Tenar Arha, 🦃
@datenar.bsky.social
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Tenar Arha, 🦃
@datenar.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Hey 👋 hello all you new followers.
What a lot of swifties domains & swifties intros. 🤷🏻♀️ you’re following my middle aged, mostly RS news/cats/animals/books/movies/Boston/very occasional mentions of music account.
So—Welcome! Note, I use BlueSky manners here (subscribe to mod lists & block freely)
What a lot of swifties domains & swifties intros. 🤷🏻♀️ you’re following my middle aged, mostly RS news/cats/animals/books/movies/Boston/very occasional mentions of music account.
So—Welcome! Note, I use BlueSky manners here (subscribe to mod lists & block freely)
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Theda Bara as Cleopatra and Fritz Leiber, Sr. as Julius Caesar in the lost 1917 epic CLEOPATRA
December 2, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Theda Bara as Cleopatra and Fritz Leiber, Sr. as Julius Caesar in the lost 1917 epic CLEOPATRA
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FROM THE MANGER TO THE CROSS was shot in location in Egypt and Palestine. It was written by Gene Gauntier, who also played the Virgin Mary, and possibly co-directed.
The role of women in getting epics onto the American screen has been erased, so let's elevate them again.
The role of women in getting epics onto the American screen has been erased, so let's elevate them again.
December 2, 2025 at 2:50 AM
FROM THE MANGER TO THE CROSS was shot in location in Egypt and Palestine. It was written by Gene Gauntier, who also played the Virgin Mary, and possibly co-directed.
The role of women in getting epics onto the American screen has been erased, so let's elevate them again.
The role of women in getting epics onto the American screen has been erased, so let's elevate them again.
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📅 Tues. 12/2 @ 7PM: We are excited to welcome "Empire of Cotton" author Professor Sven Beckert for a discussion of his new book "Capitalism: A Global History". He will be joined in conversation by historian Manisha Sinha. Learn more here: buff.ly/nSvBMqV
December 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
📅 Tues. 12/2 @ 7PM: We are excited to welcome "Empire of Cotton" author Professor Sven Beckert for a discussion of his new book "Capitalism: A Global History". He will be joined in conversation by historian Manisha Sinha. Learn more here: buff.ly/nSvBMqV
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The Daily Salem Dispatch is making Monday waaaaay better from this vantage point.
December 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The Daily Salem Dispatch is making Monday waaaaay better from this vantage point.
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Join us this week for PARENTHOOD (Fri, 3:30pm), LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE (Sat, 12pm), and EIGHTH GRADE (Sun, 12pm). "Wonder" runs Dec 9 – Feb 8 at A.R.T.’s Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St, Cambridge. Learn more about the films at brattlefilm.org, or visit americanrepertorytheater.org
December 1, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Join us this week for PARENTHOOD (Fri, 3:30pm), LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE (Sat, 12pm), and EIGHTH GRADE (Sun, 12pm). "Wonder" runs Dec 9 – Feb 8 at A.R.T.’s Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St, Cambridge. Learn more about the films at brattlefilm.org, or visit americanrepertorytheater.org
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It's Matthew Paris time!
That's right: 13th century England's premier mapmaker and monk! A friend to kings, & the kind of man who could draw an elephant right.
He drew the first maps of England (like the one below) and he's the subject my December bonus newsletter:
www.patreon.com/posts/144769...
That's right: 13th century England's premier mapmaker and monk! A friend to kings, & the kind of man who could draw an elephant right.
He drew the first maps of England (like the one below) and he's the subject my December bonus newsletter:
www.patreon.com/posts/144769...
December 1, 2025 at 9:55 PM
It's Matthew Paris time!
That's right: 13th century England's premier mapmaker and monk! A friend to kings, & the kind of man who could draw an elephant right.
He drew the first maps of England (like the one below) and he's the subject my December bonus newsletter:
www.patreon.com/posts/144769...
That's right: 13th century England's premier mapmaker and monk! A friend to kings, & the kind of man who could draw an elephant right.
He drew the first maps of England (like the one below) and he's the subject my December bonus newsletter:
www.patreon.com/posts/144769...
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it’s tiiiiime 🎄
December 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
it’s tiiiiime 🎄
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The book The Long Game is also completely sold out online, as far as I can tell, which confirms the huge blunder on the part of the publisher for the show's release this past weekend.
Heated Rivalry is #2 on HBO Max's top 10 list. That seems like a pretty big deal and I hope that means they'll greenlight a second season.
December 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The book The Long Game is also completely sold out online, as far as I can tell, which confirms the huge blunder on the part of the publisher for the show's release this past weekend.
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1 DECEMBER 1775, ROXBURY, MASSACHUSETTS: The enlistments of the Continental Army’s Connecticut regiments expire. Washington has ordered them to remain at their posts until they can be replaced, but many desert anyway. Washington calls it “extraordinary and reprehensible conduct.”
December 1, 2025 at 3:52 PM
1 DECEMBER 1775, ROXBURY, MASSACHUSETTS: The enlistments of the Continental Army’s Connecticut regiments expire. Washington has ordered them to remain at their posts until they can be replaced, but many desert anyway. Washington calls it “extraordinary and reprehensible conduct.”
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Asa West spent years trying to find a strange fantasy film she'd glimpsed as a child–finally tracking it down was a revelation, not just about the film itself, but about how weird, ambitious art falls in and out of fashion
I Tracked Down the Film that Traumatized Me as a Kid, and Found a Forgotten Gem - Reactor
Weird, ambitious art — the kind that sticks with you for decades — is always worth searching for.
reactormag.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Asa West spent years trying to find a strange fantasy film she'd glimpsed as a child–finally tracking it down was a revelation, not just about the film itself, but about how weird, ambitious art falls in and out of fashion
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the student was trolling her instructor; her instructor tried to respond in good faith, the student enlisted the right wing hate machine and got the instructor put on leave *for being trans.*
December 1, 2025 at 5:26 PM
the student was trolling her instructor; her instructor tried to respond in good faith, the student enlisted the right wing hate machine and got the instructor put on leave *for being trans.*
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🎄 It’s gone completely Christmassy on nigella.com! Come on over for food inspiration and to read my Christmas Witter (aka Season’s Eatings 2025) which brings glad tidings of some new recipes on the site, plus how to enter the annual Christmas Pudding Hunt!
www.nigella.com/latest/seaso...
www.nigella.com/latest/seaso...
December 1, 2025 at 5:49 PM
🎄 It’s gone completely Christmassy on nigella.com! Come on over for food inspiration and to read my Christmas Witter (aka Season’s Eatings 2025) which brings glad tidings of some new recipes on the site, plus how to enter the annual Christmas Pudding Hunt!
www.nigella.com/latest/seaso...
www.nigella.com/latest/seaso...
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1 DECEMBER 1775, POINTE-AUX-TREMBLES, QUEBEC: Three hundred men commanded by Richard Montgomery arrive from Montreal at the camp established by Benedict Arnold’s expedition. The two armies merge in preparation for an attack on the city of Quebec.
December 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
1 DECEMBER 1775, POINTE-AUX-TREMBLES, QUEBEC: Three hundred men commanded by Richard Montgomery arrive from Montreal at the camp established by Benedict Arnold’s expedition. The two armies merge in preparation for an attack on the city of Quebec.
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Today at #Ebooks Direct it's #CyberMonday, and we've saved the best #sale deal for last: our "Whole Store" Bundle, at the lowest its price will ever get! Need 36 SF and fantasy ebooks at a bit less than $1 each? Grab the bundle now! (Offer not valid in the UK: sorry.) ebooks.direct/products/ebo...
Ebooks Direct Whole Store Bundle
This ebook bundle (not available in the UK: details below) contains our complete inventory of non-new-release* works. All our ebooks are DRM-free, and come with the usual EBD lifetime replacement guar...
ebooks.direct
December 1, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Today at #Ebooks Direct it's #CyberMonday, and we've saved the best #sale deal for last: our "Whole Store" Bundle, at the lowest its price will ever get! Need 36 SF and fantasy ebooks at a bit less than $1 each? Grab the bundle now! (Offer not valid in the UK: sorry.) ebooks.direct/products/ebo...
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The encounter that took what was already a great #BearSeason2025 right over the top. Arctic foxes are not the easiest to find around Churchill so getting to spend time with this cutie who is still changing into their winter coat was amazing. #mammals 🌿
December 1, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The encounter that took what was already a great #BearSeason2025 right over the top. Arctic foxes are not the easiest to find around Churchill so getting to spend time with this cutie who is still changing into their winter coat was amazing. #mammals 🌿
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Hi.
Are you alone tonight?
I'll call you I have grace to spare and I am angry at the local religions for not making a number available in case someone needed something.
How can I help you? My DM remains open.
Are you alone tonight?
I'll call you I have grace to spare and I am angry at the local religions for not making a number available in case someone needed something.
How can I help you? My DM remains open.
December 1, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Hi.
Are you alone tonight?
I'll call you I have grace to spare and I am angry at the local religions for not making a number available in case someone needed something.
How can I help you? My DM remains open.
Are you alone tonight?
I'll call you I have grace to spare and I am angry at the local religions for not making a number available in case someone needed something.
How can I help you? My DM remains open.
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Okay fine here is another picture of Salem
December 1, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Okay fine here is another picture of Salem
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Sometimes people break one treat in half and pretend it's two treats. It's not. It's a lie. That's a hard life lesson Marcel learned today.
November 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Sometimes people break one treat in half and pretend it's two treats. It's not. It's a lie. That's a hard life lesson Marcel learned today.
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Lethality is not something you use or do, but Senator Plumber’s Butt is not particularly smart. That said, Secretary Violent Zipper Malfunction’s constant referencing of lethality is a direct reaction to conventional troops being forced to do COIN in Iraq & Afghanistan. 1/
Markwayne Mullin: "The president and the secretary of war have been very clear. They're gonna use lethality against our enemies -- home and abroad."
November 30, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Lethality is not something you use or do, but Senator Plumber’s Butt is not particularly smart. That said, Secretary Violent Zipper Malfunction’s constant referencing of lethality is a direct reaction to conventional troops being forced to do COIN in Iraq & Afghanistan. 1/
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Speaking as someone who was cast as "alarmist" for accurately predicting the GOP mainstreaming of outright fascism, that sort of attitude is the flip side of those earlier alarmism accusations.
These folks are so petrified of change and the unknown that they wishcast a permanent status quo.
These folks are so petrified of change and the unknown that they wishcast a permanent status quo.
The main thing that's annoying and offensive about this is it's usually not framed as simply a factual observation about all the obvious hurdles, as if anybody needs reminding. It's how it's said in a mood of cynical, condescending hostility to even advocating for accountability. Ditto impeachment.
While this usually isn't the intent, "no one will ever be held accountable for this" doomerism is an excuse not to try.
There'll be at least some accountability if enough Americans work for it. And this time really is different. Doesn't guarantee the aftermath will be, but it increases the chances.
There'll be at least some accountability if enough Americans work for it. And this time really is different. Doesn't guarantee the aftermath will be, but it increases the chances.
November 30, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Speaking as someone who was cast as "alarmist" for accurately predicting the GOP mainstreaming of outright fascism, that sort of attitude is the flip side of those earlier alarmism accusations.
These folks are so petrified of change and the unknown that they wishcast a permanent status quo.
These folks are so petrified of change and the unknown that they wishcast a permanent status quo.
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My sister @briespangler.bsky.social has a new etsy shop! She's a professional illustrator and is doing pet designs
Also she's been staying with us and for unknown reasons she added two dog shirts to the store, no idea why, these dogs certainly don't look familiar to me
www.etsy.com/shop/yellows...
Also she's been staying with us and for unknown reasons she added two dog shirts to the store, no idea why, these dogs certainly don't look familiar to me
www.etsy.com/shop/yellows...
November 28, 2025 at 12:38 AM
My sister @briespangler.bsky.social has a new etsy shop! She's a professional illustrator and is doing pet designs
Also she's been staying with us and for unknown reasons she added two dog shirts to the store, no idea why, these dogs certainly don't look familiar to me
www.etsy.com/shop/yellows...
Also she's been staying with us and for unknown reasons she added two dog shirts to the store, no idea why, these dogs certainly don't look familiar to me
www.etsy.com/shop/yellows...
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Scientists studied thousands of children born March 2020-May 2021.
Out of 800+ mothers diagnosed with COVID-19, 16.3% of their babies received a neurodevelopmental diagnosis by 3 years old, compared with 9.7% who weren’t exposed to COVID-19 in utero.
Out of 800+ mothers diagnosed with COVID-19, 16.3% of their babies received a neurodevelopmental diagnosis by 3 years old, compared with 9.7% who weren’t exposed to COVID-19 in utero.
Amid Confusing CDC Guidance About Vaccines, Study Highlights New Risk of COVID-19 During Pregnancy
A Harvard study found that the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant may be at an increased risk for autism and other diagnoses, raising new concerns about the CDC’s decision to sto...
www.propublica.org
November 30, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Scientists studied thousands of children born March 2020-May 2021.
Out of 800+ mothers diagnosed with COVID-19, 16.3% of their babies received a neurodevelopmental diagnosis by 3 years old, compared with 9.7% who weren’t exposed to COVID-19 in utero.
Out of 800+ mothers diagnosed with COVID-19, 16.3% of their babies received a neurodevelopmental diagnosis by 3 years old, compared with 9.7% who weren’t exposed to COVID-19 in utero.
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there is a very clear throughline from the blacklist through gamergate to the charlie kirk moral panic. it's all the same thing.
specifically, it is the thing that the right accuses "cancellation" of being, but which the left has never in fact managed.
specifically, it is the thing that the right accuses "cancellation" of being, but which the left has never in fact managed.
November 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM
there is a very clear throughline from the blacklist through gamergate to the charlie kirk moral panic. it's all the same thing.
specifically, it is the thing that the right accuses "cancellation" of being, but which the left has never in fact managed.
specifically, it is the thing that the right accuses "cancellation" of being, but which the left has never in fact managed.