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donuts-multifandom-hellhole

Something that I get chills about is the fact that the oldest story told made by the oldest civilization opens with "In those days, in those distant days, in those ancient nights."

This confirms that there is a civilization older than the Sumerians that we have yet to find

Some people get existential dread from this

Me? I think it's fucking awesome it shows just how much of this world we have yet to discover and that is just fascinating

sleepymccoy

@makaeru peer review cos this made me check when the Sumerians happened and I forget how recent history is for every other continent. 7000 - 8000 years ago just isn't that long when you're in Australia, and the amount of detailed history we have access to here is wonderful and should be recognised more internationally

Source (non Aboriginal)

And a quote I picked out from a longer interview with an Aboriginal local elder about the area where he touched on the history

Source (the rest of the interview is really interesting and all transcribed, have a look if you're curious)

chaotic-archaeologist

This is part of my Ancient Civilizations class that I teach, which does a whole week about Australia and the Torres Strait Islands because I was sick of never seeing them represented in USAmerican history contexts. With the help of @micewithknives and @acearchaeologist I've learned so many incredible things about Australia's past and it's been incredibly rewarding to share them with students.

aggressivelybicaptainamerica

My favorite fact about Aboriginal oral history is the fact that we pretty recently discovered that the Aboriginal myth of the 7 Sisters, an origin story for the Pleiades star cluster, accurately reflects a point TEN THOUSAND YEARS AGO when two stars in the constellation got close enough together to no longer be distinguishable by the naked eye.

The story? 6 sisters running from something that took their 7th sister.

jinkohhh

as a gilgar gunditj woman, i was not expecting to see my culture on my dash.

thank you for spreading our words and treating our culture with respect.

titleleaf

Biggggg... salad....... thank you big salad...

#I do love a big salad it’s true

starofhisheart

Happy pride to those 5 seconds where Charlie Swan thought Jacob was coming out to him in the most insane way possible

betrayedbycinnamon

Everytime I look over they’ve gotten cuter.

allegorical-caved

it's sicko mode sulcata saturday

#oh my god lmao

duckprintspress

Our Favorite Queer Audiobooks for Audiobook Appreciation Month

June is Audiobook Appreciation Month! While we talk a lot on our blogs about all the books we read, we haven’t talked much about how often we don’t “read” those books so much as listen to them! A lot of our rec list reccers love audiobooks and rely on them for various reasons. Thus, we wanted to celebrate by highlighting some of the great books that have audiobook versions we loved. Note that for books that have multiple audiobook versions, we do specifically mean the versions listed below, with the named narrator. The contributors to the list are: Rhosyn Goodfellow, JD Rivers, CarCrash, Shea Sullivan, Aubrey Winter, Annabeth Lynch, Ivy L. James, jumblejen, Puck, Rascal Hartley, Tris Lawrence, Linnea Peterson, Evangeline Giaconia, and an anonymous contributor.

The Escape Game by Marissa Meyer & Tamara Moss; read by Keylor Leigh & Ryan Vincent Anderson

All of Us Murderers by KJ Charles; read by Sonny Archer

Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature by Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian; read by Aven Shore

The Edge of a World by J.D. Rivers; read by Anthony Proctor

Nicked by M.T. Anderson; read by Euan Morton

Màgòdiz by Gabe Calderón; read by Everett Rain (note: the cover for this edition says it’s narrated by the author, but the listings on Goodreads and elsewhere indicate the narrator is Everett Rain. We’re not sure if this is a case of Calderón having multiple pen names or what, but we decided to proceed with the listing as given on the audiobook listings.)

Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner; read by Simon Jones, Ellen Kushner, Nick Sullivan, Robert Fass, Katherine Kellgren & Dion Graham

The Raven Cycle series by Maggie Stiefvater; read by Will Patton

Breaking Character by Lee Winter; read by Angela Dawe

The Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir; read by Moira Quirk

The Charioteer by Mary Renault; read by Joe Jameson

Hunger Pangs: True Love Bites by Joy Demorra; read by Catherine Bilson

The Mercy Makers by Tessa Gratton; read by Emily Lawrence

Nevada by Imogen Binnie; read by Imogen Binnie

Unstoppable series by Charlie Jane Anders; read by Hynden Walch, Sena Bryer, Imami Jade Powers & Marcella Lentz-Pope

The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass; read by Michael Crouch & Kevin R. Free

The Honeys by Ryan La Sala; read by Pete Cross

The Extraordinaries series by TJ Klune; read by Michael Lesley

The Radiant Emperor series by Shelley Parker-Chan; read by Natalie Naudus

Once & Future series by Cory McCarthy & A.R. Capetta; read by Lauren Fortgang

A Clash of Steel by C.B. Lee; read by C.B. Lee & Emily Woo Zeller

The Murderbot Diaries series by Martha Wells; read by Kevin R. Free

The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes by Cat Sebastian; read by Joel Leslie

Notes from a Regicide by Isaac Fellman; read by Avi Roque

Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die by Greer Stothers; read by Dan Calley

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin; read by George Guidall

Find these and other books on our Goodreads book shelf. We’ve also made a list on the Duck Prints Press Bookshop.org affiliate page, but note that not all of these titles are actually available in audiobook format through Bookshop.org!

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Descending Ancestor I, Descending Ancestor II, Loon Rattle, Wood Pecker Ratttle, Loon Rattle, Kingfisher Rattle, Dove Rattle, Raven Rattle by John Marston Qap’u’luq (Coast Salish/Stz’uminus)

#beautiful

elenafisher-archive

mavenmemnon

loveridden1999

you got a fast car is it fast enough so you can fly away? you gotta make a decision leave tonight or live and die this way

brighthounds

Does anyone else frequently say "I'll be right with you" to your dogs, as though they are paying customers at your establishment

yesornopolls

Any plans for the weekend?

Yes

Remaining time: 1 day 15 hours

#going to a wedding!!

peashooter85

-Be Belgium weapons designer

-Spend lots of money to invent a totally new firearm concept

-Sleek futuristic design

-Smol and compact

-Ambidextrous

-800-1,100 round per minute

-Fires new high velocity smol cartridge that with a smol caliber bullet which can pierce body armor

-Market to militaries around the world.

-Only significant sales are to the SciFi Channel in USA

necronoverlord1994

armsnotsigns

anarcho-gunman

Why would they buy all the live ammunition? Were they unloading it to make blank rounds? Is that more cost effective than just hiring a company that specializes is blank firing weapons to work some magic?

fentakneeeeeeeeel

>he thinks Stargate was fictional

wetwareproblem

To actually answer the question, since 5.7 was a new caliber, no blank manufacturers were making it. So yes, it was cheaper and more feasible to unload the live rounds to make blanks.