Clara Listensprechen @ClaraListensprechen4@social.cleverlibre.org

Report of damage to a British tanker in the Gulf of Aden. A fire breaks out in the tanker.
#AureFreePress #news #Yeman #USA #Iran #Houthis

White House sets new guidelines for Cabinet notifications after Austin's secret hospitalization

https://apnews.com/article/f3e03c04ff7d9a0ab062a57ac181bb8f

#capybara

Capybara Fact: Some capybaras have been observed 'adopting' orphaned pups and raising them as their own.

EFF’s @ktrendacosta talks to @RollingStone about Swifties’ demand for swift action against AI-generated deepfakes — and why it’s unlikely to happen. https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/taylor-swift-ai-generated-nudes-swifties-1234954487/

Claiming Josh Schulte's Leaks Cost CIA 100s of Millions, DOJ Asks for Life Sentence - emptywheel https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/01/25/claiming-josh-schultes-leaks-cost-cia-100s-of-millions-doj-asks-for-life-sentence/

An oil tanker is on fire in the Gulf of Aden, its operator says, after Houthis said they hit it with a missile.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68110358
#WorldNews Houthis #RedSea #Israel #Palestine

Spent the day with these guys.💚

Made myself a little mini-landscape of the cacti that needed repotting and did lots of other maintenance.

#IndoorPlants #HousePlants #plants #florespondence

Somewhere out there two bots are matched on Tinder and still locked in conversation, spamming each other with phone numbers and cam site links.

The AHA has sent a letter to Manhattan College administrators expressing “grave concern about the termination of two members of the history faculty....We urge you to reconsider these terminations." #histodons https://www.historians.org/news-and-advocacy/aha-advocacy/aha-letter-to-manhattan-college-opposing-termination-of-history-faculty-members-(january-2024)

Occasionally, I remember helping to build the movie theater I worked at with a close female friend, and when we set up the speakers behind the screen. The guys told us to hold the walkie talkies while they moved the speakers, two men to each speaker. We watched them leave the room, looked at each other without speaking, opened our hands at the same time to drop the mikes, then each one of us grabbed a single speaker and carried it all by ourselves past the men as they returned. Then I laugh.

It doesn't seem like a great economy when all your friends are getting laid off.

U.N. agency in Gaza fires employees over alleged involvement in Oct. 7 attack https://www.npr.org/2024/01/26/1227142760/unrwa-un-agency-gaza-hamas-employees-oct-7-attack?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

The American Museum of Natural History to Close Exhibits Displaying #Native American Belongings
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The change is in response to new federal regulations that went into effect this month following reporting by ProPublica on institutional failures to return #NativeAmerican remains and sacred objects to tribes.

#News #Museum #NYC #NewYork #Repatriation #NAGPRA

https://www.propublica.org/article/american-museum-natural-history-to-close-native-american-exhibits?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

Politics ought to be a collaborative social conversation about how we want to live today and what kind of future we want to build together.

But in my home country, the US, it has been turned into a Red vs Blue team sport, like the Super Bowl, where team loyalty trumps all other considerations, and discussion is replaced by competition to win the game regardless of the platforms, ideas, behaviours, people, or the consequences.

What can dismantle this system and replace it with something humane?

#Minoan #Crete: The #WomenRulers

27/07/2021

In Minoan times, women had critical roles in society, holding positions of great power.

John G. Younger, Professor of Classics at The University of Kansas, is one of the several scholars who recognize the importance of the Minoan women in ancient Crete:

“Basically, this culture on Crete around 1600-1500 BCE is the closest candidate for a matriarchy that we have. That’s huge,” he noted. “In this culture, at this time, we have an awful lot of representations of what are obviously powerful women, single-seated women flanked by a bunch of guys.”

Younger studied Minoan artifacts unearthed on Crete to discover that women were usually portrayed in elaborate clothing on pottery and frescoes, while men wore significantly fewer garments (a loincloth and some accessories). They were also seated, signifying a position of power:

“In this culture, at this time, we have an awful lot of representations of what are obviously powerful women, single seated women flanked by a bunch of guys,” Younger said. “We don’t have a single representation of a seated man.”

Barbara A. Olsen, Associate Professor of Greek and Roman Studies at the Vassar College in New York and author of “Women in Mycenaean Greece: The Linear B Tablets from Pylos and Knossos,” suggests that Minoan women had more critical roles than child rearing:

“We see in Minoan iconography images of women in more public contexts: occupying prominent spacial positions in outdoor assemblies and processions, interacting with each other either in conversations or in dance, and acting in religious contexts either as individual worshipers or as officials involved in sacrificial rituals. Above all, emphasis is on the social rather than the biological, the public rather than the domestic.”

Among the iconographic representations of women from the Minoan era, two stand out: the Snake Goddess and the Ladies in Blue.

The Snake Goddess

Sir Arthur Evans unearthed two faience figurines representing the Snake Goddess and possibly a Snake Priestess during the Knossos Palace in 1903. They date from the Neopalatial period of the Minoan civilization (circa 1750-1490 BC). The snake probably had a protective role during that time, symbolizing the household’s welfare and rebirth or the renewal of life (as the snake sheds its skin periodically, it was probably believed to be an immortal being). The Snake Goddess was also identified as a Household Goddess. Worshipers of the goddess most likely used the two faience figurines in rituals.

“Besides the ritual function, they are among the best examples of Minoan art with its dominant features — naturalism and grace. They are presented as the ladies of the palace court, dressed in typical Minoan clothes, with a long skirt (flounced, or with an apron) and a tight open bodice,” writes Dr. Alena Trckova-Flamee.

The garments worn by the Snake Goddess appear in other visual representations of Minoan women from that era.
Ladies in Blue

The Ladies in Blue are three portraits on a fresco discovered at the Palace of Knossos by Sir Arthur Evans and recreated by him to give an idea of how Minoan royalty probably dressed before the extinction of this mysterious civilization. The three ladies of the court wear lavish garments, jewelry, and elaborate hairstyles. The fresco is currently on display at the Heraklion Archaeological Museum.

“Despite its fragmentary condition, the wall painting transmits the sense of opulence and prosperity of the royal court while reflecting the coquetry of the ladies, who gesture displaying the richness of their jewelry,” the official site of the museum notes.

These are just some examples in art showing the importance women had in the Minoan civilization. Women ruled the land and the household, while men were fearless seafarers.

https://blog.thesyntopiahotel.gr/minoan-crete-the-women-rulers/

#Knossos #Matriarchy #AncientCrete #WomensRights #WomensStatus #History #Histodon

Male bodybuilder vs. female wrestler

Who do you think won?

SPOILER: it was the female wrestler.

That doesn't surprise me whatsoever. It doesn't matter how many muscles a man has. If you're untrained in a sport and go against anyone who's dedicated their life to that sport, you won't win. An incredibly skilled woman always beats an unskilled man.

I've seen this play out time and time again. You have these unskilled dudes waltzing into the gym, thinking they can just overpower women who are pro athletes, and they get beat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmAAEhoakE0

⚠️🇮🇷Russians launch Shaheds from sea area to make them less visible to mobile air defense groups - spox (more) https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3818378-russians-launch-shaheds-from-sea-area-to-make-them-less-visible-to-mobile-air-defense-groups-spox.html #Ukraine #Press #News #russia #Iran #russiaUkraineWar #9yrInvasionofUkraine #BoycottMusk #AxisOfEvil
#NoEUPrezForHungary
#NoUSRepublicans2024

"Prejudices are what fools use for reason" - Voltaire