Rachel McVeigh 魏瑞秀
@remcveigh.bsky.social
Medieval Chinese poetry and poetics: genre, form, animals | currently working on cranes, sometimes filmic dogs | PhD student at Harvard | formerly Oxford/PKU | she/her
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Happy Manul Monday!
November 24, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Happy Manul Monday!
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November 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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'Skeleton Wearing a Top Hat Playing the Shamisen for a Small Dancing Yōkai' (circa 1870)
Kawanabe Kyōsai
Kawanabe Kyōsai
November 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
'Skeleton Wearing a Top Hat Playing the Shamisen for a Small Dancing Yōkai' (circa 1870)
Kawanabe Kyōsai
Kawanabe Kyōsai
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Everyone’s favourite - the ‘Wolf and Twins’ mosaic from Roman Aldborough (Isurium Brigantum) depicting the legend of Romulus and Remus. Dating to the 4th century AD, the mosaic is now part of the collections at Leeds City Museum. 📷 My own. #MosaicMonday #RomanBritain
November 17, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Everyone’s favourite - the ‘Wolf and Twins’ mosaic from Roman Aldborough (Isurium Brigantum) depicting the legend of Romulus and Remus. Dating to the 4th century AD, the mosaic is now part of the collections at Leeds City Museum. 📷 My own. #MosaicMonday #RomanBritain
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Following last week's monochrome elephant, this is another common type of depiction in Roman mosaics. From the Great Pavement at Woodchester, moving around Orpheus. 1/2
#MosaicMonday
@classicalalan.bsky.social
#MosaicMonday
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November 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Following last week's monochrome elephant, this is another common type of depiction in Roman mosaics. From the Great Pavement at Woodchester, moving around Orpheus. 1/2
#MosaicMonday
@classicalalan.bsky.social
#MosaicMonday
@classicalalan.bsky.social
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An entire universe in a ceiling: in the Beijing Ancient Architecture Museum 北京古代建筑博物馆，a preserved Ming dynasty caisson ceiling from the Longfu Temple. 隆福寺. Concentric rings house stacks of buildings. A star chart, the cosmos, in the centre.
October 1, 2025 at 2:18 AM
An entire universe in a ceiling: in the Beijing Ancient Architecture Museum 北京古代建筑博物馆，a preserved Ming dynasty caisson ceiling from the Longfu Temple. 隆福寺. Concentric rings house stacks of buildings. A star chart, the cosmos, in the centre.
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Medieval Pet Care www.medievalists.net/2023/11/medi... #pets
Medieval Pet Care - Medievalists.net
Medieval people kept pet dogs, cats and other animals. Here is the advice they gave about taking proper care of them.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Medieval Pet Care www.medievalists.net/2023/11/medi... #pets
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Bee-elzebub: new horned ‘Lucifer’ bee discovered in Western Australia
Bee-elzebub: new horned ‘Lucifer’ bee discovered in Western Australia
Australian expert stumbled across new species when surveying a critically endangered wildflower in 2019
As if deadly snakes, spiders and sharks were not enough, Australia now has a new creepy critter: a “Lucifer” bee with devil-like horns.
The species – dubbed Megachile (Hackeriapis) lucifer – was found in the state of Western Australia, Curtin University announced on Tuesday. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Bee-elzebub: new horned ‘Lucifer’ bee discovered in Western Australia
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R.I.P. Nakadai Tatsuya, one of the giant figures in history of Japanese cinema news.yahoo.co.jp/pickup/6558551
俳優・仲代達矢さん死去 92歳 - Yahoo!ニュース
映画「人間の条件」や黒沢明監督の「影武者」などに主演し、主宰する「無名塾」で後進を育てた俳優で文化勲章受章者の仲代達矢（なかだい・たつや、本名元久＝もとひさ）さんが死去したことが11日、分かった。9
news.yahoo.co.jp
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 AM
R.I.P. Nakadai Tatsuya, one of the giant figures in history of Japanese cinema news.yahoo.co.jp/pickup/6558551
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My new article is out! A Daoist mountain synced pilgrimages with crane migrations—governing landscapes and conserving biodiversity for centuries. Rethinking nature/culture today. Read open access: doi.org/10.3390/rel1...
November 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
My new article is out! A Daoist mountain synced pilgrimages with crane migrations—governing landscapes and conserving biodiversity for centuries. Rethinking nature/culture today. Read open access: doi.org/10.3390/rel1...
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In Icelandic we have 'Ókind' for monster. But the translation is un-sheep. So everything not a sheep is dangerous.
November 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
In Icelandic we have 'Ókind' for monster. But the translation is un-sheep. So everything not a sheep is dangerous.
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Entirely thanks to this image, I've been on a tangent looking for a complete version of this Chinese divination text (related to 28 lunar mansions & their animals) - 演禽三世相法 purportedly written in the Tang but the popular printed tradition starts in the late Ming
#woodblockwednesday
#woodblockwednesday
November 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Entirely thanks to this image, I've been on a tangent looking for a complete version of this Chinese divination text (related to 28 lunar mansions & their animals) - 演禽三世相法 purportedly written in the Tang but the popular printed tradition starts in the late Ming
#woodblockwednesday
#woodblockwednesday
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Rather beautifully, Professor Mahmood Mamdani's dedication in "Neither Settler Nor Native" is to his trail-blazing son, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social.
He quotes the revolutionary Chinese writer Lu Xun's famous concluding lines in "Hometown":
「其實地上本沒有路，走的人多了，也便成了路。」
-魯迅，故鄉
#everynightapoem
He quotes the revolutionary Chinese writer Lu Xun's famous concluding lines in "Hometown":
「其實地上本沒有路，走的人多了，也便成了路。」
-魯迅，故鄉
#everynightapoem
June 26, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Rather beautifully, Professor Mahmood Mamdani's dedication in "Neither Settler Nor Native" is to his trail-blazing son, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social.
He quotes the revolutionary Chinese writer Lu Xun's famous concluding lines in "Hometown":
「其實地上本沒有路，走的人多了，也便成了路。」
-魯迅，故鄉
#everynightapoem
He quotes the revolutionary Chinese writer Lu Xun's famous concluding lines in "Hometown":
「其實地上本沒有路，走的人多了，也便成了路。」
-魯迅，故鄉
#everynightapoem
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I have a lot of thoughts about the tensions discussed in this article. I may actually be writing my next book about these tensions. But for now I'll just say that this is an important case to read about and grapple with if you care about animal issues and politics.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Runaway Monkeys Upending the Animal-Rights Movement
A troop of macaques escaped one of the largest primate-breeding facilities in America. Now a strange coalition of uncompromising activists and MAGA loyalists is demanding that all lab animals be set f...
www.newyorker.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:09 AM
I have a lot of thoughts about the tensions discussed in this article. I may actually be writing my next book about these tensions. But for now I'll just say that this is an important case to read about and grapple with if you care about animal issues and politics.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Something lovely for the weekend!
Magical amber animals from the Mesolithic. Carved between 10,000-7,000 years ago.
Amber can generate static electricity⚡️ For their ancient owners, these small animals could give off sparks in the dark and make hair stand on end, as if by magic✨
📷 me
#Archaeology
Magical amber animals from the Mesolithic. Carved between 10,000-7,000 years ago.
Amber can generate static electricity⚡️ For their ancient owners, these small animals could give off sparks in the dark and make hair stand on end, as if by magic✨
📷 me
#Archaeology
November 1, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Something lovely for the weekend!
Magical amber animals from the Mesolithic. Carved between 10,000-7,000 years ago.
Amber can generate static electricity⚡️ For their ancient owners, these small animals could give off sparks in the dark and make hair stand on end, as if by magic✨
📷 me
#Archaeology
Magical amber animals from the Mesolithic. Carved between 10,000-7,000 years ago.
Amber can generate static electricity⚡️ For their ancient owners, these small animals could give off sparks in the dark and make hair stand on end, as if by magic✨
📷 me
#Archaeology
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In ancient China, cats were more than companions. They were living barometers. If a cat washed its face, rain was said to follow; if it munched on grass, storms loomed. These beliefs turned feline habits into omens, weaving superstition with skywatching. 1/2
#caturday
#caturday
November 1, 2025 at 1:02 PM
In ancient China, cats were more than companions. They were living barometers. If a cat washed its face, rain was said to follow; if it munched on grass, storms loomed. These beliefs turned feline habits into omens, weaving superstition with skywatching. 1/2
#caturday
#caturday
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Fantastic Beasts and How They Kill You www.medievalists.net/2022/10/fant... #Medieval
Fantastic Beasts and How They Kill You - Medievalists.net
Stories of incredible and deadly beasts filtered back home in travel writing, legends, and bestiaries to amuse and astound readers who might never see these animals for themselves.
www.medievalists.net
October 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Fantastic Beasts and How They Kill You www.medievalists.net/2022/10/fant... #Medieval
Strongly same vibes
October 27, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Strongly same vibes
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In this Chinese #painting, a monkey pokes at a beehive perched precariously on a cliff branch, while three others wait, poised to help as bees swirl in chaos. It’s more than mischief. It's metaphor.
In folk tradition, the words for “monkey” (猴) and “bee” (蜂) echo the sounds of 1/2
In folk tradition, the words for “monkey” (猴) and “bee” (蜂) echo the sounds of 1/2
October 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
In this Chinese #painting, a monkey pokes at a beehive perched precariously on a cliff branch, while three others wait, poised to help as bees swirl in chaos. It’s more than mischief. It's metaphor.
In folk tradition, the words for “monkey” (猴) and “bee” (蜂) echo the sounds of 1/2
In folk tradition, the words for “monkey” (猴) and “bee” (蜂) echo the sounds of 1/2
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October 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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‘According to the philosophical account Taylor draws on, the articulations of poetry are as fully capable of disclosing the existential significance of human life as the words of philosophers or saints.’
Stephen Mulhall on Charles Taylor’s ‘Cosmic Connections’: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Stephen Mulhall on Charles Taylor’s ‘Cosmic Connections’: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Stephen Mulhall · Self-Interpreting Animals
New linguistic articulations can reconfigure the way we make sense of our own feelings, thoughts and responses – our...
www.lrb.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 7:36 PM
‘According to the philosophical account Taylor draws on, the articulations of poetry are as fully capable of disclosing the existential significance of human life as the words of philosophers or saints.’
Stephen Mulhall on Charles Taylor’s ‘Cosmic Connections’: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Stephen Mulhall on Charles Taylor’s ‘Cosmic Connections’: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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In Jiangnan’s silk-rich valleys, silkworm cats (蚕猫) guard more than just cocoons. They protect a legacy.
Passed down through generations, these feline guardians keep rodents at bay, ensuring the safety of precious silkworm seeds. But their role isn’t just practical; 1/2
#caturday
Passed down through generations, these feline guardians keep rodents at bay, ensuring the safety of precious silkworm seeds. But their role isn’t just practical; 1/2
#caturday
October 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
In Jiangnan’s silk-rich valleys, silkworm cats (蚕猫) guard more than just cocoons. They protect a legacy.
Passed down through generations, these feline guardians keep rodents at bay, ensuring the safety of precious silkworm seeds. But their role isn’t just practical; 1/2
#caturday
Passed down through generations, these feline guardians keep rodents at bay, ensuring the safety of precious silkworm seeds. But their role isn’t just practical; 1/2
#caturday
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BREAKING: I've just learned that there are teeny-tiny chameleons called stumped-tailed chameleons and they look like this AND I CANNOT HANDLE IT
October 17, 2025 at 2:08 AM
BREAKING: I've just learned that there are teeny-tiny chameleons called stumped-tailed chameleons and they look like this AND I CANNOT HANDLE IT