Andre Bukowski
@andrebukowski.bsky.social
She/her. Spinster of the Parish in Ao/NZ. I travel a lot & obsess about Byzantine/Ottoman things; ancient and modern Near East politics and history; dilettante Witch; daydreaming about tea on the Bosphorus. Free Palestine 🇵🇸. Get the fuck out of Lebanon. 🇱🇧
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I usually post widefield colour "postcard" views of Mars, but today, just for a change, here's a rather more abstract view for you all... Perseverance's tracks meandering across the Martian landscape... Hope you like it! Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/S Atkinson
December 12, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I usually post widefield colour "postcard" views of Mars, but today, just for a change, here's a rather more abstract view for you all... Perseverance's tracks meandering across the Martian landscape... Hope you like it! Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/S Atkinson
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Part 180! of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg dnd
A 1,500-year-old Sassanid necklace made of gold, with three lapis lazuli plaques depicting lion and king.
A 1,500-year-old Sassanid necklace made of gold, with three lapis lazuli plaques depicting lion and king.
November 18, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Part 180! of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg dnd
A 1,500-year-old Sassanid necklace made of gold, with three lapis lazuli plaques depicting lion and king.
A 1,500-year-old Sassanid necklace made of gold, with three lapis lazuli plaques depicting lion and king.
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Six months after ICE apprehended 47 people, including nine kids, in Hays County, Tex., County Judge Ruben Becerra said DHS has ignored his attempts to get answers:
“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”
(Published Oct.)
“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”
(Published Oct.)
How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force
Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challeng...
www.propublica.org
December 12, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Six months after ICE apprehended 47 people, including nine kids, in Hays County, Tex., County Judge Ruben Becerra said DHS has ignored his attempts to get answers:
“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”
(Published Oct.)
“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”
(Published Oct.)
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There was a time when Barron was off-limits for ridicule because he was still just a young man, but that time is long past.
WATCH: New reporting from the New York Times reveals Andrew Tate’s release from Romania—where he faced rape and human trafficking charges—may have involved powerful allies, including Barron Trump. Pulitzer-prize winning investigative reporter Megan Twohey joins to discuss.
Barron Trump's ties to accused sex trafficker Andrew Tate exposed in NYT report
YouTube video by MS NOW
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December 12, 2025 at 3:24 AM
There was a time when Barron was off-limits for ridicule because he was still just a young man, but that time is long past.
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Gaza officials says Israel committed 738 violations since ceasefire deal - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-officials-says-israel-committed-738-violations-ceasefire-deal
Gaza officials says Israel committed 738 violations since ceasefire deal
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December 9, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Gaza officials says Israel committed 738 violations since ceasefire deal - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-officials-says-israel-committed-738-violations-ceasefire-deal
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Assigned's mentions for this post are flooded with people who want to jeer at Biden so may I just say: When a Democratic former president makes a point of standing up for trans rights in a situation where he is absolutely not required to do so, for God's sake, just take the W.
6 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- Biden, generally a lukewarm backer of trans rights as President, uses Intl International LGBTQ+ Leaders Conference speech to slam Reps/Trump for turning trans rights into "political football...into something scary, something sinister."
Joe Biden slams Republicans for turning transgender rights into ‘political football’
The former president gave a speech expressing support for LGBTQ+ rights at an LGBTQ+ leaders conference on Friday
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Assigned's mentions for this post are flooded with people who want to jeer at Biden so may I just say: When a Democratic former president makes a point of standing up for trans rights in a situation where he is absolutely not required to do so, for God's sake, just take the W.
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The US should be abolished and sovereignty returned to individual states, so that legislatures can better represent their people.
December 6, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The US should be abolished and sovereignty returned to individual states, so that legislatures can better represent their people.
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In a back channeled "offer" to the International Criminal Court, the United States proposed dropping sanctions on ICC officials if the Court
•Dropped charges on Israeli officials and pledged not to indict anymore
•Stopped investigating crimes in Afghanistan
•Amended the ICC treaty
the ICC said: no
•Dropped charges on Israeli officials and pledged not to indict anymore
•Stopped investigating crimes in Afghanistan
•Amended the ICC treaty
the ICC said: no
Exclusive: ICC shuns US demands to drop Israel war crimes probe and amend treaty
Washington also called for end to Afghanistan investigation and change to Rome Statute in return for lifting sanctions
www.middleeasteye.net
December 6, 2025 at 11:26 PM
In a back channeled "offer" to the International Criminal Court, the United States proposed dropping sanctions on ICC officials if the Court
•Dropped charges on Israeli officials and pledged not to indict anymore
•Stopped investigating crimes in Afghanistan
•Amended the ICC treaty
the ICC said: no
•Dropped charges on Israeli officials and pledged not to indict anymore
•Stopped investigating crimes in Afghanistan
•Amended the ICC treaty
the ICC said: no
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Immediately this abstract issue of politicians politicizing trans lives for political gain and interfering with clinical best practice melted into a tangible, immediately present reality with real lives in the firing line, all for political gain and fomenting of hatred and division.
December 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Immediately this abstract issue of politicians politicizing trans lives for political gain and interfering with clinical best practice melted into a tangible, immediately present reality with real lives in the firing line, all for political gain and fomenting of hatred and division.
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How to buy yourself a needy malignant narcissist? Just offer him a phony, made up "Peace Prize" & he's all your's!!!
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
December 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
How to buy yourself a needy malignant narcissist? Just offer him a phony, made up "Peace Prize" & he's all your's!!!
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
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I’m still unsure about using an indictment as a document of undisputed evidence as a prelude for military action without congressional authorization, but I’m just a simple country law professor.
Marco Rubio on Maduro: "He's into the drug business. By the way, it's not me saying it. I'm not just making this up. This was an indictment that came out of the Southern District of New York back in 2020. An indictment! It was undisputed."
December 3, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I’m still unsure about using an indictment as a document of undisputed evidence as a prelude for military action without congressional authorization, but I’m just a simple country law professor.
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Always love to see great talent using their platform for unabashed good.
'F*** Off And Let People Be': David Tennant Doubles Down On Support For Trans People
"People are trying to create division... and it's so f***ing unnecessary."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Always love to see great talent using their platform for unabashed good.
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Israeli hyper paranoia about the "security" of territories *they are occupying illegally* is just the pretext to illegally occupy more territories.
How are Israel's neighbors meant to address Israel's security concerns sufficiently to halt its attacks when this is the kind of stupid stuff that Israeli officials are apparently concerned about? www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
November 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Israeli hyper paranoia about the "security" of territories *they are occupying illegally* is just the pretext to illegally occupy more territories.
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Never doubt that Jews can also be Nazis.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Never doubt that Jews can also be Nazis.
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The myth of that a bunch of young hackers can solve any problem was debunked by DOGE. But the larger moral stain is that this was a heist.
Cost saving was a cover story to shutdown investigations into Elon’s companies, steal government data and engage in genocide by proxy via killing USAID.
Cost saving was a cover story to shutdown investigations into Elon’s companies, steal government data and engage in genocide by proxy via killing USAID.
November 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The myth of that a bunch of young hackers can solve any problem was debunked by DOGE. But the larger moral stain is that this was a heist.
Cost saving was a cover story to shutdown investigations into Elon’s companies, steal government data and engage in genocide by proxy via killing USAID.
Cost saving was a cover story to shutdown investigations into Elon’s companies, steal government data and engage in genocide by proxy via killing USAID.
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This is a late ancient (5-7th c.?) Greek account of the life of a rich woman who was raised Jewish, converted to Christianity when her parents died, lived for 20 years as a male monk named John, was discovered & made head of a woman's monastery, & was later martyred
well, what the heck. it's the tuesday before thanksgiving, and whoever is on here deserves a treat: the first new translation I've posted in a long while: the Life and Martyrdom of Susanna:
andrewjacobs.org/translations...
andrewjacobs.org/translations...
Life and Martyrdom of Susanna
andrewjacobs.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This is a late ancient (5-7th c.?) Greek account of the life of a rich woman who was raised Jewish, converted to Christianity when her parents died, lived for 20 years as a male monk named John, was discovered & made head of a woman's monastery, & was later martyred
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We’re about to invade Venezuela because trump wants their oil. No other reason. The airspace has been cleared. Embassies are being evacuated. Flights are being canceled.
He’s going to kill people for oil.
He’s going to kill people for oil.
November 24, 2025 at 2:58 AM
We’re about to invade Venezuela because trump wants their oil. No other reason. The airspace has been cleared. Embassies are being evacuated. Flights are being canceled.
He’s going to kill people for oil.
He’s going to kill people for oil.
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JD Vance and Peter Thiel are running a sustained operation out of the White House designed to acquire Greenland, either voluntarily or by force. Thiel has laid out plans for what he intends to do with the island nation in past writings. It doesn't entail the consent of the Greenlanders for anything.
November 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
JD Vance and Peter Thiel are running a sustained operation out of the White House designed to acquire Greenland, either voluntarily or by force. Thiel has laid out plans for what he intends to do with the island nation in past writings. It doesn't entail the consent of the Greenlanders for anything.
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1) Start the worst European war since 1945 and commit every imaginable war crime
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
November 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
1) Start the worst European war since 1945 and commit every imaginable war crime
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
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So as Trump fills his fat fucking face with his Thanksgiving Feast he intends to send American Service Members to their death in Venezuela, because he wants oil and minerals for his fat fucking friends and he believes our soldiers are suckers and losers, that serve his every whim.
November 23, 2025 at 11:33 PM
So as Trump fills his fat fucking face with his Thanksgiving Feast he intends to send American Service Members to their death in Venezuela, because he wants oil and minerals for his fat fucking friends and he believes our soldiers are suckers and losers, that serve his every whim.
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This week alone:
-Trump called for Democrats in Congress to be hanged.
-Defended the slaughter of a U.S. journalist in front of his killer.
-Surrendered to the murderous Putin who he called a "savvy genius" after his attack on Ukraine.
This guy is the greatest threat to America we've ever known.
-Trump called for Democrats in Congress to be hanged.
-Defended the slaughter of a U.S. journalist in front of his killer.
-Surrendered to the murderous Putin who he called a "savvy genius" after his attack on Ukraine.
This guy is the greatest threat to America we've ever known.
November 23, 2025 at 11:26 PM
This week alone:
-Trump called for Democrats in Congress to be hanged.
-Defended the slaughter of a U.S. journalist in front of his killer.
-Surrendered to the murderous Putin who he called a "savvy genius" after his attack on Ukraine.
This guy is the greatest threat to America we've ever known.
-Trump called for Democrats in Congress to be hanged.
-Defended the slaughter of a U.S. journalist in front of his killer.
-Surrendered to the murderous Putin who he called a "savvy genius" after his attack on Ukraine.
This guy is the greatest threat to America we've ever known.
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You don't often see this at the end of a whistleblower story:
November 18, 2025 at 1:01 AM
You don't often see this at the end of a whistleblower story: