Thinking about whoever said that by accepting a meal from people and then arresting them ICE agents broke a cultural taboo that was invented by, like, the first humans to set up a tent

After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.

My gosh. Alex Pretti was notifying neighbors that Trump and Vance's agents were chasing a family. A mob of agents then tackled him and broke his rib. He thought he was going to die. Then the very next week, he came back out to support his neighbors. And a mob of agents killed him.

Jefferies/Schumer: "Strong floor, no ceiling." Moulton/AOC: "Strong rope, no floor."

media trust fund brunchlords have finally cracked the case

The majority of organizing happening in Minnesota isn’t just peaceful, it’s INVISIBLE. Moms showing up who won’t be interviewed on TV, people whose ICE patrols don’t turn into viral video. The grocery runs, the donations, the people filming bc they happen to be there. Please remember this.

All of this would stop in an instant if all the Americans who believe in nothing, stand for nothing, and pretend they know nothing, simply said, "Enough."

“Black people can’t be pagan” Actually, I can do whatever the fuck I want

we reached over 2 billion posts today. that's probably enough

Although the CEO of Bsky had me fooled that she personally wasn't reactionary, we always knew this platform was only being kept afloat by Silicon Valley venture capitalists. It is no surprise, therefore, that the Bsky team is appealing to them over its userbase, who are just here as guinea pigs.

Some people have been provided for and protected by The System their whole lives, so even when it obviously has turned against them they still foolishly believe it will reward them when they obey it, like it did in the past.

A perfect souvenir from a day at the chariot races! This pottery cup or jar has barbotine (liquid clay) decoration, piped on just like cake icing. It depicts four quadrigae (four-horse chariots) in an endless circular race. 🏺 #ancientbluesky 1/ Colchester, 2nd c. CE. 📸 me

Ohara Koson, Japanese (1877-1945), Waxwings on Twig, 1911, woodblock, 34.3 x 18.7 cm, private collection

The unusual & enigmatic circular Roman signal station at Careg y Bwci, alongside the Roman road nr Llanfair Clydogau in mid Wales, was built on top of an earlier summit-top Bronze Age barrow The enormous boulder at its centre - 'the spook's/goblin's rock' - was clearly of sacred importance 🧙 📷 TD

A basic understanding of history blows this racist way of thinking out of the water, without even needing any of this cutting edge genetics research to disprove it. Sadly, most people (and Pagans) still have ethnocentric thinking that assumes racial separation and purity.

Yep. It's just a firehose of bullshit, and it's like this everyday now. Responding to each and every story is like wrestling in the mud with pigs (we get dirty, they like it). I address the issues with people IRL as they come up. Doesn't feel worth the energy and oxygen beyond that now.

Back on Twitter, the Trad Cath / Orthodox weirdos were at least a little entertaining, b/c their crusade took Paganism seriously as a religious rival. Unlike Miles' book, which still just uses the term "Pagan" as a shibboleth. He probably chose the word b/c people are sick of hearing about "woke".

*sigh* #WitchMadness #WitchSky the number of people still saying mabon is depressing. Happy Equinox everyone. #equinox #autumn #AutumnEquinox

I'm going to be honest, I don't feel we are particularly in danger for being Pagan, even now. Anyone who is politically at odds with the regime, or who is non-Christian for any reason, or who is queer, is at risk more-or-less. Those factors would apply to us whether we were Pagan or not.

There is fundamentally no way for the Left to "persuade" elites, because it has nothing to offer them. It requires them to give up their special status, power, and wealth. The past year should have underlined for you that the only road out of this is to defeat "the elites"...

Some of my creations. Gnå, Vidar, Auðumla, Mani

I have stopped recommending Bluesky altogether by now. Most users here are americans addicted to american politics. The bsky team constantly fucks up: promotes genAI, moderation issues, supporting transphobes, supporting a certain demographic that is not present here, enforc rules selectively…

It is odd how witches and heathens both featured prominently in current events lately, when the incident in question wasn't directly connected to either. Paganism is somehow both culturally pervasive and totally marginal at the same time.

This article gives a deep cut on how cult sites to Baal and Astarte* were established on the frontiers of Germania & Britannia by Syrian cohorts employed by the Roman military. *Romanized as Jupiter Dolichenus & Juno Caelestis #pagansky #heathensky #polytheism www.academia.edu/128758550/Re...

They're really out here witch hunting and doxxing any suspected trans persons, under the firm conviction that merely sharing living quarters with someone trans naturally turns red-blooded American boys into crazed gunmen, like the full moon does a werewolf.

Thanks, I hate it. #heathensky #pagansky

One of the most disappointing things is how many people are cowards.

Well yes, the oligarchs have consolidated control of the government and media, while "journalists" and the managerial class all obediently carry out their agenda. It feels like totalitarian power because it is.

Multiple prominent people have been banned off this site for showing insufficient fealty, shortly after Jay made her big display of support for the dead propagandist. It's not a coincidence. Bluesky is not immune to becoming like X.

Lowering the flags on 9/11 at the Guantanamo Bay McDonald's for Charlie Kirk is the most dril tweet thing that's ever happened

Really enjoyed this - gorgeous finds, really good lighting, insights into treasure, Viking hoards that haven't been seen together & stupidly chunky Ysceifiog #torc which hasn't been previously displayed...!! Do go! 👇 www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/whatson/muse... #Archaeology 🏺 #Gold #Vikings #Torcs

(Person who destroyed homeless peoples belongings with a smile on their face) political violence is bad

It speaks volumes who the media and elites care about getting gunned down in this country. One single conservative white man, one singular media pundit, is evidently more valued than actual hundreds of innocent children, immigrants, queers. It's fucking sickening.

Icarus by Barry Windsor-Smith (1981). It was also the front cover of Epic Illustrated (Feb 1983)

Time is a flat circle

A tenet of Fascism is keep repeating lies and people will become so confused about what is the truth that they’ll start to believe them. We all have a responsibility to keep repeating the truth in the face of politically-motivated lying. Don’t just roll your eyes, speak up.

"All over the world, wherever there are capitalists, freedom of the press means freedom to buy up newspapers, to buy writers, to bribe, buy and fake 'public opinion' for the benefit of the bourgeoisie. This is a fact. No one will ever be able to refute it." - Lenin

British folks only like being a 'multicultural society' when it's time to win stupid online arguments about how shit their food is, sorry. Like it's wild to see "chicken tikka masala is British cuisine!" at a time when Reform is leading in the polls, they certainly don't fucking claim us usually!

The caduceus we're familiar with today has changed a lot since ancient times. In this article, I took a deep dive on Mercury's original caduceus - the details of its design, symbolism, and use as a Peace Sign: skribbatous.org/sanestos/dew... #pagansky #witchsky #polytheism

Okay. I just came back to this and you aren’t calling these efforts resegregation yet, you absolutely should be

A perfect allegory of our times. MAGA will sooner tear down the country and their own communities brick-by-brick than share it with anyone "Woke". They are utterly inhuman and insane.

It took cops three hours to finally go into the Pulse nightclub the night of the shooting. If you wander near a crosswalk in Florida with a piece of chalk right now you'll have four cops on you in under five seconds.🤷‍♂️

Harry Potter fans are pathetic

Radfems pretending their Manichean gender religion has *anything* to do with "material analysis" is hilarious...

Old Soviet joke for today: A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves. After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?” “I’m looking for the obituaries.” “The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.” “Not the one I’m looking for.”

Jupiter Day 🦅

Am 27.9. eröffnet unsere Große Landesausstellung "Fremde Nachbarn - Rom und die Germanen" in unserem Zweigmuseum Limesmuseum Aalen. Ein besonderes Highlight sind Funde aus germanischen Fürstengräbern, die 2017 in Kariv/Westukraine zutage kamen. Das Ensemble von ca. 20 Objekten...🧵1/3 🏺

Just a few counterpoints to consider: Every community is made up of "unique individuals" Every community has internal conflicts If you have to make an argument that "x community doesn't exist," that's a reeeally good sign that yes it does lol

At the extraordinary #Roman baths & sacred temple complex of Aquae Sulis, #Bath yesterday for the first time since 1991 🤯 I love that people still cast coins into the dark, steaming waters...an ancient need being fulfilled 🔥🧙. And those people may not even know why they still do it..🤔 📷 My own

Gays really do invent whole new ways to be racist ☠️