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@maya.land

my shortform posting energy is spent over at @maya@occult.institute on Mastodon, but I also read, reply, and repost here she/her 🕵️‍♀️: creative hypertext, anti-futurological design, good outfits

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jordan@jordantyranny.bsky.social · 3w ago

The shaman of Bad Dürrenberg are the remains of a 25-35 year old woman, who was buried 8600 to 9000 year ago in Germany. Around her, were the remains of an extraordinary head-dress, made from the bones and teeth of different animals such as deer, wild boar, crane and turtle.

The Shaman of Bad Dürrenberg is a 9,000-year-old archaeological discovery of a 25-35 year old woman buried in Germany with an extraordinary animal-bone headdress.Headdress Materials: The ritual garment included bones and teeth from various animals, including deer, wild boar, crane, and turtle.Archaeological Status: As one of the oldest burials in Central Germany, her grave goods—including painting implements and clay—indicate she held a special social status, likely as a shaman.Reconstruction: The image on the right is a modern reconstruction based on the remains found on the left.
Sara Century@saracentury.bsky.social · last mo.

I understand that it sucks to have to read a book you didn't choose as a kid but when people are like 40 and still going, "well assigned reading turned me off from reading" it's like, ok but you're 40. No one has assigned you a book in like 20 years.

Save Standard Time@savestandard.bsky.social · last mo.

Tell your congress members to protect children, not golf course owners. Sponsor the new “Sunshine for Our Kids Act”. Oppose the old “Sunshine Protection Act”. www.votervoice.net/ditchDST/Cam...

Tell Congress to Ditch Daylight Saving Time with Permanent Standard Time!

Tell your members of congress to oppose the Sunshine Protection Act, and to sponsor the Sunshine for our Kids Act. Ditch Daylight Saving Time and Save Standard Time!

votervoice.net

Bree 🍄🦇🌿@breebird33.bsky.social · 2mo ago

also y'all....once you get to a place where you can read challenging prose comfortably, you begin to wish more recent work had that chew, like straight prose has its place but god...there's a reason I tend to read work that is 30+ years old

maya@maya.land · 3mo ago

if in the year of our lord 2026 you were somehow still wondering if seattle has the juice, “gays eating garlic bread in the park” was as good a time as you could hope for

trader joe’s garlic and cheese breadsticks on a picnic blanketme making a dumb face cut off at the nose, beautiful trees behind (the photo was 40% an accident from selfie camera being on)
Bike Lane Uprising@bikelaneuprising.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The driver that doored Riley didn’t have car insurance, was driving on a suspended license, was parked in a no-parking zone, and opened his door in Riley’s path without looking. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/06/b...

Bicyclist killed in Bridgeport crash was CDOT employee devoted to bike infrastructure

A day after his death in Bridgeport, colleagues remembered Riley O’Neil as devoting his life “to making cycling better and safer,”

chicagotribune.com