ArthurDenison

A fan of culture. An enthusiast for the tiny and the galactic.

[National Park Service @NatlParkService]

Your chances of being hunted by a turkey are low, but never zero.

[🍉Archesuchus🪶 @_Archesuchus_]

Saw this in the bathroom and it made me smile

[Seth Pollack @sethmpk]

These kids’ accents will heal you

[𝕯𝖎𝖑𝖉𝖔 𝕭𝖆𝖌𝖌𝖎𝖓𝖘 @EmmaTolkin]

Only @EricIdle could upstage one of the funniest openings ever written with a physical bit so unexpected & iconic that I think about it once a week. (From THE RUTLES: ALL YOU NEED IS CASH, 1978.)

[Dr Jo Ball @DrJEBall]

A lovely #Roman sculpture of four adorable little puppies, all curled up asleep together! It was found in #Pompeii, probably more than 2000 years ago #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology

[FakeTagsDC @FakeTagsDC]

Date: 10/01/2024
Location: 500 block of D St NW
Issue: Expired MD temp tag (05/12/2023) with $51,482.00 in unpaid DC fines.

FIFTY ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS IN UNPAID FINES

cc @DCPoliceDept @charlesallen

[National Gallery of Art @ngadc]

Today, we have some big news to share. We’re launching a three-year artist residency at the National Gallery and the Corcoran School.

[ArtButMakeItSports @ArtButSports]

Venus of Urbino, by Titian, 1538

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Biden: "We don't demonize immigrants. We don't single them out for attacks. We don't believe they're poisoning the blood of the country. We're a nation of immigrants and that's why we're so damn strong."

[Brandon Yoshizawa @bay_photography]

Photo taken 9/10/24

The Bridge Fire in the Angeles National Forest exploded to ~47k acres with 0% containment.

The fire was quite visible last night from behind the Los Angeles skyline photographed the Baldwin Hills area.

A sad reality of fire season in LA.

[Stuart Rothenberg @StuPolitics]

Can we please have the election tomorrow?

[DDOT DC @DDOTDC]

We’re revisiting this video to shed light on the daily challenges of keeping bus-only lanes clear. Blocking bus lanes forces buses to stop unsafely, putting lives at risk.

Help keep our streets safe & accessible for all! 🔗 https://t.co/BL2WOwkFJG #DDOTDC #TransitMatters

[Mack, yes, That Mack @that_mc]

I’m a driver. I drive in bus only lanes every chance I get, I stop in virtually every bus zone I see, and I am absolutely ecstatic whenever I hear a car gets ticketed for it. Because I drive the bus. Wish you had interviewed a transit operator, we could explain why this is just.

[Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle]

This story only includes interviews with drivers, all of whom are predictably opposed to the bus-lane cameras. Why not talk to bus riders? Or ask Metro if there's data showing whether the bus lanes are improving bus speeds?

[swiderski.bsky.social @JS_1B03]

DC has now lost 35 people in traffic fatalities in 2024 — as many as all of 2022, and it's still August.

We remain on pace to meet or exceed last year's 52 total fatalities—not only again the highest annual total since 2007, but the highest 2-year total since 2004.

[Designing Film @DesigningFilm]

Paul Lasaine and his matte painting of the mega industrial landscape of Fiorina "Fury" 161 for Alien³ (1992).
Painted at Boss Film Studios, he was taught by Michele Moen to use her oil painting technique rather than acrylic in which he usually worked…

[Washington City Paper @wcp]

Councilmember Anita Bonds is working to kill Initiative 83. Loose Lips hears she has pressured election officials behind the scenes and is considering stacking the Board of Elections over her frustration with the electoral reform initiative. https://t.co/ohZ1X0B281

[Alison Fisk @AlisonFisk]

Something lovely for the weekend! 🦛 ❤️

Blue faience hippos made by ancient Egyptian artisans some 4,000 years ago!

Decorated with lotus flowers which close at night and reopen in the morning, the hippos are associated with regeneration, rebirth, and the life-giving Nile, Photos my own.

#Archaeology

[Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC]

Hard to think of many weeks in U.S. history with more major political news than this one.