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Medieval Illumination @medieval-illuminations.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026

Mandrake. Pseudo-Apuleius Platonicus, De medicaminibus herbarum liber, England 12th century. British Library, Harley 5294, fol. 43r. #medieval #MedievalArt

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Ashmolean Museum, Oxford @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

This cheeky chimney pot once let out smoke from a merchant’s house in the High Street of 14th-century Oxford. It was found when excavations were made for new buildings in the 19th century. Made of unglazed, fired clay, you can see where the facial features have been moulded by hand.

A clay roof finial in the shape of a head

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Captain Midnight @thefilmfair.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Japanese film poster for CRIMES OF THE FUTURE (2022 - Dir. David Cronenberg) Cast: Viggo Motensen, Léa Seydoux, Kristen Stewart

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

One of my favorite #Roman objects: World's oldest known "Swiss army knife", including a hinged knife, fork, spoon, spike, prick, sieve, spatula. Unfortunately, there is no provenance of this multi-tool, but it’s not a unique item: There are a few more examples, e.g. one was...🧵1/2 🏺 #archaeology

The folding multi-tool, it is built around a silver handle and a set of folding, pivoted implements. Its most visible feature is the broad oval spoon at the left; additional utensils fold from the opposite end and beneath the handle. A dark, heavily corroded piece along the top is the original iron knife blade.

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

#ThrowbackThursday Sundial in the shape of a Lute Southern Germany Late 16th Century Gilded copper alloy, ivory, glass, silver. On display at Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien. #Sundial #Lute #CopperAlloy #Ivory #Glass #SouthernGermany #History

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Joumana Medlej @majnouna.com · 02/07/2026

Alright, I saved the best for last… Let’s talk about this stunning #volvelle, which I will have to shamelessly copy in some form or other. [MS. Ashmole 370] 15/21

A very elaborate volvelle showing all possible cycles of sun and moon during day, month and year

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 28/06/2026

Atomic-Airplane USSR, 1955 thevaultoftheatomicspaceage.tumblr.com/post/8206905...

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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

This is a deep-sea isopod. Dr. Johanna Weston, a deep-ocean biologist and guest investigator at @whoi.edu, is confident this is Bathyopsurus nybelini, one of her favorite animals. Learn why via the YouTube caption: youtube.com/shorts/DenUj...

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Scarificator, 19th century. This instrument with spring-loaded blades delivered many cuts simultaneously. Afterwards, the doctor placed a heated cup over the site. As it cooled, blood was forced out of the wounds. Photo: University of Melbourne. #medicalhistory #histmed #histsci

A blocky instrument with little slits at the bottom, out of which protrudes many blades.

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Carausius @carausius286.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

This silver coin is from Knossos and depicts the labyrinth of Greek myth. If you trace your finger from the entrance, like the puzzle books you used to do as a kid, you’ll find a path to the centre where you’ll meet…..a mini-Minotaur! 🕰️c270BC 🏛️📷 Ashmolean Museum

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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 31/05/2026

An 11th century “ornamental shield” that was carved from an elk’s antler. 'It was allegedly displayed in the funerary chapel of the Carolingian emperor Louis "the Pious" (d. 840) in the now lost church of Saint-Arnoul (a Merovingian bishop) in Metz.' artofthemiddleages.com/s/main/item/...

elk antler carved at the edges with an intricate design

a clearer view of the design on the antler

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Svetovid @svetovid.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

'The Medusa Shield' Unknown armourer of Milan steel and gold, circa 1550 Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna

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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 26/05/2026

Japanese kabuto (helmet), 17th c, in the shape of a giant dragonfly. collections.artsmia.org/art/114440/h...

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Daniel Pomarède @pomarede.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Astronomy Picture of the Day A Martian Eclipse: Phobos Crosses the Sun Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, ASU MSSS, SSI apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26052... #APOD #Mars 🔭🧪

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Umut Guner @umuttgunerr.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

In excerpts from 1700s Ottoman dental manuals. Jinn living in the teeth were said to be the culprits of toothache.

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Oldest map of the New World, ca.1504 CE, engraved on a 500 year-old ostrich egg

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Nova Scotia Museum @novascotiamuseum.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Crafted by local manufacturers William Fraser & Son, this stunning piano is made of elaborately carved Nova Scotian bird’s eye maple and features unique curved-end keys. It was so impressive it even traveled across the Atlantic to be showcased at the Paris Exhibition of 1867. NSM 24.48

A front-facing studio shot of an ornate upright piano against a solid white background. The piano is made of light-toned bird's-eye maple and is heavily decorated with intricate, hand-carved floral and acanthus leaf scrollwork across three main panels and the supporting legs. The keyboard features unique curved-end keys, and the entire piece has a warm, polished wood finish.

Close up of a piano is made of light-toned bird's-eye maple and is heavily decorated with intricate, hand-carved floral and acanthus leaf scrollwork across three main panels and the supporting legs. The keyboard features unique curved-end keys, and the entire piece has a warm, polished wood finish.

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

New life-hack for writers: "[Science-fiction writer Hugo] Gernsback’s isolator device - part diving suit, part monastic cell - did help him to work, he said, but it came with a risk of suffocation. He later installed an air supply."

Inventor Hugo Gernsback wearing his ‘isolator’ wooden helmet. It looks like a giant dome, or someone took one of those tuques and pulled it down to their shoulders. A thin line stretches from an oxygen tank to where the nose should be.
Credit: Bettmann/Getty

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Alain Truong ♎🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️ @alaintruong.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Bronze Fenghuang‑Head He Vessel with Gold Inlay, Ming Dynasty, Palace Museum Collection

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Aimée ElizaBeth Swank @aimeeswank.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Chronopolis, directed by Piotr Kamler, 1982

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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

This was both a powerful and artful memento mori: an elegant woman looking into the mirror, and rapidly aging with the paper flap. This was printed in 1510 Germany, #skystorians

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Medieval Illumination @medieval-illuminations.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/04/2026

Hellmouths. #Apocalypse, Normandy ca. 1330. BnF, Latin 14410, p. 79. #medieval #MedievalArt

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Arthur David Spota @adaspota.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Surrealist designer Pedro Friedeberg Clock from 'Designing furniture, from concept to shop drawing - A practical guide, 1989. #Surrealism #Design #DesignInspiration

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

A single mushroom can release 3 BLLION spores a day at a rate of 30,000 PER SECOND. A single giant puffball can produce 7 TRILLION spores in its lifetime. Each year, fungi collectively produce 50 million TONS of them, enough to coat every square mm of Earth with 1,000 spores. Let's talk about it.

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Midnight Eye @a0dbxza.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Hiruko the Goblin 1991 ヒルコ／妖怪ハンター Directed by Shin'ya Tsukamoto A school was built on one of the Gates of Hell, behind which hordes of demons await the moment they will be free to roam the Earth. Hiruko is a goblin sent to Earth on a reconnaissance mission #filmsky #japan #horror #movies #塚本晋也 📽️

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

UK Artist Prudence Staite created a playable chocolate record which worked just like a vinyl record, and played 'You Sexy Thing' by the band Hot Chocolate #womensart

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Shannon Stirone @shannonstirone.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

A thing of beauty—Voyager 1 is calling home right now and the Madrid station is also connected to Artemis 2. You can watch the deep space network live anytime you want. eyes.nasa.gov/apps/dsn-now...

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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

You see a handy paper plate offering access to all (!) Popes, Roman Emperors, Emperors of the Holy Roman Empire, a lot of Christian kings, and more minor rulers. You need to move the paper pointer, find the correct ring, and read the information. #skystorians: it's an #earlymodern paper tool. 1/2

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Bart van Zwieten @bvzw.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Male with a removable ribcage plate with figurines and medallions, Pacific coast of Guatemala, ~600-900CE, burial. This host figure connects to Teotihuacan and Mesoamerican ideas of personality and the divine, hinting at beliefs that there was an essence residing within human beings, i.e. ancestors.

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Chris Woodyard @chriswoodyard.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

#OnThisDay in 1814, the funeral for Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, inventor of the guillotine was held. Carved bone guillotine models Napoleonic POW bone carving With draped platforms, French, c. 1820 www.finch-and-co.co.uk/artwork-deta... www.bonhams.com/auction/2132... #TheVictorianBookoftheDead

Elaborately carved model in bone of a very tall guillotine with delicate filigree railings. A figure of Queen Marie Antoinette is standing next to the executioner, at the top of a set of steps.

A carved bone working model of a guillotine. Soldiers stand on the bottom platform, while drummers stand on the draped platform above. On the top, draped tier, the executioner stands ready to drop the blade as a prisoner lies on the table. Other guards stand on the top tier.

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Alasondro Alegré @alasondroalegre.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Wesrworld poster from Japan, 1973. Neal Adams

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Charlie Largent @charlielargent.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Forbidden Planet - Limited release this day in 1956 - Japanese poster (with unexpected cameo by the Metaluna Mutant)

montage of action scenes with Robby the Robot plus a curious cameo from the Metaluna mutant

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

The Thorens Excelda “Sprechapparat” - a portable phonograph & exquisite bit of kit. 1934-1947 (made in Switzerland)

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Arthur David Spota @adaspota.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

The Shigir Sculpture is the oldest known wooden sculpture in the world, made during the Mesolithic period shortly after the end of the last Ice Age. The wood it was carved from is around 11,500 years old. #Sculpture #Archeology

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Alejandro Soto @soto.space · 16/03/2026

The menagerie of planets continues to amaze. Now some scientists think they have identified a world with a permanent magma ocean and a molten core. Amazing! 🧪 #planetaryscience www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

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‘A molten, mushy state’: scientists may have found a new type of liquid planet

Latest observations of L98-59d, about 35 light years from Earth, suggest it could be different to anything seen before

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Charlie Largent @charlielargent.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Happy birthday to David Cronenberg - Scanners - 1981 - Japanese release poster

a man is bursting with electric currents running through his body, a prelude to his head exploding

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BERGΛMΛX @bergamax.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

A Russian gold beetle brooch by Fabergé, 19th-century Green guilloché enamel and diamonds. These antique pieces are considered highly valuable, with some examples auctioning for thousands of dollars. #art #jewelry #gemstones #gems

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Charlie Largent @charlielargent.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Joe Dante's The Howling - NYC premiere this day in 1981 - Japanese release poster

image of a snarling, drooling werewolf against an abstract blue and green background

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 13/03/2026

This is a cliff on comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. It's about 1 km tall. If you jumped from the top, it would take you 47 minutes to reach the bottom, and you'd probably be OK.

On the right of the image is a sheer cliff face marked with vertical striations; talus lies at its base. The left of the image is in almost total darkness, and the background is deep space.

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Susan DuBose @houseofbast777.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

A Roman marble sculpture of four puppies, all curled up asleep together. Unearthed from the ruins of the House of the Faun in Pompeii, 1st century BCE, now housed at the National Archaeological Museum of Naples, Italy

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Roman anti-cheating gaming accessory! This Roman ‘turricula’ (dice tower) was used to ensure a fair roll of the dice! 🎲🎲🎲 Dice dropped into the top, tumbled over sloping internal levels, and appeared randomly below. From Froitzheim, Germany, AD 300-400 📷 LVR-Landesmuseum Bonn #Archaeology

The image shows a rectangular Roman dice tower (turricula) made of four copper alloy (bronze) plates with punched cut-out Latin letters and cut-out decorative patterns. At the bottom front is a stepped exit chute with small bronze bells attached to the opening. The tower is a Roman anti-cheating device. It has an open top and is hollow inside except for three staggered, downward-sloping plates, designed to randomize dice as they fall, ensuring unpredictable dice rolls. When the dice rolled out of the exit chute they rang the bells! There is a decorative dolphin either side of the stepped exit chute. The top of the front plate has two decorative pine cone finials. Height 25 cm. There is a single die shown next to the stepped base to illustrate how it was used.

The front inscription reads:
PICTOS VICTOS
HOSTIS DELETA
LVDITE SECVRI

Translated as: ‘The Picts defeated, the enemy has been destroyed, play in safety’.

Around the top of the three remaining sides, a second inscription made with cut out letters reads:

‘UTERI/FELIX/VIVAS’ translated as ‘Use happily; may you live well’.

Found at a Roman villa at Froitzheim in Germany in 1985.

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70s Sci-Fi Art @70sscifiart.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

For Sci-Fi Cutaway Saturday, Oliver Rennart's art for '2001: A Space Odyssey'

A cutaway view of the interiors of the Discovery, the spaceship from 2001.

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BERGΛMΛX @bergamax.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

🟢🕑 Malachite mantel clock, mid 1800s, France. #art #sculpture #clocks #time

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Surgeons' Hall Museum @surgeonshall.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

These sutures are made from kangaroo tendon. This glass phial is from the early 20th century and the sutures are in a carbolized glycerine. Kangaroo tendon is incredibly strong making the sutures suitable for deep tissue procedures.

A glass tube with kangaroo tendons stored in fluid. There is a yellow and label on the outside that reads "kangaroo tendons"

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