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"Have you ever heard the expression, mistress, that history is written by the winners?"
“Frequently,” Phil said. “I’m a classicist. History is only ever written by the winners, or by people wanting to please their patrons who happen to be the winners.”
#editing
“Frequently,” Phil said. “I’m a classicist. History is only ever written by the winners, or by people wanting to please their patrons who happen to be the winners.”
#editing
September 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
"Have you ever heard the expression, mistress, that history is written by the winners?"
“Frequently,” Phil said. “I’m a classicist. History is only ever written by the winners, or by people wanting to please their patrons who happen to be the winners.”
#editing
“Frequently,” Phil said. “I’m a classicist. History is only ever written by the winners, or by people wanting to please their patrons who happen to be the winners.”
#editing
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This small thing that can make a big difference to how you feel is something those who wage their petty war against rainbow flags can never understand.
it shouldn't matter, but it does, because of them 🤷♂️
it shouldn't matter, but it does, because of them 🤷♂️
Still makes me well up 😭🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
TRYGG - Oslo Pride 2025
YouTube video by Oslo Pride
m.youtube.com
June 24, 2025 at 6:55 AM
This small thing that can make a big difference to how you feel is something those who wage their petty war against rainbow flags can never understand.
it shouldn't matter, but it does, because of them 🤷♂️
it shouldn't matter, but it does, because of them 🤷♂️
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Mary Burchell remains one of the most successful romance writers, ever. Over 110 Mills and Boon books to her name.
Less well known is that much of her early writing was done for one purpose:
Funding her efforts to get Jews out of Nazi Germany, with her sister.
Mary is a Righteous Gentile. /1 🧵
Less well known is that much of her early writing was done for one purpose:
Funding her efforts to get Jews out of Nazi Germany, with her sister.
Mary is a Righteous Gentile. /1 🧵
October 10, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Mary Burchell remains one of the most successful romance writers, ever. Over 110 Mills and Boon books to her name.
Less well known is that much of her early writing was done for one purpose:
Funding her efforts to get Jews out of Nazi Germany, with her sister.
Mary is a Righteous Gentile. /1 🧵
Less well known is that much of her early writing was done for one purpose:
Funding her efforts to get Jews out of Nazi Germany, with her sister.
Mary is a Righteous Gentile. /1 🧵
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Me to medical practitioner: so K1 made a list of tasks, of actual difficulty and of perceived difficulty
Medical practitioner: you did what? Hang on, this is genius. I'll need a screen grab of this to help sessions
K1: beaming
Medical practitioner: you did what? Hang on, this is genius. I'll need a screen grab of this to help sessions
K1: beaming
October 10, 2024 at 1:25 PM
Me to medical practitioner: so K1 made a list of tasks, of actual difficulty and of perceived difficulty
Medical practitioner: you did what? Hang on, this is genius. I'll need a screen grab of this to help sessions
K1: beaming
Medical practitioner: you did what? Hang on, this is genius. I'll need a screen grab of this to help sessions
K1: beaming
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Discworld QOTD, from A Hat Full of Sky
“There isn’t a way things should be. There’s just what happens, and what we do.”
“There isn’t a way things should be. There’s just what happens, and what we do.”
Discworld QOTD, from I Shall Wear Midnight
“In fact, it really wasn’t her problem. How nice to find a problem that wasn’t yours.”
“In fact, it really wasn’t her problem. How nice to find a problem that wasn’t yours.”
Discworld QOTD, from Monstrous Regiment
"You take a bunch of people who don't seem any different from you and me, but when you add them all together you get this sort of huge raving maniac with national borders and an anthem."
"You take a bunch of people who don't seem any different from you and me, but when you add them all together you get this sort of huge raving maniac with national borders and an anthem."
October 3, 2024 at 9:12 PM
Discworld QOTD, from A Hat Full of Sky
“There isn’t a way things should be. There’s just what happens, and what we do.”
“There isn’t a way things should be. There’s just what happens, and what we do.”
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I'm teaching problem decomposition for programming today, so I made a new visualization to help students understand the benefits.
September 24, 2024 at 4:03 PM
I'm teaching problem decomposition for programming today, so I made a new visualization to help students understand the benefits.
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Just 1 week to go until #TetZooCon 2024, happening Sept 28th-29th (with evening event Fri 27th) at King's College, London. Join us for talks, discussions, merch, stalls and TONS more on #dinosaurs #birds #paleoart #NaturalHistory Tickets and info: tetzoo.com/convention
September 19, 2024 at 2:13 PM
Just 1 week to go until #TetZooCon 2024, happening Sept 28th-29th (with evening event Fri 27th) at King's College, London. Join us for talks, discussions, merch, stalls and TONS more on #dinosaurs #birds #paleoart #NaturalHistory Tickets and info: tetzoo.com/convention
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Also, every now and then I dust this off, but for those of you who find writing reviews of books (or other things you’ve loved) difficult? I’ve got you.
We did a thing in the bookstore with little cue-cards, and it took *three* sentences (and was useful and helpful).
So, here we go.
We did a thing in the bookstore with little cue-cards, and it took *three* sentences (and was useful and helpful).
So, here we go.
September 13, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Also, every now and then I dust this off, but for those of you who find writing reviews of books (or other things you’ve loved) difficult? I’ve got you.
We did a thing in the bookstore with little cue-cards, and it took *three* sentences (and was useful and helpful).
So, here we go.
We did a thing in the bookstore with little cue-cards, and it took *three* sentences (and was useful and helpful).
So, here we go.
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Another mod list recommendation: if you haven't noticed (and it definitely got drowned out by the burst of Brazilian users who can't access Twitter anymore), there's been a sharp uptake of Bluesky among the part of the UK professional/political class that's hopelessly infused with transphobia.
September 12, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Another mod list recommendation: if you haven't noticed (and it definitely got drowned out by the burst of Brazilian users who can't access Twitter anymore), there's been a sharp uptake of Bluesky among the part of the UK professional/political class that's hopelessly infused with transphobia.
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yeh the whole narrative of hopelessness only serves the powerful.
September 9, 2024 at 12:23 PM
yeh the whole narrative of hopelessness only serves the powerful.
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never in my life have I more empathized with the Inquisitor losing their shit and yelling "can one thing in this fucking world stay fixed" in Trespasser than this month I swear
August 26, 2024 at 7:34 AM
never in my life have I more empathized with the Inquisitor losing their shit and yelling "can one thing in this fucking world stay fixed" in Trespasser than this month I swear
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Oh no I have started watching this and now I am obsessed. The sound is amazing — hoofsteps and zebras snorting and the sound of jackals lapping up water. Even the (subscriber-only) comment stream is wholesome
someone posted this earlier and it's AMAZING
Live cam of a watering hole at a reserve in Nambia. I've watched zebras, wart hogs, oryx and other critters
It's really active right now
www.youtube.com/live/ydYDqZQ...
Live cam of a watering hole at a reserve in Nambia. I've watched zebras, wart hogs, oryx and other critters
It's really active right now
www.youtube.com/live/ydYDqZQ...
Namibia: Live stream in the Namib Desert
YouTube video by NamibiaCam
www.youtube.com
August 18, 2024 at 3:10 PM
Oh no I have started watching this and now I am obsessed. The sound is amazing — hoofsteps and zebras snorting and the sound of jackals lapping up water. Even the (subscriber-only) comment stream is wholesome
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You know the drill. The sacred post has crossed the timeline.
August 13, 2024 at 9:50 AM
You know the drill. The sacred post has crossed the timeline.
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It’s not mysterious why straight white guys are the biggest promoters of “but you need to hear from people you disagree with”.
This is because right wing freaks do AGREE that even liberal cis white men are *human beings*.
They do not AGREE that the rest of us are human beings.
This is because right wing freaks do AGREE that even liberal cis white men are *human beings*.
They do not AGREE that the rest of us are human beings.
truly mysterious why we don’t want to hear takes from people who “disagree with us” about if we’re human beings who deserve basic rights or not
idk about you but I like my social interaction baseline to be “someone who agrees that I am a person”
idk about you but I like my social interaction baseline to be “someone who agrees that I am a person”
“people you disagree with” used in this fashion is right-wing coded
July 22, 2024 at 12:53 PM
It’s not mysterious why straight white guys are the biggest promoters of “but you need to hear from people you disagree with”.
This is because right wing freaks do AGREE that even liberal cis white men are *human beings*.
They do not AGREE that the rest of us are human beings.
This is because right wing freaks do AGREE that even liberal cis white men are *human beings*.
They do not AGREE that the rest of us are human beings.
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You don't have to have hobbies that involve consumption and collecting physical possessions. You can collect knowledge, shiny facts like a magpie archivist. You can collect skills.
July 3, 2024 at 6:52 PM
You don't have to have hobbies that involve consumption and collecting physical possessions. You can collect knowledge, shiny facts like a magpie archivist. You can collect skills.
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this story eternally delights me
My favorite is the My Friend Went to Rome and All He Got Me Was This Stupid Pencil stylus discovered recently
This Ancient Roman Souvenir Stylus Is Inscribed With a Corny Joke
Loosely translated, the message reads, ‘I went to Rome and all I got you was this stylus’
www.smithsonianmag.com
June 27, 2024 at 4:45 PM
this story eternally delights me
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Found the quote, remembered it...uh, close enough for government work? :P
June 9, 2024 at 6:23 PM
Found the quote, remembered it...uh, close enough for government work? :P
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There is a VERY excellent essay by him, "Shaking Hands With Death", about his views on assisted death, his own impending mortality, and related topics.
Due to his frailties, it is read by Tony "Baldrick" Robinson.
If you have some time, and want a good cry, here you go:
youtu.be/90b1MBwnEHM
Due to his frailties, it is read by Tony "Baldrick" Robinson.
If you have some time, and want a good cry, here you go:
youtu.be/90b1MBwnEHM
Terry Pratchett: Shaking Hands With Death
AT LAST, SIR TERRY, WE MUST WALK TOGETHER.Terry took Death’s arm and followed him through the doors and on to the black desert under the endless night.The En...
youtu.be
June 9, 2024 at 6:25 PM
There is a VERY excellent essay by him, "Shaking Hands With Death", about his views on assisted death, his own impending mortality, and related topics.
Due to his frailties, it is read by Tony "Baldrick" Robinson.
If you have some time, and want a good cry, here you go:
youtu.be/90b1MBwnEHM
Due to his frailties, it is read by Tony "Baldrick" Robinson.
If you have some time, and want a good cry, here you go:
youtu.be/90b1MBwnEHM
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Last week, over the course of 8 days, while my brain started to spin up thanks to this medication... I watched 47 episodes of Yellowstone while assembling 40 individual custom pages of this absolutely unhinged journal I also designed the layout & printed most of the stickers for. 😂
June 5, 2024 at 11:47 PM
Last week, over the course of 8 days, while my brain started to spin up thanks to this medication... I watched 47 episodes of Yellowstone while assembling 40 individual custom pages of this absolutely unhinged journal I also designed the layout & printed most of the stickers for. 😂
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hi guys! fun new pen set to offset an upcoming vet bill. here’s the deal! it’s free/pwyw for the whole next week before it becomes the usual price for sets. thanks as always for supporting!
ko-fi.com/s/0357b21a93
ko-fi.com/s/0357b21a93
June 5, 2024 at 10:36 PM
hi guys! fun new pen set to offset an upcoming vet bill. here’s the deal! it’s free/pwyw for the whole next week before it becomes the usual price for sets. thanks as always for supporting!
ko-fi.com/s/0357b21a93
ko-fi.com/s/0357b21a93
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“You have to learn to love yourself before you can love someone else.”False! Loving others is good practice for loving yourself.
Love a terrible cat. Love him while he steals your lunch and terrorizes your tchotchkes. You are at least as lovable as that cat—you haven’t even pooped on anyone’s bed!
Love a terrible cat. Love him while he steals your lunch and terrorizes your tchotchkes. You are at least as lovable as that cat—you haven’t even pooped on anyone’s bed!
May 29, 2024 at 6:53 PM
“You have to learn to love yourself before you can love someone else.”False! Loving others is good practice for loving yourself.
Love a terrible cat. Love him while he steals your lunch and terrorizes your tchotchkes. You are at least as lovable as that cat—you haven’t even pooped on anyone’s bed!
Love a terrible cat. Love him while he steals your lunch and terrorizes your tchotchkes. You are at least as lovable as that cat—you haven’t even pooped on anyone’s bed!
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"I'll assume you'll tell me if there's anything you want me to do to offer you any kind of support other than feeding you and listening." "The listening helps, actually." "The listening without making you manage my emotional reaction probably helps more, yeah?" "It's like you've been there."
May 28, 2024 at 12:12 PM
"I'll assume you'll tell me if there's anything you want me to do to offer you any kind of support other than feeding you and listening." "The listening helps, actually." "The listening without making you manage my emotional reaction probably helps more, yeah?" "It's like you've been there."