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Tom Ashbyトム ∙ アシュビー
tomaashby.bsky.socialWhat happens when the philosophy of love meets a neo-Roman sense of liberty as independence? Are lovers doomed to be "made Slaves to Venus"? Read my essay on érōs as an enslaving and emancipatory power in the first close analysis of Algernon Sidney's "Of Love": classiques-garnier.com/le-republica...
Mekka Okereke
mekka.mekka-tech.comAgain, most people in the US like each other! ♥️👍🏿 Most Black people, most Hispanic people, most Asian people, most Indigenous people, and about 48% of White people, like the majority of Americans, and want to enjoy life with them. When you say you "love America," that's who you should mean.
Tom Ashbyトム ∙ アシュビー
tomaashby.bsky.socialWhat happens when the philosophy of love meets a neo-Roman sense of liberty as independence? Are lovers doomed to be "made Slaves to Venus"? Read here my essay on érōs as an enslaving and emancipatory power in my close analysis of Algernon Sidney's "Of Love": classiques-garnier.com/le-republica...
Tom Ashbyトム ∙ アシュビー
tomaashby.bsky.socialWhat happens when the philosophy of love meets a neo-Roman liberty as independence? Are lovers doomed to being "made Slaves to Venus"? Read here my essay on érōs as an enslaving and emancipatory power in my close analysis of Algernon Sidney's "Of Love": classiques-garnier.com/le-republica...
Dr Mary McAuliffe
drmarymcauliffe.bsky.socialHad a wonderful evening organised by the consulate in Cardiff talking Irish queer revolutionary women-great crowd, best of hospitality & unbelievably,my first time in Wales 🏴 definitely won’t be my last. The poll showing CC in a commanding lead was a lovely addition to the evening #speirgorm #aras25
In fact since these are two in a row I will note that sometimes there are individual poem snippets that stick in my mind and I find myself using them to just convey the total emotion I associate with the poem. "Greater the feeling" and "Time passes and the world changes" are the lines from here. ...
Nina Willburger
drnwillburger.bsky.socialFascinating world of ancient #glass! This marvellous blue #Roman glass vessel with a white base and white handles dates back to the 3rd/4th century AD. It was found in an early medieval burial from the 6th century AD. in Hüfingen - already an antique piece at the time. 📷 @almbawue.bsky.social 🏺
Thinking Person's Guide to Autism
thinkingautism.com"Everyday life, from communication within social interaction and societal expectation, interoception experience, outer sensory experiences and those of Object Permanence impact differently upon Autistic people than they do for non-autistic people." -Wenn Lawson: www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
Adia Benton
ethnography911.bsky.socialWas JUST teaching about the (misogynistic/sexist) hx of ’sex verification’ as it trickled down fm elite sports to kids’ recreation. has mostly meant surveillance/policing of girls + women. was bound to affect boys in ways that extend beyond reproducing hegemonic masculinity bsky.app/profile/auts...
Drop Site
dropsitenews.comDonald Trump escalated tensions with Colombia today, accusing President Gustavo Petro of leading his country into a “death trap” by allowing cocaine production to flourish. He announced plans to cut off U.S. subsidies and aid, calling Petro an “illegal drug leader.” The comments follow a string...
Drop Site
dropsitenews.comDonald Trump escalated tensions with Colombia today, accusing President Gustavo Petro of leading his country into a “death trap” by allowing cocaine production to flourish. He announced plans to cut off US subsidies and aid, calling Petro an “illegal drug leader.” The comments follow a string of...
Drop Site
dropsitenews.com🇺🇸 U.S. Expands Extrajudicial Killings to Pacific Waters The U.S. military launched two more strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats in the eastern Pacific, killing at least five people in 48 hours — the eighth and ninth such attacks since September. The operations mark a shift from the Caribbean...
Charles Keener
charleskeener.bsky.socialMembers of the Yaku Mama Amazon Flotilla are demanding an end to fossil fuels, protections for Indigenous territories and ecosystems from oil, mining and industrial agriculture, and a ban on fossil fuel extraction in the Amazon rainforest. Democracy Now! will be in Belém broadcasting from COP30.
Jay Justice - Open to Work
jayjustice.netI've just received news of a death in my family. Due to living 8000 miles away from them, it's going to be very hard to make it to the funeral, but I'm going to try. I am still doing the charity fundraisers I committed to, but any help I can get to be with my family is appreciated. Thanks everyone.