H Aline
@harshaline.bsky.social
Football, Music, History. Not always in that order. The Velvet Underground: always.
Ha!
US-Law is increasingly like military-music: an oxymoron.
US-Law is increasingly like military-music: an oxymoron.
If it's possible to become a billionaire in this country, it has to be possible to answer for your crimes and become not a billionaire again too.
January 7, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Ha!
US-Law is increasingly like military-music: an oxymoron.
US-Law is increasingly like military-music: an oxymoron.
Terrrrific idea
What would happen if the countries of South America threatened to boycott the World Cup unless FIFA withdrew the award it invented for Trump?
January 6, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Terrrrific idea
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Trading the Nobel Peace Prize to the president of the United States so he’ll militarily install you as president of your country seems a bit contrary to its intended purpose
Hannity: Did you at any point offered to give him the Nobel peace prize?
Machado: It hasn’t happened yet. We want to give it to him. Share it with him.
Machado: It hasn’t happened yet. We want to give it to him. Share it with him.
January 6, 2026 at 5:43 AM
Trading the Nobel Peace Prize to the president of the United States so he’ll militarily install you as president of your country seems a bit contrary to its intended purpose
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The most terrifying part of this is that this move makes it clear this guy was the smartest one there.
"It took less than a year for Bongino to realize he was out of his depth as the Deputy Director, the second-in-command at the FBI."
politizoom.com/dan-bongino-...
politizoom.com/dan-bongino-...
Dan Bongino Says Goodbye
It took less than a year for Bongino to realize he was out of his depth as the Deputy Director, the second-in-command at the FBI. Good for him. Seriously! After floundering his way through this
politizoom.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:12 PM
The most terrifying part of this is that this move makes it clear this guy was the smartest one there.
David Wingrove's prescient archive.org/details/sono... is predicated on this exact quid pro quo. He wrote (published, actually - I dunno when he wrote it) it in 2011. This book is a "prequel". The series itself came out in 1989+
January 5, 2026 at 7:32 AM
David Wingrove's prescient archive.org/details/sono... is predicated on this exact quid pro quo. He wrote (published, actually - I dunno when he wrote it) it in 2011. This book is a "prequel". The series itself came out in 1989+
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I am once again asking American lawmakers to make sure their country transitions first to the kind of democracy they wish to install in other places.
My statement on the capture of the brutal, illegitimate ruler of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, and need for a transition to democracy:
January 3, 2026 at 3:56 PM
I am once again asking American lawmakers to make sure their country transitions first to the kind of democracy they wish to install in other places.
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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Perhaps now people will stop wishcasting about the US military refusing illegal orders. That's not a thing that happens. The 100% compliance rate with using civilian boats for target practice was a bit of a tell.
January 3, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Every. Single. Motherfucker. Who. Voted. For. Trump.
That's who I blame.
That's who I blame.
Aside from the license this gives China to just take Taiwan, I wonder how they feel about Trump dusting off the Noriega precedent (done in part to ensure access to the canal) while Trump is yapping about China having too much influence in the canal.
January 3, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Every. Single. Motherfucker. Who. Voted. For. Trump.
That's who I blame.
That's who I blame.
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Every other country should boycott LA 2028 like it’s 1936, and any that doesn’t should be condemned as Nazi collaborators
January 3, 2026 at 10:19 AM
Every other country should boycott LA 2028 like it’s 1936, and any that doesn’t should be condemned as Nazi collaborators
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Cancel the LA Olympics, scrap the World Cup, the United States cannot be a trusted part of the international community so long as the White House operates this violently and with impunity.
January 3, 2026 at 7:13 AM
Cancel the LA Olympics, scrap the World Cup, the United States cannot be a trusted part of the international community so long as the White House operates this violently and with impunity.
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The Lemon Song (Remaster)
YouTube video by Led Zeppelin - Topic
music.youtube.com
January 1, 2026 at 4:33 AM
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I voted for him. You?
"Yes: We need a wealth tax on billionaires," said US Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Sanders Backs Push for Billionaire Tax in California as Newsom Raises Money to Fight It
US Sen. Bernie Sanders endorsed an effort in California to impose a one-time tax on the wealth of the state's billionaires.
www.commondreams.org
December 31, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I voted for him. You?
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Fascinating and delightfully serendipitous.
December 31, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Fascinating and delightfully serendipitous.
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After Google podcasts stopped, I've tested many podcast apps across Android. The best was @antennapod.org, with all its options designed keeping the user in mind. Works smoothly, no pesky ads (how?!!!) and a great forum too.
I've switched over and never going back.
I've switched over and never going back.
October 19, 2025 at 2:50 AM
After Google podcasts stopped, I've tested many podcast apps across Android. The best was @antennapod.org, with all its options designed keeping the user in mind. Works smoothly, no pesky ads (how?!!!) and a great forum too.
I've switched over and never going back.
I've switched over and never going back.
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so long and thanks for all the fish
Almost 80% of the land needed for #GreatNicobar project is forest land. While government estimates that almost a million trees will be cut, a rainforest ecologist estimates the number could be as high as 10 million. scroll.in/article/1075...
Here's what Vaishnavi Rathore found out.
Here's what Vaishnavi Rathore found out.
On the Great Nicobar island, why the future is fearful
The government has ambitious plans to build a shipping hub on the island. But are its native tribal communities on board? I travelled to the island to find out.
scroll.in
December 29, 2025 at 12:19 PM
so long and thanks for all the fish
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“We couldn’t report on the sinking of the Titanic until we spoke to Captain Smith.”
Weiss concluded: “We need to be able to make every effort to get the principals on the record and on camera. To me, our viewers come first, not a listing schedule or anything else. And that is my North Star, and I hope it's the North Star of every person in this newsroom.”
December 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
“We couldn’t report on the sinking of the Titanic until we spoke to Captain Smith.”
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Danish artist Peder Severin Krøyer invites us into his sunny garden, where his wife Marie sits reading in the shade, her dog sleeping at her feet, amongst a profusion of white roses (Roses, 1893)
December 21, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Danish artist Peder Severin Krøyer invites us into his sunny garden, where his wife Marie sits reading in the shade, her dog sleeping at her feet, amongst a profusion of white roses (Roses, 1893)
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Always tricky working out where to put the fig leaf with this kind of thing
December 19, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Always tricky working out where to put the fig leaf with this kind of thing
"It takes a degree of willed ignorance to maintain that a man who has worked his way back from serious injury, who came up as a self-made cricketer, no pathways, no academy, just hard work, is flighty and weak."
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www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/d...
@barneyronay.bsky.social rattles stumps.
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www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/d...
@barneyronay.bsky.social rattles stumps.
Jofra Archer steps up to show his true value lies beyond pundits’ stereotypes | Barney Ronay
Two high-class spells on day one at Adelaide, while colleagues faltered, proved how misunderstood the England fast bowler is
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:16 AM
"It takes a degree of willed ignorance to maintain that a man who has worked his way back from serious injury, who came up as a self-made cricketer, no pathways, no academy, just hard work, is flighty and weak."
!!
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/d...
@barneyronay.bsky.social rattles stumps.
!!
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/d...
@barneyronay.bsky.social rattles stumps.
Oh boy, I gotta meet this person. I think I am finally in love.
December 16, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Oh boy, I gotta meet this person. I think I am finally in love.
Lovely.
Not very seasonal but a mixed media Cambridge May Week scene which I think sold at an exhibition (I'm forever sorting out and tidying up all the hundreds of photos of paintings on usb hard drives)
#art #mixedmedia
#art #mixedmedia
December 15, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Lovely.
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"I will not be quiet. Not speaking out — it equals resignation."
Tennis legend Martina Navratilova on the importance of standing up to Trump and his enablers:
Tennis legend Martina Navratilova on the importance of standing up to Trump and his enablers:
December 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
"I will not be quiet. Not speaking out — it equals resignation."
Tennis legend Martina Navratilova on the importance of standing up to Trump and his enablers:
Tennis legend Martina Navratilova on the importance of standing up to Trump and his enablers: