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@jonnelledge.bsky.social Just finished 47 borders and it was excellent, thank you.
November 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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The core argument here is unanswerable. For liberal democratic countries, buying American weapons is a security risk. It must be avoided at all costs.
maryscottoconnor.com Orpheus Condescending @maryscottoconnor.com · Mar 22
I mean... holy shit.
From Rasmus Jarlow, Danish politician: "I don't know if there is a kill switch in the F35's or not. We obviously can not take your word for it. As one of the decision makers behind Denmark's purchase of F35's, I regret it. The USA can certainly disable the planes by simple stopping the supply of spare parts. They want to strengthen Russia and weaken Europa and are showing that they are willing to do tremendous damage to peaceful and loyal allies like Canada just because they insist on existing as a country. I can easily imagine a situation where the USA will demand Greenland from Denmark and will threaten to deactivate our weapons and let Russia attack us when we refuse (which we will even in that situation). Therefore, buying American weapons is a security risk that we can not run. We will make enormous investments in air defence, fighter jets, artillery and other weapons in the coming years, and we must avoid American weapons if at all possible. I encourage our allies and friends to do the same."
March 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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🏫 NEW Sunday School: With Friends Like These ⛪️

@pimlicat.bsky.social & @sturdyalex.bsky.social discuss the week's awful events, how to leave a mobster🇺🇸 safely + an emotion we haven't felt in a while: being proud of Britain🇬🇧.

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Sunday School: With Friends Like These
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 02/03/2025 · 53m
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March 2, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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picturesporting.bsky.social
A lovely photo I stumbled across of children playing a very organised game of cricket on a small green in Yorkshire in the summer of 1936. When I posted this four years ago I received about half a dozen different suggestions as to where it was. Can anyone help this time?
A lovely photo I stumbled across of children playing a very organised game of cricket on a small green in Yorkshire in the summer of 1936. When I posted this four years ago I received about half a dozen different suggestions as to where it was. Can anyone help this time?
January 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
matthewhaines1.bsky.social
The engorgement begins…
December 23, 2024 at 8:15 PM
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jimmfelton.bsky.social
If you'd like to send yourself into a linguistics-based existential crisis, almost all languages appear to follow Zipf's law and we have no idea why
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Almost All Languages Appear To Follow Zipf's Law, And We Have No Idea Why
Even the languages we haven't deciphered yet, such as the one in the Voynich Manuscript, appear to follow this rule.
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November 28, 2024 at 11:26 AM
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I remain obsessed by how much this publicity photo from Spaced looks like every British Xennial's First Houseshare Photo. The poses! The sofa! THE LITTLE BAMBOO TABLE FOR THE LANDLINE WITH SPACE BENEATH FOR THE YELLOW PAGES.
A photo from the millennial sitcom Spaced. 6 people are sharing a tattered greyish 2 person sofa, sitting on each other, arms around each other, smiling. There is a dog and a little bamboo table for the landline phone.
November 25, 2024 at 12:25 PM