Harry Hairpin
@harryhairpin.bsky.social
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Folds: If we’ve been told our whole lives that we can’t spend money on the arts because they’re not important—then why was taking over the Kennedy Center and the arts the first thing they did?
It is extremely important. It’s the bedrock of self-expression.
It is extremely important. It’s the bedrock of self-expression.
July 6, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Folds: If we’ve been told our whole lives that we can’t spend money on the arts because they’re not important—then why was taking over the Kennedy Center and the arts the first thing they did?
It is extremely important. It’s the bedrock of self-expression.
It is extremely important. It’s the bedrock of self-expression.
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It’s prom night in 1988, she’s walking down the staircase in slow motion and her family and date can’t believe how she has transformed from outcast to princess 👸🏼
#80s #synthwave #nostalgia
#80s #synthwave #nostalgia
May 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM
It’s prom night in 1988, she’s walking down the staircase in slow motion and her family and date can’t believe how she has transformed from outcast to princess 👸🏼
#80s #synthwave #nostalgia
#80s #synthwave #nostalgia
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The people who want to shutdown the Department of Education. 👇
April 18, 2025 at 1:24 PM
The people who want to shutdown the Department of Education. 👇
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Thank you all. Clem loved what he was doing. He lived his dream
April 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Thank you all. Clem loved what he was doing. He lived his dream
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Have to say that @faisalislam.bsky.social & @simonjackbbc.bsky.social are really helping me understand this madness. BBC at its best & most valuable.
April 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Have to say that @faisalislam.bsky.social & @simonjackbbc.bsky.social are really helping me understand this madness. BBC at its best & most valuable.
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LONG READ
From David Ricardo to Alexander Hamilton to David Autor to the “sum of all cheating” to the equation that tariffs penguins, to loaded guns & game theory.
Another BBC InDepth trying to explain what’s on earth is going on and where it’s going….
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
From David Ricardo to Alexander Hamilton to David Autor to the “sum of all cheating” to the equation that tariffs penguins, to loaded guns & game theory.
Another BBC InDepth trying to explain what’s on earth is going on and where it’s going….
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trump has turned his back on the foundation of US economic might
What made the US step back from the system that it profited handsomely from for decades?
www.bbc.co.uk
April 6, 2025 at 7:53 AM
LONG READ
From David Ricardo to Alexander Hamilton to David Autor to the “sum of all cheating” to the equation that tariffs penguins, to loaded guns & game theory.
Another BBC InDepth trying to explain what’s on earth is going on and where it’s going….
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
From David Ricardo to Alexander Hamilton to David Autor to the “sum of all cheating” to the equation that tariffs penguins, to loaded guns & game theory.
Another BBC InDepth trying to explain what’s on earth is going on and where it’s going….
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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“If she wants to know something specific, but doesn’t want people to notice her asking questions, she should simply make incorrect statements while in the company of experts. Her companions will correct her, especially if they're men.”
- Advice for female agents in WW2, provided during SOE training
- Advice for female agents in WW2, provided during SOE training
March 17, 2025 at 11:52 AM
“If she wants to know something specific, but doesn’t want people to notice her asking questions, she should simply make incorrect statements while in the company of experts. Her companions will correct her, especially if they're men.”
- Advice for female agents in WW2, provided during SOE training
- Advice for female agents in WW2, provided during SOE training
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“The hands of the dying are so often beautiful, and my father’s were no exception.”
Oliver Soden writes the story for this year’s winter double issue. And it is a true story.
www.prospectmagazine...
Oliver Soden writes the story for this year’s winter double issue. And it is a true story.
www.prospectmagazine...
The next thing
Last Christmas, my father died. It was a typical and singular passing
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 5, 2024 at 9:04 AM
“The hands of the dying are so often beautiful, and my father’s were no exception.”
Oliver Soden writes the story for this year’s winter double issue. And it is a true story.
www.prospectmagazine...
Oliver Soden writes the story for this year’s winter double issue. And it is a true story.
www.prospectmagazine...
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March 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Pinched from another place ...
March 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Pinched from another place ...
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“We Finns know Russia. Russia shares a land border with 14 countries. Only one of them has constantly remained an independent democracy through the Second World War and the Cold War, and that's Finland”
Elina Valtonen
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland
Elina Valtonen
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland
March 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
“We Finns know Russia. Russia shares a land border with 14 countries. Only one of them has constantly remained an independent democracy through the Second World War and the Cold War, and that's Finland”
Elina Valtonen
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland
Elina Valtonen
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland
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Plus support. Doors 7.45.
March 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Plus support. Doors 7.45.
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This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
March 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
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11 weeks apart.
They were willing to overlook the lies, Jan 6th, fraud, the arrest, the charges & the rape to celebrate his return to the White House.
Now they feign surprise that the sociopath we all warned was a sociopath is indeed still a sociopath.
They were willing to overlook the lies, Jan 6th, fraud, the arrest, the charges & the rape to celebrate his return to the White House.
Now they feign surprise that the sociopath we all warned was a sociopath is indeed still a sociopath.
March 2, 2025 at 7:46 AM
11 weeks apart.
They were willing to overlook the lies, Jan 6th, fraud, the arrest, the charges & the rape to celebrate his return to the White House.
Now they feign surprise that the sociopath we all warned was a sociopath is indeed still a sociopath.
They were willing to overlook the lies, Jan 6th, fraud, the arrest, the charges & the rape to celebrate his return to the White House.
Now they feign surprise that the sociopath we all warned was a sociopath is indeed still a sociopath.
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New York Times, Jan. 26, 1935.
March 2, 2025 at 4:46 PM
New York Times, Jan. 26, 1935.
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Macron:
“But we must not forget one point—if anyone is playing the Third World War, it is Vladimir Putin. He was the one who started the war three years ago, and he brought 10,000 North Korean soldiers to European soil.”
“But we must not forget one point—if anyone is playing the Third World War, it is Vladimir Putin. He was the one who started the war three years ago, and he brought 10,000 North Korean soldiers to European soil.”
March 2, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Macron:
“But we must not forget one point—if anyone is playing the Third World War, it is Vladimir Putin. He was the one who started the war three years ago, and he brought 10,000 North Korean soldiers to European soil.”
“But we must not forget one point—if anyone is playing the Third World War, it is Vladimir Putin. He was the one who started the war three years ago, and he brought 10,000 North Korean soldiers to European soil.”
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I ❤️ the Velvet Underground.
March 2, 2025 at 11:02 AM
I ❤️ the Velvet Underground.
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Seeing Kemi Badenoch respond to matters of unprecedented geopolitical importance reminds me of an anxiety dream I used to have about agreeing to play drums at a charity concert with the Rolling Stones & remembering on the night that I can’t play the drums.
March 2, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Seeing Kemi Badenoch respond to matters of unprecedented geopolitical importance reminds me of an anxiety dream I used to have about agreeing to play drums at a charity concert with the Rolling Stones & remembering on the night that I can’t play the drums.
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81 today. Happy birthday Roger Daltrey.
March 1, 2025 at 9:07 AM
81 today. Happy birthday Roger Daltrey.
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This scrum of pot-bellied, sunken-chested betas trying to bully an all-black clad badass Eastern European wasteland survivor while dressed like Men’s Wearhouse mannequins is peak cinema.
GLENN: Why don't you wear a suit? You're at the highest level in this country's office & you refuse to wear a suit. A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the office.
ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.
ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.
February 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
This scrum of pot-bellied, sunken-chested betas trying to bully an all-black clad badass Eastern European wasteland survivor while dressed like Men’s Wearhouse mannequins is peak cinema.
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Could not agree more. The Prez & VP are shameful, embarrassing Putin puppets & a disgrace to our country. 🤮
#SlavaUkraine 🇺🇦
#SlavaUkraine 🇺🇦
February 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Could not agree more. The Prez & VP are shameful, embarrassing Putin puppets & a disgrace to our country. 🤮
#SlavaUkraine 🇺🇦
#SlavaUkraine 🇺🇦