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Lapsed neo-liberal, economist, former fund manager, fantasy & SF author, loves Ancient Greek, indifferent clarinettist & sax player. #Xitter exile. Deeply worried about #ClimateChange. No, I don't want to have sex with you. **No** DMs, please

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a man with gray hair and a beard is sitting at a table looking at the camera . ALT: a man with gray hair and a beard is sitting at a table looking at the camera .
08.10.2025 08:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This includesrecessed corner bay windows, a lantern on a feature corner roof, and sweeping curved lines. If we could do this as recently as a couple of decades ago, why are so many new builds in the city now just generic boxes with no local flavour?

#glasgow #architecture

08.10.2025 08:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Saint Ninian Terrace in the Gorbals area of Glasgow. While this is a relatively new building (dating from the 1990s), it incorporates a number of classic characteristics of Glasgow's traditional architecture.

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#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings
#gorbals #architecturephotography

08.10.2025 08:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 58    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

08.10.2025 03:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16752    ๐Ÿ” 4282    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 649    ๐Ÿ“Œ 717
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No To Nuclear - Pluto Press Debunks the enduring myth that nuclear power is safe and green

'Why Nuclear Power Destroys Lives, Derails Climate Progress, and Provokes War.'
#nuclear
www.plutobooks.com/product/no-t...

08.10.2025 08:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No way in Hell

08.10.2025 08:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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To b clear, this means the Attorney General of the United States and her staff spent most of their time (paid for by YOUR taxmoney) to come up with stupid insults and attacks on various Senators instead of preparing to answer the questions she was supposed to answer under oath.

08.10.2025 01:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 371    ๐Ÿ” 65    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Noem and Kegsbreath don't know how to fight back against ICE fishing. ๐Ÿซข

08.10.2025 08:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gazaโ€™s list of war dead Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israelโ€™s offensive

www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

08.10.2025 08:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is how we turn our country around.

Away from the forces of hate and division.

We're going to do it together.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

08.10.2025 08:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 477    ๐Ÿ” 119    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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Brooklyn Dad shared this.

I heard about this recently. I know different people who deserve it more than he does.

08.10.2025 01:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 94    ๐Ÿ” 41    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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#ClassicMono #blackandwhite #Istanbul #Galata #StreetScape #CityScape #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #Photography #StreetPhotography

07.10.2025 11:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 133    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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OH, THE RAVAGES OF THE WAR ON CARNIVORISM

07.10.2025 16:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3102    ๐Ÿ” 928    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 136    ๐Ÿ“Œ 28

I co-wrote Trumpโ€™s first anti-terrorism plan in 2017-18. Heโ€™s not trying to stop โ€œleft-wingโ€ terrorism. He is staging it.

His troop deployments are a false flag โ€” meant to provoke a response in order to justify harsh crackdowns.

This is now very obvious.

07.10.2025 11:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3819    ๐Ÿ” 1436    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 117    ๐Ÿ“Œ 77

Somewhat surprisingly, despite being a strongly Christian society, most architectural sculptures in Victorian Glasgow were instead inspired by other cultures, such as ancient Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Persian, and even northern European pagan mythologies. The exact reasons for this are unclear.

08.10.2025 08:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Attributed by James Young, this is one of the few achitectural sculptures with an overtly biblical inspiration in the city's Victorian financial district.

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#glasgow #sculpture #architecture #architecturephotography #architecturalsculptures #victorianglasgow #gordonstreet

08.10.2025 08:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins on the 1890s Standard Buildings on Gordon Street in central Glasgow.

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#glasgow #sculpture #architecture #architecturephotography #architecturalsculptures #victorianglasgow #gordonstreet

08.10.2025 08:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Reflectionsโ€ฆ

#WindowsWednesday
#WindowsOnWednesday
#classicmono #monochrome

08.10.2025 08:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 150    ๐Ÿ” 23    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Why is Pam Bondi protecting pedophiles?

07.10.2025 17:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1744    ๐Ÿ” 360    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 247    ๐Ÿ“Œ 24
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Donโ€™t think these Texas National Guard guys are going to be chasing any immigrants around Chicago on foot

07.10.2025 21:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1963    ๐Ÿ” 296    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 467    ๐Ÿ“Œ 646

These people want a civil war so bad. Itโ€™s really frightening. They want to bring troops in to create danger, create conflict and create chaos.

08.10.2025 00:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

07.10.2025 23:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22409    ๐Ÿ” 6897    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4174    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1478
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Chump Is The Person Who Is Causing The Chaos, We'll See If
RepubliKKKans Survive The Next
Election, IF WE HAVE ONE......

07.10.2025 10:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2043    ๐Ÿ” 929    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 160    ๐Ÿ“Œ 76
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ICE Facility Illinois ๐Ÿ˜‚
Robby Roadsteamer

07.10.2025 16:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 852    ๐Ÿ” 332    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 35    ๐Ÿ“Œ 33

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