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Ishtar - πŸ§œβ€β™€οΈπŸ˜·β˜’οΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
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π’Š©π’ˆΉπŸ₯°βœŒοΈSciCommπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ β€’ Postgrad Archaeology Student🏺(Portrayal of the past in media) β€’ Computer Scientist πŸ‘©β€πŸ’» β€’ Lesbian Poetess πŸ‘­ β€’ Novelist - prehistory/antiquity β€’ EDXRF/Gamma/Xray Spectroscopy ☒️ β€’ AstrophotographyπŸ”­ β€’ ASD/ADHD/Tourette's/CPTSDπŸ˜΅β€πŸ’« β€’ Weaver🧡
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Ishtar - πŸ§œβ€β™€οΈπŸ˜·β˜’οΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ @ishtar.bsky.social Β· Nov 11
Hi, I'm Ishtar πŸ•ŠοΈ
I'm a neurodivergent archaeology student, professional computer scientist, and novelist.

I talk about EDXRF, gamma spectroscopy, prehistory, cats, LGBT issues, women's issues, mineralogy, sapphic stuff, and a bunch of other topics. πŸ₯°

I'm happy to chat, but please be nice❀️
Picture of me in the lab working on cleaning artifacts A picture of autunite uranium encased in plastic and held in my hand A gamma spectrum of European 152 that I made A picture of my long haired black cat with his tongue sticking out looking dorky with pride flags behind him
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Ishtar - πŸ§œβ€β™€οΈπŸ˜·β˜’οΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ @ishtar.bsky.social Β· 5h
🀣🀣

Like the arrow would hit the target and the shaft would go right through the silly foam broadhead lol

The 30 lb draw is fine and does a great job.
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Ishtar - πŸ§œβ€β™€οΈπŸ˜·β˜’οΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ @ishtar.bsky.social Β· 5h
My new horse bow just arrived!

It's for LARP, so I didn't buy an expensive one. It also has a very low draw weight for the same reason. Only 30 lb. Still, horse bows are pretty. πŸ‘©πŸΉ

My 55 lb recurve is unacceptable for LARP 🀣🀣
A strung horse bow An unstrung horse bow
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Ishtar - πŸ§œβ€β™€οΈπŸ˜·β˜’οΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ @ishtar.bsky.social Β· 14h
Yes! Hooray!
I love soft things like this blanket πŸ₯°
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Ishtar - πŸ§œβ€β™€οΈπŸ˜·β˜’οΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ @ishtar.bsky.social Β· 16h
Oh, my books are:

Ember of a New World
Ember of Life
Ember of Ashes (rereleasing soon)

My Mother's Spear (new)
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Thomas @thomasfuchs.at Β· 2d
Meme showing six logical operators illustrated with jack-o'-lantern images. trick OR treat trick AND treat trick XOR treat trick NOR treat trick NAND treat trick XNOR treat
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Ishtar - πŸ§œβ€β™€οΈπŸ˜·β˜’οΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ @ishtar.bsky.social Β· 20h
Good point! I will double check with them first. I think I know a few of them, so that might help lol
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Ishtar - πŸ§œβ€β™€οΈπŸ˜·β˜’οΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ @ishtar.bsky.social Β· 20h
Ty there's such soft little blankets. They were getting them out pretty cheaply, so I had to grab one lol I get cold easily now lol
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Ishtar - πŸ§œβ€β™€οΈπŸ˜·β˜’οΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ @ishtar.bsky.social Β· 1d
There's a particularly important historical building that's quite old that we will be excavating. I won't say more, but it's quite important to regional history.

Though I would prefer Stone Age stuff, is that's where most of my training is lol

But you got to do what you got to do lol
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Ishtar - πŸ§œβ€β™€οΈπŸ˜·β˜’οΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ @ishtar.bsky.social Β· 1d
Okay!

Week of nov 10th I am in the field doing archaelogy. The next week I may do some lab work.

Project I was helping on is finally finishing with great results. My contribution was like not even 1% lol but I'm happy to have helped.

But I'm hoping the field work will be even more fun.
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Ishtar - πŸ§œβ€β™€οΈπŸ˜·β˜’οΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ @ishtar.bsky.social Β· 1d
Awwwww same sames!!
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Ishtar - πŸ§œβ€β™€οΈπŸ˜·β˜’οΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ @ishtar.bsky.social Β· 1d
Roger roger!
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Ishtar - πŸ§œβ€β™€οΈπŸ˜·β˜’οΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ @ishtar.bsky.social Β· 1d
Ty!
I was in a really good mood lol
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Ishtar - πŸ§œβ€β™€οΈπŸ˜·β˜’οΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ @ishtar.bsky.social Β· 1d
Awwww ty Marty!!

It was a great day to spread some joy. I also gave away some books to people who couldn't afford them, as they deserve to read things, too. I should probably give one to the library, come to think of it πŸ€”
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Ishtar - πŸ§œβ€β™€οΈπŸ˜·β˜’οΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ @ishtar.bsky.social Β· 1d
I sold a lot of books today!

Also got this β€οΈπŸ§‘πŸ€πŸ©·πŸ’œ soft blanket to wrap in. πŸ₯°

Keeps me warm, and i love how soft it is 🦌
A woman standing before a lesbian pride flag soft blanket smiling A woman standing before a lesbian pride flag soft blanket smiling
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Ishtar - πŸ§œβ€β™€οΈπŸ˜·β˜’οΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ @ishtar.bsky.social Β· 1d
Ty!
These are replicas, but I have real ones in my collection. I wouldn't bring those to sell my books in public lol

Real talk: I would definitely take any Roman or ancient currency for one of my books 🀣🀣
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Ishtar - πŸ§œβ€β™€οΈπŸ˜·β˜’οΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ @ishtar.bsky.social Β· 1d
One copy of My Mother's Spear, please!

That will be 1 Denarius and 1 Sestertius.
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Ishtar - πŸ§œβ€β™€οΈπŸ˜·β˜’οΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ @ishtar.bsky.social Β· 2d
Ahhh u2!!!
πŸβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈπŸŽƒ
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Ishtar - πŸ§œβ€β™€οΈπŸ˜·β˜’οΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ @ishtar.bsky.social Β· 2d
Elven Ishtar... Maybe... ELFTAR!

The ears look really big in person, but they blend in too much to really stand out in this photo. They're actually going to be my dryad ears for LARP, but they made my impromptu costume this year.

Anyway, time to get to bed. Elftar is tired lol
A picture of a woman in front of a pride progress flag smiling and wearing autumn jewelry, black dress, and elf ears
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Ishtar - πŸ§œβ€β™€οΈπŸ˜·β˜’οΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ @ishtar.bsky.social Β· 2d
Meow!
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Ishtar - πŸ§œβ€β™€οΈπŸ˜·β˜’οΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ @ishtar.bsky.social Β· 2d
πŸŽƒπŸ‚πŸπŸŽƒπŸ‚πŸπŸŽƒπŸ‚πŸ
πŸŽƒHappy Samhain!!πŸŽƒ
πŸπŸ‚πŸŽƒπŸπŸ‚πŸŽƒπŸπŸ‚πŸŽƒ

Hooray for the start of the Celtic dark season.

Meow!

πŸ•―οΈAnd one for those we lostπŸ•ŠοΈ
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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone Β· 3d
happy halloween i made this
drawing of a glowing smiling jack o lantern suspended in air
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Ishtar - πŸ§œβ€β™€οΈπŸ˜·β˜’οΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ @ishtar.bsky.social Β· 2d
ProTip:

Pick a few friends that you know who aren't doing well, or maybe just one.

Keep an eye on them and make sure they have food and the resources they need.

Suggest that same course of action to another person or two

That's how we build community
πŸ•ŠοΈ
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Ishtar - πŸ§œβ€β™€οΈπŸ˜·β˜’οΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ @ishtar.bsky.social Β· 2d
Food giveaway was a success!!

Also, might have found more people with stuff for people without.
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Ishtar - πŸ§œβ€β™€οΈπŸ˜·β˜’οΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ @ishtar.bsky.social Β· 2d
Okay, now to head off to the food exchange that I have organized for my community.

If you can organize something like this it might be a good idea right now. People are getting pretty hungry.

And I have a lot of food to bring so hopefully it can find some folks that need it πŸ’œ
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