Zenobia Neil

Tsakonika: Defying the Odds, a Spartan Dialect Endures - GreekReporter.com Tsakonika, the language of ancient Sparta, still survives today, despite the ravages of time and the many reversals of fortune in Greece.

When I was in Sparta, I passed a low-roofed restaurant at night full of nothing but men, mostly old. I imagine they were
eating black broth and speaking the old tongue.

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I loved Nietzche as a teenager. I had a rubber rat named Zarathustra.

"Lower the temperature" say the people with their hands on the thermostat mashing it into the "hell" setting.

Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."

Oh no! Stay safe.

“Authoritarians thrive on your silence. Be loud for America.”

California will not let a compromised federal agency endanger our people.

We are partnering with Oregon Governor @tinakotek.bsky.social and Washington @governorferguson.bsky.social to launch a new West Coast Health Alliance in the face of Donald Trump’s mass firing of CDC doctors and scientists.

What we’re witnessing in this country is textbook authoritarianism.

Trump thrives on targeting those who are least able to defend themselves, exerting control and cruelty to tighten his grip on power.

To think it ends here is naive. We cannot let this go on any further.

Chicagoland folks:

Illinois Gov. Pritzker ahead of Trump National Guard deployment:

"To Chicagoans... Look out for your communities and your neighbours. Know your rights. Film things that you see happening... Authoritarians thrive on your silence. Be loud for America."

Mark your calendars!

How tough Greek women can be.

Thou shalt not listen to a damn thing that RFK Jr. says.

Can you please stop doing that? I mean, you should be writing.

Ah, how I miss a good old #phallusthursday

This is NOT what Democracy looks like.

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Every day they do something more horrific.
Yesterday they took parents from a welfare agency and left the kids behind.

Thinking about how these images are understood only with context, like Odyssey holding onto the underside of a sheep. Imagining some future culture seeing them and wondering what they're about. But to us the meanings are clear.

This falls under WTAF.

Parking sign with duct tape over "Par", now the sign reads: Tow Zone. No king anytime <-->

See you out there!
#nokings

Exclusive: US Marines carry out first known detention of civilian in Los Angeles, video shows Marines deployed to Los Angeles carried out the detention of a civilian on Friday, the U.S. military confirmed after being presented with Reuters images, in the first known detention by active-duty troops deployed there by President Donald Trump.

The first known detention by the US Marines in their recent Los Angeles deployment is of... a US Army veteran on his way to an office at the Department of Veteran Affairs building. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

If you are feeling helpless and adrift in the face of current events, I PROMISE you that finding a protest and joining (if you are able and have capacity) really can make you feel profoundly a part of things in an empowering way.

"None of this had to happen!" We could have had a sane, reasonable President who wanted our country to succeed.

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Free David Huerta, Rally Against ICE Raids I'm attending this event - sign up now to join me!

The people of Los Angeles will rally on Monday, 6/9 to demand the release of everyone unjustly detained by ICE, like SEIU leader David Huerta, and an end to militaristic escalation on our communities.

Join us and @aclusocal.bsky.social at 11 AM in LA to call for an end to these human rights abuses.

It totally makes sense (scents) to me that the statues were as lifelike as possible. So cool to imagine them painted, dressed, wearing jewelry and smelling amazing.

Did you see the article about how Ancient Greek and Roman statues were perfumed? I love this little guy.