Orion🌈&sm9eb
@sm9eb.bsky.social
Archaeologist specializing in Late Neolithic/Halaf Şanlıurfa, Turkey; D.C.-born; foodie; astronomy & gardening buff; former guardian of Urfalı cat Commander Orion 🌈🖤; current guardian of not-a-Guest-anymore Cat Italy!
FWIW I believe calling someone "ceylan gibi," "like a gazelle," is a rather nice compliment for a young woman in Turkish & doesn't come off quite as sexist as it does in English. It's meant to imply youthful elegance, sthg a nice auntie would say. Fluent Turkish speakers, correct me if I'm wrong.
Dr Oz to CNN host Pamela Brown on weight loss drugs: "Pam looks like a gazelle. You probably don't need it."
February 6, 2026 at 8:03 PM
FWIW I believe calling someone "ceylan gibi," "like a gazelle," is a rather nice compliment for a young woman in Turkish & doesn't come off quite as sexist as it does in English. It's meant to imply youthful elegance, sthg a nice auntie would say. Fluent Turkish speakers, correct me if I'm wrong.
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A new #OpenAccess textbook for Sahidic Coptic!
#Egyptology #ClassicsBlueSky
#AncientBlueSky #LangSky
uclpress.co.uk/book/sahidic...
#Egyptology #ClassicsBlueSky
#AncientBlueSky #LangSky
uclpress.co.uk/book/sahidic...
Sahidic Coptic
Begin your journey in Sahidic Coptic. This open access textbook offers essential grammar and readings for understanding Coptic texts.
uclpress.co.uk
January 30, 2026 at 7:47 PM
A new #OpenAccess textbook for Sahidic Coptic!
#Egyptology #ClassicsBlueSky
#AncientBlueSky #LangSky
uclpress.co.uk/book/sahidic...
#Egyptology #ClassicsBlueSky
#AncientBlueSky #LangSky
uclpress.co.uk/book/sahidic...
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Today’s moment of calm.
I am painting a little brown mouse to commission. I hope it brings satisfaction. It’s what I do. I gaze at animals and try to show you that they have, spirit, personality,dignity, grace and as much right as you have to be left in peace.
I am painting a little brown mouse to commission. I hope it brings satisfaction. It’s what I do. I gaze at animals and try to show you that they have, spirit, personality,dignity, grace and as much right as you have to be left in peace.
February 6, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Today’s moment of calm.
I am painting a little brown mouse to commission. I hope it brings satisfaction. It’s what I do. I gaze at animals and try to show you that they have, spirit, personality,dignity, grace and as much right as you have to be left in peace.
I am painting a little brown mouse to commission. I hope it brings satisfaction. It’s what I do. I gaze at animals and try to show you that they have, spirit, personality,dignity, grace and as much right as you have to be left in peace.
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Hi friendzos! Anyone out there an expert in the formation of star systems, particularly hot/warm Jupiter systems and/or planetary migration models? Looking for someone to talk to for an article. 🧪🔭
February 5, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Hi friendzos! Anyone out there an expert in the formation of star systems, particularly hot/warm Jupiter systems and/or planetary migration models? Looking for someone to talk to for an article. 🧪🔭
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I am ADAMANTLY opposed to any violation of our Constitutionally guaranteed separation of religion and state.
I am ADAMANTLY opposed to any violation of our Constitutionally guaranteed separation of religion and state.
"As the Government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion..."
- The United States Senate, unanimously and without debate, 1797.
#ImpeachHegseth
- The United States Senate, unanimously and without debate, 1797.
#ImpeachHegseth
February 6, 2026 at 6:19 PM
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I am ADAMANTLY opposed to any violation of our Constitutionally guaranteed separation of religion and state.
I am ADAMANTLY opposed to any violation of our Constitutionally guaranteed separation of religion and state.
But here's the question: since they seem to be implying that this was Steven Cheung (smells like him with his AI enthusiasm), will they throw him completely under the bus and fire him?
February 6, 2026 at 6:12 PM
But here's the question: since they seem to be implying that this was Steven Cheung (smells like him with his AI enthusiasm), will they throw him completely under the bus and fire him?
#DiggingForBritain is on BBC iPlayer! Will check to see if it works Stateside.
Did you miss Antiquity authors Benjamin W. Roberts and R. Alan Williams on #DiggingForBritain yesterday? No problem! You can catch up on BBC iPlayer at www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... or go straight to the source in their #AntiquityBlog: www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...
Excavating the British tin trade that shaped the Bronze Age
In 2025, we published an article in Antiquity, demonstrating through chemical and isotopic analyses that, c. 1300 BC, tin ingots made from tin ores in southwest Britain are found on shipwrecks off…
www.cambridge.org
February 6, 2026 at 4:38 PM
#DiggingForBritain is on BBC iPlayer! Will check to see if it works Stateside.
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Did you miss Antiquity authors Benjamin W. Roberts and R. Alan Williams on #DiggingForBritain yesterday? No problem! You can catch up on BBC iPlayer at www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... or go straight to the source in their #AntiquityBlog: www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...
Excavating the British tin trade that shaped the Bronze Age
In 2025, we published an article in Antiquity, demonstrating through chemical and isotopic analyses that, c. 1300 BC, tin ingots made from tin ores in southwest Britain are found on shipwrecks off…
www.cambridge.org
February 6, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Did you miss Antiquity authors Benjamin W. Roberts and R. Alan Williams on #DiggingForBritain yesterday? No problem! You can catch up on BBC iPlayer at www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... or go straight to the source in their #AntiquityBlog: www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...
I can't get over the swing of the research pendulum over the last year, both in the US and abroad. The news that Epstein was all over astronomy funding--discussing the EHT, exchanging emails w/ prominent astronomers--on the back of deep NSF cuts, then hopefully a rebound...It's all so disheartening.
The mood music is very bleak for UK astronomy funding at the moment.
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
UK ‘could lose generation of scientists’ with cuts to projects and research facilities
UK’s research funding body says best scientists are taking posts overseas due to lack of job stability at home
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:36 PM
I can't get over the swing of the research pendulum over the last year, both in the US and abroad. The news that Epstein was all over astronomy funding--discussing the EHT, exchanging emails w/ prominent astronomers--on the back of deep NSF cuts, then hopefully a rebound...It's all so disheartening.
Nicola Sturgeon!
Picture 1: Two plain clothes police officers during a search of Peter Mandelson's home
Picture 2: Police search Nicola Sturgeon and Peter Murrell's home
Picture 2: Police search Nicola Sturgeon and Peter Murrell's home
February 6, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Nicola Sturgeon!
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...allow you to explore how many fewer days below freezing per year your area is expected to get under different global warming scenarios. Here's a link to the map layers. buff.ly/nk3vHrl (2/3)
NCA5 Interactive Atlas
Change in the Number of Days Under 32 deg F
www.arcgis.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:23 AM
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Booo look whst they did to the NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology RFP, forcing AI garbage on everyone.
Dawg are you fucking kidding me bsky.app/profile/horm...
February 6, 2026 at 6:44 AM
Booo look whst they did to the NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology RFP, forcing AI garbage on everyone.
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Holy shit: it's an RFP for the NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology (PRFB). Hello old friend www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB)
www.nsf.gov
February 5, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Holy shit: it's an RFP for the NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology (PRFB). Hello old friend www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
If you haven't, you need to see A Street Cat Named Bob and the Istanbul cat documentary Kedi before making a decision about this controversial assertion!
A new retrospective celebrates the work of the cat credited with roles in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Comedy of Terrors and Rhubarb
Purr-fect casting: is Orangey the most important movie cat ever?
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:35 AM
If you haven't, you need to see A Street Cat Named Bob and the Istanbul cat documentary Kedi before making a decision about this controversial assertion!
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The play is not well known, it was not published or performed at the time, likely because it was censored.
Thomas More, sheriff of London, asks the rioters to imagine themselves in the shoes of the immigrants they're attacking.
Thomas More, sheriff of London, asks the rioters to imagine themselves in the shoes of the immigrants they're attacking.
February 5, 2026 at 8:49 PM
The play is not well known, it was not published or performed at the time, likely because it was censored.
Thomas More, sheriff of London, asks the rioters to imagine themselves in the shoes of the immigrants they're attacking.
Thomas More, sheriff of London, asks the rioters to imagine themselves in the shoes of the immigrants they're attacking.
"What would you think to be thus used? This is the Stranger's Case; and this your mountainish inhumanity."
Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
February 6, 2026 at 6:04 AM
"What would you think to be thus used? This is the Stranger's Case; and this your mountainish inhumanity."
A little summer New Zealand color for those of us encased in #snowcrete.
Summer brings colour against the darkness #bloomscrolling
February 6, 2026 at 5:52 AM
A little summer New Zealand color for those of us encased in #snowcrete.
No new pictures. Where you at mentally?
February 6, 2026 at 5:39 AM
No new pictures. Where you at mentally?
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oh btw if you need the CIA World Factbook because they took it down with no warning because we can't have nice things, here's where you can get the PDF for the 2024-2025 edition: annas-archive.li/md5/92d7b783...
The CIA World Factbook 2024-2025 - Anna’s Archive
Central Intelligence Agency
The ultimate, comprehensive guide to official country data and statistics, from the world’s most sop
Simon and Schuster
annas-archive.li
February 6, 2026 at 3:44 AM
oh btw if you need the CIA World Factbook because they took it down with no warning because we can't have nice things, here's where you can get the PDF for the 2024-2025 edition: annas-archive.li/md5/92d7b783...
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Marty Weil is a legend. He was the last reporter remaining from the Watergate era at the Post. Just an phenomenal old-school metro reporter. They axed him too.
Please read this story to honor his tenure at the Post. (Gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...
Please read this story to honor his tenure at the Post. (Gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...
He Was Laid Off at The Washington Post After Working There 60 Years
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Marty Weil is a legend. He was the last reporter remaining from the Watergate era at the Post. Just an phenomenal old-school metro reporter. They axed him too.
Please read this story to honor his tenure at the Post. (Gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...
Please read this story to honor his tenure at the Post. (Gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...
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all these reputation defenders really being unable to make much progress because of Wikipedia editors and journalists is a very good reminder of why we have to defend them at all costs
February 6, 2026 at 2:38 AM
all these reputation defenders really being unable to make much progress because of Wikipedia editors and journalists is a very good reminder of why we have to defend them at all costs
The problem with the new zNetflix ice skating show #FindingHerEdge is that
A) it isn't a return of #SaveSpinningOut, with its side story about class and bipolar disorder,
B) I can't shake the feeling there's a lot of plastic surgery on very young people, and
C) some creepy unlikable characters (dad)
A) it isn't a return of #SaveSpinningOut, with its side story about class and bipolar disorder,
B) I can't shake the feeling there's a lot of plastic surgery on very young people, and
C) some creepy unlikable characters (dad)
February 6, 2026 at 2:51 AM
The problem with the new zNetflix ice skating show #FindingHerEdge is that
A) it isn't a return of #SaveSpinningOut, with its side story about class and bipolar disorder,
B) I can't shake the feeling there's a lot of plastic surgery on very young people, and
C) some creepy unlikable characters (dad)
A) it isn't a return of #SaveSpinningOut, with its side story about class and bipolar disorder,
B) I can't shake the feeling there's a lot of plastic surgery on very young people, and
C) some creepy unlikable characters (dad)