#Stories

cw for mentions of death, murder, abuse, pedophilia and sexual assaultyou can create problematic content as a way to cope in a way which doesnt actively encourage, glamorise and glorify
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This is Judith Beheading Holofernes by Caravaggio, c.1598. It’s one of the most dramatic & famous paintings of the Renaissance. Beyond the mighty Caravaggio, the tragic stories of three Italian
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Things me & my sisters did that Vergil and Dante probably did too:1. Steal each others' clothes and waged war over them 2. filled each others' perfume bottles with dirty
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The story of a swimmer called Gertrude Ederle is exactly what we all need to read this week.Why? Let us explain. Gertrude did something ground-breaking in 1926, and we think
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Who wants me to explain, from a nautical perspective, why this is literally impossible? It’s feasible to do it from a civil engineering point of view, I suppose. The water
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Read my investigation into #Iran's Me Too:Sexual abuse allegations surfaced against more than 100 men on social media, the most prominent an internationally famous artist Aydin Aghdashloo. #آیدین_آغداشلو#من_هم https://ww
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I promised a Justice Party thread, so here it comes. The peak of the progressive parties in S Korea was back in 2000, when the Democratic Labor Party had 10
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The @ComicYears team and I sit down to review the first season of #TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier . While we don’t agree on some points, like who the main villain was, we enjoyed
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A never ending thread of Changsub’s deep thoughts “Every time I had a really hard time with something, the line I kept thinking and reading over and over was
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Richard LinklaterFrom Slacker (1990), Dazed and confused (1993), The before trilogy (1995 – 2013) and Boyhood (2014).A cinematic journey through the eyes of Richard Linklater.-A thread Going to the movies
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COLOURFUL ART SHARE Its been a long time since I did one, and I want to see lots of colours. #artshare Share your most COLOURFUL art Show artists
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Following the example of @cstross, I'm going to tweet every book I've written, one tweet per book. 1) The Last Reef & Other Stories (Elastic Press, 2008). A collection of
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1. I wrote a book. That means, once again, I need help from my Twitter friends. 2. I need help with two things - coming up with a title,
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Quick thread on our "levelling up" report today & new Taskforce. Most people know there's a big gap in earnings and incomes between London, the SE & Scotland on the
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1. Three weeks ago, everyone was bashing the University of Illinois for having the audacity to run an in-person semester at a large state school by developing an in-house testing
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COVID provides a look at something Americans don’t often get to see: the influence of drug companies & money on things that don’t reflect the patient’s best interest. Good chance
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