Graham C Lester
From Furzedown, Southwest London. Living in the US since 1983. Currently in Kansas. Interests: culture, arts, science, humor. Been against Trump since the 1980s!
- Happy Mothers' Day (Saul Steinberg)
- Pro Tip It isn't cosplay if they are actual fascists.
- Things I missed. . . Eswatini 'On 19 April 2018, Mswati III announced that the Kingdom of Swaziland had been renamed as the Kingdom of Eswatini, reflecting the extant Swazi name for the state eSwatini, to mark the 50th anniversary of Swazi independence. The name Eswatini means "land of the Swazis"'
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- Reposted by Graham C LesterThis is pretty dystopian futurism.com/facebook-bea...
- Cornish tin now seems to have played a major role in the emergence of the Bronze Age:
- Tracking down the Cassiterides - the ancient Tin Islands: A British-led group of archaeologists have analysed the composition of bronze artefacts from across Europe, tracing the tin in these objects dating to more than 3000 years ago to Cornwall and Devon... www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
- 'Pakistan and India are not separated by any meaningful distance. There is no time to "reason," he said. The nations also don't use their "hotlines," a system that allows direct leader-to-leader communication. . . miscommunication and misunderstanding can lead to dire consequences.'
- Reposted by Graham C Lester“The patriotic response to today’s threat is to oppose Mr. Trump..to build a coalition of Americans who disagree about many other subjects..yet who believe that these subjects must be decided through democratic debate & constitutional processes” not Trump’s whims. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/o...
- Reposted by Graham C LesterSure, why not wreck another great American institution that has been a beacon of light around the world for decades and replace it MAGA’s North Korean style channel. www.npr.org/2025/05/07/n...
