Ivy Winter
@ivywinters.bsky.social
How very wonderful it is to live alongside a cat.
Classics & English | Asian-British. I like to read, among other things many and divers. Special love for Classical reception in the form of shitposting. Contemplating starting a new life in Berlin.
Classics & English | Asian-British. I like to read, among other things many and divers. Special love for Classical reception in the form of shitposting. Contemplating starting a new life in Berlin.
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Ivy Winter
@ivywinters.bsky.social
· Oct 19
Donate to Urgent Vet Fees for my Cat, organized by Ivy Winter
My poor little cat has what the vet calls "bad genes", and needs urgent medical care for his dam… Ivy Winter needs your support for Urgent Vet Fees for my Cat
gofund.me
This is very embarrassing, but I've been caught out with vet fees for my cat's teeth. I can't scrape together enough money to take the hit, so I'd be very grateful if anyone can throw a few spare pounds towards his gofundme 🥲
#CatHelp #CatFund #VetBills #Help
gofund.me/2d0fab351
#CatHelp #CatFund #VetBills #Help
gofund.me/2d0fab351
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Jade pendant in the shape of a silkworm, China, c. 10th century BCE, from Met Museum collection www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
November 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Jade pendant in the shape of a silkworm, China, c. 10th century BCE, from Met Museum collection www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
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*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.
November 11, 2025 at 12:52 AM
*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.
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IN DMS TO MY LORD: fret not over the lord marshal's louis vuitton receipt my liege. Your loubs' authenticity is beyond reproach... you might ask your vassals to answer for their seditious words
IN THE SCHEMING EUNUCH GC: Imperial Fit Check 👀🤣 Son Of Heaven But Lookin Like Daddy Work At Foot Locker
IN THE SCHEMING EUNUCH GC: Imperial Fit Check 👀🤣 Son Of Heaven But Lookin Like Daddy Work At Foot Locker
November 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
IN DMS TO MY LORD: fret not over the lord marshal's louis vuitton receipt my liege. Your loubs' authenticity is beyond reproach... you might ask your vassals to answer for their seditious words
IN THE SCHEMING EUNUCH GC: Imperial Fit Check 👀🤣 Son Of Heaven But Lookin Like Daddy Work At Foot Locker
IN THE SCHEMING EUNUCH GC: Imperial Fit Check 👀🤣 Son Of Heaven But Lookin Like Daddy Work At Foot Locker
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Glad that someone has finally taken responsibility for the appalling assault on democracy that was the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
November 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Glad that someone has finally taken responsibility for the appalling assault on democracy that was the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
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Self-portraits of the manuscript's illuminator, William de Brailes:
"w. de brail' qui me depeint"
BL Add 49999; 'The De Brailes Hours'; Oxford; c.1240; ff.43r, 47r, 88v
"w. de brail' qui me depeint"
BL Add 49999; 'The De Brailes Hours'; Oxford; c.1240; ff.43r, 47r, 88v
November 6, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Self-portraits of the manuscript's illuminator, William de Brailes:
"w. de brail' qui me depeint"
BL Add 49999; 'The De Brailes Hours'; Oxford; c.1240; ff.43r, 47r, 88v
"w. de brail' qui me depeint"
BL Add 49999; 'The De Brailes Hours'; Oxford; c.1240; ff.43r, 47r, 88v
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the Cuomintang has lost the mandate of heaven
November 5, 2025 at 4:07 AM
the Cuomintang has lost the mandate of heaven
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"That one banner of Shōhei Ohtani eating an onigiri that's in front of every FamilyMart"
(the banner reads: "I was born in a country that has delicious rice balls")
x.com/dailyportalz...
(the banner reads: "I was born in a country that has delicious rice balls")
x.com/dailyportalz...
November 2, 2025 at 4:12 PM
"That one banner of Shōhei Ohtani eating an onigiri that's in front of every FamilyMart"
(the banner reads: "I was born in a country that has delicious rice balls")
x.com/dailyportalz...
(the banner reads: "I was born in a country that has delicious rice balls")
x.com/dailyportalz...
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"That janitor who cleans the escalator handrail by holding a cloth in place as the escalator moves"
x.com/dailyportalz...
x.com/dailyportalz...
November 2, 2025 at 9:43 AM
"That janitor who cleans the escalator handrail by holding a cloth in place as the escalator moves"
x.com/dailyportalz...
x.com/dailyportalz...
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November 2, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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me explaining daylight saving time to the cat
November 2, 2025 at 8:42 PM
me explaining daylight saving time to the cat
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Homey literally said "touch mass"
November 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Homey literally said "touch mass"
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2/2 By the window, forever pouring that careful little stream of milk. What was hanging, earlier, on that nail behind her, or at the other nail-holes on that wall? Johannes Vermeer's quiet mysteries.
October 31, 2025 at 2:07 PM
2/2 By the window, forever pouring that careful little stream of milk. What was hanging, earlier, on that nail behind her, or at the other nail-holes on that wall? Johannes Vermeer's quiet mysteries.
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The level of pumpkin carving to which I aspire
(By the artist Michael Cherney)
「忽肚痛不可堪，不知是冷熱所致，欲服大黃湯，冷熱俱有益。如何為計，非臨床。」
(By the artist Michael Cherney)
「忽肚痛不可堪，不知是冷熱所致，欲服大黃湯，冷熱俱有益。如何為計，非臨床。」
October 29, 2025 at 12:16 AM
The level of pumpkin carving to which I aspire
(By the artist Michael Cherney)
「忽肚痛不可堪，不知是冷熱所致，欲服大黃湯，冷熱俱有益。如何為計，非臨床。」
(By the artist Michael Cherney)
「忽肚痛不可堪，不知是冷熱所致，欲服大黃湯，冷熱俱有益。如何為計，非臨床。」
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this isn't one of your big city "funny" satires
CW: only tears, no smiles
CW: only tears, no smiles
October 29, 2025 at 7:49 PM
this isn't one of your big city "funny" satires
CW: only tears, no smiles
CW: only tears, no smiles
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every link I click in the unrealized projects rabbit hole is another project I will never realize
October 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
every link I click in the unrealized projects rabbit hole is another project I will never realize
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unfortunately, I hate to inform you, but in trying to make the most distilled form of a Skinner box, Heather Flowers made art
October 20, 2025 at 11:22 PM
unfortunately, I hate to inform you, but in trying to make the most distilled form of a Skinner box, Heather Flowers made art
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pleased to announce that there seems to be a passive-aggressive conflict roiling the august pages of Cooks Illustrated, Fall Harvest recipes edition. allow me to explain:
October 20, 2025 at 3:35 AM
pleased to announce that there seems to be a passive-aggressive conflict roiling the august pages of Cooks Illustrated, Fall Harvest recipes edition. allow me to explain:
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Sorry but this is the funniest headline I will read all year
October 19, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Sorry but this is the funniest headline I will read all year
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#OtD 19 Oct 1945 the UK Labour govt decided to illegally deport over 1000 Chinese seamen who lived in Liverpool. Even men married to British women were expelled, along with some of their wives who were then stripped of British citizenship stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9142...
October 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM
#OtD 19 Oct 1945 the UK Labour govt decided to illegally deport over 1000 Chinese seamen who lived in Liverpool. Even men married to British women were expelled, along with some of their wives who were then stripped of British citizenship stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9142...
This is very embarrassing, but I've been caught out with vet fees for my cat's teeth. I can't scrape together enough money to take the hit, so I'd be very grateful if anyone can throw a few spare pounds towards his gofundme 🥲
#CatHelp #CatFund #VetBills #Help
gofund.me/2d0fab351
#CatHelp #CatFund #VetBills #Help
gofund.me/2d0fab351
Donate to Urgent Vet Fees for my Cat, organized by Ivy Winter
My poor little cat has what the vet calls "bad genes", and needs urgent medical care for his dam… Ivy Winter needs your support for Urgent Vet Fees for my Cat
gofund.me
October 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
This is very embarrassing, but I've been caught out with vet fees for my cat's teeth. I can't scrape together enough money to take the hit, so I'd be very grateful if anyone can throw a few spare pounds towards his gofundme 🥲
#CatHelp #CatFund #VetBills #Help
gofund.me/2d0fab351
#CatHelp #CatFund #VetBills #Help
gofund.me/2d0fab351
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Well this will certainly do it www.gov.uk/government/n...
Migrants will be required to pass A Level standard of English
Migrants will be required to pass tough new English language requirements under a law introduced in Parliament today.
www.gov.uk
October 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Well this will certainly do it www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Commenting on student papers which analyze the hunting scenes from the Jiuyuangang tombs, I am suddenly confronted with the problem of Bears In Early Chinese Art. So far the students seem pretty uniformly convinced these are rats, which is giving them an odd take on hunting in the late 6th century.
October 14, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Commenting on student papers which analyze the hunting scenes from the Jiuyuangang tombs, I am suddenly confronted with the problem of Bears In Early Chinese Art. So far the students seem pretty uniformly convinced these are rats, which is giving them an odd take on hunting in the late 6th century.