Oxfords not Brogues
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Clear thinking, empathy, & right action maketh the man. That's the goal.
Allowing Ukraine the rights of any independent, sovereign state is not a “concession”. It is an obligation. - P. O'Brien
I often use memes. If you don't like it, tough.
Allowing Ukraine the rights of any independent, sovereign state is not a “concession”. It is an obligation. - P. O'Brien
I often use memes. If you don't like it, tough.
Pinned
We're looking at you, Magas, conspiracy nutters, & vatniks:
"The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact & fiction & the distinction between true & false no longer exist".
- H. Arendt
"The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact & fiction & the distinction between true & false no longer exist".
- H. Arendt
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The South Didn't Lose the Civil War. The Confederacy Did.
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The South Didn't Lose the Civil War. The Confederacy Did.
Some thoughts about how language can lead us astray.
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The South Didn't Lose the Civil War. The Confederacy Did.
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Tell me again, MAGAts, how dangerous and violent Black people are, JFC.
Gavin and Tanner, planned and trained for nearly a year, legal documents say, in an elaborate attempt to invade a Haitian island, kill its Black men, enslave its Black women and Black children and fulfill their "rape fantasies."
www.fox4news.com/news/haitian...
www.fox4news.com/news/haitian...
NTX men planned to murder men, enslave women on foreign island: Indictment
Two North Texas men have been indicted for an alleged scheme to sail to a foreign island, murder all the men, and enslave the women and children.
www.fox4news.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Tell me again, MAGAts, how dangerous and violent Black people are, JFC.
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We are delighted to announce that the 2025 AR Emerging awards Peter Davey Prize, selected by the editors, goes to Atelier Régis Roudil Architectes – congratulations!
Atelier Régis Roudil Architectes, France - The Architectural Review
Based in Aix‑en‑Provence, this practice specialises in an original use of natural materials – including, most recently, rammed earth
www.architectural-review.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:31 PM
We are delighted to announce that the 2025 AR Emerging awards Peter Davey Prize, selected by the editors, goes to Atelier Régis Roudil Architectes – congratulations!
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Pihlmann Architects are highly commended in the AR Emerging awards 2025 – congratulations!
Pihlmann Architects, Denmark - The Architectural Review
Driven by material curiosity, the Danish practice brings a pragmatism to site, and a will to make process visible
www.architectural-review.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Pihlmann Architects are highly commended in the AR Emerging awards 2025 – congratulations!
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The winner of the AR Emerging awards 2025 is ARB Architects – congratulations!
ARB Architects, Vietnam - The Architectural Review
Deeply committed to research for its own sake, this Vietnamese practice lets their buildings grow slowly out of the close reading and archiving of each site
www.architectural-review.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The winner of the AR Emerging awards 2025 is ARB Architects – congratulations!
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#WorldToiletDay 🚽
Roman toilet seat in rosso antico (red marble from southern Greece). Famously known as the "stercory chair," it is theorised to have been used by an emperor and is now displayed at the Vatican Museums.
followinghadrian.com/2013/05/09/h...
Roman toilet seat in rosso antico (red marble from southern Greece). Famously known as the "stercory chair," it is theorised to have been used by an emperor and is now displayed at the Vatican Museums.
followinghadrian.com/2013/05/09/h...
November 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
#WorldToiletDay 🚽
Roman toilet seat in rosso antico (red marble from southern Greece). Famously known as the "stercory chair," it is theorised to have been used by an emperor and is now displayed at the Vatican Museums.
followinghadrian.com/2013/05/09/h...
Roman toilet seat in rosso antico (red marble from southern Greece). Famously known as the "stercory chair," it is theorised to have been used by an emperor and is now displayed at the Vatican Museums.
followinghadrian.com/2013/05/09/h...
Society wide rot is right - Black widows marrying Russian soldiers on leave or new recruits, to collect benefits when they almost inevitably join the big RU 200 pile in Ukraine.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/17/r...
foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/17/r...
The Deathonomics of Putin’s War
“Black widows” marrying soldiers to collect death benefits are symptomatic of society-wide rot.
foreignpolicy.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Society wide rot is right - Black widows marrying Russian soldiers on leave or new recruits, to collect benefits when they almost inevitably join the big RU 200 pile in Ukraine.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/17/r...
foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/17/r...
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castle turelbaach, luxembourg.
November 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
castle turelbaach, luxembourg.
Now we all do dammit
November 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Now we all do dammit
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“As pickups transitioned from farm/ranch workhorses to lifestyle vehicles, their design shifted accordingly: Cabs expanded to accommodate more passengers, while beds shrank. The first generation of F-150s were 36% cab & 64% bed by length. By 2021, the ratio had flipped.
www.axios.com/local/housto...
www.axios.com/local/housto...
November 19, 2025 at 8:21 AM
“As pickups transitioned from farm/ranch workhorses to lifestyle vehicles, their design shifted accordingly: Cabs expanded to accommodate more passengers, while beds shrank. The first generation of F-150s were 36% cab & 64% bed by length. By 2021, the ratio had flipped.
www.axios.com/local/housto...
www.axios.com/local/housto...
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November 19, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
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one of the best bathroom sign I’ve ever seen!
November 17, 2025 at 11:59 AM
one of the best bathroom sign I’ve ever seen!
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Lots of people been asking for book recommendations for help with background context for the Ken Burns RevWar documentary, so I’m very grateful to my past self for putting this together so that my current self can be lazy:
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Understanding the Revolutionary Era: Recommended Reading List
As many of you know – and are no doubt really excited for – next years begins the semiquincentennial of the Revolutionary War here in the United States. Or, for those of us who have tro…
angrystaffofficer.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Lots of people been asking for book recommendations for help with background context for the Ken Burns RevWar documentary, so I’m very grateful to my past self for putting this together so that my current self can be lazy:
angrystaffofficer.com/2024/08/22/u...
angrystaffofficer.com/2024/08/22/u...
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The Outer Worlds 2 (2025): Science Adventures Quarterly, art by B.R. Guthrie
"Was happy to be able to add in a little homage to the great Drew Struzan's The Thing (1982) poster art."
"Was happy to be able to add in a little homage to the great Drew Struzan's The Thing (1982) poster art."
November 17, 2025 at 12:43 PM
The Outer Worlds 2 (2025): Science Adventures Quarterly, art by B.R. Guthrie
"Was happy to be able to add in a little homage to the great Drew Struzan's The Thing (1982) poster art."
"Was happy to be able to add in a little homage to the great Drew Struzan's The Thing (1982) poster art."
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Machine Revival's Hamada Orange restomod Porsche 911 packing a 400HP supercharged flat-six.
Photos: machinerevival on IG
Photos: machinerevival on IG
November 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Machine Revival's Hamada Orange restomod Porsche 911 packing a 400HP supercharged flat-six.
Photos: machinerevival on IG
Photos: machinerevival on IG
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Just gorgeous work: Dorothy Waugh’s epic 1930s US national park posters (@theguardian.com; #skystorians) www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Dorothy Waugh’s epic 1930s US national park posters – in pictures
Between 1934 and 1936, artist Dorothy Waugh was commissioned to create 17 posters for the National Park Service, a groundbreaking opportunity for a female designer at the time
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Just gorgeous work: Dorothy Waugh’s epic 1930s US national park posters (@theguardian.com; #skystorians) www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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Something lovely to start the week! 🐙🏺❤️
Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
November 17, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Something lovely to start the week! 🐙🏺❤️
Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
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A goshuincho is a special notebook for collecting stamps and calligraphy offered at temples and shrines in Japan. It serves as a meaningful keepsake, with each visit beautifully recorded in ink and seal.
October 13, 2025 at 4:07 AM
A goshuincho is a special notebook for collecting stamps and calligraphy offered at temples and shrines in Japan. It serves as a meaningful keepsake, with each visit beautifully recorded in ink and seal.
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I also decided to try collecting goshuin on this trip. A goshuin is a stamp or seal you can get from most shrines and temples in Japan along with beautiful hand-written caligraphy by a monk. Anyway, I don't know if I can keep it up but I hope so.
October 24, 2025 at 4:27 AM
I also decided to try collecting goshuin on this trip. A goshuin is a stamp or seal you can get from most shrines and temples in Japan along with beautiful hand-written caligraphy by a monk. Anyway, I don't know if I can keep it up but I hope so.
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Want to walk into and through an actual Iron Age house…and UP THE STAIRS?
Of course you bloody do.
Come with me.
Carn Liath broch, just sitting quietly beside the A9 as thousands whizz by without stopping. Their mistake.
Far too excited to wait for #HillfortsWednesday
Of course you bloody do.
Come with me.
Carn Liath broch, just sitting quietly beside the A9 as thousands whizz by without stopping. Their mistake.
Far too excited to wait for #HillfortsWednesday
November 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Want to walk into and through an actual Iron Age house…and UP THE STAIRS?
Of course you bloody do.
Come with me.
Carn Liath broch, just sitting quietly beside the A9 as thousands whizz by without stopping. Their mistake.
Far too excited to wait for #HillfortsWednesday
Of course you bloody do.
Come with me.
Carn Liath broch, just sitting quietly beside the A9 as thousands whizz by without stopping. Their mistake.
Far too excited to wait for #HillfortsWednesday
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You know, everyone, the only power our disgraced and disgraceful president really wants is the voluntary obedience of cowards & grifters. If people don’t do his illegal & insane demands, he falls apart.
Courage. Use it.
Courage. Use it.
November 16, 2025 at 9:32 PM
You know, everyone, the only power our disgraced and disgraceful president really wants is the voluntary obedience of cowards & grifters. If people don’t do his illegal & insane demands, he falls apart.
Courage. Use it.
Courage. Use it.
Republicans keep recycling pseudoscience, nativism, eugenics, and straight nazi stuff. Their ignorant base treats it like is a massive new revelation instead of the same old vile, Christian nationalist, racist, controlling crap form the rich it is.
Here's how the American Nazi Party deployed the "we're a republic, not a democracy" meme in 1958.
November 15, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Republicans keep recycling pseudoscience, nativism, eugenics, and straight nazi stuff. Their ignorant base treats it like is a massive new revelation instead of the same old vile, Christian nationalist, racist, controlling crap form the rich it is.
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#RomanSiteSaturday - The well-preserved late Roman defensive walls in Le Mans, France, are among the best examples of their kind after those in Rome and Constantinople. Originally, the walls encircled the city for a total length of 1,300 meters, and today, more than 500 meters remain intact.
November 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
#RomanSiteSaturday - The well-preserved late Roman defensive walls in Le Mans, France, are among the best examples of their kind after those in Rome and Constantinople. Originally, the walls encircled the city for a total length of 1,300 meters, and today, more than 500 meters remain intact.