Umarell
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@rickleephilos.bsky.social Really sorry to hear you're no longer doing the podcast & hope everything's ok. You've accompanied us on many a drive to/from the coast here in Liguria over the last few years & it'll take some getting used to that no longer being so. I'm actually sad..! Alla prossima...
October 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
@rickleephilos.bsky.social Really sorry to hear you're no longer doing the podcast & hope everything's ok. You've accompanied us on many a drive to/from the coast here in Liguria over the last few years & it'll take some getting used to that no longer being so. I'm actually sad..! Alla prossima...
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Little Cove, Monhegan - 1916
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3105012
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3105012
August 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Little Cove, Monhegan - 1916
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3105012
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3105012
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Today is the second anniversary of Silvio Berlusconi's death & right-wing media in Italy are singing his praises & holding out about how he'd magically resolve all the world's problems if he were still alive & in power.
Time to remind everyone of the murky & violent background of his rise to power.
Time to remind everyone of the murky & violent background of his rise to power.
18 January 1994, Democrazia Cristiana, the governing party in Italy for 50 years, is dissolved, Berlusconi founds his party Forza Italia & 'ndrangheta murders two Carabinieri on the A3 motorway, near Scilla in Calabria. Here we look at how these 3 events may be closely linked [Thread] >> 1
June 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Today is the second anniversary of Silvio Berlusconi's death & right-wing media in Italy are singing his praises & holding out about how he'd magically resolve all the world's problems if he were still alive & in power.
Time to remind everyone of the murky & violent background of his rise to power.
Time to remind everyone of the murky & violent background of his rise to power.
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After due consideration, having weighed up the relevant evidence, assessed the balance of arguments and gamed the likely implications, I have reached the conclusion that Keir Starmer can fuck off from a great height.
May 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
After due consideration, having weighed up the relevant evidence, assessed the balance of arguments and gamed the likely implications, I have reached the conclusion that Keir Starmer can fuck off from a great height.
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Everyone has the Prévost they deserve..
EDDIE PREVOST A SHORT SOLO 2014
YouTube video by Gus IYOUVID
youtu.be
May 9, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Everyone has the Prévost they deserve..
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The last Pope called Leo (Leo XIII, Pope from 1878 to 1903) was the first Pope ever to be filmed, in 1896. He is thought to be the earliest-born person caught on film (born in 1810).
1810, Earliest-Born Person Ever Captured on Film. Pope Leo XIII. (1896)[4k, 60 fps, colorized]
YouTube video by Nineteenth century videos. Back to life.
youtu.be
May 9, 2025 at 8:17 AM
The last Pope called Leo (Leo XIII, Pope from 1878 to 1903) was the first Pope ever to be filmed, in 1896. He is thought to be the earliest-born person caught on film (born in 1810).
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Here, from tomorrow, I'll be repeating my thread from the other place following Garibaldi's "Spedizione dei Mille" (Expedition of the Thousand) to conquer Sicily & southern Italy (Kingdom of the Two Sicilies), as part of the campaign to unify Italy, setting off on 5 May 1860. To be updated daily >>
May 5, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Here, from tomorrow, I'll be repeating my thread from the other place following Garibaldi's "Spedizione dei Mille" (Expedition of the Thousand) to conquer Sicily & southern Italy (Kingdom of the Two Sicilies), as part of the campaign to unify Italy, setting off on 5 May 1860. To be updated daily >>
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Alexander Calder, Black Beast II, 1957 #artbots #moma
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136324
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136324
April 30, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Alexander Calder, Black Beast II, 1957 #artbots #moma
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136324
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136324
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Tony Blair is literally being paid by a man with one of the highest carbon footprints on the planet - Larry Ellison. The founder of Oracle is his biggest funder & these techsolutionist remarks have to be seen for what they are: tech lobbying
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Phasing out fossil fuels ‘doomed to fail’, says Tony Blair as he calls for rethink of net zero policy – UK politics live
‘Any strategy based on either phasing out fossil fuels in the short term or limiting consumption is a strategy doomed to fail,’ says former PM
www.theguardian.com
April 29, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Tony Blair is literally being paid by a man with one of the highest carbon footprints on the planet - Larry Ellison. The founder of Oracle is his biggest funder & these techsolutionist remarks have to be seen for what they are: tech lobbying
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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Oh, hello. euroweeklynews.com/2016/04/29/t...
Tony Blair unmasked as chief lobbyist for Saudi oil firm
FLYING somewhat under the radar since his absurdist stint as Middle East peace envoy, Tony Blair has resurfaced as a key broker in a booming nexus of Chinese and Saudi oil companies.
euroweeklynews.com
April 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Oh, hello. euroweeklynews.com/2016/04/29/t...
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View of Saint Cloud https://www.wikiart.org/en/henri-rousseau/view-of-saint-cloud-1909
April 28, 2025 at 8:06 AM
View of Saint Cloud https://www.wikiart.org/en/henri-rousseau/view-of-saint-cloud-1909
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An Artist in his Studio https://www.wikiart.org/en/john-singer-sargent/an-artist-in-his-studio-1904
April 28, 2025 at 9:39 AM
An Artist in his Studio https://www.wikiart.org/en/john-singer-sargent/an-artist-in-his-studio-1904
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Mrs. Acorn's Parlor - 1926
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/1143521
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/1143521
April 27, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Mrs. Acorn's Parlor - 1926
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/1143521
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/1143521
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Padre Sebastiano https://www.wikiart.org/en/john-singer-sargent/padre-sebastiano
April 27, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Padre Sebastiano https://www.wikiart.org/en/john-singer-sargent/padre-sebastiano
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Remember that when people on the right in Italy say that 25th April is a "divisive" celebration they are correct.
It divides anti-fascists from fascists.
It divides anti-fascists from fascists.
April 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Remember that when people on the right in Italy say that 25th April is a "divisive" celebration they are correct.
It divides anti-fascists from fascists.
It divides anti-fascists from fascists.
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72 people have been missing in the Mediterranean for over a week now and nobody seems to care.
April 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
72 people have been missing in the Mediterranean for over a week now and nobody seems to care.
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Push to levitate
April 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Push to levitate
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wikimedia commons
April 17, 2025 at 11:26 PM
wikimedia commons
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A boat carrying 72 people that left Libya on the evening of 12 April, heading for Lampedusa, is missing. Not reported anywhere. Nobody cares anymore.
Tomorrow is the 10th anniversary of the worst ever sinking that happened on the same route, with 1,022 victims.
Tomorrow is the 10th anniversary of the worst ever sinking that happened on the same route, with 1,022 victims.
April 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
A boat carrying 72 people that left Libya on the evening of 12 April, heading for Lampedusa, is missing. Not reported anywhere. Nobody cares anymore.
Tomorrow is the 10th anniversary of the worst ever sinking that happened on the same route, with 1,022 victims.
Tomorrow is the 10th anniversary of the worst ever sinking that happened on the same route, with 1,022 victims.
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Little Cove, Monhegan - 1916
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3105012
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3105012
April 13, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Little Cove, Monhegan - 1916
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3105012
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3105012
Been to the beach again...
April 12, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Been to the beach again...
Listening now...
These 'synthesizer specials' show by Bass Clef are great
as heard on a GX-1 special I did a few years back, if you like weird synthesizers :)
www.nts.live/shows/open-h...
www.nts.live/shows/open-h...
April 12, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Listening now...
Still haven't managed to follow many accounts here, but at least this feed isn't full of terrible, 'comedic', shorts. Yet...
April 8, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Still haven't managed to follow many accounts here, but at least this feed isn't full of terrible, 'comedic', shorts. Yet...
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7 April 1926, Violet Gibson attempts to assassinate Benito Mussolini in Piazza del Campidoglio in Rome. She fires a shot from a pistol hidden under a black shawl draped over her arm. The bullet grazes Mussolini's nose. She attempts to fire a second shot but her pistol jams.
April 7, 2025 at 8:06 PM
7 April 1926, Violet Gibson attempts to assassinate Benito Mussolini in Piazza del Campidoglio in Rome. She fires a shot from a pistol hidden under a black shawl draped over her arm. The bullet grazes Mussolini's nose. She attempts to fire a second shot but her pistol jams.