John Dugan
@sicsicsinefine.bsky.social
Classicist, Buffalonian, Boston native, US and Irish citizen. Posts mostly about my dog, travel, food, drink, and unwise fitness activities. aetate iam adfectus, sed tamen exercitatione robustus.
Should conversation with your out of town visitors start to sputter, I suggest a group reading of this masterpiece. www.theringer.com/2025/11/25/n...
The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
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November 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Should conversation with your out of town visitors start to sputter, I suggest a group reading of this masterpiece. www.theringer.com/2025/11/25/n...
Roquefort brightens any day.
November 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Roquefort brightens any day.
Snoozing with Shack.
November 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Snoozing with Shack.
Friday night Negroni.
November 14, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Friday night Negroni.
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A real president does this.
Thank you to every veteran who’s worn the uniform and carried the weight for the rest of us — just respect 🇺🇸
Thank you to every veteran who’s worn the uniform and carried the weight for the rest of us — just respect 🇺🇸
November 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
A real president does this.
Thank you to every veteran who’s worn the uniform and carried the weight for the rest of us — just respect 🇺🇸
Thank you to every veteran who’s worn the uniform and carried the weight for the rest of us — just respect 🇺🇸
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Can't think why I feel the need to re-share this story from December 2017 at this particular time. Absolutely no idea whatsoever.
Professor William Harris retires as University settles sexual harassment lawsuit
Columbia history professor William Harris retired on Monday as part of the settlement of a sexual harassment lawsuit against the University, administrators announced in an email to Graduate School of ...
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November 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Can't think why I feel the need to re-share this story from December 2017 at this particular time. Absolutely no idea whatsoever.
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We didn’t smash any tables. We didn’t eat a garbage plate. But you better believe the Bills got that W today.
Thanks to Gov. Kathy Hochul for bringing the #BillsMafia energy to Astoria today—and to Murphy’s Bar for having us.
Thanks to Gov. Kathy Hochul for bringing the #BillsMafia energy to Astoria today—and to Murphy’s Bar for having us.
November 3, 2025 at 12:40 AM
We didn’t smash any tables. We didn’t eat a garbage plate. But you better believe the Bills got that W today.
Thanks to Gov. Kathy Hochul for bringing the #BillsMafia energy to Astoria today—and to Murphy’s Bar for having us.
Thanks to Gov. Kathy Hochul for bringing the #BillsMafia energy to Astoria today—and to Murphy’s Bar for having us.
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🧵 This is trending on Korean socials
November 1, 2025 at 7:36 PM
🧵 This is trending on Korean socials
Utterly cheering.
‘I try to make them feel as ignorant as possible’: German museum’s ‘grumpy guide’ is surprise hit
‘I try to make them feel as ignorant as possible’: German museum’s ‘grumpy guide’ is surprise hit
Performance artist’s aggressive art historian shouts at visitors and insults curators – and his tours are sold out
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Utterly cheering.
Vlad is having quite a night.
October 28, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Vlad is having quite a night.
“Riefenstahl was asked if she wished to apologize for her complicity with the Nazi Party. “I don’t know what I should apologize for…I cannot apologize, for example, for having made Triumph of the Will. It won the top prize. All my films won the top prize.”
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
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What Leni Riefenstahl’s Work Reveals About Fascism
The director’s collaborations with the Nazi government translated Hitler’s ideas to film, almost verbatim.
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October 27, 2025 at 9:37 PM
“Riefenstahl was asked if she wished to apologize for her complicity with the Nazi Party. “I don’t know what I should apologize for…I cannot apologize, for example, for having made Triumph of the Will. It won the top prize. All my films won the top prize.”
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
Sammy shedding the autumn chill
October 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Sammy shedding the autumn chill
I wonder what stage of societal collapse this headline signals.
October 19, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I wonder what stage of societal collapse this headline signals.
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This looks like I made it with AI but no, when the sumo wrestler won the big tournament today at the Royal Albert Hall he was gifted a gigantic bottle of soy sauce.
October 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
This looks like I made it with AI but no, when the sumo wrestler won the big tournament today at the Royal Albert Hall he was gifted a gigantic bottle of soy sauce.
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God, Slavery, and Early Christianity is out in the real world with @universitypress.cambridge.org!
I have some extra, so retweet this by the end of Oct. 19 if you’re interested in receiving a copy!
Book info here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...
I have some extra, so retweet this by the end of Oct. 19 if you’re interested in receiving a copy!
Book info here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...
October 15, 2025 at 10:28 PM
God, Slavery, and Early Christianity is out in the real world with @universitypress.cambridge.org!
I have some extra, so retweet this by the end of Oct. 19 if you’re interested in receiving a copy!
Book info here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...
I have some extra, so retweet this by the end of Oct. 19 if you’re interested in receiving a copy!
Book info here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...
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I will knock doors for any 2028 candidate who makes this their slogan.
Fuckers need to pay.
October 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I will knock doors for any 2028 candidate who makes this their slogan.
Marc sticks the landing. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
WTF with Marc Maron Podcast
Comedy Podcast · Updated Semiweekly · Marc Maron welcomes comedians, actors, directors, writers, authors, musicians and folks from all walks of life to his home for amazingly revealing conversations. ...
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October 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Marc sticks the landing. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
Anise pick me up.
October 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Anise pick me up.
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Broken Eggs, by Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1756
October 6, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Broken Eggs, by Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1756
I need Jackson Lamb’s cheery optimism as a palate cleanser from that loss in the Bronx.
October 2, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I need Jackson Lamb’s cheery optimism as a palate cleanser from that loss in the Bronx.
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Becoming an ancient crone who tells mystical tales to the English majors in my classes about the halcyon days when the college library was wall-to-wall stacks of wonderful books rather than 80% coldly sanitized monochrome “flex spaces”
October 1, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Becoming an ancient crone who tells mystical tales to the English majors in my classes about the halcyon days when the college library was wall-to-wall stacks of wonderful books rather than 80% coldly sanitized monochrome “flex spaces”