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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social

These bored cortisol seekers have had to build their own monsters and the levitations to slay them.

jul 23, 2025, 12:38 pm • 151 8

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Thomas Penny @thomaswpenny.bsky.social

I like the idea of slaying monsters with levitation.

jul 23, 2025, 1:21 pm • 0 0 • view
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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social

‘They won, they got bored, they turned on themselves.’ Epitaph of liberal democracy

jul 23, 2025, 12:38 pm • 174 11 • view
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lpfirth.bsky.social @lpfirth.bsky.social

I was always skeptical of a fin de siecle, too much liberty/prosperity makes people complacent/decadent position, but it’s been wild watching it happen in real time.

jul 23, 2025, 1:22 pm • 0 0 • view
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🚥Perrywong🚥 @perrywong.bsky.social

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jul 23, 2025, 1:41 pm • 23 2 • view
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BrexitVoyeur @brexitvoyeur.bsky.social

If humans still have the ability, there will be an Oppenheimer type film in 50 years called “Berners-Lee”

jul 23, 2025, 5:45 pm • 1 1 • view
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Tom Lindsay @thomaslindsay.bsky.social

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jul 23, 2025, 12:57 pm • 4 0 • view
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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social

He defo said it better.

jul 23, 2025, 12:58 pm • 2 0 • view
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Tom Lindsay @thomaslindsay.bsky.social

Do not underestimate your pithiness.

jul 23, 2025, 1:23 pm • 1 0 • view
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Bashingon on regardless @bashingon.bsky.social

Speaking of which...

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jul 23, 2025, 2:19 pm • 2 0 • view
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Kathy O'Donnell @kathyodonnell.bsky.social

All true. Also, Alison is longstanding chump who has for decades been well-paid to say provocative things of aching stupidity and now cannot stop.

jul 23, 2025, 12:48 pm • 3 0 • view
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metmanjeff.bsky.social @metmanjeff.bsky.social

Up until recently, I honestly thought human development was increasingly progressive. I never thought wars would continue to sprout up (and over what?) and human rights would be removed.

jul 23, 2025, 12:44 pm • 1 0 • view
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Mike Hadlow @mikehadlow.com

Is this a new theory of history Dan? You could call it the chaos/boredom cycle.

jul 23, 2025, 12:48 pm • 2 0 • view
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mtjnr 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴‍☠️🦁 @mtjnr.bsky.social

Democracy. Fascism. Death. Repeat.

jul 23, 2025, 12:57 pm • 0 0 • view
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Steve @stebfield.bsky.social

These people always, always assume it's them and people who think like them who'll be in charge

jul 23, 2025, 12:45 pm • 8 1 • view
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Dave @deathsignal.bsky.social

They also assume that they won't be affected in any way if such a coup were to happen. Absolutely deranged, but this is what you expect from The Daily Telegraph these days ...

jul 23, 2025, 2:11 pm • 2 0 • view
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Lady Deirdre @ladydeirdre.bsky.social

I guess getting bullied as a kid turned out to my benefit after all. It turned me into an adult who only wants peace and quiet and for everyone to feel safe and loved. Leave the monsters in the past, I am fed up with them.

jul 23, 2025, 1:02 pm • 2 0 • view
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kim @erwhatdidyousay.bsky.social

It'll never effect them though

jul 23, 2025, 12:40 pm • 0 0 • view
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AdyBee 🐝 @adybee.bsky.social

jul 23, 2025, 6:30 pm • 2 1 • view
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Abby Innes @abbyinnes.bsky.social

Exactly this! The level of privileged self-indulgence is off the charts… Not a practical solution to anything real, just random bigotry and confected melodrama.

jul 23, 2025, 1:43 pm • 1 0 • view