Today Dada Daagbo Hounon Houna II installed Legba Agbodjowounkoki at the entrance to my abode. Facing the four directions, all who wish to cross the threshold acknowledge this Legba before proceeding. 2026 marks 10 years since my initiation into Vodun Hwendo. March marks 6 living at the temple.

Greek myths attribute the iris to Hera, along with the pomegranate, poppy, dittany, and white lily. In 1879, Miss Carruthers noted that all these flowers were later transferred to the Virgin Mary. In Mrs Burke's 1867 Illustrated Language of Flowers dictionary, the iris meant 'message'!

Solidarity with the people of Iran, Lebanon, Palestine, Yemen and all standing up to imperialist tyranny.

In the glittering sky above Rubin Observatory shines the Pleiades, or M45: an open star cluster with at least a thousand stars!✨ You don't need to be under some of the clearest skies on Earth (like Rubin is) to see M45! It's visible from October through April from most latitudes. 🌎 🔭

Last week, EarthSky friend Jeremy Evans caught Sirius - the brightest star in the night sky - shining through a Joshua tree in Death Valley National Park, California, beneath the beloved constellation #Orion. Thank you, Jeremy! 🌟 See more stellar photos at ecp.earthsky.org.

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Eclipse Magic and Taboos

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a LOT of people don't want liberation, they want privilege

Critical times require a critical lens.

I know my heart, I have gained power over my heart, I have gained power over my two hands and arms, I have gained power over my feet, I have gained the power to do what pleaseth my Ka. (BDB)

Happy #SuperbOwl🦉 Sunday! This is one of my favorite examples from ancient Egypt, the letter "M". Share your favorite Superb Owls.

How Michael Parenti helped clarify the class war With the death of Marxist thinker and anti-imperialist advocate Michael Parenti, many on the left have been reflecting on his life. For anyone committed to the working class struggle, Michael Parenti represented a strong voice against fascism and…

How Michael Parenti helped clarify the class war

With the death of Marxist thinker and anti-imperialist advocate Michael Parenti, many on the left have been reflecting on his life. For anyone committed to the working class struggle, Michael Parenti represented a strong voice against fascism and U.S. imperialism in an academic landscape dominated by State Department mouthpieces.  I read Parenti for the first time in the autumn of 2016 at the ripe age of 23.

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Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college: 1) Astronomy 2) African Cinema 3) Japanese Cinema 4) 16mm Film Production 5) Sanskrit

Daisy Rockwell @shreedaisy.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college: 1) German 2) Latin 3) Greek 4) Hindi 5) Sanskrit

the sluts WILL save us.

The Sluts Will Save Us: The Minneapolis Sex Shop Resisting ICE

Smitten Kitten, a sex shop in Minneapolis, has become an unlikely community hub for people protesting ICE.

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The Hydra Cluster (Abell 1060) - From Rolf Wahl Olsen - https://flic.kr/p/Vym1ga

From ancient Mesopotamia to the present day, fears of the restless dead coming back to cause mayhem have abounded. 'Killing the Dead' explores the ways bodies were treated around the world to prevent them from coming back 💀 🆓 in our #NewBookChronicle doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

no dear employer I don't want to go to "ai bootcamp"

i’m fascinated by this new strategy wjere multiple ai company CEOs have been going on tears tours this year so far complaining about how anti ai sentiment has hurt their businesses

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Jensen Huang of Nvidia, $NVDA, has said relentless negativity around AI is hurting society and has done a lot of damage, per Techspot.

You may have heard of Enheduanna, the princess, priestess, and poet who is also the earliest named author in history. Well, a tiny broken artefact made of lapis lazuli preserves the name of Ilum-pālil, her hairdresser. It is a fragmentary cylinder seal, excavated from a tomb in the city of Ur.

It's a nationwide digital spotlight on ICE arrests and detention centers.

Rice students expose ICE raids with new interactive map

It's a nationwide digital spotlight on ICE arrests and detention centers.

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Does a “reform” further empower your enemies or take power and resources away from them? Some of you need to sit with this question.

ICE are alllll over Harlem right now, 116 & Frederick Douglass, checking IDs and targeting the area’s African community. Multiple people have been detained. Community members are advising folks to carry citizenship documents - or stay away if they are at risk

!!!BOOK NEWS!!! Do you want a signed copy of *The Edge of Space-Time*? Do you want to support a queer/Black and Asian-owned bookstore? Through 30 March, if you preorder from @loyaltybooks.bsky.social, you are guaranteed a signed AND personalized copy: loyaltybookstores.com/preordersspa... 😻 📚💙

Today we continue reading 'The Arabic Hermes: From Pagan Sage to Prophet of Science' by Kevin Van Bladel, picking up with Ch. 5.2 'Hermes the Lawgiver: Hermes as presented by al-Mubassir ibn Fattik' Time: 18.00 UTC or 19.00 CET / 1PM EDT / 10AM PDT (Check my Patreon or Discord for zoom link!)

Watching the replay of The People's Forum's class, The Battle for History: Why Trump wants to Erase the Past --first part of the series on the Hidden Histories of Rebellion in the U.S.: politicaleducation.peoplesforum.org/histrebellio...

Before he co-founded Brave, Brendan Eich was chased out of Mozilla for his history of supporting anti-gay causes and politicians. He was also a big "Fauci lies" guy in the height of the pandemic. I've found this is a thing that's not well known

I think we are all in need of some more witches in art. 'Medea the Sorceress', Valentine Cameron Prinsep, oil on canvas, 1880, Wikimedia Commons #WitchSky #Art #ArtHistory

Spent the last few days de-googling my workspace. I should've done this a couple years ago but here we are. Proton for email, drive, calendar, vpn. Brave browser. A friend in cyber security shared this guide for Cutting Google Out of Your Life for anyone who needs it: git.tycrek.com/archive/dego...

In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and ICE occupation, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about migrant justice and border abolition. We’ve also added a list of additional recommended reading:

Free Ebooks: Abolish ICE, Abolish the Border

In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and ICE occupation, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about migrant justice an...

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This is a very minor quibble in the grand scheme of things, but I've been percolating on it for over a year, so here goes. I don't think we are using "imperial boomerang" correctly. Controversial take, perhaps but here is why.