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Leia Taillefur

@leiataillefur.bsky.social

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Medieval/ancient history professor & author.🇲🇫🇬🇷🇮🇹🇨🇦. Love of animals has always been my life. Proud Cat Lady and virtual hermit. I post an obscure early saint of the day with a touch of humor and otd historical event of significance (or none).

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Leia Taillefur @leiataillefur.bsky.social · Nov 12

My Leia

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Leia Taillefur @leiataillefur.bsky.social · 10h

All its opposites instead, as appropriate for an upside down bible.

Leia Taillefur @leiataillefur.bsky.social · 15h

Everything he does is projection so he's really saying he should be jailed.
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Trump says Chicago mayor, Illinois governor should be jailed for response to ICE

Trump, providing no evidence, said Brandon Johnson and JB Pritzker should go to jail, accusing the two Democrats of “failing to protect” immigration agents.

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Leia Taillefur @leiataillefur.bsky.social · 17h

Bondi and Karoline Leavitt could make a blonde Cruella de Vil Society. Turn them over to RFK Jr for his experiments.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20h

#WarRavagedPortland

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19h

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

The condescension of two-bit Attorney General Pamela Jo Bondi today underscores that the only thing this administration excels at is a complete lack of self-awareness.

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Leia Taillefur @leiataillefur.bsky.social · 17h

How about we set up Four Beasts of the Apocalypse to take on ICE?

MS Kohut @mskohut.bsky.social · 20h

The riots in Portland have really escalated. I saw protesters dressed as unicorns and teddy bears.

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 1d

Perhaps you’ve noticed; the more immigrants they detain and deport…the more violent the United States is becoming. I see a clear connection.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 1d

Pritzker is right. They want to normalize troops in cities so they can steal every election just like Putin does.

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Leia Taillefur @leiataillefur.bsky.social · 19h

If you don't bend the knee, you're Trump's enemy.
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Leia Taillefur @leiataillefur.bsky.social · 20h

Bien sûr!

Leia Taillefur @leiataillefur.bsky.social · 20h

I can't believe I support a Trump policy but totally support ending cruel research on animals.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...

Opinion | Can Trump End This Impossibly Cruel Practice?

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Leia Taillefur @leiataillefur.bsky.social · 20h

I'm 73 w/MS & teach ancient & medieval history.Despite naysayers,I "followed my passion,"
lived in Europe,been awed by Egypt,written books,get paid well & never plan to retire unless I lose my balance & fall headfirst into a desk.Even then, I'd make a joke.I love what I do😁 & students keep me young

Leia Taillefur @leiataillefur.bsky.social · 20h

I'd call it nouveau riche.

Pam Nash @pamnashes.bsky.social · 10d

It’s colloquially known as Dictator Chic.
Peter York wrote about it…

Donald Trump Has a “Dictator Chic” Design Taste

I wrote a book about autocrats’ design tastes. The U.S. president would fit right in.

www.politico.com

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Jason Kander @jasonkander.bsky.social · 3d

I was a skeptic about the import of the Epstein files.

But 3 invasions of cities, one military buildup outside Venezuela, a government shutdown, and so many other things meant to distract have me convinced whatever’s in there is the biggest presidential scandal in U.S. history.

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 3d

Portland never stops being Portland.

competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 4d

wizard frog is insane

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Theresa M 🦋 @thetreezz.bsky.social · 1d

🎶”The moon and the stars
were the gifts you gave..”
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#CatsOfBluesky

cat laying head on pillow. Arched door with background of full moon and sea.
by Kaoru Yamada

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 1d

"Saying I am pro-life, but I don't want to give citizenship to the children of migrants,” said Washington Auxiliary Bishop Evelio Menjivar-Ayala. "I mean, what kind of pro-life is that?" www.ncronline.org/vatican/vati...

Migrants and advocates increasingly find champion in Pope Leo amid polarization

In audiences and off-the-cuff comments, Pope Leo has offered migrants and their advocates reason to rally around him as a defender of human dignity.

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lmhistory @lmhistory.bsky.social · 1d

Loaf in progress #catsky

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Patrick Samphire but for Halloween 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @patricksamphire.bsky.social · 23h

What a miserable country we would have if we eliminated all these degrees, all these chances to study things that don't just have a monetary value.

Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 1d

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Make America Great Again…

GTF Out!

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Leia Taillefur @leiataillefur.bsky.social · 20h

Exactly, and considering about 99% illiteracy in Middle Ages, ppl cd identify with saints much more easily than God,Jesus or Heaven forbid the Trinity.(Most of) the saints had lived & ppl knew them & believed in their miracles.A famous case is Becket, who had his brainw bashed in Canterbury.

Leia Taillefur @leiataillefur.bsky.social · 20h

I got my job as a college history prof 35 yrs ago based on one of those stories. And yes, there were fights btw cities & villages if you took their saint. On one occasion, a matron stole the body of a saint for her village,saying he'd spent his early life there. Another good book:

Leia Taillefur @leiataillefur.bsky.social · 20h

Sometimes if you built them a nice niche in the church, you'd find them the next day in a meadow - that's where they wanted a shrine built. I tell my students that what ppl believed (kind of like modern rumors) were as important as what actually happened in creating and influencing events.

Leia Taillefur @leiataillefur.bsky.social · 21h

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'In Gaza, death is everywhere,' says head of Doctors Without Borders

After spending a week in the Palestianian enclave, Claire Magone, the director of the NGO, fears that Donald Trump's ceasefire plan won't stop the territory's destruction.