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callidusdominus.bsky.social
Cynic who wishes to be idealistic. MA Graduate Royal Holloway and UCL. Foe of #Malebolge, Asexual Aromantic, Autistic, He/Him. Library Assistant.
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Finished “The Monk”…wow…I mean, just wow. All human beings should read, or other beings too if they can read any human language. After more than 200 years, this work is still so wildly dramatic and shocking like Catherine from Northanger Abbey describes 😮

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Says the guy who won't even respond to the mothers of his own children

submitted 12 hours ago • 2371 comments

Thank goodness for the American Medical Association. Here is their YouTube page. Please share far and wide. Right now bird flu is spreading throughout our country and most people have no clue. Please stay updated and bookmark this page for your health and well-being. www.youtube.com/@americanmed...

submitted 10 days ago • 519 comments

Began reading It by Stephen King on the 12th! The classic story of horror in a small town in Maine told across many years! I've just finished Chapter 4! #It #StephenKing www.instagram.com/p/DGZIeGPtfB...

submitted 9 hours ago • 0 comments

Just a few more instances of ceding the ground to the right on everything then we'll be able to finally get some real Sensible governance done around here!

submitted 22 hours ago • 2 comments

Worst. Episode. EVER.

submitted 1 day ago • 860 comments

The fact that Donald Trump blames Ukraine for Putin's invasion is appalling.

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submitted 17 hours ago • 1 comment

I wrote a thing for @folgerlibrary.bsky.social about dirtbag medievalism (with extensive reference to @meganlcook.bsky.social ) and Shakespeare. #medievalsky #shakespeare

submitted 31 days ago • 5 comments

Graham Linehan on Trump pretending to be an advocate for women's rights: "Hooray!" Graham Linehan on Trump being a misogynist, a sexual predator, and a friend of Jeffrey Epstein: "They're all lies by the media!"

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Right now, visits from my tiny circle of friends are exactly what I need (it's a difficult time for me). George RR Martin (he’s roadtripping with Michael Cassutt; was great to meet him!) stopped by last night and got to meet my space cats. 😊 Ah, cats and friends. They are joy.

submitted 16 days ago • 14 comments

It’s good to stay in shape and eat healthy but you also need to be reading. Get a library card. Find a book that appeals to you. Spend a few minutes reading before bed. Your brain will thank you, and you’ll be pleasantly shocked at the joy that books bring.

submitted 12 days ago • 8 comments

"So, you get to keep Ukraine and I can have Greenland, Panama and Disneyland Paris?" Based on Gilray's 1805 - The Plum Pudding in Danger

submitted 9 days ago • 3 comments

I see Hadley Freeman in the Sunday Times is doubling down on the Saturday's claim that Trump is a "feminist champion". Her claim to "respect trans people" follows her explicitly asserting trans girls and women are boys and men.

submitted 14 days ago • 26 comments

Your occasional reminder that actor Ian Richardson's father, John, invented the McVities Jaffa Cake.

submitted 16 days ago • 22 comments

Every time I glance over at Doctor Who Twitter, I'm validated about stepping away from it. The current discourse: David Tennant is bad. Why? Because he played a villain one time. If that sounds like me being glib or simplifying it, I swear to you that's seriously what the "discourse" is right now.

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Oh yes, Homer’s famous “Tes Thdpssssps.” 👍🏻

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If I were still on Twitter, I would've voted No. Only mad #DoctorWho haters would want Lunatic Laurence Fox to be the next incarnation (who'd end up being mediocre).

submitted 18 hours ago • 3 comments

Sheryl Crow has sold her Tesla and donated the proceeds to NPR. “My parents always said... you are who you hang out with”

submitted 7 days ago • 73 comments