Flora Alexander
@florainthesouth.bsky.social
Retired academic (English Literature), feminist, politically left.
I come from the north, but I don’t live there now.
I come from the north, but I don’t live there now.
Yes this is familiar.
December 7, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Yes this is familiar.
Reposted by Flora Alexander
For anyone wondering, some possible dog names have survived from cuneiform sources.
On tiny dog figurines found buried under a palace in Nineveh, Iraq are inscriptions that seem to be names.
dan rigiššu “loud is his bark”
munaššiku gārîšu “biter of his foe”
mušēṣi lemnūti “expeller of evil”
On tiny dog figurines found buried under a palace in Nineveh, Iraq are inscriptions that seem to be names.
dan rigiššu “loud is his bark”
munaššiku gārîšu “biter of his foe”
mušēṣi lemnūti “expeller of evil”
January 30, 2025 at 10:13 AM
For anyone wondering, some possible dog names have survived from cuneiform sources.
On tiny dog figurines found buried under a palace in Nineveh, Iraq are inscriptions that seem to be names.
dan rigiššu “loud is his bark”
munaššiku gārîšu “biter of his foe”
mušēṣi lemnūti “expeller of evil”
On tiny dog figurines found buried under a palace in Nineveh, Iraq are inscriptions that seem to be names.
dan rigiššu “loud is his bark”
munaššiku gārîšu “biter of his foe”
mušēṣi lemnūti “expeller of evil”
Looking forward to this.
December 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Looking forward to this.
This is awful. Surely there’s no need for it?
December 6, 2025 at 9:31 AM
This is awful. Surely there’s no need for it?
Looks wonderful.
December 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Looks wonderful.
English stuff about class always makes me glad to be Scottish.
December 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
English stuff about class always makes me glad to be Scottish.
Yes it’s needless cruelty.
December 4, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Yes it’s needless cruelty.