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Peter Ravn Rasmussen

@peterravn.bsky.social

Danish historian, teacher, writer, and father of three splendid young people. He/him or they/them, as you prefer. Mastodon: @peter_ravn@mstdn.social

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I mean, really the whole East Wing debacle is our fault, if you think about it. Trump said that thing about "respecting" the White House, and we didn't immediately know *for sure* that he was going to tear it all down because he has never respected anything in his entire blighted life.

23.10.2025 20:44 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is the Way. Don't give them an inch.

23.10.2025 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Definitely something to look forward to!

22.10.2025 20:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

By now, foreign governments must have put their least effective and competent spies on the job of spying on us. It's just too easy.

15.10.2025 13:27 β€” πŸ‘ 899    πŸ” 245    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 3
How Genocide Happened

How Genocide Happened

Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.

13.10.2025 12:32 β€” πŸ‘ 9152    πŸ” 3602    πŸ’¬ 45    πŸ“Œ 87

For any Catholic, the sight of a Eucharistic Procession being turned away at the gates of the destination is the embodiment of Jesus being denied entrance. You don't have to be Catholic to get the symbolism in that!

11.10.2025 23:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1418    πŸ” 238    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 17

100% true, and a lesson that is lost on a lot of people.

06.10.2025 17:50 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A Girl and Her Fed

Today's episode of "A Girl and Her Fed" by @kbspangler.com and @alepresser.com resonates with me. This is what I mean when I say that "I am not a good man, but I can fake it convincingly".

www.agirlandherfed.com/1.2284.html

06.10.2025 05:53 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
A ghost girl, with half her skeleton visible through her body, writing ghostober in glowing letters with her finger

A ghost girl, with half her skeleton visible through her body, writing ghostober in glowing letters with her finger

Ghostober (01/31)

30.09.2025 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3334    πŸ” 640    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 3
Bronze sculpture of a man wielding a sword two-handed. He is bent forward against what appears to be a strong wind, about to strike with the weapon.

Bronze sculpture of a man wielding a sword two-handed. He is bent forward against what appears to be a strong wind, about to strike with the weapon.

"Der RΓ€cher" (The Avenger), later cast of a 1914 sculpture by German sculptor Ernst Barlach (1870-1938).

Barlach's pacifism as a result of his experiences in WWI, and his Expressionist art (denounced as "degenerate"), led to him being persecuted by the Nazis.

In the Tate Gallery, ref. no. T00951.

04.10.2025 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
From the New York Times: Breaking news: U.S. attacks Venezuelan boat for fourth time, challenging legal bounds

From the New York Times: Breaking news: U.S. attacks Venezuelan boat for fourth time, challenging legal bounds

Zodiac killer murders again, challenging legal bounds

04.10.2025 09:49 β€” πŸ‘ 5583    πŸ” 1290    πŸ’¬ 116    πŸ“Œ 51
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New! Cassetteboy vs Keir Starmer.

This took absolutely ages, so if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/cassetteboy we'd really appreciate it. Thanks!

30.09.2025 10:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2987    πŸ” 1410    πŸ’¬ 98    πŸ“Œ 195

Complaining about cancel culture in Riyadh is one of the best examples I've seen of how "free speech culture" rots the brain.

02.10.2025 23:04 β€” πŸ‘ 8367    πŸ” 1324    πŸ’¬ 247    πŸ“Œ 44

Jimmy Carr has been a dickhead all along.

03.10.2025 06:28 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"

29.09.2025 20:24 β€” πŸ‘ 39859    πŸ” 12755    πŸ’¬ 760    πŸ“Œ 468

we have gone from a world in which we were told not to cite wikipedia because it was unreliable to a world where wikipedia might be the only reliable source left on the internet and we all owe a lot to the pedantic nerds who got us there

21.09.2025 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 10326    πŸ” 2360    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 75
A panel from "Bad Machinery":

"What are you writing?"
"This is my Hating Book. It's a Ghostbusters-style containment unit for my rage."

A panel from "Bad Machinery": "What are you writing?" "This is my Hating Book. It's a Ghostbusters-style containment unit for my rage."

21.09.2025 09:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You do not in fact have to praise the guy who said homeless people should be murdered with lethal injections and then apologized four days later to save his job. Let's get a grip here.

14.09.2025 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 29691    πŸ” 5875    πŸ’¬ 1623    πŸ“Œ 352
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Trump’s deportation hub: inside the β€˜black hole’ where immigrants disappear A Guardian investigation into the Alexandria facility reveals a pattern of alleged due process violations, previously unreported accounts of neglect and abuse, documented health emergencies and long s...

This is the day's most essential read. A Guardian investigation into the Alexandria, Louisiana, facility reveals a pattern of alleged due process violations, previously unreported accounts of neglect and abuse, documented health emergencies and long stays www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

12.09.2025 16:40 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fuck this actual piece of shit human and administration

11.09.2025 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1740    πŸ” 173    πŸ’¬ 65    πŸ“Œ 7

ATCQ were so goddamn outstanding from the very beginning to the very end. An amazing group. I still remember the first time I heard them, when a friend of mine got the bartender at our regular hangout to put their first album on. A standout experience.

12.09.2025 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Don't Engage, Just Block" is praxis

11.09.2025 23:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1728    πŸ” 369    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 4

Congratulations to Brazil, joining South Korea among the countries who successfully did what the United States could not

πŸŽπŸ”—: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/w...

12.09.2025 00:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3090    πŸ” 572    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 20

We have a bit of a natural experiment here. Compare the tone, quantity and duration of Charlie Kirk coverage with that of the two Dem lawmakers gunned down in their homes in Minnesota 6 months ago. May be revealing.

10.09.2025 19:28 β€” πŸ‘ 34590    πŸ” 9304    πŸ’¬ 55    πŸ“Œ 433

Wouldn’t it be more accurate to call it the Trump Docket?

08.09.2025 17:32 β€” πŸ‘ 978    πŸ” 148    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 3

Nordic countries: Let's all sit around looking morose until we solve the case by sheer force of ennui.

30.08.2025 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bravo.

27.08.2025 21:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Holy shit.

23.08.2025 21:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gimli Glider - Wikipedia

Better safe than a very Canadian "Sorry!"

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_G...

18.08.2025 14:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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