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@itstalviel.bsky.social

Antisocial anthropologist, bad Heathen, and hook rat. Retired mastermind of Tastes of Tamriel. Reach heaven by violence.

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Today is the fourteenth anniversary of Skyrim's initial release!

Do you still have your original character's save file, or did you finish their story completely at one point?

11.11.2025 08:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 138    ๐Ÿ” 40    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9

The assassins guild membership is very upset including : John Wilkes Booth, Osama Bin Laden, George W. Bush, and the Israeli Air Force

12.09.2025 16:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Here are some things that Charlie Kirk said in his life.

The man is dead, and so it only seems fair to share his legacy by cataloguing the values he spread while alive.

10.09.2025 23:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30640    ๐Ÿ” 12712    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 783    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1080
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An idea based on a screenshot that @duchzwyspy.bsky.social posted on tumblr a few days ago.
Thought it would be funny...
#myart #tes #tesart #morrowind #skyrim #TheElderScrolls #TeldrynSero #danger!Josh #Nerevarine #Dunmer #DarkElf #Elf #elfart

08.09.2025 15:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Threaten me with a good time why don't ya?

09.09.2025 04:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 135    ๐Ÿ” 29    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Update: almost ยฃ300 raised, thank you so much to everyone who's donated! Please continue to share, I'm desperate!

05.09.2025 06:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Donate to Please help me escape Indonesia!, organized by Natalia Lee PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS FUNDRAISER IS UK BASED AS THIS IS WHERE I WAS FORMERLY BASED, AND Mโ€ฆ Natalia Lee needs your support for Please help me escape Indonesia!

Please circulate and donate if you can. My life is in danger.

04.09.2025 15:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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It costs โ‚ฌ13,000 (which is meant to support me for a year) and I barely have 1000 in my bank account right now. Please consider donating as I work on some Talviel's Kitchen merch.

ko-fi.com/talviel

04.09.2025 07:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I really need to get out of my current living situation. I've been unemployed and out of education for a year. Every day I live in fear of getting killed by a narcissist and my only option atm is obtaining a German visa (chancenkarte) that will enable me to spend 12 months there looking for work.

04.09.2025 07:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Post by @tastesoftamriel ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0ย ย ๐Ÿ” 2ย ย โค๏ธ 12ย ยทย I'm alive: a little life update.ย ยทย  Hi everyone who is somehow still inexplicably following me! It's been over a year and then some since I stopped making regular content for Tasโ€ฆ

A little life update on why I took a hiatus from Talviel's Kitchen. Should I come back? Maybe?

26.08.2025 08:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Post by @tastesoftamriel ยท 1 image ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0ย ย ๐Ÿ” 2ย ย โค๏ธ 10ย ยทย Phynaster's Strideย ยทย Specialising in Haven's famous Altmeri-Grahtwood fusion cuisine! Come in for a taste of the Dominion! Starters Grahtwood Battered Timber Mammoth Haloumiโ€ฆ

Temporarily popped my head back into Tastes of Tamriel to bless y'all with a new tavern menu. Enjoy!

25.08.2025 15:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Nearly 90% of videogame developers use AI agents, Google study shows A Google Cloud survey showed that 87 per cent of videogame developers are using artificial intelligence agents to streamline and automate tasks, as the industry focuses on optimizing costs following a...

From the bottom of my heart, I hope every single one of these games flops and their developers go out of business ๐Ÿ–ค

18.08.2025 16:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

At the moment it's completely devoid of content, but if you're interested in my work please head to substack.com/@slamthropol... as I'll get cracking on some essays and fun stuff once I'm a little healthier!

18.08.2025 12:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I appreciate your coding help so so much because I am absolutely useless with this stuff! All the hugs for you!

18.08.2025 12:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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@painthropologist ยท Embracing Pain A public anthropology blog by Natalia Lee, former PhD student in Social Anthropology at the University of Sussex. This blog may contain distressing images; viewer discretion is advised.

Sooo I kind of forgot that I have a public anthropology blog about my research on pain, embodiment, and phenomenology. It started as a PhD thing, but since I'm no longer doing that, I'm thinking of bringing this to Substack when I get organised. What do you think? CW FOR๐Ÿฉธ! #hooksuspension

18.08.2025 12:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Thanks @katbutttail.bsky.social for the tag ๐Ÿ–ค I will name my five faves but refrain from tagging others because social anxiety!

Food: Cheese (especially Stinking Bishop)
Season: Winter
Drink: Dirty chai
Colour: Black (or hot pink, for the "it's a shade people)
Anime: I don't watch anime ๐Ÿ™ƒ

18.08.2025 11:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I know that this is a joke, but as someone who has a Master's degree and went on to do a PhD, I can promise that you will only graduate feeling even more frustrated, confused, and lost. Well, at least if you're an anthropologist.

18.08.2025 11:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

68 Eyes absolutely sent me ๐Ÿ˜‚

15.08.2025 08:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh, I'm doing things again? I guess so! I've been put on a mandatory work break for the rest of the month, but things are happening...slowly...

14.08.2025 12:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ngl I suffer from chronic anxiety and it's currently extremely late in my timezone so I'm gonna have to bow out for the time being and catch up later so that I can pick up on both POVs as I need to read through thoroughly. Will be back tomorrow if that's okay!

28.05.2025 14:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As an anthropologist I work specifically from the pov of comparative contexts, especially historically. IDK but it seems more like this should not be a point of contention, but one of social comparison. We seek to understand each other by means of social comparison, which is imo the goal here?

28.05.2025 14:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

From my understanding of what's going on (pls correct me if I'm wrong), what he is trying to draw attention to is a comparative context between historical persecution and physical/cultural genocide in Poland and that black/POC USians are not the only people who have suffered colonialism.

28.05.2025 14:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

He is not American, so that means hmmm probably not, for obvious reasons.

28.05.2025 14:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What is it specifically that needs explaining re: blackness? Sorry, new to Bluesky and not clued in on how it works.

28.05.2025 14:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Furthermore, any academic, including PhDs and postdoctorals, who claim "expert opinions" are up themselves in an academic ivory tower and should always be referred to with a grain of salt in mind. My ethnic lineage has nothing to do with my personal field of study.

28.05.2025 14:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I hold a Masters degree with Distinction in political anthropology, including the study of the marginalisation of black and non-black POC in America (British educated but taught by various American lecturers of mixed races). I am by no means am expert in anything, but I can assist as needed.

28.05.2025 14:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Am I supposed to be? No, I'm Peranakan Chinese. POC is a broad term that encompasses non-white social groups.

28.05.2025 14:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Absolutely not! It's not like English is my first language because my country was colonised by the Brits, then I moved to my father's home country that was colonised by the Dutch, then to Australia that was colonised by the Brits- hey, wait a second...

28.05.2025 14:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My bad, I forgot that Peranakan Chinese people with English as their first language don't count as POC ๐Ÿ˜‚

28.05.2025 14:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hi POC social anthropologist with a MA in political anthropology, how may I be of assistance

28.05.2025 13:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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