at least Aida can be safe and happy Aida: So... About that...

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Opera life lessons:
Don't have someone executed unless you're really sure about it
Saj Issa - Crocodile Crown
Portrait of Lady Paget as Cleopatra, in a costume made by House of Worth. Photographed by Lafayette at the Devonshire House Ball, 1897.
“The Knight Raymondin and the Fairy Mélusine” – Jean Dampt (1895)
Steel, ivory, gold
I thought this was so beautiful that I researched it a bit, and it's fascinating. Unfortunately it's held in a private collection, so no chance to see it in person. But what really shocked me was that all of that exquisite detail across those diverse mediums is only 25 cm tall!
Also, it was apparently so meaningful to Dampt that his good friend Pascal Adolphe Jean Dagnan-Bouveret painted a portrait of Dampt holding this statue.
Below is a color photo that really shows the materials, and one of the aforementioned painting.
The subject matter itself is also fascinating. The figures in the statue are from a medieval tragedy wherein the fairy is ultimately transformed into a dragon as a direct result of jealousy, murder, and betrayal, not entirely unlike Othello. Moreover, a French aristocratic family actually claimed to be the direct descendants of these tragic lovers!
Jean Dampt holding Le Chevalier Raymondin et La Fée Mélusine" by Pascal Adolphe Jean Dagnan-Bouveret
oil on panel with a gold background
So you know the scene at the end of The Taming of The Shrew where they have that stupid competition to see whose wife is most obedient? Can you imagine if other Shakespeare characters were there?
Ophelia: You called, My Lord?
Hamlet: No I didn’t. Why are you here when nobody likes you? Go away!
Petruchio: Even I think that’s mean.
Romeo: Go find Juliet and ask her if she would come here and tell her she has the most beautiful eyes, that make the very sun seem dull, and the loveliest hair and a face that puts to shame Aphrodite herself...oh and bring her this sonnet I wrote her...and actually I’ll go find her myself for I can’t bear to be apart from her another moment!
Petruchio: …
Petruchio: … Yeah he’s not coming back. Next!
Coriolanus: Go find my wife and ask her to come here and also ask her if she's seen Aufidius. Actually, have you seen Aufidius...or heard any news of him?
Servant: No I haven't… Is there a name or a description I could use to find your wife?
Coriolanus: Hold on. I know this one.
Petruchio: Wow... We’ll come back to you. Next!
Orlando: I refuse to participate in this farce. It’s demeaning to women.
“Ganymede”: Nonsense! Any real man (which I totally am) wants women to obey him without question!
Orlando: That’s wrong! That’s not being a “real man”; that’s just being a bully. I would never treat Rosalind that way and I hope no one else would either!
“Ganymede”: … You pass the test.
Orlando: What?
"Ganymede": What?
Benedick: HEY BEATRICE!
Beatrice from 3 rooms away: WHAT?
Benedick: CAN YOU COME HERE A SECOND?
Beatrice: WHY?
Benedick: SOME MAN HERE WANTS TO SEE IF YOU’RE OBEDIENT.
Beatrice: WHY ARE YOU PERPETUATING THE OBJECTIFICATION OF WOMEN INSTEAD OF PUNCHING HIM IN THE FACE?
Benedick: YOU MEAN YOU DON’T WANT TO COME HERE AND SHOW OFF YOUR OBEDIENCE? I AM SHOCKED AND HEARTBROKEN!
Beatrice: HA. HA. SO HILARIOUS.
Beatrice: … HE STILL DOESN’T SOUND VERY PUNCHED IN THE FACE. I SUGGEST YOU FIX THAT UNLESS YOU WANT TO SLEEP ON THE COUCH FOREVER!
Benedick: ON IT!
Benedick *rolling up his sleeves*: Isn’t she great?

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imagine if mario del monaco did tonio fille du regiment
Cabana, 1979. Andy Sweet. Chromogenic print.