Aliki Chapple
@commonmugwort.bsky.social
Literary translator, actor, early modern drama enthusiast.
Luddite geek. Greek. Truth, justice, and the comics. Mostly in Athens.
(@amaenad from Twitter but more chill)
All photos licensed CC BY-SA 4.0
More on: https://pixelfed.social/CommonMugwort
Luddite geek. Greek. Truth, justice, and the comics. Mostly in Athens.
(@amaenad from Twitter but more chill)
All photos licensed CC BY-SA 4.0
More on: https://pixelfed.social/CommonMugwort
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Aliki Chapple
@commonmugwort.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Hello theatre pals, and everyone. It’s nice to see you here.
I live in Athens now, and I’ve been taking a lot of pictures, relearning my way around the old place.
pixelfed.social/i/web/profil...
I live in Athens now, and I’ve been taking a lot of pictures, relearning my way around the old place.
pixelfed.social/i/web/profil...
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Ok, thanks to everyone for all the responses to my song list for my Superhero class - that was amazing!! I've got to get to drawing the syllabus so I should table this, but I put them all in a doc & anyone is welcome to explore/comment to add suggestions. Tnx!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
January 16, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Ok, thanks to everyone for all the responses to my song list for my Superhero class - that was amazing!! I've got to get to drawing the syllabus so I should table this, but I put them all in a doc & anyone is welcome to explore/comment to add suggestions. Tnx!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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January 16, 2026 at 8:04 AM
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Hats off to whoever did this (and the beautiful model).
January 16, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Hats off to whoever did this (and the beautiful model).
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Knut Hamsun, a Norwegian writer, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920.
In 1943, he sent Joseph Goebbels (Hitler's propaganda minister) his Nobel Prize medal as a gift.
In 1943, he sent Joseph Goebbels (Hitler's propaganda minister) his Nobel Prize medal as a gift.
January 16, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Knut Hamsun, a Norwegian writer, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920.
In 1943, he sent Joseph Goebbels (Hitler's propaganda minister) his Nobel Prize medal as a gift.
In 1943, he sent Joseph Goebbels (Hitler's propaganda minister) his Nobel Prize medal as a gift.
As a reader and watcher of stories, I agree.
I am (in general) concerned that storytellers in my cluster are taking old, relatively idealistic stories and reframing them as tarnished and nasty under the impression that makes them more meaningful, when impossible dreams have never been more precious in my lifetime.
January 16, 2026 at 8:57 AM
As a reader and watcher of stories, I agree.
The position of “most shameless man on Earth“ is already taken.
January 16, 2026 at 8:06 AM
The position of “most shameless man on Earth“ is already taken.
January 16, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Thank you, Spangram, I needed an easy win today.
January 16, 2026 at 6:57 AM
Thank you, Spangram, I needed an easy win today.
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🔵 This week's Tom the Dancing Bug
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A BUSY, BUSY ICE ENFORCEMENT OPERATION
with apologies to Richard Scarry
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Brought to you by the rough and ready Inner Hive, including long-time member Brady Marsh and new member SquirrelSaver7. ( bit.ly/theInnerHive )
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
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A BUSY, BUSY ICE ENFORCEMENT OPERATION
with apologies to Richard Scarry
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Brought to you by the rough and ready Inner Hive, including long-time member Brady Marsh and new member SquirrelSaver7. ( bit.ly/theInnerHive )
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
January 15, 2026 at 4:03 PM
🔵 This week's Tom the Dancing Bug
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A BUSY, BUSY ICE ENFORCEMENT OPERATION
with apologies to Richard Scarry
-
Brought to you by the rough and ready Inner Hive, including long-time member Brady Marsh and new member SquirrelSaver7. ( bit.ly/theInnerHive )
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
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A BUSY, BUSY ICE ENFORCEMENT OPERATION
with apologies to Richard Scarry
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Brought to you by the rough and ready Inner Hive, including long-time member Brady Marsh and new member SquirrelSaver7. ( bit.ly/theInnerHive )
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
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i am watching ken burns american revolution right now and this is literally what every letter from the era they read sounds like
Posts from Minneapolis residents read like they'll be read in voiceover in a Ken Burns-like doc one day
January 15, 2026 at 5:55 PM
i am watching ken burns american revolution right now and this is literally what every letter from the era they read sounds like
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Just some friends who met at work.
Reuben lives with his stepmom, thinks your taste in everything fucking sucks, and will definitely go back to film school, soon. Definitely. He just needs a minute. Get off his back.
Afon is two and a half, and learned that death exists from "Bambi."
#drawdaily
Reuben lives with his stepmom, thinks your taste in everything fucking sucks, and will definitely go back to film school, soon. Definitely. He just needs a minute. Get off his back.
Afon is two and a half, and learned that death exists from "Bambi."
#drawdaily
January 12, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Just some friends who met at work.
Reuben lives with his stepmom, thinks your taste in everything fucking sucks, and will definitely go back to film school, soon. Definitely. He just needs a minute. Get off his back.
Afon is two and a half, and learned that death exists from "Bambi."
#drawdaily
Reuben lives with his stepmom, thinks your taste in everything fucking sucks, and will definitely go back to film school, soon. Definitely. He just needs a minute. Get off his back.
Afon is two and a half, and learned that death exists from "Bambi."
#drawdaily
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ICE must be abolished. It has become a lawless, rogue agency. Federal law enforcement agencies must follow the law, if they're going to have any credibility enforcing it.
We are demanding justice for Renee Good and the prosecution of ICE agent Jonathan Ross for her murder.
We are demanding justice for Renee Good and the prosecution of ICE agent Jonathan Ross for her murder.
January 15, 2026 at 4:47 PM
ICE must be abolished. It has become a lawless, rogue agency. Federal law enforcement agencies must follow the law, if they're going to have any credibility enforcing it.
We are demanding justice for Renee Good and the prosecution of ICE agent Jonathan Ross for her murder.
We are demanding justice for Renee Good and the prosecution of ICE agent Jonathan Ross for her murder.
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Imagine being this badass
Holy hell, what an obituary
Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Imagine being this badass
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~50% of the people living in the US weren’t even born the last time a President invoked the Insurrection Act. And when GHWB did that in 1992, the soldiers deployed to LA were not given live ammunition.
I was in the midst of preparing a Morning Memo arguing that Minneapolis is shaping up to be the catalyzing moment that Trump was looking for to justify doing what he has wanted to do since his 1st term: invoke the Insurrection Act...when he posted exactly that:
talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
January 15, 2026 at 4:10 PM
~50% of the people living in the US weren’t even born the last time a President invoked the Insurrection Act. And when GHWB did that in 1992, the soldiers deployed to LA were not given live ammunition.
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January 15, 2026 at 6:34 AM
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Όποιος πουλάει μεγάλες ιδέες με πετρέλαια και ορυκτά αέρια είναι εχθρός των παιδιών μας.
climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
January 15, 2026 at 6:50 AM
Όποιος πουλάει μεγάλες ιδέες με πετρέλαια και ορυκτά αέρια είναι εχθρός των παιδιών μας.
climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
January 15, 2026 at 6:34 AM
Οι Κυψελιώτες στο κυνηγητό για χώρους παιχνιδιού (🎁🔗) insidestory.gr/article/oi-k...
Οι Κυψελιώτες στο κυνηγητό για χώρους παιχνιδιού
Μπορεί η Αθήνα να αποκτήσει τις παιδικές χαρές που χρειάζεται; Γονείς και κηδεμόνες της Κυψέλης επιμένουν ότι επιβάλλεται.
insidestory.gr
January 15, 2026 at 6:24 AM
Οι Κυψελιώτες στο κυνηγητό για χώρους παιχνιδιού (🎁🔗) insidestory.gr/article/oi-k...
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Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
That is what was relayed
January 15, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
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fellow journalists’ reports from minneapolis are hitting like dispatches from the frontlines of a civil war
January 15, 2026 at 5:27 AM
fellow journalists’ reports from minneapolis are hitting like dispatches from the frontlines of a civil war
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Did someone say “caesaropapism”?
January 14, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Did someone say “caesaropapism”?
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The show will feature performances of the text, panels, and more! You can sign up for early access tickets (going fast) and keep up to speed with future shows from us (and others who engage with the period) by popping along to our live events page on the website. beyondshakespeare.org/live-events/
Live Events
The Book of Sir Thomas More: Piece by Piece – Sunday 12th April 2026 from 1pm at the White Bear Theatre, Kennington Join us for our latest deep dive into a play full of history and mischief. …
beyondshakespeare.org
January 13, 2026 at 10:04 AM
The show will feature performances of the text, panels, and more! You can sign up for early access tickets (going fast) and keep up to speed with future shows from us (and others who engage with the period) by popping along to our live events page on the website. beyondshakespeare.org/live-events/
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Amidst Russian attacks, this is nothing less than the digital equivalent of a Cold War against a democratic EU.
Meta, Microsoft and Google are all coordinating with the European far right in order to dismantle EU digital laws designed to protect citizens, according to a new report.
The recent 🇺🇸NSS strategy outlined regime change plans to support the European far right.
A public-private partnership.
The recent 🇺🇸NSS strategy outlined regime change plans to support the European far right.
A public-private partnership.
US tech giants allying with European far-right to strip back EU rules
Amid rising EU-US tensions, a new report has accused Big Tech of courting far-right MEPs to weaken the EU's regulatory power on AI and data.
www.brusselstimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Amidst Russian attacks, this is nothing less than the digital equivalent of a Cold War against a democratic EU.
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Steam arises from all the wooden and stone surfaces that the sun hits now and its almost magical, and the starlings are chit-chatting and whistling and isn’t nature so magnificent even this simplest thing?
January 14, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Steam arises from all the wooden and stone surfaces that the sun hits now and its almost magical, and the starlings are chit-chatting and whistling and isn’t nature so magnificent even this simplest thing?