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Aliki Chapple
@commonmugwort.bsky.social
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Literary translator, actor, early modern drama enthusiast.
Luddite geek. Greek. Truth, justice, and the comics. Mostly in Athens.
(@amaenad from Twitter but more chill)

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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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An old fashioned metal door with bars and a later metal panel added, with an ancient air con unit or filter in the upper left corner and an even more ancient sheet of corrugated metal, probably once a security measure rolled up above it. The door is set in a stone wall next to a plainer wall, either concrete or plastered. The whole thing is painted exactly the same colour, a sort of pale ochre.
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Ruins of Athens: No filter
#Athens #UrbanPhotography #abandoned
Colour photo but everything is white or darkness or grey with the odd bit of rust. On a concrete platform, once white, a small one-storey house or shack, also once white. A door with metal bars like a cell, the inner panel gaping on darkness. One window on either side of the door, one high up and small, both barred, the smaller painted white, the glass of the other shows darkness. Part of a metal spiral staircase leads to the front door. Bleak, bleached, cursed-looking.
December 7, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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"The next arrow spat by my ear, but I was low, shield raised, Smoke at a gallop, spear swung down ready by the time the third arrow missed ... Maybe they thought me blinded by the snow-dazzle dapple..." The Wolf and the Wild King #SolsticeAdventCalendar Day 7
www.kvj.ca/wolf.html
K.V. Johansen | The Wolf and the Wild King
About The Wolf and the Wild King, book one of The Forest high fantasy duology, by K.V. Johansen
www.kvj.ca
December 7, 2025 at 12:25 PM
commonmugwort.bsky.social
I don’t know what ‘real cinema’ is, but I Love You To Death is my favourite movie that no-one else I’m aware of cares about.
brenttoderian.bsky.social Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 17h
What’s your favourite movie that YOU KNOW is fantastic, and you couldn’t care less if movie snobs would say it “isn’t real cinema?”
December 7, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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nickharkaway.com
What the actual hell
catinthehat.bsky.social Cat in the Hat @catinthehat.bsky.social · 2d
NHS England: “It will not be possible to halt the spread of a new pandemic virus, and it would be a waste of public health resources and capacity to attempt to do so.”

This has got to be one of the most 🤯 things I’ve ever seen written down in an official document.
December 7, 2025 at 9:56 AM
commonmugwort.bsky.social
I keep trying to make a joke about all the dramatic verse that lives in my head but the truth is I’ve never made rent from it.
December 7, 2025 at 6:35 AM
commonmugwort.bsky.social
Ruins of Athens: No filter
#Athens #UrbanPhotography #abandoned
Colour photo but everything is white or darkness or grey with the odd bit of rust. On a concrete platform, once white, a small one-storey house or shack, also once white. A door with metal bars like a cell, the inner panel gaping on darkness. One window on either side of the door, one high up and small, both barred, the smaller painted white, the glass of the other shows darkness. Part of a metal spiral staircase leads to the front door. Bleak, bleached, cursed-looking.
December 7, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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baddestmamajama.bsky.social
I guarantee you if we took all the funding away from the legendary assholes and gave it to talented nice people, we would have an equal if not greater amount of good movies and fewer traumatized and miserable assistants, crew, and actors.
December 7, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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baddestmamajama.bsky.social
There’s not a single filmmaker who is so magically good it should excuse them being a bully. Not one. Give their money to someone else. We have plenty of talent and too many assholes hogging the resources.
December 7, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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A team of 43 scientists says pesticide and plastic regulation needs a major overhaul. Full commercial formulations—often containing petrochemical waste and heavy metals—can be far more toxic than the tested active ingredients.

They call for stricter limits, full-formulation testing, & public data.
‘Silent epidemic of chemical pollution’ demands radical regulatory redo, say scientists
An international team of scientists has issued a stark warning that current toxicology and chemical regulatory regimes are failing to protect public health and the environment from a host of toxins…
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December 7, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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You have til midnight TONIGHT to bid on #Creatives4Sudan - your chance to help raise funds for Emergency Response Rooms in Sudan and bag some incredible Christmas presents (including for yourself)

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December 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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zoecrowther.bsky.social
My @politicshome.bsky.social story from the summer about the AI-generated "I rise to speak" phenomenon in Parliament has made it into @nytimes.com 🇺🇸

(sadly, without credit)
December 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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lizaadamczewski.bsky.social
Bidding has now reached £420 💝🙌🏻💝🙌🏻💝🙌🏻💝🙌🏻💝🙌🏻💝🙌🏻💝🙌🏻💝🙌🏻💝🙌🏻💝
lizaadamczewski.bsky.social Liza Adamczewski aka the accidental ecologist @lizaadamczewski.bsky.social · 1d
I’m doing a second auction for Patch, a local charity that provides food, cloths and toys for people in poverty. At Christmas time they gift toys to kids who’ve had a referral. What could be more in the spirit of Christmas? This little wren is up for auction to raise money for toys. Please dig deep
A wren on a gold triptych
December 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones!

My guide:
Giving the gift of independent journalism: a guide
The Handbasket has subscription suggestions for almost everyone on your list.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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golikehellmachine.com
from a state party director
I don’t know how many people have actually internalized this, but the vast majority of local Democratic operations are staffed and run by blue-haired little old ladies who have been doing this for 40 years and are funding it with bake sales, and are keeping the flame alive in a time when parties are as weak as they’ve ever been. If you are under the age of 50 and you show up and act normal for, like, 3 months, they will do whatever you want because they’re so excited to have a young person there. Parties are weak right now because of some factors that are outside of our control, but a lot of factors are within our control and the big one is that we just haven’t paid enough attention to the atomic-level units, and party infrastructure. If you strengthen those, then party identity as a whole will follow. Party strength as a whole will follow.
December 6, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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casmudde.bsky.social
Read this thread. This is exactly why the OU story is so scary. What Adrian so aptly calls “wingnut welfare” is very attractive for mediocre right-wing students looking for a break.
adriandaub.bsky.social Adrian Daub @adriandaub.bsky.social · 1d
As we follow the trajectory of the student at OU who wrote an essay citing zero sources and making no argument, got the instructor fired by claiming her 1A rights were violated, went on a tour of rw media and now seems poised to become a part of the TPUSA speaker circuit: (1/4)
December 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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commonmugwort.bsky.social
Your occasional reminder that this hugely ambitious performance research undertaking is not an offshoot of any cultural institution but crowdfunded by people like you. Go on, nerds, you know what to do:
beyondshakes.bsky.social Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 2d
If you want to support our production of Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay, or any of the hundreds of plays we are honour bound to make happen, then why not become a patron. Lots of bonus and early access stuff every week! And next vote, you get to choose! #JoinUs
www.patreon.com/beyondshakes...
Get more from Beyond Shakespeare on Patreon
creating Podcasts
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December 6, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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nicwilson.bsky.social
Alas, the Christmas market has been cancelled due to bad weather forecast tomorrow. Anyone like to buy some cosy Christmas wrist warmers? Sizes small to large, selection of colours. Will list individually later... #crochet
nicwilson.bsky.social Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 1d
Sorting out my woolly wares for tomorrow's Christmas market... 😊🧡🩵💜🩷🤎💙💛❤️
A line of pairs of colourful crocheted wrist warmers. A line of pairs of colourful crocheted wrist warmers.
December 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
commonmugwort.bsky.social
Your occasional reminder that this hugely ambitious performance research undertaking is not an offshoot of any cultural institution but crowdfunded by people like you. Go on, nerds, you know what to do:
beyondshakes.bsky.social Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 2d
If you want to support our production of Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay, or any of the hundreds of plays we are honour bound to make happen, then why not become a patron. Lots of bonus and early access stuff every week! And next vote, you get to choose! #JoinUs
www.patreon.com/beyondshakes...
Get more from Beyond Shakespeare on Patreon
creating Podcasts
www.patreon.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:18 AM
commonmugwort.bsky.social
Ανοίξτε τα ρέμματα και τα ποτάμια.
#FreeTheStreams
daphnenews.bsky.social Daphne Papadopoulou @daphnenews.bsky.social · 1d
Experts emphasized that no engineering project can replace natural drainage. “We need to open up space so the streams have the ability to carry a lot of water,” said Michalis Diakakis, assistant professor of natural disaster management.
www.ekathimerini.com/news/environ...
Anti-flood works have their limits | eKathimerini.com
Despite rainfall lighter than the deadly 2017 storm and the presence of a major new flood-control project, the town of Mandra in western Attica again faced danger this week.
www.ekathimerini.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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thehumanish.co.uk
Urgh.
Disappointing to find out how widely BBC News is already using AI to actually ‘write’ stories and make content including AI audio voices.

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Newswatch - 06/12/2025
Could artificial intelligence enhance people's experience of BBC News, or is it a threat to traditional broadcast journalism?
www.bbc.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 8:01 AM
commonmugwort.bsky.social
Today in videos you can almost smell, bright grassy green olive oil, freshly pressed and pouring into a vat.
December 6, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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commonmugwort.bsky.social
The play is of course called Full English Breakfast With Rainbow Baguette. Trust me! (or maybe just listen to the podcast)
December 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
commonmugwort.bsky.social
A Cats of Athens/Ruins of Athens crossover.
#Caturday
#Athens #UrbanPhotography #AbandonedPlaces
Colour photo: perched above the rusted gate and below the crumbling staircase of a dilapidated house, a calico cat in ginger tabby, black, and white, glared accusingly at the photographer. The many abandoned houses of Athens are often cat colonies, most of them provided with food and water by neighbouring cat lovers.
December 6, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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commonmugwort.bsky.social
*squints* Good old Robot Lettuce. I do love Robot Lettuce.
beyondshakes.bsky.social Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 2d
The results have been tabulated, the answer to the question has been given. We have our next project for 2026. And it's... in this episode of the podcast!
Oh, alright, here it is in emojis.
🍳💇🥓➕🍳💇🥖🏳️‍🌈by🤖🥬
More on this in the future...
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The BIG Vote RESULTS!
What's the play next year?
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December 5, 2025 at 9:43 AM