@johndavidbooks
Here for the books and book people. #Booksky ππ Twitterland emigre. Former educator. Desiderata. Gargantua and Pantagruel. BookTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/nicholasofautrecourt Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4357283-john-david
βͺThinking about reactivating this account. Does anyone actually watch these things? #Booksky folks, ya out there?
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They're two completely separate things. The Board of Peace is a global initiative, the Shield of Americas is apparently for regional stability in the western hemisphere.
So glad that the few GOP reps and senators who called for her resignation will now to able to point to Trump and say, "Look he's really accountable!" when all he did was create a hand-crafted sinecure for her - and one that sounds creepily Stalinesque to boot.
Uh ... Chamberlain Harris a woman. Why are we referring to her as a twink?
Totally dead behind the eyes.
For Q4 of Historathon, we're spending October-December reading about everything related to nonfiction history written in or about 1820 to the present day. Come join us to toss around ideas!
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If gay marriage doesn't exist, why do we need to overturn Obergefell? Those marriages never even happened in the first place - right? I'm so confused.
Oh, what a tangled web is his weave! He is the only one deceived.
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Kafka slaying like the diva he was. #Booksky ππ
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Anyone else pick up some @yalepress.bsky.social
books during their May sale?
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No one is putting you down. I'm acknowledging the privilege you can't see to reconcile yourself with. And if, as you said above, you "don't care about other people's religion," maybe just refrain from commenting on it altogether since it clearly doesn't affect you.
Saying "It doesn't affect me because I'm not religious and don't go to church" is the HEIGHT of privilege.
I don't believe in God either. That doesn't stop me from seeing what Francis did: propping up an inherently misogynistic, homophobic institution.
Francis might not have been as bad as Benedict, but that's sort of like saying you're to the skinniest kid at fat camp. It's not much to brag about.
I have horrible news for you: he still judged. He spoke out against same-sex marriage as being something that the Church shouldn't sanction. Allowing for heterosexual marriage while not allowing for gay marriage robs people of rights and turns them into second-class citizens.
Madeleine Dean isn't a senator.
Well, disdain doesn't sound like the only form you're advocating for. What you said earlier makes it sound like you explicitly support guilt by association. Fortunately for you and everyone else, that's not how justice works.
"Guilt by association" certainly sounds like a very Stalinist model of justice. I hope you're never subjected to it yourself.
Assigning Hardy to teenagers feels like it's dooming them to see books as dusty, old, and unrelatable. I always had the same suspicions about other authors, too - including Shakespeare. Three chapters in. So far, so good!
Tess was the other option for tonight! I found them in International Collectors Library editions (with the faux gold gilt on the cover and spines) for a song and couldn't resist. Thanks, Hannah.
Tonight: Diving into Thomas Hardy's break-out success, "Far From the Madding Crowd". My first Hardy novel!
Are you a admirer? A hater? Let's spill some Victorian literary tea.
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In other words: "I'll troll Canada by talking about invading them to make them the 51st state, but I'm too much of a chickenshit to even mention it without the Canadian PM bringing it up first." I said it before and I'll say it again: all Republicans excel at is trolling. It's all bluster.
My review of Dr. Selena Wisnom's (@lswisnom.bsky.social) wonderful cultural history of ancient Assyria, "The Library of Ancient Wisdom" (@uchicagopress.bsky.social). A brilliant reconstruction of what we can learn from Ashurbanipal's library at Nineveh!
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Oh, it's on like Donkey Kong!
And you'd be wrong.
I love that they took the time to do the calculation. Assuming 40 hour work weeks and working 48 weeks a year, you get about 47 years ... which is pretty close to how long most people work. Sorry for overanalyzing and killing the joke, but I thought it was neat that the math was mathing. π
It can't be simultaneously courageous for Bill for resign and also courageous for everyone else to stay. That's not the way courage works. Either the editorial integrity of the show has been compromised or it hasn't.
It looks a lot more like Oddjob.
What are you reading this weekend?
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