@nomdefume.bsky.social
Philologist/Médiéviste/Lecturer/Writer
joie de lire
я атеист слава богy
joie de lire
я атеист слава богy
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I know Charlie Kirk valued debate and free speech because he blocked me for fact-checking his lies on Twitter and then put me on his organization's Professor Watchlist for writing a book he didn't like.
September 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I know Charlie Kirk valued debate and free speech because he blocked me for fact-checking his lies on Twitter and then put me on his organization's Professor Watchlist for writing a book he didn't like.
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This illegal national security group chat has everything, Houthi bombing plans, JD Vance xenophobia, improper emoji use, the editor of the Atlantic Magazine thinking he got punked, Pete Hegseth day drinking, and MTV’s Dan Cortese.
a man is sitting at a desk with his hands folded
ALT: a man is sitting at a desk with his hands folded
media.tenor.com
March 24, 2025 at 11:59 PM
This illegal national security group chat has everything, Houthi bombing plans, JD Vance xenophobia, improper emoji use, the editor of the Atlantic Magazine thinking he got punked, Pete Hegseth day drinking, and MTV’s Dan Cortese.
Happy bday Werner? NOT
March 23, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Happy bday Werner? NOT
Beyond despicable
Elon Reportedly Orders Government to Stop Feeding the Bomb-Sniffing Dogs
As Elon Musk's DOGE continues to plunder the federal government, even the TSA's bomb-sniffing K9 units aren't safe.
futurism.com
March 18, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Beyond despicable
History just keeps rhyming
Reading this absolutely eerie book “Takeover” by Timothy Ryback, and every so often a passage will stop you dead on the tracks… bookshop.org/p/books/take...
March 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
History just keeps rhyming
Adolf Hitler and Ferdinand Porsche
History just keeps rhyming
History just keeps rhyming
March 14, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Adolf Hitler and Ferdinand Porsche
History just keeps rhyming
History just keeps rhyming
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Here’s a cheat sheet with all the phone numbers for the US Senate. I have a feeling we’ll be calling them a lot in the near future.
March 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Here’s a cheat sheet with all the phone numbers for the US Senate. I have a feeling we’ll be calling them a lot in the near future.
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The #Cryptocurrency scam.
Is it any wonder the tangerine terror wants to move to crypto?
Is it any wonder the tangerine terror wants to move to crypto?
March 13, 2025 at 12:33 AM
The #Cryptocurrency scam.
Is it any wonder the tangerine terror wants to move to crypto?
Is it any wonder the tangerine terror wants to move to crypto?
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No one ever said they were creative.
March 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
No one ever said they were creative.
"There are times, however ... when even being right feels wrong ... there is not much left except TV and relentless masturbation. It's a strange world. Some people get rich and others eat shit and die. "
Hunter S Thompson, Generation of Swine: Tales of Shame and Degradation in the '80's
Hunter S Thompson, Generation of Swine: Tales of Shame and Degradation in the '80's
March 10, 2025 at 7:13 AM
"There are times, however ... when even being right feels wrong ... there is not much left except TV and relentless masturbation. It's a strange world. Some people get rich and others eat shit and die. "
Hunter S Thompson, Generation of Swine: Tales of Shame and Degradation in the '80's
Hunter S Thompson, Generation of Swine: Tales of Shame and Degradation in the '80's
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⚡️Russia, China, Iran to hold joint naval drills in Gulf of Oman.
The exercises are aimed at deepening "the mutual trust and pragmatic cooperation between the participating countries' armies," the Chinese Defense Ministry said.
The exercises are aimed at deepening "the mutual trust and pragmatic cooperation between the participating countries' armies," the Chinese Defense Ministry said.
Russia, China, Iran to hold joint naval drills in Gulf of Oman
The exercises are aimed at deepening "the mutual trust and pragmatic cooperation between the participating countries' armies," the Chinese Defense Ministry said.
kyivindependent.com
March 9, 2025 at 1:47 PM
⚡️Russia, China, Iran to hold joint naval drills in Gulf of Oman.
The exercises are aimed at deepening "the mutual trust and pragmatic cooperation between the participating countries' armies," the Chinese Defense Ministry said.
The exercises are aimed at deepening "the mutual trust and pragmatic cooperation between the participating countries' armies," the Chinese Defense Ministry said.
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Facts
This Repub CR, that they claim will keep the government open, is a perfect example of why you must read bills.
Inside the text, you’ll find cuts everywhere, and so much money taken from vets you wouldn’t believe it. These guys are frauds.
Nice try! Hard NO! Throw it in the 🗑️
Inside the text, you’ll find cuts everywhere, and so much money taken from vets you wouldn’t believe it. These guys are frauds.
Nice try! Hard NO! Throw it in the 🗑️
March 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Facts
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40 BOOKS IN ROMAN HISTORY WRITTEN BY WOMEN
A killer reading list of great books (and personal favorites!) in Roman History to celebrate #InternationalWomen'sDay 2025.
Limited to English (to keep it manageable!) and listed in order of publication.
Let's go!
A killer reading list of great books (and personal favorites!) in Roman History to celebrate #InternationalWomen'sDay 2025.
Limited to English (to keep it manageable!) and listed in order of publication.
Let's go!
March 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
40 BOOKS IN ROMAN HISTORY WRITTEN BY WOMEN
A killer reading list of great books (and personal favorites!) in Roman History to celebrate #InternationalWomen'sDay 2025.
Limited to English (to keep it manageable!) and listed in order of publication.
Let's go!
A killer reading list of great books (and personal favorites!) in Roman History to celebrate #InternationalWomen'sDay 2025.
Limited to English (to keep it manageable!) and listed in order of publication.
Let's go!
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Thank you! And yes. You’re right… the show is on YouTube as well! Here’s the link: youtube.com/@jimacosta?s...
March 9, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Thank you! And yes. You’re right… the show is on YouTube as well! Here’s the link: youtube.com/@jimacosta?s...
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‘TB predominantly affects the poor in the Global South. As Paul Farmer wrote in “Infections and Inequalities”, “the ‘forgotten plague’ was forgotten in large part because it ceased to bother the wealthy.”’
Sophie Cousins on USAID, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ma...
Sophie Cousins on USAID, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ma...
Sophie Cousins | Airborne
Tuberculosis is the world’s most deadly infectious disease, killing more than a million people a year and infecting...
www.lrb.co.uk
March 9, 2025 at 12:47 PM
‘TB predominantly affects the poor in the Global South. As Paul Farmer wrote in “Infections and Inequalities”, “the ‘forgotten plague’ was forgotten in large part because it ceased to bother the wealthy.”’
Sophie Cousins on USAID, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ma...
Sophie Cousins on USAID, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ma...
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I love how flippant the Space-X staff are about blowing up a rough billion dollars of government money. I'm beginning to think that perhaps government efficiency isn't musks actual goal
March 7, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I love how flippant the Space-X staff are about blowing up a rough billion dollars of government money. I'm beginning to think that perhaps government efficiency isn't musks actual goal
All you need to know to understand why in a nutshell
March 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
All you need to know to understand why in a nutshell
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He skis like shit.
March 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
He skis like shit.
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"What can I do?"
That is the number 1 question I get asked. And at this time in our democracy -- or what remains of it when public servants put their loyalty to a person above their oaths of office— I am grateful that people are asking that question.
Below is a video with my answer:
That is the number 1 question I get asked. And at this time in our democracy -- or what remains of it when public servants put their loyalty to a person above their oaths of office— I am grateful that people are asking that question.
Below is a video with my answer:
"What Can I Do?"
Behind The Headlines With Andrew Weissmann, Vol 2.6.c
open.substack.com
March 2, 2025 at 12:06 PM
"What can I do?"
That is the number 1 question I get asked. And at this time in our democracy -- or what remains of it when public servants put their loyalty to a person above their oaths of office— I am grateful that people are asking that question.
Below is a video with my answer:
That is the number 1 question I get asked. And at this time in our democracy -- or what remains of it when public servants put their loyalty to a person above their oaths of office— I am grateful that people are asking that question.
Below is a video with my answer: