HE LEETLE FEETSYS

Saying that man and woman are the only genders is actually LESS nuanced than saying that earth, water, air, and fire are the only elements.

When I, of all people, have watched the entirety of something and you haven’t Brit... you know that things are bad. lol Come on, it’s SUPER GAY and has GREAT MUSIC!!!

Hey Brit, do you still watch Steven Universe?

I actually never really watched Steven Universe. I’ve followed it mostly through tumblr and I have lots of friends who keep telling me I should watch the whole thing.

@ohmightysmiter 

Maybe this is the ominous post about you?

ohmightysmiter is the best, most hardworking writer and friend on the planet, y’all don’t even know! So bitches stop askin’ when the next chapter be, she on top of it.

@ohmightysmiter I came out to have a good time and I’m honestly feeling a little attacked right now!

Hey Tumblr, if you are still mad about the Library of Alexandria, Stop! You can SAVE one ancient library right now. The Villa of the Papyri in Herculaneum was buried when Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD 79, Some nearly 2000 carbonized scrolls were discovered along with the villa in the 1700s. Over the past couple centuries the scrolls have been a major source of study and today we are finally reaching ways of reading their contents without destroying the scrolls in the process. Here’s the big news, just over a week ago a whole lost work of Seneca the elder, became unlost! Article here: http://www.romeandart.eu/en/art-news-historia-seneca.html  The villa itself is largely underground and was explored via tunneling and as such it’s full extent still hasn’t been made clear, and it has long been suspected that additional libraries could exist within the site, not to mention other as of yet undiscovered villas. However, Italy as with many European countries simply has so many archaeological sites and new things being found all the time and not enough money to go around. Additionally the Villa of the Papyri is threatened with constant flooding issues. Library aside Sites like Herculaneum and Pompeii and all Archaeological sites around the world tell us so much about ancient peoples and cultures where we don’t have their literature to call on.  So how can you save the last ancient library? Donate to various archaeological and conservation/preservation groups, or even volunteer! Here a just a couple links to get started:

World Monuments Fund: https://www.wmf.org/get-involved

Archaeological Institute of America: https://www.archaeological.org/giving

Friends of Herculaneum Society: http://www.herculaneum.ox.ac.uk/

Pompeii Sustainable Preservation Project: http://www.pompeii-sustainable-preservation-project.org/  

@princeofmorley You can still get a genuine Ford Model T for a not unreasonable price. In the 19 year run of the Model T (1908-1927) a grand total of 15,007,033 were built, a record not beaten until the VW Beetle in 1972! Even today the Model T is the 8th most sold car in history and at it’s height accounted for fully 50% of all cars on Earth! So despite their extreme age they are among the most common antique cars to buy. Ford was still building Engines for the Model T until 1941 in order to service and replace the millions that were on the road. Their top speed was a modest 45 MPH, and if that isn’t enough power for you, they were a popular choice for Hot Rods either modifying their original engines or putting in bigger and better engines. looking around on Antique Auto sellers, you can find running originals in the $8-$12 thousand range. 

There’s a real-life Model T under that sheet y'all.

Han… Solo? is that… Spanish?

Brain Teaser

So to engage more with Tumblr and my friends, I’m going to put up a brain teaser every so often. I’ll post the question, and any clues hidden below. Message me with your answers. Each puzzle has a point value and you deduct a point for each clue used. at the end of an arbitrarily determined period I’ll reward those with the most internet points in some as of yet determined way. So here’s the first puzzle.

High Blood Pressure:

During a medical examination, Gerald’s blood pressure is found to be three times that of a normal healthy person. Yet neither Gerald nor his doctor is particularly worried about this. Why? Clue:

Gerald’s blood pressure is normal for Gerald.

Summer & Winter Star Chart - Astronomy Wine Glasses by Cognitive Surplus

https://cognitive-surplus.com/collections/glassware/products/winter-summer-night-sky-astronomy-stemless-glass-pair

Sadly after the 1470′s I don’t have much interaction with the Ottoman state beyond the basic outline. So i can really be of much help. If you attend the Toga party, I will happily tell you the tale of how Armenia was the the hottest piece of real estate on the planet for nearly a millenium and a half.

I could give you the scoop on how Armenia was like the most important place in world history for like 1500 straight years. I'm not a primary source though. lol

I’d love to know all about how Armenia was the most important place in world history for like 1500 straight years. However, it would not aid me much in terms of research for my historical fiction project, which isn’t set in Armenia and has almost nothing to do with Armenia except that one of the main characters is an Armenian refugee living in NYC in the early 20th century.

But if you’ve got any good refs about the Armenian genocide or culture in the Ottoman Empire in the early 1900s, by all means, SEND THEM MY WAY.

where are those startups that are disrupting the glasses industry

If there’s anything I can finesse, it’s a resume, interview and pay rate. 

@kateybug Well Tumblr certainly follows in the tradition of Suetonius when it comes to biography, telling only the juiciest gossip. I won’t delve into the fact that Caesar was pretty well known for cheating on his Wife, so I will skip those accusations. So let’s talk about Caesar and Nicomedes IV. As a young man Caesar had some damn good reasons to stay the hell away from Rome (Which makes me think a short bio of why Caesar’s life is so crazy would be fun,) so Caesar got himself attached to a military campaign in Asia. So as a part of his service he was sent as an ambassador to King Nicomedes IV, who was an old friend of the Romans (twice prior to this Nicomedes had been forced out of his kingdom and needed the Romans to restore him to power,) to obtain a naval fleet to aid in the Romans’ actions in Asia. Caesar spent some time in the court of Nicomedes, such that he would refer to Nicomedes as a guest-friend (Greeks and Romans valued the reciprocal relationship between a host and their guest as a form of friendship. In the Iliad the Greek hero Diomedes does not fight the Trojan Glaucus because they learn their grandfathers were guest-friends and thus they two are also bound by friendship and they exchange armor.) Caesar’s mission was successful and Nicomedes gave naval assistance to the Romans and Caesar would continue on with his career. So what about the gossip, well certainly during Caesar’s lifetime there were rumors of a sexual liaison between Caesar an Nicomedes but that is just to sort of rumors that you find hurled around about figures during the time. Cicero Claimed that Clodius slept with his sister and that Piso’s Epicurean philosophy made him addicted to orgies. One need only read his orations against Catiline to see what sort of invective Cicero could throw around. The above quoted source if you read it fully argues that these Rumors were exactly the sort of thing you’d expect for a prominent Roman man to face. It could have happened, but I’d certainly like to hear it from sources that weren’t opponents/detractors of Caesar or gossip artist Suetonius writing some 160 after his death. As to the thing about Nicomedes leaving his Kingdom to the Romans because of the Sex; well I would argue that Nicomedes bequeathed his kingdom to Rome for a number of reasons:

1. As far as I know Nicomedes had no direct heirs.

2. Nicomedes was a great friend of the Romans and owed them his throne.

3. Mithridates VI of Pontus (who was a major enemy of Rome at the time) was greedily eyeing the lands of his neighbor, Nicomedes. 4. Nicomedes was following the example of King Attalus III of Pergamon who had bequeathed his kingdom to Rome upon his death in 133 BC. These seems much more valid reasons than some really great sex the king had once some 6 years earlier. 

contemporary roman writers slutshamed julius caesar that’s your ides of march fact for today

what an absolute unit ol’ iulius was

@captainmalbrooke

Tribbles have picked the wrong man to mess with

not gonna lie, these collars look like bdsm collars.

18thC Dog Collars

Pirates of the Caribbean/Skyrim Mashup by flipboit4midles.

(Bask in the awesomeness of this.)

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