JTM

Writer, reader, traveler • Vols • Packers • F1

[JTM @JennieTMiller]

EVERYONE NEEDS TO READ FAHRENHEIT 451 IMMEDIATELY.

🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ #fahrenheit451

[WHO 13 News @WHO13news]

Samsung Unveils Massive 219 Inch TV Called ‘The Wall’ https://t.co/kicWOX943U

[Jack Beyer @thejackbeyer]

This will forever be among my favorite things Ive had the honor of capturing.

In 2021 Wally Funk finally went to space after a lifetime of trying. After landing, eating lunch, being in a press conference, and then in a photo op, she turned to leave, finally done with a monumental day.

But, as everyone walked away from the rocket that booster their capsule she paused, turned, and took a moment to soak it all in. This is that moment.

Be like Wally. Never give up, and when you do finally succeed, soak it in.

[Andrew McCarthy @AJamesMcCarthy]

I spent a few weeks with my telescope pointed at this: a cosmic bubble formed by a huge, hot star at the end of its life.

The intense radiation pushes an expanding envelope of stellar material into the surrounding space, creating these exquisite scenes.

[Jim Musil Painter @JimMusilPainter]

My painting RACE POINT LIGHT

[David Atherton @daveatherton]

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 play Norway 🇳🇴 in the quarter-finals this Saturday. We have a shared history through inter-marrying, my DNA test says I'm 20% Scandi, & language. The Vikings mainly came from Norway & Denmark & were an influence from 793 -1066 with the raid on Lindisfarne Island.

The swansong was the Battle of Stamford Bridge in Yorkshire on 25 September 1066 when Harold II defeated the Norwegian king King Harald Hardrada, who was joined by Harold's traitorous brother Tostig Godwinson.

Harold went on to be defeated by William I (the Bastard) at the Battle of Hastings on 14 October 1066. Harold marched his army from Yorkshire to Sussex in 19 days, failing to pick up fresh troops. It was part of his downfall.

From then England was continental looking, rather than Scandiavian centric.

The Vikings established Danelaw from after the arrival of the Great Heathen Army in 865 AD. England was effectively two countries, both speaking Germanic languages, basically if you drew a line from Chester to London. South were the Anglo-Saxons. Constantly under pressure from the Vikings, King Alfred the Great ed the fightback with his victory at the Battle of Edington in 878 AD.

England was united under Æthelstan 924–939 after expelling Eric Bloodaxe from York in 954 AD.

Viking place names of course exist today. -by meaning village as in Rugby, Grimsby & thwaite for clearing, -beck for stream, -ness for promontory.

English is basically a melding of Anglo-Saxon & Norse. The words They, them, their (from þeir, þeim, þeirra). The þ which is called a thorn is pronounced th.

While Egg, knife, cake, sky, window are all inherited from Norse.

The Norwegians are teasing us with their imitations of Vikings rowing the seas. The Norwegian word to row is ro, pronounced "roo."

As an sidenote Geordies in NE England are thought to speak the purest form of English. The Norwegeian word for cow is ko, pronounced "koo," the Anglo-Saxon word for cow is "coo." Although dying out some Geordies still prounce cow as "coo."

Alas, I have to say the three lions on our shirts is partly French 🙄. Henry I 1100–1135 used one lion & a second added after marrying Adeliza of Louvain (her family also used a lion).

Henry II (r. 1154–1189) married Eleanor of Aquitaine in 1152 & first used three lions.

Richard I (the Lionheart), Henry II’s son, formalised and popularized the three lions design around 1198. It might represent the three kingdoms of England, Normandy & Aquitaine.

The England flag began when English ships used it around 1190 during the Third Crusade (possibly influenced by the Republic of Genoa).

It became associated with English soldiers by the time of Edward I (late 13th century). Edward III (14th century) made Saint George the patron saint of England.

It was front & centre at the Battle of Azincourt (the Z is deliberate) in 1415 as King Henry V spanked the French.

May the best team win.

[Elle Lookbook @EvaLovesDesign]

It was July 4, 1976, the Bicentennial, and New York Harbor filled with the grandest parade of tall ships.

Operation Sail 🇺🇸

[Pelagius 🦁 @pelagiusreborn]

Two very ancient phenotypes will be at play this Saturday

[Annie Agar @AnnieAgar]

so anyway college football starts soon.

[Chris Medland @ChrisMedlandF1]

We need an explanation from race control for that, because it looks badly handled from the outside #F1 #BritishGP

[Interesting things @awkwardgoogle]

The guy who created Fortnite (Tim Sweeney) has been quietly buying up U.S. forests to save them from developers.

He has spent over $200M to buy 50,000+ acres of wilderness in North Carolina, using permanent legal protections to block any future logging or building.

[National Park Service @NatlParkService]

Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸

From battlefields and memorials to parks and protected landscapes, the places cared for by the National Park Service help bring our shared history to life.

[Blake Burge @blakeaburge]

Underrated life advice: Have more hobbies and fewer opinions. Learn an instrument. Plant a garden. Build something with your hands. Cook. Paint. Run. The happiest people I know spend less time debating life and more time actually living it.

[U.S. Soccer Men's National Team @USMNT]

Almost Heaven. 🇺🇸

[U.S. Soccer Men's National Team @USMNT]

🗣️ PLAY COUNTRY ROADS.

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

Country Roads after the USA’s first knockout round win since 2002

BEAUTIFUL 🇺🇸

[Myrna Tellingheusen @PearlsFromMyrna]

One day l will climb to the top of Empire State Building and unfurl Darlene’s secret potato salad recipe.

[Blake Burge @blakeaburge]

Major cheat code for life: Knowing when something is not yours to fix. Their mood. Their choices. Their drama. Love people, support people, but stop carrying what was never yours to hold.

[Corey duBrowa @coreydu]

The Scots and Norwegians are making a very strong case for “best World Cup fans.”

[Matt Gallagher @MattP1Gallagher]

How is a car in the wall at one of the fastest parts of the circuit anything other than minimum double waved yellow

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

On Threads they’re debating whether using big words is ableist. I’m sick of this anti-intellectualism masquerading as social justice. People are making excuses to avoid having to do anything hard, but at some point you have to grow up and read and learn and challenge yourself.

[Sr. Miriam James @onegroovynun]

You can always begin again.