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This is why we insist that arts and humanities matter. And it turns out they can cure cancer, too.
December 3, 2025 at 10:48 PM
This is why we insist that arts and humanities matter. And it turns out they can cure cancer, too.
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An astonishing letter published in the Times of London.
December 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
An astonishing letter published in the Times of London.
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If anyone lost a bag of books from LRB Bookshop on the Metropolitan Line between Baker St- Watford, I handed it to a cleaner when the train terminated at Watford tube station. And if you have far more followers than me, please share this status. LRB bookshop is not cheap!
November 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
If anyone lost a bag of books from LRB Bookshop on the Metropolitan Line between Baker St- Watford, I handed it to a cleaner when the train terminated at Watford tube station. And if you have far more followers than me, please share this status. LRB bookshop is not cheap!
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The Mediterranean continues to be a graveyard for people attempting to reach safety in Europe. 🧵
October 13, 2025 at 9:23 AM
The Mediterranean continues to be a graveyard for people attempting to reach safety in Europe. 🧵
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On #BBCQT - Fiona Bruce said that the audience and public didn't want to press Reform UK on their dodgy links to Russia.
I disagree.
RT if you agree it's in the public interest for Reform to explain about their links to Russian money and bribery!
I disagree.
RT if you agree it's in the public interest for Reform to explain about their links to Russian money and bribery!
October 10, 2025 at 9:05 AM
On #BBCQT - Fiona Bruce said that the audience and public didn't want to press Reform UK on their dodgy links to Russia.
I disagree.
RT if you agree it's in the public interest for Reform to explain about their links to Russian money and bribery!
I disagree.
RT if you agree it's in the public interest for Reform to explain about their links to Russian money and bribery!
The Amish. Oh. My.God.
September 22, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The Amish. Oh. My.God.
Just gobsmacked listening to Trump word-salading his way through medical misinformation. It would be comical if it weren’t so criminally dangerous.
September 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Just gobsmacked listening to Trump word-salading his way through medical misinformation. It would be comical if it weren’t so criminally dangerous.
I’m very much here for this trolling.
August 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I’m very much here for this trolling.
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If you want to see Michelle Mone kicked out of the House of Lords and arrested until she pays the £232,000,000 she owes give this a RT.
If you want Rishi Sunak's involvement in the £14,900,000,000 PPE Fraud he covered up investigated, LIKE.
If you want Rishi Sunak's involvement in the £14,900,000,000 PPE Fraud he covered up investigated, LIKE.
August 1, 2025 at 12:46 PM
If you want to see Michelle Mone kicked out of the House of Lords and arrested until she pays the £232,000,000 she owes give this a RT.
If you want Rishi Sunak's involvement in the £14,900,000,000 PPE Fraud he covered up investigated, LIKE.
If you want Rishi Sunak's involvement in the £14,900,000,000 PPE Fraud he covered up investigated, LIKE.
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Weird they're showing Swan Lake on Fox right now
June 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Weird they're showing Swan Lake on Fox right now
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“A Busy, Busy Day at the Airport”
By Ruben Bolling
Genius. Click in.
By Ruben Bolling
Genius. Click in.
June 5, 2025 at 6:18 AM
“A Busy, Busy Day at the Airport”
By Ruben Bolling
Genius. Click in.
By Ruben Bolling
Genius. Click in.
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I understand what Judge Xinis is doing. She is building a factual record so that that record will be crystal clear when this case gets back to the Supreme Court.
But I also know it is taking too long. Two weeks is too long.
Keep in mind Bukele will just kill Garcia at the last moment if he has to.
But I also know it is taking too long. Two weeks is too long.
Keep in mind Bukele will just kill Garcia at the last moment if he has to.
April 16, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I understand what Judge Xinis is doing. She is building a factual record so that that record will be crystal clear when this case gets back to the Supreme Court.
But I also know it is taking too long. Two weeks is too long.
Keep in mind Bukele will just kill Garcia at the last moment if he has to.
But I also know it is taking too long. Two weeks is too long.
Keep in mind Bukele will just kill Garcia at the last moment if he has to.
This isn’t just true for politics. If you can’t work out how to say it, there’s probably something deeply confused in what you’re thinking.
Golden rule in government. Sometimes comms problems are actual comms problems. But usually they're a symptom of other stuff not working as well as it should.
March 31, 2025 at 3:08 PM
This isn’t just true for politics. If you can’t work out how to say it, there’s probably something deeply confused in what you’re thinking.
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France’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
South Korea’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
Brazil’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
Only America’s decided a criminal must be allowed to break its laws and destroy its democracy.
South Korea’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
Brazil’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
Only America’s decided a criminal must be allowed to break its laws and destroy its democracy.
Marine Le Pen barred from running for French presidency in 2027
Far-right leader found guilty of embezzlement of European funds and immediately barred from running for office
www.theguardian.com
March 31, 2025 at 1:24 PM
France’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
South Korea’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
Brazil’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
Only America’s decided a criminal must be allowed to break its laws and destroy its democracy.
South Korea’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
Brazil’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
Only America’s decided a criminal must be allowed to break its laws and destroy its democracy.
If only we were dealing with fiction.😭
“Slightly confusing if you haven’t read Machiavelli and Silence of the Lambs.”
Kirkus Reviews of Trump’s Second Term
“I didn’t think it could get worse after the 2016 release, but it got worse—much, much worse.” “Horrible character development. It’s nearly impossi...
buff.ly
March 17, 2025 at 12:22 PM
If only we were dealing with fiction.😭
This is starting to look like hostage-taking…
Canadian woman has been imprisoned by ICE for the last 9 days over paperwork issues with a work visa while trying to enter the United States
According to KGTV San Diego, she was transported to a detention facility in Arizona where she was "wrapped in chains" and kept in a cell with 30 other people
According to KGTV San Diego, she was transported to a detention facility in Arizona where she was "wrapped in chains" and kept in a cell with 30 other people
March 13, 2025 at 9:07 AM
This is starting to look like hostage-taking…
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Alina Habbard posted: NOTHING CAN STOP THIS MAN FROM FIGHTING FOR HIS COUNTRY.
David Simon had a succinct 2-word response: “Bone spurs.”
David Simon had a succinct 2-word response: “Bone spurs.”
March 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Alina Habbard posted: NOTHING CAN STOP THIS MAN FROM FIGHTING FOR HIS COUNTRY.
David Simon had a succinct 2-word response: “Bone spurs.”
David Simon had a succinct 2-word response: “Bone spurs.”
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The fact that there might be a conclave so close to a movie about one has really motivated me to finish my screenplay "The Tech CEO Who Died of Diarrhea So Explosive The Coroner Said He Had No Lower Back to Speak Of"
March 4, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The fact that there might be a conclave so close to a movie about one has really motivated me to finish my screenplay "The Tech CEO Who Died of Diarrhea So Explosive The Coroner Said He Had No Lower Back to Speak Of"
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Dido - Aeneid, Book IV.
March 3, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Dido - Aeneid, Book IV.
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Lecturer in Philosophy- Birkbeck, University of London - School of Historical Studies #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLT578/l...
Lecturer in Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London
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February 8, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Lecturer in Philosophy- Birkbeck, University of London - School of Historical Studies #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLT578/l...
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Teaching Associate in Greek literature (Temporary Cover)- University of Cambridge - Faculty of Classics #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLT589/t...
Teaching Associate in Greek literature (Temporary Cover) at University of Cambridge
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February 8, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Teaching Associate in Greek literature (Temporary Cover)- University of Cambridge - Faculty of Classics #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLT589/t...
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Word of the day is ‘catch-fart’ (17th century: an obsequious individual who will always follow the political wind.
January 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Word of the day is ‘catch-fart’ (17th century: an obsequious individual who will always follow the political wind.