Theo Honohan
@theohonohan.bsky.social
"The subtlest and most pervasive of all influences are those which create and maintain the repertory of stereotypes."
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Theo Honohan
@theohonohan.bsky.social
· Jan 7
I worry so much about not being on the ball, being provincial or bourgeois, as if not being those things was my most important political responsibility.
Won't someone think of NCAR'S architecture www.dezeen.com/2019/05/18/i...
IM Pei's Mesa Lab captured in new photographs
This photoset by Australian photographer Tom Ross documents the geometric, concrete Mesa Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado, which was designed by modernist architect IM Pei who passed away this week.
www.dezeen.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Won't someone think of NCAR'S architecture www.dezeen.com/2019/05/18/i...
I don't know what the model is here. We have an number A of dumplings, we eat some number B ≤ A. What's the formula for the number of dumplings remaining?
The Mathemagician had provided innumerable platters of division dumplings, which Milo was very careful to avoid, for, no matter how many you ate, when you finished there was more on your plate than when you began.
December 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I don't know what the model is here. We have an number A of dumplings, we eat some number B ≤ A. What's the formula for the number of dumplings remaining?
An insane attitude to language on display here
!["BECOME A SUPPORTER
Friend €50 [€25 - Students +
Artists]
Donor €100
Patron €250
Benefactor €500
Philanthropist €1,000"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:b2t4xsc2doon5nbg7fpsskdc/bafkreihevx3tbcpmv4b62bh3sstfm2tw5s7tnivrzdnklb563jpikbkusq@jpeg)
December 17, 2025 at 7:42 PM
An insane attitude to language on display here
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"That's why," said Azaz, "there was one very important thing about your quest that we couldn't discuss until you returned."
"I remember," said Milo eagerly. "Tell me now."
"It was impossible," he said, looking at the Mathemagician.
"Completely impossible," said the Mathemagician, looking at Azaz.
"I remember," said Milo eagerly. "Tell me now."
"It was impossible," he said, looking at the Mathemagician.
"Completely impossible," said the Mathemagician, looking at Azaz.
December 16, 2025 at 11:01 PM
"That's why," said Azaz, "there was one very important thing about your quest that we couldn't discuss until you returned."
"I remember," said Milo eagerly. "Tell me now."
"It was impossible," he said, looking at the Mathemagician.
"Completely impossible," said the Mathemagician, looking at Azaz.
"I remember," said Milo eagerly. "Tell me now."
"It was impossible," he said, looking at the Mathemagician.
"Completely impossible," said the Mathemagician, looking at Azaz.
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As someone who works with (and contributed to) USWDS and several of it's agency-specific forks, the NDS is truly an insult to the incredible work of teams at @alt18f.bsky.social, @altusds.altgov.info, GSA and others who have spent a decade creating one of the best design systems in the world.
This tweet from Big Balls says the new “Tech Force” website is their first using the “America Design System.” Here are just a few reasons why that sucks. 🧵
December 16, 2025 at 12:47 AM
As someone who works with (and contributed to) USWDS and several of it's agency-specific forks, the NDS is truly an insult to the incredible work of teams at @alt18f.bsky.social, @altusds.altgov.info, GSA and others who have spent a decade creating one of the best design systems in the world.
A big problem in technical education at all levels is that there's not enough of "you could have invented X" and too much of whatever the opposite is
December 16, 2025 at 5:08 PM
A big problem in technical education at all levels is that there's not enough of "you could have invented X" and too much of whatever the opposite is
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when you read this it is very clear that Wiles thinks she is flexing the administration's muscle. relatedly, it is also very clear that the White House is completely delusional about its standing with the public. they are high on their own supply.
Trump’s Inner Circle, On the Record (Part 2 of 2)
Susie Wiles discusses the Epstein files, Pete Hegseth’s war tactics, and “retribution” against Letitia James.
www.vanityfair.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:51 PM
when you read this it is very clear that Wiles thinks she is flexing the administration's muscle. relatedly, it is also very clear that the White House is completely delusional about its standing with the public. they are high on their own supply.
It's possible to acknowledge that someone is an alcoholic in a non-judgmental way. If your father was an alcoholic, you would. Don't blame people for their personality disorders etc. I'm not impressed by all the posts on Bluesky that take "alcoholic personality" as damning rather than descriptive.
December 16, 2025 at 4:59 PM
It's possible to acknowledge that someone is an alcoholic in a non-judgmental way. If your father was an alcoholic, you would. Don't blame people for their personality disorders etc. I'm not impressed by all the posts on Bluesky that take "alcoholic personality" as damning rather than descriptive.
The Dublin Art Book Fair has a theme. This year it was "Flock": "Across her programme, Guinness examines all things pastoral: humans and beasts as herding creatures; the relational arts of shepherding; the impact of flocks on habitats; and how wary scapegoats too may flock to survive predation."
December 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The Dublin Art Book Fair has a theme. This year it was "Flock": "Across her programme, Guinness examines all things pastoral: humans and beasts as herding creatures; the relational arts of shepherding; the impact of flocks on habitats; and how wary scapegoats too may flock to survive predation."
Chap. VII: Rolling of the Iron-Clads
December 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Chap. VII: Rolling of the Iron-Clads
The sentimental focus of the British media is part of this.
It’s a sad indictment of Britain’s ignorance of nature that Sycamore Gap petitions - for a tree that mattered to humans but not nature - received tens of thousands of signatures but a petition to protect entire peatland habitats is stuck at 1,500 actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Sign the petition to end peat sales!
No more delays: Let's get peat out of gardens once and for all. The time for uncertainty has ended.
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk
December 16, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The sentimental focus of the British media is part of this.
"A binary choice in the prologue alters the game's entire storyline; some characters and small plot points are replaced throughout the timelines."
This sentence seems to contradict itself: is it actually a matter of a few simple substitutions rather than a transformation of the whole storyline?
This sentence seems to contradict itself: is it actually a matter of a few simple substitutions rather than a transformation of the whole storyline?
December 16, 2025 at 12:04 AM
"A binary choice in the prologue alters the game's entire storyline; some characters and small plot points are replaced throughout the timelines."
This sentence seems to contradict itself: is it actually a matter of a few simple substitutions rather than a transformation of the whole storyline?
This sentence seems to contradict itself: is it actually a matter of a few simple substitutions rather than a transformation of the whole storyline?
"The machine, in its quest to sound authoritative, ended up sounding like a KCPE graduate who scored an 'A' in English Composition. It accidentally replicated the linguistic ghost of the British Empire."
Isn't the 'voice' of ChatGPT super cheesy, though?
marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-...
Isn't the 'voice' of ChatGPT super cheesy, though?
marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-...
December 15, 2025 at 10:15 PM
"The machine, in its quest to sound authoritative, ended up sounding like a KCPE graduate who scored an 'A' in English Composition. It accidentally replicated the linguistic ghost of the British Empire."
Isn't the 'voice' of ChatGPT super cheesy, though?
marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-...
Isn't the 'voice' of ChatGPT super cheesy, though?
marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-...
"As for the power by which the Sun seizes or holds the planets, and which, being corporeal, functions in the manner of hands..."
mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/...
mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/...
December 15, 2025 at 9:16 PM
"As for the power by which the Sun seizes or holds the planets, and which, being corporeal, functions in the manner of hands..."
mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/...
mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/...
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This is a real headline on the New York Times website.
Support independent media.
Support independent media.
December 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
This is a real headline on the New York Times website.
Support independent media.
Support independent media.
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Trade catalog images
American Type Founders Co.
Elizabeth, New Jersey
1950
Images: Type, Typewriter and Typography Collection via @archive.org; archive.org/details/ATF1...
American Type Founders Co.
Elizabeth, New Jersey
1950
Images: Type, Typewriter and Typography Collection via @archive.org; archive.org/details/ATF1...
December 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Trade catalog images
American Type Founders Co.
Elizabeth, New Jersey
1950
Images: Type, Typewriter and Typography Collection via @archive.org; archive.org/details/ATF1...
American Type Founders Co.
Elizabeth, New Jersey
1950
Images: Type, Typewriter and Typography Collection via @archive.org; archive.org/details/ATF1...
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So probable cause is now just...going to an East African restaurant
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
So probable cause is now just...going to an East African restaurant
Hedy Slimane has kept a monochrome photo diary for decades. My favourite images from it involve designed objects (other than clothes), usually from the rocky end of the live music business www.nylon.com/fashion/hedi...
December 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Hedy Slimane has kept a monochrome photo diary for decades. My favourite images from it involve designed objects (other than clothes), usually from the rocky end of the live music business www.nylon.com/fashion/hedi...
This scenario of interacting with a friend who is playing a video game and is hostile to queries resonates: "I didn't know that it was my job to explain my shit to you!" Just a total lack of ability to articulate why they like the thing, or where it came from.
www.tiktok.com/@martinmherl... (2021)
www.tiktok.com/@martinmherl... (2021)
Playing the new Shailene game
TikTok video by Martin Herlihy
www.tiktok.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This scenario of interacting with a friend who is playing a video game and is hostile to queries resonates: "I didn't know that it was my job to explain my shit to you!" Just a total lack of ability to articulate why they like the thing, or where it came from.
www.tiktok.com/@martinmherl... (2021)
www.tiktok.com/@martinmherl... (2021)
A flippant one-liner or a subtle delight www.stephenfriedman.com/exhibitions/...
"I think £1 million is a fair price, partly because of the idea and partly because it is quite a lot of rope."
"I think £1 million is a fair price, partly because of the idea and partly because it is quite a lot of rope."
December 14, 2025 at 3:28 PM
A flippant one-liner or a subtle delight www.stephenfriedman.com/exhibitions/...
"I think £1 million is a fair price, partly because of the idea and partly because it is quite a lot of rope."
"I think £1 million is a fair price, partly because of the idea and partly because it is quite a lot of rope."
What's the origin of the band name "Mecca Normal"? Is it geodetic www.kexp.org/read/2025/3/...
December 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
What's the origin of the band name "Mecca Normal"? Is it geodetic www.kexp.org/read/2025/3/...
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Matsuyama Castle, Japan. Photography by cameranew on Flickr
December 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Matsuyama Castle, Japan. Photography by cameranew on Flickr
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speaking of “you should never trust Meta and no one should have ever trusted them but there’s no time like the present to start”
Another first with the Meta sponsor just added to the Turning Point USA mega conference
December 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
speaking of “you should never trust Meta and no one should have ever trusted them but there’s no time like the present to start”