JoeA64
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House rabbit parent (Daisy & Redmond), #boardwargames, fan of classic movies & TV (especially the spy genre) & their actresses, #alternatehistory, #fashionhistory, #vintagepinup & the #Napoleonic & #Edwardian Eras. #SlavaUkraini
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JoeA64
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· Nov 10
Pinning my #wargaming starter pack so everyone can find it right off: go.bsky.app/QoYYGK3
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Happy Birthday, Irene Sharaff. From stage to screen, she shaped characters through clothing and showed the world that true style is a rare and deliberate art.
#IreneSharaff #HollywoodCostume #CostumeDesigner #FashionHistory
#IreneSharaff #HollywoodCostume #CostumeDesigner #FashionHistory
January 23, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Happy Birthday, Irene Sharaff. From stage to screen, she shaped characters through clothing and showed the world that true style is a rare and deliberate art.
#IreneSharaff #HollywoodCostume #CostumeDesigner #FashionHistory
#IreneSharaff #HollywoodCostume #CostumeDesigner #FashionHistory
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Noble Knight Games International Shipping Sale! :)
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January 22, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Noble Knight Games International Shipping Sale! :)
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My favorite part of Judge Novak's ruling on Lindsey Halligan is that basically she's too dumb to disbar.
January 21, 2026 at 5:34 PM
My favorite part of Judge Novak's ruling on Lindsey Halligan is that basically she's too dumb to disbar.
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I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
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Balenciaga shares a birthday with Dior as well & what better excuse to share a favourite, Vilmorin from 1952. The graduated daisy embroidery, more dense at the waist & trailing away towards the hem, stitched by artisans at Rebé makes it a beautiful collaboration @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
January 21, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Balenciaga shares a birthday with Dior as well & what better excuse to share a favourite, Vilmorin from 1952. The graduated daisy embroidery, more dense at the waist & trailing away towards the hem, stitched by artisans at Rebé makes it a beautiful collaboration @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
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Decision Games have put Napoleon at War (an SPI quad re-release) up for pre-order.
Looks pretty great. Original rules, new artwork, mounted game boards, enlarged counters, and new player aid cards.
#wargames #wargaming #hexandcounter #boardwargames
Looks pretty great. Original rules, new artwork, mounted game boards, enlarged counters, and new player aid cards.
#wargames #wargaming #hexandcounter #boardwargames
Napoleon at War Quad Deluxe Edition
Publisher of fine board games, Strategy & Tactics Magazine and Desert Fox Games
shop.decisiongames.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Decision Games have put Napoleon at War (an SPI quad re-release) up for pre-order.
Looks pretty great. Original rules, new artwork, mounted game boards, enlarged counters, and new player aid cards.
#wargames #wargaming #hexandcounter #boardwargames
Looks pretty great. Original rules, new artwork, mounted game boards, enlarged counters, and new player aid cards.
#wargames #wargaming #hexandcounter #boardwargames
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With every one of Trump's big, aggressive moves it's a question of whether we're gonna get TACO Trump or Jan 6 Trump and the answer lies in how much resistance he faces.
Trump: "Based upon a very productive meeting I had with Mark Rutte, we have formed the framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland and, in fact, the entire Arctic Region. This solution, if consummated, will be a great one... Based upon this understanding, I will not be imposing the Tariffs"
January 21, 2026 at 7:35 PM
With every one of Trump's big, aggressive moves it's a question of whether we're gonna get TACO Trump or Jan 6 Trump and the answer lies in how much resistance he faces.
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Now what?
Now what?
⚡️ Trump cancels planned February tariffs following a productive meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.
January 21, 2026 at 7:43 PM
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Now what?
Now what?
There's been a lot of talk about Iceland today, apparently due to something That Man said. I missed it though, so can someone fill in the gap?
January 21, 2026 at 4:03 PM
There's been a lot of talk about Iceland today, apparently due to something That Man said. I missed it though, so can someone fill in the gap?
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We are now 366 days into Trump "ending the war in Ukraine within 24 hours".
We are also 1,427 days into Putin's "3-day special operation".
Turns out tyrannical narcissists are full of shit.
We are also 1,427 days into Putin's "3-day special operation".
Turns out tyrannical narcissists are full of shit.
January 21, 2026 at 2:32 PM
We are now 366 days into Trump "ending the war in Ukraine within 24 hours".
We are also 1,427 days into Putin's "3-day special operation".
Turns out tyrannical narcissists are full of shit.
We are also 1,427 days into Putin's "3-day special operation".
Turns out tyrannical narcissists are full of shit.
In other words, bullies aren't dissuaded by appeasement, but by pushback.
Some Europeans will be reassured by this, and wind down the (cautious) assertiveness of recent days.
But it shows that displays of European resolve move Trump in ways that the misguided sycophancy of previous 12 months never did. It's a reason to press forward, not pull back.
But it shows that displays of European resolve move Trump in ways that the misguided sycophancy of previous 12 months never did. It's a reason to press forward, not pull back.
Trump on NATO: "We never ask for anything, and we never got anything. We probably won't get anything unless I decide to use excessive strength and force, where we would be frankly unstoppable. But I won't do that. Okay?"
January 21, 2026 at 3:22 PM
In other words, bullies aren't dissuaded by appeasement, but by pushback.
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It's Trump so you can never be sure but I think the tariff tantrum was because he was told he can't use force.
Why threaten tariffs in the summer if you're about to invade?
Why threaten tariffs in the summer if you're about to invade?
Attn news commentators: Trump saying he could use force to obtain Greenland but won’t is not Trump saying he won’t use force to obtain Greenland. It is Trump using force as a threat to obtain Greenland. That is why he mentions it.
January 21, 2026 at 2:28 PM
It's Trump so you can never be sure but I think the tariff tantrum was because he was told he can't use force.
Why threaten tariffs in the summer if you're about to invade?
Why threaten tariffs in the summer if you're about to invade?
Mastroianni and Loren worked together a staggering 14 times, easily beating out iconic American couples like Powell and Loy.
Marcello Mastroianni con Sophia Loren | I Girasoli | Vittorio De Sica | 1970.
January 21, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Mastroianni and Loren worked together a staggering 14 times, easily beating out iconic American couples like Powell and Loy.
#BOTD: Christian Dior (1905-1957), one of the greatest (if not the single greatest) women's fashion designers of the 20th century, whose "New Look" kickstarted and defined the opulent look of 1950's haute couture.
January 21, 2026 at 3:07 PM
#BOTD: Christian Dior (1905-1957), one of the greatest (if not the single greatest) women's fashion designers of the 20th century, whose "New Look" kickstarted and defined the opulent look of 1950's haute couture.
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Legendary French fashion designer Christian Dior was born #OnThisDay in 1905. This elegant, strapless white silk faille 'Salzbourg' structured evening dress was designed for the House of Dior's A/W 1956-57 collection. Met Museum collection. #Dior #FashionHistory
January 21, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Legendary French fashion designer Christian Dior was born #OnThisDay in 1905. This elegant, strapless white silk faille 'Salzbourg' structured evening dress was designed for the House of Dior's A/W 1956-57 collection. Met Museum collection. #Dior #FashionHistory
While it's a joke, That Man is so far off the rails that doing this might, incredibly, actually work. He seems to react to windmills the way vampires are said to react to garlic.
Mark Carney's speech is now only the second most acute analysis of where the world is at right now:
January 21, 2026 at 2:55 PM
While it's a joke, That Man is so far off the rails that doing this might, incredibly, actually work. He seems to react to windmills the way vampires are said to react to garlic.
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Remembering Moira Shearer on her birthday 🎂
📷 Kenn Duncan
NYPL digital collection, 1984
Duncan's Red Shoes project included shots of Twiggy, Mary Tyler Moore, Milo O'Shea, Gregory Hines & more, wearing - you guessed it - red shoes. The best, I think, was the original: Moira Shearer.
📷 Kenn Duncan
NYPL digital collection, 1984
Duncan's Red Shoes project included shots of Twiggy, Mary Tyler Moore, Milo O'Shea, Gregory Hines & more, wearing - you guessed it - red shoes. The best, I think, was the original: Moira Shearer.
January 17, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Remembering Moira Shearer on her birthday 🎂
📷 Kenn Duncan
NYPL digital collection, 1984
Duncan's Red Shoes project included shots of Twiggy, Mary Tyler Moore, Milo O'Shea, Gregory Hines & more, wearing - you guessed it - red shoes. The best, I think, was the original: Moira Shearer.
📷 Kenn Duncan
NYPL digital collection, 1984
Duncan's Red Shoes project included shots of Twiggy, Mary Tyler Moore, Milo O'Shea, Gregory Hines & more, wearing - you guessed it - red shoes. The best, I think, was the original: Moira Shearer.
Since That Man is now dropping below 40% approval (37% was the most recently cited figure), I decided to check something, and lo and behold, he's now in Jimmy Carter territory: news.gallup.com/opinion/gall...
Jimmy Carter Retrospective
Jimmy Carter averaged 45.5% job approval as president, essentially tied with Harry Truman as the second-lowest among post-World War II presidents.
news.gallup.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Since That Man is now dropping below 40% approval (37% was the most recently cited figure), I decided to check something, and lo and behold, he's now in Jimmy Carter territory: news.gallup.com/opinion/gall...
And at some point "turning up the heat" will stop working, because a critical mass of people - never mind the doomers - will push back on him.
Trump is trying to be a demagogue populist when he doesn’t have popular support. It won’t work. So he’ll just keep turning up the heat.
January 21, 2026 at 1:39 PM
And at some point "turning up the heat" will stop working, because a critical mass of people - never mind the doomers - will push back on him.
I have the feeling that the Professor knew Samuel Johnson's famous remark: "No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money."
#OnThisDay in 1966, #Tolkien writes to Donald A. Wollheim.
Tolkien thinks it doesn’t make sense for Ace Books to spend the revenue from The Lord of the Rings sales on an award named after Tolkien, rather than paying Tolkien royalties.
Tolkien thinks it doesn’t make sense for Ace Books to spend the revenue from The Lord of the Rings sales on an award named after Tolkien, rather than paying Tolkien royalties.
Guide to Tolkien's Letters: J.R.R. Tolkien to Donald A. Wollheim
Tolkien thinks it doesn't make sense for Ace Books to spend the revenue from The Lord of the Rings sales on an award named after Tolkien, rather th...
www.tolkienguide.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:29 PM
I have the feeling that the Professor knew Samuel Johnson's famous remark: "No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money."
In all honesty, I'm not entirely surprised that this is happening, though I never expected it to happen in this particular way. Isolationism - particularly aimed against Europe - is a powerful strain in the American psyche, in no small part because so many...
“We are witness to something rare in human history: Abdication by the leader of the global order. We’ve almost never seen a people renounce their leadership of the world—all at once, in public view. That is what has happened in the 365 days since January 20, 2025.”
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This Is the End
Putinism abroad always morphs into Putinism at home. And we chose this path. Why? Because something-something the price of eggs.
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January 20, 2026 at 7:31 PM
In all honesty, I'm not entirely surprised that this is happening, though I never expected it to happen in this particular way. Isolationism - particularly aimed against Europe - is a powerful strain in the American psyche, in no small part because so many...
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Nuanced take: I think it's really important to give *normal citizens* who supported Trump and off-ramp and *professional writers, pundits and politicians* who supported Trump should have to wear it like a scarlet letter for the rest of their lives
This is aggravating, because on the one hand I think it's really important to give fascists an off-ramp and positive reinforcement when they use it...
...on the other hand, FUCK that guy, in particular.
...on the other hand, FUCK that guy, in particular.
January 18, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Nuanced take: I think it's really important to give *normal citizens* who supported Trump and off-ramp and *professional writers, pundits and politicians* who supported Trump should have to wear it like a scarlet letter for the rest of their lives
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Anecdotally I am hearing from a lot of people that Trump supporters they know have gotten real quiet or outright admitted they made a mistake. Despite very loud online assholes, a lot of people did NOT vote for what's happening right now
Trump reaching new lows: only 37% approval & 71% of adults say the country is out of control.
-27 points underwater on inflation
-10 points underwater on immigration
-7 points underwater on handling crime
Plus, only 9% support using military force to seize Greenland.
-27 points underwater on inflation
-10 points underwater on immigration
-7 points underwater on handling crime
Plus, only 9% support using military force to seize Greenland.
January 20, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Anecdotally I am hearing from a lot of people that Trump supporters they know have gotten real quiet or outright admitted they made a mistake. Despite very loud online assholes, a lot of people did NOT vote for what's happening right now