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Mark Rothko, Untitled (Yellow and Blue), 1954, private collection

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Who the hell would ever want to be America’s ally after this (I mean, after all of this), but especially after today’s WH bullying session…

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This is fascinating! But also it made me think of the workers (most of them enslaved) having to mix hot quicklime, ash, and water to make the concrete. Did they have any means of protecting themselves? What’s the human cost of Rome’s miraculous concrete and grand architecture?

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If you’re siding with Vladimir Putin, you’re wrong.

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That look says: "I'll bury every one of you!"

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Dear Manager, This week I: 1. Drank a whiskey drink. 2. Drank a vodka drink. 3. Drank a lager drink. 4. Drank a cider drink. 5. Sang the songs that remind me of the good times.

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Theater is magic. And community theater is doubly so!

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Calling yourself a kind doesn’t make you a king. Syððan ærest wearð feasceaft funden, he þæs frofre gebad, weox under wolcnum, weorðmyndum þah, oðþæt him æghwylc þara ymbsittendra ofer hronrade hyran scolde, gomban gyldan does.

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Costco and Trader Joes are yin and yang. Together they form a harmonious balance. One sells big piles of normal food, the other sells small piles of weird food. These are the two food piles people need

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Since Nate Silver is out there showing his whole ass again, important to note that discussions about people's IQs are eugenicist

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Calling yourself a king doesn’t make you a king. Healing scrofula with a touch does.

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The notion that Trump's "I'm king" tweet is "just trolling" or "a joke" presents an opportunity to recreate my just-joking thread (porting it over from the Bad Place): 1. I wrote my PhD dissertation on the social function of humor (in literature & film) and here's the thing about "just joking."

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Oh yes, the "rich people in power aren't corrupt because they already have money" argument. This crap was all over post-Soviet political discourse. Didn't work there, doesn't work here (or at all).

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One day I'll write a book and that Auden quote will be its first sentence.

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This is fascism.

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Happy Birthday to Frederick Douglass who would by very disappointed in all of this BS but would never, ever stop fighting (or getting his photo taken)

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I think it's worth noting that we're being run by a bunch of absolute assholes.

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Oh my god. They removed "transgender" from the page about Trans woman Sylvia Rivera's page at the National Park service. "Sylvia Rivera began fighting for gay and _____ rights" WOW.

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I learned in grad school that most things necessary to understanding the modern world happened in the last 200 years. Then I did a bit more studying and it seems that was just when contemporary-focused people kinda stopped reading

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VLADIMIR: Well? Shall we log off? ESTRAGON: Yes, let's log off. They do not log off.

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It’s worth pointing out that the two countries who have volunteered to accept and settle white South African “refugees” are Putin’s Russia and the U.S. 🙃

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They are seeking to criminalize integration efforts across public life. We must be clear eyed and direct about what’s happening here. We have not witnessed this blatant of a comprehensive governmental attack on integration since the Civil Rights Movement. slate.com/news-and-pol...

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I want to be very clear here, as I have chosen my words carefully: Fuck David Axelrod and fuck Rahm Emmanuel, gently with a chainsaw.

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Artemisia Gentileschi cornering the market on paintings of women killing men in gruesome but inventive ways. Love that for her!

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chappell talking about trans rights at the #grammys 🫂🏳️‍⚧️

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Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Allegory of Bad Government, 1338–40, Palazzo Pubblico, Siena

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Incredibly moving Justin Trudeau remarks: "We have fought and died alongside you....During your darkest hours...we were always there. Standing with you, grieving with you, the American people....Canadians are a little perplexed as to why our closest friends and neighbors are choosing to target us."

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Who knew that this gem will suddenly become relevant 🙃

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I promised some historical background relevant to the implication that "DEI" had played a role in Wednesday's tragic accident in DC. Since today is the 1st day of #BlackHistoryMonth, it's time to lay this out. So, herewith a 🧵 on just what it took to integrate commercial aviation in the 1st place.

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I will never not be mad that legacy media allowed "the price of eggs" to stand in for "we're too fucking racist and misogynistic to vote for Harris" and now there isn't a single giddamn word about it. Meanwhile, at Publix today there are just a handful of egg cartons going for 8 bucks each:

submitted 27 days ago • 51 comments

To gently paraphrase Ben Franklin, those who give up freedom in exchange for cheap eggs end up with neither.

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Langston Hughes

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Authors, if you see this, it's a sign to post the first line of your book: "A popular witticism claims that Russia is a country with an unpredictable past." Medievalisms and Russia: The Contest for Imaginary Pasts (Arc Humanities Press, 2024) www.arc-humanities.org/978180270064...

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WELCOME TO BLACK HISTORY MONTH

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