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On his birthday (1732), a portrait of George Washington as painted by Rembrandt Peale. Who shared Washington's birthday, but his was in 1778.

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☃️ Music Frozen Dancing at The Empty Bottle, #Chicago www.instagram.com/p/DGZREUaygC...

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Tomorrow on @tcmtv.bsky.social: Daytime - Best Picture Winners and Nominees Primetime - Oscar-Worthy Journalists #TCMParty ^JW

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This is how I would respond to the email Musk has had sent to government employees (not legal advice). 1. Refused to violate the law. 2. Refused to violate the Constitution. 3. Refused to bow or scrape. 4. Refused to bend a knee. 5. Deleted this stupid email.

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I hadn't noticed the bomb damage in the walls of the #V&A, London, until it was pointed out to me today It's a sobering reminder of the #blitz in the heart of the modern capital

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any government worker that doesn’t give a fuck: I will write your bullet points. just reach out.

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if you're in the UK and have an outdoor cat (like most UK cats), I would be seriously thinking about switching them to an inside cat given the bird flu situation; there's already been dozens of US cat cases (where outdoor cats are much rarer but bird flu growing) and UK bird flu cases are rising

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Sure looks like Google News caught the Latin Times using a large language model to write an article picking up on my latest report

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When conservatives they want the usa to be like it was in the 1950s they mean they want pizza to be considered a weird unpronounceable ethnic food

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Lateral moves are gonna be ROUGH for awhile around DC abovethelaw.com/2025/02/its-...

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advice to young writers: - begin the first sentence of every paragraph with, "So basically the whole deal is, is that [...]" - begin subsequent sentences with, "And plus, [...]" - end every paragraph with, "So that basically wraps it up as far as all that goes." - 4 blank lines between paragraphs

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A Chicago Tribune editorial scolds IL Gov. J.B. Pritzker for his supposedly “premature” comparison of the rise of Trumpism with the rise of Nazism in Germany. Apparently the Trib wants everyone to wait until Trump gets even more authoritarian before speaking out. Which might be too late. 🧵 1/2

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@ellygriffiths.bsky.social

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Excellent

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Calling yourself a king doesnt make you a king. Delivering an all-time banger of a speech on St. Crispin’s Day does.

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I swear to God the new york times is engaged in a dadaist art project to twist the English language into a fucking pretzel

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The president declaring himself king strikes me as a "damaging action," but I'm not a New York Democrat.

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Gov. Hochul: "Think about this next time you're stuck in traffic." www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhFl...

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If you don’t think promoting hate and discrimination are not primary goals of this administration you’re not paying attention.

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There has only ever been, and ever will be, one king in the United States. His name is Garfield Goose. #IFYKYK #GarfieldGoose @yarnoverchicago.bsky.social

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New York Governor Kathy Hochul responds to Trump and says he is no king and that she’ll see him in court.

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I sincerely doubt any journalist of color I know would be allowed to write "I didn't know this important aspect of US history and read the Wikipedia summary of it to catch up" in a prominent newsletter read by every important person in the nation's capital

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well this has become my most widely shared post lol good example of the use of twist and surprise in 4-line Chinese poetry 😂 起承转合/kishotenketsu

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Fascinating world of ancient #glass: This #Roman flask in the form of a fish was found in Cologne, 3rd c. AD. We don't know what is was used for, maybe the shape relates to the content (fish sauce), maybe it was used to hold oil. 📷 me 🏺 AncientBluesky #archaeology

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Brian Eno's "Ambient 1" only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it went on to start an airport.

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I want to highlight just how closely the Wurman-Barnett arguments in 2025 parallel those made by the United States against Wong Kim Ark’s citizenship in 1898. And rejected. I do not think this can be coincidence. Here’s a summary of the US’s arguments, via @jnovkov.bsky.social

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