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Here is a thread of some 20th-c. classical music I deem to be beautiful and fundamentally essential to Western culture. In no particular order & with random commentaries, because it's 2020 and post-modernism is triumphant. 👇

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@SalemLola

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How it started: How it ended:

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@SalemLola

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I am a single issue voter and, unfortunately, none of the PM candidates have addressed the possibility to go to war with France.

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@SalemLola

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I find it physically painful to see someone tear apart a painting for a political reason. There is something evil in it.

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which way, Western man?

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haunted about this again

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There are some things you simply can't unsee

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@SalemLola

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I now must come to the conclusion that the NYT only hire people who have no knowledge whatsoever of History, or, alternatively, can't read.

Jane Coaston 🏔️

@janecoaston

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This is a photograph that neatly helps to explain why the First World War was the abject trash fire it became. (Tsar Nicholas II on the left, King George V on the right)

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Not everyone got the memo!

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Era of culture wars is over, pledges new culture secretary Lisa Nandy

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@SalemLola

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It's been my first Easter as a Christian. Last year, I was buried in my bed, sick with Covid and deeply unhappy with everything. Today, love and hope are the pillars of my life. Put your trust in the Lord 🙏💐🕯️

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@SalemLola

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One year ago, a French teacher was beheaded by an Islamist for doing his job. Too many universities, up until this day, have remained silent. #SamuelPaty

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We used to be a real country.

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@SalemLola

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Try Plato, Aristotle, and Aquinas for a start.

Tsarathustra

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Yuval Noah Harari: we have no idea what to teach young people that will still be relevant in 20 years

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@SalemLola

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Is it too much to ask for my university to recognise the sheer horror of what happened in France? A *teacher*, someone *teaching* people about free speech, died decapitated. Why haven't we received any message yet? Why the wait? Are we just going to be asked to carry on?

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Cummings hitting h a r d

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@SalemLola

3 years

Why is it hard for people to give proper, full names to their babies, & use monikers in private? You don't call a child ‘Archie’ or ‘Lilibet’, you call them Archibald & Elisabeth, then you employ sweet, intimate diminutives in familial circle. It's not that complicated, honestly.

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@SalemLola

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In Greece, schools will observe a minute of silence in memory of Samuel Paty, the French teacher who was slaughter on 16 October for teaching freedom of speech and tolerance 🙏 Earlier this week, some German schools also decided to do so. Your move, UK.

GrèceHebdo

@GreceHebdo

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En mémoire du professeur #SamuelPaty , le défenseur des valeurs universelles une minute de silence sera observée, lundi 2 novembre par les élèves #grecs dans toutes les écoles du pays. #Grece @francediplo @jmblanquer @education_gouv @GreceParis

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Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte on 2 December 1851 be like

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@SalemLola

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Hi, Charlotte. Raw entitlement and deliberate rudeness don't match the inclusivity you're striving for. Perhaps you could think of more amicable grounds to walk on before attacking someone on the (irrelevant and insulting) basis of their race? (You don't need a PhD. for this btw)

Dr Charlotte Proudman

@DrProudman

1 year

As my cousin took this picture of me in King’s College, Cambridge — a white male student shouted, “if they catch you, you’ll get chucked out.” I sharply told him: I belong here, my portrait hangs in the College Chapel — not his.

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@SalemLola

3 years

Quite sad to see a country which has already such a paltry offer in terms of culture and identity destroying the little that it has.

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@SalemLola

3 years

This claim is disputed.

Books

@Xbooks

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Reading the classics doesn’t make you a better person

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@SalemLola

3 years

Remember our plan.

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Not a surprise, but the German government (which seeks to phase out nuclear power) slammed the proposed plan

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@SalemLola

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Reminder that the natural state of Britain is misty.

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@SalemLola

3 years

Too much of postmodern poetry has become indistinguishable from self-help & degraded psychoanalysis. Pure trauma, no Beauty.

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@SalemLola

4 years

Sure, giving a chocolate box to your Valentine is good but have you ever prayed for their souls?

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@SalemLola

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I've decided that this will be my motivational meme of 2020. I suggest you do the same 👇

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@SalemLola

3 years

I was bullied quite badly at school & it is sometimes hard to believe that I have made such amazing friendships, as an adult. The love people give freely & unconditionally is a transformative force for good. I'm humbled by the attention & care people give to others. Thank you 🙏

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@SalemLola

3 years

The people laughing at the death of an old man are often the same who don't know how to respect life, who flirt (or fully engage) with eugenics, and who have no clue was true Love is. The best way to redeem them is to take care of your own fam & make babies 👍

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@SalemLola

4 years

Perhaps it's just me, but I'd rather accept the donations from wealthy European families with a troubled past which behaviour has radically changed between the C18th/19th and now, rather than New Money from a surveillance state probably guilty of genocide.

Oxford University's Wykeham chair of physics renamed after China firm

The University's Wykeham chair of physics will now be known as Tencent-Wykeham chair in honour of the Chinese computing conglomerate which has offered a £700,000 donation in return.

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@SalemLola

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One simply cannot loathe Rousseau enough.

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@SalemLola

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Lack of taste is deeply bound to a lack of sense of history.

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@SalemLola

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‘And take the helmet of salvation, & the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God’ Thank you to Fr Oliver & @OxfordOratory for the best sacramental preparation I could have hoped for. I wish the Light I received today can shine as a beam of hope for anyone reaching for Love

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@SalemLola

4 years

There exists a Russian version of Winnie the Pooh and it is absolutely glorious. Basically, Winnie gets all philosophical while Piglet randomly uses a gun. Would recommend.

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@SalemLola

4 years

How to deal with insurgents, from the best specialists (Wadham College, 1968) 👇

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@SalemLola

3 years

A classic from the archives.

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@SalemLola

2 years

This is really hilarious. Imagine saying this about literally *any* other country and population. If you are truly unhappy about people inhabiting their own country, get out or get help.

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@SalemLola

4 years

Quelles drogues ces gens prennent-ils???

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@SalemLola

3 years

St Philip's Day at the Oxford Oratory 🙏

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@SalemLola

2 years

Obviously, I would also consider the PM who agrees to recolonise the US. But the Franks are a real threat. The Franks must be dealt with.

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@SalemLola

3 years

Gentle reminder that Belgium does not exist.

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@SalemLola

3 years

The so-called “freeing” of women from the “tyranny of their biology” by every means possible is among the most tyrannical moves that exist. What is there to gain by alienating ourselves from our own bodies? We *are* the body, we don't live “with” a body. Reject meat avatars!

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@SalemLola

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Macron Ma famille juive 🤝 rentre pas trop tard ma chérie

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@SalemLola

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I see that the NYT, a company owned and managed by one same family generation after generation, has decided to brand the Royal Family as problematic. Woke nepotism truly is a scourge.

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@SalemLola

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I'm utterly furious that someone who obviously has no understanding of how basic geopolitics work would think it's possible to sum up one of the greatest catastrophies of the first 20th c. in less than 240 characters. Why are they allowed to write on anything & be *paid* for it?!

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@SalemLola

2 years

Intense blackpill moment.

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@SalemLola

3 years

My godmother speaking ‘truth to power’, as the kids say 👇

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@SalemLola

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I find no way to reconcile myself with my doctoral thesis. I dislike the work & what it means. The discrepancy between the time spent on it and the value it has is abysmal.

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@SalemLola

4 years

Which way, Western man?

London New Liberals

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4 years

Feeling very neoliberal right now reading Adam Smith in a McDonalds

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@SalemLola

4 years

Amid the terrors that 2020 has carried, I am forever thankful I was able to join the House of the Lord: a beam of Hope, a Light shining among the cruelest darkness, a glimpse of true Love. The decision was unlikely, yet it flourished. The ways of the Lord are impenetrable 🙏🔥

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@SalemLola

4 months

Time for the UK to invade France while confusion reigns.

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@SalemLola

3 years

74 years of marriage. How can one live in the world without the companionship and counsel of the love of their live, the confidant of their most intimate thoughts? Requiescat in Pace.

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@SalemLola

4 years

Which intellectual do you wish could stop being considered as a relevant, serious philosopher? He or she could be relegated, at best, as an interesting literary figure. I'll start: Sigmund Freud.

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@SalemLola

3 years

We live in the ruins of a great civilisation.

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@SalemLola

1 year

Highway to 30 🎂🎂🎂

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@SalemLola

4 years

Ah, the famous relativity of Beauty.

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@SalemLola

2 years

It is with great emotion that I share with you the news: I passed my DPhil and am officially FREE ❤️‍🔥🎉

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@SalemLola

4 years

How dare someone write this? The last soldiers who participated to this war have left us not long ago. Knowledge about this is still fresh, still there. The repercussions are still engrained in our societies, and not just European ones. You have no excuse. Shame on you.

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@SalemLola

3 years

‘Smart-casual’ does not mean anything. Stop using this. Give a specific description. Don't be afraid to be specific. People don't know how to dress anymore. Tell them how to.

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@SalemLola

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This has been at the heart of regional newspapers' stories for some time. Only one NGO struggled for its preservation. The architect (Auguste Mourcou) envisioned it in coherence with the Palais Rameau. The demolition is made against urban unity, religious and cultural heritage.o

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@SalemLola

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Imagine humans being capable of such formidable accomplishments, and then postmodern architecture always disfiguring cities with the same textureless, cold, and soulless steel & concrete.

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@SalemLola

1 year

Concerned with the decline of society, statues have decided to start toppling themselves.

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@visegrad24

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A statue of German Chancellor Angela Merkel on horseback has collapsed under its own weight. The statue was unveiled at the Tempel Museum in 2021 to mark the end of her 16-year term.

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@SalemLola

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Some progressiste ideologues will try to scrap Latin/Greek from the curriculum because they don't want people to understand their past. Some libertarians will do the same because they don't believe the past is relevant. It's sometimes hard to differentiate between the two.

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@SalemLola

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If you're 25-30, and your main circle isn't frequently discussing: ~ the Habsburgs ~ Byzantium ~ the Revolution of 1688 ~ Anglo-Gaullism And is instead discussing: ~ Stocks ~ Real Estate ~ how Lenin was a better guy than Washington Then it is time to elevate your circle.

The Wealth Dad

@thewealthdad

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If you're 25-30, and your main circle isn't frequently discussing: ~ Stocks ~ Real Estate ~ Opening businesses ~ Committed relationships ~ Fitness And is instead discussing: ~ Getting high/drunk ~ 1 night stands ~ The "good ol'e days" Then it's time to elevate your circle

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Broke: Vivaldi is great. Woke: Vivaldi is too populist. Bespoke: Vivaldi is great.

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@SalemLola

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Women are not for rent. Lockdown or not lockdown.

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What is Europe doing for protecting Armenians? This is a genuine question.

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‘How monotonously alike all the great tyrants and conquerors have been: how gloriously different the saints.’ — C. S. Lewis, ‘Mere Christianity’

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@SalemLola

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Make Americans Go Away

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@SalemLola

2 years

I have eaten the peaches that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold And it was my birthday 🎂🎉

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@SalemLola

3 years

The very best of French journalism 👌👏 Google Translate can't match such power 👊

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@SalemLola

4 years

This is next level cringe.

Neoliberal Sweden 🌐

@NeoliberalSe

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Cities, what's stopping you from looking like this?

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@SalemLola

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‘or Vienna’

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Death: defeated. Atheists: in tatters.

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@SalemLola

3 years

We are starving gravitas. Any drop of it, as shown during the funeral of Prince Philip, is absorbed, respected, and celebrated immediately. We don't need less monarchy, we need more. We need a mystique of dignity and restrained character, of duty and responsibility.

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@SalemLola

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Hitting that sweet spot where I am unemployable in the UK because most of my education was made in France, and unemployable in France because my doctoral thesis was made in the UK. Sprinkle some Brexit & extraordinary economic crisis on top. Ready. Enjoy!

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@SalemLola

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I'm not sure that academia can be fixed by reiterating the principles that led it to fail in the first place. Freedom of speech is only efficient when a system of virtues & a spirit of collegiality is bestowed on scholars. It's a consequence of academic excellence, not the cause.

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@SalemLola

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I don't fundamentally dislike Sartre's work, but I doubt the celebration of a man who had supported dubious stances on Russia and China, as well as pro-pedophilia policies in his lifetime is truly the grandstanding counterpoint you want to offer against Elizabeth II's funerals.

Philip Proudfoot 🇱🇧🇵🇸

@PhilipProudfoot

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Jean-Paul Sartre's funeral in 1980. In France, they venerate their intellectuals. In England, we celebrate an aristocrat who, err, turned up at things?

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British food is actually good.

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Maybe it is time for the UK to wake up and take a stand, in solidarity with France and Europe altogether. Just a thought.

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@SalemLola

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Remember when people were clutching their pearls because the Hungarian gov't found that specific fields of studies were pushing a political, highly ideological agenda in universities? Well, apparently, it seems that other countries agree. The postmodern liberal wall is cracking.

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@SalemLola

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Magnificent service at the Oratory for Easter Sunday, despite some outrageously modern musical choices (i.e. Mozart 😬).

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@SalemLola

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Lord Byron spent two years (1816-18) on the Venitian island S Lazzaro studying Armenian among the Mechitarist monks, drafting a dictionary & grammar book for English learners, before leaving for Greece & fighting w/ the Greeks for independence fr the Turks. Verdict: Chad column.

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@SalemLola

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For its first debate of Trinity Term, the @GEG_org based in @UniofOxford welcomed @PaulEmbery who presented a ‘Left case for Brexit’ & engaged more broadly on the state of the Lefts in 🇪🇺. It was honestly one of the best discussions about Brexit I've ever had. Thank you, Paul!

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@SalemLola

3 years

this is what they took from us 🥺

Peter Hitchens

@ClarkeMicah

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What ‘Franco-British interest’? The two countries had and still have utterly different and often competing interests

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@SalemLola

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In the same way that Talibans destroying statues is wrong and highly depressing. It's the degree below zero of political expression. The equivalent of the Freudian anal stage.

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I tried to warn you...

Power to the People ☭🕊

@ProudSocialist

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Solve the puzzle to find out the root cause of our problems.

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Twitter is the best comedy show on earth.

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@SalemLola

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People might think that I am joking. I want to make crystal clear that am not. I am genuinely not joking about this. This is 100% serious. This is not an irony thing. This is true.

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@SalemLola

3 years

May I require your prayers for a close friend who is currently in a severe condition and had to be taken to the hospital? 🙏💐

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@SalemLola

2 years

Spot on. The law already states that beliefs should be taught as beliefs, not facts. The presence of CRT in class is due to a variety of reasons, some of which have to do with teachers' training & others with the lack of law enforcement. It's only the tip if the iceberg. Go Kemi!

Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️

@realchrisrufo

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The anti-critical race theory campaigner @kemibadenoch could be the next Prime Minister of the UK. Listen to her incredible speech denouncing CRT:

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Christmassy salutations from somewhere in la France profonde.

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@SalemLola

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Ridiculous. I don't understand this claim. If you can't define a country by a set of criteria (even if loosely combined), then you have no support for existing, building, resisting, fighting. It's peak cultural nihilism when even *geographical features* are considered irrelevant.

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@SalemLola ?

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European ‘stuff’ is just a theme park for some semi nostalgic Americans who can't even differentiate a Scotsman from an Irishman. But, perhaps, that is just the concussion from the fall, who knows?

President Biden

@POTUS

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They really know how to make an Irishman feel special at the White House.

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@SalemLola

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Funny how the mask slips so easily. Of course it's never been about gender equality or “progress” or “fairness”. It's always about advancing personal privilege. And when done with such entitlement, it's genuinely worrying that anyone still listens to these tricks.

Dr Charlotte Proudman

@DrProudman

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I helped force the Garrick Club to admit women members. Victory is sweet, writes barrister Charlotte Proudman – but the Garrick now needs to put its money where its mouth is (and so do other clubs). How many women will be ‘invited’ to become members? And where’s my invitation...?

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Repeal the Whig narrative of history.

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If borders are racist, and walls are fascist, what about shower curtains?

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There is something that feels quite wrong in the fact that waiters are forced to wear a mask when customers are not, although it doesn't seem to make any difference. Covid politics rearrange class issues in a nasty way: the worker who brings your glass is ‘marked’ and anonymised.

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@SalemLola

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writing the thesis / writing tweets

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“I did not cover my face against insult: I know I shall not be shamed.” — Isaiah 50:4-7

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Today, 21 November, should have been the day of my baptism. However frustrating it is that not everything was made as I intended, I thank God for working how He did, bringing me closer to His light, His love, and His glory in mysterious ways.

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