#Absolute unit of a cat

[pandadrake]

Miles thinks they found a variant.

Edit: follow-up

[bird--egg]

Decided to do some work on Mapleshade :) I feel like her storyline was really mangled in general, and I have a hard time understanding what motivates her from book to book since it feels inconsistent at times. I have my own vision of what a satisfying characterization for her would look like, which I won't get into in this post.

The main reason i made this picture is because i was thinking of how painful it would be if Petalkit looked like Crookedstar. Would Mapleshade have treated him with a bit more affection? Or would she just have seen Appledusk in him, who also looks like Petalkit? It's interesting...

[gomzdrawfr]

Please tell me Ghost gets to pat a cat. He looks like he really wants to pat one, even if it's not Raven. 🥺

[context]

anon don't worry he'll get those pat, just...careful for what you wish for though

[hinamie]

not at all how i expected to spend my saturday but the shelter called and i fell in love instantly 🖤

[kirwell]

Warrior Catifies your toxic old man supervillain yaoi ⁠(ꈍ⁠ᴗ⁠ꈍ⁠)

Kittypet Robotnik named Dr. Egg. Wants to take over the forest with science and spirit cat magic Farm cat Stone. Can't make lattes, but knows how to milk goats n that's good enough lil speedpaint below if thats your thing ⁠꒪⁠꒳⁠꒪

the recording cropped itself so its kinda nasty to look at, but whatever,, it took 2 hours so im sharing it ಥ⁠‿⁠ಥ

[monstrousproductions]

Hello, friends! I know we've been a bit radio silent as our between-season break stretched on and on and on - on the plus side, I am feeling gorgeously well-rested after almost four months off 😅 The good news is, Matt and I are finally getting our arses into gear, and have a Big Serious Planning Session in the diary for tomorrow afternoon, where we'll put a firm launch date on Travelling Light Season 2 and figure out what all we need to do to get there.

TL;DR - TLS2 is coming, and sooner rather than later! Thanks so much for your patience as I lounged on the sofa and Matt did busy, actually-very-important things at his grown up job 💕

In other news, we are heading to the cat shelter today in the hopes of adopting this absolute perfect specimen. Wish us luck!

[wallacelovesyou]

Chonk.

[cadathecat]

i'm tiny.. minuscule even..

[old-danmei-fan]

Best part of the entire series so far.

[ellaintrigue]

Tale of two retards.

[shih-coulda-had-it]

What animal do you think users are one for all?

I don’t wanna limit myself to just one per… take these with the disclaimer that it’s just one iteration of an answer! This is purely based on vibes instead of anything symbolic.

Yoichi: Weasel

Kudou: Red fox 

Bruce: Badger

Shinomori: Elk

Banjo: Wolverine

En: Fruit bat

Nana: Leopard

Toshinori: Lion

Izuku: Black-footed cat

[bisonrimant]

[lostinhistory]

Heritage News of the Week

Discoveries!

Archaeologists draw on laser mapping to find city they have named Valeriana, thought to have been founded pre-AD150

Skeletal remains found on Mary Rose provides new insights into ageing bone chemistry

A recent study of skeletal remains found on the Mary Rose suggests that a person’s dominant hand may affect how the chemistry of their clavicle bone changes with age.

Archaeologists discover 4,000-year-old Bronze Age settlement hidden in Saudi Arabian oasis

A Bronze Age settlement hidden on the Arabian Peninsula reveals secrets about the slow growth of urbanization in the region.

2,300-year-old Punic tomb complex found during works on car park for staff

The archaeological discovery was made during trenching works near Mater Dei Hospital while preparing the site for the installation of a new potable water line.

Guardian sculptures excavated at Angkor Thom in Cambodia

Archaeologists in Cambodia have unearthed a dozen centuries-old sandstone statues in a “remarkable discovery” at the Angkor World Heritage Site near the city of Siem Reap.

Archaeologists reveal further traces of temple structure at Kleidis Samikos

Archaeologists have completed the latest season of excavations at Kleidis Samikos, part of a five-year research initiative (2022-2026) in the Kaiafas area of the Peloponnese, Southwestern Greece.

'Mind-blowing' discovery reveals 5,000-year-old cultic building in Israel

The remains of a 5,000-year-old structure that likely had cultic purposes is one of the oldest public buildings ever found in Israel.

Mystery of the world’s oldest map on a nearly 3,000-year-old Babylonian tablet finally solved

A recent British Museum video reveals that the “oldest map of the world in the world” on a clay tablet from Babylon was deciphered to reveal a surprisingly familiar story.

1,200-year-old Viking cemetery with 'stone ship' burials discovered in Sweden

Archaeologists in Sweden were expecting to find an ancient settlement, but they were surprised to discover a Viking Age cemetery with boat-shaped burial outlines.

Votive monument unearthed at Roman Open-Air Museum in Hechingen-Stein

Archaeologists have unearthed over 100 fragments of a votive monument during excavations at the Roman Open-Air Museum in Hechingen-Stein.

Excavations show the Temple of Poseidon at Samikon is more monumental than previously assumed

New excavations by archaeologists from the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the Greek Ministry of Culture in Kleidi-Samikon in the western Peloponnese revealed that the temple discovered in 2022 was more monumental than previously assumed.

Very important cat news!

Archaeologists in Jerusalem have discovered a 1,200-year-old jug fragment with the imprint of a small cat "making biscuits," the oldest evidence of a kitty kneading on record.

Museums

It's been talked about for decades — and yet Nunavut is still the only jurisdiction in Canada without its own heritage centre to house the territory's vast collection of cultural artifacts. To some, there's a growing sense of urgency.

Own some rope from the Mary Rose: rare shipwreck artefacts go on sale

A haul of 8,000 items from 150 shipwrecks is to be auctioned after the closure of a Cornish museum

See a brand new view of the Lewis chessmen

The Lewis chessmen have been redisplayed in a case which allows visitors to see their backs for the first time.

Hew Locke probes the British Museum’s history

The volume of problematic artifacts Locke uncovered in the British Museum’s archives illustrates the fundamental importance of objective historical research.

Benin City museum opens first part of planned campus

A new museum in the historic heart of Benin City in Nigeria is opening its first building on 4 November. The Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) Institute, designed by Adjaye Associates, aims to fill an urgent need in the region for training in archaeology, conservation, heritage management and museum practice.

Repatriation

Mati Diop’s Dahomey centers on the repatriation of 26 stolen Beninese objects and how it could shape the African country’s future.

A new study seeks to establish ethical collecting practices for US museums

The Penn Cultural Heritage Center’s three-year national study amplifies ongoing calls for transparency and will provide a collecting framework

Heritage at risk

Ancient Roman ruins in Baalbek, a historic city in Lebanon, survived an initial wave of Israeli air strikes this week, Baalbek Mayor Mustafa al-Shell told the BBC. However, he warned that the safety of the site is not guaranteed and that Lebanese authorities are “pleading” for international organizations to help spare the UNESCO World Heritage site.

Arrest warrant obtained for dealer accused of trafficking looted artifacts worth millions

New York authorities have obtained an arrest warrant for embattled dealer Edoardo Almagià, whom they said sold antiquities that were worth tens of millions of dollars.

'Obeying fascism in advance,' National archivist sanitized US museum

Historians and other critics are responding with fierce condemnation to this week's Wall Street Journalreporting that "U.S. Archivist Colleen Shogan and her top advisers at the National Archives and Records Administration, which operates a popular museum on the National Mall, have sought to de-emphasize negative parts of U.S. history."

Going to highlight this bit:

Jacobin's Branko Marcetic said that "at first glance laughable, this is a very ominous preview of what will be far vaster self-censorship and reality distortion that fearful [government] agencies, companies, other private entities will engage in if Trump wins." "If this is what just one careerist civil servant does out of cowardice at merely the potential of a Trump presidency," Marcetic warned, "you can imagine what might happen if and when he actually does."

Make sure you vote, America!

(Spooky) Odds and ends

The last woman believed to have been executed in England for witchcraft may have avoided the gallows, according to new research.

The Irish woman executed for witchcraft 700 years ago

This week, one town is remembering the woman believed to have been the first in Ireland to be executed for witchcraft 700 years ago. Kilkenny will host historians and archaeologists, run a service of atonement and an oral history project, and make sure every school gets an educational resource pack about the events of 1324.

Padlocked “vampire” died from incurable illness

Archaeologists from the Institute of Archaeology of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń have conducted an examination of the “vampire” burial found near Bydgoszcz, a city in northern Poland.

The battle between Halloween and Reformation Day

Launched on October 31, 1517, the Protestant Reformation broke not just with the Catholic Church but with all that’s dark and demonic, wanton and witchy.

Reformation Day sounds a lot less fun than Halloween

Five of the most haunted places in Britain

Every country has its ghost stories, its mythical monsters and its ghoulish urban legends. But the United Kingdom – the home of the Gothic novel and the birthplace of paranormal investigation – may stake a claim to being the most haunted country on Earth.

There’s a new paranormal museum in town

The Rowtons’ Museum in Wales is part of a wider cultural movement to dive deeper into the histories of the supernatural and the spiritual.

Did the witch trials ever truly come to an end?

Marion Gibson’s research rigorously traces the legal and human aspects of the trials through today.

And finally...

Scientists discover oldest ever giant tadpole fossil in Argentina

Scientists have discovered the oldest-known fossil of a giant tadpole that wriggled around over 160m years ago. The new fossil, found in Argentina, surpasses the previous ancient record holder by about 20m years.

[holi-moon]

meowlock got nyanzieks fucked up

[windyxuan]

I have to stop trying to read Erha in public. It is not good for my sanity. Like you think it's over but 5 pages later Chu Wanning is thinking about Mo Ran again.

[monstrousproductions]

Very Important Question: are Absolute Unit's spots symmetrical like a ladybird? Is he perchance a ladybird in disguise?

Thank you and your podcasts are very good

His spots are not symmetrical, I'm afraid - he's more like a tiny cow than a giant ladybird! Here's a video of him making his first steps out of the carrier when we brought him home from the shelter, being sooo big and brave!

[Video description: A phone video of a black and white cat stepping out of a pet carrier into a living room. The person holding the camera says, "My goodness, he's so brave!" A second person, kneeling by the carrier, says, "So brave! So chunky, so brave!" End description]