Tag: london

Feed Him To The Corgis! Notes From London’s Anti-Trump Protest

By Christa Blackmon

In General

On July 17, 2018

Last Friday, over 100,000 people poured into London’s streets to celebrate my birthday. Oh damn, I mean, protest Trump’s visit to the United Kingdom. Obligatory selfie for proof! Picked up an @amnestyuk sign along the way. #CarnivalOfResistance #resistance #BirthdayGirl #ArtIsAWayOfSurvival A post shared by Christa B. (@theodalisque) on Jul 13, 2018 at 1:08pm PDT You’ve […]

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Bardish Birthday: Shakespeare Around The Globe

By Christa Blackmon

On April 23, 2018

Today marks the Immortal Bard William Shakespeare’s 454th birthday! The inventor of thousands of new English words, for no reason at all, has been dead some 402 years but he is still very much a

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Why, Yes, It IS Terrorism

By Melissa Byrnes

On June 19, 2017

Just after midnight, London time, yet another attacker drove a van into a crowd of people, killing one and seriously injuring nine more. All of the victims were Muslims leaving their evening pr

London Grieving But We Want To Hear More About Trump

By Christa Blackmon

In General

On June 5, 2017

Late Saturday night, three men executed a coordinated attack with knives on civilians in the neighboring areas of London Bridge and Borough Market. Police arrived on the scene and closed down the area and took down the attackers within eight minutes of the first emergency call. The final death toll, not including the attackers, is […]

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Early Modern London

By Erik Loomis

On April 18, 2015

Who else is spending the day playing around with this interactive map of Shakespeare-era London? More info here.

61 Turtle Its been four years since they filmed the finale and still... Martin hasn't gotten any further in the story.
Teevee open thread: “In a room full of Timothy McVeighs, he kind of looks like Roosevelt” edition · March 27, 2023
Phormio Asopius Also a lot stuff like pretty much al of Essos felt splash dash or just made up on the fly to move the story. And the POV system while good for two or three locations with limited characters started to...
Teevee open thread: “In a room full of Timothy McVeighs, he kind of looks like Roosevelt” edition · March 27, 2023
Phil Perspective He also let the Kahanists into gov't after they'd been banned for ages. Might be time for the Democrats to develop a spine and stand up to the dipshit instead of bending over backwards to kiss his...
Events Moving Quickly In Israel · March 27, 2023
Zagarna_84 Heck, that might be the best tournament performance, period. I was looking at the scoring records and they're all from like the 1980s or earlier, which for women was when the sport was in its infancy...
The Horror… The Horror… · March 27, 2023
Chieroscuro Ah the Snowpiercer dilemma: What happens when a critical mass of people decide that society is a misery engine and it’s time to stop the train, damn the consequences?
On the edge · March 27, 2023