It might be useful to mention that this wasn’t last year… but about 1912, during the British raj.
Google Lens tells me “The glass-plate negative is part of a century-old collection of 178 photographs discovered in a shoebox within the archives of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland.”
It sure not explain why a picture of Calcutta, now Kolkata, was included in the historical monuments of Scotland.
Princess Fatemeh Khanum Esmat al-Dowleh, a daughter of Shah Naser al-Din Shah Qajar of Persia (Iran)
But according to my search, social media posts claiming that she was a symbol of supreme beauty in 19th-century Persia, or even that 13 men killed themselves after she rejected them, are repeating a completely fabricated modern internet myth.
The Qajar court did appreciate fuller figures and prominent facial/brow features, but historical accounts actually suggest her appearance reflected underlying medical conditions, not beauty ideals.
Her short flared skirt (shilite) was a fashion inspired by European ballet tutus that royal visitors introduced to the Persian court during that era, paired with leggings and a head covering.
But just in case you do find her incredibly attractive, be forewarned. Not only did she live 150-ish years ago, she was married, in an arranged match, at the age of nine.
They had done that in an apartment here, that I temporarily rented, while waiting for something else (long story).
Rentals were in short supply, especially in my price range, so I grabbed it, and paid a large cleaning deposit. They promised to paint and re-carpet, before I moved in the next week.
When the time came, the shag carpeting has obviously been given a brief cleaning on the top layer, but not deep cleaned, certainly not replaced. There was a layer of silty sand at the base of the fibers, and a big square of damage from a waterbed… Plus patches of wax from candles obviously burned on the floor.
The bathroom had been given a thick coat of.mint green paint, without removing or masking the towel rack or cabinet hinges, or taping the window panes, and they’d painted right over several cockroaches.
Horrible. I never did fully unpack there.
When I moved out the agreed upon few months later, they tried to keep my deposit for “my” damage to the carpet, and I had to pay a lawyer to write them a threatening letter.
Luckily I’d taken a few photos when I moved in, cos I suspected they might try that. It was the 80s, and we didn’t have digital cameras, but at least had the dates on the photo developing.
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Bill for the first semester of the 1866-67 school year at Harvard… $170.42.
That’s over $4,000 in 2026 dollars….
Still a bargain, cos a semester at Harvard today is over $40,000.
It looks like the actual education was $52…. And books another $8 and change. I wonder whether that’s all you had to pay if you lived off campus… or whether you were allowed to.
Board was more than anything else. Gotta have a full stomach in order to learn.
According to my sources (which consist entirely of Google)… this translates into English as “Show PikuÅ› the way up the stairs so he can return to his home.”
Except for the dog’s name, which we don’t really need… I think we could have figured that out.
Kestrals will hover with their body moving in the wind and keep their heads rock steady. Chickens will also do the rock-steady head thing if you can get them to fixate on an object. You can then move their body in all sorts of directions (Within the limit of their neck range) and their head will remain stationary.
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For reasons I’m not sure of, the central characters remind me of Jeff Dunham’s ventriloquy dummy, Achmed the Dead Terrorist.
Well… if I could take a wild guess… maybe cos they’re all skeletons?
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Must be nice to be able to make an @ of yourself.
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You tell ’em, Tweety.
The bird has a part to play… though he does seem to have taken a side.
Yeah, there’s a pun in there somewhere, though you might have to comb through to find it.
Okay, I’ll leave… but parting is such sweet sorrow.
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It might be useful to mention that this wasn’t last year… but about 1912, during the British raj.
Google Lens tells me “The glass-plate negative is part of a century-old collection of 178 photographs discovered in a shoebox within the archives of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland.”
It sure not explain why a picture of Calcutta, now Kolkata, was included in the historical monuments of Scotland.
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Cherry Street Hotel (also depicting the Canary Restaurant) in Toronto, Ontario, by Canadian artist Gerald Lazare… Oil, 1978
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They didn’t mention that the leading cause of death is being born in the first place!
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“Best GD newspaper on the planet!”
— —– —- —- —— —- Tommy Lee Jones, M.I.B.
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Princess Fatemeh Khanum Esmat al-Dowleh, a daughter of Shah Naser al-Din Shah Qajar of Persia (Iran)
But according to my search, social media posts claiming that she was a symbol of supreme beauty in 19th-century Persia, or even that 13 men killed themselves after she rejected them, are repeating a completely fabricated modern internet myth.
The Qajar court did appreciate fuller figures and prominent facial/brow features, but historical accounts actually suggest her appearance reflected underlying medical conditions, not beauty ideals.
Her short flared skirt (shilite) was a fashion inspired by European ballet tutus that royal visitors introduced to the Persian court during that era, paired with leggings and a head covering.
But just in case you do find her incredibly attractive, be forewarned. Not only did she live 150-ish years ago, she was married, in an arranged match, at the age of nine.
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They had done that in an apartment here, that I temporarily rented, while waiting for something else (long story).
Rentals were in short supply, especially in my price range, so I grabbed it, and paid a large cleaning deposit. They promised to paint and re-carpet, before I moved in the next week.
When the time came, the shag carpeting has obviously been given a brief cleaning on the top layer, but not deep cleaned, certainly not replaced. There was a layer of silty sand at the base of the fibers, and a big square of damage from a waterbed… Plus patches of wax from candles obviously burned on the floor.
The bathroom had been given a thick coat of.mint green paint, without removing or masking the towel rack or cabinet hinges, or taping the window panes, and they’d painted right over several cockroaches.
Horrible. I never did fully unpack there.
When I moved out the agreed upon few months later, they tried to keep my deposit for “my” damage to the carpet, and I had to pay a lawyer to write them a threatening letter.
Luckily I’d taken a few photos when I moved in, cos I suspected they might try that. It was the 80s, and we didn’t have digital cameras, but at least had the dates on the photo developing.
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Bill for the first semester of the 1866-67 school year at Harvard… $170.42.
That’s over $4,000 in 2026 dollars….
Still a bargain, cos a semester at Harvard today is over $40,000.
It looks like the actual education was $52…. And books another $8 and change. I wonder whether that’s all you had to pay if you lived off campus… or whether you were allowed to.
Board was more than anything else. Gotta have a full stomach in order to learn.
now the date is appropriate
Cover art by Walter Beach Humphrey.
By his expression, I think maybe Jack doesn’t approve of bobbed hair and cigarettes for young ladies.
But she’s not smoking, Jack… I believe she just lit your candle. Or is that shocking too?
You have to lighten up… It’s 1924!
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According to my sources (which consist entirely of Google)… this translates into English as “Show PikuÅ› the way up the stairs so he can return to his home.”
Except for the dog’s name, which we don’t really need… I think we could have figured that out.
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This seems eerily augmented… like pasted together from one or two stills, or by asking an AI program to create it from a still.
The neck is obviously drawn in.
What bird bounces up and down on a twig while holding its head still?
Creepy.
Kestrals will hover with their body moving in the wind and keep their heads rock steady. Chickens will also do the rock-steady head thing if you can get them to fixate on an object. You can then move their body in all sorts of directions (Within the limit of their neck range) and their head will remain stationary.
Now that you mention it, I’ve seen chickens do that… But it didn’t look this fake.
Many.
Unzipped Building, By Alex Chinneck, Milan, Italy.
Bunny, for Bunday.
Indochinese Green Magpie – Small colorful bird native to the forests of China all the way to Vietnam.
He’s got that mask on because magpies are little thieves who will steal all your shiny things.
Luckily, they can’t tell gold from tinfoil, or diamonds from rhinestones, so they’re easily distracted.
I admit that I don’t know for sure whether Southeast Asian magpies are the same. I don’t mean to be profiling. But he is wearing a mask.