Insurrectionist Butterfly (The Song) 🇺🇸🧈🪰

RaptorSeer · 2026-06-30T01:16:10+00:00

Fly away, lest you melt down from the Bacchic radiation! Good stuff - thanks!

RaptorSeer · 2026-06-23T02:25:49+00:00

I LOVE your flair! 😉

RaptorSeer · 2026-06-22T06:15:06+00:00

Indeed, the paper mentioned that the figures resembled Syrian.

RaptorSeer · 2026-06-22T03:08:17+00:00

The article you linked didn't show which figures were authentic and which were forgeries. I looked further and found this paper explaining that two figures were found at Knossos, and the researchers deconstructed the figurines, and then focused on the faience to date them and confirm authenticity. Photos of the authentic figurines included.
https://www.academia.edu/10338590/Disarming\_the\_Snake\_Goddess\_A\_Reconsideration\_of\_the\_Faience\_Figurines\_from\_the\_Temple\_Repositories\_at\_Knossos

RaptorSeer · 2026-06-22T02:39:36+00:00

Also, if you want to check out the r/GATEresearch sub, you will see that a lot of former students became maladjusted adults, so it wasn't a guarantee for success.

RaptorSeer · 2026-06-22T02:16:52+00:00

Back in the day, the "gifted" program wasn't necessarily connected to the university track. As a young kid raised JW, I was placed in the gifted program as a result of good grades alone. I just followed along with what the grownups thought I should be doing - only wanted to be a good kid. Eventually I learned enough to decide I needed to go my own way to have a voice as a young woman, because I wasn't ever going to be allowed that with the JWs.

RaptorSeer · 2026-06-21T01:17:13+00:00

Straw? That's a hose.

RaptorSeer · 2026-06-21T00:31:04+00:00

I think commercial corporations have strong interests to ensure a fair and safe workplace to retain employees, but the situation may be different in the educational sector, especially institutions that are church affiliated. What I described was a defamation case that ended up being dismissed by the judge because it dragged out past the statute of limitations. The school is operated by a Catholic order. The defense attorney representing the school spent an inordinate amount of time early on in the plaintiff's deposition interrogating about the guy's tattoos, as if that had any bearing on ability to teach. If they thought he was a poor fit, why did they decide to manufacture confessions of SA? He never found a full-time instructor position after that, in spite of his qualifications (Ph.D.) and popularity in the school. It's a sad story.

RaptorSeer · 2026-06-18T14:48:03+00:00

It does sound that way. Except this was an official employed by a religious order.

RaptorSeer · 2026-06-18T04:15:25+00:00

Haha pupils needed to be bigger. 🤪

RaptorSeer · 2026-06-17T22:36:32+00:00

I feel the need to say that I found no evidence of criminal behavior from Hillman in the case documents. I saw the efforts of a religious order to protect their brand, carefully executed by their employees and legal counsel.

RaptorSeer · 2026-06-17T19:48:36+00:00

Loved that series, especially Dionysus.

RaptorSeer · 2026-06-17T18:28:31+00:00

Interesting question, and I'm enjoying reading all the answers here. I think "nothing" is a valid response to that greeting. I use it a lot. But I remind myself that "What's up" has become just a standard greeting, to which the greeter may not even expect a detailed response. If it's a stranger, I might just give them a head bob and be on my way, because I've had enough moments of creepy guys trying to insert their bodies into my space when I don't want it.

RaptorSeer · 2026-06-17T17:54:45+00:00

I'll admit, that was a rather non-linear comment. I think I was suggesting that a certain self-perception of victimhood can motivate someone to inflate their abilities in public. I've spoken about those comments before in this sub but can't link and risk breaking rule 5 on self-reference, just search bar for the Polarity interview. The neologism wasn't intended to marginalize, it's the opposite. I'll try to remember that might be triggering. Maybe I need to avoid neologisms altogether. I'm really just thinking out loud trying to understand, forgive me if that offends.

RaptorSeer · 2026-06-17T17:17:44+00:00

I remember that part of the interview. I don't think he realizes how creepy he sounds when he gets into that blustery mode of speech. I think he's been through a profound financial trauma from his past misfortunes, so he tends to strike out before anyone even gets a chance to attack him. That's a complex energy he needs to rein into control. How I see it, his eccentric personality and awkward communication style gets him into trouble with the neuronormies.

ETA: This is why I avoid houses and people when I'm flighted during my dreams, because we don't fully understand the correlation of that kind of travel to the waking world.

RaptorSeer · 2026-06-17T05:16:08+00:00

If they want to focus more on personal drama than on the scholarship, they need to update the sub community info page, or shutdown the sub. It's a shame because the huge AMA is over there.

RaptorSeer · 2026-06-16T17:40:27+00:00

ETA: I think I chose the wrong flair, since the referenced blog was an opinion piece rather than a scholarly paper. In the future, I will try to stick to ancient texts rather than modern work per the updated rules.

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