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Nick Boraine @nickboraine.bsky.social · Aug 10

Accurate scholarship can
Unearth the whole offence
From Luther until now
That has driven a culture mad,
Find what occurred at Linz,
What huge imago made
A psychopathic god:
I and the public know
What all schoolchildren learn,
Those to whom evil is done
Do evil in return.

WH AUDEN

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Nick Boraine @nickboraine.bsky.social · Jul 25

Would love to Jeff!

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Nick Boraine @nickboraine.bsky.social · Jul 11

2. …The fan response to Emmrich was just amazing, and I’m deeply grateful to all of you for the shoutouts and the kind words!

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Nick Boraine @nickboraine.bsky.social · Jul 11

1. Now that the #SAGAFTRA #videogamstrike is officially over, I wanted to say thank you to all the #EmmrichVolkarin fans from #Dragonageveilguard. I had the best time voicing Emmrich and working with incredibly talented voice artists, writers, directors, and game developers….

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Nick Boraine @nickboraine.bsky.social · Jun 9

AI is nonsense.

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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · May 13

Just hit me that the importing of white folks from South Africa and exporting of brown people is actually, literally an attempt at a great replacement

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Nick Boraine @nickboraine.bsky.social · May 13

Synonyms for fraud - boondoggle • hustle • deception • trick • cheat • hoax • subterfuge • stratagem • wile • ruse • artifice • swindle • racket • scam • grift

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Nick Boraine @nickboraine.bsky.social · May 3

Good choice #Australia 👊

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Nick Boraine @nickboraine.bsky.social · May 1

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The 2025 Joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day Ceremony - American Friends of the Parents Circle

The 2025 Joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day Ceremony Tuesday, April 29, 2025 Pre-register for the Ceremony Become a Sponsor Host a Satellite Event About the Ceremony The Joint Memorial Day Ceremon...

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Nick Boraine @nickboraine.bsky.social · Apr 15

Harvard ✊🏼

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Nick Boraine @nickboraine.bsky.social · Apr 10

commonthread.antioch.edu/prolific-scr... The inimitable Colette Freedman. She's ballsy, she's brilliant...and she's my mentor. Congratulations on your official new role!

Prolific Screenwriter, Playwright, Teacher, and ‘Militant Optimist’ Colette Freedman Assumes New Role as Teaching Faculty in MFA - Common Thread

Last November, Colette Freedman walked through London’s West End, excited for the international preview of her new musical, Mozart: Her Story. Though she was far from friends, family, and her beloved ...

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Nick Boraine @nickboraine.bsky.social · Apr 2

#blueprintforamerica

Szabolcs Panyi @szabolcspanyi.bsky.social · Apr 1

💥🇭🇺 Police have given up guarding Budapest’s Liberty Bridge as anti-government protesters shut down traffic on four major bridges, rallying against Viktor Orbán’s new law curbing freedom of assembly and banning the Pride march.

They vow to escalate with a 24-hour shutdown next week.

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Nick Boraine @nickboraine.bsky.social · Apr 2

#corybooker - thank you. You just reminded us of who we are.

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Nick Boraine @nickboraine.bsky.social · Mar 30

open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa... - there is a plan.

How to Think (and Act) Like a Dissident Movement

AOC, solidarity, and people power.

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Nick Boraine @nickboraine.bsky.social · Mar 26

commonthread.antioch.edu/antioch-mfa-... - that’s my MFA program. I can confirm that all of this is true. It’s a fantastic program!

Antioch MFA Earns Spot on MovieMaker Magazine’s Top Screenwriting Programs List for Second Year in a Row - Common Thread

For the second consecutive year, the dramatic writing concentration at the Antioch MFA in Creative Writing has been named one of MovieMaker’s 30 Best Film Schools. The prestigious annual list includes...

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · Mar 11

Musk and Trump could not possibly be sending a clearer signal that the Tesla protests are working than this pathetic stunt today.

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Nick Boraine @nickboraine.bsky.social · Mar 8

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Jon Stewart & Maria Ressa On the US’s Authoritarian Slide | The Weekly Show

YouTube video by The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

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Nick Boraine @nickboraine.bsky.social · Mar 7

Chainsaw #SpaceX now.

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Nick Boraine @nickboraine.bsky.social · Mar 5

Good job Al Green. More.

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Nick Boraine @nickboraine.bsky.social · Mar 3

Incredibly happy for “No Other Land” documentary!
#Oscars #BestDocumentary

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Nick Boraine @nickboraine.bsky.social · Feb 28

Word of the day, “Brinkmanship”

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Nick Boraine @nickboraine.bsky.social · Feb 27

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EP 01 | Decolonizing Philanthropy | For the Love of Radical Giving Miniseries

In this first episode, we unpack how American traditional philanthropy was founded, and how its very guiding principles have choked the industry from doing exactly what it’s meant to do—get the resour

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Nick Boraine @nickboraine.bsky.social · Feb 24

#janefonda take a bow. What a speech. Thank you. #sagawards #SagAftra

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · Feb 19

It was sent out this morning.

I hope everyone who reads it finds a bit of hope.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · Feb 19

Elon Musk recently posted that another lawyer and I are “undermining civilization.” He asks if we suffered childhood trauma and suggests we are suffering from “generational trauma.”

Tomorrow, Democracy Docket will publish my response. Sign up now to receive. www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...

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Nick Boraine @nickboraine.bsky.social · Feb 13

www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/...

SA’s multicultural diversity is a threat to extremist narratives

South Africa is a massive challenge to the theories of Donald Trump and other white supremacists. Here we have a living example of what it looks like to transition from white supremacist minority rule...

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