Avatar

Katie Moest

@orangepenguino / orangepenguino.tumblr.com

"I get up every morning determined both to change the world and to have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning the day difficult." -- E.B. White

May Ruth Bader Ginsberg's memory be a blessing.

I donated $25 in her memory to the effort to take back Senate and get Mitch Mcconnell out of power. They've raised a ton of money tonight -- more than $1 million since the news of RBG's passing was announced. I want them to get to their $9 million dollar goal and scare the shit out of vulnerable Republicans who have power to stop a conservative appointment to her seat on the court. Please help the effort!

Avatar

Special IG Giveaway: We’re giving away three limited edition, *out of print* Harper Perennial Olive editions by Roxane Gay, Linda Hirshman, and Baratunde Thurston to highlight voices that need to be heard! (For US followers, please VOTE!!) This is a special giveaway for macrolit followers who are following on both Tumblr and Instagram Enter to win these classics by: 1) following macrolit on Tumblr and on Instagram (yes, we will check. :P), and 2) reblogging this post and adding your Instagram profile as a tag. We will choose a random winner on October 24, so reblog now! And yes, we’ll ship to any country! Easy, right? Good luck! :D For our Tumblr-only followers, here’s our regular giveaway of 15 paperback classics that ends tomorrow

The Silver Swan, built by John Joseph Merlin and James Cox, 1773.

Source: Mechanical Marvels, Clockwork Dreams (BBC)

oh wow, the “water” is an illusion created by spinning glass rods.

wooooooooooah

I will reblog this automaton every single time I see it because I adore it and you cannot stop me.

The Silver Swan can be seen at The Bowes Museum in County Durham, England. More about it here.

They still run it, once daily at 2pm. It’s an amazing piece, and I hope to see it one day.