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Thomas M. Pflanz

@thomasmpflanz.bsky.social

Doing queer Egyptologies Research Volunteer (Egyptian Collection) at the Field Museum of Natural History 27, queer, autistic UChicago - MAPH 25' Rutgers-NB '22 Tale Keeper for Tales from Grevelon www.thomasmanfredpflanz.com

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Thomas M. Pflanz @thomasmpflanz.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Big News - after two years of intense study at the University of Chicago, in the Master of Arts Program in the Humanities with my focus in Egyptology and subaltern histories, I have my MA! I am so deeply excited for what my future as an Egyptologist holds!

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Thomas M. Pflanz @thomasmpflanz.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Tales from Grevelon is an episodic actual play, following the travels of three friends: Lenral, an elven handyperson, Ash, a fairy talent agent, and Paatarak, an elephant-folk arcartographer's assistant. Set in the same world as the fantasy radio advice show, Dear Liisphyra, TfG is family friendly!

Art of three fantasy characters standing on sheets of paper, in front of the image of rolling hills with "Tales from Grevelon" written over it. The characters are, from left to right: A tall elven man wearing simple green and brown clothing, leaning on a tall staff with a small hammer head. A small fairy with purple wings, wearing a purple vest and a pinstripe bowler hat, holding up a business card. A medium bipedal elephant-folk wearing purples and green, with a lasso strapped to his right him and a brown messenger bag slung across his body.

Art of a bald person wearing glasses, holding up a peach colored book with "Tales from Grevelon" written on the spine. They have purple nail polish on their fingers.

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Thomas M. Pflanz @thomasmpflanz.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Well hi, Bluesky! I'm an Egyptology student studying non-elite, queer, and disabled populations in ancient Egypt, both how these populations were considered in elite sources and how these populations recieved those sources. I'm also an avid TTRPG player, theater artist, and baker!

A selfie of a person wearing a grey cap, glasses, and a black KF94 respirator, posing in front of a case of Egyptian funerary masks. They are pointing at a statuette of a ba-bird in the foreground of the case.

A person with a beard, wearing a light blue shirt, a grey cap, and glasses, in front of a small waterfall coming down a mossy roccky surface. They are looking just off camera and up to the sky.

A bald person with a beard, wearing sunglasses and a blue short-sleeved button up with a banana design on it posing with a brown glass bottle with a yellow, orange, pink and purple label that reads "Paulaner Spezi." Behind them is a view of a German town. The most promonent building is a white rectangular tower with a brown, pointed roof, and a colorful clock built into one face of the tower.

A bald person with a beard, wearing glasses, a red graphic t-shirt, and a light blue short sleeve button up shirt with yellow ducks on it. They are standing up with their arms in a jogging motion, behind a Dungeon Master's screen with a large red dragon on it. There is a Dungeons and Dragons battlemap in front of the screen. Behind them is a Christmas tree with the lights on.

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