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Etienne Domingue

@akhuan.bsky.social

🏳️‍🌈 he/they; il/iel BAs (Religion, Psych); MA (Contemporary Religion). Queer Québecois heritage & hermeneutics enthusiast on unceded W8banaki land. Aime: folk, punk, RPGs, comics. Déteste: AI, warmongers & their apologists. “Swim until you can’t see land.”

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Etienne Domingue@akhuan.bsky.social · 3w ago

Having never used one, I didn’t know AI detectors are garbage. Caveat emptor, I suppose. (Also: I love em dashes a little too much.)

Yaroslav Barsukov #NoToWar #НетВойне@barsukov.com · 3w ago

AI RANT Following the cancellation of three major debut book deals over AI suspicions, I decided to put my own (needless to say, 100% human-written) prose to the test. My detector of choice was Originality AI, and the results proved to be jarring, to say the least. 🧵1/5

Alison Fisk@alisonfisk.bsky.social · 4w ago

A little bear figurine carved from amber some 6,000 years ago! 🐻❤️ Named ‘Słupcio’ (‘little guy from Słupsk’) through a children’s naming competition! A hole through its torso suggests it was worn or suspended from a cord, perhaps as a hunting amulet. 📷 National Museum in Szczecin #Archaeology

Photo by G. Solecki/A. Piętak of a small figurine of a bear carved out of amber between 9600 and 4100 BC. The amber is a deep translucent orange. The display lighting makes the amber glow. The bear's head is carved to show ears, mouth, nostrils and eyes. A hole runs through the bear's belly, suggesting it was threaded onto a cord. Dimensions: Length 10.2 cm, Height 4.2cm It was discovered in Słupsk during peat mining in 1887. According to the museum catalogue record "Shortly after its discovery, the figure underwent conservation work to restore its original appearance as it was covered with a layer of dull patina from the exposure to the minerals contained in the peat. Already at that time, at the end of the 19th century, it was assumed the restoration had gone too far. The figure was stripped entirely of patina, the anatomical features of the animal were emphasised, the eyes and nostrils were sharply drawn, and the amber was carefully polished". In 2013, a competition was organised by the Education Department of the National Museum in Szczecin, for children to choose a name for the bear. The winning name was 'Słupcio’, an affectionate diminutive meaning ‘little guy from Słupsk’.
Possum Acquainter@possumacquainter.bsky.social · last mo.

sometimes fantasy authors come up with the concept "there are things older than history and prehistory.. otherworldly things the human mind cant comprehend" and for Lovecraft that means "monster so freaky it drives you insane" and for Tolkien it means "some guy named Tom with an extremely fine wife"

Ursula K. Le Guin Bot@leguinbot.bsky.social · last mo.

But each deed you do, each act, binds you to itself and to its consequences, and makes you act again and yet again. Then very seldom do you come upon a space, a time like this, between act and act, when you may stop and simply be. Or wonder who, after all, you are.

Etienne Domingue@akhuan.bsky.social · last mo.

Every single line did not resonate with me, but on the whole? Emily Wilson’s review of Nolan’s “Odyssey” is insightful, and the people who would rather classicists did not criticize their male protagonists can go eat rocks.

The Kimono Gallery@roger1952.bsky.social · last mo.

Published in 1834 (Tenpō 5), this charming color woodblock plate originates from Sōnan Gafu (楚南画譜—"Sōnan's Picture Album") by the Edo-based Shijō school master Ōnishi Chinnen (大西椿年, 1792–1851).

The illustration whimsicalizes a scene of anthropomorphic turtles participating in archery target practice. Two turtles stand on the right page with drawn bows, aiming across the gutter toward a large, brilliant green lotus leaf affixed to a bamboo frame serving as a target. On the left, smaller turtles gather fallen arrows, carrying bundles back on their shells in a witty, lighthearted blend of Shijō-style naturalism and playful folklore. Celebrated for its soft bokashi color gradations and fluid line work, Sōnan Gafu remains one of the defining masterpieces of 19th-century Japanese ehon (illustrated books).