Aliki Chapple
@commonmugwort.bsky.social
Literary translator, actor, early modern drama enthusiast.
Luddite geek. Greek. Truth, justice, and the comics. Mostly in Athens.
(@amaenad from Twitter but more chill)
All photos licensed CC BY-SA 4.0
More on: https://pixelfed.social/CommonMugwort
Luddite geek. Greek. Truth, justice, and the comics. Mostly in Athens.
(@amaenad from Twitter but more chill)
All photos licensed CC BY-SA 4.0
More on: https://pixelfed.social/CommonMugwort
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Aliki Chapple
@commonmugwort.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Hello theatre pals, and everyone. It’s nice to see you here.
I live in Athens now, and I’ve been taking a lot of pictures, relearning my way around the old place.
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I live in Athens now, and I’ve been taking a lot of pictures, relearning my way around the old place.
pixelfed.social/i/web/profil...
Infrastructure, baby.
The project for a unified bike lane along the Athens Riviera, triumphantly announced by the PM in 2021, was supposed to have been delivered in 2025. Almost five years on, only some sections are close to completion, and the project is now expected in 2027.
www.ekathimerini.com/in-depth/129...
www.ekathimerini.com/in-depth/129...
Bike lane for Athens Riviera pushed back to 2027 | eKathimerini.com
Four-and-a-half-years after Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced plans to construct a new 18-kilometer coastal bicycle lane linking the southern Athens suburbs of Neo Faliro to Voula by Septem...
www.ekathimerini.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Infrastructure, baby.
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I didn’t share any of the progress on this one, but turns out I was right. It was a big pain to sculpt, but dang, I’m happy with it.
February 5, 2026 at 6:25 AM
I didn’t share any of the progress on this one, but turns out I was right. It was a big pain to sculpt, but dang, I’m happy with it.
constraints!
For some reason the tablet interface eats the ends of my words.
For some reason the tablet interface eats the ends of my words.
February 5, 2026 at 7:56 AM
constraints!
For some reason the tablet interface eats the ends of my words.
For some reason the tablet interface eats the ends of my words.
I haven’t seen it, and goodness how often that is the case. I am a great enthusiast for artistic constraint.
February 5, 2026 at 7:51 AM
I haven’t seen it, and goodness how often that is the case. I am a great enthusiast for artistic constraint.
Sorry! Please write something about Occitan music, at your leisur.
February 5, 2026 at 7:46 AM
Sorry! Please write something about Occitan music, at your leisur.
I assume military usage (in Brazil too???) postdates the movie, but…?
I can’t stand Ridley Scott (okay, Alien is good). Every now and then I make the mistake of being lured into one of his recent movies, and then I remember why I can’t stand Ridley Scott.
I can’t stand Ridley Scott (okay, Alien is good). Every now and then I make the mistake of being lured into one of his recent movies, and then I remember why I can’t stand Ridley Scott.
February 5, 2026 at 7:44 AM
I assume military usage (in Brazil too???) postdates the movie, but…?
I can’t stand Ridley Scott (okay, Alien is good). Every now and then I make the mistake of being lured into one of his recent movies, and then I remember why I can’t stand Ridley Scott.
I can’t stand Ridley Scott (okay, Alien is good). Every now and then I make the mistake of being lured into one of his recent movies, and then I remember why I can’t stand Ridley Scott.
February 5, 2026 at 7:34 AM
Oh, I don’t know. Let’s try it my way and see how secure it remains 😊
February 5, 2026 at 7:20 AM
Oh, I don’t know. Let’s try it my way and see how secure it remains 😊
And before anyone pipes up to say it would be unfair and a terrible waste of talent, I refer you to the great sweep of human history, and rest my case.
February 5, 2026 at 7:17 AM
And before anyone pipes up to say it would be unfair and a terrible waste of talent, I refer you to the great sweep of human history, and rest my case.
I have said it before and I will say it again. A three generation global moratorium on men running for office or being hired for top jobs would do us a great deal of good.
February 5, 2026 at 7:16 AM
I have said it before and I will say it again. A three generation global moratorium on men running for office or being hired for top jobs would do us a great deal of good.
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Utterly baffled to learn that the American film Blackhawk Down (2001) used a Breton-language (France) traditional ballad for their racist, revisionist drama about US soldiers in Somalia.
Have a listen because Denez Prigent and Lisa Gerrard are exquisite here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjLX...
Have a listen because Denez Prigent and Lisa Gerrard are exquisite here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjLX...
February 5, 2026 at 6:25 AM
Utterly baffled to learn that the American film Blackhawk Down (2001) used a Breton-language (France) traditional ballad for their racist, revisionist drama about US soldiers in Somalia.
Have a listen because Denez Prigent and Lisa Gerrard are exquisite here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjLX...
Have a listen because Denez Prigent and Lisa Gerrard are exquisite here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjLX...
Thank you for posting that. Once you know it’s Breton (fishermen lost at sea?) the YouTube comments read very oddly.
(I have not watched Blackhawk Down)
(I have not watched Blackhawk Down)
February 5, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Thank you for posting that. Once you know it’s Breton (fishermen lost at sea?) the YouTube comments read very oddly.
(I have not watched Blackhawk Down)
(I have not watched Blackhawk Down)
Infrastructure, baby: τι έγινε στις 4 Ιανουαρίoυ (διαβάστε δωρεάν το άρθρο στο @insidestory.gr: 🎁🔗)
Εναέριος χώρος το 2026 με μηχανήματα του 1999 insidestory.gr/article/enae...
Εναέριος χώρος το 2026 με μηχανήματα του 1999 insidestory.gr/article/enae...
Εναέριος χώρος το 2026 με μηχανήματα του 1999
Το μπλακ άουτ των επικοινωνιών στις 4 Ιανουαρίου 2026 δεν ήταν κεραυνός εν αιθρία. Το προσωπικό της Υπηρεσίας Πολιτικής Αεροπορίας τα είχε πει στους υπουργούς στη Βουλή και στη διοίκηση του οργανισμού...
insidestory.gr
February 5, 2026 at 6:28 AM
Infrastructure, baby: τι έγινε στις 4 Ιανουαρίoυ (διαβάστε δωρεάν το άρθρο στο @insidestory.gr: 🎁🔗)
Εναέριος χώρος το 2026 με μηχανήματα του 1999 insidestory.gr/article/enae...
Εναέριος χώρος το 2026 με μηχανήματα του 1999 insidestory.gr/article/enae...
I have thought about it, and I don’t believe I can feel any more desperate. Please provide us with the worst.
February 4, 2026 at 6:32 PM
I have thought about it, and I don’t believe I can feel any more desperate. Please provide us with the worst.
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“Did they grow up under a rock??”
Yes. And the rock was probably put there on purpose by men who wanted uneducated people to control.
This is why we don’t leave any state or county or town behind. Nobody deserves to grow up under a rock. Especially one they would never have the power to move.
Yes. And the rock was probably put there on purpose by men who wanted uneducated people to control.
This is why we don’t leave any state or county or town behind. Nobody deserves to grow up under a rock. Especially one they would never have the power to move.
February 4, 2026 at 1:07 PM
“Did they grow up under a rock??”
Yes. And the rock was probably put there on purpose by men who wanted uneducated people to control.
This is why we don’t leave any state or county or town behind. Nobody deserves to grow up under a rock. Especially one they would never have the power to move.
Yes. And the rock was probably put there on purpose by men who wanted uneducated people to control.
This is why we don’t leave any state or county or town behind. Nobody deserves to grow up under a rock. Especially one they would never have the power to move.
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February 4, 2026 at 7:08 AM
I guess I am going to pretend I didn’t read yours then.
February 4, 2026 at 2:30 PM
I guess I am going to pretend I didn’t read yours then.
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Read. This. Thread! 👇🏾✊🏾
I've told this story on ContrabandCamp but it's worth sharing for BHM because it's one of the greatest stories ever.
A thread.
A thread.
February 4, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Read. This. Thread! 👇🏾✊🏾
Thinking about how the Second World War was won because every other political alignment agreed to all fight fascism no matter how they felt about each other’s ideologies and wondering if that would have worked if social media had been around at the time.
February 4, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Thinking about how the Second World War was won because every other political alignment agreed to all fight fascism no matter how they felt about each other’s ideologies and wondering if that would have worked if social media had been around at the time.
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The only route to accepting Mandelson or Andrew's "silly me!" version of events, is to believe that they only ever exhanged sensitive information or access in exhange for cash or favours or sex to one man, and by sheer dint of bad luck it was the one man on Earth whose emails everyone gets to read.
February 4, 2026 at 12:54 PM
The only route to accepting Mandelson or Andrew's "silly me!" version of events, is to believe that they only ever exhanged sensitive information or access in exhange for cash or favours or sex to one man, and by sheer dint of bad luck it was the one man on Earth whose emails everyone gets to read.
I don’t know what to say to that because for me it works perfectly.
February 4, 2026 at 11:52 AM
I don’t know what to say to that because for me it works perfectly.
I struggle with the web interface, but post photos all the time with the native app.
February 4, 2026 at 11:33 AM
I struggle with the web interface, but post photos all the time with the native app.
Are you using an app or the web interface?
February 4, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Are you using an app or the web interface?
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February 4, 2026 at 8:18 AM