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Reply #390 - August 30, 2025, 07:36 PM

bettany hughes on the nabataeans - will catch up when I get a chance.

https://www.channel4.com/programmes/bettany-hughes-lost-worlds-the-nabataeans
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Reply #391 - August 30, 2025, 07:59 PM

migration and an english mythology.

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Like those buried in the ancient mounds that Traffic sang of, Tom Bombadil might be in England but he is not of it. This is signaled in the sequel by the geography of Middle-earth. In their journey from the hobbit-hole of Bag-end to the house of Tom Bombadil the hobbits cross to the other side of the Shire, pass over the Brandywine river, its original border, continue through Buckland, a colony of the Shire where folk are queer, and enter the Old Forest, the point of contact with Faërie. This is a journey into – and beyond – the march, and the lesson, surely, is that once upon a time all of England was the march and the aboriginal spirit of Tolkien’s England is not English.

https://www.intellectualhistory.net/past-meets-present-archive/on-tom-bombadil
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Reply #392 - September 18, 2025, 02:45 PM

failed coup attempt already. shambles.

https://x.com/SamuraiApology/status/1968669644664832269
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Reply #393 - September 20, 2025, 07:43 PM

On Muslim 'social conservatism' and Your Party:

https://x.com/AmmarKazmi_/status/1969444338158747727?t=MC9mWvjZ7gvWlhIGXRrsnQ&s=19
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Reply #394 - September 23, 2025, 12:27 AM

^ don't know who this kazmi guy is but his serious tweet gave me a good laugh.

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What many observant Muslims do not want, however, is to be compelled to actively exclaim support for ideas that directly contradict their belief system. They don’t want to be forced to hold rainbow flags, attend Pride marches, or sign up to a list of pledges. But they aren’t going to stop others from doing so. If that were the case, how would so many Muslims have been part of the Labour Party or voted for it over so many years, given its socially liberal disposition? Some people are not thinking clearly.
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