sutratwo
@sutratwo.bsky.social
Art and design geek, writer, mother, crone, lifter of heavy objects, reader of all the things, student of the ancient. She/her. I often smell good.
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Leah doesn’t like slow songs but I dig this. You decide.
January 9, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Leah doesn’t like slow songs but I dig this. You decide.
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Context: this speech is from SIR THOMAS MORE, a history written, as near as scholars can tell, in the early 1600s by 6 or 7 people including Dekker, Heywood, Chettle, Shakespeare, and Munday.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 10:46 PM
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The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions!
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
Spotlighting The World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell
Somewhat devastating news today from the CIA: One of CIA’s oldest and most recognizable intelligence publications, The World Factbook, has sunset. There's not even a hint as to why they …
simonwillison.net
February 5, 2026 at 12:25 AM
The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions!
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
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one of my strongest beliefs is that we're in our situation right now bc some of the most prominent talking heads (e.g. joe rogan, andrew schulz) are learning about politics in their 40s and 50s, instead of their teens and early 20s, and we have to go along for the ride as they learn basic things
February 4, 2026 at 10:10 PM
one of my strongest beliefs is that we're in our situation right now bc some of the most prominent talking heads (e.g. joe rogan, andrew schulz) are learning about politics in their 40s and 50s, instead of their teens and early 20s, and we have to go along for the ride as they learn basic things
Check out the #Comics4Liam hashtag. It’s wonderful.
Friends, we're thrilled to announce #Comics4Liam to encourage artists to draw pictures for Liam Conejo Ramos and share links to help Liam's family and other immigrants persecuted by ICE! Check out comics4liam.com and please do feel free to pitch in! Images by the great @trungles.com!
February 1, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Check out the #Comics4Liam hashtag. It’s wonderful.
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Well, those boots were not made for walking
January 11, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Well, those boots were not made for walking
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Blue buttons jellies float at the oceans surface, like little animal flowers, living between sea and sky. There are millions of them out there right now, and most will live their whole lives without even being seen by a human.
Despite the hard things, the world is still wondrous.
Despite the hard things, the world is still wondrous.
January 15, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Blue buttons jellies float at the oceans surface, like little animal flowers, living between sea and sky. There are millions of them out there right now, and most will live their whole lives without even being seen by a human.
Despite the hard things, the world is still wondrous.
Despite the hard things, the world is still wondrous.
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Here is a video of a frozen creek that had begun to thaw, and the water was flowing beneath the thin ice on top. I took this because it was soothing and wonderfully bloopy and I wanted to listen to it for hours. You are all welcome to enjoy it, too. Let your brain settle here and rest for a moment.
January 10, 2026 at 4:57 AM
Here is a video of a frozen creek that had begun to thaw, and the water was flowing beneath the thin ice on top. I took this because it was soothing and wonderfully bloopy and I wanted to listen to it for hours. You are all welcome to enjoy it, too. Let your brain settle here and rest for a moment.
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🔊 This is the sound of a vulture-bone flute inside a cave. Want to know what singing inside an ancient tomb would have sounded like? Check it out: buff.ly/7oVubJ6
January 3, 2026 at 10:24 PM
🔊 This is the sound of a vulture-bone flute inside a cave. Want to know what singing inside an ancient tomb would have sounded like? Check it out: buff.ly/7oVubJ6
Tonight I showed my son (who is newly 17) Mad Max: Fury Road for the first time. I am pleased to report that he cackled at all the same awesomely goofy things I did on first viewing, so therefore, he may continue to live in my house and eat my food, because he is indeed my son, shiny and chrome.
December 28, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Tonight I showed my son (who is newly 17) Mad Max: Fury Road for the first time. I am pleased to report that he cackled at all the same awesomely goofy things I did on first viewing, so therefore, he may continue to live in my house and eat my food, because he is indeed my son, shiny and chrome.
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Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather
December 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather
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I can’t think of a better day to wish you a merry Christmas
December 25, 2025 at 9:49 AM
I can’t think of a better day to wish you a merry Christmas
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As you may know, I have stopped using Twitter, and have decided to reproduce some of my more memorable threads here for posterity. Here’s one I hold wrote after a particularly engaging swordfighting lesson.
Buckle up, swordfighting fans, because I *have* studied my Agrippa!
[BIG ASS THREAD]
Buckle up, swordfighting fans, because I *have* studied my Agrippa!
[BIG ASS THREAD]
a man reading a book to a young boy
Alt: a man reading a book to a young boy
media.tenor.com
June 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
As you may know, I have stopped using Twitter, and have decided to reproduce some of my more memorable threads here for posterity. Here’s one I hold wrote after a particularly engaging swordfighting lesson.
Buckle up, swordfighting fans, because I *have* studied my Agrippa!
[BIG ASS THREAD]
Buckle up, swordfighting fans, because I *have* studied my Agrippa!
[BIG ASS THREAD]
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Okay, as promised, here are my 25 boardgames that would make good presents for historians or the historically-inclined.
- I've played them and enjoyed them
- They have to have a historical theme or be related to the practice of history
- They were within the first 25 I thought of...
- I've played them and enjoyed them
- They have to have a historical theme or be related to the practice of history
- They were within the first 25 I thought of...
December 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Okay, as promised, here are my 25 boardgames that would make good presents for historians or the historically-inclined.
- I've played them and enjoyed them
- They have to have a historical theme or be related to the practice of history
- They were within the first 25 I thought of...
- I've played them and enjoyed them
- They have to have a historical theme or be related to the practice of history
- They were within the first 25 I thought of...
I am completely charmed.
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I am completely charmed.
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Brilliant. We need this everywhere.
[Florence, Italy]
[Florence, Italy]
December 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Brilliant. We need this everywhere.
[Florence, Italy]
[Florence, Italy]
I needed this. Maybe you do too.
November 22, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I needed this. Maybe you do too.
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I grow frustrated with local news-- by focusing so much on stories of violence, they inadvertently promote the idea that the world is more violent than it is (leading voters to candidates who promise security at all costs).
But holding up a mic to a cow is incredible
www.10tv.com/article/news...
But holding up a mic to a cow is incredible
www.10tv.com/article/news...
November 19, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I grow frustrated with local news-- by focusing so much on stories of violence, they inadvertently promote the idea that the world is more violent than it is (leading voters to candidates who promise security at all costs).
But holding up a mic to a cow is incredible
www.10tv.com/article/news...
But holding up a mic to a cow is incredible
www.10tv.com/article/news...
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I needed this today, perhaps you do too: E.B. White's letter to a man who had lost faith in humanity www.themarginalian.org/2014/05/06/e...
E.B. White’s Beautiful Letter to a Man Who Had Lost Faith in Humanity
What sailors teach us about hope and the resilience of the human spirit.
www.themarginalian.org
November 18, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I needed this today, perhaps you do too: E.B. White's letter to a man who had lost faith in humanity www.themarginalian.org/2014/05/06/e...
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The most helpful phrase of 2025 👇
November 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The most helpful phrase of 2025 👇
10/10, would join
November 13, 2025 at 11:58 AM
10/10, would join
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Today is #RLSDay which marks the birthday of the Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson who would have been 175 today.
It's also a good day to remember that it is NOT actually his birthday because in 1891 he gave it away to a young girl because she didn't like her birthday. 🧵
It's also a good day to remember that it is NOT actually his birthday because in 1891 he gave it away to a young girl because she didn't like her birthday. 🧵
November 13, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Today is #RLSDay which marks the birthday of the Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson who would have been 175 today.
It's also a good day to remember that it is NOT actually his birthday because in 1891 he gave it away to a young girl because she didn't like her birthday. 🧵
It's also a good day to remember that it is NOT actually his birthday because in 1891 he gave it away to a young girl because she didn't like her birthday. 🧵
Apparently this is real, and people, I simply Cannot Even.
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Apparently this is real, and people, I simply Cannot Even.