Ishtar - 🧜♀️😷☢️🏳️🌈
@ishtar.bsky.social
𒊩𒈹🥰✌️SciComm🏳️🌈
• Postgrad Archaeology Student🏺(Portrayal of the past in media)
• Computer Scientist 👩💻
• Lesbian Poetess 👭
• Novelist - prehistory/antiquity
• EDXRF/Gamma/Xray Spectroscopy ☢️
• Astrophotography🔭
• ASD/ADHD/Tourette's/CPTSD😵💫
• Weaver🧵
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Ishtar - 🧜♀️😷☢️🏳️🌈
@ishtar.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Hi, I'm Ishtar 🕊️
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. 🥰
I'm happy to chat, but please be nice❤️
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. 🥰
I'm happy to chat, but please be nice❤️
Okay that's enough Bronze Age action adventure romance writing for me for today.
Giving the EMIIb period a rest 😂
Time to go for a walk, then play video games, then bed.
I have a lot of books to read over various minor things that came up while writing that need to get addressed for accuracy
Giving the EMIIb period a rest 😂
Time to go for a walk, then play video games, then bed.
I have a lot of books to read over various minor things that came up while writing that need to get addressed for accuracy
November 28, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Okay that's enough Bronze Age action adventure romance writing for me for today.
Giving the EMIIb period a rest 😂
Time to go for a walk, then play video games, then bed.
I have a lot of books to read over various minor things that came up while writing that need to get addressed for accuracy
Giving the EMIIb period a rest 😂
Time to go for a walk, then play video games, then bed.
I have a lot of books to read over various minor things that came up while writing that need to get addressed for accuracy
You just died. The sixth picture in your phone is what killed you.
( This was actually my sixth photo... We call it, "fallout salmon," as It looks like something you find in the game lol)
( This was actually my sixth photo... We call it, "fallout salmon," as It looks like something you find in the game lol)
November 28, 2025 at 12:06 AM
You just died. The sixth picture in your phone is what killed you.
( This was actually my sixth photo... We call it, "fallout salmon," as It looks like something you find in the game lol)
( This was actually my sixth photo... We call it, "fallout salmon," as It looks like something you find in the game lol)
For my bad guy mercenary group, I've decided to add a female warrior.
But what culture might she come from?
2370 BCE, Mediterranean area.
But she could come from anywhere within a thousand miles 🤔
Already have them from Ur and Egypt... What would be interesting?
🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
But what culture might she come from?
2370 BCE, Mediterranean area.
But she could come from anywhere within a thousand miles 🤔
Already have them from Ur and Egypt... What would be interesting?
🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
November 27, 2025 at 11:30 PM
For my bad guy mercenary group, I've decided to add a female warrior.
But what culture might she come from?
2370 BCE, Mediterranean area.
But she could come from anywhere within a thousand miles 🤔
Already have them from Ur and Egypt... What would be interesting?
🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
But what culture might she come from?
2370 BCE, Mediterranean area.
But she could come from anywhere within a thousand miles 🤔
Already have them from Ur and Egypt... What would be interesting?
🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
Also leave a rating and review!!!
This can be even more important for indie authors. It doesn't even cost you anything, but almost nobody ever does it 😭
This can be even more important for indie authors. It doesn't even cost you anything, but almost nobody ever does it 😭
If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....
November 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Also leave a rating and review!!!
This can be even more important for indie authors. It doesn't even cost you anything, but almost nobody ever does it 😭
This can be even more important for indie authors. It doesn't even cost you anything, but almost nobody ever does it 😭
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I’m 12 (circa 2021)
November 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I’m 12 (circa 2021)
I wonder if anybody's ever noticed in my stories that all of my stars are correct. They're correct for the time of year, location, and even axial procession (over ~26ka).
That's one detail I spent a lot of time on that I bet almost nobody ever notices...
LEAVE ME ALONE TYSON lol
That's one detail I spent a lot of time on that I bet almost nobody ever notices...
LEAVE ME ALONE TYSON lol
November 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I wonder if anybody's ever noticed in my stories that all of my stars are correct. They're correct for the time of year, location, and even axial procession (over ~26ka).
That's one detail I spent a lot of time on that I bet almost nobody ever notices...
LEAVE ME ALONE TYSON lol
That's one detail I spent a lot of time on that I bet almost nobody ever notices...
LEAVE ME ALONE TYSON lol
One major problem writing a romance novel set in 2370 BCE Crete (EMI IIB) is a lack of information lol
The Society is only a bit urban, with a lot of their Neolithic past still hanging on, and so little is known.
Years of study and I am still filled with holes lol
We must add frog DNA
* JP ref😂
The Society is only a bit urban, with a lot of their Neolithic past still hanging on, and so little is known.
Years of study and I am still filled with holes lol
We must add frog DNA
* JP ref😂
a frog with a green head and orange arms is hanging from a tree
Alt: a frog with a green head and orange arms is hanging from a tree
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:31 PM
One major problem writing a romance novel set in 2370 BCE Crete (EMI IIB) is a lack of information lol
The Society is only a bit urban, with a lot of their Neolithic past still hanging on, and so little is known.
Years of study and I am still filled with holes lol
We must add frog DNA
* JP ref😂
The Society is only a bit urban, with a lot of their Neolithic past still hanging on, and so little is known.
Years of study and I am still filled with holes lol
We must add frog DNA
* JP ref😂
Happy Dinosaur Day
(If you celebrate)
p1: members of clade Dinosauria are a branch of dinosaurs
p2: birds are members of clade Dinosauria
c: birds are dinosaurs
p1: a turkey is a bird
p2: a bird is a dinosaur
c: a turkey is a dinosaur
🦃==🦖
(If you celebrate)
p1: members of clade Dinosauria are a branch of dinosaurs
p2: birds are members of clade Dinosauria
c: birds are dinosaurs
p1: a turkey is a bird
p2: a bird is a dinosaur
c: a turkey is a dinosaur
🦃==🦖
a girl with blonde hair is eating a green jelly with a spoon
Alt: The girl in Jurassic Park 1 look startled as the jello on a spoon and her handshakes from nerves. She's realized that dinosaur has come into the room
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Happy Dinosaur Day
(If you celebrate)
p1: members of clade Dinosauria are a branch of dinosaurs
p2: birds are members of clade Dinosauria
c: birds are dinosaurs
p1: a turkey is a bird
p2: a bird is a dinosaur
c: a turkey is a dinosaur
🦃==🦖
(If you celebrate)
p1: members of clade Dinosauria are a branch of dinosaurs
p2: birds are members of clade Dinosauria
c: birds are dinosaurs
p1: a turkey is a bird
p2: a bird is a dinosaur
c: a turkey is a dinosaur
🦃==🦖
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Our paper is out! Although wolves and dogs can interbreed and produce fertile offspring, hybridization between the two is rare. We found that most dogs today have low but detectable levels of post-domestication wolf ancestry that has shaped their evolution in human environments. tinyurl.com/yt4x4r7n
A legacy of genetic entanglement with wolves shapes modern dogs | PNAS
Dogs evolved through interactions between people and gray wolves during the Late Pleistocene
and have been ubiquitous in human societies ever since...
www.pnas.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Working on my next novel this week. If you get a chance, I will see if I can get my just released novel paperback editions going. I think I just have to approve them, but I've been behind on things this last month lol
November 26, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Working on my next novel this week. If you get a chance, I will see if I can get my just released novel paperback editions going. I think I just have to approve them, but I've been behind on things this last month lol
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November 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
To 36 hours awake, it's time for me to go to bed. I think this is what I need to seal the deal 🥰
🧜♀️🍺🍫
🧜♀️🍺🍫
November 25, 2025 at 3:41 AM
To 36 hours awake, it's time for me to go to bed. I think this is what I need to seal the deal 🥰
🧜♀️🍺🍫
🧜♀️🍺🍫
Making a big dinner of roasted dinosaur 🦃 for my friends!
November 23, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Making a big dinner of roasted dinosaur 🦃 for my friends!
Damn prices have gone up...
In the store today i saw:
Mentos $3.39
TicTacs $2.69
Altoids $3.99
Hershy Bar $3.39
This isn't even like a, back when I was a child, sort of situation. Back like 2 years ago these were half that price.
In the store today i saw:
Mentos $3.39
TicTacs $2.69
Altoids $3.99
Hershy Bar $3.39
This isn't even like a, back when I was a child, sort of situation. Back like 2 years ago these were half that price.
two men are digging in a pile of money and the word mb is on the bottom right
Alt: two men are digging in a pile of money and the word mb is on the bottom right
media.tenor.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Damn prices have gone up...
In the store today i saw:
Mentos $3.39
TicTacs $2.69
Altoids $3.99
Hershy Bar $3.39
This isn't even like a, back when I was a child, sort of situation. Back like 2 years ago these were half that price.
In the store today i saw:
Mentos $3.39
TicTacs $2.69
Altoids $3.99
Hershy Bar $3.39
This isn't even like a, back when I was a child, sort of situation. Back like 2 years ago these were half that price.
It nearly Dinosaur Day in the US.
Each year, families cook and eat a large avian dinosaur to celebrate... Well, it's past is not great -_-
But, at least we Dinosaur leftovers lol
Each year, families cook and eat a large avian dinosaur to celebrate... Well, it's past is not great -_-
But, at least we Dinosaur leftovers lol
a close up of a bird 's feathers against a blue sky with mountains in the background
ALT: a close up of a bird 's feathers against a blue sky with mountains in the background
media.tenor.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:41 PM
It nearly Dinosaur Day in the US.
Each year, families cook and eat a large avian dinosaur to celebrate... Well, it's past is not great -_-
But, at least we Dinosaur leftovers lol
Each year, families cook and eat a large avian dinosaur to celebrate... Well, it's past is not great -_-
But, at least we Dinosaur leftovers lol
I found an HP 12C RPN calculator in the wild yesterday! It's not the good programming version, but it's still really nice. Such beautiful calculators ☺️
November 23, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I found an HP 12C RPN calculator in the wild yesterday! It's not the good programming version, but it's still really nice. Such beautiful calculators ☺️
I spent today listening to some of Evolutionary Socialism: A Criticism and Affirmation, by Eduard Bernstein
So far, I agree with some of what he's saying, especially where it relates to criticisms of Marx's dialectical predestination of workers and revolution, which I think is harsh
So far, I agree with some of what he's saying, especially where it relates to criticisms of Marx's dialectical predestination of workers and revolution, which I think is harsh
November 22, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I spent today listening to some of Evolutionary Socialism: A Criticism and Affirmation, by Eduard Bernstein
So far, I agree with some of what he's saying, especially where it relates to criticisms of Marx's dialectical predestination of workers and revolution, which I think is harsh
So far, I agree with some of what he's saying, especially where it relates to criticisms of Marx's dialectical predestination of workers and revolution, which I think is harsh
Hey, if you have read my books, I would really appreciate it if you could go online and rate them. Just clicking the little 1-5 star button takes a 2 seconds, and it is the most useful thing in the world 🥰
And for that matter, doing that for any author you have read is a wonderful thing 🥰🥰🥰
And for that matter, doing that for any author you have read is a wonderful thing 🥰🥰🥰
November 22, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Hey, if you have read my books, I would really appreciate it if you could go online and rate them. Just clicking the little 1-5 star button takes a 2 seconds, and it is the most useful thing in the world 🥰
And for that matter, doing that for any author you have read is a wonderful thing 🥰🥰🥰
And for that matter, doing that for any author you have read is a wonderful thing 🥰🥰🥰
The last rose from my garden this year. Her last flower before the snow 🩷☺️ 🌹
November 20, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The last rose from my garden this year. Her last flower before the snow 🩷☺️ 🌹
Off to the lab. Although honestly the weather is good enough for the field. We'll see what site director wants lol
November 19, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Off to the lab. Although honestly the weather is good enough for the field. We'll see what site director wants lol
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Do not under any circumstance link your financial data with ChatGPT and DEFINITELY don’t take its tax advice.
Intuit to pay OpenAI over $100 million for model access, ChatGPT integrates with TurboTax
Intuit has struck a $100 million-plus deal with OpenAI to bring AI into its financial products like TurboTax and QuickBooks.
www.cnbc.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Do not under any circumstance link your financial data with ChatGPT and DEFINITELY don’t take its tax advice.
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Umm .... SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!
It even has a cool name: SPECTRUMMATE
A low-cost Spectrometer for Small Telescopes.
This would make an excellent addition to amateur and pro-am astrophotographers, as well as Uni depts and local observatories.
WANT.
arxiv.org/abs/2511.14094
🔭
It even has a cool name: SPECTRUMMATE
A low-cost Spectrometer for Small Telescopes.
This would make an excellent addition to amateur and pro-am astrophotographers, as well as Uni depts and local observatories.
WANT.
arxiv.org/abs/2511.14094
🔭
November 19, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Umm .... SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!
It even has a cool name: SPECTRUMMATE
A low-cost Spectrometer for Small Telescopes.
This would make an excellent addition to amateur and pro-am astrophotographers, as well as Uni depts and local observatories.
WANT.
arxiv.org/abs/2511.14094
🔭
It even has a cool name: SPECTRUMMATE
A low-cost Spectrometer for Small Telescopes.
This would make an excellent addition to amateur and pro-am astrophotographers, as well as Uni depts and local observatories.
WANT.
arxiv.org/abs/2511.14094
🔭
Behold: The Cheeto!
This is what we call a nail or other ferric metal object after it's been in the ground too long. It develops this red rust all the way around it and eventually resembles a snack food called a cheeto lol
Before and after I clean it images lol
This one is a wroght nail
This is what we call a nail or other ferric metal object after it's been in the ground too long. It develops this red rust all the way around it and eventually resembles a snack food called a cheeto lol
Before and after I clean it images lol
This one is a wroght nail
November 19, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Behold: The Cheeto!
This is what we call a nail or other ferric metal object after it's been in the ground too long. It develops this red rust all the way around it and eventually resembles a snack food called a cheeto lol
Before and after I clean it images lol
This one is a wroght nail
This is what we call a nail or other ferric metal object after it's been in the ground too long. It develops this red rust all the way around it and eventually resembles a snack food called a cheeto lol
Before and after I clean it images lol
This one is a wroght nail
This was my unit a few days ago. I've gone down a couple inches since then and I may have hit the next context interface. We'll have to find out tomorrow after a good cleaning. Silty loam with a little clay, 7.5yr 5/6, cobbles, pebbles, and the hint of the cultural layer.
November 19, 2025 at 2:24 AM
This was my unit a few days ago. I've gone down a couple inches since then and I may have hit the next context interface. We'll have to find out tomorrow after a good cleaning. Silty loam with a little clay, 7.5yr 5/6, cobbles, pebbles, and the hint of the cultural layer.
I came home tonight quite tired from archeology.
It rained and it was really cold as we were trying to clean up the sides of the unit we were excavating. But even as I come home covered in dirt, my tank top dusty, and my body tired...
I feel like wonderful 🥰
❤️🧡🤍🩷💜
I love #archaeology 🏺
It rained and it was really cold as we were trying to clean up the sides of the unit we were excavating. But even as I come home covered in dirt, my tank top dusty, and my body tired...
I feel like wonderful 🥰
❤️🧡🤍🩷💜
I love #archaeology 🏺
November 19, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I came home tonight quite tired from archeology.
It rained and it was really cold as we were trying to clean up the sides of the unit we were excavating. But even as I come home covered in dirt, my tank top dusty, and my body tired...
I feel like wonderful 🥰
❤️🧡🤍🩷💜
I love #archaeology 🏺
It rained and it was really cold as we were trying to clean up the sides of the unit we were excavating. But even as I come home covered in dirt, my tank top dusty, and my body tired...
I feel like wonderful 🥰
❤️🧡🤍🩷💜
I love #archaeology 🏺