Ruadh Grian
@ruadhgrian.bsky.social
Retired academic, cat lover, left of center. Formerly dismayed but now horrified at the lack of critical thinking skills among the general US population.
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Dorothy Malone in The Big Sleep (1946)
December 12, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Dorothy Malone in The Big Sleep (1946)
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December 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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BBC News - Comedian Stanley Baxter dies aged 99
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Comedian Stanley Baxter dies aged 99
Baxter, who was born in Glasgow, was one of the biggest stars on British television for several decades.
www.bbc.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
BBC News - Comedian Stanley Baxter dies aged 99
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
December 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
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Reading these I'm like damn, I hope I'm living my life in such a way that people aren't publicly praying for my death every time they don't hear from me for five minutes.
December 12, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Reading these I'm like damn, I hope I'm living my life in such a way that people aren't publicly praying for my death every time they don't hear from me for five minutes.
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West end of nave #StGeorgeDunster #Somerset #AdoorableThursday
Somehow a #WestDoorAndWindowCombo doesn't quite work when there is no west tower. The tracery of the panel window is lovely though
Somehow a #WestDoorAndWindowCombo doesn't quite work when there is no west tower. The tracery of the panel window is lovely though
December 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
West end of nave #StGeorgeDunster #Somerset #AdoorableThursday
Somehow a #WestDoorAndWindowCombo doesn't quite work when there is no west tower. The tracery of the panel window is lovely though
Somehow a #WestDoorAndWindowCombo doesn't quite work when there is no west tower. The tracery of the panel window is lovely though
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"BREAKING: The Trump family, living in exile in Russia after completing their US prison sentences, have announced the passing of their patriarch, Donald John Trump, who fled to Moscow in disgrace to avoid prosecution..."
December 11, 2025 at 9:50 PM
"BREAKING: The Trump family, living in exile in Russia after completing their US prison sentences, have announced the passing of their patriarch, Donald John Trump, who fled to Moscow in disgrace to avoid prosecution..."
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Nazis like Nazism but are largely opposed to not burning fuel.
Non Nazis like electric but are frequently opposed to Nazism.
It's sort of a narrow market for the product.
Non Nazis like electric but are frequently opposed to Nazism.
It's sort of a narrow market for the product.
Exclusive: Tesla US sales drop to nearly 4-year low in November despite launch of cheaper versions reut.rs/4pzncVy
Exclusive: Tesla US sales drop to nearly 4-year low in November despite launch of cheaper versions
Tesla's U.S. sales dropped to a near four-year low in November, despite the automaker's rollout of new, cheaper versions of its best-selling electric vehicles, estimates from Cox Automotive given exclusively to Reuters showed on Thursday.
reut.rs
December 12, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Nazis like Nazism but are largely opposed to not burning fuel.
Non Nazis like electric but are frequently opposed to Nazism.
It's sort of a narrow market for the product.
Non Nazis like electric but are frequently opposed to Nazism.
It's sort of a narrow market for the product.
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If you love cats... It should be an "if". Everyone should love cats.
December 12, 2025 at 1:11 AM
If you love cats... It should be an "if". Everyone should love cats.
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@govpritzker.illinois.gov has signed a law that that allows people to sue ICE agents for unlawful detentions & BANS immigration arrests around Illinois courthouses.
This is a #CupOfJoe that EVERY Democratic governor should be serving!
This is a #CupOfJoe that EVERY Democratic governor should be serving!
December 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM
@govpritzker.illinois.gov has signed a law that that allows people to sue ICE agents for unlawful detentions & BANS immigration arrests around Illinois courthouses.
This is a #CupOfJoe that EVERY Democratic governor should be serving!
This is a #CupOfJoe that EVERY Democratic governor should be serving!
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HA HA HA HA! DONNY'S DIPSHIT DIME-STORE PROSECUTORS HAVE NOW TRIED AND FAILED TO INDICT LETITIA JAMES FOUR TIMES. GOOD LUCK ON THE FIFTH, YOU MORONS. ALL THAT AND THE NEW DEAD PEDO BESTIE PHOTOS IN MY "BIG BEAUTIFUL" POST. LINK IS HERE, THANK YOU: bit.ly/4a9hzIN
December 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
HA HA HA HA! DONNY'S DIPSHIT DIME-STORE PROSECUTORS HAVE NOW TRIED AND FAILED TO INDICT LETITIA JAMES FOUR TIMES. GOOD LUCK ON THE FIFTH, YOU MORONS. ALL THAT AND THE NEW DEAD PEDO BESTIE PHOTOS IN MY "BIG BEAUTIFUL" POST. LINK IS HERE, THANK YOU: bit.ly/4a9hzIN
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Call me mean-spirited. Call me a Grinch. But Christmas really is the biggest scam. 6 weeks of telling us to buy things. It’s two weeks away and I’m already absolutely fucking sick of it.
December 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Call me mean-spirited. Call me a Grinch. But Christmas really is the biggest scam. 6 weeks of telling us to buy things. It’s two weeks away and I’m already absolutely fucking sick of it.
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This year feels like the first year we are talking about the real issue.
Something we’ve known for years.
It’s the billionaires.
People are beginning to get it.
The culture war was created by them to divert the real issue.
Their greed. Their absolute and grotesque greed.
Something we’ve known for years.
It’s the billionaires.
People are beginning to get it.
The culture war was created by them to divert the real issue.
Their greed. Their absolute and grotesque greed.
December 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
This year feels like the first year we are talking about the real issue.
Something we’ve known for years.
It’s the billionaires.
People are beginning to get it.
The culture war was created by them to divert the real issue.
Their greed. Their absolute and grotesque greed.
Something we’ve known for years.
It’s the billionaires.
People are beginning to get it.
The culture war was created by them to divert the real issue.
Their greed. Their absolute and grotesque greed.
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Frank Sinatra photographed with co-star Donna Reed on the set of “FROM HERE TO ETERNITY” (1953) dir. Fred Zinnemann
🎬 #ColumbiaPictures
🎬 #ColumbiaPictures
December 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Frank Sinatra photographed with co-star Donna Reed on the set of “FROM HERE TO ETERNITY” (1953) dir. Fred Zinnemann
🎬 #ColumbiaPictures
🎬 #ColumbiaPictures
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🎉 BREAKING: WE DID IT! 🎉
After days of intense pressure from D.C., the Indiana Senate REJECTED the mid-decade gerrymandered map!
This victory belongs to every Indivisible member, every activist, and every Hoosier who called, emailed, and showed up.
After days of intense pressure from D.C., the Indiana Senate REJECTED the mid-decade gerrymandered map!
This victory belongs to every Indivisible member, every activist, and every Hoosier who called, emailed, and showed up.
December 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
🎉 BREAKING: WE DID IT! 🎉
After days of intense pressure from D.C., the Indiana Senate REJECTED the mid-decade gerrymandered map!
This victory belongs to every Indivisible member, every activist, and every Hoosier who called, emailed, and showed up.
After days of intense pressure from D.C., the Indiana Senate REJECTED the mid-decade gerrymandered map!
This victory belongs to every Indivisible member, every activist, and every Hoosier who called, emailed, and showed up.
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DOJ has sued Maine, Oregon, California, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Washington, Delaware, Maryland, New Mexico, Rhode Island, and Vermont for access to its most sensitive voter data.
My firm has moved to intervene in 10 of those cases. We are working on the last 4.
My firm has moved to intervene in 10 of those cases. We are working on the last 4.
December 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
DOJ has sued Maine, Oregon, California, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Washington, Delaware, Maryland, New Mexico, Rhode Island, and Vermont for access to its most sensitive voter data.
My firm has moved to intervene in 10 of those cases. We are working on the last 4.
My firm has moved to intervene in 10 of those cases. We are working on the last 4.
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What would Teddy bring?! 🎁 Watch our latest colour special 'Teddy's Story' to find out > www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG6n...
December 12, 2025 at 6:48 PM
What would Teddy bring?! 🎁 Watch our latest colour special 'Teddy's Story' to find out > www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG6n...
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Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Celeste Holm and Louis Armstrong and His Band star in the 🇺🇸 American musical romantic comedy film “HIGH SOCIETY” (1956) dir. Charles Walters
🎬 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 🎼 🎺
🎬 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 🎼 🎺
December 12, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Celeste Holm and Louis Armstrong and His Band star in the 🇺🇸 American musical romantic comedy film “HIGH SOCIETY” (1956) dir. Charles Walters
🎬 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 🎼 🎺
🎬 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 🎼 🎺
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If you’re looking for something to do, start working on overturning citizens united in your state. States control the power corporations have. Take their political power away with a ballot initiative. Here’s how: open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
How to Get Rid of "Citizens United"
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way.
open.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
If you’re looking for something to do, start working on overturning citizens united in your state. States control the power corporations have. Take their political power away with a ballot initiative. Here’s how: open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
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Bette Davis, Edward G. Robinson “KID GALAHAD” (1937) dir. Michael Curtiz
🎬 Warner Bros.
🎬 Warner Bros.
December 12, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Bette Davis, Edward G. Robinson “KID GALAHAD” (1937) dir. Michael Curtiz
🎬 Warner Bros.
🎬 Warner Bros.
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American astronomer Annie Jump Cannon was born #OTD in 1863.
Co-credited with the creation of the Harvard Classification Scheme that organizes/classifies stars by their temperature & spectral type. She classified >300,000 stars & her system is still used today.
#WomenInSTEM #astronomy
Co-credited with the creation of the Harvard Classification Scheme that organizes/classifies stars by their temperature & spectral type. She classified >300,000 stars & her system is still used today.
#WomenInSTEM #astronomy
December 11, 2025 at 10:37 PM
American astronomer Annie Jump Cannon was born #OTD in 1863.
Co-credited with the creation of the Harvard Classification Scheme that organizes/classifies stars by their temperature & spectral type. She classified >300,000 stars & her system is still used today.
#WomenInSTEM #astronomy
Co-credited with the creation of the Harvard Classification Scheme that organizes/classifies stars by their temperature & spectral type. She classified >300,000 stars & her system is still used today.
#WomenInSTEM #astronomy
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Fred Zinnemann's multi Academy Award winning 🇬🇧British historical drama film "A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS" starring Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Leo McKern, Orson Welles, Robert Shaw and Susannah York premiered at The Coronet Theatre in Manhattan, New York City
🎬 Columbia Pictures
🎬 Columbia Pictures
December 12, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Fred Zinnemann's multi Academy Award winning 🇬🇧British historical drama film "A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS" starring Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Leo McKern, Orson Welles, Robert Shaw and Susannah York premiered at The Coronet Theatre in Manhattan, New York City
🎬 Columbia Pictures
🎬 Columbia Pictures