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Hoya Saxa
that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth
that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth
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@vchaud.bsky.social
· Jan 18
Here's the thing: I really am not interested right now in having a lot of followers - and unless we have something in common (as I privately ascertain) I'll probably block you. A heads up. If bluesky had a private mode, I would use it.
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happy bday English writer Jane Austen, b.1775.
“There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.”
"We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.”
“There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.”
"We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.”
December 16, 2025 at 8:08 AM
happy bday English writer Jane Austen, b.1775.
“There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.”
"We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.”
“There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.”
"We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.”
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Two and a half centuries after her birth, Jane Austen remains a master of social wit.
Born in December 1775, she wrote six novels that examine manners, morals, and the marriage market, and she published anonymously in her lifetime. 🧵⬇️ (1/2)
Born in December 1775, she wrote six novels that examine manners, morals, and the marriage market, and she published anonymously in her lifetime. 🧵⬇️ (1/2)
December 16, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Two and a half centuries after her birth, Jane Austen remains a master of social wit.
Born in December 1775, she wrote six novels that examine manners, morals, and the marriage market, and she published anonymously in her lifetime. 🧵⬇️ (1/2)
Born in December 1775, she wrote six novels that examine manners, morals, and the marriage market, and she published anonymously in her lifetime. 🧵⬇️ (1/2)
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Hey #Alabama. Big request. We got a survey on policies for the working class and we need this to spread like wildfire across the state so we can drive candidates on what they need to do. Thank you for your attention to this matter. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Organize Alabama First (OrganizeAF)
If you are a resident of Alabama, we want to hear from you. Let us know what working class policies need to be prioritized for the coming year in this state. There are a lot of issues to tackle—we’ve ...
docs.google.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Hey #Alabama. Big request. We got a survey on policies for the working class and we need this to spread like wildfire across the state so we can drive candidates on what they need to do. Thank you for your attention to this matter. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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BREAKING: Mike Johnson just said he won't call a vote this year to extend enhanced subsidies under the Affordable Care Act — effectively guaranteeing they will expire at the end of this month.
December 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
BREAKING: Mike Johnson just said he won't call a vote this year to extend enhanced subsidies under the Affordable Care Act — effectively guaranteeing they will expire at the end of this month.
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Oh, no reason.
youtu.be/UrRZ-kKnBEw?...
youtu.be/UrRZ-kKnBEw?...
How 3 words completely changed a character
YouTube video by InCinematic
youtu.be
December 15, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Oh, no reason.
youtu.be/UrRZ-kKnBEw?...
youtu.be/UrRZ-kKnBEw?...
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Happy birthday to Jane Austen, and to this very on-brand Economist chart
www.economist.com/christmas-sp...
www.economist.com/christmas-sp...
December 14, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Happy birthday to Jane Austen, and to this very on-brand Economist chart
www.economist.com/christmas-sp...
www.economist.com/christmas-sp...
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Hello friends, I recently lost my health insurance + benefits & am currently looking at a bill of over $16,000 for which I cannot pay. This would not necessarily be an issue if I were not visually impaired and currently out of full time work, but I am humbly asking for assistance now. Any bit helps.
Donate to Help EmissaryOfNight Pay Emergency Expenses, organized by Y, Al-Sheikh
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December 14, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Hello friends, I recently lost my health insurance + benefits & am currently looking at a bill of over $16,000 for which I cannot pay. This would not necessarily be an issue if I were not visually impaired and currently out of full time work, but I am humbly asking for assistance now. Any bit helps.
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Now look at CBS. Installing Bari Weiss to run a news division isn’t a "pivot to the center." It is a deliberate hollowing out.
Take a legacy institution, gut its standards, wear its skin like a suit. They don’t want CBS's credibility; they want to destroy the idea that credible news exists at all.
Take a legacy institution, gut its standards, wear its skin like a suit. They don’t want CBS's credibility; they want to destroy the idea that credible news exists at all.
December 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Now look at CBS. Installing Bari Weiss to run a news division isn’t a "pivot to the center." It is a deliberate hollowing out.
Take a legacy institution, gut its standards, wear its skin like a suit. They don’t want CBS's credibility; they want to destroy the idea that credible news exists at all.
Take a legacy institution, gut its standards, wear its skin like a suit. They don’t want CBS's credibility; they want to destroy the idea that credible news exists at all.
The Road to Wellville is a very funny movie
December 14, 2025 at 3:37 AM
The Road to Wellville is a very funny movie
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If you're wondering what happened to Nate Silver, he was into the COVID lab leak theory and got negative feedback online, including from epidemiologists and virologists and (GASP!) posters, which added to his belief that The Woke are victimizing Nate Silver. It spiraled from there.
I'm not kidding.
I'm not kidding.
December 13, 2025 at 11:22 PM
If you're wondering what happened to Nate Silver, he was into the COVID lab leak theory and got negative feedback online, including from epidemiologists and virologists and (GASP!) posters, which added to his belief that The Woke are victimizing Nate Silver. It spiraled from there.
I'm not kidding.
I'm not kidding.
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Bloody hell, the SEC’s Caroline Crenshaw is not leaving the organisation quietly.
She says there is a “rapacious” appetite to deregulate, and warns that “the darkest depths of winter still lie ahead for America’s capital markets”. www.ft.com/content/7027...
She says there is a “rapacious” appetite to deregulate, and warns that “the darkest depths of winter still lie ahead for America’s capital markets”. www.ft.com/content/7027...
December 12, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Bloody hell, the SEC’s Caroline Crenshaw is not leaving the organisation quietly.
She says there is a “rapacious” appetite to deregulate, and warns that “the darkest depths of winter still lie ahead for America’s capital markets”. www.ft.com/content/7027...
She says there is a “rapacious” appetite to deregulate, and warns that “the darkest depths of winter still lie ahead for America’s capital markets”. www.ft.com/content/7027...
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There are a lot of presidential democracies in the world. They haven't just sat back and continued to face the same problems over and over again without trying different approaches. One of the biggest things they've done is institute a secret ballot on impeachment trials
Impeach and Remove the Bastards
A scenario for 2027.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
There are a lot of presidential democracies in the world. They haven't just sat back and continued to face the same problems over and over again without trying different approaches. One of the biggest things they've done is institute a secret ballot on impeachment trials
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
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Saw this adorable French animation ad and I had to share it over here! The style looks familiar but I can’t my finger on what group it is. Any ideas?
December 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Saw this adorable French animation ad and I had to share it over here! The style looks familiar but I can’t my finger on what group it is. Any ideas?
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People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
December 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
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Yep, the Supreme Court really is just a House of Lords—a purely political branch with bizarre veto power, wielded capriciously and without accountability. Time for massive reform.
December 4, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Yep, the Supreme Court really is just a House of Lords—a purely political branch with bizarre veto power, wielded capriciously and without accountability. Time for massive reform.
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Sauer saying something is unconstitutional because it "would be unconstitutional under Justice Scalia's dissent" is a remarkably cogent statement of the Roberts Court's approach to precedent.
December 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Sauer saying something is unconstitutional because it "would be unconstitutional under Justice Scalia's dissent" is a remarkably cogent statement of the Roberts Court's approach to precedent.
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A LOT of us find ourselves asking “Why don't they make movies like they used to?” - or - “They don't seem to make movies for me anymore”.
MATT DAMON gives us his take on why.
MATT DAMON gives us his take on why.
December 8, 2025 at 2:20 PM
A LOT of us find ourselves asking “Why don't they make movies like they used to?” - or - “They don't seem to make movies for me anymore”.
MATT DAMON gives us his take on why.
MATT DAMON gives us his take on why.
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Father Christmas out & about (wearing a Brodie helmet) on Regent Street - London in 1940🎄
December 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Father Christmas out & about (wearing a Brodie helmet) on Regent Street - London in 1940🎄
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#PudgyHorse Lascaux Tribute 2. A companion piece to the first, following one of the other cave horses with a darker colour morph. Again, painted with pigments made by Mary Sanche from Cretaceous rocks from the Albertan badlands. From 2020.
#ArtAdventCalendar
#ArtAdventCalendar
December 6, 2025 at 3:26 AM
#PudgyHorse Lascaux Tribute 2. A companion piece to the first, following one of the other cave horses with a darker colour morph. Again, painted with pigments made by Mary Sanche from Cretaceous rocks from the Albertan badlands. From 2020.
#ArtAdventCalendar
#ArtAdventCalendar
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In a world where much of the current governing US elite has been driven insane through decades of being very online some of the best analysts of US elite behaviour are people like Mihnea who have detailed knowledge of the internet spaces that drove them round the bend
December 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
In a world where much of the current governing US elite has been driven insane through decades of being very online some of the best analysts of US elite behaviour are people like Mihnea who have detailed knowledge of the internet spaces that drove them round the bend
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"All is lost" narratives are popular because people generally do not want to take action. Taking action is tiring so if all is lost, you are off the hook. Nothing is more seductive than not having to do anything.
December 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"All is lost" narratives are popular because people generally do not want to take action. Taking action is tiring so if all is lost, you are off the hook. Nothing is more seductive than not having to do anything.
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The lack of curiosity about the world, the insanely petty infighting about shit that doesn't matter, the attitude of superiority to anything and anyone that doesn't match their ideas about how the world is supposed to work: not a fan
December 5, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The lack of curiosity about the world, the insanely petty infighting about shit that doesn't matter, the attitude of superiority to anything and anyone that doesn't match their ideas about how the world is supposed to work: not a fan
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ICE heads to Minnesota as the triple dip polar vortex starts
December 4, 2025 at 12:47 PM
ICE heads to Minnesota as the triple dip polar vortex starts