Rebecca Brite
@rebeccab.bsky.social
Editor, singer, reader, filmgoer, opera lover, cat servant... Mostly retweets from a longtime American immigrant in Paris, now largely retired. Enby, she/they.
** Men w/ few or 0 posts, no substantive bio & following mostly women will likely be blocked
** Men w/ few or 0 posts, no substantive bio & following mostly women will likely be blocked
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Map of the United States if it were colonised by Britain
November 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Map of the United States if it were colonised by Britain
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In 1927 the General Post Office opened an underground railway between Paddington and Whitechapel, with 6 stations. A fleet of driverless trains carried letters and parcels below the congested streets. It operated for 76 years and closed in 2003. @PostalMuseum
November 9, 2025 at 8:35 AM
In 1927 the General Post Office opened an underground railway between Paddington and Whitechapel, with 6 stations. A fleet of driverless trains carried letters and parcels below the congested streets. It operated for 76 years and closed in 2003. @PostalMuseum
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It's cute the way the article never considers taxing the hell out of billionaires, instituting universal health care, and eliminating student loan debt as ways to, I dunno, make having kids AFFORDABLE.
Family size around the world is dropping. That choice by couples is triggering a population shift that's sending shock waves through economies.
People are having fewer kids. Their choice is transforming the world's economy
Family size around the world is dropping. That choice by couples is triggering a population shift that's sending shock waves through economies.
n.pr
November 3, 2025 at 5:54 AM
It's cute the way the article never considers taxing the hell out of billionaires, instituting universal health care, and eliminating student loan debt as ways to, I dunno, make having kids AFFORDABLE.
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Joseph Grimaldi was the first great clown of English theatre, transforming the part into a starring role of pantomime.His home was here at Exmouth Market at Clerkenwell, which was stormed by a crowd of fans in 1828 after he announced his retirement.
November 3, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Joseph Grimaldi was the first great clown of English theatre, transforming the part into a starring role of pantomime.His home was here at Exmouth Market at Clerkenwell, which was stormed by a crowd of fans in 1828 after he announced his retirement.
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we have a way for guys like this to fund the military
it’s called “taxes” and clearly they should go up
it’s called “taxes” and clearly they should go up
"Donor Who Gave $130 Million to Pay Troops Is Reclusive Heir to Mellon Fortune
Timothy Mellon is a billionaire and a major financial backer of Trump." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...
Timothy Mellon is a billionaire and a major financial backer of Trump." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...
Donor Who Gave $130 Million to Pay Troops Is Reclusive Heir to Mellon Fortune
www.nytimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:39 PM
we have a way for guys like this to fund the military
it’s called “taxes” and clearly they should go up
it’s called “taxes” and clearly they should go up
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Oh come on, isn't this exactly the sort of thing we own St Helena for?
King Charles may be planning to send Prince Andrew to a castle in the Scottish Highlands, according to reports 👀
Prince Andrew faces exile to Highland town amid pressure to give up mansion
www.thenational.scot
October 22, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Oh come on, isn't this exactly the sort of thing we own St Helena for?
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Very excited to have this launched.
Jefferson on Race by @agordonreed.bsky.social | Princeton University Press press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Jefferson on Race
From The New York Times–bestselling and Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Hemingses of Monticello, a groundbreaking collection of Thomas Jefferson’s writings on race that every American should read
press.princeton.edu
October 13, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Very excited to have this launched.
What a glorious image
📷 A Camel Caravan on a Street in Bursa, 1904 (Western Türkiye) #History
October 9, 2025 at 6:44 PM
What a glorious image
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ME: Now Mom, just remember, there's a lot of disinformation and AI in your social feed and your friends' Facebook.
MOM: I know! My friend sent me this crazy post where someone used AI to make an image of a giant frog fighting Army troops!
ME: ... okay, no, that one's ... goddamit, Portland.
MOM: I know! My friend sent me this crazy post where someone used AI to make an image of a giant frog fighting Army troops!
ME: ... okay, no, that one's ... goddamit, Portland.
October 9, 2025 at 5:29 PM
ME: Now Mom, just remember, there's a lot of disinformation and AI in your social feed and your friends' Facebook.
MOM: I know! My friend sent me this crazy post where someone used AI to make an image of a giant frog fighting Army troops!
ME: ... okay, no, that one's ... goddamit, Portland.
MOM: I know! My friend sent me this crazy post where someone used AI to make an image of a giant frog fighting Army troops!
ME: ... okay, no, that one's ... goddamit, Portland.
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In 1963 Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham locked Mick Jagger and Keith Richards in a room in their shared flat here at Mapesbury Road in Kilburn, refusing to let them out until they had written their first original song.
October 1, 2025 at 7:31 AM
In 1963 Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham locked Mick Jagger and Keith Richards in a room in their shared flat here at Mapesbury Road in Kilburn, refusing to let them out until they had written their first original song.
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Happy Hobbit Day
To celebrate, steal a despot's favorite piece of jewelry and toss it in a volcano. Ruin that guy's whole day
To celebrate, steal a despot's favorite piece of jewelry and toss it in a volcano. Ruin that guy's whole day
September 22, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Happy Hobbit Day
To celebrate, steal a despot's favorite piece of jewelry and toss it in a volcano. Ruin that guy's whole day
To celebrate, steal a despot's favorite piece of jewelry and toss it in a volcano. Ruin that guy's whole day
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Round of applause to @srlpublishing.bsky.social for this: a web page listing each of their books stolen by Meta. More active shaming of techbro thieves from publishers, please!
srlpublishing.co.uk/product-cate...
srlpublishing.co.uk/product-cate...
Stolen by Meta - SRL Publishing
“No part of this book shall be used in any manner for the purpose of training artificial intelligence (AI) systems or technologies.” – a small statement in our copyright page of our books, completely ...
srlpublishing.co.uk
September 17, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Round of applause to @srlpublishing.bsky.social for this: a web page listing each of their books stolen by Meta. More active shaming of techbro thieves from publishers, please!
srlpublishing.co.uk/product-cate...
srlpublishing.co.uk/product-cate...
Thread about a great American journalist. RIP.
RIP Marilyn Hagerty, a great North Dakotan and a terrific journalist, most famous for this review of the Grand Forks Olive Garden, which was lauded by thousands (including Anthony Bourdain)
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THE EATBEAT: Long-awaited Olive Garden receives warm welcome
After a lengthy wait for Olive Garden to open in Grand Forks, the lines were long in February. The novelty is slowly wearing off, but the steady following attests the warm welcome.
www.grandforksherald.com
September 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Thread about a great American journalist. RIP.
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Each swan on the Thames is 'owned' by either the monarch, the Vintners', or the Dyers' livery companies. Each July a census and marking of the swans takes place known as 'swan upping'. This statue of a Vintners' swan upper is on Upper Thames Street, opposite Vintners' Hall.
September 8, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Each swan on the Thames is 'owned' by either the monarch, the Vintners', or the Dyers' livery companies. Each July a census and marking of the swans takes place known as 'swan upping'. This statue of a Vintners' swan upper is on Upper Thames Street, opposite Vintners' Hall.
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I’m seeing anti-immigrant accounts on bluesky, and people interacting with them. Come on, here we block and move on. No space here for Nazis.
a man wearing sunglasses and a white shirt with the word block written on it
ALT: a man wearing sunglasses and a white shirt with the word block written on it
media.tenor.com
September 1, 2025 at 7:23 AM
I’m seeing anti-immigrant accounts on bluesky, and people interacting with them. Come on, here we block and move on. No space here for Nazis.
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Humblebundle to support World Central Kitchen, and get a bunch of my books from @tordotcom.bsky.social including Murderbot and Witch King! #booksky
www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
Humble Book Bundle: Martha Wells' Murderbot and More by TOR
Fall in love with Martha Wells’ The Murderbot Diaries series—the engine behind the hit AppleTV adaptation—and help support World Central Kitchen.
www.humblebundle.com
August 24, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Humblebundle to support World Central Kitchen, and get a bunch of my books from @tordotcom.bsky.social including Murderbot and Witch King! #booksky
www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
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TV showe idea: The Criterion Closet and the NPR Tinye Deske are private detectyves wyth a tense rivalrye until romaunse doth begin to blossom bitwene them...
August 16, 2025 at 2:53 AM
TV showe idea: The Criterion Closet and the NPR Tinye Deske are private detectyves wyth a tense rivalrye until romaunse doth begin to blossom bitwene them...
The American theater director Robert Wilson, known in France (but nowhere else, AFAIK) as "Bob," died today at age 83. Looking at the French news outlets, it's so funny to see everyone but the relatively staid Le Monde reporting that "Bob" has died. www.rfi.fr/fr/en-bref/2...
Le metteur en scène et dramaturge américain Bob Wilson est mort à l’âge de 83 ans
Le metteur en scène et dramaturge américain, Robert Wilson, dit Bob Wilson, est mort ce jeudi 31 juillet. Il est décédé « paisiblement à l’âge de 83 ans après une brève mais sévère maladie », a précis...
www.rfi.fr
July 31, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The American theater director Robert Wilson, known in France (but nowhere else, AFAIK) as "Bob," died today at age 83. Looking at the French news outlets, it's so funny to see everyone but the relatively staid Le Monde reporting that "Bob" has died. www.rfi.fr/fr/en-bref/2...
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I do feel a great sense of satisfaction in knowing that Tom Lehrer outlived Kissinger
July 27, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I do feel a great sense of satisfaction in knowing that Tom Lehrer outlived Kissinger
Saplings? Cool.
✏️ Street Vendors of Saplings and Candy in Istanbul, 1839
July 8, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Saplings? Cool.
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You helped will this into existence, you know...
July 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
You helped will this into existence, you know...
For those times when "dumpster fire" falls short as an analogy for the national situation.
BLOOMBERG
America’s Hot Garbage Problem
Beneath layers of waste, landfills around the US have been reaching scorching temperatures, and neighbors have been getting sick.
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
America’s Hot Garbage Problem
Beneath layers of waste, landfills around the US have been reaching scorching temperatures, and neighbors have been getting sick.
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
America’s Overheated Landfills Have Been Making People Sick
Beneath layers of waste, landfills around the US have been reaching scorching temperatures, spewing toxic gases and geysers of trash juice.
www.bloomberg.com
July 2, 2025 at 12:36 PM
For those times when "dumpster fire" falls short as an analogy for the national situation.
Scary, indeed. It takes awhile for the payoff to come, but once it does...
You wanna see something really scary? open.substack.com/pub/amandagu...
July 2, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Scary, indeed. It takes awhile for the payoff to come, but once it does...
Brilliant news
I imagined the Chatsubo in 1984. 41 years later I opened its door. Neuromancer is in production.
July 1, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Brilliant news