Zylla Black
@zyllable.bsky.social
(she/they) Lefty video essayist, independent academic, archaeogaming streamer, and sf/f fiction author. https://linktr.ee/Zyllable
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Zylla Black
@zyllable.bsky.social
· Nov 8
PraxisTown Projects - YouTube
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Hi hello influx of yet more new followers! I'm a weirdo Lefty who thinks you can, too! I do ancient history, linguistics, activism, and advocacy, and I even write fiction sometimes! Welcome.
Here's a starter: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Here's a starter: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Premiering now!!!
Conservation or genocide? A new video is premiering tonight at 19:00! Give it a like and a share and tune in for the premier
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Conservation or Genocide?
YouTube video by JohntheDuncan
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November 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Premiering now!!!
I genuinely thought better of Clark. Sigh.
Most #Massachusetts House members join Republicans in performative yawp over socialism
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November 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I genuinely thought better of Clark. Sigh.
This week is a great time to remember that the Indigenous peoples of this land are still here and still vibrant (and also make some kickass music). #landback
Today’s Metal & Premodernity class examined the reception of North American indigenous themes, the problematic narratives of white European bands like Europe & Iron Maiden, & how indigenous bands like M.I.S., Pan-Amerikan Native Front, & Blackbraid reclaim their narratives, voice, & heritage.
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
This week is a great time to remember that the Indigenous peoples of this land are still here and still vibrant (and also make some kickass music). #landback
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No bailouts. The US should extort these companies when the crash happens so they get minimal compensation in return for nationalizing the entire panopticon industry and then destroying it once harvested for socially useful parts. It won’t happen but it should
November 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
No bailouts. The US should extort these companies when the crash happens so they get minimal compensation in return for nationalizing the entire panopticon industry and then destroying it once harvested for socially useful parts. It won’t happen but it should
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NEW Renegade Cut on my channel. It's the third in my trio of videos about killing all Nazis (in video games).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yFH...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yFH...
Call of Duty : World at War - KILL ALL NAZIS | Renegade Cut
YouTube video by Renegade Cut
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November 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
NEW Renegade Cut on my channel. It's the third in my trio of videos about killing all Nazis (in video games).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yFH...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yFH...
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*Sigh*
It is bad and evil to desire a majority white country. This should not be controversial. Ethnostates are bad. Racial purity is bullshit. There's no such thing as white culture because there's no such thing as the "white race" and white people aren't better at anything than anyone else.
It is bad and evil to desire a majority white country. This should not be controversial. Ethnostates are bad. Racial purity is bullshit. There's no such thing as white culture because there's no such thing as the "white race" and white people aren't better at anything than anyone else.
November 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
*Sigh*
It is bad and evil to desire a majority white country. This should not be controversial. Ethnostates are bad. Racial purity is bullshit. There's no such thing as white culture because there's no such thing as the "white race" and white people aren't better at anything than anyone else.
It is bad and evil to desire a majority white country. This should not be controversial. Ethnostates are bad. Racial purity is bullshit. There's no such thing as white culture because there's no such thing as the "white race" and white people aren't better at anything than anyone else.
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It’s that time of year when everyone goes ‘Omg I gotta tell everyone all the things they can nominate me for’ and then sits around wondering if anyone actually will.
Feel free to nominate my stories for a Hugo, Nebula, Stoker, BSFA, Pulitzer, Nobel… But, equally, I’m thrilled if you just read them.
Feel free to nominate my stories for a Hugo, Nebula, Stoker, BSFA, Pulitzer, Nobel… But, equally, I’m thrilled if you just read them.
November 24, 2025 at 9:24 AM
It’s that time of year when everyone goes ‘Omg I gotta tell everyone all the things they can nominate me for’ and then sits around wondering if anyone actually will.
Feel free to nominate my stories for a Hugo, Nebula, Stoker, BSFA, Pulitzer, Nobel… But, equally, I’m thrilled if you just read them.
Feel free to nominate my stories for a Hugo, Nebula, Stoker, BSFA, Pulitzer, Nobel… But, equally, I’m thrilled if you just read them.
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It costs next to nothing to wear a mask
It’s one of the best investments you can make in your long term health
Covid is still here & still disabling
It only takes one infection to change your life forever
Masks, especially N95s, are great protection!
If you can’t afford one try a mask block:
It’s one of the best investments you can make in your long term health
Covid is still here & still disabling
It only takes one infection to change your life forever
Masks, especially N95s, are great protection!
If you can’t afford one try a mask block:
Worldwide Mask Bloc Directory – Find your local Mask Bloc
MaskBloc.org lists active Mask Blocs around the world. Free high-quality masks, COVID-19 tests and other equipment for your community. Mutual Aid & We Keep Us Safe.
maskbloc.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:11 AM
It costs next to nothing to wear a mask
It’s one of the best investments you can make in your long term health
Covid is still here & still disabling
It only takes one infection to change your life forever
Masks, especially N95s, are great protection!
If you can’t afford one try a mask block:
It’s one of the best investments you can make in your long term health
Covid is still here & still disabling
It only takes one infection to change your life forever
Masks, especially N95s, are great protection!
If you can’t afford one try a mask block:
Abolish ICE.
We don’t need to reform ICE.
We don’t need alternatives to ICE.
We don’t need to engage in dishonest debates wondering what the U.S. would do without ICE.
ICE isn’t even 23 years old. Most adults know a world without ICE. And the billions used to fund ICE can be used to meet people’s basic needs.
We don’t need alternatives to ICE.
We don’t need to engage in dishonest debates wondering what the U.S. would do without ICE.
ICE isn’t even 23 years old. Most adults know a world without ICE. And the billions used to fund ICE can be used to meet people’s basic needs.
November 23, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Abolish ICE.
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The history of photography is the history of violence.
My new video, The Psychic Burden of Being Watched, is out now on @nebula.tv.
My new video, The Psychic Burden of Being Watched, is out now on @nebula.tv.
Lily Alexandre — The Psychic Burden of Being Watched
“Look for anything in your surroundings that appears disturbed, out of place or odd. Be wary of anything with an inexplicable hole in it.”
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November 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The history of photography is the history of violence.
My new video, The Psychic Burden of Being Watched, is out now on @nebula.tv.
My new video, The Psychic Burden of Being Watched, is out now on @nebula.tv.
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I was always going to be a professor, except that it turns out grad school is hell and my department was its own special annex.
Instead of being cut off from academia, social media got me in touch with other people doing things I cared about, and I wound up managing a nonprofit for three years?
I was always going to be a professor, except that it turns out grad school is hell and my department was its own special annex.
Instead of being cut off from academia, social media got me in touch with other people doing things I cared about, and I wound up managing a nonprofit for three years?
November 22, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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I was always going to be a professor, except that it turns out grad school is hell and my department was its own special annex.
Instead of being cut off from academia, social media got me in touch with other people doing things I cared about, and I wound up managing a nonprofit for three years?
I was always going to be a professor, except that it turns out grad school is hell and my department was its own special annex.
Instead of being cut off from academia, social media got me in touch with other people doing things I cared about, and I wound up managing a nonprofit for three years?
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Wheatpasted outside the Metro in #OccupiedDC
November 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Wheatpasted outside the Metro in #OccupiedDC
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Hoping to check out Lorenzo Paoletti’s new volume, "Alexander the Evil. Resistance and Opposition to the Macedonian Rule in the Ancient Iranian World: Witnesses, Memories and Impacts".
Alexander the Evil. Resistance and opposition to the Macedonian rule in the ancient Iranian world: witnesses, memories and impacts - Lorenzo Paoletti
Alexander is the most celebrated figure in Classical Antiquity and lends himself to multiple readings.
www.mimesisedizioni.it
November 22, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Hoping to check out Lorenzo Paoletti’s new volume, "Alexander the Evil. Resistance and Opposition to the Macedonian Rule in the Ancient Iranian World: Witnesses, Memories and Impacts".
And to think, I used to dislike Chomsky largely for his linguistic theory.
November 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
And to think, I used to dislike Chomsky largely for his linguistic theory.
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I'll never forget the teacher I worked with who had worked in SpEd for decades...somehow, who experienced a child having a "throw a chair" level episode (not at her, just in the same building) and it shattered her "disabled children are god's angels" idea so hard she cried in a closet for two hours.
Some special ed teachers' brains are really busted from having stewed in a system of compliance and (white lady) saviorism for so long. Just saw one woman talking about how she was going to make her own (disabled) child earn lunch. Like, no ma'am you are not doing a "good job"; go feed your child.
November 22, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I'll never forget the teacher I worked with who had worked in SpEd for decades...somehow, who experienced a child having a "throw a chair" level episode (not at her, just in the same building) and it shattered her "disabled children are god's angels" idea so hard she cried in a closet for two hours.
Another Saturday, another stream! Tortoise and I will be playing more Hades II and talking Greek mythology, etymology, and who knows what all! 3 p.m. EST on my Twitch channel.
#archaeogaming #AncientBluesky 🏺
www.twitch.tv/zyllable
#archaeogaming #AncientBluesky 🏺
www.twitch.tv/zyllable
zyllable - Twitch
Hello and welcome! I'm Zylla, and this is where I'll be streaming. I'm primarily planning to use this space to play and comment on video games that touch on my areas of expertise, particularly the a...
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November 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Another Saturday, another stream! Tortoise and I will be playing more Hades II and talking Greek mythology, etymology, and who knows what all! 3 p.m. EST on my Twitch channel.
#archaeogaming #AncientBluesky 🏺
www.twitch.tv/zyllable
#archaeogaming #AncientBluesky 🏺
www.twitch.tv/zyllable
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I have never felt so seen
I will scream an ear off about the tyranny of bloodless, joyless, rote hyperrealism for HOURS
I will scream an ear off about the tyranny of bloodless, joyless, rote hyperrealism for HOURS
“THE NON-ARTIST FIXATION ON HYPERREALISM AS THE PINNACLE OF ART IS CLEARLY PART OF THE REASON SO MANY ADULTS THINK THEY CANNOT DRAW OR CONSIDER THEMSELVES TO BE FAILURES, KAWAII, FOLK ART, DOODLES, OR OTHER EASIER ENTRY POINTS ARE CONSIDERED CHILDISH, WHICH IS WHY JAPANESE DRAWING BOOKS ARE BETTER…”
November 21, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I have never felt so seen
I will scream an ear off about the tyranny of bloodless, joyless, rote hyperrealism for HOURS
I will scream an ear off about the tyranny of bloodless, joyless, rote hyperrealism for HOURS
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On right now www.youtube.com/live/bc8E30A...
7TH GEN FUNDRAISER: Day 4
YouTube video by Tirrrb
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November 20, 2025 at 10:14 PM
On right now www.youtube.com/live/bc8E30A...
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Not that this is the important part, but this fuckin slaps too
So this is happening outside of the Heritage Foundation right now
"Fuck ICE! Fuck ICE! Fuck Project 2025! Fuck Alligator Alcatraz!"
"Fuck ICE! Fuck ICE! Fuck Project 2025! Fuck Alligator Alcatraz!"
November 20, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Not that this is the important part, but this fuckin slaps too
I'm on now!
DAY 4 STARTS TODAY!!!
We're fundraising all week for 7th gen, a communal org that brings meals/supplies/shelter to those that need it most!!!
Our relatives and fellow citizens are out there freezing right now!!!
Let's change that : chuffed.org/project/1409...
We're fundraising all week for 7th gen, a communal org that brings meals/supplies/shelter to those that need it most!!!
Our relatives and fellow citizens are out there freezing right now!!!
Let's change that : chuffed.org/project/1409...
November 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I'm on now!
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we must abolish ICE
NEWSWEEK: “Chinese immigrant found hanging in ICE detention with his hands and feet tied behind him… Chaofeng Ge died 4 days after entering ICE custody in Pennsylvania… deaths in ICE custody have gone up under Trump…”
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
November 20, 2025 at 6:40 PM
we must abolish ICE
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NEW VIDEO! Investigating Elon Musk's very weird claims (based off of no evidence) about the Fall of Rome and birth rates led me down a very strange rabbit hole that shows how his catastrophic view of history informs the decisions he makes
youtu.be/s2fEaglzsR0
youtu.be/s2fEaglzsR0
Fall of Rome: Elon Musk’s Crazy Doomsday History
YouTube video by Archaeology with Flint Dibble
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
NEW VIDEO! Investigating Elon Musk's very weird claims (based off of no evidence) about the Fall of Rome and birth rates led me down a very strange rabbit hole that shows how his catastrophic view of history informs the decisions he makes
youtu.be/s2fEaglzsR0
youtu.be/s2fEaglzsR0
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When I wrote about John Comaroff in SAPIENS "The Case Against Harvard," I made the same argument so many women are making now.
Yes. We're mad that these abuses continue. But we're even madder that everyone has always known about it.
You just look away. Every. Time. You just look away.
Yes. We're mad that these abuses continue. But we're even madder that everyone has always known about it.
You just look away. Every. Time. You just look away.
November 20, 2025 at 2:19 AM
When I wrote about John Comaroff in SAPIENS "The Case Against Harvard," I made the same argument so many women are making now.
Yes. We're mad that these abuses continue. But we're even madder that everyone has always known about it.
You just look away. Every. Time. You just look away.
Yes. We're mad that these abuses continue. But we're even madder that everyone has always known about it.
You just look away. Every. Time. You just look away.