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Robert Bonotto @robonotto.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

"French and English people who talked to me are alarmed by a nation that takes passports away from its writers and artists. They know that nothing the artists and writers could say would do so much damage to our prestige abroad as the denial of their right to say it." ~ Thurber to Faulkner, 1956.

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Robert Bonotto @robonotto.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Two letters at the end, added to a new maga T-shirt: "Republican is the new Punked."

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Robert Bonotto @robonotto.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Collective wisdom: I want to make a new web page that's either dirt cheap or dirt free. I had one on googlepages but the service ended. In addition to info on myself, I'd like to write essays of a garrulous sort, mostly to get them off my mind. What would you recommend? Thanks in advance.

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Robert Bonotto @robonotto.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

"Mueller earned the Bronze Star, Purple Heart, two Navy & Marine Corps Commendation Medals, Combat Action Ribbon, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross & Campaign Medal, and Parachutist Badge. ... And what did you do during the war, Donald?"

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Robert Bonotto @robonotto.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

A bit late, but appropriate for the weather.

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Robert Bonotto @robonotto.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Someone posted, "If the attacks in Minnesota were really about fraud, the Government would have sent forensic accountants instead of ICE." Not badly said.

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Robert Bonotto @robonotto.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

“Think not of the books you’ve bought as a ‘to be read’ pile. Instead, think of your bookcase as a wine cellar. You collect books to be read at the right time, the right place, and the right mood.” ~ Luc van Donkersgoed

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Robert Bonotto @robonotto.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Venezuela = Epstein distraction. By this time next year, he'll be declaring war on Switzerland.

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Robert Bonotto @robonotto.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

A few very new reviews of very old films; links to the movies follow the reviews. letterboxd.com/greyfeeld/re...

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Robert Bonotto’s reviews

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Robert Bonotto @robonotto.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

"People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character." --Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Robert Bonotto @robonotto.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

As someone who works at a university magazine, it's extraordinary how many books we get in that are ready to tell us about the only way to construct a Perfect University.

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Robert Bonotto @robonotto.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Harvard Magazine, the magazine I work for, lost one of our most long-standing supporters yesterday. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Leh...

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Tom Lehrer - Wikipedia

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Robert Bonotto @robonotto.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

When you consider that faith in The Rapture involves praying for the destruction of everything except for a few of your friends, instead of having to deal with your neighbors and co-workers for one more day, then it becomes one of the most unChristian beliefs one can have.

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Robert Bonotto @robonotto.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

"Russia warns U.S. about Iran." Well, 5 months into T's presidency and we're now at the beginning of this film about World War III. I've sometimes wondered why my will to create has dried up in the last decade, but I really needn't have wondered. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqo8...

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THREADS (1984)

YouTube video by Martyn Richardson

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Robert Bonotto @robonotto.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

You know, if Trump had grown up on poutine, none of this crap would have happened.

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Robert Bonotto @robonotto.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

"The more intelligent one is, the more men of originality one finds. Ordinary people find no difference between men." ~~Pascal, Thoughts, 1670.

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Robert Bonotto @robonotto.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

The time for superstition is past when there are far greater things to be afraid of.

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Robert Bonotto @robonotto.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Not the worst way to introduce someone to silent film. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGj5...

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"Le Piano" irresitible Alice Guy

YouTube video by LookingForAlice

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Robert Bonotto @robonotto.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

We may be in a position very soon where 'approval ratings' will never matter again.

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Robert Bonotto @robonotto.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Wallace Shawn's play "The Designated Mourner" is looking particularly prescient about now. m.ok.ru/video/165841...

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Видео The Designated Mourner 1997 [David Hare] | OK.RU

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Robert Bonotto @robonotto.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

The guy who attempted a violent takeover of Washington is calling Harvard a buncha terrorists. Film at 11. 12. 1. 2. 3...

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Robert Bonotto @robonotto.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Fumbling about here. Does anyone know a good instruction guide I can google? Thanks.

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Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

I’m concerned that the capture of the country by evil plutocratic cartoon characters is obscuring the unassailable fact that “The government should be run as if it were a business” is a really stupid idea no matter who’s trying to act on it.

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