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Clio2
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Observer of #polycrisis; excursions into history, nature, oddments. Degrees: philosophy, history of science. Former teacher, writer,
editor, spokesperson, contract researcher, journalist. Occasional fictioneer. NB. No LLMs/other AI need apply. :-)
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Cover of book, "The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism At the Heart of American Power, by Jeff Sharlet Cover of book, C Street: The Fundamentalist Threat to American Democracy
February 5, 2026 at 11:06 PM
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yes
Meme of cat looking up from newspaper meditatively. Text: I should try making a zine
February 4, 2026 at 1:44 AM
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Drug price list from Epstein files

"Coke" (3 forms), Ketamine (2), DMT, LSD, Xanax, Valium, Klonopin, Percocet, Vicodin, Dilaudid, Oxycodone, Oxycontin, Opana, Methadone, Morphine, Adderal (2), Dexadrine, Dronabinol, MDMA/Molly, Ecstasy (2), Cialis.

Not from the local Walgreens
Drug price list in spreadsheet form
February 2, 2026 at 10:27 PM
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Borrowed from another comment in the same series by Alejandra Caraballo (including her Alt text) b/c I want to strongly highlight a connection here
German Jews' Passports Declared Invalid On October 5, 1938, the Reich Ministry of the Interior invalidates all German passports held by Jews. Jews must surrender their old passports, which will become valid only after the letter “J” has been stamped on them. The government required Jews to identify themselves in ways that would permanently separate them from the rest of the German population. In an August 1938 law, authorities decreed that by January 1, 1939, Jewish men and women bearing first names of “non-Jewish” origin had to add “Israel” and “Sara,” respectively, to their given names. All German Jews were obliged to carry identity cards that indicated their heritage, and, in the autumn of 1938, all Jewish passports were stamped with an identifying red letter “J”. As Nazi leaders quickened their war preparations, antisemitic legislation in Germany and Austria paved the way for more radical persecution of Jews.
January 29, 2026 at 10:03 PM
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Five-year-old Luam Conejo Ramos being arrested by ICE in Minneapolis. He is wearing a cute knitted hat made like a rabbit's head with floppy ears and button eyes. A man in black stands behind him holding him by the backpack . Nazis arresting Jewish people in the Warsaw ghetto. Many women and children In front, a little boy in a flat cap, with his hands up.
January 29, 2026 at 1:04 PM
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Gestapo arresting Jews in the Warsaw ghetto. Little boy with his hands up.
January 29, 2026 at 12:47 PM
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A HIPY PAPPY BTHDTH

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Owl in _Winnie the Pooh_ chews the end of his pen as he tries to remember how to spell "birthday." By Ernest H. Shepard Piglet running with a balloon. By Ernest H. Shepard
January 28, 2026 at 11:09 PM
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Failure assured
Lucy pulls away the football, Charlie Brown goes flying
January 27, 2026 at 5:26 PM
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Bluesky reaction to latest word on Senate negotiations over omnibus appropriations bill including DHS funding.

Mainstream Dems have been like this for decades. Incompetence doesn't seem like an adequate explanation.
Lucy pulls away the football and Charlie Brown goes flying. Source: Peanuts Wiki | Fandom
January 26, 2026 at 3:59 AM
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I can't sensibly respond because my mind just now has simply stalled out

there is no room for anything but grief and horror
"Black rainbow" in a rain over a landscape of scrubby vegetation, with a slant mesa in the background. A perfect arc of shadow crosses the sky, with a bright lower edge while the upper edge shows a thin, faint rainbow.
January 25, 2026 at 4:31 PM
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Good Lord.

(Or Lady)
Goddess Durga, dressed in a bright red sari, riding a tiger. Her twelve hands hold: a bow and arrow; a water pot; a flower I don't recognize; a bright red lotus; a banner reading "OM"; a bell; a scimitar; a hatchet; a conch; a necklace; and another small object that is unclear in this reproduction.
January 21, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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I don't think they quite know Maine.

♡♡♡♡♡ to all EXCEPT enablers Susan Collins and Angus King

youtu.be/ZL-5uyp44WA?...

Photo: the Union Army's legendary 20th Maine at a reuniin in 1889., With only bayonets, they turned the tide in the Battle of Gettysburg, at Little Round Top, July 2, 1863.
Monochrome photograph. Group of about 30 mostly older, bearded men and a couple of woman, standing or seated on the ground in a brushy area. Regimental flag with a Maltese cross and a corner of a low, rectangulsr monument are also visible.
January 20, 2026 at 9:21 PM
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And they will soon be rounding up even more. With still less compunction, respect for law, and accountability.
A group of Jews, including a small boy, is escorted from the Warsaw Ghetto by German soldiers, April 19, 1943. (AP Photo)
January 20, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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Little girl riding a polar bear that wears armor. The bear roars. Art based on film, The Golden Compass, based on the novel by Philip Pullman.
January 18, 2026 at 6:08 PM
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Post a picture YOU took, just a picture, NO description
Smiling woman seated in a spot of shade on terra cotta pavement, in front of a sunny background. Wearing cardboard rainbow sunglasses with the word "LOVE." Holds a paper rainbow fan that says, "GOD IS A FAN OF YOU" and "The Episcopalian Church Welcomes You."
January 18, 2026 at 3:42 PM
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January 16, 2026 at 8:26 PM
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Back to the 1600s if you count novelist/playwright Aphra Behn and the plural AmericaS:
Cover of Behn's novel, Oroonoko or The Royal Slave
January 16, 2026 at 8:21 PM
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January 16, 2026 at 8:08 PM
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#Cats
Altered version of Michelangelo's painting of the creation of Adam. Adam is replaced by a seated cat. As God reaches out with a finger, the cat raises a paw ready to smack it. Found here and there as a meme: attribution unknown.
January 15, 2026 at 4:36 AM
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Afghanistan, 2026
Five women completely covered in burquas walk along a street accompabied by a small child. Credit, Marius Arnesen, via Wikimedia Commons
January 15, 2026 at 3:30 AM
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Afghanistan, 2026
Five women completely covered in burquas walk down a street together with a small child. Credit: Marius Arnesen, via Wikimedia Commons
January 15, 2026 at 3:28 AM
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My, those Danes were polite.

I would have been all, "Get ready for a taste of this."
Scene from the Bayeux tapestry. A cloaked nobleman holds a two-handed weapon called a "Dane axe," while a retainer of his, and a man in culottes that he is confronting, point fingers at each other.
January 14, 2026 at 8:37 PM
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Bar chart of YouGov poll showong that 90% of Democrats believe Jonathan Ross should face criminal charges for killing Renee Nicole Good, only 6% undecided. Republicans, 14% yes, 23% undecided. Independents, 54%, with 22% undecided.
January 13, 2026 at 3:55 AM
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Two things are true.
Book cover: They Thought They Were Free: The Germans 1933-45, by Milton Mayer
January 12, 2026 at 7:37 PM
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Right-wing propaganda account alert:

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Blocking
Screen shot of profile, truthseekerusa.bsky.social Reposts X tweet alleging "subset of left wing women" support Tren de Aragua. (Pls check it out yourself)
January 10, 2026 at 5:10 PM