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Before It Was All About Mr. Darcy: Nineteenth-Century Views of Austen’s Characters » JASNA

Found it! Sayre N Greenfield and Linda V. Troost, "Before It Was All About Mr. Darcy: Nineteenth-Century Views of Austen’s Character" jasna.org/publications...

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David Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Really sad that we will never get the book Hilary Mantel was working on about this

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This is less a critique of Austen btw and more how her work gets adapted for a modern audience. I actually once read a really interesting article about how critics at the time read Pride and Prejudice through the lens of social commentary/satire much more than romance, but ofc I can't find it

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 09/10/2026

Watching a lot of Austen adaptations while I'm in the newborn trenches and as a body of work it's striking how much romantic propaganda work they're doing for boring, grumpy men. Oh that guy who's actually pleasant to you and fun to be around? Probably secretly evil. Best stick with Mr Monosyllabic

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"Many people prefer to believe the brutes and the sadists are responsible, largely because they are not like 'us,'" writes @omerbartov.bsky.social. "But modern genocide is the product of the technocrats, bureaucrats and cold planners of extermination, who don’t get their hands dirty."

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How do human beings explain taking part in genocide? NAZA provides a chilling look | Omer Bartov

It’s easier to blame brutes and sadists for extreme violence. But as we see in the documentary, modern genocides are fueled by people who are uncomfortably recognizable

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Ok weirdly there has already been a film that asked this question and it was Van Helsing (2004)

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Wonton 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @wonton.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

It's too late. I have already depicted myself as the detailed and ornate House Dudley graffiti in the Tower of London, and you as the poorly drawn House Boleyn scrawl

Graffiti from the Tower of London detailing the House Dudley coat of arms

Graffiti from the Tower of London depicting Anne Boleyn's royal badge - a crowned falcon holding a sceptre, "although notably missing its crown and sceptre". Embarrassing

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[Youtube thumbnail] My Infant Son Got Destroyed In This Debate

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Oof yeah that was really rough - do not miss it! Congratulations to you both too ❤️

I always think this when my cat decides to sit on my keyboard when I'm working and yells at me when I try to move him. Dreamies cost money!

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InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Baby losing his mind every time I eat something is such low IQ behaviour. Where do you think the calories in your precious milk comes from buddy??

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Have you read the study about what's happening to families? The full stream of The Tim Heidecker Podcast gets real about children. Watch now: bit.ly/4rOMpxc

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Annie Kelly @annieknk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Toddler told me that he loved me for the first time yesterday evening, then walked through the front door this morning and announced "don't like mama". Parenthood truly is a land of contrasts

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Annie Kelly @annieknk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Yeah it always makes me laugh how many people seem to have a belief that parents have a magic "stop baby crying" button they just refuse to press for their own mysterious reasons

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Annie Kelly @annieknk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I regularly get panic attacks on planes and this is unironically how I feel every time I hear a baby crying on a flight. Me too little guy!

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"let go"

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Annie Kelly @annieknk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Celebrity Traitors gameplay being completely broken in the first episode by an actor's need for attention taking precedence above everything else.. very funny

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Annie Kelly @annieknk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It feels strange to me then to make it a critique of people like Piker - who I'd say is probably one of the voices Fuentes is riffing on here! But Ganz might suffer from the same problem as me as not actually being all that clued into the online left bc the right is more his area of study.

Annie Kelly @annieknk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Fuentes is def smart, but I actually watched that clip that Ganz is quoting and he's almost verbatim repeating critiques that I've heard lots of people on the left make about JD Vance and Dinesh D'Souza, namely that they're cowards who won't defend their multiracial families from their base

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Oh interesting! I hadn't realised there was a class element - so it sounds a bit self-consciously folksy to you?

Lol yes exactly! Can really hear it describing stuff as "just swell"

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Does Nick Fuentes' voice sound really old-fashioned to anyone else? Like even just putting aside the content of what he's saying, he always reminds me of like a WW2 radio announcer. I'm not sure if it's a deliberate affectation or just me being a foreigner who's not really familiar with his accent

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Thanks so much for listening! I've never heard of that YouTuber but looking her up she looks very up my street so thanks for the recommendation, I'll check her stuff out!

Oh man I didn't realise that was the director. No wonder the trailer felt so annoying to me

llama @alffansofficial.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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I have skimmed your milk. Pray I do not skim it further

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Closeted Catholic lesbian is actually one of the most powerful right-wing archetypes, so this new gossip about Candace Owens does unfortunately track

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All the reading of World Economic Forum nursery rhymes is really paying off

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Similarly I often find myself relating to the useless husband in stories about the mental load.. women in male dominated fields!

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Shay O’Reilly @shaygabriel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

In order to reduce sibling rivalry we've introduced the new baby as an essentially tragic figure who's crying all the time bc he can't eat all the delicious foods the toddler can eat. I think its working but this morning the toddler solemnly told me "baby cryin cus e can't eat pineapple... Or bugs"

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I honestly suspect that the recent QAA podcast on the state department under Trump is a better overview for European governments than whatever briefings they’ve been getting. podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/g...

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Great Replacement Theory at the State Department feat. Josef Burton (E390)

Podcast Episode · QAA Podcast · 25 September · 1hr 26min

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Just heard a radio report refer to the Orange Order as "strong supporters of remaining in the United Kingdom" which, while not inaccurate per se certainly feels a little inadequate as a description

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Kind of love that they pretty much only ever made folksy Americana sounding albums after that too

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I've met a few people who thought they were a UK band based on the enduring popularity of that song here

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Ngl I hate to admit it but even her new stuff is quite good..

There was quite a dark time where everyone would copy some stand up comedians bit making fun of the "I've got soul but I'm not a soldier" lyric and I would sound like Patrick Bateman trying to defend it

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I like it because it's the one where you really can't deny that Brandon flowers is straight up singing in a British accent

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I had a 97th percentile baby and found myself listening to that album for strength anytime I needed to walk anywhere in the final weeks of pregnancy lol, British millennial factory settings

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Annie Kelly @annieknk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Hot Fuss was such a great British indie pop album, all the more impressive for the fact it was made by some Mormon boys from the American Southwest

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A symptom of late pregnancy was that I totally lost all interest in social media, but just popping back into say I had a beautiful baby boy a couple of weeks ago and he's bonding well with his big brother over their many shared interests (milk, yelling)

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Annie Kelly @annieknk.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Not all orcas, but always an orca

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I did not but it sounds just like them

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Yeah in fairness if we're comparing animal PR dolphins are absolutely unbeatable

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In fairness I'm quite sympathetic bc I feel like orcas had a really good PR run for a bit where we all felt sorry for them bc of SeaWorld. But then whenever you hear about animals acting like psychopaths in the wild guess who's always at the scene of the crime

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