Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic

Cleveland Museum photo showing an ancient Egyptian paint box carved from boxwood with five oval wells containing original paint pigments. From top to bottom the preserved cake pigments are red (red ochre), blue (Egyptian blue), green (a mixture of Egyptian blue, yellow ochre, and orpiment) and two of black (carbon black, from charcoal). Dimensions 2.2 cm x 21 cm x 3.6 cm. On the front of the box there’s an inscription inlaid in Egyptian blue with the name Amenemope who was Vizier during the reign of Amenhotep II, Dynasty 18. It translates as ‘The overseer of the city and vizier Amenemope. Master of secrets of the west bank [of Thebes]’. A red inscription on the back reads ‘Amen-Ra, Lord of the Thrones of the Two Lands’. Dated c. 1427-1401 BC.

Wow, this 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian paint box still contains original pigments!

Looks similar to a modern-day set!

An inscription tells us it belonged to Amenemope, Vizier during the reign of Amenhotep II.

📷 Cleveland Museum of Art www.clevelandart.org/art/1914.680

#Archaeology

In light of what's being talked about today re: men and their purported sexual dues, I've always thought it was weird to say "getting laid."

Like, "getting."

They "get" to be laid. They deserve it. They are OWED it.

Gross.

Public media is really special. Shame, shame, shame on this regime and its campaign to make everyone scared, obedient, and stupid. They are stealing from all of us and from our futures. Despicable.

I wish a very happy “fuck you” to everyone who thought throwing trans people under the bus was going to stop these lunatics

Their goal has *always* been the eradication of the entire LGBTQ+ community, and they’re not gonna stop at Obergefell either

This is why we fight for *everyone*

NYC Mass Shooting Was Nearly Impossible to Prevent, Experts Say

Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.

one of my favorite clips -- like a voice language model trained on CEO speak malfunctioning. the empirical reality is that more lax content moderation policies not only allow but encourage more hate speech and political extremism. if that's your platform's preference, don't be a coward & just say it

it's fucked up how this is an enormous relief

MY CHILDHOOD IN MINNEAPOLIS

Retro Commercial Screens (@retro-commercials.bsky.social) One of my favorite things I've ever found while running this account: A promo for a syndicated airing of MST3K on NBC affiliate KARE in Minneapolis. In the 15+ years I've been obsessively watching…

#5 - "MST3K Syndicated Promo"

Not much I can say here that I didn't already say in the original post. On a personal level, one of the best screens I've ever posted here.

God, Aaron Rodgers will do anything to keep his name in the news including making up a secret wife.

Rufous Hummingbird #rufous #hummingbird #ilovebirding #birding #birds #FDT #Colorado #bird_photography 🪶

Shot in Chase Center looking down at a WNBA Valkyries game.

Vaaaaaalkyriiieeees

I did think (for some reason) that season 4 was the last season ...

Holy cow!

Collage and paint illustration in browns and yellows, of a relay race: a runner comes in from the left with a baton held out to a runner in front of them. A collage baton goes across the top of the illustration, with the word "mentorships". Below that is the text "spaces available"

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Collage and paint illustration in browns and yellows, of a relay race: a runner comes in from the left with a baton held out to a runner in front of them. A collage baton goes across the top of the illustration, with the word “mentorships”. Below that is the text “spaces available”

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Real discussion:
CNN: Hey Dave it's CNN. Could you come on to talk about the death of Hulk Hogan

Me: Hulk Hogan was a racist scab and a liar. He hated unions, Black people, and the truth and that's why he loved Donald Trump. What time do you want me?

CNN: Great! Well.... so we'll keep looking

It sounds like he said something Alligator Alcatraz? Alligator something.

So charming! "Sometimes I read a book and it just makes me smile." 😊

What a lovely review for TOUCH THE SKY from the Madison Public Library! @cpark.bsky.social @carolhinz.bsky.social @lernerbooks.bsky.social

www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/madreads/hol...

Once more for the evening crowd

So ... arrest him?

Showed Something Wicked to my kids and it’s still shivery!

I think there were some kids' stories that scared me but it was in a delicious way. Remember WATCHER IN THE WOODS and SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES?

We had NIMH, Return to Oz, NeverEnding Story, Dark Crystal, Ladyhawke, Labyrinth (young folks have yelled that it's Not For Kids -- girl, that was our FAVE back then... David Bowie as Goblin King Jareth!), Princess Bride...

I was never frightened of our kids' stories! I did cry over them sometimes.

Ooh, this is pertinent to the late Gen X/early Millennial discussion... we had this chat on Twitter/X before it went full fash!

I loved children's media growing up (see: my life's work!). Our stories didn't shy away from the shadows of life. That persistent undercurrent of melancholy? I *loved.*

Vena Cava @trannieoakl.. 51m Joined Oct '23 not beating the weird creep allegations 1 21 ... a @aacoek.bsky.soci... Follow ... ... Joined Aug '23 *beating off on you* July 22, 2025 at 11:21 PM 9 quotes 6 62 a @aacoek.bsky.social 51m Joined Aug '23 Skeet skeet skeet. 1

dude-fucke.. @sandy.m..28m Joined Apr '25 chelsea is a woman, she/her plz 2 10 ... a @aacoek.bsky.social 25m Joined Aug '23 If you choose to intentionally misunderstand me, I have no onus to use your chosen pronouns. 2 1 ... Tyler, from the Internet @tylerjameshill.com he/him Joined Jun '23 Okay, no.

dude-fucke.. @sandy.m..33m Joined Apr '25 r u trans 01 3 ... a @aacoek.bsky.social 32m Joined Aug '23 I am. 1 a @aacoek.bsky.social 32m Joined Aug '23 Mom was too.

a @aacoek.bsky.soci... Follow Joined Aug '23 And I say this as a cis guy who really doesn't care if you are gay or trans. If we are dating I might care? Right now I'm not dating. So why do I care? Asthetically I can tell you if your ass looks phat in them daisy dukes? That's non-gender enough okay? But that's just my opinion.

Sorry, fuck this. A long standing mutual started harassing some women, misgendering and being incredibly vile, "jerked off" onto them, said he didn't have to respect pronouns if someone wasn't being nice to him, and then after getting heat claimed to be trans despite always claiming to be a cis man

A fluffy cat inside a box designed to look like a US postal service post office.

Pspspspsps.

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This isn’t the first time I’ve seen this “a” cross lines and be a weird little creep. Let’s make sure it’s the last and throw out the trash.

I found that bamboo sheets and pajamas helped with the sweat wicks