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@cliothegadfly.bsky.social

Student of humanity, lover of wisdom, baby historian in grad school.

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Post image 01.10.2025 00:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21326    ๐Ÿ” 6062    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 347    ๐Ÿ“Œ 270

I am irritated that I am now forced to feel supportive of a former director of the FBI. This administration is fucking garbage.

26.09.2025 05:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Remove UCโ€™s President from Office. Stop the Violation of Academic Freedom and Free Speech Principles. We urge the University of California Board of Regents to remove the current UC president and replace him with a leader willing to defend academic freedom instead of betraying it.

Denounce the betrayal of academic freedom rootsaction.org/remove-uc-pr...

25.09.2025 19:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Someone alert @jaketapper.bsky.social.

21.09.2025 15:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Donald Trump is way less popular than he wants you to believe.

And you are significantly more powerful than he wants you to think.

20.09.2025 14:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22099    ๐Ÿ” 5701    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 489    ๐Ÿ“Œ 287

Anyone else feel like weโ€™re in between the Reichstag Fire and Gordon Deitrichโ€™s murder in V for Vendetta?

19.09.2025 01:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Lexicographer @susiedent.com is our latest Brief Encounter:

โ€œAs the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein put it so beautifully, โ€˜The limits of my language are the limits of my world.โ€™โ€

Read Dentโ€™s full Q&A: www.prospectmagazine...

18.09.2025 12:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 133    ๐Ÿ” 36    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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13.09.2025 14:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
NO THRONES.
NO CROWNS.
NO KINGS.
SATURDAY, OCT. 18

NO THRONES. NO CROWNS. NO KINGS. SATURDAY, OCT. 18

Millions of Americans took to the streets in June to drown out Trumpโ€™s birthday parade.

As Trumpโ€™s regime escalates his authoritarian power grab, weโ€™re gathering again on October 18 for a nationwide day of peaceful protests to say NO KINGS.

We hope you will join us: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

07.09.2025 18:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1494    ๐Ÿ” 636    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 29    ๐Ÿ“Œ 30

Fuck Karl Rove. Heโ€™s partially responsible for our current nightmare.

06.09.2025 14:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Slater from Dazed and Confused

Slater from Dazed and Confused

Itโ€™s, like, the department of WAR, man

06.09.2025 13:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 123    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Art depicting โ€œSandwich Guyโ€ now at the scene of the alleged misdemeanor.

29.08.2025 17:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18520    ๐Ÿ” 3231    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 308    ๐Ÿ“Œ 183
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good morning

28.08.2025 08:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 50    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sheโ€™s getting married, not lobotomized.

26.08.2025 23:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s a mystery.

09.08.2025 15:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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It happened again

08.08.2025 04:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21011    ๐Ÿ” 3464    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 654    ๐Ÿ“Œ 350
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Opinion | We re-created a 200-year-old garden. This is what we learned. Emily Dickinson was once better-known as a gardener. The poetโ€™s first book preserved these species.

โ€ชThis article in the Washington Post made me think of course of Pleiti's literature-driven garden efforts. Thought you would enjoy it!
@older.bsky.social

wapo.st/3IUmxO3

05.08.2025 14:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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When I say donโ€™t mess with Texas women, Iโ€™m talking about State Rep. Jolanda Jones.

04.08.2025 20:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7737    ๐Ÿ” 2156    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 106    ๐Ÿ“Œ 231
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04.08.2025 05:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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29.07.2025 01:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And how do you support that conclusion?

25.07.2025 16:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes, but youโ€™re wielding scripture to defend yourself from actual intellectual criticism in a way that sounds as if any criticism at all makes the critic โ€œun-Christian.โ€ Perhaps thatโ€™s not your intention, but it is how youโ€™re presenting your argument.

25.07.2025 16:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A couple of things: Episcopalians are not the only ones occupying the โ€œexceptionโ€ category. Lutherans, Methodists, UU and UCC all have socially liberal tendencies that reflect the actual teachings of Jesus. Also, your zero sum argument is in bad faith. See: the Good Samaritan.

25.07.2025 16:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
I don't like to speak badly of people. I have grown up thinking and being told that if you cannot say something nice about someone, you should not say anything at all. But I must break that rule in this case because I hate Hulk Hogan very much. He is a big ugly goon and I want to squash his face.

-Andre the Giant

I don't like to speak badly of people. I have grown up thinking and being told that if you cannot say something nice about someone, you should not say anything at all. But I must break that rule in this case because I hate Hulk Hogan very much. He is a big ugly goon and I want to squash his face. -Andre the Giant

24.07.2025 15:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 41256    ๐Ÿ” 9047    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 516    ๐Ÿ“Œ 337
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ChatGPT Gave Instructions for Murder, Self-Mutilation, and Devil Worship OpenAIโ€™s chatbot also said โ€œHail Satan.โ€

This seems fine.

24.07.2025 19:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Well that sucks.

24.07.2025 18:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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24.07.2025 16:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Post image 23.07.2025 23:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 766    ๐Ÿ” 112    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 20    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

ok I decided to actually read up a bit on the Epstein case and my initial takeaway is that a great way to protect women and children from sexual predation would be to prosecute white collar crime

21.07.2025 23:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9605    ๐Ÿ” 1704    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 73    ๐Ÿ“Œ 94
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FREED POLITICAL PRISONER LEONARD PELTIER delivers a powerful message on immigration in the new Tom Morello directed video for Morelloโ€™s latest single โ€œPRETEND YOU REMEMBER MEโ€, available everywhere now!

tommorello.lnk.to/PretendYouRe...

10.07.2025 21:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9835    ๐Ÿ” 2743    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 151    ๐Ÿ“Œ 114

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