Thomas Christian Williams, novelist & screenwriter

Thomas Christian Williams, novelist & screenwriter

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My expertise: Thomas Jefferson’s anonymous translation of Volney’s Ruins of Empires Join me on YouTube & Substack: @ruinsofempires Or check out my Volney inspired novels: https://www.amazon.com/author/thomaschristianwilliams

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Putin’s translation of “Once and for all” means Ukraine surrenders unconditionally and forever remains enslaved to the tyrant of Moscow.

Prestation de serment de Trump : « Je promets de ne dire aucune vérité, ou seulement une vérité partielle, ou rien d’autre que ma version de la vérité. Que les évangéliques, les catholiques d’extrême droite et les juifs du New Age m’aident à tenir cette promesse… »

Trump being sworn in: “I promise to tell no truth, or only a partial truth or nothing but my version of the truth. So help me evangelicals, far right Catholics and new age Jews…”

Trump being sworn in: “I promise to tell no truth, or only a partial truth or nothing but my version of the truth. So help me evangelicals, far right Catholics and new age Jews…”

Trump must be panicking if he’s devoting resources to Utah…

Democracy Docket@democracydocket.com

NEW: The DOJ will send election monitors to Utah, the state's Republican lieutenant governor said. While it remains unknown where exactly the monitors will be located, the move comes after a top state official defied the DOJ's demands to turn over unredacted voter data. https://demdock.com/3WFHbYQ

Watch “almost every political actor” continue to accept donations from the corporate tech monsters after the midterms…

Liberal Currents@liberalcurrents.com

"The American tech industry is a mess of destructive products and corporate monsters. This is one of the few areas of wide bipartisan consensus. The industry is so unpopular that almost every political actor is taking a swing." www.liberalcurrents.com/the-techlash...

L’ouvrage *Les Ruines de Volney*, publié pour la première fois en 1791, explique pourquoi les empires naissent et périssent. Selon Volney, les empires naissent lorsque le gouvernement permet à l’intérêt bien compris de s’épanouir. Y a-t-il quelqu’un qui écoute ?

Volney’s Ruins, first published in 1791, and translated by Thomas Jefferson in 1802, shows why empires rise and fall. According to Volney, empires rise if government allows enlightened self-interest to flourish. Empires fall when the reverse occurs. Anyone out there listening?

Volney’s Ruins, first published in 1791, and translated by Thomas Jefferson in 1802, shows why empires rise and fall. According to Volney, empires rise if government allows enlightened self-interest to flourish. Empires fall when the reverse occurs. Anyone out there listening?

Le 6 octobre 2026 a marqué le pic du Nasdaq 100. À mon sens, nous sommes dans un marché baissier tant que ce pic n’aura pas été dépassé. En attendant, aujourd’hui, le 22 octobre, le NQ est en forte baisse, moins de 24 heures après la publication des résultats exceptionnels de « Metaphysical »…

Oct 06 2026 was the peak for the Nasdaq 100. My read is: we are in a Bear Market until that peak is surpassed. Meanwhile, today Oct 22, NQ is down big dog time, less than 24 hours after “Metaphysical’s” stellar earnings report…hmmm…

Oct 06 2026 was the peak for the Nasdaq 100. My read is: we are in a Bear Market until that peak is surpassed. Meanwhile, today Oct 22, NQ is down big dog time, less than 24 hours after “Metaphysical’s” stellar earnings report…hmmm…

Euronews@euronews.com

Meta Platforms said Wednesday that its third-quarter profit jumped more than threefold, as the social media giant's revenue climbed sharply, adding to confidence that the firm's AI spending is improving the business. ➡️ https://l.euronews.com/XAZz

Alors que l'attention se concentre sur les émeutes qui secouent la France, la presse française n'a pratiquement rien dit sur le déploiement de troupes françaises chargées de surveiller les stations radar situées près du terminal de Yanbu, sur l'oléoduc saoudien qui alimente l'Europe en pétrole brut…

Amid a focus on the riots across France, the French press has said little to nothing about the positioning of French troops manning radar stations near the Yanbu terminal of the Saudi pipeline that feeds crude to Europe…

Amid a focus on the riots across France, the French press has said little to nothing about the positioning of French troops manning radar stations near the Yanbu terminal of the Saudi pipeline that feeds crude to Europe…

The National @thenationalnews.com

Visit is to 'demonstrate solidarity' with kingdom in face of Houthi attacks

Amid a focus on the riots across France, the French press has said little to nothing about the positioning of French troops manning radar stations near the Yanbu terminal of the Saudi pipeline that feeds crude to Europe…

The National @thenationalnews.com

Visit is to 'demonstrate solidarity' with kingdom in face of Houthi attacks

Il est décidé ce qui suit : tout menteur invétéré et misanthrope né à l'étranger qui tire sa fortune de marchés publics se voit par la présente interdire de contribuer à toute campagne politique…

Be it resolved: any foreign born misanthropic serial liar who derives his wealth from government contracts is herby outlawed from contributing to any political campaign…

Be it resolved: any foreign born misanthropic serial liar who derives his wealth from government contracts is herby outlawed from contributing to any political campaign…

Ohio Capital Journal@ohiocapitaljournal.com

The world's richest man Elon Musk is funneling more than $7 million to try to reelect incumbent Ohio Republican U.S. Sen. Jon Husted, according to an analysis of federal election data by a group demanding regulation of AI companies. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/10/19/e...

VISION D'ENSEMBLE: les marchés sont entièrement à la merci des caprices de Donald Trump : il fait subir à sa présidence et au monde entier ce qu’il a toujours fait subir à ses entreprises: la faillite. Il ne peut pas s’en empêcher. Derrière les mensonges et les fanfaronnades, ce n’est qu’un perdant…

BIG PICTURE: the stock and petrol markets are wholly controlled by the whims of Donald Trump: he’s doing to his presidency and the world what he’s always done to his businesses: bankruptcy. He can’t help it. Beneath the lies and bluster he’s just a loser…

BIG PICTURE: the stock and petrol markets are wholly controlled by the whims of Donald Trump: he’s doing to his presidency and the world what he’s always done to his businesses: bankruptcy. He can’t help it. Beneath the lies and bluster he’s just a loser…

The Kyiv Independent@kyivindependent.com

⚡️Marco Rubio says Trump's Russian oil sanctions waiver is a '60-day pause,' denies restricting Starlink access. "I think the President wants to take the 60-day period of time to sort of analyze what imposing both sanctions and tariffs will mean to the global economy and even to the U.S. economy."

(1/2) Tous les tyrans finissent par tomber si l'on exerce une pression sur leurs systèmes corrompus et fortement centralisés. C'est pourquoi l'Allemagne et le Japon ont perdu la Seconde Guerre mondiale. C'est pourquoi l'URSS a perdu la Guerre froide….

All tyrants fall if you put pressure on their corrupt and highly centralized systems. That’s why Germany and Japan lost in WW2. It’s why the USSR lost the Cold War. Putin’s system is under great pressure. This is perhaps the moment of greatest extremity. If only the USA had another president…

All tyrants fall if you put pressure on their corrupt and highly centralized systems. That’s why Germany and Japan lost in WW2. It’s why the USSR lost the Cold War. Putin’s system is under great pressure. This is perhaps the moment of greatest extremity. If only the USA had another president…

« Les Ruines de Volney », chapitre 13, traduit par Thomas Jefferson : « Méfiez-vous des illusions et des paradoxes du misanthrope. Le misanthrope, mécontent du présent, imagine pour le passé une perfection qui n’a jamais existé et fait l’éloge des morts par haine des vivants. »

Volney’s Ruins, ch 13, translated by Thomas Jefferson, “Guard against the illusion and paradoxes of the misanthrope. The misanthrope, discontent with the present, imagines for the past a perfection which never existed and praises the dead out of hatred for the living.”

Volney’s Ruins, ch 13, translated by Thomas Jefferson, “Guard against the illusion and paradoxes of the misanthrope. The misanthrope, discontent with the present, imagines for the past a perfection which never existed and praises the dead out of hatred for the living.”

« Les Ruines de Volney » (1791), chapitre 13, « L’humanité va-t-elle progresser ? », traduit par Thomas Jefferson (1802) : « Un équilibre des forces s’établira entre les différentes nations, qui mettra fin à la pratique barbare de la guerre et soumettra leurs différends à un arbitrage civil… »

Trump says that Ukraine needs a new president and that Zelensky had better stop striking Russian oil refineries. His remarks have reportedly stunned Kyiv and pushed relations between the two leaders into their worst crisis since the Oval Office blowup. meduza.io/en/feature/2...

Volney’s Ruins (1791), ch 13, “Will the Human Race Improve?”, translated by Thomas Jefferson (1802): “There will be established among the several nations an equilibrium of force, which shall put an end to the barbarous practice of war and submit their disputes to civil arbitration…”

Volney’s Ruins (1791), ch 13, “Will the Human Race Improve?”, translated by Thomas Jefferson (1802): “There will be established among the several nations an equilibrium of force, which shall put an end to the barbarous practice of war and submit their disputes to civil arbitration…”

Attention, Parti démocrate : un vote de sanction contre Trump ne signifie pas que les électeurs américains approuvent un programme de gauche…

🇺🇸 L'aile gauche des démocrates américains aborde les élections parlementaires de mi-mandat avec une vigueur inédite, espérant non seulement aider l'opposition à Donald Trump à reprendre le contrôle du Congrès mais aussi remodeler la ligne du parti. ➡️ u.afp.com/SCJr

« Les Ruines de Volney », chapitre 11, traduit par Thomas Jefferson : « Les oppresseurs étant moins nombreux que les opprimés, il fallait perfectionner la science de l’oppression afin de maintenir ce faux équilibre. L’art de gouverner devint l’art de soumettre le plus grand nombre à une minorité. »

Volney’s Ruins, ch 11, translated by Thomas Jefferson: “The oppressors being less numerous than the oppressed, it was necessary to perfect the science of oppression in order to support this false equilibrium. The art of governing became the art of subjecting the many to the few.”

Volney’s Ruins, ch 11, translated by Thomas Jefferson: “The oppressors being less numerous than the oppressed, it was necessary to perfect the science of oppression in order to support this false equilibrium. The art of governing became the art of subjecting the many to the few.”

Volney’s Ruins, ch 11, translated by Thomas Jefferson: “Sometimes a nation, weary of dissensions, submitted to a single master; but if it limited his powers, his sole aim was to enlarge them; if it left them indefinite, he abused the trust confided to him; thus was the nation tormented by the king.”

« Les Ruines de Volney », chapitre 11, traduit par Thomas Jefferson : « Et les despotes, considérant les empires comme leurs domaines privés, se livrèrent à des déprédations et à toutes les débauches propres à l’autorité la plus arbitraire. »

Russia’s sabotage attacks across Europe are becoming more frequent and increasingly systematic, targeting military sites and defence industry facilities. Could the campaign put continued support for Ukraine at risk? Read the full story 👇

Volney’s Ruins, chapter 11, translated by Thomas Jefferson: “And despots, considering empires as their private domains, gave themselves up to depredations, and to all the licentiousness of the most arbitrary authority.”

Russia’s sabotage attacks across Europe are becoming more frequent and increasingly systematic, targeting military sites and defence industry facilities. Could the campaign put continued support for Ukraine at risk? Read the full story 👇

« Les Ruines de Volney », chapitre 13, traduit par Thomas Jefferson: «Qui pourra jamais freiner la soif de richesse des forts et des puissants ? Qui pourra éclairer l’ignorance des faibles? Qui pourra enseigner au peuple à connaître ses droits et contraindre ses dirigeants à remplir leurs devoirs ?»

The Kyiv Independent@kyivindependent.com

⚡️Update: Ukraine to hold new talks with Trump team as Russia negotiations face uncertainty, Zelensky says. "You can't, on the one hand, negotiate with Russia about future economic projects, and on the other, talk about a diplomatic impasse," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

Volney’s Ruins, chapter 13, translated by Thomas Jefferson: “Who will ever be able to restrain the lust of wealth in the strong and powerful? Who can enlighten the ignorance of the weak? Who can teach the multitude to know their rights and force their chiefs to perform their duties?”

The Kyiv Independent@kyivindependent.com

⚡️Update: Ukraine to hold new talks with Trump team as Russia negotiations face uncertainty, Zelensky says. "You can't, on the one hand, negotiate with Russia about future economic projects, and on the other, talk about a diplomatic impasse," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

Découvrez « Les Ruines » de Volney, traduites par Thomas Jefferson, chapitre 12 : « Les leçons du passé se répètent dans le présent ». Volney y décrit une guerre entre le tsar et une bande de pirates islamiques dans la région de Crimée. Il en retrace les origines et prédit la chute de Poutine…

Check out Volney’s Ruins translated by Thomas Jefferson, Chapter 12: Lessons of the Past Repeated in the Present. Volney describes a war between the Czar and a band of Islamic pirates in the Crimea region. Volney traces the origin of the war and in effect predicts the destitution of Putin…

Social Media: The fault is “baked into the form itself.”

Liberal Currents@liberalcurrents.com

“Few seem willing to contemplate that the story of social media might not be that of still-unfulfilled democratic potential, but rather the opposite: that social media has been actively good to autocrats. That its effects are not the fault of imperfect implementation, but baked into the form itself”