Every atom in your body was once part of a star

2023

The power of the wind is incredible and scary

We didn't stay long under those trees because I didn't fully trust their resilience

They cut them down, and they destroyed one of my favourite places on earth in the process...

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.”

https://jhupress.wordpress.com/2013/04/24/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:

a good life-size mannequin is expensive but i guarantee it would've cost way less than they were spending on all that linen.

unmute for the love of god please it's amazing

to think I would have just swiped past on mute, therefore not hearing pure unadulterated joy

i actually genuinely do not know why Bellamy and Clarke never got together like they were clearly in love and at least in my head they were basically married by season 6. that show makes me so mad

It was my favourite show with outlander. It was great! But I hate the end so much...

Yesterday my little brother told me something very sweet and touching, that when he was a kid and had nightmares about monsters chasing him or whatever he would be able to end the nightmare by finding me in the dream and I would protect him by fighting off the zombies, or carrying him away. This is adorable, and makes me feel like the greatest older sibling in the world, but the hilarious thing is that when I was a kid I had nightmares of needing to save him from zombies and such. so many dreams where he was in trouble and I needed to save him. Like my nightmares began where his ended. Low key I think he mastered the ability to psychically transfer his nightmare to me as a child and I'm kind of annoyed with him.

When the slow burn is so slow that the show has been over for years and one of them is dead but you are still waiting

You have been visited by the twocumber. May you receive twofold luck in the coming days

You have been visited by the pairrot. May you receive a pair of lucks in the near future

You have been visited by the twinana. May you receive twice as many luck in the days ahead

This double grape doesn't have a fancy name, but my entire household agrees that it looks like a butt, so it's got that going for it. May it grant you the best badonkadonk bonanza of luck this world has ever seen.

French people celebrated D-Day's on Thursday and elected Nazis on Sunday