@hntdove.bsky.social
Writer: alternate history, other sf, fantasy, historical fiction. Severely allergic to fascism.
The current government is aware of nothing, and convinced it knows everything.
07.12.2025 02:42 β π 6 π 1 π¬ 2 π 0Oh, yes. Pletho and his chums. I think Kaldellis underestimates the ambiguity in some of Chalkokondyles' terms, but he's studied the late stuff way motevtjor than I have, so he may well be right in spite of what I think.
07.12.2025 02:17 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0The USA is metric. E.g., an inch is legally defined as .0254m , a pound is .453592kg, a quart is .946353 liter. It's like an MS-DOS shell over a Linux base, but wtf.
07.12.2025 02:15 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0I wouldn't try to write anything Napoleonic. I'd never know enough to do it properly.
07.12.2025 02:11 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Nothing is ever enough.
07.12.2025 02:09 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Yes, that's true. But their neighbors and successors thought of them as Romans: e.g., the Seljuk sultanate of RΕ«m.
07.12.2025 02:09 β π 9 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0I broke mine December 15, 2015.
07.12.2025 02:07 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Good heavens, no. Romans 6:23: "The wages of sin is death."
07.12.2025 02:06 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0The Byzantines always called themselves Romans. Justinian spoke Latin. Latin was largely kaput in the Empire by the middle of the 7th century. Largely, not entirely.
06.12.2025 01:43 β π 19 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone β period.
PAMELA BROWN: Are Democrats having discussions about how to handle it if more members are embroiled in anything having to do with Epstein?
RASKIN: I literally have not had one Democrat in the House or Senate come to us and say, 'Hey, you better slow down, that might embarrass one of our people'
Check this out...!
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The oath is to protect and defend our constitution.
25.11.2025 02:00 β π 81 π 21 π¬ 0 π 2Just like the Libertarians.
25.11.2025 02:09 β π 83 π 5 π¬ 8 π 0
Trump's DOJ suffers another humiliating blow as its cases fall apart; Trump is mocked and laughed at during a series of high-stakes global summits; DoD threatens a senator with a military trial; and more. Watch the MeidasTouch Podcast at 8p ET/5p PT!
25.11.2025 00:52 β π 1440 π 333 π¬ 29 π 5The UW Center for an Informed Public is looking for postdocs (for 2026-2028) from across diverse disciplines whose research sheds light on the challenges of our modern information environment, promotes civic health, and/or helps people/communities navigate online spaces: apply.interfolio.com/177901
24.11.2025 18:26 β π 142 π 121 π¬ 1 π 7
Acyn @Acyn ... CNN: We're learning President Trump is planning to unveil a new health care proposal.... We're getting breaking news while I'm talking to you, I have learned that The White House has postponed its expected unveiling of this new health care proposal
Beyond parody! π€£
25.11.2025 00:40 β π 892 π 228 π¬ 90 π 36Yes. He's in the alt text.
25.11.2025 02:04 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0Introduce yourself with four spaceships.
25.11.2025 01:51 β π 73 π 4 π¬ 7 π 10It would be a great moment for literally anyone to do major reporting on the cuts to cancer research but why engage with material realities when you can play imagination games instead?
18.05.2025 23:15 β π 530 π 133 π¬ 2 π 3
A person in a Venetian mask is holding up another mask, there are other masks around, and the Rialto bridge in the background. The overall colour tones are purples. This picture is improved by having my name in big gold letters and the title "Everybody's Perfect".
I have the proofs for Everybody's Perfect, which means I have to stop writing my current novel, Sunlit Uplands, to work on this old thing, last year's book, which couldn't be more different if I tried. (Which I don't. It just happens.) It's good it's a step closer to you being able to read it but...
24.11.2025 17:30 β π 91 π 10 π¬ 4 π 3I had mine in 2019. Best thing that ever happened to me except Laura.
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If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
24.11.2025 17:39 β π 1826 π 663 π¬ 25 π 29JD will wreak hassock on her!
25.11.2025 00:49 β π 62 π 3 π¬ 6 π 0I cannot imagine what could possibly go wrong in trying to court-martial an astronaut and pilot decorated multiple times for valor and exceptional service, who is also a sitting senator, for correctly making the point that service members are obliged not to follow unlawful orders
24.11.2025 18:45 β π 2535 π 518 π¬ 106 π 14Welcome to the Ministry of Truth!
War is peace.
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength.
Freelance photojournalist @davedeckerphoto.bsky.social was arrested while reporting on an immigration protest outside an ICE facility in Miami on Nov. 22.
He was held in custody for 30-plus hours and released with charges of trespassing and resisting an officer.
JUST IN: Judge Chutkan orders expedited processing of a FOIA request for files related to DOJ's handling of the Epstein files. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
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ROFLMAOASTC!
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