scrofadomestica.bsky.social
@scrofadomestica.bsky.social
Archaeologist, Museum director, LEGO enthusiast, mushroom lover, leftist.
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A marvellous #Egyptian #frog amulet, made of porphyry (height 1.2 cm).
Because of their numerous offspring, #frogs were considered a symbol of fertility.

Dating ca. 1295–1185 BC, New Kingdom.

📷Metropolitan Museum

🏺 AncientEgyptBluesky
October 5, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Found me a hot date for tonight #fungi #fungifriends
September 20, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Some personal news:

I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.

Thread incoming.

substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
September 14, 2025 at 12:35 PM
September 13, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Høst
September 12, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I will never forgive meta for ruining Beat Saber
September 4, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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September 2, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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If Cracker Barrel sets them off, imagine how they’ll react when they hear I went woke in the New Testament — turning the other cheek, feeding the poor, all that radical stuff.
August 28, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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What a burden to be old enough to know who Dean Cain is
August 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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From now on, all job numbers will come from the guy who claims he’s 6’3” and weighs 215 lbs.
August 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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July 11, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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Hillary called them “deplorables” and the GOP acted like she’d committed war crimes. Meanwhile, they just voted to rip healthcare from 20 million Americans like it’s a group bonding activity. Turns out “deplorable” was the polite version.
July 3, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Live in such a way that you trigger white Christian nationalists.
June 19, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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June 13, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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Don't remember this book for some reason
June 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Heh
June 5, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Dammit 😭
May 5, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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Dance with Death, by Hieronymus Hess, 1841, 📸 via Vatican Media Pool
April 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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If we want culture to thrive, not just survive, it’s on all of us now.
April 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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If our democracy dies, this is its epitaph
April 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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April 3, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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Every single breath a projection of their own cowardice venality and sloth
April 2, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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We've been robbed!! Of an hour of sleep!! 😭💤
👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums

One of Niobe's slaughtered children, also lamenting daylight savings at the @uffizigalleries.bsky.social, one of a group of classical statues rediscovered in 1583 😁🇮🇹
March 30, 2025 at 8:30 AM