Caroline
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‘As a journalist living in exile in Vienna, Trotsky was impressed by the cultured intelligence of the Austrians (which he admitted was superior to his own) but saw them as self-satisfied and the opposite of revolutionary.’
Holly Case on the Habsburg experiment.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Holly Case on the Habsburg experiment.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Holly Case · Thin Pink Glaze: Habsburg Legacies
We still live in the long shadow of Habsburg disintegration. In addition to the lingering legacy of 19th-century state...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
‘As a journalist living in exile in Vienna, Trotsky was impressed by the cultured intelligence of the Austrians (which he admitted was superior to his own) but saw them as self-satisfied and the opposite of revolutionary.’
Holly Case on the Habsburg experiment.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Holly Case on the Habsburg experiment.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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In this tough and moving essay, Caroline Kennedy's 35-year-old daughter Tatiana Schlossberg reveals that she is terminally ill with leukemia. She has some choice words about how her cousin Bobby has made the limited time she has left worse. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
In this tough and moving essay, Caroline Kennedy's 35-year-old daughter Tatiana Schlossberg reveals that she is terminally ill with leukemia. She has some choice words about how her cousin Bobby has made the limited time she has left worse. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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Note active voice in thread when victim "upends" Gaetz career but passive voice in image when discussing her exploitation.
"Gaetz sexually exploited a homeless child and destroyed his career in the process" would assign a man and a republican agency. And we can't have that.
"Gaetz sexually exploited a homeless child and destroyed his career in the process" would assign a man and a republican agency. And we can't have that.
A teenager in Florida with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men, setting off a chain of events that would have a dramatic impact on her life and help upend the political career of Representative Matt Gaetz. nyti.ms/49PSkL9
November 14, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Note active voice in thread when victim "upends" Gaetz career but passive voice in image when discussing her exploitation.
"Gaetz sexually exploited a homeless child and destroyed his career in the process" would assign a man and a republican agency. And we can't have that.
"Gaetz sexually exploited a homeless child and destroyed his career in the process" would assign a man and a republican agency. And we can't have that.
I wish @dieworkwear.bsky.social would talk about Zohran Mamdani's outfits
November 4, 2025 at 5:16 AM
I wish @dieworkwear.bsky.social would talk about Zohran Mamdani's outfits
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Discworld QOTD, from Soul Music
“There is a type of girl who, while incapable of cleaning her bedroom even at knifepoint, will fight for the privilege of being allowed to spend the day shoveling manure in a stable.”
“There is a type of girl who, while incapable of cleaning her bedroom even at knifepoint, will fight for the privilege of being allowed to spend the day shoveling manure in a stable.”
Discworld QOTD, from Pyramids
“Younger assassins, who are usually very poor, have very clear ideas about the morality of wealth until they become older assassins, who are usually very rich, when they begin to take the view that injustice has its good points”
“Younger assassins, who are usually very poor, have very clear ideas about the morality of wealth until they become older assassins, who are usually very rich, when they begin to take the view that injustice has its good points”
Discworld QOTD, from A Hat Full of Sky
"... it must be hard, being the best. You're not allowed to stop. You can only be beaten, and you're too proud ever to lose. Pride! You've turned it into a terrible strength, but it eats away at you."
"... it must be hard, being the best. You're not allowed to stop. You can only be beaten, and you're too proud ever to lose. Pride! You've turned it into a terrible strength, but it eats away at you."
November 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Soul Music
“There is a type of girl who, while incapable of cleaning her bedroom even at knifepoint, will fight for the privilege of being allowed to spend the day shoveling manure in a stable.”
“There is a type of girl who, while incapable of cleaning her bedroom even at knifepoint, will fight for the privilege of being allowed to spend the day shoveling manure in a stable.”
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Discworld QOTD, from Pyramids
“Younger assassins, who are usually very poor, have very clear ideas about the morality of wealth until they become older assassins, who are usually very rich, when they begin to take the view that injustice has its good points”
“Younger assassins, who are usually very poor, have very clear ideas about the morality of wealth until they become older assassins, who are usually very rich, when they begin to take the view that injustice has its good points”
Discworld QOTD, from A Hat Full of Sky
"... it must be hard, being the best. You're not allowed to stop. You can only be beaten, and you're too proud ever to lose. Pride! You've turned it into a terrible strength, but it eats away at you."
"... it must be hard, being the best. You're not allowed to stop. You can only be beaten, and you're too proud ever to lose. Pride! You've turned it into a terrible strength, but it eats away at you."
Discworld QOTD, from Night Watch
October 31, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Pyramids
“Younger assassins, who are usually very poor, have very clear ideas about the morality of wealth until they become older assassins, who are usually very rich, when they begin to take the view that injustice has its good points”
“Younger assassins, who are usually very poor, have very clear ideas about the morality of wealth until they become older assassins, who are usually very rich, when they begin to take the view that injustice has its good points”
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look at what happened with immigration: dems try to be “centrist” with the biden border bill, gop just went further right and started lying about eating pets…may be a lesson to learn there
October 28, 2025 at 12:34 PM
look at what happened with immigration: dems try to be “centrist” with the biden border bill, gop just went further right and started lying about eating pets…may be a lesson to learn there
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when i die please avenge my death regardless of the circumstances
June 13, 2023 at 3:35 AM
when i die please avenge my death regardless of the circumstances
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October 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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I need an espionage drama series based on a spy who uses only menswear clues to take down evil international cabals.
October 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I need an espionage drama series based on a spy who uses only menswear clues to take down evil international cabals.
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i have about two million followers across three platforms. statistically, about 20,000 of you are in the top 1% in terms of wealth. if any of you feel like leaving me your home in a walkable neighborhood when you die, that would make for a very heartwarming social media story.
October 23, 2025 at 10:21 PM
i have about two million followers across three platforms. statistically, about 20,000 of you are in the top 1% in terms of wealth. if any of you feel like leaving me your home in a walkable neighborhood when you die, that would make for a very heartwarming social media story.
Made roast lemon yuzu potatoes.
October 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Made roast lemon yuzu potatoes.
Made this curried hanrabong roast chicken some time ago
October 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Made this curried hanrabong roast chicken some time ago
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“Anomie describes a state of normlessness when society's rules, values, and expectations lose their power to guide behavior, leaving individuals feeling adrift or disconnected.”
October 23, 2025 at 12:53 AM
“Anomie describes a state of normlessness when society's rules, values, and expectations lose their power to guide behavior, leaving individuals feeling adrift or disconnected.”
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hello this sense of social isolation and purposelessness is often created by highly capitalist societies wherein traditional values associated with family and belonging to community are replaced by pursuit of wealth
when people can't achieve these, they turn to ideologies like fascism
when people can't achieve these, they turn to ideologies like fascism
“Anomie describes a state of normlessness when society's rules, values, and expectations lose their power to guide behavior, leaving individuals feeling adrift or disconnected.”
October 23, 2025 at 1:04 AM
hello this sense of social isolation and purposelessness is often created by highly capitalist societies wherein traditional values associated with family and belonging to community are replaced by pursuit of wealth
when people can't achieve these, they turn to ideologies like fascism
when people can't achieve these, they turn to ideologies like fascism
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I'm very happy to announce that my next novel TRAITORS' NEST will be published in July 2026 by Macmillan's imprint First Ink!
www.thebookseller.com/rights/first...
www.thebookseller.com/rights/first...
First Ink unveils award-winning Frances Hardinge’s YA historical fantasy
First Ink has acquired Traitors’ Nest, a historical YA fantasy novel by Frances Hardinge, the award-winning author of the Costa Book of the Year 2015, The Lie Tree.
www.thebookseller.com
October 23, 2025 at 9:40 AM
I'm very happy to announce that my next novel TRAITORS' NEST will be published in July 2026 by Macmillan's imprint First Ink!
www.thebookseller.com/rights/first...
www.thebookseller.com/rights/first...
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for the first of our S2 bonus episodes, we had the absolute joy of talking with critic and historian @effjayem.bsky.social for an hour and a half about historical context, book-hunger, and DWJ as a critical writer of critical texts
zencastr.com/z/MEQO-ixY
zencastr.com/z/MEQO-ixY
S2 Bonus Episode 1 - With Farah Mendlesohn by @Rebecca Fraimow and Emily Tesh
The thing we must notice is frequently identified by what is not described or told or explained.
In our first Season Two bonus episode, Farah Mendlesohn -- who literally wrote the book on Diana Wynne...
zencastr.com
September 6, 2025 at 12:52 PM
for the first of our S2 bonus episodes, we had the absolute joy of talking with critic and historian @effjayem.bsky.social for an hour and a half about historical context, book-hunger, and DWJ as a critical writer of critical texts
zencastr.com/z/MEQO-ixY
zencastr.com/z/MEQO-ixY
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apparently we are now a Hugo-winning podcast! a fact which is thanks entirely to a.) Diana Wynne Jones, for her consistent ability to make us think, wonder, and delight and b.) all of you, for taking time out of your lives to join us in reading her as deeply as she deserves
The #HugoAward for Best Fancast goes to Eight Days of Diana Wynne Jones, presented by Emily Tesh & Rebecca Fraimow
August 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
apparently we are now a Hugo-winning podcast! a fact which is thanks entirely to a.) Diana Wynne Jones, for her consistent ability to make us think, wonder, and delight and b.) all of you, for taking time out of your lives to join us in reading her as deeply as she deserves
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rightwing propaganda can be so effective because it relies on people wanting to live in a different, better reality
October 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
rightwing propaganda can be so effective because it relies on people wanting to live in a different, better reality
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Made roast lemon yuzu chicken and potatoes.
October 15, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Made roast lemon yuzu chicken and potatoes.
Made charred cabbage with French onion soup sauce.
October 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Made charred cabbage with French onion soup sauce.
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to this i would add a good amount of self-loathing stemming from a belief that liberal political views are somehow “inauthentic” or an affectation of “elites”
I agree with whoever said a rather under-appreciated dynamic is the extent to which Professional Politics Opinion Havers flat out just find the left interpersonally irritating in a way they do not find the right so, and I think a lot of the talk of a vibe shift was wish-casting their irritants away.
October 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
to this i would add a good amount of self-loathing stemming from a belief that liberal political views are somehow “inauthentic” or an affectation of “elites”
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Made roast yuzu lemon oregano chicken and potatoes and tzatziki.
October 14, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Made roast yuzu lemon oregano chicken and potatoes and tzatziki.
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It isn't a good sign for our society, but it's really hard to feel empathy for someone who has never shown any and whose decisions can directly be linked to premature deaths. I should feel empathy, but social media has made me a more callous person.
October 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
It isn't a good sign for our society, but it's really hard to feel empathy for someone who has never shown any and whose decisions can directly be linked to premature deaths. I should feel empathy, but social media has made me a more callous person.
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As they say, if you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything
October 16, 2025 at 7:55 PM
As they say, if you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything