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Ben Higbie<p>'Sadko in the Underwater Kingdom' by Ilya Repin (1876) </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/arts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>arts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artists</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fantasyart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fantasyart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artlover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artlover</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artlovers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artlovers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artgallery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artgallery</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artgalleries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artgalleries</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>museum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>museums</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artmuseum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artmuseum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artmuseums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artmuseums</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/myth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>myth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/myths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>myths</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mythology</span></a></p>
Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág<p>Happy Pomonalia!<br>I celebrate this festival by buying a lot of fruit at the local market and then treating the family and everyone at the office 😄</p><p><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/fruit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fruit</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/summer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>summer</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/celebration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>celebration</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/pagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pagan</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mythology</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/image" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>image</span></a></p>
Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋<p>🇮🇸 **Historic Edda Manuscript Returns to Iceland After 400 Years**</p><p>"_Believed to be the youngest of the four main surviving Edda manuscripts, it remains the oldest known version of Snorri Sturluson’s work._"</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://www.icelandreview.com/news/historic-edda-manuscript-returns-to-iceland-after-400-years/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">icelandreview.com/news/histori</span><span class="invisible">c-edda-manuscript-returns-to-iceland-after-400-years/</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Iceland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Iceland</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Norse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Norse</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mythology</span></a></p>
Marcial Tenreiro-Bermudez<p>Archaeoethnologica: The Myth, the Rite &amp; the History -Book / O Mito, o Rito, a História - Livro</p><p>+INFO in: <a href="https://archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2025/08/o-mito-o-rito-historia.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archaeoethnologica.blogspot.co</span><span class="invisible">m/2025/08/o-mito-o-rito-historia.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/HistoryofReligions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryofReligions</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Antiquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Antiquity</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Myth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Myth</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Rite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rite</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mythology</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/theory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>theory</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/kingship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kingship</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Greece" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greece</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/openaccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openaccess</span></a></p>
Marcial Tenreiro-Bermudez<p>Archaeoethnologica: The Myth, the Rite &amp; the History -Book / O Mito, o Rito, a História - Livro</p><p>+INFO in: <a href="https://archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2025/08/o-mito-o-rito-historia.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archaeoethnologica.blogspot.co</span><span class="invisible">m/2025/08/o-mito-o-rito-historia.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/HistoryofReligions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryofReligions</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Antiquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Antiquity</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Myth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Myth</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Rite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rite</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mythology</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/theory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>theory</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/kingship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kingship</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Greece" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greece</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/openaccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openaccess</span></a></p>
Marcial Tenreiro-Bermudez<p>Archaeoethnologica: The Myth, the Rite &amp; the History -Book / O Mito, o Rito, a História - Livro</p><p>+INFO in: <a href="https://archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2025/08/o-mito-o-rito-historia.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archaeoethnologica.blogspot.co</span><span class="invisible">m/2025/08/o-mito-o-rito-historia.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/HistoryofReligions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryofReligions</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Antiquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Antiquity</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Myth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Myth</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Rite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rite</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mythology</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/theory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>theory</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/kingship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kingship</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Greece" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greece</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/openaccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openaccess</span></a></p>
Marcial Tenreiro-Bermudez<p>Archaeoethnologica: The Myth, the Rite &amp; the History -Book / O Mito, o Rito, a História - Livro</p><p>+INFO in: <a href="https://archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2025/08/o-mito-o-rito-historia.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archaeoethnologica.blogspot.co</span><span class="invisible">m/2025/08/o-mito-o-rito-historia.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HistoryofReligions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryofReligions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Antiquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Antiquity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Myth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Myth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rite</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mythology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/theory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>theory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kingship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kingship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Greece" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greece</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openaccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openaccess</span></a></p>
Marcial Tenreiro-Bermudez<p>Archaeoethnologica: The Myth, the Rite &amp; the History -Book / O Mito, o Rito, a História - Livro</p><p>+INFO in: <a href="https://archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2025/08/o-mito-o-rito-historia.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archaeoethnologica.blogspot.co</span><span class="invisible">m/2025/08/o-mito-o-rito-historia.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HistoryofReligions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryofReligions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Antiquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Antiquity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Myth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Myth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rite</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mythology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/theory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>theory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kingship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kingship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Greece" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greece</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openaccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openaccess</span></a></p>
Marcial Tenreiro-Bermudez<p>Archaeoethnologica: The Myth, the Rite &amp; the History -Book / O Mito, o Rito, a História - Livro</p><p>+INFO in: <a href="https://archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2025/08/o-mito-o-rito-historia.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archaeoethnologica.blogspot.co</span><span class="invisible">m/2025/08/o-mito-o-rito-historia.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HistoryofReligions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryofReligions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Antiquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Antiquity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Myth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Myth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rite</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mythology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/theory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>theory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kingship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kingship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Greece" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greece</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openaccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openaccess</span></a></p>
Erotic Mythology 🏳️‍🌈<p>Have a courageous Day of Ares aka Mars' Day aka Tuesday 🗡️</p><p>"From many a home many a victim is devoted to death by the two-handled whip beloved of Ares, destruction double-armed, a gory pair."<br>Aeschylus, Agamemnon 638</p><p>🏛 Roman bronze sculpture, 201-300 CE</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/antiquidons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>antiquidons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/mythology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mythology</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DayOfAres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DayOfAres</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreekRomanArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreekRomanArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mythology</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>"This means telling better <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/stories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stories</span></a>, creating more compelling myths...</p><p>if we don’t start creating aesthetic experiences that compete with the mythologies currently colonizing human consciousness, we’ll lose not through being wrong but through being boring...</p><p>The circus needs better performances, not better reviews of the performances currently dominating the tent."<br><a href="https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/democracy-needs-art" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">notesfromthecircus.com/p/democ</span><span class="invisible">racy-needs-art</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mythology</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Music</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Memes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Memes</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>"Why Art Succeeds Where Arguments Fail</p><p>A <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/song" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>song</span></a> doesn’t fight for your attention—it rewards it with pleasure. A <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/story" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>story</span></a> doesn’t demand focus—it creates the desire to know what happens next. A <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mythology</span></a> doesn’t need to argue for its relevance—it becomes the lens through which <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/reality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reality</span></a> makes sense...</p><p>The <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> movement didn’t succeed through policy papers but through <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/songs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>songs</span></a> that held attention while transforming consciousness."<br><a href="https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/democracy-needs-art" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">notesfromthecircus.com/p/democ</span><span class="invisible">racy-needs-art</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Michael Martinez<p>Q: Can Normal Animals In Middle-earth Speak?</p><p>ANSWER: Yes, normal animals in Middle-earth can speak. I ran into this discussion while following a chain of comments on social media that led me to Wikipedia. In the article Tolkien’s Moral Dilemma (retrieved on August 10, 2025) there is a table with the designation “Speech and morality of Tolkien’s Middle-earth peoples”. The 6th row of the table […]</p><p><a href="https://middle-earth.xenite.org/can-normal-animals-in-middle-earth-speak/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://middle-earth.xenite.org/can-normal-animals-in-middle-earth-speak/</a></p>
Mythology Monday ✨<p>Hello, Myth Lovers! Join us Monday for the theme: SLEEP! Which myths feature sleep or slumbering? Write out your story and use the hashtag <a href="https://thefolklore.cafe/tags/MythologyMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MythologyMonday</span></a> for boosts. If joining from BlueSky: follow @ap.brid.gy so we can interact with your posts. See you soon! 😴</p><p>Photo: 'Endormies' by Rupert Bunny. National Gallery of Victoria</p><p><a href="https://thefolklore.cafe/tags/mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mythology</span></a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/mythology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mythology</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/folklore" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>folklore</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://ohai.social/@TarkabarkaHolgy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>TarkabarkaHolgy</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mementomori.social/@juergen_hubert" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>juergen_hubert</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/curiousordinary.bsky.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>curiousordinary.bsky.social</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://thefolklore.cafe/@wihtlore" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>wihtlore</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@FairytalesFood" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>FairytalesFood</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@bevanthomas" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bevanthomas</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@FinnFolklorist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>FinnFolklorist</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://pagan.plus/@Godyssey" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Godyssey</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.games/@GaymerGeek" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>GaymerGeek</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@starrytimepod" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>starrytimepod</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://writeout.ink/@ljwrites" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ljwrites</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/pj-richards.bsky.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>pj-richards.bsky.social</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@AnnaJunePage" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>AnnaJunePage</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/nataljastgermain.bsky.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>nataljastgermain.bsky.social</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/@JessMahler" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>JessMahler</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:ypxfras5oo6yheyyct5cmqn4" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>beefolklore.bsky.social</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@FolkloreFun" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>FolkloreFun</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/psychescinema.bsky.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>psychescinema.bsky.social</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@PatFurstenberg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>PatFurstenberg</span></a></span></p>
Marco Ciappelli🎙️✨:verified: :donor:<p>What's in the news this <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/weekend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weekend</span></a>? This is! 😉 </p><p>The <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/AgenticAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AgenticAI</span></a> Myth in <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cybersecurity</span></a> and the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Humanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Humanity</span></a> We Risk When We Stop Deciding for Ourselves</p><p>Reflections from <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/BlackHat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackHat</span></a> USA 2025 on the Latest <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> Salvation Narrative</p><p>🤖 What happens to a society that delegates its judgment to machines?</p><p>Walking Black Hat this year, I was struck not by the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> itself, but by the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mythology</span></a> we're building around it. Agentic <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> promises to think for us, decide for us, act for us. The <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/marketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>marketing</span></a> speaks of liberation from human fallibility.</p><p>But here's what the ancient Greeks understood that we seem to have forgotten: every artificial creation carries within it the seeds of its own limitations—and ours.</p><p>We're not just automating workflows. We're reshaping the fundamental social structures that define human competence and authority. When we delegate judgment itself to artificial agents, we risk creating social systems where human thinking becomes an anomaly rather than the norm.</p><p>E.M. Forster saw this coming in 1909. In "The Machine Stops," humanity becomes so dependent on automated systems that when the machine finally breaks down, civilization collapses because no one remembers how to function without it.</p><p>The question isn't whether these artificial agents can replace human decision-making—it's whether we want to live in a society where they do.</p><p>👉 Read my full article below and please share your opinions in the comments! </p><p>Are we evolving our humanity or automating it away? What's your take?</p><p>But wait—there's more. My next <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/BlackHat2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackHat2025</span></a> piece is going to tackle something that's been eating at me for years: the absurd theater of <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/cybersecuritymarketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecuritymarketing</span></a>. The superhero costumes, the merch, the promises, the puppies, the cappuccino -- wait, that's actually ok! 😬 -- and the lies told with such confidence that you'd think <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CISOs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CISOs</span></a> were born yesterday. </p><p>Spoiler alert: they weren't. And they're not buying it. 🤔 </p><p>💌 Want these insights delivered as they're published? Subscribe to my "Musing On Society and Technology" newsletter for deeper reflections on what it means to be human in our hybrid analog-digital world.</p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/musing-on-society-technology-7079849705156870144/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">linkedin.com/newsletters/musin</span><span class="invisible">g-on-society-technology-7079849705156870144/</span></a></p><p>You don't want to miss what's coming next. 🎯</p><p>ITSPmagazine Sean Martin, CISSP</p>
Ben Higbie<p>'Thetis dipping Achilles in the River Styx' by Thomas Banks (1790) </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/statue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>statue</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/statues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>statues</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sculpture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sculpture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sculptures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sculptures</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sculpting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sculpting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artists</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/arts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>arts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/arthistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>arthistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/myth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>myth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/myths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>myths</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mythology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greece" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>greece</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>greek</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ancientgreece" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ancientgreece</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artmuseum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artmuseum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>museum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artmuseums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artmuseums</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>museums</span></a></p>
Erotic Mythology 🏳️‍🌈<p>It's the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DayOfHelios" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DayOfHelios</span></a> / Sol's Day / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sunday</span></a>! ☀️</p><p>"[<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Helios" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Helios</span></a> the Sun] rides his chariot, he shines upon men and deathless gods, and piercingly he gazes with his eyes from his golden helmet. Bright rays beam dazzlingly from him, and his bright locks streaming from the temples of his head gracefully enclose his far-seen face."<br>Homeric Hymn 31</p><p>🏛️ Silver Kylix, 3rd century BCE, Pantikapaion</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/antiquidons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>antiquidons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/mythology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mythology</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mythology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Helios" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Helios</span></a></p>
Atlas Obscura<p>Steðji / Staupasteinn in Iceland</p><p>A goblet-shaped rock that, according to lore, is the home of an elven hermit.<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=nationalmonument" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nationalmonument</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mythology</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=roadsideattractions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>roadsideattractions</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>folklore</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=rocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rocks</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=section-Atlas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>section-Atlas</span></a><br><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/stedji-staupasteinn" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Steðji / Staupasteinn</a></p>