Baroque MongooseI still have the cold and am fed up with it, so here's some full-on mediaeval weird for general cheering up. I don't know the date on this one, but given it's a blackletter font I'd guess maybe around 14th century.
D is for Dentistry! I have no idea what that weird black ribbon thing is with the teeth; but, yes, indeed, this is a 14th-century dentist and his victim, er, I mean, that is to say, patient.
Ryan
Anthropic EXPOSED?
Tim Harford 
Running a marathon for Winnie
On 26 April, I plan to be on the start line of the London Marathon. I’m in my fifties, I’ve only been running for a few years, and this will be my first marathon. I’m doing it to raise money for the Teenage Cancer Trust (TCT).
Cancer is brutal for anyone. For teenagers and young adults, it can be isolating in a particular way: while friends are setting off on the adventures o
https://timharford.com/2026/04/running-a-marathon-for-winnie/
And for today's mediaeval fun, here's what appears to be a 14th century party enclosed in one illuminated letter. Just before the chap on the left had to go and throw up, I suspect.
Rosyusing marginalia in the hopes of finding interesting essays on Gundam and found someone arguing that 00 destroyed the mecha genre and that most Gundam shows are science fiction, not mecha... what lol
There were a lot of female scribes in the Middle Ages (and I have a fair number of images of them); so it's no great surprise that you see quite a few women in mediaeval manuscripts doing interesting things. This 13th-century lady is out hunting with her falcon, and her trailing robe and veil don't seem to be slowing her down at all!
SCARTAFACCIO🦑 Con elegante ritardo vi racconto la mia due giorni a @marginalia_fiera. Ancora una volta grazie a tutte le persone amiche che mi hanno accolto.
Her DoingDear Lovely Peeps - a bit of whimsy to start your week. 😊
The sight of this never fails to make me laugh & I want someone in my life I can do this with! 🤩
(For a starting information point on the artists involved (Caoimhe Dunn & Dominic Palmer) and links to other snail tales, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Cbpv5uFpmc)
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