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Natalya Alas ☿ 𓁛𓁿𓁞 ♄ @orphicastrology.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I will never forget who sided with Oscar, Max, Edwin and co. two years ago when they accused me of slandering Olomi for pointing out that Lucky Mojo should’ve been a red flag to them. Are they all still following Miss Cat on bsky?

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Anastasia @luminousunraveling.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

You rang the bell years ago.

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Natalya Alas ☿ 𓁛𓁿𓁞 ♄ @orphicastrology.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

So when I shared it with Edwin, I knew the cognitive dissonance would be hard to swallow and they'd find a way to distort it to their benefit instead. Cuz that's just the nature of their character. And they did.

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Natalya Alas ☿ 𓁛𓁿𓁞 ♄ @orphicastrology.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

You need to ask reputable Black Hoodoo practitioners about it if you're unable to hear it from me. No reputable Black-owned proprietor or practioner of Hoodoo is gonna say that Lucky Mojo is "cool". It's a litmus test.

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Natalya Alas ☿ 𓁛𓁿𓁞 ♄ @orphicastrology.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

The way they chose to spin everything to paint me as their evil monster villain lols all to avoid looking at their own problematic behavior, hoodwinked by marketeered botchery. And the people who side with them smh

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Natalya Alas ☿ 𓁛𓁿𓁞 ♄ @orphicastrology.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Honestly, I did not know that I'm THAT much of a threat to you but happy to play the villain in your boring lives.

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Natalya Alas ☿ 𓁛𓁿𓁞 ♄ @orphicastrology.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Me with my Vega parans, if I was a cactus

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Natalya Alas ☿ 𓁛𓁿𓁞 ♄ @orphicastrology.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Fâ (Ifá) study hour earlier: Learned new parables + divine names (in Fongbé) of the spirits associated with the figures that came up. Today's session was on Witches and the Queen of Sorcerors (and how to make offerings to Her and how to divine where) — the ultimate hex breaker/return to sender magic

Fâ (Ifá) chain showing two geomantic figures laid out on a beige and green floor mat

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Natalya Alas ☿ 𓁛𓁿𓁞 ♄ @orphicastrology.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Botchedy botched

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Natalya Alas ☿ 𓁛𓁿𓁞 ♄ @orphicastrology.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Just the tip of the iceberg. They can't later say I didn't try to warn them🤷🏻‍♀️

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Natalya Alas ☿ 𓁛𓁿𓁞 ♄ @orphicastrology.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Today Dada Daagbo Hounon Houna II installed Legba Agbodjowounkoki at the entrance to my abode. Facing the four directions, all who wish to cross the threshold acknowledge this Legba before proceeding. 2026 marks 10 years since my initiation into Vodun Hwendo. March marks 6 living at the temple.

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Dr Icy Sedgwick @icysedgwick.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Greek myths attribute the iris to Hera, along with the pomegranate, poppy, dittany, and white lily. In 1879, Miss Carruthers noted that all these flowers were later transferred to the Virgin Mary. In Mrs Burke's 1867 Illustrated Language of Flowers dictionary, the iris meant 'message'!

A cluster of irises, with pale purple petals, and vivid yellow stamens.

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Natalya Alas ☿ 𓁛𓁿𓁞 ♄ @orphicastrology.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Solidarity with the people of Iran, Lebanon, Palestine, Yemen and all standing up to imperialist tyranny.

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NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory @rubinobservatory.org · 13/02/2026

In the glittering sky above Rubin Observatory shines the Pleiades, or M45: an open star cluster with at least a thousand stars!✨ You don't need to be under some of the clearest skies on Earth (like Rubin is) to see M45! It's visible from October through April from most latitudes. 🌎 🔭

Boot-shaped Rubin Observatory with long white service building and angular silver dome beneath a starry night sky. Above Rubin, the Pleiades shine like a collection of about a dozen bright blue stars.

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EarthSky @earthskyscience.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Last week, EarthSky friend Jeremy Evans caught Sirius - the brightest star in the night sky - shining through a Joshua tree in Death Valley National Park, California, beneath the beloved constellation #Orion. Thank you, Jeremy! 🌟 See more stellar photos at ecp.earthsky.org.

Night sky with the bright stars of Orion and the brightest star caught between branches of a Joshua tree is Sirius.

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meron thee siren 🧜🏽‍♀️ @meronunfiltered.com · 10/02/2026

a LOT of people don't want liberation, they want privilege

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Ancient Egyptian Prayer Bot @egyptianprayerbot.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

I know my heart, I have gained power over my heart, I have gained power over my two hands and arms, I have gained power over my feet, I have gained the power to do what pleaseth my Ka. (BDB)

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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Happy #SuperbOwl🦉 Sunday! This is one of my favorite examples from ancient Egypt, the letter "M". Share your favorite Superb Owls.

A beautifully carved owl from ancient Egypt. It is the hieroglyph for the letter "M". It is unpainted limestone.

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Natalya Alas ☿ 𓁛𓁿𓁞 ♄ @orphicastrology.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Spirits of the Crossroads coming through::::::: boop!

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Natalya Alas ☿ 𓁛𓁿𓁞 ♄ @orphicastrology.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college: 1) Astronomy 2) African Cinema 3) Japanese Cinema 4) 16mm Film Production 5) Sanskrit

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Natalya Alas ☿ 𓁛𓁿𓁞 ♄ @orphicastrology.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

That is really interesting! Looking him up, this quote struck me for his Jupiter-Mars in Aqua: ”Psychotherapy theory turns it all on you: you are the one who is wrong. If a kid is having trouble or is discouraged, the problem is not just inside the kid; it's also in the system, the society.”

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Natalya Alas ☿ 𓁛𓁿𓁞 ♄ @orphicastrology.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Because the affliction can represent some experience that leads to seeing through cultural icons, religious or other leaders' facades, if that makes sense. I've seen it in a number of case studies, so the quote you shared of his insights really piqued my interest.

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Natalya Alas ☿ 𓁛𓁿𓁞 ♄ @orphicastrology.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

This date came up: 14 Dec 1940. If that's correct, he was born with Jupiter Rx conj (but separating from) Saturn Rx opposing by sign Mars-Venus, which I think is interesting because I have a theory about afflicted Jupiters seeing through icons, religious figures etc pangobooks.com/author/james...

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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

The Hydra Cluster (Abell 1060) - From Rolf Wahl Olsen - flic.kr/p/Vym1ga

Far beyond the realms of our own Milky Way galaxy lies the large galaxy cluster Abell 1060, beautifully framed by a brilliant pair of orange giant stars. This is a rich cluster located 158 million light years away in the southern constellation Hydra. Abell 1060 is also the brightest galaxy cluster in the Hydra Supercluster, which is 100 million light years long and also contains the nearer Antlia Cluster.

The field of view is aimed on the cluster's core where a dominant pair of giant ellipticals are visible in between the two bright stars. The brightest star is HR4162; a fifth magnitude red giant star some 490 light years away, and the other is HD 91964; an orange giant of magnitude 6.50 lying 1000 light years distant.

The brightest of the two giant elliptical galaxies, NGC 3311, has a noticeable large asymmetrical halo that seems to also envelop its neighbour NGC 3309. The large bluish galaxy further towards the upper right is the spiral NGC 3312 which is viewed somewhat from the edge, and appears distorted by gravitational interactions with other members of the cluster. Several bright knots of pink HII regions are visible in the spiral arms, possibly triggered by close encounters with other galaxies in the past. Further towards the right lies NGC 3316, a beautiful SB type galaxy with a huge central bar structure and what appears almost as a ring shaped halo. Near the top of the frame is the most unusual feature of this cluster; the overlapping galaxy pair NGC 3314. Her...

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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 29/01/2026

From ancient Mesopotamia to the present day, fears of the restless dead coming back to cause mayhem have abounded. 'Killing the Dead' explores the ways bodies were treated around the world to prevent them from coming back 💀 🆓 in our #NewBookChronicle doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

Cover of the book: a read background with two skeletons laid out. Title reads 'Killing the dead: vampire epidemics from Mesopotamia to the New World'.

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Kristof Smeyers @kristofsmeyers.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

no dear employer I don't want to go to "ai bootcamp"

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onion person @junlper.beer · 21/01/2026

i’m fascinated by this new strategy wjere multiple ai company CEOs have been going on tears tours this year so far complaining about how anti ai sentiment has hurt their businesses

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Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her) @moudhy.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

You may have heard of Enheduanna, the princess, priestess, and poet who is also the earliest named author in history. Well, a tiny broken artefact made of lapis lazuli preserves the name of Ilum-pālil, her hairdresser. It is a fragmentary cylinder seal, excavated from a tomb in the city of Ur.

Photo of a blue lapis lazuli cylinder seal that is broken, shown from two sides. On the left it looks almost complete, like a cylinder that has a chip at the bottom left. Part of a cuneiform inscription is visible on the left side. On the right of the image is the other side which is more broken, just a fragment. Part of the image of a person is visible.

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Chron.com @chron.com · 29/01/2026

It's a nationwide digital spotlight on ICE arrests and detention centers.

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Rice students expose ICE raids with new interactive map

It's a nationwide digital spotlight on ICE arrests and detention centers.

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Does a “reform” further empower your enemies or take power and resources away from them? Some of you need to sit with this question.

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Ali Winston @awinston.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

ICE are alllll over Harlem right now, 116 & Frederick Douglass, checking IDs and targeting the area’s African community. Multiple people have been detained. Community members are advising folks to carry citizenship documents - or stay away if they are at risk

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 28/01/2026

!!!BOOK NEWS!!! Do you want a signed copy of *The Edge of Space-Time*? Do you want to support a queer/Black and Asian-owned bookstore? Through 30 March, if you preorder from @loyaltybooks.bsky.social, you are guaranteed a signed AND personalized copy: loyaltybookstores.com/preordersspa... 😻 📚💙

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Natalya Alas ☿ 𓁛𓁿𓁞 ♄ @orphicastrology.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Today we continue reading 'The Arabic Hermes: From Pagan Sage to Prophet of Science' by Kevin Van Bladel, picking up with Ch. 5.2 'Hermes the Lawgiver: Hermes as presented by al-Mubassir ibn Fattik' Time: 18.00 UTC or 19.00 CET / 1PM EDT / 10AM PDT (Check my Patreon or Discord for zoom link!)

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Natalya Alas ☿ 𓁛𓁿𓁞 ♄ @orphicastrology.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Watching the replay of The People's Forum's class, The Battle for History: Why Trump wants to Erase the Past --first part of the series on the Hidden Histories of Rebellion in the U.S.: politicaleducation.peoplesforum.org/histrebellio...

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Natalya Alas ☿ 𓁛𓁿𓁞 ♄ @orphicastrology.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

A lot of useful commentary since posting this. I've since uninstalled Brave due to its liability with CEO Brendan Eich, which I was not aware of. Others are highly recommending DuckDuckGo (also linked above but has some controversy) and Vivaldi (also on the list). Thanks everyone for your input!

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Natalya Alas ☿ 𓁛𓁿𓁞 ♄ @orphicastrology.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Ugh, Yahoo and Lycos used to be sooo good....::le sigh:::... well, thank you for your input. It's helped a lot!

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Crazy Cat Guy @grumblina.com · 28/01/2026

Before he co-founded Brave, Brendan Eich was chased out of Mozilla for his history of supporting anti-gay causes and politicians. He was also a big "Fauci lies" guy in the height of the pandemic. I've found this is a thing that's not well known

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Natalya Alas ☿ 𓁛𓁿𓁞 ♄ @orphicastrology.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

I hear you... I've been looking into DuckDuckGo since it's also on the list linked in my post but it seems there's some controversy with it too? Is it still tied to Microsoft? Also the CEO's stance on Zionism is vague but I found a Times of Israel article where he says he wishes to visit some day :/

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Natalya Alas ☿ 𓁛𓁿𓁞 ♄ @orphicastrology.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Oh wow thanks for letting us know, I’ll add that to this thread and look into the other alternatives. Do you have a preferred browser recommendation?

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Hagazussa in Glasgow @hagazussainglasgow.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

I think we are all in need of some more witches in art. 'Medea the Sorceress', Valentine Cameron Prinsep, oil on canvas, 1880, Wikimedia Commons #WitchSky #Art #ArtHistory

Medea, a sorceress from Greek mythology, kneels in a shaded part of a forest, foraging mushrooms. She holds a blade in her right hand, with which she appears to be harvesting the fungi, and twists backwards to place a red mushroom into a basket on the ground behind her. She is wearing a white dress and a red, hooded cloak, which wraps forward around her waste. Behind her, sunlight glances off two tree trunks, around one of which is wrapped a large green snake.

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Natalya Alas ☿ 𓁛𓁿𓁞 ♄ @orphicastrology.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Spent the last few days de-googling my workspace. I should've done this a couple years ago but here we are. Proton for email, drive, calendar, vpn. Brave browser. A friend in cyber security shared this guide for Cutting Google Out of Your Life for anyone who needs it: git.tycrek.com/archive/dego...

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This chamber straight, the cries of distress. On rushing, in a back seat. Jim.

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 26/01/2026

In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and ICE occupation, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about migrant justice and border abolition. We’ve also added a list of additional recommended reading:

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Free Ebooks: Abolish ICE, Abolish the Border

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Harsha Walia @harshawalia.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

This is a very minor quibble in the grand scheme of things, but I've been percolating on it for over a year, so here goes. I don't think we are using "imperial boomerang" correctly. Controversial take, perhaps but here is why.

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