Rosalind Riley
@rosalindinkent.bsky.social
Grant-maker, social investor, gardener, whittler, knitter, carer, former theatre person, living with Long Covid. Older than I look, more tired... Love reading, social justice and the great outdoors.
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Historical analogies are arguments. So when someone makes an analogy between today and the Holocaust, or today and anything, think about they are really arguing for. What is the analogy trying to get you to do?
New at @startribune.com
New at @startribune.com
Perry: When is it OK to compare aspects of what’s happening in Minnesota to Nazi Germany?
Gov. Tim Walz has made some such analogies in relation to ICE and has been criticized for it, David M. Perry writes.
www.startribune.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Historical analogies are arguments. So when someone makes an analogy between today and the Holocaust, or today and anything, think about they are really arguing for. What is the analogy trying to get you to do?
New at @startribune.com
New at @startribune.com
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This is why Shakespeare is the greatest genius who ever lived. And this is just from a few pages he wrote in someone else's play.
Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
February 5, 2026 at 2:50 PM
This is why Shakespeare is the greatest genius who ever lived. And this is just from a few pages he wrote in someone else's play.
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Please dm me if you can help.
August 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Please dm me if you can help.
@jobellwriter.bsky.social Hi Jo, my brother-in-law and his partner recently announced their short-notice wedding. They had to hurry to get their celebration choices in to the registrar and were a bit unsure what to put. Being the family performer I offered to dob in a sonnet or something. Bride:
July 22, 2025 at 12:37 PM
@jobellwriter.bsky.social Hi Jo, my brother-in-law and his partner recently announced their short-notice wedding. They had to hurry to get their celebration choices in to the registrar and were a bit unsure what to put. Being the family performer I offered to dob in a sonnet or something. Bride:
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WORK REQUEST: Do I know anyone who's married to a man who loves Lego, or model-making, or train sets, or any fiddly hobby that takes up space? Please make yourself known if so, as I would LOVE to interview you for my feature. Thank you! Reposts also greatly appreciated x
a boy is laying in a pile of lego bricks with a sticker that says ' lego ' on it
ALT: a boy is laying in a pile of lego bricks with a sticker that says ' lego ' on it
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July 16, 2025 at 10:15 AM
WORK REQUEST: Do I know anyone who's married to a man who loves Lego, or model-making, or train sets, or any fiddly hobby that takes up space? Please make yourself known if so, as I would LOVE to interview you for my feature. Thank you! Reposts also greatly appreciated x
What the absolute hell...?!
A Kent County Council spokesperson confirmed to me today that they will work with Reform's DOGE team of auditors who arrived at County Hall yesterday.
"We look forward to continuing to work collaboratively and professionally with the new administration here at KCC, including the DOGE team."
"We look forward to continuing to work collaboratively and professionally with the new administration here at KCC, including the DOGE team."
June 3, 2025 at 12:51 PM
What the absolute hell...?!
This looks very interesting...
I follow the delineation of open space into codified "public space" as a process of enclosure since the 18th century, and how protest was and still is a form of commoning as resistance.
Chapter titles:
Commons
Waste
Verges
Railings
Pavements
Barricades
No ball games
Reclaim the Streets
Chapter titles:
Commons
Waste
Verges
Railings
Pavements
Barricades
No ball games
Reclaim the Streets
It exists! My new book is out later this year with Reaktion Books.
If you are famous and/or a public intellectual and want to review it/provide a pull quote, DM.
#ProtestHistory #Commons
reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/contest...
If you are famous and/or a public intellectual and want to review it/provide a pull quote, DM.
#ProtestHistory #Commons
reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/contest...
March 9, 2025 at 1:06 PM
This looks very interesting...
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CHIFFCHAFF.
PLEASE COMMENCE SPRING ACTIVITIES.
PLEASE COMMENCE SPRING ACTIVITIES.
March 8, 2025 at 11:21 AM
CHIFFCHAFF.
PLEASE COMMENCE SPRING ACTIVITIES.
PLEASE COMMENCE SPRING ACTIVITIES.
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It's 20 years since Wangari Maathai won the Nobel Peace Prize. Who was this woman who almost didn't go to school at all, who planted 30 million trees and who made a president so afraid of her he had her arrested, and attacked? Read about her here: #IWM
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2025/03...
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2025/03...
Women's History Month - Wangari Maathai - Manchester University Press
To mark Women’s History Month and the publication of her new book Wildly different, we asked historian Sarah Lonsdale to profile the five pioneering women she focuses on, bringing their fascinating st...
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk
March 6, 2025 at 7:42 AM
It's 20 years since Wangari Maathai won the Nobel Peace Prize. Who was this woman who almost didn't go to school at all, who planted 30 million trees and who made a president so afraid of her he had her arrested, and attacked? Read about her here: #IWM
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2025/03...
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2025/03...
I'm going to this! It will be FAB!
I'm doing this today...
www.alinaorchestra.com/concert/i-am...
www.alinaorchestra.com/concert/i-am...
I am Woman 2025 | An Alina Orchestra Concert taking place at Stantonbury Theatre
I AM WOMAN returns to celebrate women from across our city. The event takes place on International Women's Day, and is designed to celebrate the artistic
www.alinaorchestra.com
March 8, 2025 at 11:08 AM
I'm going to this! It will be FAB!
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You know what?
Americans are joining as my Patreon supporters.
Right now.
Powerful.
Thank you.
And I asked for nothing.
The fight is long.
You can support me or other Ukrainians.
It doesn't matter.
Words are good. Actions are better.
Ukraine stands.
Americans are joining as my Patreon supporters.
Right now.
Powerful.
Thank you.
And I asked for nothing.
The fight is long.
You can support me or other Ukrainians.
It doesn't matter.
Words are good. Actions are better.
Ukraine stands.
February 28, 2025 at 7:46 PM
You know what?
Americans are joining as my Patreon supporters.
Right now.
Powerful.
Thank you.
And I asked for nothing.
The fight is long.
You can support me or other Ukrainians.
It doesn't matter.
Words are good. Actions are better.
Ukraine stands.
Americans are joining as my Patreon supporters.
Right now.
Powerful.
Thank you.
And I asked for nothing.
The fight is long.
You can support me or other Ukrainians.
It doesn't matter.
Words are good. Actions are better.
Ukraine stands.
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The Ukrainian government has a list of places where you can donate to the war effort here. I personally just donated $100: war.ukraine.ua/donate/
Slava Ukraini.
Slava Ukraini.
Donate to Ukraine’s defenders
The National Bank of Ukraine has decided to open a special fundraising account to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
war.ukraine.ua
February 28, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The Ukrainian government has a list of places where you can donate to the war effort here. I personally just donated $100: war.ukraine.ua/donate/
Slava Ukraini.
Slava Ukraini.
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History was full of the bones of good men who'd followed bad orders in the hope that they could soften the blow. Oh, yes, there were worse things they could do, but most of them began right where they started following bad orders.
- Terry Pratchett, Jingo
- Terry Pratchett, Jingo
January 28, 2025 at 11:52 PM
History was full of the bones of good men who'd followed bad orders in the hope that they could soften the blow. Oh, yes, there were worse things they could do, but most of them began right where they started following bad orders.
- Terry Pratchett, Jingo
- Terry Pratchett, Jingo
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Some good news . 💚
Hippopotamus, narwhal, killer whale and sperm whale will have greater legal protection from today (28 January) under the UK’s Ivory Act.
Hippopotamus, narwhal, killer whale and sperm whale will have greater legal protection from today (28 January) under the UK’s Ivory Act.
January 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Some good news . 💚
Hippopotamus, narwhal, killer whale and sperm whale will have greater legal protection from today (28 January) under the UK’s Ivory Act.
Hippopotamus, narwhal, killer whale and sperm whale will have greater legal protection from today (28 January) under the UK’s Ivory Act.
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I used to work for an elected official as the person who answered their emails. I can tell you from personal experience, if even twenty or thirty people all call an official in a day, they start panicking. This stuff does help.
I know you hate this advice. I know you hear it all the time, but for gods sake you need to be calling your congressperson. Now. Today.
If you have a GOP representative, you need to call and ask if they approve of stripping congress of its constitutional authority. If they like being powerless.
If you have a GOP representative, you need to call and ask if they approve of stripping congress of its constitutional authority. If they like being powerless.
January 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I used to work for an elected official as the person who answered their emails. I can tell you from personal experience, if even twenty or thirty people all call an official in a day, they start panicking. This stuff does help.
@profaliceroberts.bsky.social, this is lovely Anya who got the Mary Anning statue put up! Please would you repost? I met you that day in Lyme and have a gauche selfie with you to prove it, it was so great 😄
@clairemabey.bsky.social if you love STW you’ll love what we are doing for her 😻 please share www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-raise...
Help Raise A Statue for Sylvia Townsend Warner.
Help us raise a statue of the writer, poet & LGBTQ+ trailblazer Sylvia Townsend Warner in Dorchester & give her the recognition she deserves
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
January 29, 2025 at 12:26 PM
@profaliceroberts.bsky.social, this is lovely Anya who got the Mary Anning statue put up! Please would you repost? I met you that day in Lyme and have a gauche selfie with you to prove it, it was so great 😄
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If *that* amazing Anglo Saxon sword on Digging for Britain grabbed your interest - you can help unlock secrets from 4 more swords.
Any donation helps!
And Dana Goodburn-Brown will share the results of her conservation and analysis in a blog.
gofund.me/357a8d55
Any donation helps!
And Dana Goodburn-Brown will share the results of her conservation and analysis in a blog.
gofund.me/357a8d55
Donate to Swords from Kingdom of Kent: Conservation & Micro-Stories, organised by Dana Goodburn-Brown
Hi, my name is Dana Goodburn-Brown and I am part of a team of… Dana Goodburn-Brown needs your support for Swords from Kingdom of Kent: Conservation & Micro-Stories
gofund.me
January 24, 2025 at 9:33 AM
If *that* amazing Anglo Saxon sword on Digging for Britain grabbed your interest - you can help unlock secrets from 4 more swords.
Any donation helps!
And Dana Goodburn-Brown will share the results of her conservation and analysis in a blog.
gofund.me/357a8d55
Any donation helps!
And Dana Goodburn-Brown will share the results of her conservation and analysis in a blog.
gofund.me/357a8d55
👀
Well, I’ve had a lovely day filming a top secret thing with a top secret co-presenter!
January 28, 2025 at 5:38 PM
👀
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Brilliant thread. Garius is a titan of historical soc med.
Meet Louise of Prussia. Politician, diplomat and beloved queen and wife. Rode into battle while pregnant. One of my heroes.
Famously described by Napoleon famously as "the only real man in Prussia"
Gonna ask you to think a bit about that in a sec, but first you need to know about her life. /1 🧵
Famously described by Napoleon famously as "the only real man in Prussia"
Gonna ask you to think a bit about that in a sec, but first you need to know about her life. /1 🧵
January 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Brilliant thread. Garius is a titan of historical soc med.
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Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
January 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
OMG! A chance to donate to a statue of Sylvia Townsend Warner, you say? Count me in!
From the wonderful people whoput up Mary Anning's statue in Lyme Regis.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-raise...
@Passamezzo do you remember Stephen Ley and Peter were massive fans?
From the wonderful people whoput up Mary Anning's statue in Lyme Regis.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-raise...
@Passamezzo do you remember Stephen Ley and Peter were massive fans?
Help Raise A Statue for Sylvia Townsend Warner.
Help us raise a statue of the writer, poet & LGBTQ+ trailblazer Sylvia Townsend Warner in Dorchester & give her the recognition she deserves
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
January 27, 2025 at 11:38 AM
OMG! A chance to donate to a statue of Sylvia Townsend Warner, you say? Count me in!
From the wonderful people whoput up Mary Anning's statue in Lyme Regis.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-raise...
@Passamezzo do you remember Stephen Ley and Peter were massive fans?
From the wonderful people whoput up Mary Anning's statue in Lyme Regis.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-raise...
@Passamezzo do you remember Stephen Ley and Peter were massive fans?
This is absolutely astounding! The lifts are *insane* and yet there is so much almost-stillness. By crikey.
YouTube has decided to show me lots of tangos from very old films. This one - the Cobra Tango - is simply astonishing. Hang in there for two utterly breathtaking lifts at about 3:00 and about 3:30.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=3hIV...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=3hIV...
Cobra Tango
YouTube video by Richard Powers
m.youtube.com
January 25, 2025 at 12:51 AM
This is absolutely astounding! The lifts are *insane* and yet there is so much almost-stillness. By crikey.
Yes, wow. (There's an alt text version downthread)
January 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Yes, wow. (There's an alt text version downthread)