quyksilver.bsky.social
@quyksilver.bsky.social
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November 19, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Thanks to your post on him I have now done a 'Cadorna jumpscare' by unexpectedly posting an image of Luigi with the caption 'Behold, an Italian!'
November 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
*History students groan at the thought of a 573rd Treaty of Paris*
November 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Reposted
If there is a negotiated deal here somewhere - and I don't think there is - it almost certainly would take the form of land-for-security: Ukraine gets an army and EU membership in exchange for giving up the Donbass to Russia.

But 'land for fuck you, that's what' is not a deal and has never been.
November 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Eglips perst, da leste nower
November 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
This guy is a libertarian, but I find myself agreeing with him surprisingly often. You reminded me of this excerpt:

> a Spaniard told me [how great it was] she [could] use her Spanish socialized healthcare to get a therapist who she could see for one hour per month.

mattlakeman.org/2020/08/09/n...
Notes on Spain
Bypassing numerous international restrictions, I traveled from America to Spain for a month-long trip in July.  Most of the month was spent in and around Madrid, but I took a brief trip north to Ga…
mattlakeman.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Hi fellow Kentuckyan
November 9, 2025 at 11:44 PM