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I had an idea for sure. Didn't come out the best tho
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1920s Gold, amethyst, diamond and sapphire brooch designed by Erte. From Art Deco, Art Nouveau & 20th Century Decoratif Arts Group, FB. *I am never 100% sure about an Erte attribution. Just take it with a grain of salt!
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ur first and last recent emojis are ur gender now. mine is 🅱👨❤💋👨
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Sky | prints
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dead dove do not eat in practice
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Hands Off protests around the country.
As to folks proclaiming these photos are bad OPSEC, we can all agree everyone in these photos is at this protest to be seen protesting. People worried about OPSEC do not go to peaceful protests easily identified or at all. Just chill for a sec and let people have their peaceful movement.
As Zinn and System Of A Down said, "There is no flag large enough to hide the shame of a man in cuffs." But used well in protest it should remind those bastards in power (and enabling them) that this country is more than just a cashbox for them to drain at their leisure.
100,000+ people in NYC for Hands Off.
And a tad less than that in Indianapolis, when, to be fair, half the state is goddamn flooded.
The last picture is from Chicago.
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#228 - #229. While male Houndoom are solitary, females often make pacts with herding pokémon, offering protection from other hunters. In trade, they choose a member of the herd to feast on when hungry and safety for their pups.
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I'm disqualifying the peanut butter chocolate due to my peanut allergy. Out of the rest the cherry cordial is easily the worst.
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We also figured out—the hard way—that the ancients probably cut each layer of linen to the proper shape before gluing them together. For our first linothorax, we glued together 15 layers of linen to form a one centimeter-thick slab, and then tried to cut out the required shape. Large shears were defeated; bolt cutters failed. The only way we were ultimately able to cut the laminated linen slab was with an electric saw equipped with a blade for cutting metal. At least this confirmed our suspicion that linen armor would have been extremely tough. We also found out that linen stiffened with rabbit glue strikes dogs as in irresistibly tasty rabbit-flavored chew toy, and that our Labrador retriever should not be left alone with our research project.
I love this in every way possible. What is it from? Where can I read more?
The pitfalls of experimental archaeology and puppies.
link to source:
“Unraveling the Linothorax Mystery, or how Linen Armor Came to Dominate our Lives.”
holy shit read the article. it’s short but wild
We found that even more of a threat than rain was one’s own sweat on a hot day. So, yes, it does need waterproofing, both inside and out. We did a number of experiments along those lines, and found that rubbing a block of beeswax over all sides of the armor provided nice waterproofing. It also makes the armor smell nice! When you wear it for a couple hours, your own body heat softens the glue a bit and makes it conform to your body shape, so it is much more comfortable to wear than rigid types of armor. Our reconstructions weighed about 10 pounds–about one third the weight of bronze armor that would provide the same degree of protection.
Honey i gotta go to war… not to smell my bee armor or hang with the boys or anything no.. uhh we need to uh do war things?
#i've definitely read this before and i've probably reblogged it before but like.#no one in this thread is mentioning that they actually shot someone with an actual arrow in this armor.#they were like 'we've got to test this in practice' and instead of getting a mannequin or something they had an actual person wear it.
They what?
from the article:
While all of this mayhem (both scientifically controlled and free-form) convinced us that our linothorax was ancient-battlefield-ready, we still felt compelled to try a real-life scenario, so Scott donned the armor and Greg shot him. And while we had confidence in our armor, our relief was still considerable when the arrowhead stuck and lodged in the armor’s outer layers, a safe distance away from flesh.
a good life-size mannequin is expensive but i guarantee it would've cost way less than they were spending on all that linen.
Academics are just like that.
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everybody shut up, she’s doing her little dance again
(fullview for better quality!)
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then down came the claw, and that, love, was that