Kathleen McCallum

That annoying speck in the corner of your eye

[Hookland @HooklandGuide]

The holy well is not just sacred to the Christian. Part of my witchery involves obtaining water from certain springs. Of course, this means part of my witchery also involves carrying a bolt cutter. – #EmilyCBanting, 1981 #Witchcraft

[Kathleen McCallum @Peripheralpal]

@HooklandGuide 🫶😂

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

A herring is a fish.

When a herring is preserved by salting and smoking, it turns red and smells.

It's so pungent that it's a great diversion to distract hunting dogs from their trail.

Now, a ‘red herring’ refers to anything that diverts attention from the issue at hand.

[Marlene T. Diaz @academicknight]

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[Thony Christie (he/his/him) @rmathematicus]

Book Review:
The Board of Longitude: Science Innovation and Empire, (CUP, 2025)
https://t.co/tF2okKwD8b

[aka @akafaceUS]

How to keep a baby entertained on a flight for hours

[MΛЯIПΛ @oscillate23]

"The Alchemist Who Has Achieved Illumination", a famous historical illustration found within the 18th-century alchemical manuscript known as the Clavis Artis.

[Kathleen McCallum @Peripheralpal]

@BrianRoemmele Brilliant!!!

[Brian Roemmele @BrianRoemmele]

Dumpster Divers in the Soviet Union would save x-ray films to make bootleg records of banned music.

They called it Bone Music and this act of rebellion produced over a million records.

I have 500+ (getting more). Quality is not great but I also some English spoke word stuff.

[Movies Scenes 🎫 @SceneinCinema]

Alfred Hitchcock demonstrating the Kuleshov Effect, one of his most frequently used techniques as seen in ‘Rear Window’, ‘Vertigo’, and ‘Psycho’.

[Alison Fisk @AlisonFisk]

A 1,800 year-old Roman glass flask shaped like a mouse! 🐭❤️

The Met 📷 by me

#Archaeology

[The Public Domain Review @PublicDomainRev]

The first treatise on bedbugs from 1730 — https://t.co/bjdEqIO29e

Written by an exterminator, it wanders into a surprising mode: one inflected not by disgust, but rather coy wonder and begrudging awe.

[Freyy @Freyy_is]

there was something beautiful about library checkout cards because you could literally see the history of human curiosity attached to a book. like a tiny ghost trail of strangers connected by the same story.

[Andrew McCarthy @AJamesMcCarthy]

I set 7 cameras near the pad for starship’s 12th test flight.

In a first for me, all 7 got INCREDIBLE photos. Here’s a little peak at one… but there are a lot more. I’ll post some of my favorites tomorrow, and release at least one in print.

[Kathleen McCallum @Peripheralpal]

@SohnsTed ❣️❣️❣️

[Kathleen McCallum @Peripheralpal]

@AJamesMcCarthy ❣️❣️❣️!

[DaVinci @BiancoDavinci]

At the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, they have separate versions of paintings for blind and visually impaired visitors so they can still enjoy the art.

[John McNally / Johnny Mack @JMcNallyBooks]

The Science Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe
Penguin English Library
Cover illustration by Odilon Redon

[Thony Christie (he/his/him) @rmathematicus]

The Renaissance Artist, Albrecht Dürer, who wrote a maths book the first to be printed and published in German, was born 21 May 1471 #histsci
https://t.co/7Usws3HPpv

[Bluebell Raven @BluebellRaven]

The word “Dumbledore” is an old regional English word meaning “bumblebee.”

Its origins trace back to Old English dialect traditions, where the sound and structure of the word reflected the buzzing nature of the insect.

The term gradually disappeared from everyday language but gained worldwide recognition through J.K. Rowling’s use of it for Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter series.

🎨D.D. McInnes.
#WorldBeeDay