Ruadh Grian
@ruadhgrian.bsky.social
Retired academic, cat lover, left of center. Formerly dismayed but now horrified at the lack of critical thinking skills among the general US population.
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This morning the very evil President of the USA very predictably mocked the death of a good man. He did so to distract from his crimes, but also because he’s evil and can’t help rejoicing over the murder of his critics.
Go ahead, Donold. Have your fun, when life is done, a nightmare waits for you.
Go ahead, Donold. Have your fun, when life is done, a nightmare waits for you.
December 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
This morning the very evil President of the USA very predictably mocked the death of a good man. He did so to distract from his crimes, but also because he’s evil and can’t help rejoicing over the murder of his critics.
Go ahead, Donold. Have your fun, when life is done, a nightmare waits for you.
Go ahead, Donold. Have your fun, when life is done, a nightmare waits for you.
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Please sign this Change.org petition to have Elon Musk’s U.S. Citizenship revoked. He is destroying our country from the inside out!
www.change.org/p/revoke-elo...
www.change.org/p/revoke-elo...
Share petition · Revoke Elon Musk's U.S. Citizenship. · Change.org
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December 14, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Please sign this Change.org petition to have Elon Musk’s U.S. Citizenship revoked. He is destroying our country from the inside out!
www.change.org/p/revoke-elo...
www.change.org/p/revoke-elo...
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Clint Eastwood's multi Academy Award winning 🇺🇸American sports drama film “MILLION DOLLAR BABY” which he starred, directed, co-produced and scored co-starring Hilary Swank and Morgan Freeman was released in the U.S. #OnThisDay in 2004
🎬 Warner Bros. Pictures
🎬 Warner Bros. Pictures
December 15, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Clint Eastwood's multi Academy Award winning 🇺🇸American sports drama film “MILLION DOLLAR BABY” which he starred, directed, co-produced and scored co-starring Hilary Swank and Morgan Freeman was released in the U.S. #OnThisDay in 2004
🎬 Warner Bros. Pictures
🎬 Warner Bros. Pictures
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Rear Window (1954) 🎬🖤
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
December 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Rear Window (1954) 🎬🖤
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
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"Norman often referred to Rob as a son, and their close relationship was extraordinary, to us and the world," the family of Norman Lear said. "Norman would have wanted to remind us that Rob and Michele spent every breath trying to make this country a better place." https://to.pbs.org/44q7gwf
How Rob Reiner is being remembered
Here’s a look at some notable reactions to Reiner’s death.
to.pbs.org
December 15, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"Norman often referred to Rob as a son, and their close relationship was extraordinary, to us and the world," the family of Norman Lear said. "Norman would have wanted to remind us that Rob and Michele spent every breath trying to make this country a better place." https://to.pbs.org/44q7gwf
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1st Movement of Elgar's Cello Concerto as performed by cellist Jacqueline Du Pre with Daniel Barenboim conducting the London Philharmonic in 1967. 🎶🎧🗃️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUgd...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUgd...
ELGAR CELLO CONCERTO, JACQUELINE DU PRE
YouTube video by Allan Marshall
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December 14, 2025 at 10:23 PM
1st Movement of Elgar's Cello Concerto as performed by cellist Jacqueline Du Pre with Daniel Barenboim conducting the London Philharmonic in 1967. 🎶🎧🗃️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUgd...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUgd...
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Amazing!! Women Help Women (womenhelp.org) is manufacturing their own abortion pills in order to make abortion safer, simpler and more accessible across borders. They designed an eco-friendly combi-pack that's easier to mail discreetly and centred around women’s experiences and needs.
A Global Telehealth First: Women Help Women Begins Producing Abortion Pill Combipack
The feminist telehealth provider Women Help Women cuts out pharma middlemen to make its new mifepristone-misprostol abortion pill combo pack.
msmagazine.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Amazing!! Women Help Women (womenhelp.org) is manufacturing their own abortion pills in order to make abortion safer, simpler and more accessible across borders. They designed an eco-friendly combi-pack that's easier to mail discreetly and centred around women’s experiences and needs.
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BREAKING
Two people have been found dead at the home of director and actor Rob Reiner.
The LA Fire Department said the ages of the two victims is 78 and 68 which matches the ages of Rob and his wife Michele.
Full Story: bit.ly/497DhMd
Two people have been found dead at the home of director and actor Rob Reiner.
The LA Fire Department said the ages of the two victims is 78 and 68 which matches the ages of Rob and his wife Michele.
Full Story: bit.ly/497DhMd
December 15, 2025 at 2:08 AM
BREAKING
Two people have been found dead at the home of director and actor Rob Reiner.
The LA Fire Department said the ages of the two victims is 78 and 68 which matches the ages of Rob and his wife Michele.
Full Story: bit.ly/497DhMd
Two people have been found dead at the home of director and actor Rob Reiner.
The LA Fire Department said the ages of the two victims is 78 and 68 which matches the ages of Rob and his wife Michele.
Full Story: bit.ly/497DhMd
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Bless the Muslim man who disarmed a terrorist shooter in Australia!
Bless The Muslim Man Who Disarmed a Terrorist Shooter in Australia
So shines a good deed in a weary world.
www.thegodpodcast.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Bless the Muslim man who disarmed a terrorist shooter in Australia!
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here's today's post: "we need to talk about how completely crazypants all this shit is" — none of it is normal.
thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —
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we need to talk about how completely crazypants all this shit is
none of it is normal
bit.ly
December 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
here's today's post: "we need to talk about how completely crazypants all this shit is" — none of it is normal.
thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —
thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —
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Bless the Muslim man who disarmed a terrorist shooter in Australia!
December 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Bless the Muslim man who disarmed a terrorist shooter in Australia!
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“ANATOMY OF A MURDER” (1959) dir. Otto Preminger
Lee Remick, James Stewart, Ben Gazzara, Arthur O'Connell, Eve Arden, Kathryn Grant, George C. Scott
🎬 Columbia Pictures
Lee Remick, James Stewart, Ben Gazzara, Arthur O'Connell, Eve Arden, Kathryn Grant, George C. Scott
🎬 Columbia Pictures
December 14, 2025 at 10:36 AM
“ANATOMY OF A MURDER” (1959) dir. Otto Preminger
Lee Remick, James Stewart, Ben Gazzara, Arthur O'Connell, Eve Arden, Kathryn Grant, George C. Scott
🎬 Columbia Pictures
Lee Remick, James Stewart, Ben Gazzara, Arthur O'Connell, Eve Arden, Kathryn Grant, George C. Scott
🎬 Columbia Pictures
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‘There was little point in listing the merits of Lady Mary if few other ladies could read about them. Two centuries later, knowledge of Latin was not assumed even in the most intelligent female company.’
Nicholas Penny on church monuments.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Nicholas Penny on church monuments.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Nicholas Penny · Diary: Church Monuments
To record the changing conventions of memorial sculpture is to trace the ways in which our ancestors affirmed their...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
‘There was little point in listing the merits of Lady Mary if few other ladies could read about them. Two centuries later, knowledge of Latin was not assumed even in the most intelligent female company.’
Nicholas Penny on church monuments.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Nicholas Penny on church monuments.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Dick Van Dyke plays Paul Galesko a Pulitzer Award winning photographer who murders his abusive wife and then stages it as a kidnapping, in the Columbo: episode “NEGATIVE REACTION” (1974) dir. Alf Kjellin with Peter Falk, Antoinette Bower, Joanna Cameron, Don Gordon
📺 Universal TV
#DickVanDyke100
📺 Universal TV
#DickVanDyke100
December 13, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Dick Van Dyke plays Paul Galesko a Pulitzer Award winning photographer who murders his abusive wife and then stages it as a kidnapping, in the Columbo: episode “NEGATIVE REACTION” (1974) dir. Alf Kjellin with Peter Falk, Antoinette Bower, Joanna Cameron, Don Gordon
📺 Universal TV
#DickVanDyke100
📺 Universal TV
#DickVanDyke100
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We are horrified and heartbroken by the mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration in Australia. Our hearts are with our Jewish brothers and sisters around the world.
We must do everything in our power to fight back against antisemitism and hate in all its forms.
We must do everything in our power to fight back against antisemitism and hate in all its forms.
Bondi Beach: Eleven killed in shooting targeting Australia’s Jewish community
A further 29 people have been taken to hospital and one gunman was also killed, NSW Police have told a news conference.
www.bbc.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
We are horrified and heartbroken by the mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration in Australia. Our hearts are with our Jewish brothers and sisters around the world.
We must do everything in our power to fight back against antisemitism and hate in all its forms.
We must do everything in our power to fight back against antisemitism and hate in all its forms.
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"They were ordinary people with regular jobs, some even indifferent to politics...their transformation often began with tiny acts...each decision – to tell the truth, to refuse to comply, to insist on accountability – expanded their sense of agency"
December 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
"They were ordinary people with regular jobs, some even indifferent to politics...their transformation often began with tiny acts...each decision – to tell the truth, to refuse to comply, to insist on accountability – expanded their sense of agency"
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Time for Mouse's #FridaysBitsAndPieces from #StGeorgeDunster #Somerset. All of the bits and pieces Mouse didn't share in the week: One of a surprisingly small number of memorial tablets, but a beauty nonetheless
December 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Time for Mouse's #FridaysBitsAndPieces from #StGeorgeDunster #Somerset. All of the bits and pieces Mouse didn't share in the week: One of a surprisingly small number of memorial tablets, but a beauty nonetheless
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ICE have awakened a very polite sleeping giant and filled him with a terrible resolve.
I genuinely don't know if this is a "Minnesotan" thing or an "old guy of a certain age" thing but in case it's Minnesotan and people need an anger translator: this guy is so angry he could just about set something on fire with his mind.
This one isn’t downloadable but if you have TikTok go watch it. Well worth your time www.tiktok.com/t/ZTr4gRL7v/
December 13, 2025 at 7:48 PM
ICE have awakened a very polite sleeping giant and filled him with a terrible resolve.
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Woody Allen Is Not Sorry About His Friendship With Jeffrey Epstein
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Just when I thought I couldn't admire the man more...
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December 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Just when I thought I couldn't admire the man more...
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When Elton John and Cher teamed up on The Cher Show in 1975 #Legends #Singers #FlashbackFriday #FridayVibes
December 13, 2025 at 3:39 AM
When Elton John and Cher teamed up on The Cher Show in 1975 #Legends #Singers #FlashbackFriday #FridayVibes
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Dolly & Willie
December 13, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Dolly & Willie
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Time for Mouse's #FridaysBitsAndPieces from #StGeorgeDunster #Somerset. All of the bits and pieces Mouse didn't share in the week: Archway, south transept to south chapel (with brattished parclose pediment detail). Most curious clustered shafts, like pipework. Never seen the like
December 12, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Time for Mouse's #FridaysBitsAndPieces from #StGeorgeDunster #Somerset. All of the bits and pieces Mouse didn't share in the week: Archway, south transept to south chapel (with brattished parclose pediment detail). Most curious clustered shafts, like pipework. Never seen the like
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Happy 100th birthday to Dick Van Dyke!
December 13, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Happy 100th birthday to Dick Van Dyke!