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  1. The #UK is ejecting hereditary #nobles from #Parliament after 700 years

    By Jill Lawless, March 11, 2026

    Excerpt: "Centuries of British political tradition will end within weeks after Parliament voted to remove hereditary #aristocrats from the unelected House of Lords.

    "On Tuesday night members of the upper chamber dropped objections to legislation passed by the House of Commons ousting dozens of #dukes, #earls and #viscounts who inherited seats in Parliament along with their aristocratic titles.

    "Government minister Nick Thomas-Symonds said the change put an end to 'an archaic and undemocratic principle.'

    " 'Our parliament should always be a place where talents are recognized and merit counts,' he said. 'It should never be a gallery of old boys’ networks, nor a place where titles, many of which were handed out centuries ago, hold power over the will of the people.' "

    apnews.com/article/uk-house-of

    #NoKings #AbolishTheMonarchy #BullshitTitles #UKPol

  2. The #UK is ejecting hereditary #nobles from #Parliament after 700 years

    By Jill Lawless, March 11, 2026

    Excerpt: "Centuries of British political tradition will end within weeks after Parliament voted to remove hereditary #aristocrats from the unelected House of Lords.

    "On Tuesday night members of the upper chamber dropped objections to legislation passed by the House of Commons ousting dozens of #dukes, #earls and #viscounts who inherited seats in Parliament along with their aristocratic titles.

    "Government minister Nick Thomas-Symonds said the change put an end to 'an archaic and undemocratic principle.'

    " 'Our parliament should always be a place where talents are recognized and merit counts,' he said. 'It should never be a gallery of old boys’ networks, nor a place where titles, many of which were handed out centuries ago, hold power over the will of the people.' "

    apnews.com/article/uk-house-of

    #NoKings #AbolishTheMonarchy #BullshitTitles #UKPol

  3. Hype for the Future 68I: The Historical Significance of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, County by County

    Preamble The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is not just defined by Plymouth nor by Boston, but also by the numerous other cities and towns within the surrounding areas and beyond—as far west as the Berkshires, as far east as Cape Cod, and as far south as Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket. Introduction The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is home to fourteen (14) distinct counties, of which eight (8) of the county governments have been abolished. The other six remain in full force and are […]

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  4. Hype for the Future 68I: The Historical Significance of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, County by County

    Preamble The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is not just defined by Plymouth nor by Boston, but also by the numerous other cities and towns within the surrounding areas and beyond—as far west as the Berkshires, as far east as Cape Cod, and as far south as Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket. Introduction The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is home to fourteen (14) distinct counties, of which eight (8) of the county governments have been abolished. The other six remain in full force and are […]

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  5. Hype for the Future 65C: Martha’s Vineyard, the Island of Dukes County

    Introduction While the Elizabeth Islands that separate the Buzzards Bay from the Vineyard Sound are located off the coast of the Woods Hole area and contain the Town of Gosnold, the vast majority of the approximately seventy (70) permanent residents are exclusively within the area of the village of Cuttyhunk on Cuttyhunk Island specifically, as the remaining islands are largely identified as privately owned by the Boston Brahmin Forbes family. The vast majority of Dukes County, […]

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  6. Hype for the Future 65C: Martha’s Vineyard, the Island of Dukes County

    Introduction While the Elizabeth Islands that separate the Buzzards Bay from the Vineyard Sound are located off the coast of the Woods Hole area and contain the Town of Gosnold, the vast majority of the approximately seventy (70) permanent residents are exclusively within the area of the village of Cuttyhunk on Cuttyhunk Island specifically, as the remaining islands are largely identified as privately owned by the Boston Brahmin Forbes family. The vast majority of Dukes County, […]

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  7. Hype for the Future 65B: Nantucket, a Queer Haven, Town, County, and Island

    Introduction The Town of Nantucket is the sole town in the consolidated town-county arrangement of Nantucket County, Massachusetts. Though not as notable for the LGBTQIA+ 🏳️‍🌈 population as the Cape Cod area, including Provincetown, the island of Nantucket offers seclusion that may provide privacy and security for members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex, and aromantic/asexual community, albeit on a different register. Notable […]

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  8. Hype for the Future 65B: Nantucket, a Queer Haven, Town, County, and Island

    Introduction The Town of Nantucket is the sole town in the consolidated town-county arrangement of Nantucket County, Massachusetts. Though not as notable for the LGBTQIA+ 🏳️‍🌈 population as the Cape Cod area, including Provincetown, the island of Nantucket offers seclusion that may provide privacy and security for members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex, and aromantic/asexual community, albeit on a different register. Notable […]

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  9. The currently trendy obsession with being a "#king" is poison.

    Buddy, the vast majority of #men throughout human #history—past, present, and future—are not kings. If you think you are, or can be, you don't understand how people function. We're not #knights either. We're #peasants. We're born, we live, we work, we die. Nobody but our friends and families will ever know we existed. When they die too, we will be completely and utterly forgotten.*

    The ones who are kings? Or #dukes, or #barons, or knights? Shitheads, by and large. Even the "good ones" turn out to be pretty bad when you look closely. #Rulers need the #people, but people don't need rulers. This is a lesson the world learned through millennia of blood and pain. Those who want to discard that hard-won knowledge are scum.

    If that's what you want to be ... okay, thanks for letting us know what you are. We won't forget it.

  10. The currently trendy obsession with being a "#king" is poison.

    Buddy, the vast majority of #men throughout human #history—past, present, and future—are not kings. If you think you are, or can be, you don't understand how people function. We're not #knights either. We're #peasants. We're born, we live, we work, we die. Nobody but our friends and families will ever know we existed. When they die too, we will be completely and utterly forgotten.*

    The ones who are kings? Or #dukes, or #barons, or knights? Shitheads, by and large. Even the "good ones" turn out to be pretty bad when you look closely. #Rulers need the #people, but people don't need rulers. This is a lesson the world learned through millennia of blood and pain. Those who want to discard that hard-won knowledge are scum.

    If that's what you want to be ... okay, thanks for letting us know what you are. We won't forget it.

  11. It’s JMU time. Football, basketball, m rugby. Were a everything school
    #Dukes #DukeUp

  12. It’s JMU time. Football, basketball, m rugby. Were a everything school
    #Dukes #DukeUp

  13. Nach dem Rückzug der Ingolstadt #dukes aus der #ErimaGFL konnten alle Auswärtsspiele gesichert werden. Die #unicornsfootball spielen nun am 03.08.24 gegen die #cowboys - die #spiders haben stattdessen die #dolphins zu Gast. #AmericanFootball

  14. Nach dem Rückzug der Ingolstadt #dukes aus der #ErimaGFL zieht nun auch Frankfurt #universe aus der #GLF2 zurück. Der Hype um #AmericanFootball hilft der deutschen Liga leider nicht.

  15. Die #dukes ziehen aus der #ERIMAGFL zurück und schwächen damit den „Bayernblock“ in der Süd Division. Schade, nach dem Einzug in die Playoffs 2023. #AmericanFootball

    dukesfootball.de/post/pressemi

  16. Nachdem die #NFL furios in die Saison gestartet ist, gibt es an diesem Wochenende wieder viel Live- #AmericanFootball in Deutschland.

    In der #ErimaGFL geht es um die Reihenfolge in den Playoffs.
    Sicher ist, dass die #Dukes im Viertelfinale zu den #Royals
    Reisen werden.
    Bezüglich der Playoffs tippe ich heute auf Siege für #Unicorns, #Monarchs, #Dukes und #Lions.

  17. This is per year. Per year.

    “How much #money will the coronation of #King Charles III #cost the #British public? What #tax rate will our new king pay on his private #income? How many engagements did “working #royals” such as the #Dukes of #Gloucester and #Kent attend over the last five years? How much were they #paid? How much #rent do #Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, who are not working royals, pay for residences in royal #palaces?

    In recent weeks, the Guardian has posed all of these #questions to #Buckingham Palace. The responses boil down to “ask someone else”, “work it out for yourself”, or simply “you have no right to know”. We beg to differ.

    Obituaries of #Queen Elizabeth II uniformly applauded her calm stewardship of the realm, or her supposed non-interference in #British #politics. None mentioned another hallmark of her reign: entrenched secrecy, which has given rise to a #culture in which the..."

    theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/a

  18. This is per year. Per year.

    “How much #money will the coronation of #King Charles III #cost the #British public? What #tax rate will our new king pay on his private #income? How many engagements did “working #royals” such as the #Dukes of #Gloucester and #Kent attend over the last five years? How much were they #paid? How much #rent do #Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, who are not working royals, pay for residences in royal #palaces?

    In recent weeks, the Guardian has posed all of these #questions to #Buckingham Palace. The responses boil down to “ask someone else”, “work it out for yourself”, or simply “you have no right to know”. We beg to differ.

    Obituaries of #Queen Elizabeth II uniformly applauded her calm stewardship of the realm, or her supposed non-interference in #British #politics. None mentioned another hallmark of her reign: entrenched secrecy, which has given rise to a #culture in which the..."

    theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/a

  19. Starting for the #Dukes:

    Tevin Brewer
    Dae Dae Grant
    Jimmy Clark III
    R.J. Gunn Jr.
    Joe Reece

  20. @jthoms1 following due to archer avatar