Kingfisher on a Wire
@beatenpaths.bsky.social
I write for myself, and then sometimes other people read what I wrote.
Consumed by science fiction, history, defending my daughter's inherited world, politics, and wishing I didn't care about politics.
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Consumed by science fiction, history, defending my daughter's inherited world, politics, and wishing I didn't care about politics.
views=mine
Every time I see one of your photos now, I worry that you immediately after fell down a muddy hill.
February 10, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Every time I see one of your photos now, I worry that you immediately after fell down a muddy hill.
"There are many apocryphal quotes wrongly attributed to Stalin, and I think this is one of them." - J. Arch Getty, a history professor at UCLA
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www.politifact.com/factchecks/2...
No, Joseph Stalin didn't say this about elections
Joseph Stalin was a dictator who ruled the Soviet Union for a quarter of a century, so it’s perhaps apropos that he shou
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February 10, 2026 at 11:51 AM
"There are many apocryphal quotes wrongly attributed to Stalin, and I think this is one of them." - J. Arch Getty, a history professor at UCLA
www.politifact.com/factchecks/2...
www.politifact.com/factchecks/2...
First appearance of the use of "America" as a place is found on a 1507 map, and is located roughly where Argentina/Chile are today.
www.atlasobscura.com/articles/wal...
www.atlasobscura.com/articles/wal...
February 9, 2026 at 1:40 AM
First appearance of the use of "America" as a place is found on a 1507 map, and is located roughly where Argentina/Chile are today.
www.atlasobscura.com/articles/wal...
www.atlasobscura.com/articles/wal...