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Edith Harding
@starlight-edith.bsky.social
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20 • They/She • Archaeology Major / Medieval Studies minor • Jewish

Fandoms: Star Trek, Stargate, Babylon 5, Battlestar Galactica, The Wheel of Time, Redwall, The Pillars of the Earth

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starlight-edith.bsky.social
As a Jewish archaeology student this is incredibly disheartening. Professor Dave Explains stated that "jewish people consider all non jews their subordinates" which is literally a Nazi talking point. Why Rossi is not condemning this behavior as a fellow history lover who should KNOW BETTER?
September 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
starlight-edith.bsky.social
I have been sitting here for 15m trying to figure out what kind of embrasure could be both horizontal AND placed at the base of a foundation.Battlement embrasures are horizontal but don’t go on foundations, arrow hole embrasures can go at foundations but are vertical!!
Curse of being a #medievalist
Photo of a book page with a section of text highlighted that reads “This secret could almost be seen by the enemy through a thin, horizontal embrasure at the base of the temple's foundation wall.”
August 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
starlight-edith.bsky.social
I got very angy on tumblr today
#middleages #medieval #medievalist #notthedarkages
A reply to a post that states “History is one of my favorite classes, no memorizing formulas but just paying attention during class. You can logic your way through by just thinking about what was going in the world around a certain time.” I have screenshotted their tags on the post which read “Except the Middle Ages that is a whole 1000 years of nothing (in my opinion) I don’t even do exercises or watch the board I just listen and draw” I then replied to their (rather ridiculous!) statement with my own in the tags which reads: “#one thousand years of nothing???? #WHAT???? #HAVE YOU NEVER SEEN THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY?? #You know the thing that depicts the Norman conquest of England in 1066????? #a very real war that definitely was not a thousand years of nothing??? #how about the invention and standardisation of sheet music AND harmony within the church?? #does the book of Kells mean nothing to you?? #how about the law of innocents??? #MAGNA CARTA????? #HELLO???????? #THE MIDDLE AGES WAS NOT AND HAS NEVER BEEN 'DARK AGES OF NO INVENTION' #PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD PEOPLE ACTUALLY LEARN ABOUT THE MIDDLE AGES PAST THE PLAGUE #archaeology posting”
August 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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#middleages
July 17, 2025 at 9:01 PM
starlight-edith.bsky.social
This will DEFINITELY work on the #science and #history major lol
A tumblr add from an account called “Discover the Truth” with a header titled “Are you believing a LIE about evolution? Find out the truth now!” Followed by the standard evolution graphic encircled in a large red “no” circle. The strike through section of the circle has text reading “The Natural Selection Paradox”. There is a button in the bottom right prompting the viewer to “Watch the Video”
June 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM
starlight-edith.bsky.social
Shetland cows my beloved
#art #digitalart #artsky #artskies
A digital drawing of a brown cow with accentuated long fur sitting on a green grass patch with hills in the background. Behind it are two trees. One has a critter hole with a less detailed squirrel standing next to it.
May 26, 2025 at 6:59 AM
starlight-edith.bsky.social
Working on a new oneee
#art
A sketch of a girl in a pleated dress holding a book, next to her is a boy in a button down, cuffed jeans and work boots with his hands on his hips
May 19, 2025 at 3:55 AM
starlight-edith.bsky.social
Okay so. When I say that the south’s skewed teaching of the civil war is actively ruining our historical literacy, this is what I mean:
#history #politics #civilwar
A discord screenshot. A user replies to my message about a classmate of mine who insisted that bringing a confederate flag to school was her first amendment right because it was her heritage. Their reply reads “It's odd that people are hell bent on making it a hate symbol because of old rivalries that were 160 years ago It's apart of the southern identity and has little to with slavery anymore. You even see Southern non-whites fly the flag Cope yankee”
April 22, 2025 at 1:19 AM
starlight-edith.bsky.social
I posted a video about #fallout that I thought was cool on Reddit and multiple people were extremely mean about it. The image is just a small snippet of the exchange. I don’t understand why people on Reddit are so cruel. Would anyone here be interested in a video about Kellog from FO4?
April 7, 2025 at 6:00 AM
starlight-edith.bsky.social
It’ll make a great addition to my Star Trek shrine regardless. (Sorry for the bad photos, it’s late)
My signed copy (George Takei) of a poster of enterprise schematics, below it are various other trinkets A framed poster of the TOS bridge crew, below it are various trinkets
April 5, 2025 at 4:36 AM
starlight-edith.bsky.social
Hey #startrek fans, does anyone know what this is? I’m not familiar with poster books, and I’m a little scared to open it because maybe this is one of those things you’re not supposed to open? But also I want to know!!
April 5, 2025 at 12:48 AM
starlight-edith.bsky.social
Hmm. #stargate #archaeology
A Horus guard Jaffa (soldier wearing a helmet shaped like a bird head) from Stargate SG1 I’m not a pseudo scientist I swear. I do not believe aliens built the pyramids or had anything to do with this artifact. I just really like SG1 and archaeology 😅
March 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM
starlight-edith.bsky.social
#science #fafo
(I stole this from tumblr who stole it from twitter)
Tweet from Heinz ! Baked jeans that says kind of a bummer to have been born at the very end of the Fuck Around century just to live the rest of my life in the Find Out century. A follow up tweet says, I’m not comforted at all by how many people with science jobs in their bio are retweeting this
March 1, 2025 at 5:29 PM
starlight-edith.bsky.social
Well my timeline lined up today
A photo of this post, and a post below it that says “Literacy is activism. Reading is a political act. Books are tools for liberation.”
February 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
starlight-edith.bsky.social
I am begging you to draw #Redwall characters
Matthias and cornflower of Redwall standing together in front of the tapestry of Martin The tapestry of Martin, Matthias has been added, holding his sword Matthias holding a bowl of strawberry cordial and looking cute
February 16, 2025 at 7:55 PM
starlight-edith.bsky.social
As the daughter of an ex ISKCON member reading through this has sure been a trip.
#athiest #iskcon
The book “easy journey to other planets” by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhacktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (founder of ISKCON aka Hare Krishna movement)
February 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
starlight-edith.bsky.social
This is so bizarre to me. 1984 and Fahrenheit 451 are similar enough to each other that people regularly mistake them for the same book. They’re both required reading in school. They both cover similar topics. So far no one has given me a single reason as to why F451 is a bad book lmao
January 22, 2025 at 3:17 AM
starlight-edith.bsky.social
It’s really difficult to tell my major and interests, obviously. #wheeloftime #wotskies #startrek #redwall #stargate #middleages #bayeuxtapestry
The front side of an iPad with a case on it, the flat side of the keybaord case is showing. It has several stickers, including one in the middle with the wheel of time logo in yellow that says “the wheel weaves as the wheel wills” in the bottom left corner is a sticker of Teal’c from Stargate. To his right is a sticker that says “if lost please return to:” then the coordinates for earth. In the bottom right corner is a sticker of Jack O’Neill. To the right of the wheel of time sticker is a Hildegard Von Bingen sticker. To its left is a sticker of a man on a horse holding the flag of the Holy Roman Empire in the medieval art style. In the top left corner is a sticker of Daniel Jackson from Stargate, with Samantha Carter in the right corner. Between them is a medieval style cat playing an instrument with a sun with a face on it above him. The other side of the keyboard case, this time horizontal. In the top left corner is a stylized drawing of Data from Star Trek holding his cat Spot. In the top right next to the camera is a scene from the Bayeux tapestry. In the bottom right corner is a sticker of the Redwall tapestry of Martin the Warrior, showing a knight mouse holding a sword with the caption “I am that is”. In the bottom left is a sticker of a Kleenex box that has “THANKS SEND MORE” written in what is supposed to look like marker. In the middle is a circular sticker showing the wheel of time logo in between two crossed swords. Along one sword is written “duty is heavier than a mountain” and along the other “death is lighter than a feather”
January 21, 2025 at 7:37 AM
starlight-edith.bsky.social
#norsemythology #norse #vikingmythology #archaeology #🏺
An image of two people in a car. The man in black looks reserved and is labeled “white supremacist interpretation of Viking myths” and the other person in neon pink ginormous feather boa, a feather on their head, and huge square pink glasses is labeled “Viking myths”
January 21, 2025 at 3:29 AM
starlight-edith.bsky.social
#dune #paulatreides (saw this one on tumblr and just had to share)
Tumblr post by user etchif On Jan 11 that says: Oh what's that? You only read books with lots of "spice" in them? Well then l've got a great one for you, practically the whole plot revolves around "spice". Ahem. In the week before their departure to Arrakis,
January 13, 2025 at 8:03 AM
starlight-edith.bsky.social
This is horrifying. #uhc #unitedhealthcare #uhcshooting
A threads post that says “I just got off the phone with United healthcare regarding a patient appeal. They declined it. I asked for the physician’s name and credentials I was speaking with and they refused to give me either, saying this is now the policy of UHC. I replied that I could be talking to a janitor for all I know and they, unsurprisingly, took great offense to this. (No offense to janitors, much respect). I repeatedly asked them “why do you think that policy is now in place?” and she refused to answer.” With a second post continuing “So, in case you were wondering if United was planning on changing their policies as a result of all of this, the answer is yes: they’re just going to hide behind anonymity and continue business as usual.”
December 13, 2024 at 4:58 PM
starlight-edith.bsky.social
@georgetakei.bsky.social I doubt you’ll actually see this, but I got this from my ASL teacher a few years ago & he bought it off someone at a yard sale - I don’t know if you remember Tim, or why on earth he would part with something this cool, but I’m glad to have it! #startrek
A framed poster with a photo and diagram of the original enterprise, the bridge portion is signed A close up of the signed bridge portion. It says “To: Tim / My Very Best / George Takei”
December 6, 2024 at 12:22 AM
starlight-edith.bsky.social
Me: oh no I’ve killed him…….

Me 1 second later: Hey wait a second, that’s a wheel of time book!! #wotskies

www.instagram.com/reel/DCyQKxf...
A man holding one of the wheel of time books (I can’t tell which one, but it is blue with a man standing alone in the lower left corner)
December 5, 2024 at 11:59 PM
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@rapunzl347.bsky.social

STARGATE STAR TREK AND WOT??? Are we the same person?????
Photo of rapunzl347’s bio that says “Wheel of time addict, ATLA, Star Trek, Stargate, and dark matter lifer. General nerdy shenanigans. She/Her, be kind or be gone!”
December 4, 2024 at 8:38 PM
starlight-edith.bsky.social
YOU MAKE TWO POSTS ABOUT THE WHEEL OF TIME AND SUDDENLY ITS 80% OF MY PERSONALITY? (It is though sooo…….)
December 4, 2024 at 8:06 PM