Jury summons today, but I wasn’t selected, so I’m finishing my time in the courthouse with a crab gumbo 🍲 😋 🦀

Mexico City, Xochicalco, and Cuernavaca: Edgar's 2025 Week in Central Mexico, Part 1 YouTube video by Eye of the Serpent

Part 1 of reflections from last month's visit to #MexicoCity and #Morelos!
youtu.be/1oTFdRpwAvA

I'm back.

I imagine everybody is now going to (re-)watch "Rogue One." I think I will, too.
#IHaveFriendsEverywhere #StoneAndSky #HOPE

Remarkable, groundbreaking work there. ...

I picked up our old copy of #TheRunningMan while visiting my parents because now seemed like the right time to read it.
“Welcome to America in 2025.”
Oh - now is LITERALLY the right time to read it. …

For #MothersDay weekend (Mexico and US), my tribute to four of the most bad-ass mothers to have graced the Sci-Fi Channel!

Edgar's MEXICA CALENDAR App: Renewing the 260-Day Tonalpohualli, Popup Detail Features YouTube video by Eye of the Serpent

Ahead of the turning of the 260-day #Tonalpohualli of Aztec ritual on May 8, my new video explains its mythical significance! #AztecCalendar #Mexica
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Edgar's MEXICA CALENDAR App: Calendar and Correspondence Options YouTube video by Eye of the Serpent

Using May 2, 2025 as a sample date, I walk through new correspondence options for my calendar date converter!
youtu.be/a1yGy3C2xJ8

You can dwell among the eldritch mysteries of the abyss, ... or you can be its horrific portal. Or both. 🦑 🌌

How Rich People Ruined TED Talks YouTube video by Soggy Cereal

Yeah, I never really understood the appeal of these series, and this explains why. ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j74F...

Native American Knowledge in WASHINGTON DC: Reflections from Edgar's Easter (April 18-20) 2025 Visit YouTube video by Eye of the Serpent

I reflect on Native American themes I was looking for during the recent jaunt to Washington!
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Also in Latin America - Bob Esponja

Celebrating #EarthDay2025 with photos from last year's visit to Leticia, in the Colombian Amazon! 🪷🌎

Today’s Mask: Nááyeri (Cora) Holy Week ‘Borrado’ Dragon from Nayarit, Mexico #SemanaSanta YouTube video by Eye of the Serpent

Nayeri (Cora) #HolyWeek Mask from Nayarit, Mexico 🐲 #SemanaSanta
Representing my Native Nayeri heritage with the effulgent colors and monstrous visage of the "Borrado" spirit masks made for Holy Week: European holiday, indigenous purpose!
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Drums of Creation 🪘 in the AMAZON: Manguaré and its Symbolism in Leticia, Colombia YouTube video by Eye of the Serpent

I beat a pair of Native #Manguaré drums at the Ethnographic Museum in #Leticia as I explore their ceremonial and mythical significance among Amazonian nations such as the Boro of Peru and the #Huitoto of Colombia!
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Same!

youtu.be/UhzjH7qKp_4
Today's sacred calendar sign in the Mexica rendering is 7 Rabbit (Alfonso Caso correspondence).
The link above points to my newest video, a demo of the layout and its inspiration from Aztec ritual and cosmology, with examples from the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan!

Edgar's MEXICA Calendar App: Cosmic Levels and the Sacred Teotl Beings in the Web Version Display YouTube video by Eye of the Serpent

Where I am on the Mesoamerican calendar app, with sample layouts from Friday the 4th and Monday the 7th!
In the video I also talk about design inspiration from Aztec rituals.
youtu.be/UhzjH7qKp_4

Last night I bought my tickets and reserved my room for an extended weekend in Washington.
DC is a go!
#WashingtonDC

The best part of Monday is that it eventually becomes Tuesday.

OLMEC ART at La Venta Park Museum, Villahermosa, Mexico: The Full Series YouTube video by Eye of the Serpent

All the #Olmec art videos from my walk through the #LaVenta Museum are now combined into a single playlist episode!
This may also be my first video to present #YouTube 's new automatic dubbing feature, which will translate my voice into Spanish, Italian, French, and more!
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Most people would see it as a milestone to condense 3000 years of culminated mystical knowledge about the Mesoamerican ritual calendars into a relational database schema.
For me, it’s Tuesday. …

I am glad your reporting went so quickly!
Yes, the consensus is that I should go ahead and report the offender. Their access to and abuse of my contact information and not guaranteed, so I could be overestimating those risks. ...

Two of my videos were copied into another YouTube channel. I want to report a copyright claim, especially for my research twisted into pseudoscience.
But YouTube could then share my email and phone number with the offending party.
Still weighing the risks of staying misrepresented vs. getting doxed.

Happy spring! 🌸
Photos from my former life as an #anthropology professor in Providence.

Fantastic series

I'd have my phone camera ready to stream live as much as I can before they take it. ...

Bat rescue before Friday (3/14) night's release 🦇
A Mexican Free-tailed bat at Congress Street bridge, downtown Austin
#AustinBats