Joel
@snufkinlib.bsky.social
Cosmopolitan, liberal | Catholic | 🇪🇺🇺🇸🇮🇪🇬🇧🇦🇹🔶 | Mark 8:36 | he/him
The views I express here are mine alone and do not necessarily express the views of my employer
The views I express here are mine alone and do not necessarily express the views of my employer
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Joel
@snufkinlib.bsky.social
· Jun 9
Immigration is the central issue of our century and progressives must defend it or lose absolutely everything to fascism
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i'm declaring a 4th Cup Of Coffee Sunday. fuck it, let's get wired
February 1, 2026 at 4:33 PM
i'm declaring a 4th Cup Of Coffee Sunday. fuck it, let's get wired
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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
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February 1, 2026 at 2:39 PM
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Hot take: The "Phantom Tollbooth" characters King Azaz and his brother, the Mathemagician, are prefigured by two 9th century Byzantine intellectuals, Patriarch John VII, known as John the Grammarian, and his cousin, the archbishop of Thessalonica known as Leo the Mathematician.
January 31, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Hot take: The "Phantom Tollbooth" characters King Azaz and his brother, the Mathemagician, are prefigured by two 9th century Byzantine intellectuals, Patriarch John VII, known as John the Grammarian, and his cousin, the archbishop of Thessalonica known as Leo the Mathematician.
Kalergi spent decades looking for The Guy who would unite Europe - Masaryk, Briand, Mussolini, Churchill, De Gaulle - and in the end it was Monnet who did it. Europe doesn’t need a charismatic hero, it needs an institutionalist
February 1, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Kalergi spent decades looking for The Guy who would unite Europe - Masaryk, Briand, Mussolini, Churchill, De Gaulle - and in the end it was Monnet who did it. Europe doesn’t need a charismatic hero, it needs an institutionalist
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Labour and the FPTP mindset
February 1, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Labour and the FPTP mindset
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Are people still talking about how wonderful and lovely the queen was when she was literally covering up for her literal paedophile son who literally abused children. That she knew about it and pretected him, using the fortune she stole from all of us to do it.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor will be failing victims if he continues to refuse to testify about his relationship with the paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, Sir Keir Starmer has said
Starmer tells Andrew: Testify or you’re failing Epstein victims
www.thetimes.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Are people still talking about how wonderful and lovely the queen was when she was literally covering up for her literal paedophile son who literally abused children. That she knew about it and pretected him, using the fortune she stole from all of us to do it.
Strong urge to salute the flag 🇪🇺
February 1, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Strong urge to salute the flag 🇪🇺
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Fragment of a mug or bottle, made in #Woolwich, c. 1640-1650.
Probably accurately depicts the reaction of many locals to the events of that particular decade... (British Museum)
Probably accurately depicts the reaction of many locals to the events of that particular decade... (British Museum)
February 1, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Fragment of a mug or bottle, made in #Woolwich, c. 1640-1650.
Probably accurately depicts the reaction of many locals to the events of that particular decade... (British Museum)
Probably accurately depicts the reaction of many locals to the events of that particular decade... (British Museum)
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I can officially confirm that the snow in NC is roughly one (1) corgi deep
January 31, 2026 at 9:46 PM
I can officially confirm that the snow in NC is roughly one (1) corgi deep
Can’t decide if Tolkien would be delighted or horrified that a politician would reach for Grima Wormtongue over Iago or Lady Macbeth here
Retiring GOP Senator Thom Tillis calls Noem and Miller sycophants. Note his avoidance of any criticisms of the person who hired and directs the actions of those two people.
February 1, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Can’t decide if Tolkien would be delighted or horrified that a politician would reach for Grima Wormtongue over Iago or Lady Macbeth here
Without checking, which specific event in January was this in response to
the great Finding Out of our time has begun.
January 31, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Without checking, which specific event in January was this in response to
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This is what they took from you
January 16, 2026 at 4:36 AM
This is what they took from you
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Once when I was in Sweden on the national cinnamon bun day, I popped into a shop to buy some of the freshly baked ones on sale, and I saw the guy right in front of me literally lick his lips, before proceeding to bag up every bun they had for sale
January 31, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Once when I was in Sweden on the national cinnamon bun day, I popped into a shop to buy some of the freshly baked ones on sale, and I saw the guy right in front of me literally lick his lips, before proceeding to bag up every bun they had for sale
They laughed at me predicting 70s Revival, but I was in Mayfair today by the high fashion, & it’s coming
January 31, 2026 at 10:52 PM
They laughed at me predicting 70s Revival, but I was in Mayfair today by the high fashion, & it’s coming
Some more angles on the Post Office tower & London I love my city yay :))
January 31, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Some more angles on the Post Office tower & London I love my city yay :))
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Profoundly American in the best possible way. The old Puritan fire burning through
Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept."
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
January 31, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Profoundly American in the best possible way. The old Puritan fire burning through
You can always blame Mitch McConnell for the current situation. It will always be correct
Mitch McConnell basically destroyed the American republic by removing impeachment as a viable tool.
January 31, 2026 at 10:08 PM
You can always blame Mitch McConnell for the current situation. It will always be correct
Tried to order a Fry’s Turkish Delight at the station and was told a woman came and bought their entire supply earlier. Every day in this city I am made aware of new people
January 31, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Tried to order a Fry’s Turkish Delight at the station and was told a woman came and bought their entire supply earlier. Every day in this city I am made aware of new people
Met a French Catholic trad guy who told me the last good popular music was Doo-Wop
January 31, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Met a French Catholic trad guy who told me the last good popular music was Doo-Wop
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I long to drink in the windowless brutalist pub. Thatcher took that from me
January 31, 2026 at 4:12 PM
I long to drink in the windowless brutalist pub. Thatcher took that from me
To me, the Post Office Tower will always be Anglofuturism
January 31, 2026 at 3:31 PM
To me, the Post Office Tower will always be Anglofuturism