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small bird was VERY offended that I picked him up off the sidewalk like a potato chip. don't fall asleep on the sidewalk then

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#currently on 1.5 years but it should last me well beyond that #I'm exceedingly careful about my phones #my toddler now uses my old S8 which I got in early 2018 so that one's lifespan is 6 years and going strong #by strong I mean the battery life is dog shit which is why I had to replace it #but for watching toddler vids or playing toddler games during car or train trips it's still well functional

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no multi option, agonize and choose, no results option, pick one to find out or scroll onward

#windmill slam the laundry button #not a single shred of doubt

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Birds on a Branch, by Watanabe Shōtei, 1916

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snail and strawberries

book of hours, Bruges ca. 1510-1525

Rouen, bibliothèque municipale, ms. 3028, fol. 58v

#toddler reblogs

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Tips for Spotting Bad & Bullshit History

There's no way to make sure you never fall for historical misinformation, and I'm not expecting anyone to fact-check every detail of everything they read unless they're getting paid for it. But you can make an effort to avoid the Worst Takes.

Ask yourself – if I wanted to verify this, where would I start? If you look at a statement and can’t actually find any facts to check, then you already know it’s bullshit.

Read the Wikipedia article on weasel words. Some experts say it’s very helpful!

Look for specifics: a who, a what, a where, a when. If one of those is missing or very broad, that’s a red flag. Statements need to be rooted in a time and a place. “People in the past have always…” Nope.

Vague is bad. Unless you’re looking at a deliberate large-scale overview that’s being broad and generalizing on purpose, you want names and dates and places and primary sources, pictures and quotes and examples.

But an example is not a trend. There’s a difference between what’s possible and what’s common, and history is full of exceptions and outliers. Extremely unusual people and events are overrepresented in the historical record (because nobody writes down what’s normal,) and they can tell us a lot about history, but they’re not directly representative of their place or time. Imagine a historian trying to reconstruct the 21st century based solely on Kiwifarm.

If a historian is competent or even just trying, you won’t have to go digging for sources, they will be shoved right into your face. Not out of mere academic rigor, but because a person who found them, either first- or second hand, is proud to have found them. People who have proof want to show you the proof, people who figured something out will want to show you their work, walk you through it. If they don’t, ask yourself – how do you know this? And - why won’t you tell me how you know this?

Someone might have a legit historical source, and then try to stretch it to cover times and places where it no longer applies. What’s true of 12th century England may not be true of 14th century Venice, even though both are “Medieval Europe,” so watch for those stretches.

Anecdotes are fine, they reveal a lot about people’s values and perceptions, pro historians often use them for context, but what anecdotes are not is factual truth. Notice when someone is feeding you cute anecdotes.

If someone attributes a large-scale social or cultural transformation to a single person or event, yeah that’s usually bullshit. Chances are, that person was part of a larger trend, a small link in a long chain. You can still appreciate their contribution, just put it in context!

Second-guess anyone who acts like they possess secret knowledge that the Media or Academia (or somebody) is hiding, they’re usually bullshit. Remember, if something has a Wikipedia article, it’s not actually a dark secret.

Remember that if it happened in the past sixty years, tons of people will still remember it, and you can literally just go and ask them.

Learn to recognise a smear tactic. Did this person really fuck dogs, or was their posthumous biography written by their worst enemy? Should we take it at face value? Also learn to recognise overt propaganda in the opposite direction: is the king that great or does he have a court historian on retainer? Remember that people sometimes *lie* in their autobiographies.

It’s fine to speculate about what “could” or “might” have happened, professional historians also fill the gaps in the sources with the occasional educated guess. But failing to differentiate clearly between fact and speculation is a huge mistake.

Do not seek validation in history. It's not there. I’m not saying you should approach history in an impersonal, apolitical way, of course not. Our present situation influences our interpretation of history, and it should. What I’m saying is, try not to hang too much of your individual or group identity on a historical narrative. Especially if it’s bullshit. You’re worthy and human because you’re worthy and human today, not because of the deeds and misdeeds of people in the past.

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Hooray for another Tarkan fan! (Although I can’t sing any of his songs, just hum along)

Funny story, I discovered his music by accident when I was searching Napster (yeah, I’m that old) for “The Toucans” a marimba band, and he came up instead and I still downloaded the songs!

Hahaha nice! Şımarık was very big here when it came out and one of my oldest friends is Turkish, in addition to the Netherlands in general and my city in particular having a large Turkish population, so I was basically set up to like Tarkan lmao. Dudu was my favourite album, and my friend's cousins were surprised when I sang along with Bu şarkılarda olmasa without too much of an accent lmao.

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Framing this for when she's old enough to understand it lmao

My 3 year old has one of those kiddie cameras and she's practicing hard with it

#i really do like this photo #she's relatively deliberate about her photos #she will pick subjects that she thinks are cool or funny #or make like a paparazzi and follow me everywhere while documenting every step I make lmao #it's a good thing I got her a 32gb sd card lmaooo

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#dropped out of art school because art school was a steaming pile of shite #then I went to uni to study egyptology #didn't drop out but it did take a while before i finished

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Beautiful 😍😍😍

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My 3 year old has one of those kiddie cameras and she's practicing hard with it

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@interstellar-lamb

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Submitted by @sky-the-snail-fanatic

#english german french italian russian mandarin hindi japanese ehh i think that's it #multiple songs for all of them #but want to highlight The Red Army Choir (Russian evidently) because a) great music esp Cossack's Song and Dark Eyes #and b) since the start of the invasion of ukraine they've gone media silent in protest and solidarity with ukraine #oh shit wait I forgot Turkish! #Tarkan my beloved

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queen of the world to me

#academics are Like That

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#I don't necessarily agree with the first take for the reasons the second poster pointed out #there's a strain of surface level 'feminist' readings for a lot of history stuff that misses the actual point abt this language in context #how people respond to historical frameworks says a LOT about their way of thinking/personal convictions/morals/ability to look beyond #and it is fascinating #not in the least because the job of e.g. farmer's WIFE would be different from the job of farmer #they weren't put there on that farm performing the exact same tasks #*out #not retyping that lmao

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This machine kills AI