Peggy Albright
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Some important new government policy that Native Americans might be interested in:
Trump talks about Denmark and Greenland just now: "The fact that they landed a boat there 500 years ago doesn't mean that they own the land."
January 9, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Some important new government policy that Native Americans might be interested in:
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These are Roman reinterpretations of Greek reliefs from the fifth century BCE and were designed to honour the maenads’ chosen god, Dionysus. The original reliefs were purported to be crafted by the sculptor Callimachus (ca. 410-400 BCE).
#ReliefWednesday #AncientGreece #AncientRome #Dionysos
#ReliefWednesday #AncientGreece #AncientRome #Dionysos
January 8, 2026 at 7:12 AM
These are Roman reinterpretations of Greek reliefs from the fifth century BCE and were designed to honour the maenads’ chosen god, Dionysus. The original reliefs were purported to be crafted by the sculptor Callimachus (ca. 410-400 BCE).
#ReliefWednesday #AncientGreece #AncientRome #Dionysos
#ReliefWednesday #AncientGreece #AncientRome #Dionysos
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Best kept secret
finally reading moby dick. why didn't anyone tell me that it's good
January 7, 2026 at 3:35 AM
Best kept secret
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One of the signs of passing youth is the birth of a sense of fellowship with other human beings as we take our place among them.
--Virginia Woolf
--Virginia Woolf
January 4, 2026 at 1:46 AM
One of the signs of passing youth is the birth of a sense of fellowship with other human beings as we take our place among them.
--Virginia Woolf
--Virginia Woolf
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Timezones are so weird. Australia is in 2026, Canada is in 2025, and the United States is in 1939.
December 31, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Timezones are so weird. Australia is in 2026, Canada is in 2025, and the United States is in 1939.
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December 27, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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The atomic ensemble time scale at the NIST Boulder campus has failed.
December 20, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The atomic ensemble time scale at the NIST Boulder campus has failed.
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‘The colour of the stone – the nakedness of the stone, the play between fleshiness and stoniness – was everything.’
T.J. Clark views a Kouros at the Met:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
T.J. Clark views a Kouros at the Met:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
T.J. Clark · A Kouros at the Met
The kouros in the Met was almost certainly a soldier: he has stepped out of his armour into his skin. The idea of...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
‘The colour of the stone – the nakedness of the stone, the play between fleshiness and stoniness – was everything.’
T.J. Clark views a Kouros at the Met:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
T.J. Clark views a Kouros at the Met:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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✨A woman makes an offering✨
This #FrescoFriday we travel to the Villa San Marco in Stabiae to enjoy this beautiful depiction of a woman carrying a tray that has food an implements associated with making a ritual offering.
Photo credit to @chapps.bsky.social ☺️
This #FrescoFriday we travel to the Villa San Marco in Stabiae to enjoy this beautiful depiction of a woman carrying a tray that has food an implements associated with making a ritual offering.
Photo credit to @chapps.bsky.social ☺️
December 5, 2025 at 6:48 AM
✨A woman makes an offering✨
This #FrescoFriday we travel to the Villa San Marco in Stabiae to enjoy this beautiful depiction of a woman carrying a tray that has food an implements associated with making a ritual offering.
Photo credit to @chapps.bsky.social ☺️
This #FrescoFriday we travel to the Villa San Marco in Stabiae to enjoy this beautiful depiction of a woman carrying a tray that has food an implements associated with making a ritual offering.
Photo credit to @chapps.bsky.social ☺️
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Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content
Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content - Oklahoma Watch
The Trump administration removed a congressionally mandated report on missing and murdered Native Americans from the DOJ website, citing compliance with an executive order against DEI. Senators who ch...
oklahomawatch.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content
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Mark mask of Phoenician woman found in Carthage – The History Blog
www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/74637
www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/74637
Mark mask of Phoenician woman found in Carthage – The History Blog
A mask of a woman wearing a Phoenician hairstyle that is unique on the archaeological record has been discovered at the Tophet cemetery and sanctuary in the suburbs of Carthage in Tunisia. The…
www.thehistoryblog.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Mark mask of Phoenician woman found in Carthage – The History Blog
www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/74637
www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/74637
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Achilles Shoe Repair. We specialize in heels.
This is a real flight school, teaching people to fly planes!!! Like????
November 14, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Achilles Shoe Repair. We specialize in heels.
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The man who ended USAID is the world's first trillionaire
November 7, 2025 at 2:14 AM
The man who ended USAID is the world's first trillionaire
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Destruction of the White House East Wing began today. Here it is in better times with better residents.
October 20, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Destruction of the White House East Wing began today. Here it is in better times with better residents.
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American institutions don't crumble. But they can be destroyed.
October 21, 2025 at 12:31 AM
American institutions don't crumble. But they can be destroyed.
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It a bumper Classics issue of the @thetls.bsky.social
this week. Long reviews by AE Stallings on Mendelsohn's Odyssey tinyurl.com/k7uzw9cy and by Peter Thonemann on 403 BCE
this week. Long reviews by AE Stallings on Mendelsohn's Odyssey tinyurl.com/k7uzw9cy and by Peter Thonemann on 403 BCE
A mentor’s odyssey
It was perhaps inevitable that the critic, editor, classicist and translator Daniel Mendelsohn would take on a translation of the Odyssey. After all, he
tinyurl.com
September 19, 2025 at 9:41 AM
It a bumper Classics issue of the @thetls.bsky.social
this week. Long reviews by AE Stallings on Mendelsohn's Odyssey tinyurl.com/k7uzw9cy and by Peter Thonemann on 403 BCE
this week. Long reviews by AE Stallings on Mendelsohn's Odyssey tinyurl.com/k7uzw9cy and by Peter Thonemann on 403 BCE
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enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
September 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
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Indigenous radio stations use the airwaves to share and preserve culture.
Native languages need radio, which is at risk of being lost - High Country News
As public media is threatened after cuts from Trump administration, Indigenous radio also face threats to how they preserve and grow language.
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August 17, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Indigenous radio stations use the airwaves to share and preserve culture.
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July 29, 2025 at 1:39 PM