Leila McKinnon

It’s clear that Trump is an agent of Putin. All US allies should be alarmed With the US president parroting Putin talking points, America’s allies must rethink their security strategies.

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Mufasa shows what Moana 2 was missing so badly - the genius of Lin-Manuel Miranda, brilliant movie…although, once I noticed none of the animals had testicles I was doubtful about the much discussed circle of life…

sometimes I still think about the time Vogue put Asma Al-Assad on the cover

Absolute goosebumps ! 👇

One of man's greatest creations, Beethoven's 5th rattling the core foundations of God's millennial cathedral

It's primal - sound on LOUD !
#NotreDameDeParis

If the sugar refining company won’t save meeeeeeee….

And, almost definitely Australian

If, every time you open BlueSky you start singing Midnight Oil in your head you are Gen X and definitely have ADHD, you’re welcome
#bluesky #adhd #blueskymine #midnightoil #genx

My writing process is usually:

a) I got this
b) well, fuck
c) wait that part was real good
d) wait no that part sucks
e) I am a god of this place
f) the fuck is this shit, who do I think I am, why am I here
g) oh man I just figured it all out
h) mistakes were made
I) existential dread

After Moana 2, We All Owe Lin-Manuel Miranda an Apology Without him, every song in the sequel is as flimsy and disposable as the last.

Also, what happened to the bat woman? www.vulture.com/article/afte...

Me too, came looking for someone feeling the same, trying not to binge too fast and dirty

Absolutely agree, I was raging and heartbroken for her and all women

Imagine in 1945 setting out to find out what happened to Hitler & writing this classic “Now that the New Order is past, and the Thousand-Year Reich has crumbled in a decade, we are able at last, picking among the still-smoking rubble, to discover the truth about that fantastic and tragical episode.”

I Watched Orbán Destroy Hungary’s Democracy. Here’s My Advice for the Trump Era. To dismantle the machinery of autocracy, you first need to understand how it works.

He watched democracy die in his home country of Hungary. Here is his advice to Americans getting ready for a second Trump term.

How France uncovered the mystery of the forbidden photos of Nazi-occupied Paris The search for the unknown photographer began in the summer of 2022, with the discovery of an old photo album at a flea market in southern France.

The search for the unknown photographer began in the summer of 2020, with the discovery of an old photo album at a flea market in southern France.

My takeaway from Gladiator II is that hairy men with thick thighs are back in style and I’m not mad about it
PS there were also weird demon baboons and a guy from Blackadder

Oh so they WERE baboons, I spent a good five minutes wondering what those creatures were supposed to be

I don’t know but it just means everyone is swamped, I have an emotional support fellow parent who keeps me informed, I can’t organise my own activities

Thank you! I’m pathetically grateful for this comment, must add addressing need for external validation to my to do list

When it comes to school emails I’m BRAT, a hot mess who has thrown her hands in the air - guess how many I’ve had from the kids’ schools so far this year? THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY FOUR no wonder I have no idea what’s going on

Lilian Mowrer witnessed the rise of Nazism and in this 1937 book, wrote that their ability “to be able to put their wild-cat program into effect, was considered generally unlikely. Intelligent observers…were inclined to discount the value of a party which talked like madmen and acted like hooligans”

I don’t have very many friends here yet, but wondering if anyone has an opinion on whether Matty Healy could be his generation’s Morrissey? Too harsh?

‘Interesting’ times for a student of 20th century fascism, here for news, analysis, history, and literature #shelfie #booksky #historybooks