#michael adams

[ciderbird]

that last ask made me remember something funny from Adams’ book. It’s how Alexander and Frederick William III are described to react to meeting Napoleon because Alexander is like

and then Frederick William is like

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Jack Winstanley at MMFA:

Right-wing and far-right media have amplified a baseless claim that touch screen voting machines in Kentucky are flipping votes from former President Donald Trump to Vice President Kamala Harris, with similar claims emerging from Texas. Local election officials in each state have rebutted the claims, with one Kentucky official saying, “There is no scenario in which a voter would be forced to cast a ballot that they believe did not reflect their intentions.”

Election officials in several states have rebutted social media posts claiming that voting machines are flipping votes

Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams debunked a widespread TikTok video that purports to show a voter in Laurel County, Kentucky, unable to select Trump on a touch screen voting machine. The video, which also showed the machine selecting Harris, has received 6.1 million views, with right-wing figures sharing it across other social media platforms as well. According to Adams, “There is no ‘vote-switching.’ The voter confirmed that her ballot was correctly printed as marked for the candidate of her choice. Get your voting information from legitimate sources.” [The Dispatch, 10/31/24; TikTok, 10/21/24, 10/21/24; Louisville Courier Journal, 10/31/24; PolitiFact, 11/1/24]

Kentucky election officials suggested that the video showed an isolated incident, with one Laurel County official stating, “Nobody complained before her, nobody complained after her.” Laurel County officials reported the issue to the attorney general’s office “just to cover all our bases,” and took their own video “showing that the machine is working and it is not flipping votes,” but were ultimately “unable to replicate the woman’s issue.” A spokesperson for the company that provides voting equipment for Laurel County confirmed that the touch screen devices print paper ballots that can be reviewed by voters prior to submission, adding, “There is no scenario in which a voter would be forced to cast a ballot that they believe did not reflect their intentions.” [The Dispatch, 10/31/24]

The Tarrant County, Texas, elections office stated that it has “no reason to believe that votes are being switched by the voting system,” after a right-wing X (formerly Twitter) influencer claimed that machines were switching votes. Right-wing commentator George Behizy claimed that “Voters in Tarrant County, Texas are reporting that the voting machines are flipping their votes from Trump to Kamala Harris.” Local officials confirmed, however, that the voter who believed his vote had been miscast “was issued a new ballot and able to vote." [PolitiFact, 10/24/24; Twitter/X, 10/21/24] 

In the run-up to Election Day, right-wing and far-right media figures have been pushing baseless claims and conspiracy theories, seemingly attempting to undermine the election results. Several of these claims have involved voting machines, but experts say that voting machines are safe and difficult to hack or interfere with, and that errors are generally remedied by poll workers and local officials who have backup systems to ensure accurate votes are cast. [Bloomberg, 10/30/24; ABC News, 10/31/24; CBS News, 10/24/24; Brennan Center for Justice, 3/1/24, 10/25/24; Media Matters, 10/24/24, 10/30/24]

Election denialist right-wing media mouthpieces push the BS lie that touch screen voting machines are “flipping” votes from Donald Trump to Kamala Harris to push the lie about how the upcoming elections are “rigged.”

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Grandmasters Michael Adams and Alexander Grischuk play in round 6 of the World Chess London Grand Prix, 2012. Photographed by Oli Scarff.

Poster by Pentagram. “... two opposing warrior knights whose helmets and armour are as intricate as their thinking and whose tactics are dramatically veiled behind closed visors.”

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“freedom from oppression”

Michael Adams - Tex Blasdell

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Lingener Kunstpreis 2024: Cudelice Brazelton IV

Der #Lingener_Kunstpreis 2024 geht an #Cudelice_Brazelton_IV. Kunsthalle, Kaiserstraße 10a, Eröffnung am Freitag, 21. Juni um 19 Uhr

  Lingener Kunstpreis 2024 Cudelice Brazelton IV >Mortal Surface< Lingen (Ems) – Kunsthalle, Kaiserstraße 10a Eröffnung und Preisverleihung am Freitag, 21. Juni 2024 um 19 Uhr zu sehen vom 22. Juni bis zu  25. August 2024 Der längst etablierte und renommierte Lingener Kunstpreis wird in diesem Jahr bereits zum 26. Mal verliehen – im Jahreskalender etwas früher als sonst – „damit es endlich auch…

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[melis-writes]

THE GODFATHER (1972) dir. Francis Ford Coppola.

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20 YEARS OF SAW!

never before seen SAW (2004) behind the scenes photos; shared by james wan in his newest instagram video

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happy 20th anniversary to Saw!!!

(featuring some new bts photos provided by james wan on his instagram)

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Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993) // dir. Adam Marcus

[ciderbird]

By the way if someone wants to know the list of actual historians this is based on here it is:

historian 1: Marie-Pierre Rey. She sees Alexander’s distrust of Napoleon as a proof of his political shrewdness and claims he was never in it for a long haul.

historian 2: Michael Adams. This guy wants to suck Napoleon’s dick so hard it makes him look stupid. But that doesn’t mean he doesn’t have some interesting insight about the alliance and the war.

historian 3: Nikolai Troitsky. He doesn’t outright call it a ruse but he thinks this alliance was doomed from the start and the famed friendship was mostly disingenuous on both sides.

historian 4: Albert Vandal. Listen. I was only able to find his book “From Tilsit to Erfurt” in French and Russian so I can’t show examples without translating them myself, but this guy describes the relationship between the two emperors in a way that puts ao3 writers to shame

every time I try to make some sense of the franco-russian alliance of 1807-1812 I’m losing my mind because it goes like

historian 1: from the very beginning tsar Alexander decided to use his charm to fool Napoleon and merely pretended to be his ally to win some time, much needed to prepare a new Coalition. We can see his distrust clearly from his correspondence.

historian 2: from the very beginning Napoleon decided to use his charm to fool Alexander and manipulated his ambitions to win some time, much needed to secure a peace with England. We can see the tsar’s excitement clearly from his correspondence.

historian 3: Napoleon and Alexander never actually trusted one another and the whole alliance was a ruse based on mutual flattery and empty promises so that the two great powers could prepare for a new war. We can see this animosity clearly from their correspondence.

historian 4: Napoleon and Alexander were mutually charmed and developed a deep intimate friendship that was sullied by obligation and political intrigue. We can see their sincere attachment clearly from their corres-

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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine // S05E03: Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places

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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)

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📸: Ig/JFKlibrary.