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This whole thread is a tragedy.

05.03.2026 02:50 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Priam not going to back down.

05.03.2026 02:49 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Stop hectoring me!

05.03.2026 02:40 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That's not true. But Gandalf fought Durin's Bane, a Balrog of Morgoth, from the Bridge of Khazad-dum, up the Endless Stair to the peak of Zirakzigil until Darkness took him and he strayed out of thought and time and wandered far on roads that he will not tell to avoid an interview with Chotiner.

05.03.2026 02:24 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3

That’s not true. But Achilles sat out most of the tenth year of the Trojan War to avoid an interview with Chotiner.

05.03.2026 01:49 β€” πŸ‘ 486    πŸ” 50    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 9

Dire Straits indeed!

05.03.2026 02:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why a Democratic Congressman Is Supporting Trump’s War with Iran Representative Greg Landsman explains his hope that the conflict remains limited but also creates an entirely new Middle East.

Yes.
www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

05.03.2026 02:11 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

icarus would’ve survived if he wasn’t trying to get away from a chotiner interview

05.03.2026 01:52 β€” πŸ‘ 53    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

As a Classics professional, I can verify this is 100% true!

05.03.2026 01:11 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man wearing a hat and tie is leaning against a wooden wall . Alt: Buster Keaton tips hat
05.03.2026 01:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Chotiner: How long did you stay with Calypso?
Odysseus: Seven years
Chotiner: As her prisoner?
Odysseus: Yes. I was bewitched.
Chotiner: And another year with Circe?
Odysseus: It's complicated.

05.03.2026 00:50 β€” πŸ‘ 284    πŸ” 47    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

How about the Linguistics department? They're all talk.

04.03.2026 23:09 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We'd be outnumbered.

04.03.2026 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Architect and barber supply salesman

04.03.2026 22:21 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A new Chotiner interview means I get to repost this.

04.03.2026 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 749    πŸ” 75    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0
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Florence ICE detainee dead after untreated tooth infection, official says An ICE detainee, who had been at a Florence detention center for four months, died Monday following an untreated tooth infection.

An ICE detainee in Arizona has died of a TOOTH INFECTION after it went untreated for weeks, a local official says. He was a Haitian asylum seeker imprisoned in Florence, Arizona. @emilybregel.bsky.social reports.
tucson.com/news/local/b...

04.03.2026 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2710    πŸ” 1648    πŸ’¬ 157    πŸ“Œ 321

"Resentment is a Passion, implanted by Nature for the Preservation of the Individual."

- Diary of John Adams, March 4, 1776.

Adams was our preeminent Founding Hater.

04.03.2026 20:53 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

There is always money for war.

04.03.2026 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1
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Billy Yank & Johnny Reb Letters For the past sixteen years following my retirement, I have dedicated myself to the transcription of lettersβ€”encompassing thousands of Civil War era correspondence and diaries that have remained unp…

Some of the most engrossing 19th century prose I know of can be found on a website run by a retiree who has spent the last 16 years transcribing thousands of letters, almost all of them in private hands, written by Civil War soldiers. billyyankjohnnyreb.wordpress.com/2015/12/05/l... #19thCentury

04.03.2026 14:58 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3
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The Alexandria Forum The Alexandria Forum, through scholarly research and community-driven approaches, explores historical topics related to Alexandria.

I'm scheduled to talk about slave sales on the Alexandria Market Square during the 18th century at the Alexandria Forum on March 21. Several other historians also presenting on Revolutionary Era topics!

www.alexandriava.gov/historic-ale...

04.03.2026 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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US troops who died in Iran war remembered as devoted parents and soldiers Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor was just days away from returning home to her husband and two children when a drone strike in Kuwait killed her and five others.

Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor was just days away from returning home to her husband and two children when a drone strike in Kuwait killed her and five others.

04.03.2026 12:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1528    πŸ” 648    πŸ’¬ 125    πŸ“Œ 88
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'UNIMAGINABLE CRUELTY': Judge Gary Brown, a Trump appointeee from NY, thrashes DHS' treatment of a man who came to the US at 9 as an abuse/neglect victim, has no criminal record and became a college grad.

"The laws of decency condemn such villainy." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

03.03.2026 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 6428    πŸ” 2393    πŸ’¬ 84    πŸ“Œ 129

I’ve seen enough. Not about the election. Just generally.

04.03.2026 03:21 β€” πŸ‘ 9959    πŸ” 1230    πŸ’¬ 72    πŸ“Œ 40
College students and Republicans are both worried about midterms

College students and Republicans are both worried about midterms

03.03.2026 01:38 β€” πŸ‘ 62    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Right now Jasmine's best hope comes from keeping down the margins in Bexar County we literally have another Crockett making their last stand at the Alamo

04.03.2026 02:02 β€” πŸ‘ 637    πŸ” 86    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 10

Is 5 blocks in the first half a lot?

04.03.2026 02:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Yemen, it is.

04.03.2026 02:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ok. That is funny

04.03.2026 00:28 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Iran (So Far Away)
- Flock of Seagulls

04.03.2026 00:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Therefore I reside in Abu Dhabi

03.03.2026 23:50 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0