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i got death threats for writing about game of fucking thrones. be serious.

I think Americans, blessed with relatively stable government for a long time, assume there is someone, some adult, who will step in and make things right before the President does anything REALLY bad. There’s not.

President Trump issued an executive order to find out what education funds he can legally rescind based on curriculum he doesn’t like. Existing law already answers that question —nothing.

#StainedGlassSunday Marc Chagall designed all 12 windows in All Saints Church, Tudeley Kent working w his glassworker in Reims 1962-85. A Russian Jew, he initially agreed commission for this memorial for Sarah d'Avigdor-Goldsmid, from her Jewish father+Anglican mother. Such an engrossing experience.

today i found a special book i thought i had lost - "jews make jokes," by l.n. stolovich, published in tartu in 1996, it is a collection of jewish jokes from russia that is the darkest shit you've ever heard

This is my second feature: SEPULVEDA. vimeo.com/280865483

One of my favourite things anyone has ever said about art. You'll be missed, David. 🌹

Extremist bullying freaks don’t want to be called extremist bullying freaks. Claremont is a reactionary sewer. Fuck them if they don’t like being told so.

Wishing everyone health, life, joy, peace, good cheer, hope and a crown of laurels for the New Year!

every time someone decides not to quote tweet a bad post citing the old "fetish for getting yelled at" tweet i magically find a quarter on the ground

Let's do a silent movie alphabet! A is for The Adventures of Prince Achmed

In 1659, the the Puritans in Massachusetts enacted a law that declared that Christmas was sacrilege and exchanging of gifts, greetings, and wearing fine clothing on that day was Satanic. Anyone caught celebrating was fined 5 shillings. (About 5 days wages.) The "War on Christmas" was an inside job.

Hey corporate media, Thou shalt not spend thousands of hours on one CEO’s shooting and only one hour on a classroom of children.

i think it is important to clarify that this — the exclusionary distribution of benefits on some sort of ethnic or national basis — isn’t socialism. it’s, you know, something else.

Good morning! I have a new piece up at @thebulwark.bsky.social on Pete Hegseth and the network of Christian nationalist organizations he promotes on his Instagram feed--give it a read. www.thebulwark.com/p/pete-hegse...

Importing my mansplaining thread over from Twitter. All are based on real events that happened to me or an Old Movie Lady of my acquaintance. Original silliness edited for clarity and brevity.

Carts are a frequent topic on Late Geometric Greek vessels, as part of funeral ceremonies and as vehicles of warriors. Models of carts are rarer and this one with is exceptionally well preserved. 750-740 BCE, from Athens. KHM Vienna. #archaeology