A golden crystal
Orpiment pigment creates a bright golden gilt effect. Once it excited alchemists as a way of making gold, and then it was famously used by artists from Rembrandt to Tintoretto, it has since fallen out of use because of its arsenic content... #MorbidMarch
#MorbidMarch Prompts 1. casket 2. veiled 3. dig 4. gore 5. sweet 6. strychnine 7. mystery 8. break 9. gilt 10. marble 11. low 12. revel 13. elder 14. iron 15. zeal 16. narrow 17. debris 18. urn 19. blanched 20. rasping 21. lost 22. caul 23. hatred 24. teeth 25. obituary 26. will 27. fantastic 28. anchor 29. jet 30. waters Illustration of four skeletons playing instruments and dancing from The Dance of Death (1493) by Michael Wolgemut, from the Nuremberg Chronicle
Art. Writing. Reading recommendations. Music. Folklore. History. Science. Whether it's creative work or something to help stoke morbid imaginings, #MorbidMarch invites you to share.
30 days of prompts, then on March 31st, same thing but no prompt
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Trump's actions threaten the integrity—and legacy—of our National Parks, critics say
'The soldier's memorial' Lithograph, hand colored Published by Currier & Ives, New York, c. 1863. A woman in black Victorian dress mourning at tomb of Civil War soldier.
Dear as remember'd kisses after death,
And sweet as those by hopeless fancy feign'd
On lips that are for others; deep as love,
Deep as first love, and wild with all regret;
O Death in Life, the days that are no more!
– Alfred Tennyson, 'Tears, Idle Tears' 1847
#booksky #MorbidMarch
Cushing - The Baron Black and white rendering of Peter Cushing as Baron Frankenstein from Hammer's Frankenstein Created Woman (1967). Digital painting by Duncan Eagleson © 2025
Here's another of mine.
#FrightClub #TheRevengeOfFrankenstein
GuitarPlayer article on a series of viral videos by the real Shapchuk documenting the process of restoring a Les Paul damaged by a Russian drone strike.
www.guitarplayer.com/guitars/gibs...
The Rev. Jesse Jackson got his start under the tutelage of Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1960s.
Here are photos from Jackson's life of activism.
www.mississippifreepress.org/photos-jesse...
A promotional image for the upcoming book The Wordspotter's Guide, which has a cream coloured cover with a pair of binoculars on it
I'VE HAD TO KEEP THIS QUIET FOR SO LONG BUT NOW THE CAT CAN FINALLY ESCAPE THE BAG
I wrote another book!! and it's coming out this November! it's a little like a birdwatching guide, except it's a word watching guide! i poured my heart into it!!
you can even pre-order it now!!
link in biooo
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29 years ago today, Homer Simpson took his son Bart to a gay steel mill for subsequently unknown reasons.
“Homer's Phobia” first aired February 16, 1997.
U.S. District Judge Cynthia Rufe Orders Trump Administration to Restore Philadelphia Slavery Exhibit That It Took Down | She began her written order with a quote from George Orwell’s “1984” and compared the Trump administration to the book's totalitarian regime's Ministry of Truth.
A plump and cheerful snow T. rex sitting in a garden. It has little twig arms and pebble eyes.
The snow rex with a small, fluffy, grey yutyrannus plushie sitting between its feet.
Snow rex giving the camera a friendly smile
It snowed enough to sculpt a fat little tyrannosaurus today!
May I never have imposter syndrome again.
No field of study has had more predictive power for our current moment, and this of course is why they want to shutter it
Just in case you're on the fence about this asshole.
oranges, painted by amanda almira newton, 1916
oranges, painted by amanda almira newton, 1916
What is now the Pennsylvania Abolitionist Society was founded by Quaker leaders who wanted to make it unlawful to sell Black people into slavery on free soil.
Here's Mod Tiana's, in case you were curious 🖖 #AO3
International Fanworks Day Is Coming Soon
Only a month left until International Fanworks Day 2026! On February 15 we'll celebrate #IFD2026, and all things fandom. Find out more about this year's theme, our upcoming events, and how you can participate at otw-news.org/2p84duud
Catherine O’Hara has died at the age of 71, TMZ reports.
(www.tmz.com/2026/01/30/c...)
All the blockbuster IP franchises you love today only exist because of mass market paperbacks. How can we stop this? goodereader.com/blog/digital...
The simplest way to make spaghetti al limone is also my favorite, no cream, butter, or other clutter. It's sunny and triumphant, even on a freezing day.
smittenkitchen.com/2019/06/simp...
Republicans are fond of invoking the US's founding and the framers of the Constitution.
But their veneration is particularly rich right now: Of all the abuses England heaped on the colonies, nothing angered them more than the Crown’s deployment of soldiers on city streets, especially in Boston.
Good to see some people with power and influence realizing it's theft
Incredible read
‘SINNERS’ has broken history as the MOST-NOMINATED FILM OF ALL TIME at the Oscars with 16 nominations
See the full nominees list: bit.ly/OscarNoms26
Certain types of physical touch among plants allows them to better withstand stress, finds a new report. https://scim.ag/45dMP6c
In a new paper, SFI researchers examine the Boltzmann brain, a thought experiment that raises fundamental questions about memory, entropy, and time. The work clarifies how arguments for or against these ideas depend on assumptions about the past that are not fixed by physical laws alone.
Immediate punishment for speaking out against the regime.
"Major media know Trump is building a dictatorship, but they’re unwilling to tell the public that Trump is building a dictatorship.
This cynical pursuit of profit at the expense of public awareness is unacceptable."
@markjacob.bsky.social asks some critical questions here:
