Charles Casetti
@justcharles.bsky.social
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NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr
In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance
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November 17, 2024 at 10:18 AM
NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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And here he is, the poor lad.
January 17, 2025 at 5:56 PM
And here he is, the poor lad.
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It is becoming increasingly clear that the best word processing software for writers is a Notepad .txt document with a handgun kept next to the keyboard in case it tries anything funny.
Copilot has just appeared on my version of Word, and I really want to get rid of it. I've read a lot of posts from people saying how hard that is. There's a load of frustration out there at A.I. being foisted on people who don't want it. Have any fixes now appeared? (Word specific.)
January 17, 2025 at 9:57 AM
It is becoming increasingly clear that the best word processing software for writers is a Notepad .txt document with a handgun kept next to the keyboard in case it tries anything funny.
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Rainbow capitalism was good because the alternative we got wasn’t rainbow socialism but “the guy who runs around being physically violent until Target removes all the gay stuff wins.”
I have to say this leftist tendency to believe that if anyone profited anywhere from something it becomes inherently morally wrong is the dumbest shit in the world and is just arguing that perfect is the enemy of better
So true, Queen! The nine most terrifying words in the English launguage are, "I"m from the Government and I'm here to help!" 👏👏👏👏👏
January 1, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Rainbow capitalism was good because the alternative we got wasn’t rainbow socialism but “the guy who runs around being physically violent until Target removes all the gay stuff wins.”
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Spit-laugh rating: 9/10
December 24, 2024 at 6:54 PM
Spit-laugh rating: 9/10
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Debrett's..............welcome to the resistance
"Debrett’s, the undisputed arbiter of “proper” conduct in polite society" say don't be an asshole to trans people as "Christmas dinner party hosts have been told to use their guests’ preferred pronouns for the first time by Britain’s top etiquette school." [Telegraph]
December 21, 2024 at 9:17 AM
Debrett's..............welcome to the resistance
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Over the moon about this comic from my brilliant student @lizardshands.bsky.social - "I think of Batman like a coworker from a different department..." An absolutely delightful & thoughtful narrative with a perfect ending! So pleased and blown away!
December 20, 2024 at 8:31 PM
Over the moon about this comic from my brilliant student @lizardshands.bsky.social - "I think of Batman like a coworker from a different department..." An absolutely delightful & thoughtful narrative with a perfect ending! So pleased and blown away!
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I don’t know the story behind this photo so I’m going with “Gentlemen’s Cat Appreciation Society”. Ca. 1860 - 1880. www.historicnewengland.org/explore/coll...
December 21, 2024 at 6:05 AM
I don’t know the story behind this photo so I’m going with “Gentlemen’s Cat Appreciation Society”. Ca. 1860 - 1880. www.historicnewengland.org/explore/coll...
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With just four days to go, it would be incredible if we could get to $8,000 because it's sooooo close! I would be so grateful if you'd consider a donation! gofund.me/423755f0
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If you are here you probably know that my name is Molly and I run… Molly Hodgdon needs your support for Help Make Winter Cozy for Potato Bears.
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December 21, 2024 at 6:11 AM
With just four days to go, it would be incredible if we could get to $8,000 because it's sooooo close! I would be so grateful if you'd consider a donation! gofund.me/423755f0
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Some examples of how the Victorians threw shade…
Off your chump = unhinged
Dying duck in a thunderstorm = unattractive
Parish pick-axe = a prominent nose
Death’s head upon a mopstick = a gangly, miserable-looking man
Put your flute away = shut up
Go fry your face and play with the gravy = go away
Off your chump = unhinged
Dying duck in a thunderstorm = unattractive
Parish pick-axe = a prominent nose
Death’s head upon a mopstick = a gangly, miserable-looking man
Put your flute away = shut up
Go fry your face and play with the gravy = go away
December 20, 2024 at 11:52 AM
Some examples of how the Victorians threw shade…
Off your chump = unhinged
Dying duck in a thunderstorm = unattractive
Parish pick-axe = a prominent nose
Death’s head upon a mopstick = a gangly, miserable-looking man
Put your flute away = shut up
Go fry your face and play with the gravy = go away
Off your chump = unhinged
Dying duck in a thunderstorm = unattractive
Parish pick-axe = a prominent nose
Death’s head upon a mopstick = a gangly, miserable-looking man
Put your flute away = shut up
Go fry your face and play with the gravy = go away
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A list of sorely missed Victorian-era slang…
Got the morbs = temporary sadness
Gigglemug = always smiling
Scandal water = tea
Bitch the pot = pour the tea
Sauce-box = mouth
Cupid’s kettle drums = breasts
Dash my wig = OMG
Tight as a boiled owl = drunk
Poked up = embarrassed
Not up to dick = unwell
Got the morbs = temporary sadness
Gigglemug = always smiling
Scandal water = tea
Bitch the pot = pour the tea
Sauce-box = mouth
Cupid’s kettle drums = breasts
Dash my wig = OMG
Tight as a boiled owl = drunk
Poked up = embarrassed
Not up to dick = unwell
December 20, 2024 at 11:03 AM
A list of sorely missed Victorian-era slang…
Got the morbs = temporary sadness
Gigglemug = always smiling
Scandal water = tea
Bitch the pot = pour the tea
Sauce-box = mouth
Cupid’s kettle drums = breasts
Dash my wig = OMG
Tight as a boiled owl = drunk
Poked up = embarrassed
Not up to dick = unwell
Got the morbs = temporary sadness
Gigglemug = always smiling
Scandal water = tea
Bitch the pot = pour the tea
Sauce-box = mouth
Cupid’s kettle drums = breasts
Dash my wig = OMG
Tight as a boiled owl = drunk
Poked up = embarrassed
Not up to dick = unwell
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Posted last year by @karenod.bsky.social and well worth another shout:
December 16, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Posted last year by @karenod.bsky.social and well worth another shout:
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The biggest advantage of actual, physical cookbooks over recipes found online is cookbooks aren’t written to be read and used by computers for search-engine optimization; they’re written to be read and used by human beings.
December 16, 2024 at 3:44 AM
The biggest advantage of actual, physical cookbooks over recipes found online is cookbooks aren’t written to be read and used by computers for search-engine optimization; they’re written to be read and used by human beings.
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Discworld QOTD, from Snuff
“Do not seek perfection. None exists. All we can do is strive.”
“Do not seek perfection. None exists. All we can do is strive.”
Discworld QOTD, from Carpe Jugulum
“The reward for toil had been more toil. If you dug the best ditches, they gave you a bigger shovel.”
“The reward for toil had been more toil. If you dug the best ditches, they gave you a bigger shovel.”
Discworld QOTD, from Making Money
"He sighed. It had come to this. He was a responsible authority, and people could use terms like "core values" at him with impunity."
"He sighed. It had come to this. He was a responsible authority, and people could use terms like "core values" at him with impunity."
December 16, 2024 at 8:31 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Snuff
“Do not seek perfection. None exists. All we can do is strive.”
“Do not seek perfection. None exists. All we can do is strive.”
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Accidental W.B. Yeats poem
Why you should always use a professional translator, number I-don't-know-I've-lost-count, in a series that is far less occasional than it should be...
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#xl8
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#xl8
December 17, 2024 at 10:31 AM
Accidental W.B. Yeats poem
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never gonna get over how one of the alleged leading international corporate assassins in the world who is currently in jail in the UK for a planned hit she flew over to execute is a lady nobodys ever heard of whose day job was office worker for the Brewers
Do any of you ever meet someone, and wonder, what are your secret crimes? How many murder for hires have you done? Are you having endless "business" trips where you are fronting Mafia business abroad? Are you actually a spy? Don't "I'm just an accountant" me, Fred. I know what you're hiding.
November 24, 2024 at 12:20 PM
never gonna get over how one of the alleged leading international corporate assassins in the world who is currently in jail in the UK for a planned hit she flew over to execute is a lady nobodys ever heard of whose day job was office worker for the Brewers
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Any antifascism that is indistinguishable from fascism is just fascism, hate to break it to the bluewavers
this whole "elonia" meme is so gross and transphobic what the fuck is wrong with yall
November 25, 2024 at 1:30 AM
Any antifascism that is indistinguishable from fascism is just fascism, hate to break it to the bluewavers
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Do you like the REBRANDING of the LONDON OVERGROUND? Do you like WOMEN?
Then please read this delightful guest post in which @isabelleroughol.com offers a women’s history guided tour along the newly renamed Suffragette line
Then please read this delightful guest post in which @isabelleroughol.com offers a women’s history guided tour along the newly renamed Suffragette line
Guest post: A women’s history guided tour along London’s Suffragette line
Nuns, jiu-jitsu and the first women’s football match.
jonn.substack.com
November 23, 2024 at 12:27 PM
Do you like the REBRANDING of the LONDON OVERGROUND? Do you like WOMEN?
Then please read this delightful guest post in which @isabelleroughol.com offers a women’s history guided tour along the newly renamed Suffragette line
Then please read this delightful guest post in which @isabelleroughol.com offers a women’s history guided tour along the newly renamed Suffragette line
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I always wanted to write a story where someone's going around killing retired 007s, so the surviving so-called "Bonds" have to band together, figure out who's behind it, and stop the killer. Sign this man up for the lead:
September 16, 2024 at 12:52 PM
I always wanted to write a story where someone's going around killing retired 007s, so the surviving so-called "Bonds" have to band together, figure out who's behind it, and stop the killer. Sign this man up for the lead:
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Sometimes I remember that this comic exists and I need to make how hard I always laugh at it everyone else’s problem. 🤓
August 28, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Sometimes I remember that this comic exists and I need to make how hard I always laugh at it everyone else’s problem. 🤓
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This is particularly weird to me, having lived through the Golden Age of Webcomics. It wasn’t even democracy, it was complete anarchy. We made so many comics and some of them were terrible and some were gloriously weird and nobody stopped us. Nobody is stopping anyone now! You can just make a comic!
"Democratizing comics with AI" Buddy literally no one is stopping you from making comics but yourself. Allow yourself to be vulnerable enough to make something without the fear of failure. Your ability to make art is inherent to your human soul
August 2, 2024 at 3:14 PM
This is particularly weird to me, having lived through the Golden Age of Webcomics. It wasn’t even democracy, it was complete anarchy. We made so many comics and some of them were terrible and some were gloriously weird and nobody stopped us. Nobody is stopping anyone now! You can just make a comic!
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If I may be frank: too many leftists are looking for absolution of the sin of being American, rather than the power to effect concrete changes. If it's absolution you want, get religion. There's work to be done otherwise.
August 2, 2024 at 3:54 PM
If I may be frank: too many leftists are looking for absolution of the sin of being American, rather than the power to effect concrete changes. If it's absolution you want, get religion. There's work to be done otherwise.
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bill watterson, greatest artist & writer of our time
July 30, 2024 at 11:50 PM
bill watterson, greatest artist & writer of our time