#OTD in 1818.

Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem "Ozymandias" appears in Leigh Hunt's weekly The Examiner (London; p. 24) under the pen name "Glirastes". Horace Smith's contribution to the same informal sonnet-writing competition, "On a Stupendous Leg of Granite, Discovered Standing by Itself in the Deserts of Egypt, with the Inscription Inserted Below" is published on February 1 under his initials.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozymandi…

#books #literature #poetry

#OTD in 1879.

During construction of an extension to Birmingham Central Library in England, a fire destroys 50,000 books and the original manuscript of the Coventry Mystery Plays (including the "Coventry Carol").

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coventry…

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coventry…

Coventry Carol at PG (as audio book):
gutenberg.org/ebooks/20603

#books #literature

#OTD in 1884.

Britain's poet laureate Alfred Tennyson is created 1st Baron Tennyson of Aldworth in the County of Sussex and of Freshwater, Isle of Wight, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Thus he becomes known as Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

Lord Tennyson at PG:
gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/29…

#books #literature #poetry

🌱 In Brazil, an Amazon reforestation project seeks to redeem carbon markets

phys.org/news/2025-01-brazil-a…

#brazil #forests #amazon #globalsouth #finance #carboncapture #environment #climatechange

“The mind is just like a muscle– the more you exercise it, the stronger it gets, and the more it can expand.”

– Idowu Koyenikan

#quote #mindfulness #mind #wellbeing #selfcare

Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio Troilus)
Butterfly 2019-115

Setbacks are temporary
Unless we choose otherwise.

#butterfly #butterflies #macro #photography #beauty #nature #insect #flower #bokeh #thephotohour #thankyou #mramsdellpics

Column of Marcus Aurelius, built between 180-193 AD, in Rome, Italy, commemorates emperor’s campaigns against Germanic tribes and Sarmatians during Marcomannic Wars.

Standing about 39m tall in Piazza Colonna, it features a spiral relief depicting vivid and dramatic scenes of battle, including a rare depiction of “Rain Miracle,” where a sudden storm is said to have saved Roman army. Modeled after Trajan’s Column, it was constructed from Proconnesian marble and remains in its original location.

This 14th Century AD, door at Exeter Cathedral, UK 🇬🇧, is thought to be the oldest existing cat flap...

A cat was paid a penny each week, to keep down the rats and mice in the north tower, and a cat flap was cut into the door below the astronomical clock to allow the cat to carry out its duties.

Records of payments were entered in the Cathedral archives from 1305-1467 AD, the penny a week being enough to buy food to supplement a heavy diet of rodents.

#archaeohistories

The oldest surviving deck of 52 playing cards (1475 AD), made in the Netherlands 🇳🇱

The concept of playing cards is thought to have originated in Asia, making its way to Europe by the late 14th Century AD, likely through trading routes.

In the Netherlands, cards became popular during 15th Century AD, as both a pastime and a means of socialization among nobility and the growing merchant class.

Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY

#archaeohistories

In ancient Roman world, a tintinnabulum (tintinnum) was a wind chime or assemblage of bells. A tintinnabulum often took the form of a bronze ithyphallic figure or of a fascinum, a magico-religious phallus thought to ward off evil eye and bring good fortune and prosperity.

📷 : Roman Tintinnabulum in the shape of Phallus, symbol of power, luck and fertility, 1st Century AD, from Sesamón, Burgos - Spain.

(Archaeological Museum of Barcelona, Spain)

#archaeohistories

Reviving Legacy Systems: Linux Enhances 32-Bit PAE Support in 2025

In a surprising turn of events, the Linux kernel team has announced significant improvements to the 32-bit PAE (Physical Address Extension) support, enabling legacy systems to efficiently utilize more...

news.lavx.hu/article/reviving-…

#news #tech #LinuxKernel #PhysicalAddressExtension #PageTableIsolation

Pink-throated Brilliant

Scarce hummingbird found in cloud forest in the eastern foothills of the Andes in Ecuador, southern Colombia, and northern Peru. Green with a white vent and a small white dot behind eye. Male has a glittering pink throat patch, which is reduced or lacking on female. Small compared to other brilliants, and the only one with a white vent. Found only in remote and relatively undisturbed forest, and rarely encountered.

Link: ebird.org/species/pitbri1
Photo Location: Peru

Balto Statue in New York, New York

This monument is dedicated to Balto, the heroic Alaskan sled dog.#publicart #parks #statues #dogs #section-Atlas

We published a new paper on mastodons today! It's in the open access journal PeerJ, and reports newly recognized occurrences of Pacific mastodons. 1/

peerj.com/articles/18848/

#paleontology #fossils #mastodon

Blue-crowned Racquet-tail

A medium-sized parrot of forest from the lowlands to lower mountains. The two central tail feathers have extended shafts ending in a racket shape. Overall green in color, darker on the back and paler below, with deeper green on the head and a blue crown. Overlaps with Mindanao Racquet-tail, but has a brighter green back, lacks blue on the cheek, and is found at lower elevations. Voice consists of ringing metallic squawks that are similar to Green Racquet-tail’s, but more grating.

Link: ebird.org/species/bcrtai1
Photo Location: Philippines

🐺The strange Ethiopian nectar-eating wolf: A predator that may also act as a pollinator

english.elpais.com/science-tec…

#animals #africa #wolf #pollinators #ecology

I’m experimenting with olla #gardening. I’ve filled a low-fired (porous) pot that I made with water and buried it in the soil with my seedlings. This pot wasn’t made specifically to be an olla, but any porous pot should work. Ollas slowly release water into dry soil, and roots pull it in through osmosis.

Olla gardening conserves water, reduces irrigation frequency, promotes deep root growth, and supports #sustainable, low-maintenance plant care.

#plants #pottery #alttext #ollasbyosa

Hi guys! I'm a professional artist dipping my toes into the fediverse.

I'm already a bit nervous to start, but I managed to learn the basics of servers on Mastodon and have chosen one that I think is neat!

I'm really interested in expanding my fediverse experience so, if you have any tips or apps to recommend for someone who loves art, nature and the news, don't be shy to let me know!

To the pleasure of meeting all of you! 😀

#art #animation #fediverse #nature #gardening #NewHere #news

Corbit-Sharp House in Odessa, Delaware

This historic Georgian mansion contains a hidden room that was used to harbor a fugitive in the days of the Underground Railroad.#history #abolitionsim #undergroundrailroad #slavery #section-Atlas

Inside a Collection of 'Imaginary' Books

Some of these books were lost and never found; others were never even written.#literature #history #art #books #section-Articles

Perplexity now has a mobile assistant on Android

The AI assistant can perform tasks for you as well as ‘see’ what’s on your screen.

If you're looking for a server to join or move to, it's best to pick from a human-curated list:

- The official Mastodon site's server list is at joinmastodon.org/servers and its requirements for being listed are at joinmastodon.org/covenant

- I run an unofficial server list at fedi.garden and its requirements are at fedi.garden/about-this-site

It's a bad idea to use automated non-curated server lists as they do not have requirements, so they may contain unreliable or unsafe servers.