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· Sep 16
" 'Lymond is back.'
It was known soon after the 'Sea-Catte' reached Scotland from Campvere with an illicit cargo and a man she should not have carried.
'Lymond is in Scotland.'
It was said by busy men preparing for war against England...
- The Game of Kings -
Dorothy Dunnett
It was known soon after the 'Sea-Catte' reached Scotland from Campvere with an illicit cargo and a man she should not have carried.
'Lymond is in Scotland.'
It was said by busy men preparing for war against England...
- The Game of Kings -
Dorothy Dunnett
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New in Historia!
The winning, highly commended and shortlisted authors and stories in the 2025 HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition.
Find out who they are and what makes them special at historiamag.com/hwaddss25-winner-shortlist
#HWADDSS25
The winning, highly commended and shortlisted authors and stories in the 2025 HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition.
Find out who they are and what makes them special at historiamag.com/hwaddss25-winner-shortlist
#HWADDSS25
October 3, 2025 at 12:17 PM
New in Historia!
The winning, highly commended and shortlisted authors and stories in the 2025 HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition.
Find out who they are and what makes them special at historiamag.com/hwaddss25-winner-shortlist
#HWADDSS25
The winning, highly commended and shortlisted authors and stories in the 2025 HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition.
Find out who they are and what makes them special at historiamag.com/hwaddss25-winner-shortlist
#HWADDSS25
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
@spiderbill.bsky.social Hi, not sure if you're still playing the casting game but I have a couple for you.
Jack Lowden for Lymond
Siobhán Cullen for Oonagh.
#Dunnettcontent
Jack Lowden for Lymond
Siobhán Cullen for Oonagh.
#Dunnettcontent
May 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
@spiderbill.bsky.social Hi, not sure if you're still playing the casting game but I have a couple for you.
Jack Lowden for Lymond
Siobhán Cullen for Oonagh.
#Dunnettcontent
Jack Lowden for Lymond
Siobhán Cullen for Oonagh.
#Dunnettcontent
British Library - calendar scene for May showing a boating party, from The Golf Book 1520-1530. Simon Brening, Bruges (posting Dunnett related content to cheer myself up and enjoy a nice feed online today). #dunnett
May 2, 2025 at 7:01 AM
British Library - calendar scene for May showing a boating party, from The Golf Book 1520-1530. Simon Brening, Bruges (posting Dunnett related content to cheer myself up and enjoy a nice feed online today). #dunnett
The Lady and the Unicorn six tapestries woven around 1500 for the Le Viste family, merchants of Lyon. The set is on display in the Musée de Cluny in Paris and they are stunning.
#Dunnett
#Dunnett
March 30, 2025 at 8:39 AM
The Lady and the Unicorn six tapestries woven around 1500 for the Le Viste family, merchants of Lyon. The set is on display in the Musée de Cluny in Paris and they are stunning.
#Dunnett
#Dunnett
On the day that his grannie was killed by the English, Sir William Scott the Younger of Buccleuch was at Melrose Abbey, marrying his aunt.
-The Disorderly Knights-
Dorothy Dunnett
#Dunnett
Portable altar - Musée de Cluny. I was surprised by how small this is but perhaps not the same thing?
-The Disorderly Knights-
Dorothy Dunnett
#Dunnett
Portable altar - Musée de Cluny. I was surprised by how small this is but perhaps not the same thing?
March 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
On the day that his grannie was killed by the English, Sir William Scott the Younger of Buccleuch was at Melrose Abbey, marrying his aunt.
-The Disorderly Knights-
Dorothy Dunnett
#Dunnett
Portable altar - Musée de Cluny. I was surprised by how small this is but perhaps not the same thing?
-The Disorderly Knights-
Dorothy Dunnett
#Dunnett
Portable altar - Musée de Cluny. I was surprised by how small this is but perhaps not the same thing?
What the celebration at the castle had been, Austin Grey never discovered.
-Checkmate-
Dorothy Dunnett
Going to Paris and staying in the Latin Quarter so picked up 'Checkmate'. Long time since last re read and just amazed to rediscover how brilliant #Dunnett is already can't put it down!
-Checkmate-
Dorothy Dunnett
Going to Paris and staying in the Latin Quarter so picked up 'Checkmate'. Long time since last re read and just amazed to rediscover how brilliant #Dunnett is already can't put it down!
March 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
What the celebration at the castle had been, Austin Grey never discovered.
-Checkmate-
Dorothy Dunnett
Going to Paris and staying in the Latin Quarter so picked up 'Checkmate'. Long time since last re read and just amazed to rediscover how brilliant #Dunnett is already can't put it down!
-Checkmate-
Dorothy Dunnett
Going to Paris and staying in the Latin Quarter so picked up 'Checkmate'. Long time since last re read and just amazed to rediscover how brilliant #Dunnett is already can't put it down!
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House Democrats sing “We Shall Overcome” following Rep. Al Green’s censure:
March 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
House Democrats sing “We Shall Overcome” following Rep. Al Green’s censure:
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March 6, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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This is a wildly dangerous sign — the idea that there are only five SCOTUS votes for paying congressionally mandated invoices for work *already* done!? This should be as basic a test of Article I as you can get. And that does not bode well for decisions to come.
BREAKING: On a 5-4 order, SCOTUS denies DOJ’s motion to vacate Judge Ali’s State/USAID order, but notes that his prior deadline passed, so Ali is going to have to go back to the drawing board and “clarify” what the gov’t needs to do, “with due regard for the feasibility of any compliance timelines.”
![SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
No. 24A831
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, ET AL. U. AIDS VACCINE ADVOCACY COALITION, ET AL.
ON APPLICATION TO VACATE THE ORDER ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
(March 5, 2025]
On February 13, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia entered a temporary restraining order enjoining the Government from enforcing directives pausing disbursements of foreign development assistance funds.
The present application does not challenge the Government's obligation to follow that order. On February 25, the District Court ordered the Government to issue payments for a portion of the paused disbursements-those owed for work already completed before the issuance of the District Court's temporary restraining order-by 11:59 p.m. on February 26. Several hours before that deadline, the Government filed this application to vacate the District Court's February 25 order and requested an immediate administrative stay. THE CHIEF JUSTICE entered an administrative stay shortly before the 11:59 p.m. deadline and subsequently referred the application to the Court. The application is denied. Given that the deadline in the challenged order has now passed, and in light of the ongoing preliminary injunction proceedings, the District Court should clarify what obligations the Government must fulfill to ensure compliance with the temporary restraining order, with due regard for the feasibility of any compliance timelines. The order heretofore entered by THE CHIEF JUSTICE is vacated.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreiancyolrpahy5eevk7jckhjxanf3xodqpitrzmowz5o6ke7ukg7sq@jpeg)
March 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
This is a wildly dangerous sign — the idea that there are only five SCOTUS votes for paying congressionally mandated invoices for work *already* done!? This should be as basic a test of Article I as you can get. And that does not bode well for decisions to come.
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Al Green after he was THROWN out:
🔥 "It is the best way to get on the course to a person who uses his incivility, who uses his incivility against our civility."
🔥 "It is the best way to get on the course to a person who uses his incivility, who uses his incivility against our civility."
March 5, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Al Green after he was THROWN out:
🔥 "It is the best way to get on the course to a person who uses his incivility, who uses his incivility against our civility."
🔥 "It is the best way to get on the course to a person who uses his incivility, who uses his incivility against our civility."
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Donald Trump is laser focused… on giving tax cuts to billionaires while your family shoulders the burden.
March 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Donald Trump is laser focused… on giving tax cuts to billionaires while your family shoulders the burden.
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Former 🇺🇸 ambassador to Russia 👇🏽
March 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Former 🇺🇸 ambassador to Russia 👇🏽
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Please share. 🙏🏻
March 2, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Please share. 🙏🏻
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BREAKING: “They have been invaded by Russia. This is Russian aggression and the quickest way to end this conflict is Russia to stop the aggression and we need to be really clear about that”
Prime Minister Keir Starmer 👏
Prime Minister Keir Starmer 👏
March 2, 2025 at 9:22 AM
BREAKING: “They have been invaded by Russia. This is Russian aggression and the quickest way to end this conflict is Russia to stop the aggression and we need to be really clear about that”
Prime Minister Keir Starmer 👏
Prime Minister Keir Starmer 👏
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Obama and Biden may think they are honoring the office of the presidency by keeping quiet at a moment like this — if so that’s just preening vanity — they owe it to the office and to the Republic that until last month it served to speak up loudly and clearly and without relent.
February 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Obama and Biden may think they are honoring the office of the presidency by keeping quiet at a moment like this — if so that’s just preening vanity — they owe it to the office and to the Republic that until last month it served to speak up loudly and clearly and without relent.
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A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.”
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
February 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.”
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
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"Cuts have no apparent regard for civil society or opportunity costs or long-term strategic thinking. Their targets are Elon Musk’s and Project 2025’s targets. They have found no fraud, just democracy at work. They’re apparently eager to see what happens when it no longer does." Brian Barrett:
The DOGE Takeover Is Worse Than You Think
What’s happening to the US government right now is bad. What comes next is worse.
www.wired.com
February 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"Cuts have no apparent regard for civil society or opportunity costs or long-term strategic thinking. Their targets are Elon Musk’s and Project 2025’s targets. They have found no fraud, just democracy at work. They’re apparently eager to see what happens when it no longer does." Brian Barrett:
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Medicaid is not for sale.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
February 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Medicaid is not for sale.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
I swear one day I'll kill him. Kill who? The man next door, Richard Barclay, rock journalist and overgrown schoolboy, is who.
- Dead Beat -
Val McDermid
- Dead Beat -
Val McDermid
February 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I swear one day I'll kill him. Kill who? The man next door, Richard Barclay, rock journalist and overgrown schoolboy, is who.
- Dead Beat -
Val McDermid
- Dead Beat -
Val McDermid