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A fun little video about #alexanderthegreat and self-promotion. The man wasn't shy. Standing on the Hollywood Walk of Fame seemed a golden opportunity to talk, in brief, about his marketing. I mixed up my streets; not worth trying to redo it. #classicsbluesky #ancientbluesky youtu.be/wKfiOJtQPjE

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The public meltdown happening between the world’s richest man 🙄 and the President of the United States 🙄🙄 once again begs the age-old question: are men simply too emotional to be in positions of power?

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🚨 Douglas Lucas just dropped one of the most vital deep dives of 2025. His Rolling Stone expose on Trump’s “Reorganizing Government Act” and DOGE lays bare the authoritarian power grab happening right now. Read it. Share it. This is how journalism meets the moment.

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Lee Jae-myung has won South Korea’s presidential election. He left school at 13 to work in factories, where he suffered an injury that left him disabled. Undeterred, he studied at night to become a human rights lawyer. Now he's the President.

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1. Florida banned cities from lighting up bridges rainbow colors for Pride. So the people of Jacksonville did it themselves using flashlights and gels. They opened the drawbridge to block them. So they marched to a different bridge. The latest from S. Baum. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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My kingdom for a video of this entire production

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so many thanks to @nikosbookreviews.bsky.social for this great conversation which is available on YouTube. We talked about epic lengths, world building, I geeked out about history, and we talked a bit about the witch roads and crown of stars.

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This thing right here. The demographic cliff is here and international students are a way for the United States to maintain its tremendous advantages in research and science without busting the treasury, using higher education as an effective 'export good.' Or we could burn it down because woke. 🤷‍♂️

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This part

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I don’t know how many times we have to say this, but the U.S. government is not a business and shouldn’t be run like one. It’s a service—for the people.

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The Trump administration is working with private companies like Palantir to create detailed reports on every American, which could help them weaponize our personal information in their quest to deport immigrants and punish critics. This is a huge threat to our constitutional rights.

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LOL

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This is one of my favorites!

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tinyurl.com/bdzhxfuf #Indigenous #LyingBCGovt B.C. First Nations leaders say it’s a step back for reconciliation! Bill 15 paves the way for major Fossil Fuel, mining & forestry destruction without FPIC, envtl assessments, or public consultation, saying, "Trust me!" without any justification!

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not a data take but this is fucked up. cutting food benefits to poor moms, infants, and toddlers is pointlessly cruel. not a partisan issue, just straightforwardly fucked. the cruelty is the point. call your congressperson

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Republican Senator, Joni Ernst, responds to constituents saying that Medicaid cuts will kill people with “We all are going to die.” — “I never thought leopards would eat MY face,” sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party.

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This looks very cool. An Oxford archaeology professor and devoted enthusiast has meticulously employed 3D modeling tools to create a stunning digital reconstruction of the Parthenon at its zenith. #ClassicsBluesky 🏺 greekreporter.com/2025/05/29/d...

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🔥 NEBRASKA: “TAX THE RICH! TAX THE RICH!” @USRepMikeFlood’s word salad defense of Republicans slashing health care for the poor while cutting taxes for the rich flooded out by people who see right through his lies. #TrumpsTrillionsTransfer

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Extremely concerning.

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Trump wants to balloon the military budget to over $1 TRILLION per year — while cutting roughly that amount from Medicaid and SNAP. Meanwhile, the Pentagon just failed its 7th consecutive audit. "Fiscal responsibility."

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This is how white supremacist narratives work. This claim has been litigated repeatedly and proven to be NOT TRUE. But they “feel it.” You can’t disprove it. The Lost Cause. Reverse Discrimination. Welfare Queens. The whole thing survives on myths. www.yahoo.com/news/vice-pr...

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I hope the Apache fight it. Or occupy it.

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I completely agree! Bring back those pocket paperbacks!

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The Women’s Classical Caucus and Lambda Classical Caucus invite you to participate in a jointly hosted Reading Group featuring the 2024-25 paper prize winners. We will meet virtually to discuss these two articles on Thursday 12 June 4:00-5:00 PM ET. Register here: www.wccclassics.org/events

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Worth noting that this is also what the UK government review found, it just ignored all the evidence in its conclusions.

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So glad to see the return of unions. I can recall in the '80s and '90s when this child of Depression-era parents advocated for unions and was told, "Oh, we don't need those any more; they cause more problems/outlived their usefulness."

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This is also why they want to harm public ed and put kids to work instead. Dumber/can't read well/lack critical reasoning skills = easier to control.

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During the first Trump admin I wrote about how driving away international students, on which nearly all American universities are now financially dependent to some degree, was a purposeful plan to destroy academia. theoutline.com/post/7247/th...

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“There’s no new data or information, just them flying by the seat of their pants." — Michael Osterholm, director of the University of Minnesota’s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy

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This. We're the enemy.

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Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

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🍄🫖🌿 Every headline screams. Every notification demands outrage. Every day feels like swimming upstream through a river of bad news.

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This is incredible. Damn, I love intelligent innovation. THIS is why science matters, y'all. Education is not our enemy. The loss of personal freedom by people with fascist, authoritarian motivation is. Know your enemy.

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For new parents, the Trump tariffs are already hitting particularly hard. Check out what the new tariffs are doing to prices for baby gear - yowch! 😖 💸

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We've needed better transport infrastructure for years. Metros, good bus systems, bullet trains.... Americans resist it I think, in part, due to a desire to be in control. I admit, I'd rather drive myself than take other transport. That said, I wouldn't mind the OPTION to take a bullet train.

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Scores of staffers at the White House National Security Council have been abruptly dismissed as part of a sweeping overhaul that slashes the staff from over 300 to just 50. The move shifts the NSC’s role from policymaking to simply carrying out the president’s directives.

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As it's MerMay + I'm a fan of mermaids, I thought I'd recommend a mermaid duology I've read over the past year (slowly, as I've got a gajillion other things I have to read). I think the 1st book is stronger than the 2nd, fwiw, but enjoyed both for the mythology and creative use of mermaids.

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What about WOMEN at the Macedonian court? For decades, Beth Carney has been Doña of studies on royal Macedonian women (and the court itself). Here, we sat down to talk about her recent book on Eurydice, Philip II's mother, but wandered all over the place. #classicsbluesky #ancientbluesky

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Beyond being a Councilwoman, she is an adult mocking the appearance of a young person - a young person graduating 2nd in her class btw - and is demonstrating how to make snap judgments about people based on their appearance. Which every adult knows is immature and stupid. The absence of character….

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