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R.K.Aanstad

@rkaanstad.bsky.social

Writer, Illustrator, Historian, Shakespeare Nerd http://www.youtube.com/@Shakespeareandfriends

613 Followers  |  524 Following  |  2,666 Posts  |  Joined: 28.08.2023  |  1.85

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The third episode of SHAKESPEARE & FRIENDS is now available on #youtube.

Rachel and I tackle the question: Is it better to be a witty fool?

youtu.be/HlduCiuTiOU?...

21.12.2025 22:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ep3 flatulist TikTok video by Shakespeare & Friends

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15.01.2026 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Shakespeare & Friends β€’ A podcast on Spotify for Creators Darren Freebury-Jones and Rachel Aanstad discuss the big questions about Shakespeare's work

SHAKESPEARE AND FRIENDS, the series I co-host with the brilliant Rachel Aanstad, is now also available in audio-only option.

Lend your podcast ears here:

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18.01.2026 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Looking forward to recording the fourth episode of the podcast series I co-host with Rachel Aanstad, SHAKESPEARE & FRIENDS.

Here is a clue to our topic...

22.01.2026 10:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They only work during a very narrow time frame. 4-5 days after symptoms set in

05.09.2025 22:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hey is anyone I know still here? Hope you are all doing well. Still masking and writing about Shakespeare in my little world

24.08.2025 03:54 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Why would you sabotage your own life?

Why set yourself up for chronic illness, endless infection cycles, premature death?

Is putting on a mask in indoor public spaces really that difficult?

Read about COVID, Long COVID, and think. Think hard, because your health depends on it.

22.08.2025 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 462    πŸ” 123    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 10

I've seen the FB comments. If there are people so out of the loop that that's the only place that they see that info then it's a good thing they are seeing it somewhere.
It's 2025. Fascism is here. If Wired isn't getting views it's because of the algorithms not because AltNP used some of their copy

03.08.2025 03:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Then all anyone has to do to find it is google the text. If you include the link FB will shadow ban the post and no one will see it.

FB sux like that. I hardly ever include links in the body of the post.

It doesn't take much to be a govt insider. Lots of people work for the feds. πŸ€·πŸ»β€β™€οΈ

03.08.2025 03:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I could write all the same posts they do just by watching Parnas and then waiting 24-48 hours. It's not even necessary to read anything and they might not be doing so.
They are great at aggregating data and getting people engaged. It's an important service. No one confuses them for journalists.

03.08.2025 03:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Lots of people including reporters paraphrase other journalists. There are only so many ways to phrase a factual account of events.
Fwiw I never saw them claim that they are journalists only that they work for the govt.
Nothing that they talk about is breaking news. They aren't scooping anyone.

03.08.2025 03:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Everything they post has already been spread on TikTok by Parnas. Sharing public information is not plagiarism. Journalists do not own the rights to the events they cover.

03.08.2025 02:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Now offline: Government resources about Long COVID as a disability - The Sick Times Several government resources about accommodations for people with Long COVID have become unavailable in the last week, following purges of government websites and datasets under the Trump administrati...

The Sick Times: β€œNow offline: Government resources about Long COVID as a disability”

β€œIt seems like Long COVID has been targeted”

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11.02.2025 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 77    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 9

Somebody please tell Democratic leaders in Congress that "Yeah, but what are you gonna do?" is not the inspiring rallying cry they think it is.

11.02.2025 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 276    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0
Defensive-Hygiene-for-the-Home Defensive-Hygiene-for-the-Home

I have found a way to make my book free!
defensive-hygiene-for-the-home.tiiny.site

09.02.2025 19:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I sincerely don’t know why people aren’t physically stopping those dorks. Move shit. Lock doors. Lose the keys. Everyone switch seats. Turn off all the lights. Switch the signs on the elevator lobby. Make the settings all silly. Use a different language. Wear costumes. Fill rooms with balloons

05.02.2025 23:07 β€” πŸ‘ 52407    πŸ” 10774    πŸ’¬ 1682    πŸ“Œ 1028

Yes that's me! I'm so glad it was helpful.

01.02.2025 21:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Defensive Hygiene for the Home: A Practical Guide to Cleaner, Safer, and More Organized Living Defensive Hygiene for the Home: A Practical Guide to Cleaner, Safer, and More Organized Living - Kindle edition by Aanstad, R.K.. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Defensive Hygiene for the Home: A Practical Guide to Cleaner, Safer, and More Organized Living.

My book Defensive Hygiene for the Home is on sale for .99 cents. It includes instructions on making HOCL <3
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01.02.2025 21:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah I'm not interested in TrumpTok. Red Note is nice

19.01.2025 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Some dogs need other dogs to teach them how to behave. It's not your fault!

19.01.2025 18:04 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yup. Fire safety is important.

15.01.2025 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes

15.01.2025 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Exactly. A many-headed human shield

14.01.2025 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Celebrities have zero actual value to society and anything that matters.

14.01.2025 13:23 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just finished writing about the Hundred Years War and The Wars of the Roses.
Can confirm.

14.01.2025 13:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's certainly not in the power of Random Dude to forgive Neil Gaiman. That's god-tier level arrogance. "God forgives all" ok buddy but you're not God.

14.01.2025 12:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's a shell game like recycling

14.01.2025 12:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That's a weird idea anyway. Why do people automatically deserve forgiveness?

14.01.2025 12:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The way celebrities like Neil Gaiman use their fan base as a private army is giving very Medieval English Wars of the Roses vibes.

There's a reason he was so active here. It was to maintain a defensive barrier between himself and his victims.

14.01.2025 12:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah that's a giant red flag. Who reads that article and then says "so what?"

14.01.2025 12:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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