"Helios, the myth tells us [...] caused the water which had overflowed it [the island of Rhodes] to disappear. But the true explanation is that [...] the island was still like mud and soft, Helios dried up the larger part of its wetness and filled the land with living creatures."
🎨 Red-figure vase painting of #Helios in a chariot drawn by two #Erotes.
On #NationalUnderwearDay I want to talk about the ancestor of the bra: the strophion!
In #GreekRomanArt the goddess #Aphrodite can sometimes be seen putting it on or taking it off but mortal women are depicted wearing it too.
It is uncertain what the Greek strophion looked like but the Roman adaptation, the strophium, was a breast band, a strip of cloth wrapped around the upper torso.
It was a normal but optional piece of feminine clothing.
Here is a photo of a woman replicating the Roman Strophium, inspired by the Greek Apodesme. It was folded from a single piece of fabric, as in the figure of Aphrodite above.
@bjornlarssen I wish I knew! It seems to me as if the band is wrapped around once and then girded in those beautiful knots. I wish I could try to replicate it.
@VVitchy@Sine@antiquidons@histodons It would prolly be a piece of linen and linen is awesome at absorbing moisture.
I'll see if I can maybe work it out with a scarf. The original page with instructions sadly is no more 😔
I'm using Ghost's blog software for my website. The only integrated option for the native #newsletter tool is #Mailgun.
Sadly, I don't have the know-how to run my own bulk mail server.
Do I best stick with Mailgun or do I go for option two, use a Czech-based #Zapier alternative (Make) that integrates with a German-hosted newsletter service? Or a 3rd option?
@bedtimedrillsgt I don't like the idea of giving user data to a third party but I don't have the skill to set up self-hosted bulk mail.
My concern is with the data of my subscribers. EU data privacy laws are strict so that is why I'm considering the 2nd option of using EU based services instead of mailgun.
@thudfactor My hosting provider also recommended it but idk. I would prefer a self-hosted alternative so my subscribers' data always remains with me only. I feel like I'm not savvy enough to do that, though 😕
@bedtimedrillsgt It's not super sensitive data but still. I'm self-hosting Ghost, so I can set the outbound emails but it doesn't work for bulk mail. Ghost makes a distinction and only allows Mailgun for bulk mail.
@defmetaltones It's exactly what I want: it has a headphone jack, it has a removable battery, it has a microSD card slot, it has guranteed updates for 7 years and it's highly repairable.
I personally am very disappointed that #Fairphone removed the headphone jack from their latest model. That is why I got the Fairphone 3. That and the Fairphone 4 is wayyy too chunky. I have small hands 😅
Technology should exist for our convenience, not for the convenience of anyone who wants to interrupt us.
from #Hyperfocus by #ChrisBailey
This resonates deeply with me. I loathe constant phone buzzing or browser notifications. Sometimes it feels like we’re slaves to the technology instead of us being the boss.
FYI the #book is not aimed at the #neurodiverse at all; my goal in reading it is to find #research-backed information that can help me understand and handle my distractions and maybe - just maybe - he’ll have some #tips that will be useful for my brain.
For example, knowing that it takes 29 minutes to get back on track after distracting ourselves (vs 6 minutes when distracted by someone else) quantifies the consequences of distractions. Thinking that a distraction = losing half an hour feels much more tangible.
@ArpComics This is the reason I mostly kept my phone in flight mode while I was freelancing because it would just steal too much time that I needed for writing.
One of the publishers I narrate for, Hedon Press, has run afoul of Amazon / Audible. I just learned that 11 audiobooks I narrated are being taken down. (Yes, it's rotten.) I'm in talks with Audible, more on that as I know more.
The audiobooks are for the moment still for sale through Apple Books. If you want them, get them FAST before they're gone for good.
@AdaraAstin I didn't know paying a narrator in royalties was even an option but regarding Amazon, they have taken down my books for some reason or other and I never found out why. Sometimes it's just the word "virgin" in the title or description. I doubt a real human ever looked at any of it, neither my books nor my appeals.
I'm so sorry for you! Please know that this is in no way unique. See if you can negotiate something with the author 😟
@RubyJones I think I'm a slow reader too but I haven't ever properly timed it.
When I was a child, I would drag out books I enjoyed so they wouldn't be over. Maybe some of that carried over into adult life 😁