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@iamnothereatall.bsky.social
Middle-aged dharma bum and sometimes writer. Here for the weirdos and my own aphasia-induced typos. Prone to nerd-out on comics, manga, anime, film, literature and politics.
Archaeologists reidentified a room in Spain’s Roman villa of Fuente Álamo as the oldest known library in Iberia. Its architecture matches Roman library design rather than a Mithras shrine, revealing rare evidence of elite learning in Roman Spain.
News - Roman Villa Featured Oldest Known Library in Iberia - Archaeology Magazine
GRANADA, SPAIN––La Brújula Verde reports that University of Granada researchers identified the oldest known library […]
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Scientists have long suspected that how our bodies deal with calories is somewhat determined by our genetic makeup. Now, they’ve zoomed in on one gene—FNIP1—which plays an outsize role in how we burn energy www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie...
Scientists discover a ‘skinny gene’ mutation that acts like Ozempic
One in 7,000 people carry this gene mutation
scientificamerican.com
Not one word on NBC about this. Just an arrest at Mar a Lago and 'Look at that Stock Market'. I keep telling my wife NBC are among the pod people now.
Patch Zircher@patrickzircher.bsky.social · 21h agoHe's a corrupt, crooked, sleazy shit. The shame of the nation. abcnews.com/US/capital-c...
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Kevin Franke fought for a bill that would require CPS to eye-check a child. Kevin’s blood boils because his son had no one he could count on. The abused 12yo had to rescue himself. 🤔 Yah, dude. If only someone had a legal right to lay eyes on a kid. Like say y’know a DAD?
My electric bill jumped cuz of having to run AC & fans. I owe 200 bucks. www.paypal.me/longbongsilver Cash.app/longbongsilver venmo.com/u/longbongsi...
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School supplies should be free. They should come with the school. They should be purchased by the state.
Is it weird that I had a mini-library in my backpack and not food or water? There was also a to-go container filled with sage... I swear it all made sense at the time.
white@iamnothereatall.bsky.social · 2d agoFor some reason I thought it was a good idea to go for a hike/walk in ninety-six degree heat today. I was right. Mostly. There are photos. #alt4me
supposed to be a gif, links to it will have to suffice: gif on tumblr here: www.tumblr.com/sinnnic/8153... clip on fansly here: fansly.com/post/9006727...
Caligari 🔞@sinnnic.bsky.social · 21h agoa quote counts as both righttt? #me
Calling this party weird barely covers it. The further the world gets from this putrid administration the weirder it will look.
Rhon🌻✌️☮️📎🦋👂🙉@hollyhockcottage.bsky.social · yesterdayFormer White House aide Max Miller earned the nickname "The Music Man" because he was tasked with playing show tunes—including "Memory" from the musical Cats—to calm down President Donald Trump and prevent him from getting angry
Repeat after me: If my pleasure depends on someone's work, that work deserves to be paid for.
NERDS FOR LITERACY FUNDRAISER PT. 2 Donating to underfunded schools & libraries! Pt. 1 impacted over 19,000 kids at 100% Title 1 schools. This time they plan on doing even more incl. visiting kids at juvenial centers, free book giveaways for kids, & building a school library!! nerdsforliteracy.com
If you’ve enjoyed some of my latest poems on the skyline, I do have a poetry anthology published! “trigger” is a decade anniversary edition of my debut, containing 3.5 collections, including my newest (sequel) offering, “Killing My Triggers Without Mercy.” ✒️ venuskiithomas.gumroad.com
More than 70 years after the kidnapping, torture and lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till in Mississippi, a major new photography exhibit asks how the world would be different “If Emmett Till Lived.” If Till had lived, he would be just over 85 years old today.
New Exhibit Imagines Emmett Till’s Life If He Had Come Home Alive
The exhibit comes as the Trump administration escalates attacks on DEI and censors how history is publicly presented.
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Chuck Edwards' district was supposed to be safely Republican. Then the ethics report showed up. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
North Carolina Republicans might have a pervert problem
The House Ethics Committee released its report on Republican Rep. Chuck Edwards.
dailykos.com
Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald used to collaborate and record a lot of music together. One of my favorite things she'd sometimes do is impersonate Armstrong (to my personal delight.) How well do you think she did?
Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle@dytsras.bsky.social · yesterdayLouis Armstrong long believed his birthday to be July 4, 1900. He jokingly alludes to Dick Cavett that he "didn't ask his mom all that", and he's just "glad to here." Truth is, Armstrong didnt know his birthday. But now we know today marks 125 years since America's greatest musician was born
