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Literary translator, actor, early modern drama enthusiast. Luddite geek. Greek. Truth, justice, and the comics. Mostly in Athens. (@amaenad from Twitter but more chill) All photos licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 More on: https://pixelfed.social/CommonMugwort
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Came to the edge of my building and saw the heart of Los Angeles march by. 💚❤💙💜💛 This right here is what makes my city great. Don't let the dictator or his cronies tell you different. #LosAngeles #NoKings #LittleTokyo #ArtsDistrict

Ruins of Athens: Ano Petralona #UrbanPhotography #Athens

Yes!

Slightly orthogonal point: I think it was an error by Moran to delete the post. Like an org removing DEI from their website (and so many other examples). The removal can be twisted into a (false) acknowledgement of guilt, and the right will seize that weakness as an opportunity to strike.

June 14th is Athens Pride. We are proud of our city’s queer history and its democratic history. Join us to stand up for LGBTQ rights and against tyranny. #Athens #Greece #Pride #AthensPride #NoKings #NoKingsButDragKings

Worth noting LBJ used the National Guard to protect and expand civil rights; DJT is doing exactly the opposite.

It’s a leaving mean restaurant reviews kind of Sunday, and I have duly done so.

Matthew Modine and Nicolas Cage, London (1985) Photograph by Anne Billson

This works better than a molotov cocktail.

It's simple. Trump is sending ICE after citizens & people in the country legally, knowing there will be resistance. He will use that resistance as an excuse to escalate & militarize violence. He will then invoke the Insurrection Act and declare martial law in order to cancel/undermine the mid-terms.

A must for snail fight fans, this particular molluscine conflict, which could be described as a battle between two spineless creatures, one of which has two legs and a sword, was the occasion for my finest hour as a digital theatre performer. #Thersites #EarlyModern

This spectacular over-reaction is designed to give Fox News the ammunition to paint California as a lawless hellhole.

There are ZERO riots. I am in downtown Los Angeles. There are live feeds of everything that was here and what went down in Paramount. Dudes on mini bikes making noise and people holding Fuck Ice signs etc. But no violence from protesters. None. Cannot say the same about the opposition.

The conditions that have led to what’s happening in the US today exist in democracies around the world. They are an inevitable outcome of our collective failure to adapt to fundamental changes in the information ecosystem on which our democracies were originally built.

At the MMU degree shows today. Some amazing talent on display. This was my absolute fave: Hantu by Rosie Hutabarat. It's a beautiful full-colour graphic novel full of magical imagery. MMU staff only had one copy for sale, because the artist didn't think anyone would be interested in buying it!

A must for snail fight fans, this particular molluscine conflict, which could be described as a battle between two spineless creatures, one of which has two legs and a sword, was the occasion for my finest hour as a digital theatre performer. #Thersites #EarlyModern

I promise this isn’t going to become a political account, but as it happens, Athens Pride is a week from today, June 14th, the same day an the wannabe U.S. dictator’s military parade and the many No Kings protests organised against it. Please share details of the Athens event? #NoKings #Pride

Για τον Φιλιππίδη και τους διάφορους Φιλιππίδηδες

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What on earth do you think you’re doing? #CatsOfAthens #Caturday #Cats

51.45429, -0.97507 #BlueSkyArtShow #Vibrant #ReadingUK #RDGUK #StreetArt #PublicArt #Photography

What on earth do you think you’re doing? #CatsOfAthens #Caturday #Cats

June 14th is Athens Pride. We are proud of our city’s queer and democratic history and we hope you will join us at Syntagma to stand up for LGBTQ rights and resist tyranny. Please share our flyer. #AthensPride #NoKings #Athens #Greece #NoKingsButDragKings #Pride #International

I wish people wouldn’t post AI-generated images, no matter how funny or politically on point the prompt. #ArtIsMadeByHumans

From HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT (2020): "Trump covers up crime with scandal. That is his main propaganda tactic, the one few seem to be able to discern...The crimes are much worse than the scandals, but the media will always take the scandal bait." www.hidinginplainsightbook.com

I #AdoreSnails and I adore this play, Thersites! If you don't fancy coming along to next Tuesday's talk (details below this post), then do check out this "slightly more souped up production than usual" 👇🐌 www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqAg...

kinda nuts how everybody involved in and reporting on this is going to continue past the revelation that the President is probably actionably a sexual predator of minors as if nothing happened, which is basically what's been happening all along anyway

Ιταλική όπερα σε ρωμαϊκό θέατρο, στη σκιά της Ακρόπολης. "Τουραντότ" από την Εθνική Λυρική Σκηνή. Η ομορφιά θα σώσει τον κόσμο. #opera #artbluesky #puccini #Athens #ελληνικοκαλοκαιρι #greeknationalopera