laurelbowman.bsky.social @laurelbowman.bsky.social · 26/01/2025And because he’s the commander-in-chief of the most powerful military in the world. Though he hasn’t threatened us with that yet. Unlike Greenland and Panama. 130
Reposted by @laurelbowman.bsky.socialGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Wait. He did this over Venmo?! 4786794964
Reposted by @laurelbowman.bsky.socialCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 17/11/2024NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next. I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social 1/ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comHow to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole CadwalladrIn the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance 11642127710222
Reposted by @laurelbowman.bsky.socialJessica Denson @jessicadenson07.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Many of us are echoing @timothysnyder.bsky.social's lesson in On Tyranny, "Do not obey in advance.” A no less vital admonition that deserves attn: STAND OUT “...without that unease, there is no freedom. The moment you set an example, the spell of the status quo is broken, and others will follow." 412200724996
laurelbowman.bsky.social @laurelbowman.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Macaulay, “Lays of Ancient Rome”. I could recite great swatches of it once: “Lars Porsena of Clusium , by the nine gods he swore, That the great house of Tarquin should suffer wrong no more …” Here’s the whole poem: englishverse.com/poems/horatiusenglishverse.comHoratius, by Thomas Babington MacaulayFull text of the poem, plus audio. “LARS Porsena of Clusium / By the Nine Gods he swore / That the great house of Tarquin / Should suffer wrong no more.” 050
laurelbowman.bsky.social @laurelbowman.bsky.social · 19/11/2024I am so glad I've already cancelled my NYT subscription. 000
