Most people think Hades is the ruler of the underworld in Greek myth, but, in actual ancient sources, Persephone holds greater prominence and authority. In this post, I argue that she is the underworld's main ruler. #GreekMyth #Hades #Persephone #classics talesoftimesforgotten.com/2026/08/05/i...

Is Persephone the Main Ruler of the Underworld in Greek Myth? - Tales of Times Forgotten

Most people who know about Greek myth think that Hades is the ruler of the underworld. This is not wrong per se; early Greek poems do describe Hades as “ruler of those beneath the earth.” But, for the...

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We are punished by the gods. The wind is our suffering.

My main problem with Bluesky is all the seppos

Oh so having hobbies is illegal now is it

i cannot get over how funny the moderation tag on this is

USSR Pictures@ussrpictures.bsky.social · 2d ago

"Prudery is the enemy of art" - Soviet poster, 1980s

Very funny. Now put some clothes on.

God I wish my cat didn't like pissing on monitors and TVs so much

SPOILERS FOR THIS WEEK'S HOUSE OF THE DRAGON - - - - - - - Ulf's little "no, we'll burn them all" followed by a cheeky, jovial grin was possibly the creepiest thing anyone has said in GoT

Whenever there's Targaryens

JAV Titles@jav.scd.lol · 3d ago

Forbidden Breeding

Got that "lungs feel too heavy" depression 😎

Adding NOT ABOUT AMERICA to my posts just to make sure people don't think it's about the default country

David Newman@forwardfaith.bsky.social · 4d ago

Oh, the original post is not from America. Sorry.

ThisIsFine dot jpg

Chris DeLeon Ⓥ make your own games@chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 3d ago

I'd be all "I don't mean to alarm anybody" but kinda thinking we may be well past that into the territory now of all "I actually DO mean to alarm everybody" 📢 +adding alt

landlords are robbing us fucking blind and in doing so they rob our local shops, cafes, public transport and services. disgusting parasites that never answer for any of it when media or politicians do their hand-wringing about closures & dead town centres

SMD@anothersmd.bsky.social · 4d ago

the article tries to make a concession by including this quote but ultimately it fails to point out that landlords take money out of the economy and people who receive government support put all that money back into their local economies

I always have this in mind when MAMILs zoom past dangerously close on the shared path I take to work, like, if you hit me I'm taking you with me

Baby octopus@mancalled.horse · 3d ago

Anyone who's ever ridden a bike knows there's much more direct incentive for cyclists not to crash into pedestrians than there is for car drivers who are, unlike cyclists, strapped into crash seats inside steel roll cages behind crumple zones and multiple airbags

Hello I have made this due to a mutual having issues with some folks on here forgetting this fact and shouting at him for it. Feel free to use it as a handy PSA x

As scholars of this predicted. The ban doesn't work. Kids will use it even more privately. This shuts down conversations and avenues for support. Risk of harm increases. Hers my advice about this www.bishuk.com/relationship...

Make Social Media Work For Us

This article explains why social media bans are bad, but also I have some advice about how we can make social media work for us...

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Sky News@news.sky.com · 5d ago

Most Australian teens still on social media despite landmark ban

With peat burning in the landscape (Cairngorns has been burning since 18th) we are massively impacting our carbon emissions and it's a bastard to put out too. Would be nice to see action UK wide some time soon, wildfires are not going away.

Bloomberg News@bloomberg.com · 5d ago

Climate change has made this “fire weather” more common, and more extreme. With Europe warming faster than any other continent, wildfires are likely to become a new normal. Read more: bloom.bg/4fxPixJ 📷️: Brais Lorenzo/Bloomberg

Newts are so cool

No.

I guess you get used to the smell after a while.

Quarantine the USA

The Independent@the-independent.com · 6d ago

Cyclospora: Explosive diarrhoea infection spreads to UK as officials issue holiday warning

Sweetie, we know the gays have rejected you, there's no need to be so messy about it 💅

Miffythegamer@miffythegamer.bsky.social · 6d ago

Roisin Murphy trawled through Instagram and found one of her old pop songs. When she saw that almost every commentator was critical of her newfound status as a deranged swivel-eyed TERF, she screenshotted their profiles & made a video of them. All completely normal behaviour 😬

Get an Analogue 3D instead, they look better, have more features and aren't made by a war criminal with AWFUL facial hair

Chris Person@papapishu.bsky.social · 6d ago

Blogged it. Happy Hater Week. aftermath.site/war-crime-n6...

It’s really starting to grind me down

Subjecting my cat to Hardships* *Picking him up and singing to him

my sensible centrist take is he shouldnt have posted the tshirt photo because it would obviously cause an annoying hassle, but also that he should have said 'i thought you dickheads loved free speech' or similar instead of melting once called out.

She loved her surgery cone for the first couple days (it made her feel powerful and intimidating) so we got her a courted ruff to look sinister in.

People in the 22nd century CE

Emily@millyrose.bsky.social · last wk.

I miss the Low Countries

Look I'm just saying a labeller for Americans wouldn't be unuseful.