Shahnameh blacksmith
@desirepathtarjuman.bsky.social
Bike-mounted historian specializing in medieval & early modern Sino-Iranian contact and Persianate political & cultural history. YIMBY, NUMTOT, and caregiver for undemanding plants. Chicago mostly-southsider. He/him.
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February 7, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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And again, for all those non-Chicagoans out there, she is a Democrat.
This is why we must criticize Democrats. This is why “vote blue no matter who” is a farce — because that whole “who” part matters a whole lot!
This is why we must criticize Democrats. This is why “vote blue no matter who” is a farce — because that whole “who” part matters a whole lot!
February 7, 2026 at 6:18 PM
And again, for all those non-Chicagoans out there, she is a Democrat.
This is why we must criticize Democrats. This is why “vote blue no matter who” is a farce — because that whole “who” part matters a whole lot!
This is why we must criticize Democrats. This is why “vote blue no matter who” is a farce — because that whole “who” part matters a whole lot!
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You mean the man who was established as revoltingly sexually harassing a brilliant legal mind but Biden and many many others facilitated his rise to extraordinary power and to one of the US’ most notorious stories of corruption anyway?
That guy?
No shit?
Accountability.
For.
Them.
All.
That guy?
No shit?
Accountability.
For.
Them.
All.
Have reviewed thousands of documents from the Epstein Files.
I have located one and only one Black child rapist, a sole Black child abuser,
amidst the entire avalanche of disgustingness:
Justice Clarence Thomas.
Zero surprise there. Gross.
I have located one and only one Black child rapist, a sole Black child abuser,
amidst the entire avalanche of disgustingness:
Justice Clarence Thomas.
Zero surprise there. Gross.
February 7, 2026 at 2:04 PM
You mean the man who was established as revoltingly sexually harassing a brilliant legal mind but Biden and many many others facilitated his rise to extraordinary power and to one of the US’ most notorious stories of corruption anyway?
That guy?
No shit?
Accountability.
For.
Them.
All.
That guy?
No shit?
Accountability.
For.
Them.
All.
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Times article has an incredible illustration
February 5, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Times article has an incredible illustration
Loot that drops after defeating me:
Cabbie hat
Laptop with a mess of folders you may have some difficulty navigating
4 different library/university cards
Bike multi tool
Flashlight
If I'm on my bike:
the bike itself plud saddle bags w:
pump
lube
spare tube
lightweight folding camp chair
Cabbie hat
Laptop with a mess of folders you may have some difficulty navigating
4 different library/university cards
Bike multi tool
Flashlight
If I'm on my bike:
the bike itself plud saddle bags w:
pump
lube
spare tube
lightweight folding camp chair
Loot that drops after defeating me (you wish):
1. six cheap teabags (day's supply)
2. my trusty ereader loaded with the Complete Works of everyone you can think of
3. a piece of string (the Goodies taught me)
4. Fat Little Notebook, thinnest felt-tip in the spiral for tiny writing
5. a stuffed Dodo
1. six cheap teabags (day's supply)
2. my trusty ereader loaded with the Complete Works of everyone you can think of
3. a piece of string (the Goodies taught me)
4. Fat Little Notebook, thinnest felt-tip in the spiral for tiny writing
5. a stuffed Dodo
Loot that drops after defeating me:
1) 🍑 Can of peach flavor Celsius.
2) 📕 Sword & Sorcery mass-market paperback.
3) 😋 Coupon for two McDonald's breakfast sandwiches.
4) 💩 Emergency dog poop bag.
5) 🖼️ AGO membership.
1) 🍑 Can of peach flavor Celsius.
2) 📕 Sword & Sorcery mass-market paperback.
3) 😋 Coupon for two McDonald's breakfast sandwiches.
4) 💩 Emergency dog poop bag.
5) 🖼️ AGO membership.
February 7, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Loot that drops after defeating me:
Cabbie hat
Laptop with a mess of folders you may have some difficulty navigating
4 different library/university cards
Bike multi tool
Flashlight
If I'm on my bike:
the bike itself plud saddle bags w:
pump
lube
spare tube
lightweight folding camp chair
Cabbie hat
Laptop with a mess of folders you may have some difficulty navigating
4 different library/university cards
Bike multi tool
Flashlight
If I'm on my bike:
the bike itself plud saddle bags w:
pump
lube
spare tube
lightweight folding camp chair
Om nom nom
February 7, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Om nom nom
I mean sure if you don't usually cook Vietnamese you won't have another use for those ingredients, if you do they'd be pantry staples... this didn't occur to her did it?
February 7, 2026 at 12:45 AM
I mean sure if you don't usually cook Vietnamese you won't have another use for those ingredients, if you do they'd be pantry staples... this didn't occur to her did it?
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Probably the most obvious example of a successful hate campaign from monied interests on the right.
Official congressional e-newsletters mentioning "transgender" over time, by party
February 7, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Probably the most obvious example of a successful hate campaign from monied interests on the right.
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You’re not crazy. The anti-trans movement is not organic; it was funded by pedophilic billionaires like Jeffrey Epstein who backed a network of conservatives to accuse the same people they were sexually abusing of being the real danger. @madycast.com exposes the truth in our in-depth report.
Epstein Backed ‘Billionaires’ Dinner’ Network of Prominent Anti-Trans Figures
Lawrence Krauss, Richard Dawkins, Steven Pinker and other anti-trans influencers personally benefited from a right-wing academic social group backed by infamous human trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, somet...
transnews.network
February 6, 2026 at 8:12 PM
You’re not crazy. The anti-trans movement is not organic; it was funded by pedophilic billionaires like Jeffrey Epstein who backed a network of conservatives to accuse the same people they were sexually abusing of being the real danger. @madycast.com exposes the truth in our in-depth report.
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Are you studying, researching or teaching the histories of race and ethnicity? Try using the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH). It contains 670,000+ resources from 55 BCE to today! Find out how to use BBIH buff.ly/yD11954 @brepols.net
Using BBIH online: a help pack for students and lecturers
For the academic year, we've a help pack offering guides to BBIH in undergraduate and graduate teaching and research. With embeddable content for VLEs.
buff.ly
February 5, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Are you studying, researching or teaching the histories of race and ethnicity? Try using the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH). It contains 670,000+ resources from 55 BCE to today! Find out how to use BBIH buff.ly/yD11954 @brepols.net
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We put on an all-Yiddish community production of fiddler on the roof in Philadelphia and cast member and local artist Sofie Rose Seymour created the most amazing show poster that ever was
February 6, 2026 at 5:10 AM
We put on an all-Yiddish community production of fiddler on the roof in Philadelphia and cast member and local artist Sofie Rose Seymour created the most amazing show poster that ever was
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sickos.jpg
The number of roundabouts in the suburbs is growing. State officials say they're often safer and more efficient than signals or stop signs and are planning at least 11 more.
Roundabouts are increasingly popping up in Chicago's suburbs, seen as an answer to traffic problems
chicago.suntimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:56 PM
sickos.jpg
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My friend Vevian Zaki @vevianzaki.bsky.social has started a blog called "Margins speak: Hidden voices from Christian Arabic manuscripts". Big bonus: Posts are in both English and Arabic. Check out Vevian's fascinating first post on a "thief blessing":
Reversing a Curse, Blessing a Thief
Ownership Notes in MS Sinai Arabic 441 In the library of Saint Catherine’s Monastery at Sinai, Egypt rests a manuscript known as MS Sinai Arabic 441, which contains a collection of saints’ lives, h…
vevianzaki.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:57 PM
My friend Vevian Zaki @vevianzaki.bsky.social has started a blog called "Margins speak: Hidden voices from Christian Arabic manuscripts". Big bonus: Posts are in both English and Arabic. Check out Vevian's fascinating first post on a "thief blessing":
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Film Review: 'Happy Birthday' is a tender portrait of a child maid in Cairo, exposing class divides through one girl's innocence, resilience and longing:
Happy Birthday: Childhood, class and survival in modern Cairo
Film Review: ’Happy Birthday’ is a tender portrait of a child maid in Cairo, exposing class divides through one girl’s innocence, resilience and longing
www.newarab.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Film Review: 'Happy Birthday' is a tender portrait of a child maid in Cairo, exposing class divides through one girl's innocence, resilience and longing:
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It feels like it's been impossible to get people outside of higher ed to understand that eliminating staff/programs/majors is primarily an ideological project, whatever claims are made about finances.
What's happened at the Post is what's been happening in higher ed for ages.
What's happened at the Post is what's been happening in higher ed for ages.
February 5, 2026 at 1:19 PM
It feels like it's been impossible to get people outside of higher ed to understand that eliminating staff/programs/majors is primarily an ideological project, whatever claims are made about finances.
What's happened at the Post is what's been happening in higher ed for ages.
What's happened at the Post is what's been happening in higher ed for ages.
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I was just denied entry to the Dilley detention facility while my constituent, seven-year-old Diana, remains inside.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
February 6, 2026 at 2:35 AM
I was just denied entry to the Dilley detention facility while my constituent, seven-year-old Diana, remains inside.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
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Mind you, the culture war that filled MAGA's sails started with the lie that people in my profession no longer teach Shakespeare. And you can be sure this washes over every single one of those hypocrite 'defenders of the West' as it would performed for a dog alacritously nosing its own shit.
Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
February 5, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Mind you, the culture war that filled MAGA's sails started with the lie that people in my profession no longer teach Shakespeare. And you can be sure this washes over every single one of those hypocrite 'defenders of the West' as it would performed for a dog alacritously nosing its own shit.
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For this Black History Month, given the regime’s vile smearing of Ohio’s Haitian population, I think it’s a good time to remember a literary giant of Haitian descent, Alexander Dumas, père
He gave us the Three Musketeers, the Count of Monte Cristo & so much more
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexand...
He gave us the Three Musketeers, the Count of Monte Cristo & so much more
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexand...
Alexandre Dumas - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 4, 2026 at 7:44 PM
For this Black History Month, given the regime’s vile smearing of Ohio’s Haitian population, I think it’s a good time to remember a literary giant of Haitian descent, Alexander Dumas, père
He gave us the Three Musketeers, the Count of Monte Cristo & so much more
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexand...
He gave us the Three Musketeers, the Count of Monte Cristo & so much more
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexand...
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One of my favorite south suburban buildings! Itching to do a Thorn Creek Trail ride soon and pay a visit...
1/2 The cheek, the nerve, the gall, the audacity & the GUMPTION of these architects to go this hard for Art Deco on some random high school. Absolutely breathtaking work.
Bloom High School
Chicago Heights, IL
Architects: Royer, Danley & Smith, 1934
Addition: Schmidt, Garden & Erikson, 1956
Bloom High School
Chicago Heights, IL
Architects: Royer, Danley & Smith, 1934
Addition: Schmidt, Garden & Erikson, 1956
February 5, 2026 at 3:29 AM
One of my favorite south suburban buildings! Itching to do a Thorn Creek Trail ride soon and pay a visit...
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New fuck/marry/kill list just dropped
February 4, 2026 at 6:05 AM
New fuck/marry/kill list just dropped
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Not to mention fraggle paper and fraggle scissors…
fraggle rock implies the existence of fraggle jazz and fraggle rap
February 3, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Not to mention fraggle paper and fraggle scissors…
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City transportation official opts for white line and signage instead of gate to keep their baby off the stairs.
February 2, 2026 at 4:15 PM
City transportation official opts for white line and signage instead of gate to keep their baby off the stairs.
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NITA board members:
they have to be transit users, "because transit is one of the most important ways for how our city fulfills its function of connecting people" – @drakefor10.bsky.social, who's running for Cook County board
they have to be transit users, "because transit is one of the most important ways for how our city fulfills its function of connecting people" – @drakefor10.bsky.social, who's running for Cook County board
February 2, 2026 at 11:38 PM
NITA board members:
they have to be transit users, "because transit is one of the most important ways for how our city fulfills its function of connecting people" – @drakefor10.bsky.social, who's running for Cook County board
they have to be transit users, "because transit is one of the most important ways for how our city fulfills its function of connecting people" – @drakefor10.bsky.social, who's running for Cook County board
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Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"?
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Google to pay $68 million over allegations its voice assistant eavesdropped on users
Class-action lawsuit alleged that Google's voice assistant illegally recorded and shared private conversations with advertisers.
www.cbsnews.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"?
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...