Diane Purkiss
@janetanderson.bsky.social
I love books, reading, eating, cooking, and my French bulldog Bunty. I write history and I teach English at Oxford University.
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Part 57 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg
Dragonfly-woman ornament made France, Gold, enamel, chrysoprase, chalcedony, diamonds and moonstones
Dragonfly-woman ornament made France, Gold, enamel, chrysoprase, chalcedony, diamonds and moonstones
November 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Part 57 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg
Dragonfly-woman ornament made France, Gold, enamel, chrysoprase, chalcedony, diamonds and moonstones
Dragonfly-woman ornament made France, Gold, enamel, chrysoprase, chalcedony, diamonds and moonstones
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When I think about how exquisitely careful NEH staff were to be fair, impartial, and rigorous, and how much work people put into grants so small they’re pocket change…I just want to scream.
Fired Scholars and Big Grants to Favored Projects: Inside Trump’s N.E.H.
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
When I think about how exquisitely careful NEH staff were to be fair, impartial, and rigorous, and how much work people put into grants so small they’re pocket change…I just want to scream.
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Many people dismissed the announcement Catholic hospitals will ban gender-affirming care nationwide under the assumption that there will be other options. In reality, Catholic hospitals make up as much 46% of options in some states. This map is 2020, prior to Trump’s assault on safety net hospitals.
November 15, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Many people dismissed the announcement Catholic hospitals will ban gender-affirming care nationwide under the assumption that there will be other options. In reality, Catholic hospitals make up as much 46% of options in some states. This map is 2020, prior to Trump’s assault on safety net hospitals.
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Interesting cloud formation above Magdalen Road in East Oxford this morning
August 11, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Interesting cloud formation above Magdalen Road in East Oxford this morning
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The many issues with the current Labour government laid out clearly by @graceblakeley.substack.com
August 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The many issues with the current Labour government laid out clearly by @graceblakeley.substack.com
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Here’s a poem called ‘English Roundabouts’.
September 15, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Here’s a poem called ‘English Roundabouts’.
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Of course. Government actors have for decades claimed the right to assign adulthood as is convenient for their purposes. That's why 12-year-olds can be prosecuted as adults while 20-year-olds are too immature to drink or work as strippers (yet NOT too young to get married or go to war).
November 15, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Of course. Government actors have for decades claimed the right to assign adulthood as is convenient for their purposes. That's why 12-year-olds can be prosecuted as adults while 20-year-olds are too immature to drink or work as strippers (yet NOT too young to get married or go to war).
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Coercive sterilization in ICE detention. Eugenics.
"They tried to shut me up by deporting me."
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
Dozens Of Women Allege Unwanted Surgeries And Medical Abuse In ICE Custody
More women are coming forward to say they were pressured to have reproductive surgeries they did not want or understand, offering a glimpse into alleged medical abuses at an ICE detention center.
www.npr.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Coercive sterilization in ICE detention. Eugenics.
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Le peuple, par sa faute, a perdu
La confiance du gouvernement
Et ce n’est qu’en travaillant doublement
Qu’il pourra la regagner.
Ne serait-il pas plus simple
Pour le gouvernement
De dissoudre le peuple
Et d’en élire un autre ?
Bertolt Brecht, LA SOLUTION
Source : www.crcrosnier.fr/mur/palp/bre...
La confiance du gouvernement
Et ce n’est qu’en travaillant doublement
Qu’il pourra la regagner.
Ne serait-il pas plus simple
Pour le gouvernement
De dissoudre le peuple
Et d’en élire un autre ?
Bertolt Brecht, LA SOLUTION
Source : www.crcrosnier.fr/mur/palp/bre...
November 15, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Le peuple, par sa faute, a perdu
La confiance du gouvernement
Et ce n’est qu’en travaillant doublement
Qu’il pourra la regagner.
Ne serait-il pas plus simple
Pour le gouvernement
De dissoudre le peuple
Et d’en élire un autre ?
Bertolt Brecht, LA SOLUTION
Source : www.crcrosnier.fr/mur/palp/bre...
La confiance du gouvernement
Et ce n’est qu’en travaillant doublement
Qu’il pourra la regagner.
Ne serait-il pas plus simple
Pour le gouvernement
De dissoudre le peuple
Et d’en élire un autre ?
Bertolt Brecht, LA SOLUTION
Source : www.crcrosnier.fr/mur/palp/bre...
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Here’s something that’s really important for everyone to understand.
If we design our cities just for cars, they fail everyone, including drivers.
If we design our cities with many great CHOICES in how to get around, they work better for everyone, including drivers.
Spread the word.
If we design our cities just for cars, they fail everyone, including drivers.
If we design our cities with many great CHOICES in how to get around, they work better for everyone, including drivers.
Spread the word.
November 15, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Here’s something that’s really important for everyone to understand.
If we design our cities just for cars, they fail everyone, including drivers.
If we design our cities with many great CHOICES in how to get around, they work better for everyone, including drivers.
Spread the word.
If we design our cities just for cars, they fail everyone, including drivers.
If we design our cities with many great CHOICES in how to get around, they work better for everyone, including drivers.
Spread the word.
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There are baby capybaras at the Cape May Zoo! www.phillyvoice.com/cape-may-cou...
Which is why my 9-year-old had us out of the house at 6AM to catch the Lewes-Cape May Ferry.
Which is why my 9-year-old had us out of the house at 6AM to catch the Lewes-Cape May Ferry.
Cape May County zoo announces birth of baby capybaras — with more on the way
Two pups are already roaming the enclosure with mom Buttercup. Their half-siblings are expected to arrive in a few weeks.
www.phillyvoice.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:35 PM
There are baby capybaras at the Cape May Zoo! www.phillyvoice.com/cape-may-cou...
Which is why my 9-year-old had us out of the house at 6AM to catch the Lewes-Cape May Ferry.
Which is why my 9-year-old had us out of the house at 6AM to catch the Lewes-Cape May Ferry.
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“Parents who, after consulting with a doctor and a psychologist, allow their 15-year-old child to transition commit child abuse. The child is too young to consent!”
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
November 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
“Parents who, after consulting with a doctor and a psychologist, allow their 15-year-old child to transition commit child abuse. The child is too young to consent!”
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
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Here's Keir Starmer before the general election promising Ukrainian refugees that he will stand with them "as long as it takes".
Now his Government's own policy is that "the era of permanent protection [for refugees] is over"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ra9...
Now his Government's own policy is that "the era of permanent protection [for refugees] is over"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ra9...
Keir Starmer meets Ukrainian families on the two year anniversary of the war in Ukraine
YouTube video by Keir Starmer
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Here's Keir Starmer before the general election promising Ukrainian refugees that he will stand with them "as long as it takes".
Now his Government's own policy is that "the era of permanent protection [for refugees] is over"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ra9...
Now his Government's own policy is that "the era of permanent protection [for refugees] is over"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ra9...
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Join our campaign to Trump-proof the BBC
Trump-proof the BBC
The BBC is our national broadcaster, we must defend it against those who want to destroy it.
www.libdems.org.uk
November 13, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Join our campaign to Trump-proof the BBC
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Our guardian angels! 😉
idk if these are bluebirds of happiness or resentment, but they’re cute either way
November 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Our guardian angels! 😉
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Good afternoon. It's a beautiful day to play in the garden.
Planting
🌱 hyacinth and daffodils on sale at Wickman's in Springfield Mo
🌱 Garlic that was on sale at Territorial Seed
🌱 Harvested more onions
🌱 Cut down more sunflower stalks that the birds have picked clean of seeds already
Planting
🌱 hyacinth and daffodils on sale at Wickman's in Springfield Mo
🌱 Garlic that was on sale at Territorial Seed
🌱 Harvested more onions
🌱 Cut down more sunflower stalks that the birds have picked clean of seeds already
November 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Good afternoon. It's a beautiful day to play in the garden.
Planting
🌱 hyacinth and daffodils on sale at Wickman's in Springfield Mo
🌱 Garlic that was on sale at Territorial Seed
🌱 Harvested more onions
🌱 Cut down more sunflower stalks that the birds have picked clean of seeds already
Planting
🌱 hyacinth and daffodils on sale at Wickman's in Springfield Mo
🌱 Garlic that was on sale at Territorial Seed
🌱 Harvested more onions
🌱 Cut down more sunflower stalks that the birds have picked clean of seeds already
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Instead of fantasising about the existence of the blowjob photo, maybe remember this is the photo that really matters. Giuffre was a baby when she was trafficked, and the agony of that experience meant she didn't even make it to her 42nd birthday.
But sure, gay blowjob, ha ha ha, you do you I guess
But sure, gay blowjob, ha ha ha, you do you I guess
November 15, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Instead of fantasising about the existence of the blowjob photo, maybe remember this is the photo that really matters. Giuffre was a baby when she was trafficked, and the agony of that experience meant she didn't even make it to her 42nd birthday.
But sure, gay blowjob, ha ha ha, you do you I guess
But sure, gay blowjob, ha ha ha, you do you I guess
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Came to see two Caravaggios (which were great) but got distracted by this.
Santa Maria del Popolo
Santa Maria del Popolo
November 15, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Came to see two Caravaggios (which were great) but got distracted by this.
Santa Maria del Popolo
Santa Maria del Popolo
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“The reminders that your life may be temporary are a constant drain on your mental health. The big news announcements from all the parties take their toll. It’s always there in your mind that your way of life can be taken away from you.“
‘Death by a thousand cuts’: the people who could face deportation under Reform
As party’s rise fuels fears over future visa rules, people share how the lives they have built are in jeopardy
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:37 PM
“The reminders that your life may be temporary are a constant drain on your mental health. The big news announcements from all the parties take their toll. It’s always there in your mind that your way of life can be taken away from you.“
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Trump-supporting, self-styled upholders of ‘Judeo-Christian values’ on either side of the Atlantic will be along any moment now*…
*Spoiler alert: they absolutely won’t.
*Spoiler alert: they absolutely won’t.
What a photograph.
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
November 15, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Trump-supporting, self-styled upholders of ‘Judeo-Christian values’ on either side of the Atlantic will be along any moment now*…
*Spoiler alert: they absolutely won’t.
*Spoiler alert: they absolutely won’t.
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Ah yes & the scuttling off to get absolutely annihilated in a KGB villa happened directly after an emergency NATO meeting on the Skipal poisonings.
Bet Russia couldn’t believe their luck when that gluttonous idiot became foreign secretary…sure they got all the info they needed.
Bet Russia couldn’t believe their luck when that gluttonous idiot became foreign secretary…sure they got all the info they needed.
November 15, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Ah yes & the scuttling off to get absolutely annihilated in a KGB villa happened directly after an emergency NATO meeting on the Skipal poisonings.
Bet Russia couldn’t believe their luck when that gluttonous idiot became foreign secretary…sure they got all the info they needed.
Bet Russia couldn’t believe their luck when that gluttonous idiot became foreign secretary…sure they got all the info they needed.
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As an MP and government minister, Streeting pulls in £160k a year - plus hefty expenses and donations
You’d hope that would buy the NHS a leader genuinely equipped for the job
Instead we get a Wes, someone more focused on bullying doctors than showing he understands the org he’s meant to lead
You’d hope that would buy the NHS a leader genuinely equipped for the job
Instead we get a Wes, someone more focused on bullying doctors than showing he understands the org he’s meant to lead
'Don't tell me you don't want to be out on strike - because that is exactly where you are. Own it.'
As resident doctors walk out again, Wes Streeting calls out the 'reprehensible and cartel-like behaviour' of their union.
As resident doctors walk out again, Wes Streeting calls out the 'reprehensible and cartel-like behaviour' of their union.
November 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
As an MP and government minister, Streeting pulls in £160k a year - plus hefty expenses and donations
You’d hope that would buy the NHS a leader genuinely equipped for the job
Instead we get a Wes, someone more focused on bullying doctors than showing he understands the org he’s meant to lead
You’d hope that would buy the NHS a leader genuinely equipped for the job
Instead we get a Wes, someone more focused on bullying doctors than showing he understands the org he’s meant to lead