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Peter Ravn Rasmussen @peterravn.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

"Three Human Skeletons", edited Polaroid photograph, dated 1977-1997, by Dutch visual artist Aat Veldhoen (1934-2018). In the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Object number RP-F-2016-147-1971.

Image showing three human skeletons standing on each others' shoulders, against a dark background, on the left side of the image. The right side of the image is covered in a multicoloured field in pastel shades.

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Peter Ravn Rasmussen @peterravn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Not in English, but in Danish. The word "vegne" (which is a somewhat archaic word that only appears in five commonly-used regular expressions) is etymologically related to the word "vej" ("road/path", or in this context, "side"), and I always have to check myself to not misspell it "vejne".

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

If you're a Dem who thinks you'll gain something by going anti-trans, look at Gallup's "most important problem" and Fox News' "most important issue" polling and see where trans issues rank. Whoever told you going anti-trans is a savvy or necessary move spends too much time on X and should be fired.

Gallup polling. "LGBTQ rights" moves between 0 and 1%.

Fox news polling. Wokeness/transgender issues at 0%.

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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I’ve now lived so much longer than I would ever have expected to that I feel I’m living in the future. This is when I imagined Neuromancer happening. And now the creators of today’s AI warn us that it threatens humanity.

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Kenneth F. Duggan 🇨🇦 @kfduggan.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Learn a second language while at university. When history students ask me what courses they should take (which happens surprisingly often), I tell them language – not history – courses. If you have an opportunity to go to university you should try to learn a 2nd language, regardless of your major.

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Gregory Brown: Learn A Language

Alt: Gregory Brown: Learn A Language

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Peter Ravn Rasmussen @peterravn.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

My personal choice for #1 favourite, as well.

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Peter Ravn Rasmussen @peterravn.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

You will be visited by three spirits.

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Peter Ravn Rasmussen @peterravn.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Just imagine the fun you'll have demolishing it afterwards, though. Assuming it isn't built so shoddily that it self-demolishes before that.

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Peter Ravn Rasmussen @peterravn.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

A collapsed Iranian regime and a state of civil war in Iran would definitely be interpreted as a "victory" by the Trump regime, though. At least, they would be able to sell it as one to their cult.

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Peter Ravn Rasmussen @peterravn.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

A Room With No View 8 Yard (starring Eminem) A Little Ado About Nothing

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Peter Ravn Rasmussen @peterravn.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The fifth panel is a great reaction shot. That face, like Bishop just ate a bitter melon.

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Dan Izzo @izzos.net · 24/08/2026

Another effective channel is to tell the racist fucker to piss off and kick him out. You do not have to indulge this bullshit in the name of "academic freedom." There's "controversial" and there's "completely unfounded racism" They are not the same

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Peter Ravn Rasmussen @peterravn.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

In the course of other research, I came across a Danish family in the 17th century who had five sons, four of whom had the same name. Son no. 1 was named for the grandfather. That son died in infancy, so they gave the same name to the next son. Repeat until one of them survived.

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Peter Ravn Rasmussen @peterravn.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I'm not a Catholic or even a Christian, but I was fascinated (because I am an historian). I was surprised by the person chosen, who was very low on my list of likely choices, and pleasantly surprised by his choice of regnal name.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

If you show up to Bluesky without following anyone, you'll be treated to a series of posts about art, music, and dogs. If you show up to X without following anyone, you'll be bombarded with right-wing conspiracies and white supremacist slop. It's weird which one is seen as a "political bubble"

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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

This is just to say I have OCRed the text thet was in tne arch:ve and whicb yov were prabaldy seamhing for "breahtast" Fargme ms fheg mem debo:w5 sb ?mccf mmb 5c oc1b

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Peter Ravn Rasmussen @peterravn.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Fun fact: in Danish, "snik snak" can be a moderately derogatory term for "small talk", or it can be a dismissive expression indicating that someone is talking nonsense.

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Peter Ravn Rasmussen @peterravn.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

It's times like this I miss a laugh-emoji reaction on Bluesky.

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Peter Ravn Rasmussen @peterravn.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

As Odyssey translations go, my favourite is the late Prof. Otto Sten Due's translation (into Danish) from 2003. Having said that, I am very happy for Professor Wilson that her (excellent) translation has had such success.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I will not negotiate away anybody’s human rights and I will oppose any politician who thinks that is an ok stance. I don’t care what party. If you’re going to support democrats who oppose transgender humanity the entire thing isn’t worth fighting for. The line must be drawn.

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Star Trek Next Generation

ALT: Star Trek Next Generation

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The Emotion Engine @emotion-engine.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Thinking about how Osprey, a publishing house almost entirely devoted to publishing military uniform/equipment fetish material disguised as dry but picture heavy non-fiction tomes, put out a book dismantling the right wing mythologization of Sparta with an absolute all-timer table of contents.

Table of Contents
Preface
List of Maps

PART I: THE MYTH OF SPARTA
Introduction

PART II: THE REALITY OF SPARTA
I. Cuckold Kings and Wolves' Work: Behind the Spartan Mirage
II. Archaic Sparta at War: Early Losses, Foreign Roots
III. The Greco-Persian War: The Thermopylae Speed Bump
IV. The Peloponnesian Wars: Floundering at Sea, Surrendering on Land
V. Masters of Greece? Sparta Squanders its Hegemony
VI. The Boeotian War: What Cannot Bend Must Break
VII. The End of Sparta: Irreformable and Irrelevant
VIII. Conclusion: The Bronze Lie

PART III: TANGLING MYTH AND REALITY
IX. The “Moron Label”: The Spartans and the Political Far Right
Appendix A. Historiography and Objectivity
Appendix B. The Fundamentals of Ancient Battle

Glossary
Bibliography
Index

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Peter Ravn Rasmussen @peterravn.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Also, people who have studied in the USA tend to be more America-positive than the general population in their homelands (at least, that's my experience). Losing that positivity means losing a lot of US influence. Not that the Trump regime actually understands how soft power works.

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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

okay fine i'll read the thing based on the first skim i did i'm not holding my breath, but since we're cited repeatedly i'll engage in good faith.

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Peter Ravn Rasmussen @peterravn.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

I love mist. It softens the world, takes away the sharp edges.

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Peter Ravn Rasmussen @peterravn.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Sommige mensen ruiken geroosterd brood als ze een beroerte krijgen. U heeft zojuist het bonusplan ontvangen.

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Peter Ravn Rasmussen @peterravn.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Expecting consistency from the fash is a failure to understand that the fash don't care about truth or facts.

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 09/07/2026

It turns out that FUN will pack the house and have a line queued up outside. I will bet a shiny nickel that Boudicca and Vercingetorix and Leif Eriksson were fun. At least one of them, anyway. It’s a helluva power.

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Peter Ravn Rasmussen @peterravn.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

It is (IMO) the best noir ever. So many perfect moments, but I think my favourite is the scene where the fleeing kids, having taken shelter in a barn, wake in the pre-dawn hours to the sound of Powell singing in the distance. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PyN...

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The Night of the Hunter (8/11) Movie CLIP - The Sleepless Hunter (1955) HD

YouTube video by Movieclips

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Peter Ravn Rasmussen @peterravn.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

"Judy valued kindness, education, curiosity, and excellent grammar. She was fluent in sarcasm and enjoyed dry humor." This is the kind of thing I want my kids to say about me when I shuffle off this mortal coil.

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Peter Ravn Rasmussen @peterravn.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Why do I like to live in Copenhagen? Because it's so peaceful here.

Image of the monster from 1961's "Reptilicus", with the caption "It's been 23,858 days since Copenhagen's last kaijuu attack".

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Peter Ravn Rasmussen @peterravn.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I've found German theatrical performance posters from the mid-20th century that call it an opera, too — but I've also found Dutch, Swedish, and Italian theatrical performance posters that refer to it as a "musical drama" or a "musical play". So...

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Elmo Shrugs

Alt: Elmo shrugs

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Peter Ravn Rasmussen @peterravn.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Well, the French certainly seemed to think it was an opera, when this performance was put up in Paris in the 1950s.

1950s French theater poster for a performance of George Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" at the Empire Theatre in Paris, clearly listing it as an opera.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/06/2026

Hell yeah 👏🏽

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Peter Ravn Rasmussen @peterravn.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Yep. I did that when I finished reading "The Tainted Cup" by Robert Jackson Bennett. It was the first book by him that I had ever read, and I was so delighted with it that I went out and bought his entire catalogue. I was not disappointed.

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Guy Venables @guyvenables.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

One of my cartoons for Monday's Metro

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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

"If a person has ugly thoughts, it begins to show on the face. And when that person has ugly thoughts every day, every week, every year, the face gets uglier and uglier until you can hardly bear to look at it." - Roald Dahl

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Peter Ravn Rasmussen @peterravn.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

I was thinking of standalone novels, not trilogies or series. But if you see the Riddle Master of Hed as one book, it would definitely bump either Murakami or Mann off the list. Not LeGuin, though.

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Peter Ravn Rasmussen @peterravn.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

With English text, for convenience:

English translation of the Portuguese original.
Panel 1: "If dragons existed, would they have two or four legs, in addition to wings?"
Panel 2: "Unless they were aquatic... In which case they would have fins..."
Panel 3: "And then they wouldn't breathe fire either... or would they...?!"
"Could you be quiet??"
Panel 4: "I'm in the middle of something important here!"
"Dragons are important too!"

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