siobhanmcelduff.bsky.social
1st gen Irish (Donegal/Sligo) settler and academic in Canada. Author of obscure academic books and slightly less obscure OERs on Roman culture. Translator of, and far too fond of Cicero. She/her nó sí/í
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Exploding spaceships every few months.
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I like being on a social media app that is unknown to my family of which there are quite a lot.
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I'm glad you're watching this so I don't have to. Sorry for it though.
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Carney references Vimy Ridge, a tactically useless battle that cost countless Canadian lives fighting on a continent across an ocean that the soldiers themselves recounted was pointless. #cdnpoli
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One cannot help but be impressed by how much he earns while being incredibly bad at even the minimal functions of his job.
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But they had no empire, which makes that less fun it seems.
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I am sure they were fully supportive of her while she was out there protesting climate change.
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What would these people do without their fantasy Rome?
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This time it's about protecting the place from skateboarders and loiterers with pints. A noble cause I am sure.
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Some people support every form of protest apart from the one being used.
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You used the language appropriate to the situation.
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They just wander around doing cow things with not a bit of bother on them, and that's just utterly wonderful.
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Cider and larks?! That's a dream combination.
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Such a dream, alas that long ago I made other choices before I knew of the feral cattle of Hong Kong.
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Let's take a look at who's proposing this. A geo person? A climate person? No:
"Written by Andy Haverly, a 25-year-old Microsoft software engineer from Washington State"
"doesn’t have a background in climate science or nuclear engineering but is currently studying for a PhD in quantum computing"
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They don't even need to go that far - all the police forces around are incredibly well armed and large.
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People seem to expect a lot of a man who writes about menswear.
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Can't wait to see who we name our first aircraft carrier after. Maybe calling her the Seamus Heaney would add the final touch to our military ambitions.
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2/2 Happy are the dogs who live on tables, with biscuits, and are painted by Giovanna Garzoni.
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Shouldn't he be working on making sure the army has 24 hour air traffic coverage right now? Or us that too meagre a task for him?
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Isn't it better than burning other things people might actually need, though?
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That's some deep fraternal love there.
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However, I do feel like carrying the insane amounts of protection and other gear they wear and carry as well as those guns, they likely have the average endurance of a Greek hoplite in terms of sustained action. They must be just dropping in the heat.