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Scotch and Miltonic

@chronodyne.bsky.social

Fascinated by the early modern period: I'm here if we you want to talk about John Milton, the 17th Century, Baroque Music and Art. The Reformation to The Enlightenment is my JAM.

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Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d ago

SCOOP: 'Tommy' from the now-viral exchange with Abdul El-Sayed is Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Republican Senator Josh Hawley with close ties to Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht. He's the son of a former Bobby Jindal staffer whose consultant work was instrumental in getting Hawley elected.

'Tommy' from viral El-Sayed video is former Sen. Hawley staffer with Christian nationalist ties

Thomas Teepell is the son of a former long-time Bobby Jindal staffer who's close to Sean Feucht.

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History of Parliament@histparl.bsky.social · 4w ago

Lord Herbert of Cherbury is today mostly remembered as a philosopher who promoted religious tolerance. But as Dr David Scott has explored, his attitude to international diplomacy and the conduct of the English Civil War, reveals a far more combative side to his character.

Philosopher and warmonger: Lord Herbert of Cherbury reconsidered

In an era of religious extremists and violent conviction-politicians such as Oliver Cromwell, Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury seemingly stands out as an

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Scotch and Miltonic@chronodyne.bsky.social · last mo.

​If people within themselves would be governed by reason, and not generally give up their understanding to a double tyranny, of custom from without, and blind affections within; they would discern better what it is to favour and uphold the tyrant of a nation.

Scotch and Miltonic@chronodyne.bsky.social · last mo.

God doth not need Either man’s work or his own gifts; who best Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best. His state Is Kingly. Thousands at his bidding speed And post o’er Land and Ocean without rest: They also serve who only stand and wait.

Scotch and Miltonic@chronodyne.bsky.social · last mo.

I cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue, unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and sees her adversary, but slinks out of the race where that immortal garland is to be run for, not without dust and heat.

conifergirl.bsky.social@conifergirl.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Trump's Secret Police Spying on Americans? - The Fabricated Minnesota Conspiracy Click on the blue link and the article will open in English kaizen-blog.org/en/trumps-ge...

Trumps Geheimpolizei spioniert Amerikaner aus? - Die erfundene Verschwörung von Minnesota

Isaac Sant ist einer von 15 Menschen, die in Minneapolis auf der Anklagebank sitzen, weil sie sich der Einwanderungsbehörde ICE in den Weg gestellt haben sollen. Sein Fall klänge nach Alltag der Straf...

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