johnny kwār
@collegedropout.bsky.social
A dilettante in every sense of the word, borderline erudite.
And happy independence day to Haiti and Sudan
January 1, 2026 at 7:42 AM
And happy independence day to Haiti and Sudan
never get tired of monographs published from a university press where the cover is just old artwork with some slight stylization. inject it straight into my veins every time.
December 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
never get tired of monographs published from a university press where the cover is just old artwork with some slight stylization. inject it straight into my veins every time.
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🎶🍷🔥
You blame me for listening to music
and drinking wine to start my day—
I make my own choices,
so let me go my own way.
What does it matter to you
if I do what I desire?
Go enjoy your paradise;
I'll content myself in the fire.
—Ibn Wakīʿ al-Tinnīsī (Egypt, d. 1003)
You blame me for listening to music
and drinking wine to start my day—
I make my own choices,
so let me go my own way.
What does it matter to you
if I do what I desire?
Go enjoy your paradise;
I'll content myself in the fire.
—Ibn Wakīʿ al-Tinnīsī (Egypt, d. 1003)
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يالائمي في سماعِ --- وفي اصطباحِ عقارِ
هذا اختياري لنفسي --- فخلّني واختياري
يا قوم ماذا عليكم --- إذا خلعتُ عذاري
فوزوا بجنةِ عدنٍ --- فقد قنعتُ بناري](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:oroezzrbilxzmt3bz7mu2ctc/bafkreifkwoth4pz4jeeaet3ks6c2cbocztwr7hocf3n35tekqkzr4bfjfq@jpeg)
December 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🎶🍷🔥
You blame me for listening to music
and drinking wine to start my day—
I make my own choices,
so let me go my own way.
What does it matter to you
if I do what I desire?
Go enjoy your paradise;
I'll content myself in the fire.
—Ibn Wakīʿ al-Tinnīsī (Egypt, d. 1003)
You blame me for listening to music
and drinking wine to start my day—
I make my own choices,
so let me go my own way.
What does it matter to you
if I do what I desire?
Go enjoy your paradise;
I'll content myself in the fire.
—Ibn Wakīʿ al-Tinnīsī (Egypt, d. 1003)
Desperately need biographies to be done on Pétion and Boyer.
December 19, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Desperately need biographies to be done on Pétion and Boyer.
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Over 1,600 people have been killed in attacks on health centers in Sudan this year, WHO reports
Over 1,600 people have been killed in attacks on health centers in Sudan this year, WHO reports
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organization, said the agency has documented 65 attacks on health facilities since January. The attacks also left 276 people wounded.
www.lemonde.fr
December 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Over 1,600 people have been killed in attacks on health centers in Sudan this year, WHO reports
all these apps counting me out by doing their end of the year wrap ups in the second week of december…
December 13, 2025 at 5:43 AM
all these apps counting me out by doing their end of the year wrap ups in the second week of december…
Looking forwarding to reading this..
Heartfelt congratulations to Beeta #Baghoolizadeh whose book *The Color Black: Enslavement and Erasure in Iran* @dukepress.bsky.social has won the 2024 Paul E. #Lovejoy #Prize!
Read the interview with Beeta Baghoolizadeh: brill.com/view/journal...
Read the interview with Beeta Baghoolizadeh: brill.com/view/journal...
brill.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Looking forwarding to reading this..
Abysmal. Completely detrimental to the theater experience.
Ted Sarandos has confirmed he will look at shortening theatrical windows for WB films, saying, “Over time, the windows will evolve to be much more consumer friendly, to be able to meet the audience where they are quicker."
Netflix Buys Warner Bros. for $82 Billion
It's a dark, devastating day for the theatrical movie experience. After a banner year for Warner Bros, capped off by IMAX 70mm re-releases for One Battle After Another and Ryan Coogler's Sinners next ...
thefilmstage.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Abysmal. Completely detrimental to the theater experience.
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SPECIAL AWARD: Museum of the Moving Image
December 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM
SPECIAL AWARD: Museum of the Moving Image
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BEST FILM: One Battle After Another
December 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM
BEST FILM: One Battle After Another
Obsolete by Tame Impala on Apple Music
Song · 2025 · Duration 4:23
music.apple.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Yikes.
Netflix’s new bid to buy Warner Bros is a mostly cash offer.
The company is arranging a mega-loan to be able to buy WB
(Source: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...)
The company is arranging a mega-loan to be able to buy WB
(Source: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...)
December 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Yikes.
the lyric “I be having my way but I want it some more” just encapsulates my disposition in life right now.
November 30, 2025 at 6:27 PM
the lyric “I be having my way but I want it some more” just encapsulates my disposition in life right now.
which haitian historian will give us a biography on alexandre petion next?
September 20, 2025 at 6:56 PM
which haitian historian will give us a biography on alexandre petion next?
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16th-century painting showing an African knight of the order of Saint James of the Sword. Chafariz d’el Rey (The King’s Fountain) painting in the Alfama District, ca. 1560-1580, Lisbon.
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/investigat...
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/investigat...
September 14, 2025 at 3:26 PM
16th-century painting showing an African knight of the order of Saint James of the Sword. Chafariz d’el Rey (The King’s Fountain) painting in the Alfama District, ca. 1560-1580, Lisbon.
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/investigat...
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/investigat...
what did norma jean wright say? sometimes it seems like i'm never sleeping, ooh the hours im keepin
September 3, 2025 at 11:26 AM
what did norma jean wright say? sometimes it seems like i'm never sleeping, ooh the hours im keepin
behind so many readings. to say august has been hectic would be an understatement.
August 25, 2025 at 1:34 PM
behind so many readings. to say august has been hectic would be an understatement.
“in virginia, we smirked at the simpson trial
yeah i guess the chase was wild, but what’s the fuss about?”
music.apple.com/us/album/vir...
yeah i guess the chase was wild, but what’s the fuss about?”
music.apple.com/us/album/vir...
Virginia by Clipse on Apple Music
Song · 2002 · Duration 3:57
music.apple.com
July 16, 2025 at 4:58 AM
“in virginia, we smirked at the simpson trial
yeah i guess the chase was wild, but what’s the fuss about?”
music.apple.com/us/album/vir...
yeah i guess the chase was wild, but what’s the fuss about?”
music.apple.com/us/album/vir...
quite literally what july and august will look for me.
Gonna try ping-ponging between these three books over the next week or so
July 16, 2025 at 4:50 AM
quite literally what july and august will look for me.
Desperately need BlueSky to have a bookmarks feature
June 30, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Desperately need BlueSky to have a bookmarks feature
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PUBLICATION DAY!
_I Have Avenged America: Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Haiti's Fight for Freedom_ is now available from @yalepress.bsky.social
To celebrate, I am going to post some of the most extraordinary Dessalines quotations below!
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
_I Have Avenged America: Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Haiti's Fight for Freedom_ is now available from @yalepress.bsky.social
To celebrate, I am going to post some of the most extraordinary Dessalines quotations below!
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
I Have Avenged America
A moving and humane portrait of the abolitionist revolutionary Jean-Jacques Dessalines, who led Haiti’s fight for independence from French colonial rule ...
yalebooks.yale.edu
June 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM
PUBLICATION DAY!
_I Have Avenged America: Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Haiti's Fight for Freedom_ is now available from @yalepress.bsky.social
To celebrate, I am going to post some of the most extraordinary Dessalines quotations below!
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
_I Have Avenged America: Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Haiti's Fight for Freedom_ is now available from @yalepress.bsky.social
To celebrate, I am going to post some of the most extraordinary Dessalines quotations below!
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
Rain stopped me from the Schomburg Centennial. If I only knew what I was missing out on..🙃
When you discover your book coming out in August is already out in the wild at the Schomburg Centennial.
June 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Rain stopped me from the Schomburg Centennial. If I only knew what I was missing out on..🙃