BlueSky won’t let me share the video, but you can see one of the ICE agents rip a gun out of this man’s waistband *before* the shooting starts. From this angle, it’s hard to see how this was anything but an execution, unless simply carrying a gun is now illegal in America.

En librerías el 4 de febrero. Ya en preventa con gastos de envío gratis hasta el 3 de febrero (Península y Baleares, envíos por mensajería con número de seguimiento y entrega coincidiendo con la fecha de disponibilidad). 🔗 www.despertaferro-ediciones.com/revistas/num...

Tras largo tiempo agotado, presentamos la nueva edición de 'El rey del veneno. Mitrídates el Grande, enemigo implacable de Roma', un relato vibrante de poder, ciencia, ambición y resistencia, escrito por una de las grandes especialistas en el mundo antiguo, Adrienne Mayor.

Animals are their own doctors! They self-medicate with powerful plants doi.org/10.64628/AAI...

another thing I'd love to see more work on - @amayor.bsky.social has done some, I believe! - is stage magic in the pre-modern world, especially its use in religious ritual. We know from Greek accounts that temples used various devices to do 'miraculous' effects, for instance.

What might explain the deadly legend of the Styx River? Could it be the poison that killed Alexander the Great? www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Perfect gift for everyone on your list! Little encyclopedia of fantastic myths about amazing Nature wonderfully illustrated and fun

What might explain the deadly legend of the Styx River? Could it be the poison that killed Alexander the Great? www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Many film references in my book "Gods and Robots" about how the ancient Greeks imagined automatons and Artificial Life--and the dilemmas that arise

If you’re into myths and nature, I highly recommend Mythopedia from @amayor.bsky.social . Such a huge amount of knowledge and tales in a handy little package! 📚🏺

#2. Gods and Monsters: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology, by @amayor.bsky.social . Just what it says, & a pure delight. As I expect, from Mayor, full of info & perspectives new to me despite a life of nerding out. She keeps making me want to do fiction or RPGing looting her work.

Perfect gift for everyone on your list! Little encyclopedia of fantastic myths about amazing Nature wonderfully illustrated and fun

How might we today visualize the appearance of people who fled enslavement? We asked a modern artist, Adrienne Mayor, to imagine and sketch Jack, who took flight from slavery in Virginia in 1730. Read Billy Smith’s telling of Jack’s story: freedom-seekers.org/story/jack/

New on Heat Death! I caught up with folklorist and historian Adrienne Mayor to talk about her new compendium of “geomythology,” the warnings encoded in folklore, and the oral tradition of the future. Super fun conversation.

@drjackbrown.bsky.social please analyze the body language!

“Written with wit and erudition, [Mythopedia] delights.” Read the full @publisherswkly.bsky.social review of @amayor.bsky.social’s “captivating” collection of geomyths:

From acclaimed folklorist and historian Adrienne Mayor comes Mythopedia, an enchanting collection of the ancient myths that emerged out of the wonders—and disasters—of the natural world. Out now. Learn more and order yours: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... #AncientWorld #Mythology #Myths

Thanks to @ichnologist.bsky.social Tony Martin for figuring out that the rodent of the Rat/Squirrel Hole of Chicago escaped a "cement overcoat"! #Mythopedia p 121

Grateful to @amayor.bsky.social for sending me a copy of her new book "Mythopedia," a fascinating A-to-Z explainer of multicultural lore inspired by geology, paleontology & other facets of natural history. A fun & mind-expanding read! press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... 🧪📚🪨⚒️🦣🦖

Interesting. Now that polling shows that voters are largely blaming the GOP for the shutdown, Trump is calling for the Senate to use the nuclear open and reopen the government. Before, he was telling us he GOP to “hold firm” and not cave to anything Dems wanted.

so much fun talking about geomyths & my new book Mythopedia with Moira Gunn on NPR Tech Nation! Interview starts at 7.15 min www.podomatic.com/podcasts/tec...

pet rabbits/hares in ancient Greek vase paintings

Ancient art has suggested that brown bears were among the animals that gladiators fought back in Roman times, but a scientific research team working in Serbia has now found direct evidence of this in bones. buff.ly/gDXBi9U

Can a mountain really be cursed? @amayor.bsky.social explores the folklore behind natural history.

A couple of cool stripey cats! Ancient Greek vase paintings, 5th century BC

not happy that bsky slaps warnings on any images of ancient Greek art that shows nudity WTF

“Mythopedia”, une anthologie A-Z de 50 légendes inspirées par des événements naturels, couvrant des royaumes engloutis, des villes perdues, des montagnes maudites et des lacs mortels… ou quand la nature est expliquée par les mythes. Le nouveau recueil de l’historienne Adrienne Mayor

Me to 5yo: Please walk faster, I want to get home. Also me: 5yo, hold my bag, and the umbrella, and the raincoat, I have to chase down this insect and confirm it is not a bee. 15 minutes later... Look at this beauty. Bumblebee robberfly, not currently assassinating anything smaller than a raisin.

That’s seven. @reuters.com www.reuters.com/world/us/uni...

Courting scene: Maenad huntress offers a hare, typical love gift to Amazon Penthesilea. The heron suggests that the couple intends to form a household: herons were common pets in Greek women's courtyard scenes. 5th century BC Greek vase

Himes: If you've got the capability to blow a boat out of the water, you've got the capability to interdict it, arrest everyone on board, interrogate them, and find out where it was going, where it came from, who the bosses are, and what the distribution networks look like.

Courting scene: Maenad huntress offers a hare, typical love gift to Amazon Penthesilea. The heron suggests that the couple intends to form a household: herons were common pets in Greek women's courtyard scenes. 5th century BC Greek vase

Victims of sea monsters/dragons in ancient art Vase painting 500 BC and sculpture 3rd century AD

always hard to leave Montana each fall

Who will believe Earth’s population was once 8 billion? Or that ice long ago covered 10% of the globe? And floating mountains of ice once threatened ships at the poles and deep snow blanketed mountain ranges on every continent? Enjoy a sample from Mythopedia audiobook www.amazon.com/Mythopedia-B...

Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, and Scorpion Bombs Biological and Chemical Warfare in the Ancient World is out in English, Spanish, Russian, French

Read the latest, revised edition of Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, and Scorpion Bombs!

Ancient greek Naval combat was something to behold: like throwing scorpions to the other ship or trying the new Archimedes Laser to burn them before they come to close. Not to mention the horrors of grappling pulleys.

I've finished reading this. An entertaining, educational, and fun read. The final chapter is terrifying. #history #litsky #booksky #Writersky #ancients #bookish

I'm glad to see you here, @amayor.bsky.social After 400 likes and 44 reposts, it's only fair that now it's your turn to promote our book 😄 Seriously, I didn't know she was on BS, follow her!

Who will believe Earth’s population was once 8 billion? Or that ice long ago covered 10% of the globe? And floating mountains of ice once threatened ships at the poles and deep snow blanketed mountain ranges on every continent? Enjoy a sample from Mythopedia audiobook www.amazon.com/Mythopedia-B...

Enjoyed my conversation about natural disaster myths around the world and my new book Mythopedia on KPFA Radio! kpfa.org/episode/lett...

From acclaimed folklorist & historian @amayor.bsky.social, an enchanting collection of the ancient myths that emerged out of the wonders—& disasters—of the natural world. Mythopedia: A Brief Compendium of Natural History Lore is out now! Order yours: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... #Mythology

Also, @amayor.bsky.social points out that this may be a mythologizing of inventions from Ptolemy II's court being sent as diplomatic gifts to India: theconversation.com/robots-guard... If true, that would make this a wonderful Reverse Mechanical Clock/Abul-Abbas the Elephant to Charlemagne story.

Natural history and mythology and @amayor.bsky.social? 😲 Count me in! 🤓😍 #Booksky

Mythopedia has 50 fantastic illustrations by Michele Angel. 3 examples: Sahara quicksand, Frost Giant Ymir, Zambezi river god Pre-order now, in stores Oct 7