Coca bag (chuspa) Peru, Nazca province c. 1400-1523 A few coca leaves were found inside this, apparently. (British Museum)
Adam Bremer-McCollum
@acbm.bsky.social
🎸🌱🍄🟫⚗️🧪☕️ I co-edit & typeset Texts & Translations of Transcendence & Transformation (4T) at HDS/CSWR tinyurl.com/494v9n59 The Pearlsong tinyurl.com/msajp4ut ✍️ a 📙 on weed in 13th-15th cent. Arabic texts 🏡 Georgia (US; but also Old Georgian) PLUR IDIC
From our collection - 1st edition of Storming Heaven: LSD and the American Dream by Storming Heaven. With an amazing cover image by @steadmanart.bsky.social One of the earliest histories dealing with the 20th century's most iconic substances...
The entire point of "branding" human beings like this, whether a Jude star or other tag, is to racialize them by literally marking them to make them stand out as targets. Never doubt that when it happens to any human it is part of one single kind of fascist process.
Yael Schacher@yaelschacher.bsky.social · yesterdayI think Americans need to wake up. Fellow Jews-- this is like a yellow star and as soon as an injunction is lifted, there could be a roundup. Be freaking outraged and HELP. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
If someone's trying to push you around and control you today, or any day, some inspiration:
You Can't Rule Me
YouTube video by Lucinda Williams - Topic
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Syriac wotd ܐܫܬܚܩ /ʔeštḥeq/ √šḥq tG "be crushed, ground" (also fig.) as in Bedjan, AMS 4 255 6-7 ܘܠܗܘܢ ܠܐܬܪ̈ܘܬܐ ܪ̈ܚܝܩܐ܃ ܕܒܩܐܪ̈ܣܐ ܘܒܩܪ̈ܒܐ ܢܫܬܚܩܘܢ܃ ܡܫܕܪ ܗ̄ܘܐ "he was sending them to far-off lands to be crushed by conflicts and wars"
"Like an angel, standing in a shaft of light Rising up to paradise, I know I'm gonna shine" (John P. Barlow)
Good Trailcams@goodtrailcams.bsky.social · 5d ago
Ich rezensiere ja öfter mal dicke Klopper und dieser hat es in sich: über 600 großformatige, zweispaltige Seiten zur Bibliophilie, ein großes Desiderat und neues Standardwerk. #LitWiss
Four and a half new minutes of Tom Waits shittalking a bug? PLUG IT STRAIGHT INTO MY VEINS
Tom Waits - "The Fly" (Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Tom Waits
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Several interviews mention "union interpreters," because organized workers often had no/little English. Can anyone point me to a social history of this practice? #langsky #laborhistory
Michael Erard@michaelerard.bsky.social · last wk.@beltpublishing.bsky.social @atrubek.bsky.social
Happy Watkins Glen day, when in 1973 the Dead, the ABB, and the Band, with hordes of listeners (some of whom paid $10), converged on a raceway in New York for a day of shared music and famous soundchecks. Listen here for more: www.dead.net/deadcast/wat...
Fuck off, Adobe. I need to know this shit, not pretend to know it.
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller July 28,1944
Beginning Aug. 1, NPR Music will publish a week-long list of stories and podcast episodes exploring the legacy and future of the Grateful Dead. And we want to hear from you! n.pr/3RCOChj
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Beginning Aug. 1, NPR Music will publish a week-long list of stories and podcast episodes exploring the legacy and future of the Grateful Dead. And we want to hear from you!
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Job 🚨 Tenure-Track Professorship in Buddhist Studies Buddhist Studies; Primary sources in Sanskrit must play a prominent role in both research and teaching. Candidates should further have command of at least one: Pali, Buddhist Chinese, Classical Tibetan.
Tenure-Track Professorship in Buddhist Studies
Tenure-Track Professorship in Buddhist Studies
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Dulcimer death-talkin' 💀
Vintage Obscura Radio@vintageobscura.net · last wk.Holly Tannen & Pete Cooper - Conversation with Death [USA, Folk](1979): An incredible, unsettling, and atmospheric interpretation of old Appalachian folk song (also known as 'Oh Death'). It really evokes the inherent darkness https://redd.it/1mxfkha https://youtu.be/ejdooS-SPoM
The word "Satan" (الشيطان) written with an inverted letter nūn (ن) in the Arabic version of the Book of Job in MS Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. ar. 468.
A try in Syriac: ܐܝܬ ܠܟ ܝܕܥܬܐ ܘܐܝܬ ܠܝ ܐܘܡܢܬܐ. ܘܒܝܢܝܢ ܐܝܬ ܠܢ ܐܝܬ ܠܢ ܥܙܩܬܐ ܕܥܪܬ ܐܟܒܐ. ܐܝܢ ܗܕܐ ܐܠܐ ܐܦ ܣܒ̇ܪ ܐ̄ܢܐ ܗ̄ܘܝ̇ܬ ܥܠ ܐ̄ܚܪܬܐ ܕܒܝܢܝ܈ ܩܪܝܗ̇ ܗܝܡܢܘܬܐ. (transcription ⬇️)
Ursula K. Le Guin Bot@leguinbot.bsky.social · last wk.“You have knowledge, and I have skill, and between us we have...” “We have the Ring of Erreth-Akbe.” “Yes, that. But I thought also of another thing between us. Call it trust...”
A go in Tamaziɣt: ɣur-k tussna, nkk ɣur-i afukks grat-nɣ ɣurr-ɣ tawinst n Rtt-Akbi ih! unnaɣ. maka hat ktiɣ-d yat tɣawsa yaḍn nna nttššur. ini taflst
Adam Bremer-McCollum@acbm.bsky.social · last wk.A try in Syriac: ܐܝܬ ܠܟ ܝܕܥܬܐ ܘܐܝܬ ܠܝ ܐܘܡܢܬܐ. ܘܒܝܢܝܢ ܐܝܬ ܠܢ ܐܝܬ ܠܢ ܥܙܩܬܐ ܕܥܪܬ ܐܟܒܐ. ܐܝܢ ܗܕܐ ܐܠܐ ܐܦ ܣܒ̇ܪ ܐ̄ܢܐ ܗ̄ܘܝ̇ܬ ܥܠ ܐ̄ܚܪܬܐ ܕܒܝܢܝ܈ ܩܪܝܗ̇ ܗܝܡܢܘܬܐ. (transcription ⬇️)
188 μήδεα δ᾽ ὡς τὸ πρῶτον ἀποτμήξας ἀδάμαντι /mɛ́ːde̞a d ʰɔːs tò̞ prɔ̂ːto̞n apo̞tmɛ́ːksaːs adámanti/ And when at first having cut off the genitals with the adamant | – ⏑ ⏑ | – – | – ⏑ ⏑ | – – | – ⏑ ⏑ | – ⏑ |