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I have some great Resolutions for the New Year:
January 1, 2026 at 1:20 PM
I have some great Resolutions for the New Year:
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My new year's resolution is 480i. @cathoderaydude.com
December 31, 2025 at 11:49 PM
My new year's resolution is 480i. @cathoderaydude.com
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I seem to have woken up in 1529…
December 29, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I seem to have woken up in 1529…
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General reminder of the words of proud son of Virginia, Major-General George H Thomas. The "Rock of Chickamauga". Who, unlike Lee, stayed loyal to the Union.
Post-war he had views on 'Lost Cause' and the damage it would do to America, unchecked.
A “counterfeit varnish of patriotism” he called it.
Post-war he had views on 'Lost Cause' and the damage it would do to America, unchecked.
A “counterfeit varnish of patriotism” he called it.
![[T]he greatest efforts made by the defeated insurgents since the close of the war have been to promulgate the idea that the cause of liberty, justice, humanity, equality, and all the calendar of the virtues of freedom, suffered violence and wrong when the effort for southern independence failed. This is, of course, intended as a species of political cant, whereby the crime of treason might be covered with a counterfeit varnish of patriotism, so that the precipitators of the rebellion might go down in history hand in hand with the defenders of the government, thus wiping out with their own hands their own stains; a species of self-forgiveness amazing in its effrontery, when it is considered that life and property—justly forfeited by the laws of the country, of war, and of nations, through the magnanimity of the government and people—was not exacted from them.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5h5jfgi7vuqp4bkfogcntzep/bafkreifigvhyvtmy3mxp2btoxw5gztwrmyujtmpywsraabtjsq6oyrs4gq@jpeg)
December 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
General reminder of the words of proud son of Virginia, Major-General George H Thomas. The "Rock of Chickamauga". Who, unlike Lee, stayed loyal to the Union.
Post-war he had views on 'Lost Cause' and the damage it would do to America, unchecked.
A “counterfeit varnish of patriotism” he called it.
Post-war he had views on 'Lost Cause' and the damage it would do to America, unchecked.
A “counterfeit varnish of patriotism” he called it.
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someone without small seeds
someone you need
someone you need
December 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
someone without small seeds
someone you need
someone you need
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I like the analysis of the original poem that Ozymandias, being Ramesses II, is actually still very well known, whereas Percy has been relegated to being the husband of the vastly more famous Mary Shelley.
October 31, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I like the analysis of the original poem that Ozymandias, being Ramesses II, is actually still very well known, whereas Percy has been relegated to being the husband of the vastly more famous Mary Shelley.
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"Did you see what Mark Cuban posted? Oh did you see the clapb—"
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
December 27, 2025 at 2:06 AM
"Did you see what Mark Cuban posted? Oh did you see the clapb—"
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
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happy boxing day to all who celebrate
December 26, 2025 at 5:00 AM
happy boxing day to all who celebrate
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Myth makes the Battle of Trenton comforting. Reality makes it useful.
The First U.S. Army Christmas: Washington and the Hessians
Editor's Note: This article was originally published in 2023. It is a story so well known it has become a meme. “Americans: Willing to cross a frozen
warontherocks.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Myth makes the Battle of Trenton comforting. Reality makes it useful.
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This here, a proud and upsetting member of His Majesty's Royal Navy, is Pollyanna the reindeer.
And for the avoidance of doubt, she's the one on the right of the photograph.
And for the avoidance of doubt, she's the one on the right of the photograph.
December 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This here, a proud and upsetting member of His Majesty's Royal Navy, is Pollyanna the reindeer.
And for the avoidance of doubt, she's the one on the right of the photograph.
And for the avoidance of doubt, she's the one on the right of the photograph.
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I didn't think it captured naval tactics at all until the battle where everybody went all David Beatty and wandered off in another direction without telling me, leaving my crappy little destroyer to take on a whole squadron on its own...
December 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I didn't think it captured naval tactics at all until the battle where everybody went all David Beatty and wandered off in another direction without telling me, leaving my crappy little destroyer to take on a whole squadron on its own...
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Tis the season.
December 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Tis the season.
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Itsy-bitsy teenie-weenie ancient Roman langoustinie
We hope the BlueSky moderators don't flag today's offering for #MosaicMonday as being, ahem... prawnographic. 😳
December 22, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Itsy-bitsy teenie-weenie ancient Roman langoustinie
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He ys ridinge a horse
He ys emerald and svelte
He will get reallye weirde
If you lie about beltes
The Green Knighte
Ys Cominge
To Toun
He ys emerald and svelte
He will get reallye weirde
If you lie about beltes
The Green Knighte
Ys Cominge
To Toun
December 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
He ys ridinge a horse
He ys emerald and svelte
He will get reallye weirde
If you lie about beltes
The Green Knighte
Ys Cominge
To Toun
He ys emerald and svelte
He will get reallye weirde
If you lie about beltes
The Green Knighte
Ys Cominge
To Toun
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Being “of the same nature as” rather than “of like nature to” mainstream pop…
We need a modern day Council of Nicaea, but instead of doing it for “the Roman Bible”, it needs to be “the genres that record companies use on streaming services”.
December 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Being “of the same nature as” rather than “of like nature to” mainstream pop…
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My child who is less into church and usually chooses not to attend, has agreed with great gusto to play the part of Herod in this year’s pageant. Win? Worry? Either way the whole family is now looking forward to the service a bit more.
December 9, 2025 at 11:50 PM
My child who is less into church and usually chooses not to attend, has agreed with great gusto to play the part of Herod in this year’s pageant. Win? Worry? Either way the whole family is now looking forward to the service a bit more.
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
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Marcel does not like this vet-themed escape room. Zero stars.
December 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Marcel does not like this vet-themed escape room. Zero stars.
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The cat sofas are so good that your cat will eventually give up trying to ignore it and use it. Even though the cat knows it was purchased for them.
Trust me. I have two cats that tried not to use ours and failed. They both use it now.
Trust me. I have two cats that tried not to use ours and failed. They both use it now.
I make unique cat sofas, lap mats for cats, and foot stools (for humans but cats will use them as cat thrones)
You can find my shop on Etsy
craftysharp.etsy.com
You can find my shop on Etsy
craftysharp.etsy.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The cat sofas are so good that your cat will eventually give up trying to ignore it and use it. Even though the cat knows it was purchased for them.
Trust me. I have two cats that tried not to use ours and failed. They both use it now.
Trust me. I have two cats that tried not to use ours and failed. They both use it now.
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I named my fists Common and Sense because I'm about to bring the Paine
I named my fists Blood and Meridian because I’m fixing to Judge your ass.
I named my fists Moby and Dick because I am about to whale on you.
December 1, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I named my fists Common and Sense because I'm about to bring the Paine
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i named my fists Nineteen and Eighty-Four because you're going to hate the next two minutes
I named my fists Common and Sense because I'm about to bring the Paine
I named my fists Blood and Meridian because I’m fixing to Judge your ass.
December 1, 2025 at 3:37 PM
i named my fists Nineteen and Eighty-Four because you're going to hate the next two minutes
I think you both need to define what you mean as side-on before we can answer here. Looking down from above: The feet HAVE to be placed with one closer to the enemy than the other. Unless the purpose of the guy behind you is to turn you into a tripod with his shield.
Sabreurs and epeeists fight side-on as well, for the same general reason of target reduction/protection. #pedantry
December 1, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I think you both need to define what you mean as side-on before we can answer here. Looking down from above: The feet HAVE to be placed with one closer to the enemy than the other. Unless the purpose of the guy behind you is to turn you into a tripod with his shield.
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Oh. My. Goodness.
It is really real. Museum theft advent calendar!!
www.playmobil.com/en-gb/advent...
#Archaeology 🏺
It is really real. Museum theft advent calendar!!
www.playmobil.com/en-gb/advent...
#Archaeology 🏺
November 27, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Oh. My. Goodness.
It is really real. Museum theft advent calendar!!
www.playmobil.com/en-gb/advent...
#Archaeology 🏺
It is really real. Museum theft advent calendar!!
www.playmobil.com/en-gb/advent...
#Archaeology 🏺
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everyone forgets the full phrase
“fuck around, find out, write it down”
it’s only the scientific method if you write it down, otherwise it’s just sparkling curiosity
“fuck around, find out, write it down”
it’s only the scientific method if you write it down, otherwise it’s just sparkling curiosity
November 29, 2025 at 1:11 AM
everyone forgets the full phrase
“fuck around, find out, write it down”
it’s only the scientific method if you write it down, otherwise it’s just sparkling curiosity
“fuck around, find out, write it down”
it’s only the scientific method if you write it down, otherwise it’s just sparkling curiosity