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Profile's a work in progress. Still slowly transitioning into using this place more
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I think it is often not appreciated that the legal systems in Mesopotamia went far beyond criminal law or setting out remedies for basic torts into dealing with many issues that arise today. The formalised methods of adoption are one. But there are many others such as shipping & inheritance.
This cracked clay tablet from the 1800s BCE preserves the moment a baby named Ili-awīli was adopted from his mother Ayartum and her husband by another couple.
People adopted for many reasons in ancient Mesopotamia — desire for a baby, need for an heir, adopting child from a previous marriage, etc.
People adopted for many reasons in ancient Mesopotamia — desire for a baby, need for an heir, adopting child from a previous marriage, etc.
December 21, 2025 at 10:09 AM
I think it is often not appreciated that the legal systems in Mesopotamia went far beyond criminal law or setting out remedies for basic torts into dealing with many issues that arise today. The formalised methods of adoption are one. But there are many others such as shipping & inheritance.
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Btw, did you know the internet is full of very good research tools?
For example, here's a really good online museum collection to use as reference:
For example, here's a really good online museum collection to use as reference:
December 16, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Btw, did you know the internet is full of very good research tools?
For example, here's a really good online museum collection to use as reference:
For example, here's a really good online museum collection to use as reference:
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You’ve likely heard of “Baby Olivia” bills, model legislation enacted in six states so far requiring schools to show a biased, inaccurate video about fetal development from the anti-abortion group Live Action (or a similar video).
The lead sponsor of Ohio’s version runs a crisis pregnancy center.
The lead sponsor of Ohio’s version runs a crisis pregnancy center.
Rep. Melanie Miller is behind a bill that advocates say would stigmatize abortion and send more clients to her nonprofit. “Crisis pregnancy center director introduces anti-abortion model legislation” is a ready-made headline—so why was this fact only a footnote?
Ohio Anti-Abortion Bill Sponsor Runs a Crisis Pregnancy Center. Few News Stories Mentioned It.
Rep. Melanie Miller is behind a bill that advocates say would stigmatize abortion and send more clients to her nonprofit.
www.autonomynews.co
December 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
You’ve likely heard of “Baby Olivia” bills, model legislation enacted in six states so far requiring schools to show a biased, inaccurate video about fetal development from the anti-abortion group Live Action (or a similar video).
The lead sponsor of Ohio’s version runs a crisis pregnancy center.
The lead sponsor of Ohio’s version runs a crisis pregnancy center.
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YOU MUST DO YOUR STRETCHES TO HAVE STRENGTH TO GRIND YOUR ENEMIES' BONES TO DUST.
December 15, 2025 at 10:40 AM
YOU MUST DO YOUR STRETCHES TO HAVE STRENGTH TO GRIND YOUR ENEMIES' BONES TO DUST.
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"Bluesky is an echo chamber."
"Bluesky doesn't have enough reach"
"Liberals must return to X to challenge the far right"
I'm not a tech bro or a journalist. Your priorities are not my priorities. Stop telling me I need to do anything other than chat about comics & telly with people who seem nice.
"Bluesky doesn't have enough reach"
"Liberals must return to X to challenge the far right"
I'm not a tech bro or a journalist. Your priorities are not my priorities. Stop telling me I need to do anything other than chat about comics & telly with people who seem nice.
December 15, 2025 at 10:12 AM
"Bluesky is an echo chamber."
"Bluesky doesn't have enough reach"
"Liberals must return to X to challenge the far right"
I'm not a tech bro or a journalist. Your priorities are not my priorities. Stop telling me I need to do anything other than chat about comics & telly with people who seem nice.
"Bluesky doesn't have enough reach"
"Liberals must return to X to challenge the far right"
I'm not a tech bro or a journalist. Your priorities are not my priorities. Stop telling me I need to do anything other than chat about comics & telly with people who seem nice.
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Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
December 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
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👇👇👇
I'm begging any artists still using Twitter claiming it's integral to their work to just leave. It's been revealed the site works off a made up "credit score" from hell and punishes you for posting like a normal human being.
Abandon Twitter for good. It's time. It's been time.
Abandon Twitter for good. It's time. It's been time.
December 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
👇👇👇
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In January... sweet!
15 Years In The Making, Caves Of Qud Is Finally Coming To Nintendo Switch.
15 Years In The Making, Caves Of Qud Is Finally Coming To Nintendo Switch
Update: Now arriving in January
www.nintendolife.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
In January... sweet!
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this is what i've been working on for the last few years :))) its so good to finally be able to TALK ABOUT IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We're excited to announce YOUNG SUNS: a new narrative-rich co-op life sim set on Jupiter. Experience life in an optimistic future full of colorful characters. Play solo or with up to 3 friends. Visit planetoids, ruins, and stations. Craft and decorate. Help society heal.
youtu.be/rVEWbp1FiKg?...
youtu.be/rVEWbp1FiKg?...
KO_OP Game Reveal & Presentation
YouTube video by KO_OP
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
this is what i've been working on for the last few years :))) its so good to finally be able to TALK ABOUT IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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You pull yourself up by your boostraps. Me? I DESERVE free money from the government, and so do my rich friends bsky.app/profile/cwar...
November 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
You pull yourself up by your boostraps. Me? I DESERVE free money from the government, and so do my rich friends bsky.app/profile/cwar...
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This is so incredible. You have to see the photos. These workers held the line for THREE YEARS www.publicsource.org/post-gazette...
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 AM
This is so incredible. You have to see the photos. These workers held the line for THREE YEARS www.publicsource.org/post-gazette...
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
Sometimes I will see a youtuber wearing some really nice piece of clothing that I want and I'll deep dive to find it.
Once saw a well known youtube a while back wearing this very nice subtle calico patchy knit sweater. Looked it up. Aaaand several hundred dollars.
That sweater haunts me to this day.
Once saw a well known youtube a while back wearing this very nice subtle calico patchy knit sweater. Looked it up. Aaaand several hundred dollars.
That sweater haunts me to this day.
November 7, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Sometimes I will see a youtuber wearing some really nice piece of clothing that I want and I'll deep dive to find it.
Once saw a well known youtube a while back wearing this very nice subtle calico patchy knit sweater. Looked it up. Aaaand several hundred dollars.
That sweater haunts me to this day.
Once saw a well known youtube a while back wearing this very nice subtle calico patchy knit sweater. Looked it up. Aaaand several hundred dollars.
That sweater haunts me to this day.
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They literally ruin everything they touch
October 31, 2025 at 3:44 AM
They literally ruin everything they touch
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no matter how much you despise Sulz and his paper, you don't actually despise them enough
This is quite a hed/subhed.
1) Start with Vance. Use strong action verb. Accept the autocratic premise that the “Marines’ Might” are Vance’s to flex.
2) Mention the protest second and absurdly describe them as in the thousands
3) Treat Trump’s strong man use of the military as a partisan scuffle.
1) Start with Vance. Use strong action verb. Accept the autocratic premise that the “Marines’ Might” are Vance’s to flex.
2) Mention the protest second and absurdly describe them as in the thousands
3) Treat Trump’s strong man use of the military as a partisan scuffle.
October 19, 2025 at 12:14 PM
no matter how much you despise Sulz and his paper, you don't actually despise them enough
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i've just been informed that youtube added AI summaries to video suggestions. doesn't that kind of undermine clickbait, which is bad for their business model?
mr beast: can this guy i trapped in a burning building escape in time to win $
summary: no he died and jimmy donaldson has fled the country
mr beast: can this guy i trapped in a burning building escape in time to win $
summary: no he died and jimmy donaldson has fled the country
October 18, 2025 at 5:18 AM
i've just been informed that youtube added AI summaries to video suggestions. doesn't that kind of undermine clickbait, which is bad for their business model?
mr beast: can this guy i trapped in a burning building escape in time to win $
summary: no he died and jimmy donaldson has fled the country
mr beast: can this guy i trapped in a burning building escape in time to win $
summary: no he died and jimmy donaldson has fled the country
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Remember folks. The original bluesky ethos by us bluesky elders (apparently I count?) is block and move on.
Don't quote dunk, don't pick fights.
Block, and move on.
This is what made this site unpalatable to the right early on, and we can continue to make it unpalatable to them.
Don't quote dunk, don't pick fights.
Block, and move on.
This is what made this site unpalatable to the right early on, and we can continue to make it unpalatable to them.
October 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Remember folks. The original bluesky ethos by us bluesky elders (apparently I count?) is block and move on.
Don't quote dunk, don't pick fights.
Block, and move on.
This is what made this site unpalatable to the right early on, and we can continue to make it unpalatable to them.
Don't quote dunk, don't pick fights.
Block, and move on.
This is what made this site unpalatable to the right early on, and we can continue to make it unpalatable to them.
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your fucking tax dollars and mine paid for a bunch of professional government trolls to have at least(!) one actual fucking meeting about how epic it would be to all join bluesky at the same time. people wrote fucking emails about this. from dot gov addresses
this shit is so embarrassing. the government used to have guys who like, built bridges. now it’s just a gaggle of bleary-eyed cave children jacking themselves off to porno deepfakes of AOC while posting “based meme edits” of reaper drone strikes on venezuelan children. quit gooning and fix a pothole
vance has got to be the most cucked vp of all time. absolutely no power, completely subservient to a sundowning blowhard and an unelected nazi sleaze, so bored of waiting around for grandpa to give him something to do that he’s organizing forum raids like goons dropping in on habbo hotel
October 18, 2025 at 4:51 AM
your fucking tax dollars and mine paid for a bunch of professional government trolls to have at least(!) one actual fucking meeting about how epic it would be to all join bluesky at the same time. people wrote fucking emails about this. from dot gov addresses
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the US government has arrived on bluesky
October 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
the US government has arrived on bluesky
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Gotta block ‘em all!
Here’s the one-stop shopping blocklist to disappear the Trump regime accounts that swarmed Bluesky yesterday.
Flush these turds HERE -
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Here’s the one-stop shopping blocklist to disappear the Trump regime accounts that swarmed Bluesky yesterday.
Flush these turds HERE -
bsky.app/profile/did:...
October 18, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Gotta block ‘em all!
Here’s the one-stop shopping blocklist to disappear the Trump regime accounts that swarmed Bluesky yesterday.
Flush these turds HERE -
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Here’s the one-stop shopping blocklist to disappear the Trump regime accounts that swarmed Bluesky yesterday.
Flush these turds HERE -
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Stanford Law graduate Eric Hamilton is DOJ here. www.justice.gov/civil/staff-...
DOJ: CA NG is already federalized
Judge: You are an officer of the court. Do you think this is an appropriate way to deal with my order? Appropriate way of dealing with ruling you disagree with?
DOJ: Well, I'm not a policy maker
Judge: You're a lawyer
Judge: You are an officer of the court. Do you think this is an appropriate way to deal with my order? Appropriate way of dealing with ruling you disagree with?
DOJ: Well, I'm not a policy maker
Judge: You're a lawyer
October 6, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Stanford Law graduate Eric Hamilton is DOJ here. www.justice.gov/civil/staff-...
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Someone appears to have burned down the home of the judge who tried to block the Trump administration from forcing states to turn over individual voter registration data
October 6, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Someone appears to have burned down the home of the judge who tried to block the Trump administration from forcing states to turn over individual voter registration data
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I was a skeptic about the import of the Epstein files.
But 3 invasions of cities, one military buildup outside Venezuela, a government shutdown, and so many other things meant to distract have me convinced whatever’s in there is the biggest presidential scandal in U.S. history.
But 3 invasions of cities, one military buildup outside Venezuela, a government shutdown, and so many other things meant to distract have me convinced whatever’s in there is the biggest presidential scandal in U.S. history.
October 6, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I was a skeptic about the import of the Epstein files.
But 3 invasions of cities, one military buildup outside Venezuela, a government shutdown, and so many other things meant to distract have me convinced whatever’s in there is the biggest presidential scandal in U.S. history.
But 3 invasions of cities, one military buildup outside Venezuela, a government shutdown, and so many other things meant to distract have me convinced whatever’s in there is the biggest presidential scandal in U.S. history.
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Just Saturday morning, she posted “we’re coming for you, Chicago” and now they might get run outta town to go pee 😂
The third amendment is about to get very relevant.
'Very difficult situation': Kristi Noem whines locals not letting ICE agents use restrooms
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem complained that her agents were not being permitted to use restrooms in Chicago because of opposition from residents.During a Sunday interview on ...
www.rawstory.com
October 6, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Just Saturday morning, she posted “we’re coming for you, Chicago” and now they might get run outta town to go pee 😂
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"I've tasted spicier, I'm Mexican."
Lol, you absolute beast.
Never stop.
Lol, you absolute beast.
Never stop.
Portland Frog updates about getting pepper sprayed in his fan intake 🐸🫡
October 5, 2025 at 11:53 PM
"I've tasted spicier, I'm Mexican."
Lol, you absolute beast.
Never stop.
Lol, you absolute beast.
Never stop.