abaia-adrift
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“aided by his business cronies with no diplomatic or foreign policy experience-has put [the] country in the precarious position of being less safe than it was on Inauguration Day.”
~Thankful to Ukraine, and those who stand for values, while so many forgotten how~
steady.substack.com/p/clown-car-...
~Thankful to Ukraine, and those who stand for values, while so many forgotten how~
steady.substack.com/p/clown-car-...
Clown Car Diplomacy
Maybe Trump’s developer friends should stick to real estate
steady.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
“aided by his business cronies with no diplomatic or foreign policy experience-has put [the] country in the precarious position of being less safe than it was on Inauguration Day.”
~Thankful to Ukraine, and those who stand for values, while so many forgotten how~
steady.substack.com/p/clown-car-...
~Thankful to Ukraine, and those who stand for values, while so many forgotten how~
steady.substack.com/p/clown-car-...
To think what a little honesty does . .
If users of twitter/X can see where the person influencing them is . .where that tiktok user is . .then return to the question: who/what do you read? what does it say about you? how does it reflect your values?how do others tell that you know right from wrong?
If users of twitter/X can see where the person influencing them is . .where that tiktok user is . .then return to the question: who/what do you read? what does it say about you? how does it reflect your values?how do others tell that you know right from wrong?
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
To think what a little honesty does . .
If users of twitter/X can see where the person influencing them is . .where that tiktok user is . .then return to the question: who/what do you read? what does it say about you? how does it reflect your values?how do others tell that you know right from wrong?
If users of twitter/X can see where the person influencing them is . .where that tiktok user is . .then return to the question: who/what do you read? what does it say about you? how does it reflect your values?how do others tell that you know right from wrong?
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Poppies for Remembrance Sunday.
We will remember them.
We will remember them.
November 9, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Poppies for Remembrance Sunday.
We will remember them.
We will remember them.
From time to time, I consider how we are overdue for someone to put a Goops-style book on manners out for the mobile phone and digital age.
If we do not teach, then they will never know.
#booksky
If we do not teach, then they will never know.
#booksky
September 25, 2025 at 11:34 AM
From time to time, I consider how we are overdue for someone to put a Goops-style book on manners out for the mobile phone and digital age.
If we do not teach, then they will never know.
#booksky
If we do not teach, then they will never know.
#booksky
The question all thoughtful souls must be asking themselves is “how do I demonstrate in all that I do that I know right from wrong? that I seek to do good?”
July 9, 2025 at 10:22 AM
The question all thoughtful souls must be asking themselves is “how do I demonstrate in all that I do that I know right from wrong? that I seek to do good?”
~with a cheerful heart~
“[if I cannot appeal to the Supreme Court of Man, I can appeal to the Supreme Court of God . . .”
substack.com/@williamjbar...
“[if I cannot appeal to the Supreme Court of Man, I can appeal to the Supreme Court of God . . .”
substack.com/@williamjbar...
William J. Barber, II on Substack
substack.com
June 29, 2025 at 1:42 AM
~with a cheerful heart~
“[if I cannot appeal to the Supreme Court of Man, I can appeal to the Supreme Court of God . . .”
substack.com/@williamjbar...
“[if I cannot appeal to the Supreme Court of Man, I can appeal to the Supreme Court of God . . .”
substack.com/@williamjbar...
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Fear not the boasts which wound:
Fear not the threats which bind:
Always on broken ground
The seeds fall from the mind…
—William Soutar, “In the Time of Tyrants”
6/6
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/time-ty...
Fear not the threats which bind:
Always on broken ground
The seeds fall from the mind…
—William Soutar, “In the Time of Tyrants”
6/6
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/time-ty...
April 28, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Fear not the boasts which wound:
Fear not the threats which bind:
Always on broken ground
The seeds fall from the mind…
—William Soutar, “In the Time of Tyrants”
6/6
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/time-ty...
Fear not the threats which bind:
Always on broken ground
The seeds fall from the mind…
—William Soutar, “In the Time of Tyrants”
6/6
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/time-ty...
April 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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St. Patrick's Day is a powerful cultural symbol - not just for the Irish, but for all of us. It is a day of resistance, celebration and inclusion.
No wonder Trump hates it.
Let's pray to St. Patrick to banish the snakes from Washington.
Check out my latest.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/on-st-patr...
No wonder Trump hates it.
Let's pray to St. Patrick to banish the snakes from Washington.
Check out my latest.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/on-st-patr...
ON ST. PATRICK'S DAY, EVERYONE'S IRISH - EXCEPT DONALD TRUMP
“I bind myself against hostile men and their fierce hostility and their false words.
charlieangus.substack.com
March 17, 2025 at 1:28 PM
St. Patrick's Day is a powerful cultural symbol - not just for the Irish, but for all of us. It is a day of resistance, celebration and inclusion.
No wonder Trump hates it.
Let's pray to St. Patrick to banish the snakes from Washington.
Check out my latest.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/on-st-patr...
No wonder Trump hates it.
Let's pray to St. Patrick to banish the snakes from Washington.
Check out my latest.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/on-st-patr...
March 13, 2025 at 3:19 AM
As we should all be voting . . . with our conscience and our hearts.
March 10, 2025 at 4:05 AM
As we should all be voting . . . with our conscience and our hearts.
And the majority of Americans in the dark and refuse to even understand what is happening and what he is doing . . .
March 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
And the majority of Americans in the dark and refuse to even understand what is happening and what he is doing . . .
March 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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🆕 A Photo Op Goes Sideways: Causes and Effects of the Trump-Zelensky Fracas
A Photo Op Goes Sideways: Causes and Effects of the Trump-Zelensky Fracas - Foreign Policy Research Institute
I’m sitting in Ukraine as I write this. In a case of perhaps the most awkward timing imaginable, I arrived here on the day the Trump-Zelensky Oval Office
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March 4, 2025 at 11:20 AM
🆕 A Photo Op Goes Sideways: Causes and Effects of the Trump-Zelensky Fracas
March 3, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I think it is important to remember that Costco memberships make a very nice gift.
For anyone who does not know what to get for a family member who suffers from a real lack of inclusive thinking . . .
www.costco.com/gift-of-memb...
For anyone who does not know what to get for a family member who suffers from a real lack of inclusive thinking . . .
www.costco.com/gift-of-memb...
www.costco.com
February 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I think it is important to remember that Costco memberships make a very nice gift.
For anyone who does not know what to get for a family member who suffers from a real lack of inclusive thinking . . .
www.costco.com/gift-of-memb...
For anyone who does not know what to get for a family member who suffers from a real lack of inclusive thinking . . .
www.costco.com/gift-of-memb...
February 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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💥 BREAKING: At Apple's 2025 annual meeting of shareholders today, proposal entitled “Request to Cease DEI Efforts" is rejected by shareholders.
Right-wing nonprofit National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) proposal was also rejected by Costco shareholders 98-2 percent.
Right-wing nonprofit National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) proposal was also rejected by Costco shareholders 98-2 percent.
February 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
💥 BREAKING: At Apple's 2025 annual meeting of shareholders today, proposal entitled “Request to Cease DEI Efforts" is rejected by shareholders.
Right-wing nonprofit National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) proposal was also rejected by Costco shareholders 98-2 percent.
Right-wing nonprofit National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) proposal was also rejected by Costco shareholders 98-2 percent.
Notepad sketches No. 5 . . . before what cross do you kneel?
what do you worship?
do you seek to love or to hate?
what do you worship?
do you seek to love or to hate?
February 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Notepad sketches No. 5 . . . before what cross do you kneel?
what do you worship?
do you seek to love or to hate?
what do you worship?
do you seek to love or to hate?
“A friend who bullies [all of] us is no longer a friend . . . “
Keir Starmer lays down Ukraine peace demand ahead of Trump talks
Keir Starmer lays down Ukraine peace demand ahead of Trump talks
Kyiv ‘must be at the heart of negotiations’ says PM as US threat to block Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites fuels wave of alarm
Keir Starmer has raised the stakes before a crucial meeting in Washington with the US president, Donald Trump this week, by…
www.theguardian.com
February 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
“A friend who bullies [all of] us is no longer a friend . . . “
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‘The Augustan Romans, masters of a tricontinental empire, had need of works like Agrippa’s “Orbis Terrarum” and Strabo’s “Geographica” that could help them conceptualise their vast domain.’
James Romm on a new edition of Strabo’s ‘Geography’: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
James Romm on a new edition of Strabo’s ‘Geography’: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
James Romm · Mapped Out: The World according to Strabo
Strabo’s rather egregious overestimate of the eastern extension of Asia may have reached the ears of the mathematician...
www.lrb.co.uk
February 22, 2025 at 2:50 PM
‘The Augustan Romans, masters of a tricontinental empire, had need of works like Agrippa’s “Orbis Terrarum” and Strabo’s “Geographica” that could help them conceptualise their vast domain.’
James Romm on a new edition of Strabo’s ‘Geography’: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
James Romm on a new edition of Strabo’s ‘Geography’: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
February 22, 2025 at 9:57 PM