Ben
@cinemashoebox.bsky.social
love is the plan the plan is death
i guess what i don't get about these doomer posts is, like, how in fact do fake pictures of non-existent influencers make things bad
this image was generated with google's latest nana banana pro tool. we have no idea how bad it is about to get.
November 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
i guess what i don't get about these doomer posts is, like, how in fact do fake pictures of non-existent influencers make things bad
YOU ARE NOT IMMUNE TO becoming pyschologically dependant on one particular 10-minute pasta dish
November 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
YOU ARE NOT IMMUNE TO becoming pyschologically dependant on one particular 10-minute pasta dish
what is the fucking point anymore
Labour retreats on ‘day one’ rights for workers on.ft.com/48B0g1U
Labour retreats on ‘day one’ rights for workers
Government has softened its package of measures to boost employment rights
on.ft.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
what is the fucking point anymore
"an extraordinary discovery? at this time of year, in this part of the country, on the Ness of Brodgar?"
"yes!"
"...may we see it?"
"...no."
"yes!"
"...may we see it?"
"...no."
'Extraordinary discovery' at Orkney's Ness of Brodgar Neolithic site
Archaeologists are to resume digging at the site after 3D radar technology uncovered a mystery find.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
"an extraordinary discovery? at this time of year, in this part of the country, on the Ness of Brodgar?"
"yes!"
"...may we see it?"
"...no."
"yes!"
"...may we see it?"
"...no."
time is subjective but i'm fairly sure i last watched Stranger Things 40 years ago and it was simply set in the present day
November 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
time is subjective but i'm fairly sure i last watched Stranger Things 40 years ago and it was simply set in the present day
do you really expect any youths to volunteer when the uniform is this
November 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
do you really expect any youths to volunteer when the uniform is this
i've become an unstoppable chess god
November 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
i've become an unstoppable chess god
camels seemed destined for anomalous and bizarre purposes on chinese soil
November 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
camels seemed destined for anomalous and bizarre purposes on chinese soil
perhaps the real budget was the leaks we u-turned along the way
November 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
perhaps the real budget was the leaks we u-turned along the way
few things dated faster than the way the imagery of mass civil disobedience was Cool and Exciting and Hip in the few years at the end of the 00s/beginning of the 10s and then as soon as this stuff actually started *happening* it was instantly vanished from pop culture
November 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
few things dated faster than the way the imagery of mass civil disobedience was Cool and Exciting and Hip in the few years at the end of the 00s/beginning of the 10s and then as soon as this stuff actually started *happening* it was instantly vanished from pop culture
why does this sound like a 19th century French idiom for something absolutely filthy
November 26, 2025 at 12:17 PM
why does this sound like a 19th century French idiom for something absolutely filthy
peter, you've leaked the budget!
November 26, 2025 at 12:05 PM
peter, you've leaked the budget!
extremely eastern european sentence
November 26, 2025 at 11:34 AM
extremely eastern european sentence
new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
neo-blairite synthesis (tough on education, tough on the causes of education)
November 26, 2025 at 9:04 AM
neo-blairite synthesis (tough on education, tough on the causes of education)
you there, boy! what day is it?
November 26, 2025 at 8:22 AM
you there, boy! what day is it?
but whence came the authentic nonmythical pygmy sent by the king of samarkand?
November 26, 2025 at 12:10 AM
but whence came the authentic nonmythical pygmy sent by the king of samarkand?
this is sort of a fascinating story, not for its content (obviously!) but because it reminds you that you literally never see Starmer covered in inconsequential, fluffy ways like this. he usually doesn't merit it (also obviously!), but it reminds you how much power the media's framing choices have
November 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
this is sort of a fascinating story, not for its content (obviously!) but because it reminds you that you literally never see Starmer covered in inconsequential, fluffy ways like this. he usually doesn't merit it (also obviously!), but it reminds you how much power the media's framing choices have
"the moon in the fucking sky?"
"Recently, I found myself asking: What would military theorist Carl von Clausewitz say about the quest for peace between Russia and Ukraine? Perhaps he might write a letter like the one below."
@markhertling.bsky.social channels the "On War" author on Ukraine: lnk.thebulwark.com/4pzTkrK
@markhertling.bsky.social channels the "On War" author on Ukraine: lnk.thebulwark.com/4pzTkrK
A Letter from Clausewitz to Secretary Rubio
Channeling the author of ‘On War’ on the U.S. pursuit of peace in Ukraine.
lnk.thebulwark.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
"the moon in the fucking sky?"
failure is not an option (it is a certainty)
November 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
failure is not an option (it is a certainty)
somehow this too is about the budget
November 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
somehow this too is about the budget
new maps of hell www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...
November 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
new maps of hell www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...
Reposted by Ben
budget? i wish she would!
November 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
budget? i wish she would!
Reposted by Ben
it may not feel that way. it may feel like we are fated to dwell in this morass forever. but, by my blade, i swear to you that one day we shall actually see the Budget released and not have to speculate about it for six weeks solid jesus fucking christ i'm so fucking bored
November 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
it may not feel that way. it may feel like we are fated to dwell in this morass forever. but, by my blade, i swear to you that one day we shall actually see the Budget released and not have to speculate about it for six weeks solid jesus fucking christ i'm so fucking bored