I feel like I'm living through an episode of "I, Claudius" as the #ImperiumAmericanum follows the trajectory of Gibbon's "Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire"; but is the #ReichskanzlerDrumpf #Caligula or Nero...?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0E3...
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Early voting starts today in NYC
NY-07: @claireforny.bsky.social
NY-10: @bradlander.bsky.social
NY-13: @darializaforny.bsky.social
NY-14: @aoc.bsky.social
These champions will fight for us in Congress to deliver affordable housing, good-paying jobs & a Green New Deal"
"Colin Firth's ex Livia Giuggioli, has launched an extraordinary attack on #GwynethPaltrow after she starred in an ad for an Israeli property company": #GwynocidePaltrow is making herself complicit in #ApartheidIsrael's #GazaGenocide; time to cancel #Gwynocide~!
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#Pioneer10 departed the #solarsystem #OnThisDay in 1983 after a decade of taking photos of the planets, including the first close-up images of #Jupiter; it has a plaque designed by Carl Sagan but if there are intelligent life, will they be able to figure it out...?
www.history.com/this-day-in-...
"Les Vêpres Sicilennes" premiered in Paris #OnThisDay in 1855. #GiuseppeVerdi's first #opera for the Palais Garnier was based on an actual historical incident; here's Lianna Haroutounian singing "Au sein des mers" at the ROH:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfkn...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_v%C...
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Ludwig II was found floating in the Starnberger See #OnThisDay in 1886; was the 40-year-old king of Bavaria murdered? or was it suicide or an accident? Regardless of the truth about his death, the #Märchenkönig left behind his Schlößer, above all, Neuschwanstein...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_...
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Musk Rat has the dubious distinction of being the world's first trillionaire; his toxic legacy will poison the planet for decades to come...
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#OnThisDay in 1381, Wat Tyler lead an army of peasants into London in the Peasants' Revolt that 14-year-old Richard II was able to defeat, though he was later deposed as king of England by his rival & successor Henry IV in 1399...
www.history.com/this-day-in-...
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#OnThisDay in 1970, #TheBeatles' "Let It Be" album went #1 & stayed #1 for 4 weeks & the "Long & Winding Road" single from that album went #1 & stayed #1 for 2 weeks; one of their greatest albums & one of my favorites...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR4H...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_It_...
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Charles the Bald (a.k.a., Charles le Chauve, Karl der Kahle) was born in Frankfurt #OnThisDay in 823, ruling the #Carolingian empire from 875 to 877. Charles the Fat (Charles le Gros, Karl der Dicke) was also born on this day in 839 & reigned from 881 to 887...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles...
