Balaena Alba
@balaenaalba.bsky.social
Former lawyer & educator. Reader, writer, troubled American.
If I remember correctly, the Trojan women in the Aeneid tried to set fire to their ships in Sicily because they were tired of the arduous journey from Troy and longed for a permanent home. But the gods sent a rainstorm to thwart their plan.
Seems closer to the mark.
Seems closer to the mark.
September 7, 2025 at 11:17 PM
If I remember correctly, the Trojan women in the Aeneid tried to set fire to their ships in Sicily because they were tired of the arduous journey from Troy and longed for a permanent home. But the gods sent a rainstorm to thwart their plan.
Seems closer to the mark.
Seems closer to the mark.
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The unsought-by-Greenland visit by Second Lady Usha Vane feels like a Trump administration project to goad Greenlanders into protest - after which the administration can demand apologies. If/when the apologies are deemed unsatisfactory, next step may be reprisals.
March 24, 2025 at 1:48 AM
The unsought-by-Greenland visit by Second Lady Usha Vane feels like a Trump administration project to goad Greenlanders into protest - after which the administration can demand apologies. If/when the apologies are deemed unsatisfactory, next step may be reprisals.