Mike Fredman
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We often imagine medieval life as dull, dirty and short, with little in the way of material comfort or decoration. However, medieval Londoners were importing toys, treats and trinkets by the boatload centuries…
Medieval Londoners’ cheaply imported mass-produced Christmas gifts look surprisingly familiar
We often imagine medieval life as dull, dirty and short, with little in the way of material comfort or decoration. However, medieval Londoners were importing toys, treats and trinkets by the boatload centuries…
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December 19, 2025 at 7:41 PM
We often imagine medieval life as dull, dirty and short, with little in the way of material comfort or decoration. However, medieval Londoners were importing toys, treats and trinkets by the boatload centuries…
Could 1000 FBI agents with typewriters, working overtime, eventually create the works of Shakespeare? 🤔
December 18, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Could 1000 FBI agents with typewriters, working overtime, eventually create the works of Shakespeare? 🤔
September 30, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Sadly, BBC’s ‘Hard Talk’ is to end after 28 years of uncompromising interviews with the powerful and notable. Here, a stirring compilation of some of those moments:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
March 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Sadly, BBC’s ‘Hard Talk’ is to end after 28 years of uncompromising interviews with the powerful and notable. Here, a stirring compilation of some of those moments:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
Reading accounts of Stalin's rule: Neither he, nor his apparatchiks, were brilliant or remarkable in any way. They, and their actions were incredibly stupid in most respects.
However, they were also staggeringly cruel. In those two respects, stupidity and cruelty, they excelled.
However, they were also staggeringly cruel. In those two respects, stupidity and cruelty, they excelled.
March 27, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Reading accounts of Stalin's rule: Neither he, nor his apparatchiks, were brilliant or remarkable in any way. They, and their actions were incredibly stupid in most respects.
However, they were also staggeringly cruel. In those two respects, stupidity and cruelty, they excelled.
However, they were also staggeringly cruel. In those two respects, stupidity and cruelty, they excelled.
Hey Amazon, the names Modi, Narendra Modi
Your new #007
92 million Insta followers 🕶️
Your new #007
92 million Insta followers 🕶️
February 28, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Hey Amazon, the names Modi, Narendra Modi
Your new #007
92 million Insta followers 🕶️
Your new #007
92 million Insta followers 🕶️
February 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
South African Genie: you can have billions of dollars or a cock that works, take your pick
Young Musk: hmmm
Young Musk: hmmm
February 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
South African Genie: you can have billions of dollars or a cock that works, take your pick
Young Musk: hmmm
Young Musk: hmmm
Latinos for #trump facing the reality they have championed and voted for. Including their own deportation
streamable.com/9pbp1y
‘I don’t want to make this political’, she says.
streamable.com/9pbp1y
‘I don’t want to make this political’, she says.
February 22, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Latinos for #trump facing the reality they have championed and voted for. Including their own deportation
streamable.com/9pbp1y
‘I don’t want to make this political’, she says.
streamable.com/9pbp1y
‘I don’t want to make this political’, she says.
It is alleged by a former spy chief that convicted felon #Trump is a #KGB asset, codename #Krasnov
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/21/d...
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/21/d...
February 21, 2025 at 10:43 PM
It is alleged by a former spy chief that convicted felon #Trump is a #KGB asset, codename #Krasnov
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/21/d...
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/21/d...
Ukraine shouldn’t have started the war by being invaded by Russia.
The actual position of Dotard in Chief, Trump, President of the USA, who has just signed an executive order to give himself unprecedented powers
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-signs-...
The actual position of Dotard in Chief, Trump, President of the USA, who has just signed an executive order to give himself unprecedented powers
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-signs-...
February 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Ukraine shouldn’t have started the war by being invaded by Russia.
The actual position of Dotard in Chief, Trump, President of the USA, who has just signed an executive order to give himself unprecedented powers
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-signs-...
The actual position of Dotard in Chief, Trump, President of the USA, who has just signed an executive order to give himself unprecedented powers
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-signs-...
Gulf of Mexico? Gulf of America?
No. Gulf of Moscow.
#trump is a weak, manipulated asset of Putin- whether through compromise or control.
Gabbard as intelligence director?
Conceding without negotiation Ukraine’s membership of NATO?
America is done. Put the R round the other way.
#trump is a weak, manipulated asset of Putin- whether through compromise or control.
Gabbard as intelligence director?
Conceding without negotiation Ukraine’s membership of NATO?
America is done. Put the R round the other way.
February 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Gulf of Mexico? Gulf of America?
No. Gulf of Moscow.
#trump is a weak, manipulated asset of Putin- whether through compromise or control.
Gabbard as intelligence director?
Conceding without negotiation Ukraine’s membership of NATO?
America is done. Put the R round the other way.
#trump is a weak, manipulated asset of Putin- whether through compromise or control.
Gabbard as intelligence director?
Conceding without negotiation Ukraine’s membership of NATO?
America is done. Put the R round the other way.
Apparently #trump has deleted all Department of Justice documentation about the #jan6 insurrection
Luckily some diligent people have archived them here: jan6archive.com/doj.html
Luckily some diligent people have archived them here: jan6archive.com/doj.html
Memory Hole
jan6archive.com
January 29, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Apparently #trump has deleted all Department of Justice documentation about the #jan6 insurrection
Luckily some diligent people have archived them here: jan6archive.com/doj.html
Luckily some diligent people have archived them here: jan6archive.com/doj.html
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If you have one Nazi, and nine people
making excuses for them - you have ten Nazis.
making excuses for them - you have ten Nazis.
January 21, 2025 at 9:44 AM
If you have one Nazi, and nine people
making excuses for them - you have ten Nazis.
making excuses for them - you have ten Nazis.
That these people are pathetic and laughable only makes them more, not less, terrifying.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=SAAH...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=SAAH...
Elon Musk just gave a Nazi salute at his inauguration speech
YouTube video by The MAGA vault
m.youtube.com
January 20, 2025 at 9:20 PM
That these people are pathetic and laughable only makes them more, not less, terrifying.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=SAAH...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=SAAH...
People buying convicted felon, #Trump’s, ‘meme coin’ find they are unable to sell it. Now asking if it’s a scam.
It’s all a scam. You live in a crumbling democracy, in the dubious care of Uncle Scam.
It’s all a scam. You live in a crumbling democracy, in the dubious care of Uncle Scam.
January 20, 2025 at 10:21 AM
People buying convicted felon, #Trump’s, ‘meme coin’ find they are unable to sell it. Now asking if it’s a scam.
It’s all a scam. You live in a crumbling democracy, in the dubious care of Uncle Scam.
It’s all a scam. You live in a crumbling democracy, in the dubious care of Uncle Scam.
February 22, 2024 at 9:04 PM
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Came across my first AI gen'd book on Amazon.
They don't even try.
They don't even try.
November 3, 2023 at 7:15 PM
Came across my first AI gen'd book on Amazon.
They don't even try.
They don't even try.