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thelilyriver
@thelilyriver.bsky.social
· Jun 25
hot mayor summer
people misuse the word Orwellian all the time but just making up new names for shit and then insisting that those things are other things is in fact Orwellian
September 29, 2026 at 11:06 PM
people misuse the word Orwellian all the time but just making up new names for shit and then insisting that those things are other things is in fact Orwellian
"What a man he would have been for London life!"
Anthony Trollope on Cicero
Anthony Trollope on Cicero
September 27, 2026 at 3:37 PM
"What a man he would have been for London life!"
Anthony Trollope on Cicero
Anthony Trollope on Cicero
I still believe
Chalamet does a Sherlock Holmes cameo in Gerwig’s Magician’s Nephew, you heard it here first
September 18, 2026 at 9:15 PM
I still believe
I still believe
September 18, 2026 at 9:07 PM
I still believe
oh no subway takes guy is doing tfa propaganda
September 9, 2026 at 10:19 PM
oh no subway takes guy is doing tfa propaganda
sequence of tenses, man
September 7, 2026 at 6:38 PM
sequence of tenses, man
The Catherine, Called Birdy to Christine de Pizan pipeline
August 26, 2026 at 3:28 AM
The Catherine, Called Birdy to Christine de Pizan pipeline
Thank you, Dolly
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3hJ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3hJ...
Do I Ever Cross Your Mind
YouTube video by Chet Atkins - Topic
www.youtube.com
August 25, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Thank you, Dolly
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3hJ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3hJ...
taking extra precautions in these hell times by procuring my kale from the farmer's market AND sauteeing it AND adding it to mac and cheese
August 24, 2026 at 11:41 PM
taking extra precautions in these hell times by procuring my kale from the farmer's market AND sauteeing it AND adding it to mac and cheese
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Could AI do this TAMBIEN?
August 17, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Could AI do this TAMBIEN?
our age of bronze is collapsing
I feel like this platform is a safe space for me to say that I’ve gotten a lot of comments on my new YouTube channel from people saying they’re so glad I’m making videos because they don’t read and it’s scaring me a little
August 18, 2026 at 12:45 AM
our age of bronze is collapsing
Just wanted to say: I loved Spiderman. And afterwards I had some baklava, which was also ace. As you were.
August 11, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Just wanted to say: I loved Spiderman. And afterwards I had some baklava, which was also ace. As you were.
Went to a Catholic wedding and at the reception got a high five and a Cicero recitation from the priest (he “was a classics major!”), I was enchanted
August 2, 2026 at 5:49 AM
Went to a Catholic wedding and at the reception got a high five and a Cicero recitation from the priest (he “was a classics major!”), I was enchanted
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GOD BLESS MAMDANISTAN!
June 24, 2026 at 2:32 AM
GOD BLESS MAMDANISTAN!
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The idea that I would have students parse words individually and analyse the grammar of a sentence painstakingly and then put it all together in an English translation, and call that 'learning a language', astounds me.
June 8, 2026 at 7:48 PM
The idea that I would have students parse words individually and analyse the grammar of a sentence painstakingly and then put it all together in an English translation, and call that 'learning a language', astounds me.
This and running on a summer morning before the heat sets in
June 13, 2026 at 1:55 PM
This and running on a summer morning before the heat sets in
new episode of rivals tomorrow, all shall be well
May 21, 2026 at 11:49 PM
new episode of rivals tomorrow, all shall be well
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This is the current director of Pompeii. I could not be more furious and I believe he could not be more wrong. www.westernwheel.ca/weather-news...
April 27, 2026 at 8:30 PM
This is the current director of Pompeii. I could not be more furious and I believe he could not be more wrong. www.westernwheel.ca/weather-news...
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this is america. you could find yourself within 100yds of a shooting at any time, in any place. school, the grocery store, a movie theater, a block party, a public park… it happens to regular people every day. but this week we’ll get 50+ weepy op-eds because it happened to the guys who write op-eds
April 26, 2026 at 12:41 PM
this is america. you could find yourself within 100yds of a shooting at any time, in any place. school, the grocery store, a movie theater, a block party, a public park… it happens to regular people every day. but this week we’ll get 50+ weepy op-eds because it happened to the guys who write op-eds
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the Militime has come
April 20, 2026 at 3:38 PM
the Militime has come
I can acknowledge there is good in that some people have found their line, but also: how was their line a stupid picture and not a woman being shot in the face
April 14, 2026 at 1:59 AM
I can acknowledge there is good in that some people have found their line, but also: how was their line a stupid picture and not a woman being shot in the face
Hello I am training for a half marathon
April 8, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Hello I am training for a half marathon
we've sent humans to the dark side of the moon but Amtrak still won't let me reserve my seat on a train
we’ve got human beings on the dark side of the moon but microsoft word will still not let me add a comment to a footnote
April 7, 2026 at 12:13 AM
we've sent humans to the dark side of the moon but Amtrak still won't let me reserve my seat on a train
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"what fools we are"
June 23, 2025 at 1:15 AM
"what fools we are"