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Heathen-adjacent animist & hearth witch. 33 ▪︎ 🌈🖤🌿 ▪︎ MO [they/them]

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𝖋𝖌𝖕 @fairygothparent.bsky.social · 13d

Return to tradition. 💜 Dreaming of the Trancestors explores the past using archaeological evidence, academic studies, and anecdotes from Norse lore. Along with Rock the Boat, it's available for pre-order til Friday, October 17.

#pagansky #witchsky #heathensky

photo of my hand holding a zine above fallen leaves. the zine is titled "DREAMING OF THE TRANCESTORS: GENDER NONCONFORMITY AND QUEERNESS IN PRE-CHRISTIAN NORTHWESTERN EUROPE." it has a light purple cover, featuring a take on the transgender glyph and three faces of various genders.

photo of page 16 from dreaming of the trancestors. it features an illustration of an archigallus, a gender nonconforming leader of the cult of cybele.

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North Ages @northages.bsky.social · 6d

No medieval filter here! A modern recreation of a Viking ruler for Denmark’s National Museum, based on the depiction of Cnut in the New Minster Liber Vitae and on clothes found at a grave in Mammen, Denmark. #medievalsky

A man wearing a thigh-length red tunic beneath a cloak of a darker red, both richly embroidered, blue leggings and soft, tan-coloured shoes.

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𝖋𝖌𝖕 @fairygothparent.bsky.social · 9h

went to the zoo again today, early enough to see this summer's cheetah cubs AAAAAA they're leggy lil preteens

photo of the cheetah habitat, with four of the cheetahs (including three cubs) visible

photo of the cheetah habitat with one cheetah cub poking its head up from behind a log

𝖋𝖌𝖕 @fairygothparent.bsky.social · 1d

the "i don't have pronouns" of analysis

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Calvinboo Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 1d

also, shame is social. bullying is a group activity. the more people see you bullying the fascist freaks for being fascist freaks, the more likely they are to join in.

shame brings us all together to point the proverbial finger and say “gross.”

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

some colleagues have suggested to me that shame is irrelevant because the people on the "other side" don't know or care what "we" (on whatever "this side") think of them. I have...not gotten that impression

Kurtbert Barlowko @albertburneko.bsky.social · 1d

"disliking me is persecution" describes so incredibly many people's entire outlook these days defector.com/free-press-r...

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Addy Berry, PhD @addyberry.bsky.social · 2d

So I guess sex work is only ok if just tech oligarchs are profiting off it and not marginalized women or minorities who depend on it to survive?

The Verge @theverge.com · 2d

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

buff.ly

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𝖋𝖌𝖕 @fairygothparent.bsky.social · 1d

Queen of the harvest. 🌾 Sif is the wife of Thor, with long golden hair thought to represent fields of ripe grains at the end of summer. These giclée prints are ready to bring Her warmth to your home or altar this autumn.

www.hearthkvlt.com/product/deit...

#heathensky #witchsky #pagansky

photo of a printed portrait of sif. she's depicted with a sickle in her grasp, four long plaits of hair, and a halo of wheat. the color scheme is rich golden yellow and white.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2d

I don't think I've seen a network TV news report more transparently full of shit since maybe 2003, right before we invaded Iraq

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𝖋𝖌𝖕 @fairygothparent.bsky.social · 1d

i went viral for telling ppl vikings didnt have chin stripes or locked hairstyles, that the "viking aesthetic" was just noble savage stuff. im sure you can imagine the white woman crashouts in my comments and mentions 🙃

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 2d

Matt Walsh and MAGA have been citing this "study" all day to claim "total cultural victory" over trans people. Claiming that it shows less people are identifying as trans because it's a socially influenced phenomenon.

This is a great 🧵 debunking all of it

Hex Anderson @dexanderson.com · 2d

You know what? I have time today. Let's have a look.

Guy Trivago @convolutedname.bsky.social · 2d

Frying brains online

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𝖋𝖌𝖕 @fairygothparent.bsky.social · 2d

i'm gonna start doing some blóts to skaði at this rate

7 day forecast showing unseasonably warm temps, even after cold front comes through

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 2d

Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again.

Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 2d

NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 2d

Incredible photo from @chicago.suntimes.com ‘s Anthony Vazquez. Pointing what looks to be a teargas launcher at someone’s head at nearly point blank range is incredibly dangerous. This is why I prefer a ballistic helmet in the field.

Feds ram SUV in chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd

The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N on Chicago's East Side, resulting in dozens of residents showing up to protest the federal immigration agents.

chicago.suntimes.com

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talia jane ❤️‍🔥 @taliajane.bsky.social · 2d

as charming and whimsical as some will view this, it bears noting that absurdity—not militancy or might—are what people have chosen to repeat from the portland standoffs against ICE.

why is that?

what purpose does this serve?

a mini 🧵:

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 3d

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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Peter Nickeas @peternickeas.bsky.social · 2d

105/N. Feds rammed a car that crashed into another, then a foot chase. Neighbors protested. Gas deployed by feds earlier today. Here's what they left behind. A thread of photos. #chicago

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 2d

Watching people being brutalized by the state, secure in the knowledge that I'm safe because I don't do anything wrong. And the best part? The state can't suddenly and arbitrarily redefine what "wrong" means

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 2d

many such cases

Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 2d

"Sapiens" is so normal for the first 70,000 years of human history but then goes absolutely buckwild as soon as it gets to colonialism

Had the Aztecs and Incas shown a bit more interest in the world surrounding them - and had they known what the Spaniards had done to their neighbours - they might have resisted the Spanish conquest more keenly and successfully.

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𝖋𝖌𝖕 @fairygothparent.bsky.social · 2d

i'm back on my beading shit but i need to switch to delicas for the new designs and they haven't shipped yet

a man with a mustache is sitting on a swing in a park

ALT: a man with a mustache is sitting on a swing in a park

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TransLash Media @translash.org · 3d

We honor the legacy of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a fierce protector of our collective freedom. Our hearts are with her loved ones and all who carry her vision forward.

"We will honor Miss Major forever." - @imarajones.bsky.social

An illustration of Miss Major surrounded by candles with blue background and a famous quote of hers written in gold. The quote reads“I don’t need their permission to exist; I exist in spite of them. I want you to train and teach and love on and create families within my community and gender non-conforming people, so that we can understand that we have a culture, we have a history, we have a reason to be here. We have a purpose. We’re entitled to be loved, and seek happiness, and share that with the people that we care about.” -Miss Major Griffin-Gracy

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𝖋𝖌𝖕 @fairygothparent.bsky.social · 3d

been seeing a number of fuckass heathen fundies trying to legit resurrect ergi as a slur. we're already pretty well versed in reclaiming those my dudes!

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𝖋𝖌𝖕 @fairygothparent.bsky.social · 3d

not gay as in happy but ergi as in fuck you

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𝖋𝖌𝖕 @fairygothparent.bsky.social · 3d

"tear to shreds" and its just a correction, a direct question, and ideas for how to better express support

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The Onion @theonion.com · 3d

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

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Frostbitten Flamingo @flemtheparrot.bsky.social · 4d

Morning.

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 3d

Most of rural Alaska is Alaska Native. Bonus donating to support Alaska Native people on Indigenous Peoples Day.

Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 3d

Western Alaska was hit hard by the recent storms. Houses floated away in Kipnuk, houses flipped over, people lost everything from the flooding that came with the storms. Please donate if you can. This group has a long history of supporting AK communities.

alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...

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