Archaeologists find copy of Homer’s Iliad inside ancient Egyptian mummy Papyrus fragment discovered inside mummy buried in Roman-era tomb around 1,600 years ago

This is very cool.

And the answer to the question you're all thinking: the catalogue of ships in Il. 2 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

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#WhattheFlock #BirdoftheDay

St. James Park, London. I love the dude on the bench looking at his phone like he's surrounded by pigeons and not giant #Pelicans! #photography #birdphotography #eastcoastkin

Like say what u will about state gerrymandering wars but AT LEAST Californians and Virginians got to actually vote for their maps, Texas congressmen specifically passed our map as a "fuck you" to Texan voters.
It's not remotely the same as California/Virginia, and these corpos know it

This pisses me off so much because do you know what we didnt get to do in Texas? vote for the new gerrymandered maps. That shit was so unpopular they had to push that *congressional* vote thru at like 2am on a saturday (piggybacking on the special session called in after kids died in a bad flood)

It Could Lead to Tens of Thousands of Deaths. In the Meantime, It’s Wreaking Havoc on Americans’ Sanity. Imagine not being able to feed your kid because of a mistake on a piece of paperwork.

For @slate.com & @economichardship.bsky.social, I reported on how chaos and changes surrounding SNAP benefits are taking a toll.

People described endless fear and worry over feeding their kids, where their next meal will come from, and whether SNAP could become even more difficult to access.

The British would have won the American Revolutionary war against this guy lol

Art of a hermit crab using a dented can of jalapeno peppers for a shell.

Critter - #repostyourart

Just sobbed hardest I have since my mom died in 2020.

She missed these trials by a few months.

One of most ruthless cancers. Hard to fathom that maybe she'd still be here.

I feel such a hole inside.

In case you're wondering if we should fund mRNA research instead of another stupid war ... yes.

Whenever I see these kinds of results coming out I immediately think about that one early mRNA researcher talking about how we were on the precipice of the newest revolutionary era of medicine🥺 how right they were

Man Torn Over Which Shirt Worthy Of Wooden Hanger Area Resident Considers Pros, Cons Of Each Garment

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watercolor illustration. a mass of dead fish emerges from a cloudy sky, hovering about an empty parking lot bordered by trees.

fishkill

the nonbinary rapper who frequently gets misgendered as a man: Mx. Sir-a-Lot

As an editor and publisher, I'm very disturbed by the trend of putting submitter's work into AI detectors without their consent or knowledge. I can tell you this is happening at a lot of major magazines. I don't care if the detector is supposedly not using data put into it. you must gain consent.

I'm always against putting politicians on any pedestals but I've had to white-knight for Talarico like crazy this year solely because people seem to really wanna stretch to find reasons to dislike him, even though he's just been exactly like this here in Texas for like, a decade now.

How Trump Purged Immigration Judges to Speed Up Deportations

the firings came the day after we published this extensive look at how the Trump administration is shaping the immigration court

😹 its always like "oh...dang thats crazy... anyways"

Screenshot of New York Times Article: Many Popes Have Been Entangled in Politics. Here Are 5 of Them. Leo XIV, under fire from President Trump, has joined predecessors like Francis and John Paul II in confronting political issues.

"Many".........

I MEAN TECHNICALLY YEAH "every pope ever" counts as many popes i guess. the whole reason st peter is considered the first pope is bc he was the first church leader involved with "politics" yeah????

Oh no another warehouse fire whatever shall we do lol

I think you maybe have misread the tone/implication of their statement? Oklahoma's labor laws are the reason it's a surprising holdout.

The undisputed #1 greatest photo of a person with a fossil:

Paleontologist Altangerel Perle, with the Museum of Natural History in Ulan Bataar, Mongolia, stands between the forearms of Deinocheirus

Happy Pascha to all Orthodox Christians celebrating today!

Whether you are marking the resurrection of Jesus Christ with roasted lamb, lit candles in the streets, playing tsougrisma, or all of the above, I hope this day fills you with the spirit of renewal and joy.

I remember a black employee of the ...DJ?Radio Host? That promoted the burning of Disco vinyls for a baseball game event was confused as to why people were bringing in non-disco funk & R&B records to burn, and some would aggressively make a point about breaking records in his face. Totally abt race

A Chicago coyote kicks back (while another one saunters past)

The Plight of the Monarch All along their journey, from my hometown suburb to their winter home in Mexico, the iconic butterflies face human-made threats.

From @francescadnunz, in our magazine: Climate change, illegal logging, the avocado trade and, of course, “One Big Beautiful Bill,” all threaten the famous migration of the monarch.

Every single one of the astronauts who went to the moon and back on Artemis II was educated at a public school.

Thinking of the teachers who poured into Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen tonight. You helped send a kid to the moon!

🌕 💛

This is one of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs: food, shelter, Warhammer models . . .

the good news is i managed to purchase Enough Warhammer Models before the global economy collapsed, so now i only need to worry about getting food and fuel and other bullshit like that

People make fun of government agencies for still being on Flickr but photos produced by the government are copyright-free and I have yet to see a better photo-centric platform for delivering higher resolution photos that anyone can easily download.