Jenn
@thiefflorence.bsky.social
29 • artist obsessed with greek pottery
日本語OK
overthinker • wannabe wizard
日本語OK
overthinker • wannabe wizard
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New Evidence Suggests Humans Developed Written Language To Avoid Breaking Up In Person theonion.com/new-evi...
New Evidence Suggests Humans Developed Written Language To Avoid Breaking Up In Person
CHICAGO—Noting that early humans’ aversion to confrontation played a critical role in their evolution, a new study published Friday in the American Journal Of Archaeology concluded that written language was first developed to avoid breaking up in person. “According to our findings, early Mesopotamians created the first cuneiform tablets in 3200 BCE because they couldn’t […]
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February 14, 2025 at 8:37 PM
New Evidence Suggests Humans Developed Written Language To Avoid Breaking Up In Person theonion.com/new-evi...
What you can’t see: how many times I listened to the After Dark CD in the car @essenger.bsky.social
December 4, 2024 at 4:09 PM
What you can’t see: how many times I listened to the After Dark CD in the car @essenger.bsky.social
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This ~2,000-year-old clay tablet has Sumerian and Akkadian words on one side, spelled out in Greek on the other.
Such “Graeco-Babyloniaca” texts may tell us scribes who knew Sumerian and Akkadian (both dead languages by this point) were at least experimenting with learning Greek
Such “Graeco-Babyloniaca” texts may tell us scribes who knew Sumerian and Akkadian (both dead languages by this point) were at least experimenting with learning Greek
December 2, 2024 at 1:40 PM
This ~2,000-year-old clay tablet has Sumerian and Akkadian words on one side, spelled out in Greek on the other.
Such “Graeco-Babyloniaca” texts may tell us scribes who knew Sumerian and Akkadian (both dead languages by this point) were at least experimenting with learning Greek
Such “Graeco-Babyloniaca” texts may tell us scribes who knew Sumerian and Akkadian (both dead languages by this point) were at least experimenting with learning Greek
Trying desperately to incorporate my favorite Greek pottery aesthetic into my work 🏺
December 3, 2024 at 2:30 AM
Trying desperately to incorporate my favorite Greek pottery aesthetic into my work 🏺
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Announcing the Translation Prizes 2024 shortlists
41 shortlisted books, eight prizes, 12 languages - over £30,000 awarded.
See the full shortlists here: authr.uk/TP24
Shop the shortlists - uk.bookshop.org/lists/transl...
#TranslationPrizes
41 shortlisted books, eight prizes, 12 languages - over £30,000 awarded.
See the full shortlists here: authr.uk/TP24
Shop the shortlists - uk.bookshop.org/lists/transl...
#TranslationPrizes
Announcing the Translation Prizes 2024 shortlists - The Society of Authors
There are 41 shortlisted works across eight prizes
authr.uk
December 2, 2024 at 9:32 AM
Announcing the Translation Prizes 2024 shortlists
41 shortlisted books, eight prizes, 12 languages - over £30,000 awarded.
See the full shortlists here: authr.uk/TP24
Shop the shortlists - uk.bookshop.org/lists/transl...
#TranslationPrizes
41 shortlisted books, eight prizes, 12 languages - over £30,000 awarded.
See the full shortlists here: authr.uk/TP24
Shop the shortlists - uk.bookshop.org/lists/transl...
#TranslationPrizes
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Make art that you think is fuckin sick as hell. Make the shit you never thought you could that you always wanted to see. Beat your insecurity to death and fight to become your own favorite artist.
November 26, 2024 at 5:18 AM
Make art that you think is fuckin sick as hell. Make the shit you never thought you could that you always wanted to see. Beat your insecurity to death and fight to become your own favorite artist.
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my collection of about 14,000 photos (and growing) of ancient Mediterranean (broadly construed) archaeological subjects with Creative Commons license available here:
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November 10, 2024 at 4:51 PM
my collection of about 14,000 photos (and growing) of ancient Mediterranean (broadly construed) archaeological subjects with Creative Commons license available here:
www.flickr.com/photos/dandi...
www.flickr.com/photos/dandi...
It’s the frog and slime gang; all of my favorites!
November 28, 2024 at 1:46 PM
It’s the frog and slime gang; all of my favorites!
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I finished Silent Hill 2's remake this week with @pc98audi.bsky.social at my side. I think this is the best horror experience I've had in years. The only one that comes close is SOMA. I'm in shock at how well executed this remake is. Bloober massively exceeded expectations, to say the least.
November 19, 2024 at 12:59 PM
I finished Silent Hill 2's remake this week with @pc98audi.bsky.social at my side. I think this is the best horror experience I've had in years. The only one that comes close is SOMA. I'm in shock at how well executed this remake is. Bloober massively exceeded expectations, to say the least.
Anyone else overthink literally everything that they do to the point where chatting on Twitch fills you with anxiety?
November 20, 2024 at 3:09 AM
Anyone else overthink literally everything that they do to the point where chatting on Twitch fills you with anxiety?
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November 16, 2024 at 8:56 PM
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SpaceX and Amazon are asking the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to find the National Labor Relations Board unconstitutional. The federal agency is tasked with enforcing workers' right to organize.
Accused of violating worker rights, SpaceX and Amazon go after labor board
SpaceX and Amazon are asking the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to find the National Labor Relations Board unconstitutional. The federal agency is tasked with enforcing workers' right to organize.
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November 18, 2024 at 8:19 PM
SpaceX and Amazon are asking the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to find the National Labor Relations Board unconstitutional. The federal agency is tasked with enforcing workers' right to organize.
My two favorites: DQ monsters and greek pottery 🏛️ #dragonquest
November 18, 2024 at 7:14 PM
My two favorites: DQ monsters and greek pottery 🏛️ #dragonquest