Prospero
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Anti-Fascist | #NoKings #Queer, #lgbtq, #pédé, books, author, choral singer, dandy, flaneur, gender ideologist, OUT OF THE CLOSET SINCE 1974 https://harley2253.com HE/HIM/HIS #AcademicSky 🏳️🌈⚧️🏳️⚧️
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We Ain't Buying It: Turning our Dollars into Defiance
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We Ain't Buying It: Turning our Dollars into Defiance
Today is day one of the We Ain’t Buying It blackout.
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November 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
We Ain't Buying It: Turning our Dollars into Defiance
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Keep asking the important questions.
November 28, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Keep asking the important questions.
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GUARDIAN: “Per head, 🇺🇸 output is six times China’s, and yet, inexplicably, there seem to be more abjectly poor Americans than Chinese. 🇺🇸 inequality is breathtaking… keeps getting worse…”
Wanting to address this isn’t radical.
NOT wanting to is.
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Wanting to address this isn’t radical.
NOT wanting to is.
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November 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
GUARDIAN: “Per head, 🇺🇸 output is six times China’s, and yet, inexplicably, there seem to be more abjectly poor Americans than Chinese. 🇺🇸 inequality is breathtaking… keeps getting worse…”
Wanting to address this isn’t radical.
NOT wanting to is.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Wanting to address this isn’t radical.
NOT wanting to is.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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One of the most beautiful emotions there is is feeling the heartbeat of the person you love close to you. The great artist R.D. Riccoboni translates this feeling into this painting.
Art becomes a love story in a lyricism of vivid and real color and composition that moves me deeply with its truth...
Art becomes a love story in a lyricism of vivid and real color and composition that moves me deeply with its truth...
November 27, 2025 at 2:01 AM
One of the most beautiful emotions there is is feeling the heartbeat of the person you love close to you. The great artist R.D. Riccoboni translates this feeling into this painting.
Art becomes a love story in a lyricism of vivid and real color and composition that moves me deeply with its truth...
Art becomes a love story in a lyricism of vivid and real color and composition that moves me deeply with its truth...
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D.C. Shooting Suspect ‘Could Not Tolerate’ the Violence of His C.I.A.-Backed Unit in Afghanistan
“The units had been trained for nighttime raids targeting suspected Taliban members, & were accused by human rights groups of widespread killings of civilians.”
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“The units had been trained for nighttime raids targeting suspected Taliban members, & were accused by human rights groups of widespread killings of civilians.”
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D.C. Shooting Suspect ‘Could Not Tolerate’ the Violence of His C.I.A.-Backed Unit in Afghanistan, a Childhood Friend Said
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November 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
D.C. Shooting Suspect ‘Could Not Tolerate’ the Violence of His C.I.A.-Backed Unit in Afghanistan
“The units had been trained for nighttime raids targeting suspected Taliban members, & were accused by human rights groups of widespread killings of civilians.”
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“The units had been trained for nighttime raids targeting suspected Taliban members, & were accused by human rights groups of widespread killings of civilians.”
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“Network” premieres today in ‘76
“.. we thought we were making a satire,” said Lumet. “But the extraordinary and frightening thing is how quickly it stopped being satire .. When the truth becomes entertainment, when rage becomes a commodity, the culture begins to eat itself.”
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“.. we thought we were making a satire,” said Lumet. “But the extraordinary and frightening thing is how quickly it stopped being satire .. When the truth becomes entertainment, when rage becomes a commodity, the culture begins to eat itself.”
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November 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM
“Network” premieres today in ‘76
“.. we thought we were making a satire,” said Lumet. “But the extraordinary and frightening thing is how quickly it stopped being satire .. When the truth becomes entertainment, when rage becomes a commodity, the culture begins to eat itself.”
@ditzkoff.bsky.social
“.. we thought we were making a satire,” said Lumet. “But the extraordinary and frightening thing is how quickly it stopped being satire .. When the truth becomes entertainment, when rage becomes a commodity, the culture begins to eat itself.”
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*small embarrassed voice*
A little plug for my article on Devon book sales c. 1700, which has gone online open access. tl;dr book auctions weren't just a London/Oxbridge thing: a flourishing second-hand book market centred on Exeter included auctions from the 1680s.
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A little plug for my article on Devon book sales c. 1700, which has gone online open access. tl;dr book auctions weren't just a London/Oxbridge thing: a flourishing second-hand book market centred on Exeter included auctions from the 1680s.
doi.org/10.1093/libr...
A Provincial Market in Second-Hand Books: Book Sales in Devon, 1688–1725
Abstract. Comparatively little is known about England’s early book-auction trade outside of London and the university towns, with few catalogues surviving
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November 27, 2025 at 9:31 AM
*small embarrassed voice*
A little plug for my article on Devon book sales c. 1700, which has gone online open access. tl;dr book auctions weren't just a London/Oxbridge thing: a flourishing second-hand book market centred on Exeter included auctions from the 1680s.
doi.org/10.1093/libr...
A little plug for my article on Devon book sales c. 1700, which has gone online open access. tl;dr book auctions weren't just a London/Oxbridge thing: a flourishing second-hand book market centred on Exeter included auctions from the 1680s.
doi.org/10.1093/libr...
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Bruna Caroline Ferreira, who was brought to the U.S. as a child and is the mother of Leavitt’s nephew, was arrested near Boston earlier this month and taken into ICE custody.
Woman With Ties To Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt’s Family In ICE Custody
Bruna Caroline Ferreira, who was brought to the U.S. as a child and is the mother of Leavitt’s nephew, was arrested near Boston earlier this month and taken into ICE custody.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Bruna Caroline Ferreira, who was brought to the U.S. as a child and is the mother of Leavitt’s nephew, was arrested near Boston earlier this month and taken into ICE custody.
‘Speed cameras stolen in Sweden have reportedly been used to build Russian military drones. Embargoed microchips have been smuggled across borders. In 2019, the anti-Russian organizer Zelimkhan Khangoshvili was shot dead by a contract killer in a Berlin park.’
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Stealing the state
In March last year, two small-time British criminals set fire to a warehouse in Leyton, east London, containing aid and satellite equipment destined for Ukraine. The arsonists were callow. One of them...
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November 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
‘Speed cameras stolen in Sweden have reportedly been used to build Russian military drones. Embargoed microchips have been smuggled across borders. In 2019, the anti-Russian organizer Zelimkhan Khangoshvili was shot dead by a contract killer in a Berlin park.’
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“No one touches Mr. Trump’s penis without a glove.” #handjob #13yearoldvictim
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REPOST - The truth is coming out and it ain't good for Dementia Don.
Katie Johnson says that she attended an orgy in Epstein's mansion and was coerced into giving Donald Trump a hand job. Trum...
REPOST - The truth is coming out and it ain't good for Dementia Don.
Katie Johnson says that she attended an orgy in Epstein's mansion and was coerced into giving Donald Trump a hand job. Trump was th...
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November 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
“No one touches Mr. Trump’s penis without a glove.” #handjob #13yearoldvictim
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If one Afghan nationalist shooter means all Afghan nationalists are evil, wait until I tell you about white male shooters.
November 27, 2025 at 11:04 AM
If one Afghan nationalist shooter means all Afghan nationalists are evil, wait until I tell you about white male shooters.
The writer’s 1904 tour of America left him little less than horrified at what he encountered.’
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Henry James’s ‘Dear Native Land’ | John Banville
The writer’s 1904 tour of America left him little less than horrified at what he encountered there.
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November 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The writer’s 1904 tour of America left him little less than horrified at what he encountered.’
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“We’re not dealing with strategy anymore. We’re dealing with people who failed history class and never caught up.”
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Gandalv on X: "🚨🇩🇪 Germany Warns: The World Is Changing And MAGA America No Longer Understands Any Of It Germany issued a stark warning this week, saying alliances are shifting so fast that Europe must rethink its entire security strategy. Behind the scenes, officials say the biggest worry is https://t.co/5jEzEYlcvQ" / X
🚨🇩🇪 Germany Warns: The World Is Changing And MAGA America No Longer Understands Any Of It Germany issued a stark warning this week, saying alliances are shifting so fast that Europe must rethink its entire security strategy. Behind the scenes, officials say the biggest worry is https://t.co/5jEzEYlcvQ
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November 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
“We’re not dealing with strategy anymore. We’re dealing with people who failed history class and never caught up.”
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A tape of the October 14 conversation has been leaked to Bloomberg. That’s how we know Witkoff suggested to Ushakov that Putin call Trump.’
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Why Does Steve Witkoff Keep Taking Russia’s Side?
Trump’s envoy isn’t promoting peace. His interventions are helping Vladimir Putin.
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November 27, 2025 at 2:47 AM
A tape of the October 14 conversation has been leaked to Bloomberg. That’s how we know Witkoff suggested to Ushakov that Putin call Trump.’
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As progressive orthodoxy weakens, academe’s most influential conservative warns of a growing illiberalism on the right.
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Robert P. George and the Great Campus Vibe Shift
As progressive orthodoxy weakens, academe’s most influential conservative warns of a growing illiberalism on the right.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
As progressive orthodoxy weakens, academe’s most influential conservative warns of a growing illiberalism on the right.
www.chronicle.com/article/robe...
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‘Robert Frost’s poetry has a way of lifting its gaze – with a heightening of register, a grand image, a weighty allusion – and seeming to dare you to shake your head in disbelief. “You think this is incongruous?” it says. “You think this didn’t happen?”’
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Clare Bucknell · Discord and Fuss: Robert Frost’s Ugly Feelings
Robert Frost’s poetry has a way of lifting its gaze – with a heightening of register, a grand image, a weighty...
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November 26, 2025 at 9:59 PM
‘Robert Frost’s poetry has a way of lifting its gaze – with a heightening of register, a grand image, a weighty allusion – and seeming to dare you to shake your head in disbelief. “You think this is incongruous?” it says. “You think this didn’t happen?”’
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University among nation’s first institutions to partner with serial arsonist on fire safety programs.
University of Kentucky among nation’s 1st institutions to partner with Microsoft on responsible AI innovation
The University of Kentucky and Microsoft have formed a strategic partnership to advance the responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI) and strengthen learning, innovation and care across the Comm...
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November 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Leading the lemmings: ‘The AI and quantum industries are skyrocketing, explained UConn President Radenka Maric to hundreds of attendees. Connecticut is well suited to make advancements, with the potential for massive positive impact.’
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UConn, State Embrace AI and Quantum Potential - UConn Today
Economics Forum in Stamford underscores UConn’s role as educator and driver of next generation workforce.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Leading the lemmings: ‘The AI and quantum industries are skyrocketing, explained UConn President Radenka Maric to hundreds of attendees. Connecticut is well suited to make advancements, with the potential for massive positive impact.’
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