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Kristin Mathis
@kristinmathis.bsky.social
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Child of Earth and Starry Sky. Orphic scholar, translator, and hierophant. Mom to two cats and a son, and Spiritual Auntie to many. Out here in these streets repping Brooklyn and the Ancient Mediterranean.

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In case you are wondering what started some of the protests yesterday. It's so important to be witnesses to this, and to call your representatives to tell them that this is NOT what Americans want.
iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · Jun 8
ICE crossed a line in LA
June 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Super helpful for Greek learners!
ivanhoe76.bsky.social Gürkan Ergin @ivanhoe76.bsky.social · Jun 8
A new Ancient Greek web library: oxytone.xyz lets you highlight different parts of a text (verbs and cases, for example) and offers full lemmatization. You can also create flash card decks from any custom selection of text (via @Athanasius_45)
June 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Orpheus is usually depicted as the ultimate heterosexual lover—so besotted with his wife, he tried to save her from Hades.

But a much more ancient myth tells how Orpheus’ QUEER love led to the invention of human song, poetry, magic, & oracular speech! 🏳️‍🌈❤️
mysteriamundi.substack.com/p/orpheus-th...
Orpheus: The Secret Queer Heart of the "Western Tradition"
And SAVE THE DATE--Next Live Chat on 6/22/25 at 2pm EDT!
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June 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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I iz good boi guarding serviceberry twee from hungwee birdz.

Look on my mighty toofies and be afwaid! Be vewy afwaid! 🦷🦷

#caturday #guardcat #toofies #ferocious #tuxedocats #staywoke
A tuxedo cat sits on a turquoise-cushioned outdoor chair. He is positioned in front of a small serviceberry tree and is scanning the sky for potential birds who might steal the berries. A closeup of the same tuxedo cat showing a row of teensy teeth he is baring at the imagined birds he is guarding the tree from.
May 31, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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NYC progressives need to start pushing the narrative that not ranking Zohran anywhere on your ballot is the equivalent of handing the election to Cuomo, ala voting for Jill Stein in 2016/2024. He doesn't have to be your #1 choice- this is about ranked choice strategy.
zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · May 27
Good morning, NYC. We have some very exciting news to share.
May 29, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Cutest lil’ catnap

#caturday #blackcats #sleepingbeauty
A black cat sleeps with her head leaning on a floral bedspread. Her paws are tucked under her chin and her fur glistens in the sunlight.
May 24, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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I don’t always summon demons, but when I do…

#fangs #toofies #vampire #bigyawn #blackcats #caturday #catsky
A black cat sits perched on a pile of books. She is in the middle of a big yawn and her bared fangs make her look like a vampire demon.
May 18, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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Join me next week in a special Live Chat on the foundations of esoteric interpretation! I’ll be sharing some of the lessons I learned from eminent scholar of ancient magic, esotericism, & religion Elaine Pagels (my grad advisor in the 90s). Deets in post.

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Secret Ancient Texts & the Art of Reading "Esoterically"
A Special Upcoming Live Chat on 5/18/25, 2-4pm EDT
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May 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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A failed “Habemus papam” meme in three acts

#caturday #catsky #grumpycatpope #failedmemes #tuxedocats #cometthecat
A tuxedo cat reluctantly sits on a bed next to his human, who has placed a facial tissue “pope hat” on his head. The human’s hand extends to settle the hat on the top of the cat’s head. A tuxedo cat swats a paw at a facial tissue “pope’s hat” that a human hand is trying to hold steady on his head. A shot of the same background with the legs and tail of a tuxedo cat just visible as he leaves the scene in a huff.
May 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Well, duh. (?
Hours before a solar eclipse, spruce trees 'talk' to each other
"Basically, we are watching the famous 'wood wide web' in action!"
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May 9, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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How your email finds me

#basking #springday #sunworship #caturday #cats #tuxedocats #catsky #fuckingoff
A tuxedo cat is draped over the side of a chaise longue that is on an apartment terrace with various flowers and greenery. The blue sky is visible overhead and the overall feeling is one of lazy contentment.
May 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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How your email finds me

#basking #springday #sunworship #caturday #cats #tuxedocats #catsky #fuckingoff
A tuxedo cat is draped over the side of a chaise longue that is on an apartment terrace with various flowers and greenery. The blue sky is visible overhead and the overall feeling is one of lazy contentment.
May 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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#Orphic
sagan.bsky.social Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · Apr 28
We are the cosmos made conscious and life is the means by which the universe understands itself.

- Prof. Brian Cox
April 29, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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I recently was on the “Within Orb” podcast w Jenn Zahrt, discussing the Orphic Hymns & contemporary physics, their impact on Western esotericism, how myth can transmit astronomical data, & ofc, the secret language of Ancient Egyptian baboons! (yes, really)

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Orphic Bootcamp!
My appearance on the Within Orb Podcast with Jenn Zahrt
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April 28, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Comet does his best reading through osmosis. #classics #greekmyth
#caturday #tuxedocats #cats #catsky
A tuxedo cat sleeps blissfully, resting his head on a copy of Hesiod’s Theogony, a work of Ancient Greek mythography.
April 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Dainty-toed sun worshipper

#caturday #blackcats #catsky #venusthecat
A black cat sits with her paws neatly extended and folded in front of her while a sunbeam lights up the top of her head. Her eyes are closed.
April 20, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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He’s only 1yo so I just told Astro what’s going on. He’s not happy.
April 13, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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I have a joke about the Orphics, but I can’t tell you
radiantg.bsky.social Radiant G🌈✨ @ Kirby Air Riders Streaming on Twitch @radiantg.bsky.social · Apr 12
I had an Eurydice joke, but looking back on it, I shouldn’t have
dorklordcanada.bsky.social Brent Jans (he/they)💜🖤🤍 @dorklordcanada.bsky.social · Apr 12
I had a Sisyphus joke, but what's the point?
April 13, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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I have a joke about Atlas but it’s a lot to bear.
metalclassicist.bsky.social Dr. Jeremy Swist @metalclassicist.bsky.social · Apr 13
A man wanted to play a joke on Diogenes but he was too chicken.
eirikurgauti.bsky.social Eiríkur Gauti @eirikurgauti.bsky.social · Apr 13
I have a joke about Aristotle that is funny in four different ways.
April 13, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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I have a joke about Philoctetes but it’s rotten.
eirikurgauti.bsky.social Eiríkur Gauti @eirikurgauti.bsky.social · Apr 13
I have a joke about Aristotle that is funny in four different ways.
metalclassicist.bsky.social Dr. Jeremy Swist @metalclassicist.bsky.social · Apr 13
I have a joke about Chrysippus so good you’ll die laughing.
April 13, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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radiantg.bsky.social
I had an Eurydice joke, but looking back on it, I shouldn’t have
dorklordcanada.bsky.social Brent Jans (he/they)💜🖤🤍 @dorklordcanada.bsky.social · Apr 12
I had a Sisyphus joke, but what's the point?
fenrisgames.com ian.fenrisgames @fenrisgames.com · Apr 12
I was planning a Circe joke but didn't use it because the audience were just pigs.
April 12, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Comet continues to be sick of this bullshit.
He thinks he could run the country better, and he has exactly three (3) brain cells.
Bruh.
#caturday #catsky #cats
#resist #handsoff
A tuxedo cat’s very skeptical face is depicted in closeup…his eyes are squinting, his ears are back, and his whiskers cockeyed to give the overall impression of being sick of everything.
April 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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MMR vaccine doesn’t just prevent measles, mumps, and rubella. It also prevents RFK Jr. from showing up at your child’s funeral to exploit your grief at your most vulnerable moment.
April 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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New translation of the Orphic Hymn of Gaia just dropped!
#orphichymns #gaia #earthday #earth #ecospirituality

mysteriamundi.substack.com/p/the-orphic...
The Orphic Hymn of Gaia (Earth)
A New Translation plus LIVE CHAT on Gaia: 4/13/25, 2pm EDT
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April 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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University of Texas researchers found that Omicron BA.1 caused lasting neurological issues in hACE2 mice, linked to blood-brain barrier breakdown, clotting, and inflammation.

Viral RNA and spike protein lingered in the brain even without live virus.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Crosstalk Among Disrupted Blood-Brain Barrier, Neuroinflammation, and Coagulopathy in AC70 hACE2 Tg Mice with Prolonged Neurological Manifestations Induced by the Omicron BA.1 Variant of SARS-CoV-2
Long COVID, or post-acute sequela of COVID (PASC), has emerged as a major post-pandemic challenge, with lasting neurological effects in a substantial number of patients. The underlying pathophysiologi...
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April 5, 2025 at 11:47 AM