Ouranocracy
@ouranocracy.bsky.social
Former archaeologist & current library worker. Civilization enthusiast. I was dooming then; I'm coping now. He/him
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Ouranocracy
@ouranocracy.bsky.social
· Sep 30
Every USN vs PLAN encounter after 2032 is like the USS Masculine Warfighter, Glorious Defender of the Cracker Barrel versus six identical copies of the CNS 我们昨天建了这个 supplied by a ship that does nothing but make birthday cakes for the other ships
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seen on WT Harris in E Charlotte
November 23, 2025 at 3:35 AM
seen on WT Harris in E Charlotte
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you have to understand maga's obsession with weirdo fucking plastic surgery as basically the same things as gang members getting face tattoos
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[marx voice] IT'S A COSTLY SIGNAL
November 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
you have to understand maga's obsession with weirdo fucking plastic surgery as basically the same things as gang members getting face tattoos
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November 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Trump: so if I recite this 'shahada' and implement a bunch of social programs, I get into heaven?
Mamdani: that's right, Mr. President
Trump: and when do I get one of those cool rugs? I always thought those looked neat. like rolling out a little red carpet for yourself every few hours
Mamdani: that's right, Mr. President
Trump: and when do I get one of those cool rugs? I always thought those looked neat. like rolling out a little red carpet for yourself every few hours
November 21, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Trump: so if I recite this 'shahada' and implement a bunch of social programs, I get into heaven?
Mamdani: that's right, Mr. President
Trump: and when do I get one of those cool rugs? I always thought those looked neat. like rolling out a little red carpet for yourself every few hours
Mamdani: that's right, Mr. President
Trump: and when do I get one of those cool rugs? I always thought those looked neat. like rolling out a little red carpet for yourself every few hours
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“There is no Santa and we are all gonna die!”
November 22, 2025 at 2:08 AM
“There is no Santa and we are all gonna die!”
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November 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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How did the built environment shape social contention in Late Antiquity?
Very pleased that this article, which has been in Early Access for just shy of a year, is now also out in print www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Very pleased that this article, which has been in Early Access for just shy of a year, is now also out in print www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Protest and Public Space in Fourth-Century Rome
Popular discontent in Late Antiquity has traditionally been interpreted as a sign of social disfunction and urban decline – a framework that has underestimated the political agency exercised by non...
www.tandfonline.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
How did the built environment shape social contention in Late Antiquity?
Very pleased that this article, which has been in Early Access for just shy of a year, is now also out in print www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Very pleased that this article, which has been in Early Access for just shy of a year, is now also out in print www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Sans titre
Jacques de Tonnancour
1958
Jacques de Tonnancour
1958
November 21, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Sans titre
Jacques de Tonnancour
1958
Jacques de Tonnancour
1958
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I don't think Italians should time travel. I think when they do it they're reinforcing colonialism.
November 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I don't think Italians should time travel. I think when they do it they're reinforcing colonialism.
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Impertinent wastrels shall face my blade
November 20, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Impertinent wastrels shall face my blade
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listen to this king. a team with low morale is ineffective. relatedly, a team with high morale is effective. also relatedly: we are going to win
“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
listen to this king. a team with low morale is ineffective. relatedly, a team with high morale is effective. also relatedly: we are going to win
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They lied about it. All of it. A thug cop shot an unarmed woman five times without justification, boasted about it to his colleagues, and then this administration tried cover it all up by arresting her and charging her with felonies.
Absolutely incredible; after shooting Marimar Martinez 5 times and arresting her on claims that she rammed them and pulled a gun, prosecutors have now moved to dismiss ALL criminal charges against her and her codefendant.
New: the govt has moved to dismiss its assault case against Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, two people accused of "box[ing] in" a Border Patrol vehicle in Chicago on Oct. 4.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
November 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
They lied about it. All of it. A thug cop shot an unarmed woman five times without justification, boasted about it to his colleagues, and then this administration tried cover it all up by arresting her and charging her with felonies.
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Mountains in Snow: Rocky Mountain Paintings VII
Lawren Harris
c. 1929
Lawren Harris
c. 1929
November 20, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Mountains in Snow: Rocky Mountain Paintings VII
Lawren Harris
c. 1929
Lawren Harris
c. 1929
Watching Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992) for the first time and am mystified by its ability to make me feel annoyed that I am seeing many beautiful topless women. Will someone please put Lucy’s boob away? Holy shit how is this movie so bad
November 19, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Watching Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992) for the first time and am mystified by its ability to make me feel annoyed that I am seeing many beautiful topless women. Will someone please put Lucy’s boob away? Holy shit how is this movie so bad
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"we're not just starving the children, we're starving the *sick* children"
November 19, 2025 at 5:31 PM
"we're not just starving the children, we're starving the *sick* children"
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your movement has to be like 8 levels removed from reality to think that some of the starving kids in gaza also having serious medical conditions makes Israel look better. it's completely insane. they just think because it's an additional fact it's somehow exonerating.
Jewish Federations applauds Olivia Reingold, a staff writer at Bari Weiss's Free Press, as she victory laps her (ghoulish and erroneous) reporting that some of the children Israel was starving to death and denying medical aid to in Gaza had pre-existing conditions.
November 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
your movement has to be like 8 levels removed from reality to think that some of the starving kids in gaza also having serious medical conditions makes Israel look better. it's completely insane. they just think because it's an additional fact it's somehow exonerating.
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Melissa Tran came here on a Green Card at age 11.
She's since raised 4 kids, started a business, & is a beloved member of the Hagerstown community.
Trump is deporting her, despite a judge saying she poses no threat.
Is she the "worst of the worst"? Do you feel safer yet?
She's since raised 4 kids, started a business, & is a beloved member of the Hagerstown community.
Trump is deporting her, despite a judge saying she poses no threat.
Is she the "worst of the worst"? Do you feel safer yet?
Hagerstown mother and nail salon owner set for deportation to Vietnam
Melissa Tran’s six-month legal battle has highlighted the impacts of President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement campaign on longtime residents and their families.
www.thebanner.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Melissa Tran came here on a Green Card at age 11.
She's since raised 4 kids, started a business, & is a beloved member of the Hagerstown community.
Trump is deporting her, despite a judge saying she poses no threat.
Is she the "worst of the worst"? Do you feel safer yet?
She's since raised 4 kids, started a business, & is a beloved member of the Hagerstown community.
Trump is deporting her, despite a judge saying she poses no threat.
Is she the "worst of the worst"? Do you feel safer yet?
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“I’ll fight until hell freezes over and then I’ll cut the ice and fight on”
November 17, 2025 at 7:55 PM
“I’ll fight until hell freezes over and then I’ll cut the ice and fight on”
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Stunning 2,000 year-old #Roman purple glass bottle, probably used for perfume.
📷 Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins
#Archaeology
📷 Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins
#Archaeology
November 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Stunning 2,000 year-old #Roman purple glass bottle, probably used for perfume.
📷 Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins
#Archaeology
📷 Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins
#Archaeology
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Mugs with "toasts" , just like today
For #EpigraphyTuesday
Roman pottery with Latin inscriptions, made for wine drinking! 🍷
‘Give us wine!’
‘Fill me up!’
‘Well be to you!’
Trier Region, Late 3rd-early 4th century AD. Landesmuseum Trier 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Roman pottery with Latin inscriptions, made for wine drinking! 🍷
‘Give us wine!’
‘Fill me up!’
‘Well be to you!’
Trier Region, Late 3rd-early 4th century AD. Landesmuseum Trier 📷 by me
#Archaeology
![My photo collage shows three Roman black-slipped pottery vessels with white painted Latin inscriptions and white vine-like flowing decoration set against a rich pinky-purple display case background.
These so-called ‘motto beakers’, decorated with wine-themed Latin inscriptions painted in white slip, were produced in the Trier region during the mid 3rd century. They proved very popular and were exported to Britain and the Danube
Top image: cylindrical cup with straight sides with narrower base. The dark, almost black surface is decorated with large white letters V M N. The inscription around the cup reads VINIVM NOBIIS DA/ Give us wine! There is a band of rope-like white ornamentation near the rim. Beneath the lettering is a vinemotif with cluster of threeroundish ‘grape’ shapes. There are visible cracks where the cup has been restored. From Trier or surroundings, 280-315 AD.
Bottom left: elegant dark jug with a narrow base, rounded body, and long neck that flares outward to a broad lip. A single curved handle connects the neck to the upper body. The decoration includes the large white letters R E P and swirling white scroll ornamentation. The full inscription encircling the jug reads REPLE ME - Fill me up! From Trier, St. Matthias, 280-315 AD.
Bottom right: A cylindrical beaker with a narrower base. White lettering near the top reads E N E T I B. The full inscription around the beaker reads B[ENIE T[BI S]|[T] - Well be to you! Beneath the text is a continuous vine-scroll design with stylised leaves or grapes. From Trier, Louis-Lintz-Straße, 260-270 AD.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j56ydp325adovobhwpkzc6sp/bafkreidvgcm4meck4zsw7uiucznujg7fw5cdeu2lguukrglcw6t2gxmujq@jpeg)
November 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Mugs with "toasts" , just like today
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Caribou
Eddie Cobiness ~ Ojibwe
1979
Eddie Cobiness ~ Ojibwe
1979
November 19, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Caribou
Eddie Cobiness ~ Ojibwe
1979
Eddie Cobiness ~ Ojibwe
1979