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Last year, I posted about the consecration of Westminster Abbey, which is now 960 years ago.
959 years ago, in 1065, Westminster Abbey was consecrated after having been rebuilt under the command of Edward the Confessor. A week later, Edward died and was buried here. His death would trigger a succession dispute and eventually lead to the Norman Conquest.
December 28, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Last year, I posted about the consecration of Westminster Abbey, which is now 960 years ago.
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Mona Caron, contemporary Swiss-born, San Francisco-based artist, known for her large scale murals #WomensArt
December 27, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Mona Caron, contemporary Swiss-born, San Francisco-based artist, known for her large scale murals #WomensArt
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Huge news from Blakeney Point...
December 27, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Huge news from Blakeney Point...
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This will never be not funny to me
May 15, 2023 at 10:23 PM
This will never be not funny to me
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Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
December 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
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I always thought Plato was pretty pollyannaish on this point, but this is decent evidence for the view that a man of bad character will therefore be unhappy even with every external trapping of success and good fortune.
President Donald Trump gifted the world with nearly 200 Truth Social posts (and counting) on Christmas Day, where he amplified conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and called for a member of Congress to be deported.
Trump Posts Nearly 200 Times in Unhinged Christmas Day Spree
The president amplified conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and called for a member of Congress to be deported.
trib.al
December 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I always thought Plato was pretty pollyannaish on this point, but this is decent evidence for the view that a man of bad character will therefore be unhappy even with every external trapping of success and good fortune.
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r o u m d
Please enjoy this borb who is hopefully enjoying life in another state right now 🥰 🪶
December 26, 2025 at 9:52 AM
r o u m d
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Nöel Coward called his style of work ‘touch and Gauguin,’ and although this sounds pretentious, it was his way of describing the colours he used. The majority of his paintings are of Jamaica; he first visited the island with Ian Fleming, in 1948.
December 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Nöel Coward called his style of work ‘touch and Gauguin,’ and although this sounds pretentious, it was his way of describing the colours he used. The majority of his paintings are of Jamaica; he first visited the island with Ian Fleming, in 1948.
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From Kenya to wherever you find yourself today, we want to thank you for your unwavering support and - with the help of our Keepers and some of their little charges - to wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
December 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
From Kenya to wherever you find yourself today, we want to thank you for your unwavering support and - with the help of our Keepers and some of their little charges - to wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
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Recreating this legendary Peanuts scene. Yeah hoe!
December 25, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Recreating this legendary Peanuts scene. Yeah hoe!
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We could try to make Leiber a posthumous bestseller by claiming his 1943 novel "Conjure Wife" as Dark Academia. (It was filmed multiple times, most famously as "Burn, Witch, Burn" aka "Night of the Eagle".)
It is the birthday of Fritz Leiber, (pronounced Lie-ber) the man who coined the term sword & sorcery and who wrote some of the best work in the genre. I actually read Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser in prose before I read Conan.He was also a fantastic author of horror and fantasy.Just a wonderful writer.
December 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
We could try to make Leiber a posthumous bestseller by claiming his 1943 novel "Conjure Wife" as Dark Academia. (It was filmed multiple times, most famously as "Burn, Witch, Burn" aka "Night of the Eagle".)
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Trump: I am fine. You sound beautiful and cute. How old are you?
Caller: I am eight
Caller: I am eight
December 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Trump: I am fine. You sound beautiful and cute. How old are you?
Caller: I am eight
Caller: I am eight
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I just pray that NORAD is guiding Santa away from Venezuela and the Caribbean Sea
Trump: We track Santa. We want to make sure that Santa is being good. We want to make sure that he's not infiltrated, that we're not infiltrating into our country a bad Santa. Santa loves Oklahoma like I do. You know, Oklahoma was very good to me in the election
December 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I just pray that NORAD is guiding Santa away from Venezuela and the Caribbean Sea
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Watching the carols from King's and, when this is over, we really need a root and branch review of the level of difficulty of the paper rounds these choirboys are enduring.
There are laws against that sort of hard labour that are clearly being flouted. It's like watching Grease and I don't approve.
There are laws against that sort of hard labour that are clearly being flouted. It's like watching Grease and I don't approve.
December 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Watching the carols from King's and, when this is over, we really need a root and branch review of the level of difficulty of the paper rounds these choirboys are enduring.
There are laws against that sort of hard labour that are clearly being flouted. It's like watching Grease and I don't approve.
There are laws against that sort of hard labour that are clearly being flouted. It's like watching Grease and I don't approve.
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The grill is planning something bad, and the house suspects it 😬
December 24, 2025 at 5:34 AM
The grill is planning something bad, and the house suspects it 😬
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Dear Santa:
All I want for Christmas is for the Oxford comma to be cherished, loved, and respected.
All I want for Christmas is for the Oxford comma to be cherished, loved, and respected.
December 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Dear Santa:
All I want for Christmas is for the Oxford comma to be cherished, loved, and respected.
All I want for Christmas is for the Oxford comma to be cherished, loved, and respected.
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Spotted in Eskisehir, Turkey
December 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Spotted in Eskisehir, Turkey
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Good points 🍳
If you were to ask a chatbot for help with an old recipe, it could use a thousand year old unit that is wildly wrong, because it stole that snippet of text from a recipe book.
It could give you an ingredient that absolutely no longer means what it did 200 years ago, because it stole that book too
It could give you an ingredient that absolutely no longer means what it did 200 years ago, because it stole that book too
December 23, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Good points 🍳
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"Two Rabbits with a Sled' (1894) illustration by celebrated English author Beatrix Potter
#Womensart ❄️
#Womensart ❄️
December 23, 2025 at 3:20 AM
"Two Rabbits with a Sled' (1894) illustration by celebrated English author Beatrix Potter
#Womensart ❄️
#Womensart ❄️
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Sadness arrives uninvited. Joy demands more—it requires us to search, to kindle, to protect the flame against every wind. When we choose joy despite everything that argues against it, we don't just save ourselves—we illuminate the way for everyone around us.
December 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Sadness arrives uninvited. Joy demands more—it requires us to search, to kindle, to protect the flame against every wind. When we choose joy despite everything that argues against it, we don't just save ourselves—we illuminate the way for everyone around us.
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I had to go check that this insanely cute animal I’d never heard of actually exists and yes www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrWcrxg9/
Japanese dwarf flying squirrels are incredibly social creatures that prefer sharing warmth over defending territory #flyingsquirrel #squirrel #animals
TikTok video by Rescued Animals
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December 22, 2025 at 6:47 AM
I had to go check that this insanely cute animal I’d never heard of actually exists and yes www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrWcrxg9/
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Encouraging undergraduates to *start* with AI, robs them of the skills they need to begin learning how to be a history detective. And when you move up to the graduate level, AI doesn't have access to actual archives. And it cannot produce new knowledge. *YOU* have to do that.
December 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Encouraging undergraduates to *start* with AI, robs them of the skills they need to begin learning how to be a history detective. And when you move up to the graduate level, AI doesn't have access to actual archives. And it cannot produce new knowledge. *YOU* have to do that.
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Happy Solstice! Not a fan of the dark, so always happy to reach the point where days start getting longer. Spring is just around the corner for those of us in the Northern hemisphere, so here's a happy chickadee for today's #ArtAdventCalendar
December 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Happy Solstice! Not a fan of the dark, so always happy to reach the point where days start getting longer. Spring is just around the corner for those of us in the Northern hemisphere, so here's a happy chickadee for today's #ArtAdventCalendar