Ishtar - 🧜♀️😷☢️🏳️🌈
@ishtar.bsky.social
𒊩𒈹🥰✌️SciComm🏳️🌈
• Postgrad Archaeology Student🏺(Portrayal of the past in media)
• Computer Scientist 👩💻
• Lesbian Poetess 👭
• Novelist - prehistory/antiquity
• EDXRF/Gamma/Xray Spectroscopy ☢️
• Astrophotography🔭
• ASD/ADHD/Tourette's/CPTSD😵💫
• Weaver🧵
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Ishtar - 🧜♀️😷☢️🏳️🌈
@ishtar.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Hi, I'm Ishtar 🕊️
I'm a neurodivergent archaeology student, professional computer scientist, and novelist.
I talk about EDXRF, gamma spectroscopy, prehistory, cats, LGBT issues, women's issues, mineralogy, sapphic stuff, and a bunch of other topics. 🥰
I'm happy to chat, but please be nice❤️
I'm a neurodivergent archaeology student, professional computer scientist, and novelist.
I talk about EDXRF, gamma spectroscopy, prehistory, cats, LGBT issues, women's issues, mineralogy, sapphic stuff, and a bunch of other topics. 🥰
I'm happy to chat, but please be nice❤️
Sup?
Sapphic stare lol ❤️🧡🤍🩷💜
Sapphic stare lol ❤️🧡🤍🩷💜
February 9, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Sup?
Sapphic stare lol ❤️🧡🤍🩷💜
Sapphic stare lol ❤️🧡🤍🩷💜
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A friend sent me this and I can only think of @ishtar.bsky.social, a friend from shul, and me.
Come on bow and arrow lesbians, I know more of us are out there.
Sword lesbians, in the name of democracy, let us all unite!
Come on bow and arrow lesbians, I know more of us are out there.
Sword lesbians, in the name of democracy, let us all unite!
February 9, 2026 at 1:31 PM
A friend sent me this and I can only think of @ishtar.bsky.social, a friend from shul, and me.
Come on bow and arrow lesbians, I know more of us are out there.
Sword lesbians, in the name of democracy, let us all unite!
Come on bow and arrow lesbians, I know more of us are out there.
Sword lesbians, in the name of democracy, let us all unite!
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Still well worth a listen! Sarah and I being interviewed by the amazing Alie Ward on her "Ologies" podcast. Find out more about what we do at Potted-History.
www.alieward.com/ologies/cera...
www.alieward.com/ologies/cera...
Ceramology (POTTERY) with Potted History’s Graham Taylor & Sarah Lord Taylor — alie ward
Porcelain. Earthenware. China. Archaeology. Stoneware. Anthropology. Amphora. Throwing wheels. We got it all. Master potters, history aficionados and Potted History’s icons Sarah Lord Taylor and Graha...
www.alieward.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Still well worth a listen! Sarah and I being interviewed by the amazing Alie Ward on her "Ologies" podcast. Find out more about what we do at Potted-History.
www.alieward.com/ologies/cera...
www.alieward.com/ologies/cera...
What a wonderful night 💙
I hope all of you had a wonderful night, for sure! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
I hope all of you had a wonderful night, for sure! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
February 3, 2026 at 5:34 AM
What a wonderful night 💙
I hope all of you had a wonderful night, for sure! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
I hope all of you had a wonderful night, for sure! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
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⏳A gentle reminder that our special offer ends on 10 Feb.
The newest figure is inspired by a Late Bronze Age terracotta from Cyprus. Learn more about her mystery, and every order of a goddess figure currently includes a FREE Miniature Palaeolithic Figurine.
potted-history.co.uk
The newest figure is inspired by a Late Bronze Age terracotta from Cyprus. Learn more about her mystery, and every order of a goddess figure currently includes a FREE Miniature Palaeolithic Figurine.
potted-history.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 7:42 PM
⏳A gentle reminder that our special offer ends on 10 Feb.
The newest figure is inspired by a Late Bronze Age terracotta from Cyprus. Learn more about her mystery, and every order of a goddess figure currently includes a FREE Miniature Palaeolithic Figurine.
potted-history.co.uk
The newest figure is inspired by a Late Bronze Age terracotta from Cyprus. Learn more about her mystery, and every order of a goddess figure currently includes a FREE Miniature Palaeolithic Figurine.
potted-history.co.uk
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A sapphic Iron Age action adventure romance set in 160CE Scotland! 🏳️🌈
A disillusioned Sarmatian mounted archer meets a whimsically minded Caledonian warrior in battle, but is Rome their real enemy?
Well researched, steamy, and non-stop action packed!
www.amazon.com/My-Mothers-S...
A disillusioned Sarmatian mounted archer meets a whimsically minded Caledonian warrior in battle, but is Rome their real enemy?
Well researched, steamy, and non-stop action packed!
www.amazon.com/My-Mothers-S...
My Mother's Spear
Amazon.com: My Mother's Spear: 9781960683120: Watson, Ishtar, Filipek, Alexandra: Books
www.amazon.com
December 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
A sapphic Iron Age action adventure romance set in 160CE Scotland! 🏳️🌈
A disillusioned Sarmatian mounted archer meets a whimsically minded Caledonian warrior in battle, but is Rome their real enemy?
Well researched, steamy, and non-stop action packed!
www.amazon.com/My-Mothers-S...
A disillusioned Sarmatian mounted archer meets a whimsically minded Caledonian warrior in battle, but is Rome their real enemy?
Well researched, steamy, and non-stop action packed!
www.amazon.com/My-Mothers-S...
Happy Imbolc!
🔥🌷🌸🌹🌺🌻🌼🪷🏵️🥀🪻🎍
I hope the spring starts up soon so that we can get out of this ice and return to something peaceful...
🔥🌷🌸🌹🌺🌻🌼🪷🏵️🥀🪻🎍
I hope the spring starts up soon so that we can get out of this ice and return to something peaceful...
February 1, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Happy Imbolc!
🔥🌷🌸🌹🌺🌻🌼🪷🏵️🥀🪻🎍
I hope the spring starts up soon so that we can get out of this ice and return to something peaceful...
🔥🌷🌸🌹🌺🌻🌼🪷🏵️🥀🪻🎍
I hope the spring starts up soon so that we can get out of this ice and return to something peaceful...
English: dos boot!
German: Das boot!
lol
* That's not really German. Would probably be dos starten
German: Das boot!
lol
* That's not really German. Would probably be dos starten
January 31, 2026 at 3:21 PM
English: dos boot!
German: Das boot!
lol
* That's not really German. Would probably be dos starten
German: Das boot!
lol
* That's not really German. Would probably be dos starten
This reminds me of the first lithics that I found in the field and identified. I still remember that experience as an undergraduate with two grad archaeologists (who weren't up on lithics) having to call me over to identify them 🥰
Notice me senpai 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Gosh, I love lithics 🪨
Notice me senpai 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Gosh, I love lithics 🪨
January 31, 2026 at 7:08 AM
This reminds me of the first lithics that I found in the field and identified. I still remember that experience as an undergraduate with two grad archaeologists (who weren't up on lithics) having to call me over to identify them 🥰
Notice me senpai 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Gosh, I love lithics 🪨
Notice me senpai 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Gosh, I love lithics 🪨
One of my favorite ancient pieces of jewelry ever. There's a particular archaeologist who made one of these, and hers looks absolutely gorgeous. If I had the time I would make one, but that's a lot of work lol
But yeah, gorgeous!
But yeah, gorgeous!
Jet Necklace • Derry
This is part of a c.4000 year old necklace made of jet found at Cumber, County Derry.
The jet is likely to have come from Northern England, showing trade links across the Irish Sea in the Bronze Age.
You can see this wonderful artefact in the National Museum of Ireland.
This is part of a c.4000 year old necklace made of jet found at Cumber, County Derry.
The jet is likely to have come from Northern England, showing trade links across the Irish Sea in the Bronze Age.
You can see this wonderful artefact in the National Museum of Ireland.
January 31, 2026 at 7:04 AM
One of my favorite ancient pieces of jewelry ever. There's a particular archaeologist who made one of these, and hers looks absolutely gorgeous. If I had the time I would make one, but that's a lot of work lol
But yeah, gorgeous!
But yeah, gorgeous!
I haven't actually been able to do much of any rural science in like a month or two, and it's eating me up.
Sure there was LARP and other random lesbian activities, but I feel like I'm missing out here lol
Hopefully I can get back in the field this spring
Sure there was LARP and other random lesbian activities, but I feel like I'm missing out here lol
Hopefully I can get back in the field this spring
January 31, 2026 at 7:01 AM
I haven't actually been able to do much of any rural science in like a month or two, and it's eating me up.
Sure there was LARP and other random lesbian activities, but I feel like I'm missing out here lol
Hopefully I can get back in the field this spring
Sure there was LARP and other random lesbian activities, but I feel like I'm missing out here lol
Hopefully I can get back in the field this spring
A friend of mine drew a picture of me on my coffee cup tonight at an event. If you're wondering where the dots come from, they were part of my makeup lol
It reads, Ishtar chan
If you've read my novel set in the Neolithic, you will recognize my main character uses similar dots on her face 🥰
It reads, Ishtar chan
If you've read my novel set in the Neolithic, you will recognize my main character uses similar dots on her face 🥰
January 31, 2026 at 6:57 AM
A friend of mine drew a picture of me on my coffee cup tonight at an event. If you're wondering where the dots come from, they were part of my makeup lol
It reads, Ishtar chan
If you've read my novel set in the Neolithic, you will recognize my main character uses similar dots on her face 🥰
It reads, Ishtar chan
If you've read my novel set in the Neolithic, you will recognize my main character uses similar dots on her face 🥰
Time for an asahi beer, then bed 🥰
辛口! からくちです lol
辛口! からくちです lol
January 31, 2026 at 6:22 AM
Time for an asahi beer, then bed 🥰
辛口! からくちです lol
辛口! からくちです lol
Still have had no chance to look at this 😭
Hopefully, today.
Hopefully, today.
Our volume on Stone Age clothing is now online and completely open access:
Jöris, O., Dietrich, O., Risch, R., & Meller, H. (Hrsg.). (2026). A Stone Age History of Clothing: Mitteldeutscher Archäologentag vom 26. bis 28. September 2024 in Halle (Saale).
doi.org/10.11588/pro...
Jöris, O., Dietrich, O., Risch, R., & Meller, H. (Hrsg.). (2026). A Stone Age History of Clothing: Mitteldeutscher Archäologentag vom 26. bis 28. September 2024 in Halle (Saale).
doi.org/10.11588/pro...
January 29, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Still have had no chance to look at this 😭
Hopefully, today.
Hopefully, today.
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Our volume on Stone Age clothing is now online and completely open access:
Jöris, O., Dietrich, O., Risch, R., & Meller, H. (Hrsg.). (2026). A Stone Age History of Clothing: Mitteldeutscher Archäologentag vom 26. bis 28. September 2024 in Halle (Saale).
doi.org/10.11588/pro...
Jöris, O., Dietrich, O., Risch, R., & Meller, H. (Hrsg.). (2026). A Stone Age History of Clothing: Mitteldeutscher Archäologentag vom 26. bis 28. September 2024 in Halle (Saale).
doi.org/10.11588/pro...
January 28, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Our volume on Stone Age clothing is now online and completely open access:
Jöris, O., Dietrich, O., Risch, R., & Meller, H. (Hrsg.). (2026). A Stone Age History of Clothing: Mitteldeutscher Archäologentag vom 26. bis 28. September 2024 in Halle (Saale).
doi.org/10.11588/pro...
Jöris, O., Dietrich, O., Risch, R., & Meller, H. (Hrsg.). (2026). A Stone Age History of Clothing: Mitteldeutscher Archäologentag vom 26. bis 28. September 2024 in Halle (Saale).
doi.org/10.11588/pro...
How can you Tell where an archaeologist lives?
They're out there with a trowel and flat shovel excavating there driveway and sidewalk from the snow, one 5x5' area at a time lol
It's even more telling if they surveyed it first and put up little poles lol
They're out there with a trowel and flat shovel excavating there driveway and sidewalk from the snow, one 5x5' area at a time lol
It's even more telling if they surveyed it first and put up little poles lol
January 27, 2026 at 3:47 PM
How can you Tell where an archaeologist lives?
They're out there with a trowel and flat shovel excavating there driveway and sidewalk from the snow, one 5x5' area at a time lol
It's even more telling if they surveyed it first and put up little poles lol
They're out there with a trowel and flat shovel excavating there driveway and sidewalk from the snow, one 5x5' area at a time lol
It's even more telling if they surveyed it first and put up little poles lol
Well I made it to the grocery store and filled up lol
Sadly, I had to go to the one closer to me that's more accessible but way more expensive.
As you can see from my body completely clad and faux fur, I like to be warm 🔥👧
Sadly, I had to go to the one closer to me that's more accessible but way more expensive.
As you can see from my body completely clad and faux fur, I like to be warm 🔥👧
January 27, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Well I made it to the grocery store and filled up lol
Sadly, I had to go to the one closer to me that's more accessible but way more expensive.
As you can see from my body completely clad and faux fur, I like to be warm 🔥👧
Sadly, I had to go to the one closer to me that's more accessible but way more expensive.
As you can see from my body completely clad and faux fur, I like to be warm 🔥👧
Honestly, I feel like the Subaru Outback is at home in the snow. It's like a little snow leopard lol 🐆❄️
My Toyota Corolla was always such a pain to drive in the snow, but this thing just eats it for breakfast.
The trick is to be cautious when driving, even if you have 4x4/AWD💜
My Toyota Corolla was always such a pain to drive in the snow, but this thing just eats it for breakfast.
The trick is to be cautious when driving, even if you have 4x4/AWD💜
January 27, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Honestly, I feel like the Subaru Outback is at home in the snow. It's like a little snow leopard lol 🐆❄️
My Toyota Corolla was always such a pain to drive in the snow, but this thing just eats it for breakfast.
The trick is to be cautious when driving, even if you have 4x4/AWD💜
My Toyota Corolla was always such a pain to drive in the snow, but this thing just eats it for breakfast.
The trick is to be cautious when driving, even if you have 4x4/AWD💜
My heat pump wouldn't cut off. There's a foot of snow and -7c 🥶
I performed computer science type troubleshooting, looked at schematics, and figured that it must be the contactor device.
I went outside and found the panel where it should be, and gave it a big whack...
It fixed 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Now for bier!
I performed computer science type troubleshooting, looked at schematics, and figured that it must be the contactor device.
I went outside and found the panel where it should be, and gave it a big whack...
It fixed 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Now for bier!
January 26, 2026 at 8:04 AM
My heat pump wouldn't cut off. There's a foot of snow and -7c 🥶
I performed computer science type troubleshooting, looked at schematics, and figured that it must be the contactor device.
I went outside and found the panel where it should be, and gave it a big whack...
It fixed 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Now for bier!
I performed computer science type troubleshooting, looked at schematics, and figured that it must be the contactor device.
I went outside and found the panel where it should be, and gave it a big whack...
It fixed 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Now for bier!
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😻😻😻GIANT BEAUTIFUL MURDER KITTIES ARE SOFT!😻😻😻
Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.
January 26, 2026 at 1:19 AM
😻😻😻GIANT BEAUTIFUL MURDER KITTIES ARE SOFT!😻😻😻
Larp was wonderful!
We had a banquet with nobles and intrigue. I actually played one of the nobles as an NPC. I returned the next day to play my normal character and competed in the tournament!
Apparently I'm really good with spears because I all but won 😲
📷 Epse the Dryad Archer
We had a banquet with nobles and intrigue. I actually played one of the nobles as an NPC. I returned the next day to play my normal character and competed in the tournament!
Apparently I'm really good with spears because I all but won 😲
📷 Epse the Dryad Archer
January 25, 2026 at 6:45 AM
Larp was wonderful!
We had a banquet with nobles and intrigue. I actually played one of the nobles as an NPC. I returned the next day to play my normal character and competed in the tournament!
Apparently I'm really good with spears because I all but won 😲
📷 Epse the Dryad Archer
We had a banquet with nobles and intrigue. I actually played one of the nobles as an NPC. I returned the next day to play my normal character and competed in the tournament!
Apparently I'm really good with spears because I all but won 😲
📷 Epse the Dryad Archer
I wonder what an #archaeologist would make of the remnants of one of my LARP foam projectile points. It would just be the slightly tanged socket and shaft, and maybe residual foam material lol
The Foam Culture lol
"They were in these woods gathering foam to make these..." 🤣🤣🤣
The Foam Culture lol
"They were in these woods gathering foam to make these..." 🤣🤣🤣
January 23, 2026 at 1:50 PM
I wonder what an #archaeologist would make of the remnants of one of my LARP foam projectile points. It would just be the slightly tanged socket and shaft, and maybe residual foam material lol
The Foam Culture lol
"They were in these woods gathering foam to make these..." 🤣🤣🤣
The Foam Culture lol
"They were in these woods gathering foam to make these..." 🤣🤣🤣
This weekend is #LARP!!!
I'll be my happy dryad archer self, but also playing an NPC noble woman at the feast event.
I need to finish my outfit and test paint designs.
I just added speed nocks to my arrows 🥰 Hooray for archery lol
I'll be my happy dryad archer self, but also playing an NPC noble woman at the feast event.
I need to finish my outfit and test paint designs.
I just added speed nocks to my arrows 🥰 Hooray for archery lol
January 21, 2026 at 5:45 PM
This weekend is #LARP!!!
I'll be my happy dryad archer self, but also playing an NPC noble woman at the feast event.
I need to finish my outfit and test paint designs.
I just added speed nocks to my arrows 🥰 Hooray for archery lol
I'll be my happy dryad archer self, but also playing an NPC noble woman at the feast event.
I need to finish my outfit and test paint designs.
I just added speed nocks to my arrows 🥰 Hooray for archery lol
Gosh it has been an exhausting January lol
I've spent so much time out doing stuff that my online self has been rather quiet.
I've spent so much time out doing stuff that my online self has been rather quiet.
January 21, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Gosh it has been an exhausting January lol
I've spent so much time out doing stuff that my online self has been rather quiet.
I've spent so much time out doing stuff that my online self has been rather quiet.
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I finished my first cosplay for Katsucon! I hope I'm a good Pitou!
January 5, 2026 at 2:41 AM
I finished my first cosplay for Katsucon! I hope I'm a good Pitou!