Selene
@selenemsc.bsky.social
Blacksmith, tall ship sailor, EMT, nurse, anthropologist, artist, aspiring autodidactic polymath. (she/they)
Attagirl, Boudica.
Part 83 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg dnd
Queen Boudica revenge was so great against Rome she burned Londinium leaving a scorch layer still runs under modern London, named by archaeologists the 'Boudican Destruction Horizon'
Queen Boudica revenge was so great against Rome she burned Londinium leaving a scorch layer still runs under modern London, named by archaeologists the 'Boudican Destruction Horizon'
November 13, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Attagirl, Boudica.
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Can anyone recommend a good text / source for sea monsters and imagined marine life in early modern period? Niche request. Cheers!
November 12, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Can anyone recommend a good text / source for sea monsters and imagined marine life in early modern period? Niche request. Cheers!
I had a Picnic Point all to myself for over an hour tonight with the northern lights, and it was glorious.
November 12, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I had a Picnic Point all to myself for over an hour tonight with the northern lights, and it was glorious.
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I love a meme targeted for my demographic
November 11, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I love a meme targeted for my demographic
@sarahgailey.bsky.social Just read my Stone Soup! Congratulations!!
November 10, 2025 at 2:09 AM
@sarahgailey.bsky.social Just read my Stone Soup! Congratulations!!
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New bill in the Wisconsin Legislature seeks to regulate data center construction via @henry-redman.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/11/06/d...
Democratic lawmakers propose ‘policy framework’ for Wisconsin data center construction • Wisconsin Examiner
A pair of Democratic lawmakers have introduced a bill to regulate how Wisconsin handles the growth of data centers across the state.
wisconsinexaminer.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:32 PM
New bill in the Wisconsin Legislature seeks to regulate data center construction via @henry-redman.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/11/06/d...
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someone got indicted on the basis of “transporting antifa materials” for allegedly transporting a box of ZINES
THEY’RE PROSECUTING PEOPLE FOR DOMESTIC TERRORISM OVER ZINES
THEY’RE PROSECUTING PEOPLE FOR DOMESTIC TERRORISM OVER ZINES
Alarming criminalization of green card holder based on "Antifa Materials" - another attempt to silence dissent and target people critical of this administration
Release Des and the Prairieland Defendants!
Release Des and the Prairieland Defendants!
November 6, 2025 at 5:16 AM
someone got indicted on the basis of “transporting antifa materials” for allegedly transporting a box of ZINES
THEY’RE PROSECUTING PEOPLE FOR DOMESTIC TERRORISM OVER ZINES
THEY’RE PROSECUTING PEOPLE FOR DOMESTIC TERRORISM OVER ZINES
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I gotta give it up to the writers tho. If NYC elects a Muslim mayor on the day Dick Cheney died, that is one hell of a slow played story arc. Every time you want to fire 2025's writers room they give you a little narrative resolution as a treat.
November 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I gotta give it up to the writers tho. If NYC elects a Muslim mayor on the day Dick Cheney died, that is one hell of a slow played story arc. Every time you want to fire 2025's writers room they give you a little narrative resolution as a treat.
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I spotted this on Mastodon and I find it horrible, not least for the speed with which this has happened.
November 4, 2025 at 9:56 AM
I spotted this on Mastodon and I find it horrible, not least for the speed with which this has happened.
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No, and also, fuck no. Permanent ban.
The Trump administration is initiating formal meetings with tribes in the Southwest as it considers revoking a 20-year ban of oil and gas development across of hundreds of square miles of federal land surrounding Chaco Culture National Historical Park.
Trump administration considers revoking ban on oil and gas development near Chaco historical park
The Trump administration is initiating formal meetings with tribes in the Southwest as it considers revoking a 20-year ban of oil and gas development across of hundreds of square miles of federal land...
www.knau.org
November 4, 2025 at 6:57 PM
No, and also, fuck no. Permanent ban.
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If you appreciated Teen Vogue’s incisive and vital reporting on race and culture, thank the Black editors and journalists who did that work. If you read their stories on trans youth and queer liberation and disability, thank the queer and trans and disabled writers who wrote them. It’s simple math!!
November 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
If you appreciated Teen Vogue’s incisive and vital reporting on race and culture, thank the Black editors and journalists who did that work. If you read their stories on trans youth and queer liberation and disability, thank the queer and trans and disabled writers who wrote them. It’s simple math!!
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Important when talking about these things to not say they are "caving" and the like to fascism. They are collaborating, and eagerly in many cases. Nobody threatened Condé Nast with anything. Their readership was up. There were no financial reasons to do this, only ideological.
November 4, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Important when talking about these things to not say they are "caving" and the like to fascism. They are collaborating, and eagerly in many cases. Nobody threatened Condé Nast with anything. Their readership was up. There were no financial reasons to do this, only ideological.
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South Carolina schools recently sent home unvaccinated kids to stem a growing measles outbreak. It turned out 5 of them were infected and, if they'd been at school, could've unwittingly spread it to their classmates for days.
That kind of precaution is now illegal in Idaho.
That kind of precaution is now illegal in Idaho.
Idaho Banned Vaccine Mandates. Activists Want to Make It a Model for the Country.
The Idaho Medical Freedom Act makes it illegal to require anyone to take a vaccine or receive “medical intervention.” Leslie Manookian, the activist behind the law, hopes to make it a “societal norm” ...
www.propublica.org
October 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
South Carolina schools recently sent home unvaccinated kids to stem a growing measles outbreak. It turned out 5 of them were infected and, if they'd been at school, could've unwittingly spread it to their classmates for days.
That kind of precaution is now illegal in Idaho.
That kind of precaution is now illegal in Idaho.
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They gutted the Washington Post. CBS. NYT. Now Teen Vogue.
The point isn't to bring in more conservatives. They've reached that saturation point.
They are killing the fourth estate and buying up the social media to control the messages we see. These were all targeted to disarm the left of truth.
The point isn't to bring in more conservatives. They've reached that saturation point.
They are killing the fourth estate and buying up the social media to control the messages we see. These were all targeted to disarm the left of truth.
November 4, 2025 at 12:29 AM
They gutted the Washington Post. CBS. NYT. Now Teen Vogue.
The point isn't to bring in more conservatives. They've reached that saturation point.
They are killing the fourth estate and buying up the social media to control the messages we see. These were all targeted to disarm the left of truth.
The point isn't to bring in more conservatives. They've reached that saturation point.
They are killing the fourth estate and buying up the social media to control the messages we see. These were all targeted to disarm the left of truth.
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For any unfamiliar with the quality of journalism at Teen Vogue, it's well known for hard-hitting stories on "politically sensitive" topics including climate.
Then there's CBS: the only major network to increase climate coverage in the last few years. They just axed nearly their whole climate team.
Then there's CBS: the only major network to increase climate coverage in the last few years. They just axed nearly their whole climate team.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
For any unfamiliar with the quality of journalism at Teen Vogue, it's well known for hard-hitting stories on "politically sensitive" topics including climate.
Then there's CBS: the only major network to increase climate coverage in the last few years. They just axed nearly their whole climate team.
Then there's CBS: the only major network to increase climate coverage in the last few years. They just axed nearly their whole climate team.
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a lot of research on tear gas effects across the board was compiled in PDX during the 2020 action, mostly by someone who went by the handle Juniper Simonis
haven't seen anything from them in a long time but they went deep into how it attacks everything, short and long term
thank you wherever u are
haven't seen anything from them in a long time but they went deep into how it attacks everything, short and long term
thank you wherever u are
November 3, 2025 at 6:07 AM
a lot of research on tear gas effects across the board was compiled in PDX during the 2020 action, mostly by someone who went by the handle Juniper Simonis
haven't seen anything from them in a long time but they went deep into how it attacks everything, short and long term
thank you wherever u are
haven't seen anything from them in a long time but they went deep into how it attacks everything, short and long term
thank you wherever u are
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Last night, the National Guard chased children who were out enjoying Halloween in Navy Yard.
There is no valid reason for armed soldiers to terrorize children like this. End Trump’s occupation of DC. National Guard out NOW.
There is no valid reason for armed soldiers to terrorize children like this. End Trump’s occupation of DC. National Guard out NOW.
November 1, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Last night, the National Guard chased children who were out enjoying Halloween in Navy Yard.
There is no valid reason for armed soldiers to terrorize children like this. End Trump’s occupation of DC. National Guard out NOW.
There is no valid reason for armed soldiers to terrorize children like this. End Trump’s occupation of DC. National Guard out NOW.
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Deeply unexpected that one of the best exhibits of extraterrestrial gems and minerals is in the terminal of the Portland, Maine airport??
April 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Deeply unexpected that one of the best exhibits of extraterrestrial gems and minerals is in the terminal of the Portland, Maine airport??
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We are seeing not just a merging of different parts of the armed forces; we are also seeing a deprofessionalization. Competent people are fired. Those willing to break the law are hired. Normal practices are abandoned as the new force becomes more responsive to the demand for quotas & brutalization.
Experts warn this aggressive approach will likely fuel greater abuses of civil and human rights, heighten public anger and lead to more warrantless arrests, straying far from the previous stated focus on “the worst of the worst.” “Spectacle, not security.” www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/02/b...
November 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We are seeing not just a merging of different parts of the armed forces; we are also seeing a deprofessionalization. Competent people are fired. Those willing to break the law are hired. Normal practices are abandoned as the new force becomes more responsive to the demand for quotas & brutalization.
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I’m sorry, if someone has a birth certificate that proves they were born here but a mobile app with face recognition software disagrees, they will side with the app?
What?
What?
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
October 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I’m sorry, if someone has a birth certificate that proves they were born here but a mobile app with face recognition software disagrees, they will side with the app?
What?
What?
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Canada is on track to lose its measles elimination status as an outbreak that began a year ago continues to spread.
Canada is likely to lose its measles elimination status. The U.S. could be next.
Neither country has been able to stop continuous spread of the highly contagious virus within the past year.
nbcnews.to
October 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Canada is on track to lose its measles elimination status as an outbreak that began a year ago continues to spread.
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Fascinating - Unesco has launched a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects, presented in a futuristic, dreamlike virtual exhibition. Worth exploring (although they don't tell much about how/where things were stolen, and its a very curious juxtaposition of items): museum.unesco.org
UNESCO launches the World’s First Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural
Three years after its announcement at MONDIACULT 2022, UNESCO is launching an innovative initiative: the Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects. This global platform harnesses cutting-edge digital
www.unesco.org
October 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Fascinating - Unesco has launched a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects, presented in a futuristic, dreamlike virtual exhibition. Worth exploring (although they don't tell much about how/where things were stolen, and its a very curious juxtaposition of items): museum.unesco.org
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Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time after record heat. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time after record heat
Previously the country was one of the world's only mosquito-free zones.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time after record heat. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Hey, Alaska's been hit by a typhoon and no one is talking about it. Indigenous towns are in need of aid. People are missing and the gov't is still shut down.
If any creators here are in affected areas, please drop links for aid.
#mutualaid #crisis #alaska #typhoonhalong #helpourcountrymen
If any creators here are in affected areas, please drop links for aid.
#mutualaid #crisis #alaska #typhoonhalong #helpourcountrymen
Rescue and recovery efforts underway as remnants of Typhoon Halong hit western Alaska | Alaska Beacon
Rescue and recovery efforts began Sunday in western Alaska as a major storm caused by remnants of Typhoon Halong hit coastal communities with massive storm surge, flooding and hurricane-force winds up...
alaskabeacon.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Hey, Alaska's been hit by a typhoon and no one is talking about it. Indigenous towns are in need of aid. People are missing and the gov't is still shut down.
If any creators here are in affected areas, please drop links for aid.
#mutualaid #crisis #alaska #typhoonhalong #helpourcountrymen
If any creators here are in affected areas, please drop links for aid.
#mutualaid #crisis #alaska #typhoonhalong #helpourcountrymen
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