Fellas...

truly we allow the pinnacles of human achievement to wither and collapse into ashes in the wind

“Calculations kids are forced to do are often so developmentally inappropriate, the experience amounts to torture,” she says. They also miss the essential point—that mathematics is fundamentally about patterns and structures, rather than “little manipulations of numbers,” as she puts it. It’s akin to budding filmmakers learning first about costumes, lighting and other technical aspects, rather than about crafting meaningful stories.

Cat paw prints in the medieval floor tiles of the 12th century CE St Peter Church in Wormleighton, England

#the best part#is that putting those tiny toe beans there was entirely intentional#the cat didn't step into soft clay right there#the cat put those prints into the soft clay of the tile before it was fired#the potter chose to fire it anyway#then the tile setter chose to cut it and place it#he didn't have to leave the prints#he could have used a different tile#but he must have liked them too#i just love thinking about the potter and the tile setter who both loved seeing that cat's toe bean prints too

an insurgent whom i heard called apollo

I am furious, but I am sailing.

A Tudor salt dish, made between 1530-1550. The item itself is made using salt-glaze pottery, where salt was thrown into the kiln during clay firing to create a glossy, orange-peel-like texture. Formed into the shape of a woman in Tudor clothing, it was glazed with polychrome brown with some yellow to highlight the decoration. Measuring 16.9cm high, salt would have been held in the little dish coming out from the dress of the lady. Salt was a very valuable commodity in the Tudor period, and ownership of it was often a status symbol. Henry VIII had multiple salt holders in his possession upon his death, and his daughter Elizabeth I granted a patent for a new type of iron pan in the 1560s intended to increase salt production in Tyneside. Much salt at this time was imported to London from France, but during the 16th century there was a boom in salt production in Scotland. This salt dish was found in Cardiff's High Street in 1892 when workmen were digging the foundations for a Lloyd's Bank. It was broken and the base has since been heavily restored with plaster of paris. It is held today at St Fagans Gweithdy gallery, Cardiff.

Took a shot at making her bc I had to; gotta say, she's a little spookier in person.

Bowl with Fish design , Iran, probably Kashan, late 13th–mid-14th century, stonepaste; black decoration under a transparent turquoise glaze

rip king, truly nobody was doing it for weird sci-fi and fantasy obsessed nerds like you 💔

Available as colouring pages for anyone masochistic enough to fill them in. Happy Barricade Day, y’all. ;)

poem inspired by this rock and also by @two-bees-poetry

I thought this was going to be how to guide, like give me advice on how to betray my country six times, but it was just a biographical sketch of one of the funniest men to ever live