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This is it. That was it.
We're all fucked.
The consequences of that little spat will dictate our lives in myriad ways for decades
We're all fucked.
The consequences of that little spat will dictate our lives in myriad ways for decades
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low stakes posting today reminds me that 1) Facebook is for talking to people you know IRL but don’t like and 2) microblogging sites are for talking to people you don’t know but do like.
we forget these things at our peril
we forget these things at our peril
December 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
low stakes posting today reminds me that 1) Facebook is for talking to people you know IRL but don’t like and 2) microblogging sites are for talking to people you don’t know but do like.
we forget these things at our peril
we forget these things at our peril
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The Embassy staff of Germany, France and the United Kingdom sing Schedryk in the Kyiv underground.
Wonderful!
Wonderful!
December 24, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The Embassy staff of Germany, France and the United Kingdom sing Schedryk in the Kyiv underground.
Wonderful!
Wonderful!
This article about seafood features a man called Ben Sturgeon
An animal welfare strategy promised a series of legal changes that ministers said would be 'the most ambitious' in a generation. ft.trib.al/S7KwpDu
December 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This article about seafood features a man called Ben Sturgeon
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This is beautiful & rather spooky.
Major update to our map of Anglo-Saxon London... we've now added etymologies for each place name, so you can find out what your bit of London used to be called.... and why londonist.substack.com/p/mapping-an...
Mapping Anglo-Saxon London: A Big Update
A glimpse of London, 1,000 years past.
londonist.substack.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:25 AM
This is beautiful & rather spooky.
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Senator Wyden from the top rope...
The Epstein file is the only thing Trump has ever taken his name off of
🚨 "The Justice Department redacted the names and identifiers of victims. Fox News Digital has learned that the same redaction standards were applied to politically exposed individuals and government officials. "
h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social
h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social
December 20, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Senator Wyden from the top rope...
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A friend has sent me this photo from the website of the Sandringham Estate. That fireplace looks *remarkably* familiar, doesn't it? bsky.app/profile/jame...
December 19, 2025 at 10:41 PM
A friend has sent me this photo from the website of the Sandringham Estate. That fireplace looks *remarkably* familiar, doesn't it? bsky.app/profile/jame...
If youre not doing the weird howling chorus from Space 2001, you are almost certainly mad.
December 19, 2025 at 10:43 PM
If youre not doing the weird howling chorus from Space 2001, you are almost certainly mad.
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Computer, enhance
December 19, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Computer, enhance
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Loving the updated White House portrait.
December 19, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Loving the updated White House portrait.
Hi. I'm going to bed now so if you could just stop with even the vaguest optimism about the cricket, I would be most grateful.
Thx xxx
Thx xxx
December 19, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Hi. I'm going to bed now so if you could just stop with even the vaguest optimism about the cricket, I would be most grateful.
Thx xxx
Thx xxx
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My top five favourite words to pronounce like they’re Greek philosophers…
5. Monocles
4. Bicycles
3. Popsicles
2. Obstacles
1. Testicles
5. Monocles
4. Bicycles
3. Popsicles
2. Obstacles
1. Testicles
December 18, 2025 at 12:13 PM
My top five favourite words to pronounce like they’re Greek philosophers…
5. Monocles
4. Bicycles
3. Popsicles
2. Obstacles
1. Testicles
5. Monocles
4. Bicycles
3. Popsicles
2. Obstacles
1. Testicles
Cricket is a stupid fucking game and I'd have been better off never knowing of its existence
December 18, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Cricket is a stupid fucking game and I'd have been better off never knowing of its existence
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Your annual festive reminder that Saint Nicholas bears an uncanny resemblance to Lieutenant Worf.
December 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Your annual festive reminder that Saint Nicholas bears an uncanny resemblance to Lieutenant Worf.
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Milk, two sugars
December 14, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Milk, two sugars
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WHY ARE YOU ANNOYED THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO HAPPEN
December 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
WHY ARE YOU ANNOYED THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO HAPPEN
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When the eyeglasses come off, you know it's about to get serious.
Today in “Dudes Rock”:
A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.
A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.
December 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
When the eyeglasses come off, you know it's about to get serious.
Yes but is your Christmas tree as awesome as mine?
Let me help you out, no it is not
Let me help you out, no it is not
December 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Yes but is your Christmas tree as awesome as mine?
Let me help you out, no it is not
Let me help you out, no it is not
HOLY FORK BALLS
I can’t emphasize enough how much you need to watch this until the end
December 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
HOLY FORK BALLS
Mogwai - Mogwai fear Satan (High Quality)
YouTube video by Alexandros Goulas
youtu.be
December 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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The best line in all of US House of Cards is when Frank says something like, "you may have all the money, but I have all the men with guns."
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:09 PM
The best line in all of US House of Cards is when Frank says something like, "you may have all the money, but I have all the men with guns."
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2Casa2Blanca
Netflix, which rarely carries a single movie from before 1980, wants you to know how thrilled they are to acquire that classic piece of franchise IP, Casablanca
December 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
2Casa2Blanca