Zylla Black
@zyllable.bsky.social
(she/they) Lefty video essayist, independent academic, archaeogaming streamer, and sf/f fiction author. https://linktr.ee/Zyllable
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Zylla Black
@zyllable.bsky.social
· Nov 8
PraxisTown Projects - YouTube
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Hi hello influx of yet more new followers! I'm a weirdo Lefty who thinks you can, too! I do ancient history, linguistics, activism, and advocacy, and I even write fiction sometimes! Welcome.
Here's a starter: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Here's a starter: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Great 🧵
499 BC:
Ionians: Hey Sparta, we hear you guys are wArRiOrs. Wanna help us with a war?
Sparta: Maybe. Is is close by? Like three day march?
Ionians: Across the sea. Here's a map.
Sparta: WHOA! Sorry, we're not really into *expeditionary warfare.*
Athens: FUCK YEAH. GET SOME GET SOME.
Ionians: Hey Sparta, we hear you guys are wArRiOrs. Wanna help us with a war?
Sparta: Maybe. Is is close by? Like three day march?
Ionians: Across the sea. Here's a map.
Sparta: WHOA! Sorry, we're not really into *expeditionary warfare.*
Athens: FUCK YEAH. GET SOME GET SOME.
February 17, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Great 🧵
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Hope is not a plan. Direct action is.
Join us on March 7th around the nation!
www.standupforscience.net/march7
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Join us on March 7th around the nation!
www.standupforscience.net/march7
@standupforscience.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Hope is not a plan. Direct action is.
Join us on March 7th around the nation!
www.standupforscience.net/march7
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Join us on March 7th around the nation!
www.standupforscience.net/march7
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Hey Ancient Gaming fans! You asked for it, and now it is here: actual ordered playlists broken down by game.
Here's a link to my Heaven's Vault playthrough with commentary!
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Here's a link to my Heaven's Vault playthrough with commentary!
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Heaven's Vault - YouTube
www.youtube.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Hey Ancient Gaming fans! You asked for it, and now it is here: actual ordered playlists broken down by game.
Here's a link to my Heaven's Vault playthrough with commentary!
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Here's a link to my Heaven's Vault playthrough with commentary!
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Really cool gorgon mural at Parla XXI in Assembly Square.
February 16, 2026 at 11:27 PM
oh my shit www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF8z...
The Tyler Perry Video
YouTube video by F.D Signifier
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February 16, 2026 at 6:52 PM
oh my shit www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF8z...
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Patrons can now watch this!
Premiere on Thursday for everyone else, so keep an eye out!
www.patreon.com/posts/is-she...
Premiere on Thursday for everyone else, so keep an eye out!
www.patreon.com/posts/is-she...
Is Sheldon Ableist? | Ember Green
Get more from Ember Green on Patreon
www.patreon.com
February 16, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Patrons can now watch this!
Premiere on Thursday for everyone else, so keep an eye out!
www.patreon.com/posts/is-she...
Premiere on Thursday for everyone else, so keep an eye out!
www.patreon.com/posts/is-she...
I see today is a tap-the-sign kinda day. youtu.be/zhUcSBZZ3AE
February 16, 2026 at 5:39 PM
I see today is a tap-the-sign kinda day. youtu.be/zhUcSBZZ3AE
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They want to scare people out of posting ICE-critical content, because they know these posts are turning even their supporters against them. But the better option is to take a page out of their playbook and flood the zone.
Posting about ICE on Instagram is now enough to get you an “administrative subpoena.” 👀
@nytimes.com #$META
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
@nytimes.com #$META
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
February 16, 2026 at 1:49 PM
They want to scare people out of posting ICE-critical content, because they know these posts are turning even their supporters against them. But the better option is to take a page out of their playbook and flood the zone.
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For me one of the most disturbing aspects of the links between Epstein and academia is that the power and incentive structures that encouraged this entanglement are all still in place. Structurally, nothing has changed.
I‘ve mentioned that thanks to the Epstein tranche I learned that one of my PhD advisors, Lee Smolin, continued to have contact with Epstein after 2007, which is not the impression I had
It’s weird to say the least for my professional past to become a public story that demands feminist analysis
It’s weird to say the least for my professional past to become a public story that demands feminist analysis
Lee Smolin pauses working relationship with Perimeter Institute after being named in Epstein files
Lee Smolin has been asked to “pause” his work by the Perimeter Institute as they review ties to Jeffrey Epstein
www.therecord.com
February 16, 2026 at 4:21 PM
For me one of the most disturbing aspects of the links between Epstein and academia is that the power and incentive structures that encouraged this entanglement are all still in place. Structurally, nothing has changed.
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“The number of people in #Massachusetts contesting their detainments after masked men and women seize them off the streets has risen sharply over the past year … [with] a staggering 12,000% surge in habeas corpus petitions filed in Massachusetts federal courts in 2025.”
Masked ICE arrests drive 12,000% uptick in Mass. lawsuits challenging detainments
Massachusetts courts saw a 12,000% increase in habeas corpus petitions in 2025, which both the U.S. Attorney and immigration lawyers attribute to ICE arrests.
www.masslive.com
February 16, 2026 at 1:41 AM
“The number of people in #Massachusetts contesting their detainments after masked men and women seize them off the streets has risen sharply over the past year … [with] a staggering 12,000% surge in habeas corpus petitions filed in Massachusetts federal courts in 2025.”
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Bluesky was literally meant to be a cryptobro social network for grifters, LinkedIn sludge, and libertarians who know way too much about age of consent laws.
Jack Dorsey *left* when instead of weird and off-putting cryptonerds, trans people started hanging out here.
Jack Dorsey *left* when instead of weird and off-putting cryptonerds, trans people started hanging out here.
Can you think of examples where people use technologies differently from what the developers intended, whether unintentionally or as an act of resistance?
February 15, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Bluesky was literally meant to be a cryptobro social network for grifters, LinkedIn sludge, and libertarians who know way too much about age of consent laws.
Jack Dorsey *left* when instead of weird and off-putting cryptonerds, trans people started hanging out here.
Jack Dorsey *left* when instead of weird and off-putting cryptonerds, trans people started hanging out here.
no stream today; my body is not ready
February 14, 2026 at 7:39 PM
no stream today; my body is not ready
This conference is consistently amazing to see.
It is my pleasure to announce the program for #ResDiff7 (March 13, 2026), an annual digital conference addressing inequity in classics, co-organized with Elke Nash. Keynote: Samuel Agbamu (@samagbamu.bsky.social). Registration is now open: resdifficiles.com/res-diff-7-2...
Res Diff 7 2026
The 2026 Res Difficiles conference will take place on March 13th. Register for the conference here. Res Difficiles: A Conference On Challenges and Pathways for Addressing Inequity In Classics. …
resdifficiles.com
February 14, 2026 at 5:24 PM
This conference is consistently amazing to see.
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Happy birthday to one of the greatest, Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery, he didn't know his actual birthday, but chose to celebrate it on this day.
Please read his books and essays; please teach your children his story when they are old enough to understand.
Please read his books and essays; please teach your children his story when they are old enough to understand.
February 14, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Happy birthday to one of the greatest, Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery, he didn't know his actual birthday, but chose to celebrate it on this day.
Please read his books and essays; please teach your children his story when they are old enough to understand.
Please read his books and essays; please teach your children his story when they are old enough to understand.
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To every cis person glazing Gavin Newsom by insisting he’s “better for trans people” when the primaries haven’t even happened yet: Fuck you.
Ignoring our warnings that Newsom is a transphobic billionaire puppet is bad enough but leveraging our struggles to defend him? Seriously, fuck you.
Ignoring our warnings that Newsom is a transphobic billionaire puppet is bad enough but leveraging our struggles to defend him? Seriously, fuck you.
February 14, 2026 at 4:16 PM
To every cis person glazing Gavin Newsom by insisting he’s “better for trans people” when the primaries haven’t even happened yet: Fuck you.
Ignoring our warnings that Newsom is a transphobic billionaire puppet is bad enough but leveraging our struggles to defend him? Seriously, fuck you.
Ignoring our warnings that Newsom is a transphobic billionaire puppet is bad enough but leveraging our struggles to defend him? Seriously, fuck you.
yes gimme
February 14, 2026 at 2:52 AM
yes gimme
Congrats to @josebird.bsky.social for the SMN shoutout! Well deserved.
February 11, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Congrats to @josebird.bsky.social for the SMN shoutout! Well deserved.
Don't let them rest. No one wants ICE.
NEW: ICE has a plan to lease offices across the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Don't let them rest. No one wants ICE.
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Well, let's give it a shot again and see what we get.
Adjunct pay/working conditions AY25-26
This form is part of a project to crowd-source pay and working conditions for people who teach and research in colleges and universities during AY2025-2026. This form is for people paid by the course ...
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February 9, 2026 at 8:25 PM
This is extremely bad news, but I'll tell you what, @discord.com... I only really got on your platform and created my servers there because Twitter was going to hell. The communities on Discord are not going to stay if we are going to be surveilled. You should look up the thermocline of trust.
Discord will soon require face scans or ID for all users, or restrict access
Discord will soon require face scans or ID for all users, or restrict access
Discord has announced a major change coming to the service as part of its aim to improve teen safety features. Starting in March, all users globally will be required to submit age verification via a face scan or submitted ID, or be given teen-level access restrictions.
more…
9to5mac.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:50 PM
This is extremely bad news, but I'll tell you what, @discord.com... I only really got on your platform and created my servers there because Twitter was going to hell. The communities on Discord are not going to stay if we are going to be surveilled. You should look up the thermocline of trust.
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I much prefer being around people who try to improve things, even if they ultimately aren't successful, rather than folks who assume nothing will ever change.
February 9, 2026 at 8:56 AM
I much prefer being around people who try to improve things, even if they ultimately aren't successful, rather than folks who assume nothing will ever change.
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I wrote this thread up into an article and revived my old Medium account to host: medium.com/@katestarbir...
I explain how Bannon's comments of "ICE surrounding polls" are a strategic attempt to exploit our outrage to advance his goals of voter suppression — and how we can redirect that attack.
I explain how Bannon's comments of "ICE surrounding polls" are a strategic attempt to exploit our outrage to advance his goals of voter suppression — and how we can redirect that attack.
February 8, 2026 at 12:13 AM
I wrote this thread up into an article and revived my old Medium account to host: medium.com/@katestarbir...
I explain how Bannon's comments of "ICE surrounding polls" are a strategic attempt to exploit our outrage to advance his goals of voter suppression — and how we can redirect that attack.
I explain how Bannon's comments of "ICE surrounding polls" are a strategic attempt to exploit our outrage to advance his goals of voter suppression — and how we can redirect that attack.
in the snow in the snow
a flash of color
orange for robin
red for cardinal
round and waiting and alive
so alive
in the snow
a flash of color
orange for robin
red for cardinal
round and waiting and alive
so alive
in the snow
February 7, 2026 at 5:14 PM
in the snow in the snow
a flash of color
orange for robin
red for cardinal
round and waiting and alive
so alive
in the snow
a flash of color
orange for robin
red for cardinal
round and waiting and alive
so alive
in the snow