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Enjoy history, archaeology, arts, and the crafting of heirloom items. Sharing as a middle-aged guy that has an open mind and a more liberal heart. Civics works

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Midnight Burger @midnightburger.bsky.social · 2d

The premiere of season 5 drops in the public feeds TOMORROW with Chapter 45: The Builder.
Where will we find our diner crew this month?
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A big thank you to @whisperdan.bsky.social for making us some art to celebrate!
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#midnightburgerpodcast #weopenatsix #audiodrama #scifipodcast

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Ritterton here and elsewhere! @ritterton.bsky.social · 2h

@midnightburger.bsky.social so excited for season 5, E1 as i make a long cros state trip. Lief, you got this.

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Chapps @chapps.bsky.social · 1d

What an odd little bronze model. It's a Roman galley's prow *and* stern? The usual goose-swan neck from the stern is at top, while a dog-headed ram, which would be affixed to the prow, is at bottom. The inscription reads: AMMILLA AUG FELIX, 'Amilla Augusta the Fortunate'. @sdecasien.bsky.social 🏺🤔

Bronze prow or stern of an ancient Roman ship. The goose or swan neck and head is at the top, which would normally be on the stern of a galley - the rear. But at the bottom, projecting out from the keel, is a dog-headed ram, which should be at the prow - the front - of the galley. A mashup, perhaps, of an actual galley, perhaps one that plied the Mediterranean as a trading ship? In niello - a composite black metal - are letters at the top which read, in Latin, 'Amilla Augusta, the Fortunate'. Niello decorations are at the bottom, difficult to make out against the corroded metal, but it seems to be a victory palm, a bird, and something else ...

British Museum, no date given (1856,0701.29)

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Ritterton here and elsewhere! @ritterton.bsky.social · 2d

Another great movie with the #HATM.

Glad to get the inspiration and the great music to set a tone for the week ahead.

Inspire and be inspired. It's still a pretty damn rough place out there, but you can do this.

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Ritterton here and elsewhere! @ritterton.bsky.social · 2d

So now he is the most famous botanist on two planets?

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Ritterton here and elsewhere! @ritterton.bsky.social · 2d

The tension...good lord

YAHOO!!!

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Ritterton here and elsewhere! @ritterton.bsky.social · 2d

So now we are at the Burning Man version of Mars.

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Ritterton here and elsewhere! @ritterton.bsky.social · 2d

I love this movie for what it shows us that we can do when we work together...when there is a problem that is both inspiring and bigger than us.

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Ritterton here and elsewhere! @ritterton.bsky.social · 2d

West Wing vibes here...

The secret shuttle that Toby couldn't tell anyone about...but the word gets out.

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Ritterton here and elsewhere! @ritterton.bsky.social · 2d

CONGRATS!!!!

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Ritterton here and elsewhere! @ritterton.bsky.social · 2d

a woman in a red jacket says i agree in yellow

ALT: a woman in a red jacket says i agree in yellow

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Ritterton here and elsewhere! @ritterton.bsky.social · 2d

Bad Harvest..ok, I may start using that.

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Ritterton here and elsewhere! @ritterton.bsky.social · 2d

RIGHT - you never say that aloud as the leader...never...think it, but never say it.

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Ritterton here and elsewhere! @ritterton.bsky.social · 2d

The greatest botanist on this planet...

LOVE IT

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Yes, seen this before a couple of times...but it is a line that just makes me smile.
Along with

In your face, Neil Armstrong.

Ritterton here and elsewhere! @ritterton.bsky.social · 2d

See we should be launching components of what they are in.

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Ritterton here and elsewhere! @ritterton.bsky.social · 2d

That is absolutely awesome!

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Ritterton here and elsewhere! @ritterton.bsky.social · 2d

Agreed.

This is what we were supposed to be doing in this decade, coming out of COVID and into a we can do this with gusto, science, and American ingenuity.

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Laura Kitchings @foodandarchives.bsky.social · 2d

I might be crying over the idea of well-funded government science #HATM

Ritterton here and elsewhere! @ritterton.bsky.social · 2d

Would you write a message or
use symbols for a longer message?

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Ritterton here and elsewhere! @ritterton.bsky.social · 2d

Right, right...valid. See, i went to History, PoliSci and Law for a reason.

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Ritterton here and elsewhere! @ritterton.bsky.social · 2d

Oh - for those willing to go back to the 1980s and SciFi, take a watch of #TheMartianChronicles ...yea, some of those episodes till linger in my mind forty years later.

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Ritterton here and elsewhere! @ritterton.bsky.social · 2d

So question, looking at folks like I think @drdrewfolk1.bsky.social - assuming he has a year or so of mineral nutrients in the soil for potatoes??

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Ritterton here and elsewhere! @ritterton.bsky.social · 2d

Ok, but #HotStuff is frigging classic...

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Ritterton here and elsewhere! @ritterton.bsky.social · 2d

My undergrad expectations Doc. ;-)

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Rachel Gunter, Ph.D. 🗃️ @phdrachel.bsky.social · 2d

“I’m gonna have to science the shit out of this.”
Yes!!! Love that line! #HATM

a man in a suit and bow tie is sitting at a desk with his arms outstretched in front of a globe .

Alt: Bill Nye in a suit and bow tie is sitting at a desk with his arms outstretched in front of a globe .

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Ritterton here and elsewhere! @ritterton.bsky.social · 2d

The operational officer here is doing what he thinks is best and she comes hitting hard with the reality of the situation.

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Ritterton here and elsewhere! @ritterton.bsky.social · 2d

Did not know this. VERY COOL!

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