On November 12, 1833, there was a meteor shower so intense that it was possible to see up to 100,000 meteors crossing the sky every hour. At the time, many thought it was the end of the world, so much so that it inspired this woodcut by Adolf Vollmy.
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Thanks for following! It's surreal seeing the growth here since I've posted art on tumblr for years and March 2023 is when I first hit 50k, now just a little over a year later and it's 100k. To celebrate I'll start posting a series of animations I've wanted to do for a while, but couldn't find the time for it. I feel 100k is definitely worth celebrating.
Thanks again!
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Well, everyone...it's official that my YouTube silver play button has arrived today!! I thank you all for 100K subs on my channel recently, and I'm really glad to be supported by all of you in great need! For those who haven't seen my channel, click here! Anyways, thank you all for 100K subscribers on my YouTube channel!
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100000 posts!
CONGRATS TO ME I GUESS, BUT WHEN THE FUCK WAS THIS A THING!?!?!?!
I get it tumblr, I've been on here waaaay too long u don't have to rub it in my face lmao
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Guys.
Y’all.
I…
I just. I just… i have discovered something. And I have laughed too much. I have laughed every time I have tried to explain it to someone. I cannot get through this.
Look. Okay.
There are two things you need to know, here.
First: There’s a style of Greek pottery that was popular during the Hellenic period, for which most of the surviving examples are from southern Italy. We call them ‘fish plates’ because, well, they’re plates, and they’re decorated with fish (and other marine life).
Like this one, currently in the Met:
Or this one, currently in the Cleveland Museum of Art:
They’re very cool. We’re not 100% sure what they were for, because most of the surviving ones were found as grave goods, but that’s a different post.
The second thing you need to know is that when we (Classics/archaeology/whatever as a discipline) have a collection of artefacts, like vases, sculptures, paintings, etc. and we do not know the name of the artist, but we’re pretty sure one artist made X, Y and Z artefacts, we come up with a name for that artist. There are a whole bunch of things that could be the source for the name, e.g. where we found most of their work (The Dipylon Master) or the potter with whom they worked (the Amasis Painter), a favourite theme (The Athena Painter), the Museum that ended up with the most famous thing they did (The Berlin Painter) or a notable aspect of their style. Like, say, The Eyebrow Painter.
Guess what kind of pottery the Eyebrow Painter made?
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Bitwise CIO Forecasts Bitcoin Price of $100,000 - $200,000 for 2024
During a recent CNBC interview, Bitwise’s Chief Investment Officer made an ambitious projection for Bitcoin’s price in 2024, foreseeing it reaching between $100,000 and $200,000 or even higher. The CIO attributed this bullish forecast to the significant demand for Bitcoin coupled with a limited supply.
In a recent CNBC interview, Matt Hougan, the Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of Bitwise Asset…
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