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Jewel @jewelthin.bsky.social · 4h

Very wise

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Jewel @jewelthin.bsky.social · 21h

That sounds great. What was the quote?

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Jewel @jewelthin.bsky.social · 1d

I know Shakespeare's alot earlier, but we kind of view it through the lens of that time

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Jewel @jewelthin.bsky.social · 1d

This isn't really a political point and Shakespeare and the English language is important. I just wonder why we celebrate a Victorian era sensibility so much, when there are probably a lot more interesting things about the indigenous people from the time

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Jewel @jewelthin.bsky.social · 1d

I know Shakespeare was big entertainment in "the wild west", with Victorian actors touring the states and almost certainly Canada. I wonder what the Native Americans thought about it all? Seeing the settlers who brutalised them, then suddenly do all this strange performative stuff

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Jewel @jewelthin.bsky.social · 2d

Wow that is a lot. SUA here is similarly surrounded by rural communities.

It might seem like a strange question, but are there alot of indigenous communities in your area?

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Jewel @jewelthin.bsky.social · 2d

Strange, their memories of England must have been poor. The Avon flows into the Severn.

Do you have the outdoor Shakespeare stuff in parks through Canada? I know the US does

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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 2d

It's incredible that Mary Shelley was just 18 years old when she wrote "Frankenstein" and 200 years later people are still thinking about it and talking about it and remaking it.

How many works of art have that kind of lasting impact?

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Sierk @sierkulator.monster · 2d

Share an awesome 80s movie! 🎥 🖤

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Andrew S. 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🌈 @parallax2112.bsky.social · 2d

#NowListening to 'Copper Blue' by Sugar. There are very few 'perfect' albums, but I think that this qualifies. Complete killer, no filler.

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Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 2d

🎶 If you tolerate this… 🎶
#TOTP

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🏳️‍🌈 Adam J. Taylor 🏳️‍🌈 @altamont498.xyz · 2d

I knew Conan Doyle was a spiritualist, but I didn’t realise publishing books by ouija board was a thing.

An email from Amazon.co.uk that says “Recent release from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle”.

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 2d

At this moment in 1952 (7:14:59 AM November 1, local time), the United States tested the first true (albeit undeliverable, weighing a massive 82 tons) hydrogen bomb at Enewetak Atoll. The 10.4-Megaton MIKE explosion vaporized Elugelab Island, leaving behind a crater 1.2 miles wide and 164 feet deep.

Ivy Mike Countdown and detonation

YouTube video by atomcentral

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Jewel @jewelthin.bsky.social · 2d

Gone Fishing, a show about fishing attracted over 20 million viewers for its final episode, a figure almost unheard of today

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Jewel @jewelthin.bsky.social · 2d

M&WGF is gorgeous, funny and one of the first shows to really do male mental health in an entertaining way (now everyone's doing it)

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Jewel @jewelthin.bsky.social · 2d

I think Bob Mortimer and also Ross Noble never fail to be funny. Must be something about the north east.

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Jewel @jewelthin.bsky.social · 2d

Oh I wasn't expecting it to be that small 😆

Because the Avon is associated with flooding here, it's kind of weird to realize that by the time it reaches Stratford Upon Avon it's pretty much the furthest point in Britain from the sea.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

(Miami Herald) - The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald ..

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U.S. poised to strike military targets in Venezuela in escalation against Maduro regime

The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald...

www.miamiherald.com

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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 2d

"As lungs need air, so the U.S. economy needs Latin American minerals."

—Eduardo Galeano, Open Veins of Latin America

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OSINTRadar @osintr.bsky.social · 2d

Various pizzerias nearby the Pentagon are reporting above average traffic.

The last time pizzerias near the Pentagon reported such high activity was right before the start of Operation Rising Lion, when the United States destroyed Iran's nuclear weapons development facilities.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 3d

JUST IN: Trump says he has instructed the Department of Defense to start testing our nuclear weapons

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 3d

The man who kept yelling that everyone else was going to be responsible for nuclear war wants to start testing nuclear weapons for the first time since 1992.

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 3d

OTD in 2001 Ukraine eliminated its last nuclear delivery vehicle under the START treaty.

They have been thanked with invasion, concern & escalation management

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Axios @axios.com · 3d

Resuming nuclear testing would mark a massive shift in U.S. policy.

Here's why the U.S. and world stopped testing years ago.

Why the U.S. stopped testing nuclear bombs

The military played a large role in the testing of nuclear weapons for decades.

www.axios.com

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 5d

New START, the last bilateral treaty imposing verifiable legal constraints on the maximum number of US and Russian operational strategic nuclear delivery systems and warheads, expires in 100 days. On February 5, 2026, Trump and Putin will be able to deploy as many nuclear weapons as they want.

Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · Apr 8

OTD 15 years ago, President Barack Obama and President Dmitry Medvedev signed the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty in Prague, Czech Republic. New START—which expires on February 5, 2026—limits each country to 1,550 deployed strategic warheads and a combined total of 700 ICBMs, SLBMs, and bombers.

A color photograph showing US President Barack Obama (left) and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (right) standing and shaking hands after signing New START. Each also holds in their left hand a leather binder (perhaps containing their spoken remarks). Bound and signed copies of the treaty are visible on the table in front of them. Multiple US and Russian flags are on display behind them.

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