Wendy Trakes

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Public Historian, Researcher, Musician, Everything Enthusiast - Digital Humanities, Libraries, Technology. She/Her

Words matter. The Israeli military did not “intercept a ship and escort it to safety.” The Israeli military did commit a violent act of piracy against a UK flagged vessel in international waters as it fulfilled a legal right to reach Gaza and alleviate suffering, then abducted its crew and transported them by force to Israel under threat of execution.

Not a single corporate media outlet has had the courage or integrity to correctly label this horrific injustice. Legacy media has failed us all.

It's been a while Mastodon. I'll keep checking. Dunno if I will be interactive.
Medievalists. I like to think I am pretty good at finding resources but struggling to find in-depth research into Nicola de la Haye (included searching spelling differences). Has anyone done a thesis or dissertation or book on her specifically? #History #medieval #histodons
Today we went to Scale & Feather Meadery for their Medieval Market event, picked up a few bottles of Butterbrew Mead, had a drink and played a game while there. #SmallBusinessSaturday
We do holiday dinners because everyone has time to do dinners together on the holidays. We don't do them to celebrate the holiday. I would rather be able to get everyone together at random intervals throughout the year, but one must operate on society's schedule in some ways.

Just when Mastodon couldn’t get any more endearing, I find the #defaidodon hashtag — which translates to sheep in #Welsh.

Literally, pictures of sheep mostly from the Welsh instance of Mastodon 🥰 (toot.wales)

You’ll even find the photos captioned in Welsh & English!!

#Fediverse

Still getting the layout here. I can't seem to login from my PC browser so I need to fix that before I will actually use it much. I dislike typing on the phone.

In his new Netflix “documentary” #AncientApocalypse, Graham Hancock has declared war on archaeologists

His rhetoric sows distrust in experts, and #Atlantis conspiracy theories promote white supremacy

Buckle up, it’s time for a full-throated #ARCHAEOLOGY THREAD 🧵
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My partner Jo is an artist. During the lockdown she started doing something called "thread painting".
Here's one of her latest creations. It's a Death's Head Hawk Moth. It's made from thread and some discarded material. The background is a cyanotype - so it's cloth that's been exposed to sunlight. Cuts from flowers were placed over the cloth - giving that effect.
I hope to have her website up in the next few weeks!
You can follow her on Instagram here:
https://www.instagram.com/floatingthreads/
#mastoFlea
I am on my way to TusCon science fiction, fantasy, and horror convention in Tucson, Az. I haven't seen most of these friends in 2yrs.