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have you heard Baufra? ... baufra deez nuts? no, Baufra's tale of The Magician Djadjaemankh and King Sneferu's Boat Ride, the oldest surviving work of Egyptian literature that contains a speech within a speech

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Baufra's Tale from the Westcar Papyrus ~1650 BC

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"Liz Lemon, I'm bored. you're the only sad person I trust, so you probably have some ideas" "Well Tracy, why don't you get a bunch of fishnet-wearing hoes to hang out on your yacht" "I took your advice but all women seem to care about is jewelry!" b-plot: *Kenneth accidentally parts the waters*

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of thy father Seneferu, the blessed, of the
deeds of the chief reciter Zazamankh. One
day King Seneferu, being weary, went
throughout his palace seeking for a pleasure
to lighten his heart, but he found none.
And he said, c Haste, and bring before me the chief reciter and scribe of the rolls
Zazamankh' ; and they straightway brought
him. And the king said, ' I have sought in
my palace for some delight, but I have found
none.' Then said Zazamankh to him, ' Let
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thy majesty go upon the lake of the palace,
and let there be made ready a boat, with all
the fair maidens of the harem of thy palace ;
and the heart of thy majesty shall be refreshed with the sight, in seeing their rowing
up and down the water, and seeing the
goodly pools of the birds upon the lake, and
beholding its sweet fields and grassy shores ;

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Zazamankh, my brother, I have done as
thou sayedst, and the heart of his majesty
is refreshed with the sight of their rowing.
But now a jewel of new malachite of one of
the little ones is fallen in the water, and she
ceases and rows not, and she has spoilt the
rowing of her side. And I said to her,
"Wherefore rowest thou not?" and she
answered to me, "It is for my jewel of new

screenshot of a scanned book: an illustration, captioned "zazamankh finding the jewel" in black lines of a man, having magicaklly caused the waters to "fold on top of each other", plucks a jem off the ground before a wall of water with visible fish, upon the top is a boat with people on it. there are trees decorating the edges of the picture outseid of a square frame, and trees and buildings are in the far distance behind the wall of water on the opposite shore of the pond.

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chill vibes at twitch.tv/pennyyells

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i really like the idea of experimental hour-long cover of a four-minute song

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ok ok that's the full penny update. one day i'll be ok. things get better. despite what's happening with my body with heds+pots, the past few years have been the best of my life.

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i've been dealing with the most fatigue and pots-related issues in the past week of my entire life; and for months, after my obligations i have had zero energy left to work on myself, or my projects, or for relieving stress, or socializing, aside from what's squeezed in stolen seconds or multitasked

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also i'm trying to learn to style my hair better. asking people for tips, and googling, has always been frustrating but i lucked into tiktok and reels content that actually answered the questions that i didn't have the words for. hair has been a complex subject psychologically my entire life.

turns out "every cent i have [in the budget]" was thirty-six dollars

ok that's your penny update

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i've been listening to The History of Byzantium podcast. it's really my first exposure to the 600s or really the nature of post-fall Roman Empire. the newishly developed military tactics of Maurice, emperor from 582 to 602, actually remind me a lot of what I'm seeing Yang Wenli praised for in LoGH

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i've been relearning transistor circuits from the basics. an adult mind learns the details differently. it's been interesting to watch myself prioritize differently, set learning goals differently. i'm less quick-witted but being more humble is somewhat better.

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i've been reading a bit about iolo morganwg

i lost several hundred dollars this week because of health issues. don't worry penny

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i'm growing lettuce as if it's decorative houseplants

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i'm on episode 37 of Ginga Eiyū Densetsu

disc horse bot @horsedisc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

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When you think of it, artificial intelligence is ableist and harmful bullshit which never should have been invented and any proper Marxist movement should seek to abolish it.

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penny @inforapenny.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

thinking about having a manic episode where i spend every cent i have on gardening supplies

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penny @inforapenny.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

imagine if i had thought "what should i be doing now, with regards to personal record-keeping, if i want to write a memoir in the future" every day of my life

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penny @inforapenny.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"killstar is cheaper quality than as priced and isn't generally ethical or sustainable and always fits weird and i wear the average piece from them exactly twice" *minutes later* "waow this dress is dark purple and too short, i can't live without it"

penny @inforapenny.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

teaching a world history class but on every timeline i draw on the board i have it go too far out to the right and i start putting events from Legend of the Galactic Heroes