Allie Winik
@queeneallie.bsky.social
Reader, knitter, dancer, resister.
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Today I learned that the Judeo-Christian myth of Noah and the ark was actually based on an ancient Sumerian mess about the fertile crescent, rivers flooding as a form of population control.
#eve #reading #mythology #evolution #breastfeeding
#eve #reading #mythology #evolution #breastfeeding
May 1, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Today I learned that the Judeo-Christian myth of Noah and the ark was actually based on an ancient Sumerian mess about the fertile crescent, rivers flooding as a form of population control.
#eve #reading #mythology #evolution #breastfeeding
#eve #reading #mythology #evolution #breastfeeding
Yesterday I learned that it was the textile trade that helped spread mathematics, accounting, and writing across Europe.
#womenshistory #textiles #writing #mathematics #accounting
#womenshistory #textiles #writing #mathematics #accounting
April 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Yesterday I learned that it was the textile trade that helped spread mathematics, accounting, and writing across Europe.
#womenshistory #textiles #writing #mathematics #accounting
#womenshistory #textiles #writing #mathematics #accounting
TIL
Women have been traditionally paid so low to spin thread, not because it was unskilled labor, or because it was women’s work, but rather because it took so long to produce a useful amount of thread to weave fabric, that the fabric would have to be sold at an exorbitant price.
Women have been traditionally paid so low to spin thread, not because it was unskilled labor, or because it was women’s work, but rather because it took so long to produce a useful amount of thread to weave fabric, that the fabric would have to be sold at an exorbitant price.
April 1, 2025 at 9:26 PM
TIL
Women have been traditionally paid so low to spin thread, not because it was unskilled labor, or because it was women’s work, but rather because it took so long to produce a useful amount of thread to weave fabric, that the fabric would have to be sold at an exorbitant price.
Women have been traditionally paid so low to spin thread, not because it was unskilled labor, or because it was women’s work, but rather because it took so long to produce a useful amount of thread to weave fabric, that the fabric would have to be sold at an exorbitant price.
TIL
1. Renaissance painters painted women with spindles and spinning instruments not because it was a symbol of female subjugation domesticity, but because it was a symbol of industry.
#womenshistory #textiles
1. Renaissance painters painted women with spindles and spinning instruments not because it was a symbol of female subjugation domesticity, but because it was a symbol of industry.
#womenshistory #textiles
April 1, 2025 at 9:25 PM
TIL
1. Renaissance painters painted women with spindles and spinning instruments not because it was a symbol of female subjugation domesticity, but because it was a symbol of industry.
#womenshistory #textiles
1. Renaissance painters painted women with spindles and spinning instruments not because it was a symbol of female subjugation domesticity, but because it was a symbol of industry.
#womenshistory #textiles
TIL text, I’m making was the first profession. Before animal husbandry, before agriculture, before pottery. #womenshistory #textiles
April 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
TIL text, I’m making was the first profession. Before animal husbandry, before agriculture, before pottery. #womenshistory #textiles
TIL the beginnings of germ theory were hundreds of years before Louis Pasteur. An Italian named Bassi, saw silkworms dying from a white powder and learned to disinfect them to stop the spread.
April 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
TIL the beginnings of germ theory were hundreds of years before Louis Pasteur. An Italian named Bassi, saw silkworms dying from a white powder and learned to disinfect them to stop the spread.
Today I learned that spindles were the first wheels. Even though they were not loadbearing, the understanding of rotation made them the first wheel in history.
April 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Today I learned that spindles were the first wheels. Even though they were not loadbearing, the understanding of rotation made them the first wheel in history.
TIL Mikey Madison is the first Gen Z member to win an Academy Award for acting.
March 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
TIL Mikey Madison is the first Gen Z member to win an Academy Award for acting.
Has anyone seen Flow? Thoughts?
March 30, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Has anyone seen Flow? Thoughts?
“For every soldier abroad, there are ten children at home who are in danger.”
March 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
“For every soldier abroad, there are ten children at home who are in danger.”
“If people don’t do their part to stop the spread of evil when they’re asked to, it just gets stronger and then no one can stop it.” - As Bright As Heaven
March 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
“If people don’t do their part to stop the spread of evil when they’re asked to, it just gets stronger and then no one can stop it.” - As Bright As Heaven
TFW you smize at a stranger in public and she smiles back!
February 22, 2025 at 11:39 PM
TFW you smize at a stranger in public and she smiles back!
What were the headlines on the day you were born and are they still relevant?
February 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
What were the headlines on the day you were born and are they still relevant?
This white girl is gonna need a breakdown of Lamar’s halftime show…*to the Google*
February 10, 2025 at 11:39 AM
This white girl is gonna need a breakdown of Lamar’s halftime show…*to the Google*
Maryland has the best flag.
February 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Maryland has the best flag.
February 5, 2025 at 1:18 AM
#Bonton #VanityLicensePlate
#VanityLicensePlates
#LicensePlate #LicensePlates
#PersonalizedPlate #OnTheRoad #VanityPlatesAreMyThing
#VanityLicensePlates
#LicensePlate #LicensePlates
#PersonalizedPlate #OnTheRoad #VanityPlatesAreMyThing
January 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Sorry boss. No can do.
#VanityLicensePlate
#VanityLicensePlates
#LicensePlate #LicensePlates
#PersonalizedPlate #OnTheRoad #VanityPlatesAreMyThing #NoCanDo
#VanityLicensePlate
#VanityLicensePlates
#LicensePlate #LicensePlates
#PersonalizedPlate #OnTheRoad #VanityPlatesAreMyThing #NoCanDo
January 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM