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Charlie de Souza

@charliedesouza.bsky.social

Avid reader of history and alternative history. Cyclist. Frisbee. Loves public speaking and writing. Museums. History informs us. Language is culture. Mexican and Mediterranean food. Hispanophile. Wisconsin/Illinois roots. Knox College. UT Austin. #Xodus

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The Guns of Macaroon

Ice Cream Cake Age

04.11.2025 20:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

@espn.com Please resolve this dispute with @YouTube TV. Thank you

01.11.2025 17:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Co starring Richard Mollify

18.10.2025 11:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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AI 2027 A research-backed AI scenario forecast.

@hntdove.bsky.social

Wild.

ai-2027.com/race

12.10.2025 13:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Aerosmith, YUNGBLUD - My Only Angel (Official Visualizer)
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Old. Fashioned. Goodness.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=74mV...

03.10.2025 23:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"So I sez,"Caligula! No filly-buster!'"

13.09.2025 02:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh buoy!

29.08.2025 01:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@hntdove.bsky.social

Finished "Powerless"

-"Vissarion Gomez" gets the *human* appellation gold medal for all your novels I've read!
-I imagined Eichenlode as Newsom and Papadakis as Sam Elliott
-The wrench incident was fun foreshadowing (see Star Trek II: The Wrench of Khan)!

27.08.2025 00:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Eighteen-Wheeler Halen

14.08.2025 21:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a woman singing a song with the words pour some sugar on me ALT: a woman singing a song with the words pour some sugar on me

Deaf Housecat

13.08.2025 12:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

@hntdove.bsky.social Just drive by Camp Hill, PA. No Civil War battles sited.

09.08.2025 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@steveinskeep.bsky.social "I feel that I have heard"...??? Really? In the middle of a time-limited newscast?

@npr.org

21.07.2025 11:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes indeed. It was one of my historical blind spots

16.07.2025 00:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In tha Kindle... Gotta finish "History of the Persian Empire"-- written in 1948, first.

15.07.2025 23:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Historians perpetually debate whether Thomas Paine ordered his burritos with guac...

15.07.2025 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Watch Society of the Snow | Netflix Official Site Following a plane crash in the remote heart of the Andes, survivors join forces and become each other's best hope as they navigate their way back home.

www.netflix.com/title/81268316

12.07.2025 22:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@hntdove.bsky.social

-Intrepid paneers settled the American West
-What's the famous canine movie? Lassi?
-This also works in Spanish. "No sabia que el examen era tandoori."

05.07.2025 12:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

But I'd take a dosa butter chicken anytime...

04.07.2025 19:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man in a suit and tie is clapping his hands together . ALT: a man in a suit and tie is clapping his hands together .
29.06.2025 22:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Golden Girls: Endgame

29.06.2025 15:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Neigh... can't be true!

27.06.2025 19:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I thought that was the Caligula joke!

27.06.2025 17:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

-I've got a joke about Machiavelli, but fear to tell it
- " Columbus, but you may get disoriented
- " Magellan, but it won't finish
- " Oedipus, but mamma won't approve
- " Spock, but the logic is faulty
- " Downstate Illinois, but it's corny...

<crawls into a Saddam-style spider hole>

26.06.2025 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man in a suit and tie is applauding . ALT: a man in a suit and tie is applauding .
26.06.2025 22:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

-I've got a joke about Freud, but need to couch it carefully
-" Darwin; my views have evolved
-" Franklin that may jolt you
-" Mendel, but need to cross-check it
- " Stalin, but some find it harsh
- " Caesar, but it's brutal
- " Gandhi; sit down to hear it

26.06.2025 21:40 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Kinda liked "Cross Keys" myself

26.06.2025 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Engrish.com Documenting the Engrish phenomenon from East Asia and around the world!

Reminds me of engrish.com

25.06.2025 22:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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stan marsh from south park is holding a cup and saying wow that sucks dude ALT: stan marsh from south park is holding a cup and saying wow that sucks dude

Not a fan of either team, but...

23.06.2025 00:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sound of Music of the Silence of the Lambs

21.06.2025 22:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Sounds of Silence of the Lambs...

21.06.2025 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

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