🏳️⚧️ Poli
@hellopoli.bsky.social
"Postmodernist Neo-Marxist". Queer. Fat. Lapsed medieval art historian. Amateur illustrator/illuminator. Current day job in big data. EN/PL/FR/DE
they/them 🏳️⚧️
Warsaw/Gdańsk 🇵🇱
they/them 🏳️⚧️
Warsaw/Gdańsk 🇵🇱
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Say what you will about kings but they used to die in hilariously gory ways. We haven't seen a proper traditional slapstick death in a long time, it's mostly boring old age instead of getting stabbed by an assassin hiding in the toilet while taking a shit and not being noticed til they began to rot
February 22, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Say what you will about kings but they used to die in hilariously gory ways. We haven't seen a proper traditional slapstick death in a long time, it's mostly boring old age instead of getting stabbed by an assassin hiding in the toilet while taking a shit and not being noticed til they began to rot
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November 11, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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"Are there even any-" it doesn't matter. Banning the few trans athletes isn't the point. The point, from Trump's ban on trans people in government to Britain's bathroom ban to Newsom's sports ban, is to make sure everyone knows trans women are OTHER and to act accordingly to us in their daily lives.
Olympics organisers moving towards blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport
Olympics organisers moving towards blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport
The International Olympic Committee is moving towards a blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport, Sky News understands.
news.sky.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
"Are there even any-" it doesn't matter. Banning the few trans athletes isn't the point. The point, from Trump's ban on trans people in government to Britain's bathroom ban to Newsom's sports ban, is to make sure everyone knows trans women are OTHER and to act accordingly to us in their daily lives.
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if we’re talking Joyce please remember one of her greatest works of posting
Evergreen message from Joyce Carol Oates about Curtis Yarvin...
November 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
if we’re talking Joyce please remember one of her greatest works of posting
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10 Nov: nighttime. The eve of the feast of St. Martin of Tours. A traditional time for feast & alms-giving.
(NGA/BM/Met)
(NGA/BM/Met)
November 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
10 Nov: nighttime. The eve of the feast of St. Martin of Tours. A traditional time for feast & alms-giving.
(NGA/BM/Met)
(NGA/BM/Met)
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A solid read. www.chronicle.com/article/mahm...
Mahmood Mamdani Doesn’t Want to Talk About Zohran
The Columbia scholar, and father of the mayor-elect, on politics, academe, and antisemitism.
www.chronicle.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
A solid read. www.chronicle.com/article/mahm...
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incredibly funny that Joyce Carol Oates owned Musk so hard he's started trying to post like a regular person with normal interests
November 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
incredibly funny that Joyce Carol Oates owned Musk so hard he's started trying to post like a regular person with normal interests
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This term is so social media-brained. Coined by people who can't imagine themselves without an audience, or that anyone could genuinely want to pass time in any other form than Stare at Phone
November 10, 2025 at 11:34 AM
This term is so social media-brained. Coined by people who can't imagine themselves without an audience, or that anyone could genuinely want to pass time in any other form than Stare at Phone
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As Francis Crick put it, ‘I’m afraid we always used to adopt – let’s say, a patronizing attitude towards her.’ I wrote about DNA pioneer Dr Rosalind Franklin, and how she was deliberately excluded from her male colleagues' conversations.
Conversations with scientists
British chemist and X-ray crystallographer, Dr Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958)
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
As Francis Crick put it, ‘I’m afraid we always used to adopt – let’s say, a patronizing attitude towards her.’ I wrote about DNA pioneer Dr Rosalind Franklin, and how she was deliberately excluded from her male colleagues' conversations.
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One of the most self-destructive things Germany could do is to reverse the green transition now.
Renewables expansion has been on a tear but Germany has seen reversals before, unfortunately. And the country still does not have oil or gas and isn’t getting any anytime soon (ever).
Renewables expansion has been on a tear but Germany has seen reversals before, unfortunately. And the country still does not have oil or gas and isn’t getting any anytime soon (ever).
November 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
One of the most self-destructive things Germany could do is to reverse the green transition now.
Renewables expansion has been on a tear but Germany has seen reversals before, unfortunately. And the country still does not have oil or gas and isn’t getting any anytime soon (ever).
Renewables expansion has been on a tear but Germany has seen reversals before, unfortunately. And the country still does not have oil or gas and isn’t getting any anytime soon (ever).
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They LAUGHED at me when I tried to enroll in clown college.
Full scholarship.
Full scholarship.
November 10, 2025 at 9:54 AM
They LAUGHED at me when I tried to enroll in clown college.
Full scholarship.
Full scholarship.
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What happened when I dug into some of the key studies and ideas quoted in The Tipping Point and its sequel… kucharski.substack.com/p/the-real-r...
November 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
What happened when I dug into some of the key studies and ideas quoted in The Tipping Point and its sequel… kucharski.substack.com/p/the-real-r...
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How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
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Trump is not serious about ending Russia’s war on Ukraine
November 9, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Trump is not serious about ending Russia’s war on Ukraine
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My wife asked me if I would love her if she were a Funko Pop and I hesitated longer than was wise
November 9, 2025 at 2:14 AM
My wife asked me if I would love her if she were a Funko Pop and I hesitated longer than was wise
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Who made this and why are you choosing nerd violence? ✍️ I mean, it is true, but still.
November 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Who made this and why are you choosing nerd violence? ✍️ I mean, it is true, but still.
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Remaining on the theme of appropriate autumnal coats, this is a #1930s velvet number bringing all the aesthetics of a luxury pumpkin to the party. A coat padded collar and bottom covering hem for cosiness #FIDMMuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
November 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Remaining on the theme of appropriate autumnal coats, this is a #1930s velvet number bringing all the aesthetics of a luxury pumpkin to the party. A coat padded collar and bottom covering hem for cosiness #FIDMMuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
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In case you're not aware, Tehran is a city of ~10 MILLION people. "Rivers and reservoirs are running dry, while groundwater sources have been overexploited to sustain agriculture and urban growth."
www.newsweek.com/evacuation-w...
www.newsweek.com/evacuation-w...
Evacuation warning for Iran's capital city
President Masoud Pezeshkian warns Tehran faces a historic water crisis with shortages and possible evacuations.
www.newsweek.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:16 PM
In case you're not aware, Tehran is a city of ~10 MILLION people. "Rivers and reservoirs are running dry, while groundwater sources have been overexploited to sustain agriculture and urban growth."
www.newsweek.com/evacuation-w...
www.newsweek.com/evacuation-w...
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Imagining this sung by the mountain goats
November 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Imagining this sung by the mountain goats
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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There are angels hovering round: sacristy of S. Marco, Basilica of the Santa Casa, Loreto. Painted in 1477 by Melozzo da Forli, angel man, whose day is today.
November 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
There are angels hovering round: sacristy of S. Marco, Basilica of the Santa Casa, Loreto. Painted in 1477 by Melozzo da Forli, angel man, whose day is today.
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Yeah I fight with my wife:
November 9, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Yeah I fight with my wife: