May as well dive right in.
Did you know that dogs in ancient Mesopotamia also refused to drop the ball?
According to a Sumerian proverb, “The dog understands ‘Take it!’ It does not understand ‘Put it down!’”
Source: cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/34...
Did you know that dogs in ancient Mesopotamia also refused to drop the ball?
According to a Sumerian proverb, “The dog understands ‘Take it!’ It does not understand ‘Put it down!’”
Source: cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/34...
May 2, 2026 at 2:33 PM
A Sumerian proverb for 2025 bsky.app/profile/moud...
“Do not bend your neck for that which cuts necks.”
A Sumerian proverb, as relevant today as it was thousands of years ago.
A Sumerian proverb, as relevant today as it was thousands of years ago.
March 22, 2025 at 9:20 PM
A Sumerian proverb for 2025 bsky.app/profile/moud...
Here’s a Sumerian proverb on flatulence bsky.app/profile/moud...
Proverbs from ancient Mesopotamia are full of wisdom and humour. Keeping in mind that proverbs helped students practice the Sumerian language at school, it’s a reminder that teachers might have used humour to make lessons more memorable.
“Like a flatulent anus, the mouth produces too many words”
“Like a flatulent anus, the mouth produces too many words”
March 22, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Here’s a Sumerian proverb on flatulence bsky.app/profile/moud...
Here are some Sumerian proverbs on dogs bsky.app/profile/moud...
Proverbs written in Sumerian by young Babylonian students learning the (by then) dead language featured dogs in ways that suggests they were part of everyday life.
“Do not display hostility to a dog and it will not bite you”
“A sweet dog has become a puppy again”
And of course, NO TAKE ONLY THROW
“Do not display hostility to a dog and it will not bite you”
“A sweet dog has become a puppy again”
And of course, NO TAKE ONLY THROW
March 22, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Here are some Sumerian proverbs on dogs bsky.app/profile/moud...
I love him so much, even if he leaves me to fend for myself bsky.app/profile/moud...
he is without question the universe’s most sincere and enthusiastic Sith Lord
March 12, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I love him so much, even if he leaves me to fend for myself bsky.app/profile/moud...
Dr Al-Rashid has it as the first version it's just my keyboard doesn't have the little dot under the s
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For anyone wondering, some possible dog names have survived from cuneiform sources.
On tiny dog figurines found buried under a palace in Nineveh, Iraq are inscriptions that seem to be names.
dan rigiššu “loud is his bark”
munaššiku gārîšu “biter of his foe”
mušēṣi lemnūti “expeller of evil”
On tiny dog figurines found buried under a palace in Nineveh, Iraq are inscriptions that seem to be names.
dan rigiššu “loud is his bark”
munaššiku gārîšu “biter of his foe”
mušēṣi lemnūti “expeller of evil”
April 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Dr Al-Rashid has it as the first version it's just my keyboard doesn't have the little dot under the s
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If you — like me — enjoy perusing very ancient instruction manuals, you may also like this thread about Assyrian glassmaking techniques known from cuneiform tablets bsky.app/profile/moud...
How to make glass in ancient Assyria.
First, you grind your ingredients separately, which can include certain kinds of stone, roasted carnelian-coloured seashells, “white plant”, and salicornia ashes.
Then, “You mix them together” and place them in a cold kiln with four openings
First, you grind your ingredients separately, which can include certain kinds of stone, roasted carnelian-coloured seashells, “white plant”, and salicornia ashes.
Then, “You mix them together” and place them in a cold kiln with four openings
December 23, 2025 at 8:18 AM
If you — like me — enjoy perusing very ancient instruction manuals, you may also like this thread about Assyrian glassmaking techniques known from cuneiform tablets bsky.app/profile/moud...
May as well dive right in.
Did you know that dogs in ancient Mesopotamia also refused to drop the ball?
According to a Sumerian proverb, “The dog understands ‘Take it!’ It does not understand ‘Put it down!’”
Source: cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/34...
Did you know that dogs in ancient Mesopotamia also refused to drop the ball?
According to a Sumerian proverb, “The dog understands ‘Take it!’ It does not understand ‘Put it down!’”
Source: cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/34...
January 31, 2026 at 2:41 AM
A few people have asked for the cuneiform for this (and I love that we are doing that now) so here you go! bsky.app/profile/moud...
ur sa6-ga
ur-tur-sze3 in-ku4
“A sweet dog
has become a puppy (again)”
- Sumerian proverb
ur-tur-sze3 in-ku4
“A sweet dog
has become a puppy (again)”
- Sumerian proverb
February 23, 2025 at 7:35 AM
A few people have asked for the cuneiform for this (and I love that we are doing that now) so here you go! bsky.app/profile/moud...
In the 20th century there were attempts - with very mixed results of course - to introduce accountability for this sort of atrocity. Now it feels like even that has gone. bsky.app/profile/moud...
There is death and wanton violence everywhere we look, there is unimaginable loss and fear, all thanks to a handful of men at the helm who have never had to answer for a single wrong.
March 1, 2026 at 12:44 PM
In the 20th century there were attempts - with very mixed results of course - to introduce accountability for this sort of atrocity. Now it feels like even that has gone. bsky.app/profile/moud...
And fart jokes bsky.app/profile/moud...
Proverbs from ancient Mesopotamia are full of wisdom and humour. Keeping in mind that proverbs helped students practice the Sumerian language at school, it’s a reminder that teachers might have used humour to make lessons more memorable.
“Like a flatulent anus, the mouth produces too many words”
“Like a flatulent anus, the mouth produces too many words”
February 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
And fart jokes bsky.app/profile/moud...
Plus que quelques heures pour aller taguer "Moud*nc décapitolation" sur les murs de la ville
March 21, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Plus que quelques heures pour aller taguer "Moud*nc décapitolation" sur les murs de la ville
There is a tiny peak into her brilliant work here, if you don't believe my giddy enthusiasm
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If it looks like there are two different fonts on this clay tablet from ancient Babylon, that’s because there are.
In December of 603 BCE, a young scribe named Balāṭa made a faithful copy of a far more ancient inscription of Sîn-Kashid who had ruled Uruk over 1,000 years earlier.
In December of 603 BCE, a young scribe named Balāṭa made a faithful copy of a far more ancient inscription of Sîn-Kashid who had ruled Uruk over 1,000 years earlier.
February 20, 2025 at 9:43 AM
There is a tiny peak into her brilliant work here, if you don't believe my giddy enthusiasm
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Moud Goba - A pioneering LGBT+ rights activist and refugee advocate, Moud is the National Director of Micro Rainbow and has been instrumental in supporting queer people of colour and people seeking asylum.
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October 8, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Moud Goba - A pioneering LGBT+ rights activist and refugee advocate, Moud is the National Director of Micro Rainbow and has been instrumental in supporting queer people of colour and people seeking asylum.
4/7
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Ashurbanipal thought makin a comeback tho bsky.app/profile/moud...
An ancient account of King Ashurbanipal, who ruled in the 600s BCE, boasts of his enemies' suffering. It does not sound too far removed from some of the boasts we hear today.
"They became like corpses. The faces of the people became gloomy like smoke (iqturū kīma qutri) with depression and grief."
"They became like corpses. The faces of the people became gloomy like smoke (iqturū kīma qutri) with depression and grief."
March 18, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Ashurbanipal thought makin a comeback tho bsky.app/profile/moud...
Des phrases. Des bouts. De phrases. Presque tout un para. Sans. Verbe. Pousse la banane. Et moud l'café.
August 14, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Des phrases. Des bouts. De phrases. Presque tout un para. Sans. Verbe. Pousse la banane. Et moud l'café.
Shout out to the gorgeous and talented and beautiful and smart and GORGEOUS Gabi for the vid and for being the best cheerleader MOUD could ask for 🥹💕
July 12, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Shout out to the gorgeous and talented and beautiful and smart and GORGEOUS Gabi for the vid and for being the best cheerleader MOUD could ask for 🥹💕
This is an incorrect calculation of the area of a triangle by a young Babylonian student at school around 1900-1600 BCE, excavated from the ancient city of Kish.
It’s a moment in the history of math, of education, of children, of mistakes, of people being people. I love it.
It’s a moment in the history of math, of education, of children, of mistakes, of people being people. I love it.
November 24, 2024 at 2:30 PM
i wonder if this is supposed to have a similar meaning. like, don't help them hurt you
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“Do not bend your neck for that which cuts necks.”
A Sumerian proverb, as relevant today as it was thousands of years ago.
A Sumerian proverb, as relevant today as it was thousands of years ago.
February 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
i wonder if this is supposed to have a similar meaning. like, don't help them hurt you
bsky.app/profile/moud...
bsky.app/profile/moud...
Proverbs written in Sumerian by young Babylonian students learning the (by then) dead language featured dogs in ways that suggests they were part of everyday life.
“Do not display hostility to a dog and it will not bite you”
“A sweet dog has become a puppy again”
And of course, NO TAKE ONLY THROW
“Do not display hostility to a dog and it will not bite you”
“A sweet dog has become a puppy again”
And of course, NO TAKE ONLY THROW
May 3, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Thank you so much to all who have shared this and offered advice 🙏🏽
I just love him so much. Here is a thread about him because I wish you could all have the chance to experience his zest for life. I miss his chaos bsky.app/profile/moud...
I just love him so much. Here is a thread about him because I wish you could all have the chance to experience his zest for life. I miss his chaos bsky.app/profile/moud...
At his first and last dog agility class, he tore the tunnel off its pegs and dragged it down the field with two other Labradors in tow.
We were not invited back
We were not invited back
December 6, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Thank you so much to all who have shared this and offered advice 🙏🏽
I just love him so much. Here is a thread about him because I wish you could all have the chance to experience his zest for life. I miss his chaos bsky.app/profile/moud...
I just love him so much. Here is a thread about him because I wish you could all have the chance to experience his zest for life. I miss his chaos bsky.app/profile/moud...
This looks great
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For anyone interested, you can pre-order it from the various sites listed here while I scream into a small couch cushion like any normal person who is really happy about something www.hachette.co.uk/titles/moudh...
Between Two Rivers
'Fascinating and magnificent, beautifully written and explained: this book is a masterpiece.'
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December 29, 2024 at 3:34 PM
This looks great
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Guys I MIGHT be making an animation for hannigram soon
Depeche moud...... 🦌🦌🦌
Depeche moud...... 🦌🦌🦌
September 30, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Guys I MIGHT be making an animation for hannigram soon
Depeche moud...... 🦌🦌🦌
Depeche moud...... 🦌🦌🦌
Here’s a short thread with some links that may be a good starting point ☺️ bsky.app/profile/moud...
Ancient Babylonians kept copious records of astronomical phenomena on clay tablets that we call Astronomical Diaries.
In 164 BCE, they saw Halley’s Comet hover softly in the night sky, and recorded it in cuneiform on clay www.ebl.lmu.de/fragmentariu...
In 164 BCE, they saw Halley’s Comet hover softly in the night sky, and recorded it in cuneiform on clay www.ebl.lmu.de/fragmentariu...
December 5, 2024 at 11:46 AM
Here’s a short thread with some links that may be a good starting point ☺️ bsky.app/profile/moud...
Additionally, 4th Cir. holds that the denial of medication for opioid withdrawal also violates an inmate's constitutional rights AND this too was clearly established law.
No QI for the prison officials involved in that part of the case.
No QI for the prison officials involved in that part of the case.
September 10, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Additionally, 4th Cir. holds that the denial of medication for opioid withdrawal also violates an inmate's constitutional rights AND this too was clearly established law.
No QI for the prison officials involved in that part of the case.
No QI for the prison officials involved in that part of the case.