telston.bsky.social
Historical dilettante
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Altogether elsewhere vast
Herds of reindeer move across
Miles and miles of open moss,
Silently and very fast.
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There's nobody here but us chickens...
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Yes you are.
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Somewhat encouraging.
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That's what they call *a mythos*.
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Did he ever have any?
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Erm.
Because they're very stupid, would be my guess.
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Nebuchadnezzar strongly disagrees.
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Most commendable.
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I suspect it's to do with an Anglophone aversion to weak vowels.
We need to get a linguist on the case.
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See also, minellium.
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And should.
If you're reading this Mr Turtledove.
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Once he was the king of Spain,
And now he eats humble pie...
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Legitimacy can never been faked, possibly.
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It's useful when people signal so strongly that you should block them.
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He was taken from us too soon, especially if you're fond of Bible stories transferred to a Netherlandish setting.
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He is lord of the last,
The fifth, most wonderful, flood,
He hears her thunder past,
And her song is in his blood...
(Anti - Semitic tropes remain that, however poetically rendered)
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It's a pity *A Case of Conscience* is so meh.
It's an interesting idea.
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I thought that was pretty much all of Star Trek.
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*New France, I should say.
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Perhaps in Canada they held flintlocks and kissed Huron babies.
After all a lot of SF is recycled Cowboys and Indians.
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Specifically, The Prussian Strategy in The Crimean War.
A wonderful example of doing nothing in particular and doing it very well.
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*Beers, though bees would definitely be cool.
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My apologies.
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"My thoughts fly far away through the limpid realms of Space,
Equally insensible to the sufferings of humankind..."
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I'd say they've endorsed it lukewarmly, for rather obvious reasons m
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The Honest Broker awaits the call.
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Perhaps Europeans could design special low - alcohol bees for visiting Brits.
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This is telling.
Once you've stopped buying new stuff you've acknowledged you're old.
Which is actually quite liberating.
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It was probably unwise for Ukraine to align itself with Russia.
The result is a strong tendency for Europe to walk by on the other side.
Not great, but understandable.
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These Commie buildings are often surprisingly ok.
Building standards are something that surprisingly seem to be worse in the new millennium.
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The Brits are fine as long as you can keep them sober.
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Good to know they're not completely worthless.
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4AM in the morning,
Carried away by (misnamed) Midnight Hammer...
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With the exception of Obama recent US presidents have run the whole gamut from *unbelievably stupid* to *no discernible brain activity*.
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Life is always hazardous if you're a Gulf state.
I think there are opportunities as well as risks in the present conjuncture.
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What if he gives him The Hut of Baba Yaga?
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Worth a try, I suppose.
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The last 18 months have been pure gravy for Riyadh.
Ultimately it can always rely on others to defend its interests for it.
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Quite. The regime is safe in the short - term although its military weakness has changed the balance of forces in the region.
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I presume that's why there's been so little attempt to rally support domestically.
This is envisaged as a very limited action.
More like Clinton's attacks on Iraq than W's.
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They really need to buy off Trump if they can.
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In one way this is depressing. But in another it's probably fortunate.
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Obviously I'm not.
My lenses are beautifully polished.
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Unfortunately humans can also be exceptionally stupid, especially if afflicted with ideology (as unfortunately most posters are).
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It's probably time for Iran to admit defeat for the present.
It can resume its nuclear weapons program once US attention has drifted away from ME.
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*none of these things
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It's extremely depressing.
But we've known we were fucked since November.
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As an oldie who does dine of these things I'd prefer that you didn't.
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I suppose it may take a while before we get much real information.