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Gary W. Olson

@garywolson.com

Data engineer. Author. Possibly a mutant lutefisk in a trenchcoat. He/him/his. linktr.ee/gwox

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Thomas Ha@thomasha.bsky.social · 5d ago

i think people advising that authors are going to be ok because they can explain their creative choices better than a slopper are coming from a good place (and prob mostly right!). but boy do i hate the presumption that writers have to rationally talk through the minutiae of their creative choices.

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

Sipping my coffee ☕️ and thinking about these marvellous Minoan cups! They look so modern it’s incredible to think they were made by Bronze Age potters some 3,800 years ago! Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete. 📷 by me #Archaeology

My photo collage shows five cylindrical Minoan cups each with a single handle and a slightly flaring rim. Each cup is decorated with a different geometric polychrome motif as follows: Top left: on a black background, a central band delineated by an upper and lower white line contains evenly-spaced dark-orange circles. Each orange circle is outlined by a white line. Above and below the central band are swirling white vine-like lines. Top right: on a black background, a large white spiral on the front of the cup and beside it a dark-orange oval with stylised white petals at each end which looks like a wrapped sweet! Middle left: a central band of white and dark orange diagonal lines runs around the cup. Above and below the central band are alternating black and white diagonal shapes, the black ones look like shark fins Bottom left: a central reddish-orange band delineated with a white line. Above the central band are swirling, spiralling white lines against a black background, and below the central band are alternating white and black diagonal lines. Bottom right: A central band delineated with white lines contains white 's'-shaped diagonal white stripes. Above the central band a row of red dots outlined with white circles. Below the central band a single white line on the black background. This type of Minoan pottery is known as Kamares Ware, named after the Kamares Cave on Mount Ida on the Greek island of Crete where this kind of pottery was first discovered. Kamares Ware vessels were luxury items produced by palace workshops at Phaistos and Knossos on Crete. These five cups were excavated at Phaistos and are dated 1800-1700 BC.
Gary W. Olson@garywolson.com · 5d ago

Playlist collecting my choices for the July '26 #OogasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky youtube.com/playlist?lis...

That Much I Do Know - YouTube

Playlist of my answers to the July 2026 Ooga's Month of Music music challenge ("Tunes for the Weird and Unwell") on BlueSky. 7/1 - A song that whispers from ...

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Gary W. Olson@garywolson.com · 5d ago

#OogasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky July 31 - Your personal otherworldly soundtrack Barry Adamson - "Jazz Devil" youtu.be/aj8Tc_opCwQ?...

Matthew J Elliott@matthewjelliott.bsky.social · 6d ago

The riff for the 1970s cult Canadian supernatural soap opera Strange Paradise is on Patreon! For 200 more movie and TV riffs, plus video comics and my Doctor Who trivia book Detours in Time & Space, become a subscriber! www.patreon.com/matthewjelli...

Stone Door, What's That Secret You're Keepin'? | Matthew J Elliott

Stone Door, What's That Secret You're Keepin'? by Matthew J Elliott on Patreon. Join Matthew J Elliott's community for exclusive content and updates.

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