Philip Ruff
@ruffphilip.bsky.social
Anarchist historian with a weakness for Latvia, good music and things that go bump in the night. Anarhistu vēsturnieks.
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Philip Ruff
@ruffphilip.bsky.social
· Dec 11
A Towering Flame: The Life & Times of the Elusive Latvian Anarchist Peter the Painter.
"Ruff avoids the traps of simplistic celebration or condemnation - a marvellous work of historical rediscovery" - John Patten, KSL
Order from @breviarystuff.bsky.social www.breviarystuff.org.uk/philip-ruff-...
"Ruff avoids the traps of simplistic celebration or condemnation - a marvellous work of historical rediscovery" - John Patten, KSL
Order from @breviarystuff.bsky.social www.breviarystuff.org.uk/philip-ruff-...
November 13, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Interlude concluded. 🐍
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn87...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn87...
Skyforger - Rāmava [LIVE]
YouTube video by Gatis Kalniņš
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November 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Interlude concluded. 🐍
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn87...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn87...
Lekcija "Pētera Šmita telpiskā pasaule" 6. novembrī plkst. 18.00.
Apmeklējums bez maksas. Lekcijas ilgums - līdz plkst. 19.00!
Latvijas Fotogrāfijas muzejs
www.facebook.com/events/13543...
Apmeklējums bez maksas. Lekcijas ilgums - līdz plkst. 19.00!
Latvijas Fotogrāfijas muzejs
www.facebook.com/events/13543...
November 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Lekcija "Pētera Šmita telpiskā pasaule" 6. novembrī plkst. 18.00.
Apmeklējums bez maksas. Lekcijas ilgums - līdz plkst. 19.00!
Latvijas Fotogrāfijas muzejs
www.facebook.com/events/13543...
Apmeklējums bez maksas. Lekcijas ilgums - līdz plkst. 19.00!
Latvijas Fotogrāfijas muzejs
www.facebook.com/events/13543...
Bald baddie straight from central casting... 🧐
Wow, this story truly has it all - Wagner-style mercenaries in Eastern Europe disrupting elections, looting the DRC and other African countries, Gaddafi's hipster daughter getting exhibits in Moscow, Chechen leader ties, proxies in UAE - the evil parade goes on...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Kremlin-linked operatives scramble to stop extradition of mercenary accused of plotting coup
Exclusive: Inside a Russian bid to free Horațiu Potra, a mercenary held in Dubai accused of conspiring to ‘overthrow constitutional order’ in Romania
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Bald baddie straight from central casting... 🧐
Big demonstration in Rīga against exit from the Istanbul Convention protecting women.
29.10. Latvijas tauta protestē ielās. 30.10. Izskatās drīzāk pēc rindas pasta nodaļā.
29.10. Latvijas tauta protestē ielās. 30.10. Izskatās drīzāk pēc rindas pasta nodaļā.
October 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Big demonstration in Rīga against exit from the Istanbul Convention protecting women.
29.10. Latvijas tauta protestē ielās. 30.10. Izskatās drīzāk pēc rindas pasta nodaļā.
29.10. Latvijas tauta protestē ielās. 30.10. Izskatās drīzāk pēc rindas pasta nodaļā.
Yikes! 😬
October 30, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Yikes! 😬
Never mind the time, I don't even know what day it is... To be honest, it's all been a bit of a blur since 1986 🙄
October 26, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Never mind the time, I don't even know what day it is... To be honest, it's all been a bit of a blur since 1986 🙄
Still waiting for the Transfiguration of Deaf Joe Lemon 🍋
October 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Still waiting for the Transfiguration of Deaf Joe Lemon 🍋
Seriously, JD - you need to go back on the elephant tranquilisers before you hurt yourself... #No-Faux-King-Way-Jose
October 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Seriously, JD - you need to go back on the elephant tranquilisers before you hurt yourself... #No-Faux-King-Way-Jose
"We might not be the greatest pub in the world, but we had the greatest group in the world drinking here!"
The Beatles at the Salway Arms, 31 Angel Lane, Stratford, East London, on 5 February 1967, during the filming of "Penny Lane". The pub was demolished three years later.
The Beatles at the Salway Arms, 31 Angel Lane, Stratford, East London, on 5 February 1967, during the filming of "Penny Lane". The pub was demolished three years later.
October 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
"We might not be the greatest pub in the world, but we had the greatest group in the world drinking here!"
The Beatles at the Salway Arms, 31 Angel Lane, Stratford, East London, on 5 February 1967, during the filming of "Penny Lane". The pub was demolished three years later.
The Beatles at the Salway Arms, 31 Angel Lane, Stratford, East London, on 5 February 1967, during the filming of "Penny Lane". The pub was demolished three years later.
Wondering what to get the kids for Christmas?
October 12, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Wondering what to get the kids for Christmas?
Gary Larson is my favourite cartoonist. 😉
October 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Gary Larson is my favourite cartoonist. 😉
Reposted by Philip Ruff
this is one of my favorite history books
A Towering Flame: The Life & Times of the Elusive Latvian Anarchist Peter the Painter.
"Ruff avoids the traps of simplistic celebration or condemnation - a marvellous work of historical rediscovery" - John Patten, KSL
Order from @breviarystuff.bsky.social www.breviarystuff.org.uk/philip-ruff-...
"Ruff avoids the traps of simplistic celebration or condemnation - a marvellous work of historical rediscovery" - John Patten, KSL
Order from @breviarystuff.bsky.social www.breviarystuff.org.uk/philip-ruff-...
October 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
this is one of my favorite history books
Ukrainian anarchist Nestor Makhno with his daughter Elena Mikhnenko (1922–1993) in Paris, 1925. And Elena at Alma-Ata, 7 January, 1946. Exiled to the Dzhambul Region of the Kazakh SSR for five years as "a socially dangerous element", she was released from exile in September, 1950. 🌻
October 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Ukrainian anarchist Nestor Makhno with his daughter Elena Mikhnenko (1922–1993) in Paris, 1925. And Elena at Alma-Ata, 7 January, 1946. Exiled to the Dzhambul Region of the Kazakh SSR for five years as "a socially dangerous element", she was released from exile in September, 1950. 🌻
My wonderful daughter, Olive, is thirty-nine today - whoopee! Proud to be her Dad 😍
October 5, 2025 at 10:08 AM
My wonderful daughter, Olive, is thirty-nine today - whoopee! Proud to be her Dad 😍
Patricia Routledge has left the "Bouquet" residence, age 96. The name was BUCKET and she's kicked it! I hope comedy heaven has a swimming pool and room for a pony. RIP 🌹
October 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Patricia Routledge has left the "Bouquet" residence, age 96. The name was BUCKET and she's kicked it! I hope comedy heaven has a swimming pool and room for a pony. RIP 🌹
Grandaughter Fiadh just dropped in to discuss Bakunin's theory of Invisible Dictatorship, but it ended up (as always) with me showing off how good I was at drawing Crocodiles. Fiadh thinks I should take the business of opening up The Floodgates of Anarchy more seriously... 🐊
October 1, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Grandaughter Fiadh just dropped in to discuss Bakunin's theory of Invisible Dictatorship, but it ended up (as always) with me showing off how good I was at drawing Crocodiles. Fiadh thinks I should take the business of opening up The Floodgates of Anarchy more seriously... 🐊
Former Brexit Party MEP admits accepting bribes to shill for Russia www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
Former Brexit Party MEP admits accepting bribes to shill for Russia
Nathan Gill admitted eight counts of bribery between 2018 and 2019. He said he was tasked to make specific statements in return for money. #EuropeNews
www.euronews.com
September 27, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Former Brexit Party MEP admits accepting bribes to shill for Russia www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
The "Liv head", a pagan idol depicting an ancient deity, was unearthed by a Salaspils farmer and brought to Riga in 1851. It was found anew in 2000, buried in the garden of Dom Cathedral, and is now exhibited in the cloisters. A replica is displayed in a corner of Livu Laukums. #Latvia
September 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The "Liv head", a pagan idol depicting an ancient deity, was unearthed by a Salaspils farmer and brought to Riga in 1851. It was found anew in 2000, buried in the garden of Dom Cathedral, and is now exhibited in the cloisters. A replica is displayed in a corner of Livu Laukums. #Latvia