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Medievalist of no renown. Antifascist. Book guy.

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Exactly what it says on the label: The Pope in 1982. He's wearing a black hat, dark RayBans, and looks like he's a member of the Blues Brothers.

Exactly what it says on the label: The Pope in 1982. He's wearing a black hat, dark RayBans, and looks like he's a member of the Blues Brothers.

What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?

It's the Pope in 1982.

13.11.2025 01:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13272    ๐Ÿ” 2804    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 333    ๐Ÿ“Œ 927

Most reporting is just not up to the task of registering both that 1) the White House is *attacking* universities *as institutions* 2) the White House is working *with* universitiesโ€™ boards to achieve *common goals* for remaking and weakening those institutions

29.07.2025 12:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 999    ๐Ÿ” 314    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12
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GOP Gov. Candidate Sparks Outrage After Posting Selfie Touting Auschwitz As His '0% Unemployment Plan' Not even trying to hide it.

They're not even trying to hide it.

29.07.2025 17:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9695    ๐Ÿ” 3710    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1307    ๐Ÿ“Œ 476

We're witnessing a master class in how not to counter a conspiracy theory

29.07.2025 17:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 740    ๐Ÿ” 114    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 42    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

That explains why my bill came on vellum and is payable in either sceattas or heads of oxen/sheep. Thankfully my HMO (Hirdman Mercian Obligation) will cover everything or pay the Scots to burn the doctor to the ground.

29.07.2025 18:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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English, middle (1100-1500)
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English English, middle (1100-1500) English, old (ca. 450-1100) Erzya

I certainly appreciate this doctor's thoroughness about communications... um...

29.07.2025 17:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 160    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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BBC News: Do you think you were a witness to war crimes?

American veteran who worked at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distribution center: Without question I witnessed war crimes.

28.07.2025 01:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5564    ๐Ÿ” 2018    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 32    ๐Ÿ“Œ 67
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The FBIโ€™s Leaders โ€˜Have No Idea What Theyโ€™re Doingโ€™ A casualty of Trumpโ€™s purge speaks out.

โ€œtaking agents trained for complex investigations and having them stand around looking scary while ICE conducts immigration arrestsโ€ฆactively undermines the bureauโ€™s ability to investigate the very gangs that Patel and Bongino have said they want to tackle.โ€

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

29.07.2025 15:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 166    ๐Ÿ” 56    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Because of the monsters

29.07.2025 17:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 72    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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wait if Jesus initiated the faith but then had to perfect the faith does that mean he was bad at initiating the faith oh no I've gone crosseyed

29.07.2025 17:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 47    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is wild lmao like this lady is doing the genre of racism that hasn't been seen in 15 years, truly an island that lives in the past

29.07.2025 14:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 408    ๐Ÿ” 51    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

1. This whips. 2. Just went to their Spotify and OF COURSE theyโ€™ve done a Babymetal collab (we stan Babymetal, ssh)

29.07.2025 14:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 51    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Photoshopping @lastweektonight.com's John Oliver onto fossils until the Paleontological Research Institution secures their funding!

Fossil is a eurypterid sea scorpion, Dolichopterus macrocheirus, from the Silurian of Herkimer County, NY (PRI 42894). Comedian is H. sapiens. Not to scale.

29.07.2025 14:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Itโ€™s insane that we live in a country where folks can walk around in the street with an AR-15.

29.07.2025 00:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24986    ๐Ÿ” 4150    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1196    ๐Ÿ“Œ 251

RFK is going to kill everyone except himself.

29.07.2025 14:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 47    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Tweet: "We went to the planetarium today and when the voicover said 'This is the Earth', one of the kids booed."

Tweet: "We went to the planetarium today and when the voicover said 'This is the Earth', one of the kids booed."

28.07.2025 20:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1391    ๐Ÿ” 191    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

Folks, you need to buy this book. I got a copy of it on Saturday (after ordering it sometime over the winter and completely forgetting about it), and it is a wonderful dive into the Wellness to Nazi pipeline. The prismatic-feldgrau pipeline.

29.07.2025 15:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Christopher Buehlman's The Necromancer's House is pretty close.

29.07.2025 15:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sadly accurate for 95% of fantasy books. Although type 3 is good.

29.07.2025 14:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 57    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I'll say this as gently as I can: If you support the current American President and his administration, our books probably aren't for you. Don't write to me shrieking that I'm losing customers as if I don't know. Losing you was a feature of the plan, not a bug.

29.07.2025 14:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 116    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

So, the king of Assyria from 681-669 BCE was a guy named Esarhaddon. Esarhaddon, like his father Sennacherib and his grandfather Sargon II before him, is a very interesting personality, even fascinating, because of the various and interesting ways they were deeply, deeply screwed up.

29.07.2025 14:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 106    ๐Ÿ” 23    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

I've heard we might be getting almost an inch around midnight. Can you confirm or deny this?

19.06.2025 00:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I'm A Journalist Covering The LA Protests. Here Are The Shocking Things I Witnessed Police Do. "Because we were part of the press, bearing witness to what was happening, we initially assumed that we couldnโ€™t possibly be the intended targets."

I wrote a piece about the police shooting at journalists at the LA protests, including me, and what it means for a free press. But I want to make it clear that I know that the big story here is not about journalists, it's about what ICE is doing
www.huffpost.com/entry/journa...

18.06.2025 16:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 297    ๐Ÿ” 107    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
A tyrannosaurus rex walking on a beach. Suddenly, it spots an overturned beach umbrella. The dinosaur is filled with fear! The text reads: This summer, the scariest thing on the beach is your old beach umbrella! When buying or renting a beach umbrella/anchor system or a beach umbrella anchor, look for a label on the anchor that shows it meets the new safety standard. Look for anchors with a label indicating โ€œMEETS ASTM F3681 FOR WIND SPEEDS UP TO 30 MPH.โ€

A tyrannosaurus rex walking on a beach. Suddenly, it spots an overturned beach umbrella. The dinosaur is filled with fear! The text reads: This summer, the scariest thing on the beach is your old beach umbrella! When buying or renting a beach umbrella/anchor system or a beach umbrella anchor, look for a label on the anchor that shows it meets the new safety standard. Look for anchors with a label indicating โ€œMEETS ASTM F3681 FOR WIND SPEEDS UP TO 30 MPH.โ€

New beach umbrellas that are less likely to terrify the dinosaurs are now available.

17.06.2025 13:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 410    ๐Ÿ” 63    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
Picture of Tennessee neo-Naziโ€™s gun

Picture of Tennessee neo-Naziโ€™s gun

Tennessee Nazi that threatened No Kings protest had gun with designs mimicking Christchurch mass murdererโ€™s gun

AND his hat had patch referencing Curtis Yarvinโ€™s โ€œdark enlightenmentโ€ theory, which calls for an end to democracy

www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...

17.06.2025 13:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1058    ๐Ÿ” 366    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 33    ๐Ÿ“Œ 61

I plan on eating asparagus, garlic, and beets, while drinking only Scotch, for a month and then finding his grave.

17.06.2025 14:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

When Trump finally dies there will be calls for civility and โ€œrespect for the officeโ€ from even his harshest critics and Iโ€™m telling you right now I plan on saying things so harsh they might knock the earth off its axis

17.06.2025 12:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7883    ๐Ÿ” 1737    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 291    ๐Ÿ“Œ 138

I think a lot of the terror of the modern age can be understood by the fact that the Internet accelerated the development of the worst type of person, the "Anti-Intellectual Nerd."

16.06.2025 13:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13506    ๐Ÿ” 2457    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 157    ๐Ÿ“Œ 90

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