Slaney C
@slaney.bsky.social
Non-vintage champagne for all but me.
I write about the weird and the beautiful on Substack at https://lacachette.substack.com/
I write about the weird and the beautiful on Substack at https://lacachette.substack.com/
Someone spilled a Celsius at the gym this morning and the whole place smelled like nail polish remover - what is IN that stuff?
December 5, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Someone spilled a Celsius at the gym this morning and the whole place smelled like nail polish remover - what is IN that stuff?
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but somethings I dislike really ARE morally evil
December 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
but somethings I dislike really ARE morally evil
my theory of gattaca is that it is almost entirely soundtrack driven, and my favorite part is that they wear suits and ties to go to SPACE
gattaca is mostly bad because of genetic surveillance state, but also no one can deliver on gattaca style surgically precise artificial selection of complex traits that Americans are obsessed with. such businesses exist because the public imagines gattaca, which makes it tantamount to fraud
December 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
my theory of gattaca is that it is almost entirely soundtrack driven, and my favorite part is that they wear suits and ties to go to SPACE
it is significant to me that his real world season seems to have been scrubbed from the internet, like tears in the rain
out of all of the trump administration officials, sean duffy is the one that is the most thoroughly irritating
December 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
it is significant to me that his real world season seems to have been scrubbed from the internet, like tears in the rain
I, for one, would like to know if anyone has bought a cat tunnel for their dog. And then, what about one of those plush yurts?
I would ideally like to get Pretzel a tunnel and stick a yurt on top, so that she can run in circles and then go to bed.
I would ideally like to get Pretzel a tunnel and stick a yurt on top, so that she can run in circles and then go to bed.
Too many people see this as a personal activism platform and not a microblogging website where you get to talk about the stuff you like and your lunch as well. Treating it as a misery pipeline just makes you miserable to be around. Go post a photo of your pet and a song you wanna talk about.
If I had to diagnose the cause of the "Bluesky malaise" as @kleinman.bsky.social calls it, I would describe it as a lot of people without the skills or resources or interest in journalism or activism mistakenly believing that being performatively miserable all the time will net the same results.
December 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I, for one, would like to know if anyone has bought a cat tunnel for their dog. And then, what about one of those plush yurts?
I would ideally like to get Pretzel a tunnel and stick a yurt on top, so that she can run in circles and then go to bed.
I would ideally like to get Pretzel a tunnel and stick a yurt on top, so that she can run in circles and then go to bed.
what the fucking fuck
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:18 PM
what the fucking fuck
I LOVE this flaminghydra.com/travels-with...
Travels with Charli
This year, last month, the video for Charli xcx “Chains of Love” appears, a prepromotion for the new Emerald Fennell version of Wuthering Heights. The top comment on YouTube reads, “We used to pray fo...
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December 2, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I LOVE this flaminghydra.com/travels-with...
Conduits and Conduct Lit
The Aesthetics of Packing, Part 1
open.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:22 PM
New wife guy just dropped (into Drearburh).
My wife’s favorite book is Gideon The Ninth by Tamsyn Muir, and for her birthday this year I made her a Gideon custom figure and diorama
#thelockedtomb
#thelockedtomb
December 2, 2025 at 10:27 AM
New wife guy just dropped (into Drearburh).
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The John Le Carré Advent Calendar - My cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com Books. (with apologies to @realjohnlecarre.bsky.social and @harkaway.bsky.social)
November 30, 2024 at 10:10 AM
The John Le Carré Advent Calendar - My cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com Books. (with apologies to @realjohnlecarre.bsky.social and @harkaway.bsky.social)
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"Why is there grade inflation? Why do our courses lack rigor?'
"Also we will immediately throw any graduate student TA or instructor who upsets an influential constituency under the bus, no matter how obviously manufactured their outrage is." 🤷♂️
"Also we will immediately throw any graduate student TA or instructor who upsets an influential constituency under the bus, no matter how obviously manufactured their outrage is." 🤷♂️
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 10:32 PM
"Why is there grade inflation? Why do our courses lack rigor?'
"Also we will immediately throw any graduate student TA or instructor who upsets an influential constituency under the bus, no matter how obviously manufactured their outrage is." 🤷♂️
"Also we will immediately throw any graduate student TA or instructor who upsets an influential constituency under the bus, no matter how obviously manufactured their outrage is." 🤷♂️
I hope the girl reading Anais Nin next to me at this bar has the best night
November 29, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I hope the girl reading Anais Nin next to me at this bar has the best night
I actually think this is not unrelated to the popularity of Dan Brown novels
tired of hearing sermons where the Hebrew or Greek is mentioned as some secret revelation the congregation won’t be aware of, about what the reading *actually* means, and it never stands up to basic scrutiny when checked afterwards.
Sometimes the Bible translators have *shock horror* got it right
Sometimes the Bible translators have *shock horror* got it right
November 29, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I actually think this is not unrelated to the popularity of Dan Brown novels
November 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This is really good!
Impartiality Is Dead: All Hail The Rise of The Influencer 🫖 open.substack.com/pub/carlwood...
Impartiality Is Dead: All Hail The Rise of The Influencer
“IF you really want to get rich, start a religion.” This was the reported opinion of Scientology founder L Ron Hubbard, who in 1967 bought the first in what was to become a fleet of cruise ships.
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November 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
This is really good!
Gideon the Ninth!
[old professor voice] a key thing to understand about Western culture is a remarkable amount of mental energy has been dedicated to wondering “what if we put a hot girl in church?”
November 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Gideon the Ninth!
this is one of the best articles i've read about the Irish state in a long time! (gift link): on.ft.com/3LY2ShA
November 26, 2025 at 1:20 PM
this is one of the best articles i've read about the Irish state in a long time! (gift link): on.ft.com/3LY2ShA
Watch the launch sequence without weeping so hard you scare the dog challenge
The way Marilyn Lovell says “the other wives have not done THREE.”
Thanksgiving week is for making crostini di fegatini and watching Apollo 13.
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Watch the launch sequence without weeping so hard you scare the dog challenge
The way Marilyn Lovell says “the other wives have not done THREE.”
Thanksgiving week is for making crostini di fegatini and watching Apollo 13.
November 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The way Marilyn Lovell says “the other wives have not done THREE.”
Thanksgiving week is for making crostini di fegatini and watching Apollo 13.
November 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Thanksgiving week is for making crostini di fegatini and watching Apollo 13.
Just had the most wonderful realization that Simon Russell Beale has played Richard III AND Widmerpool. Will wonders never cease
November 25, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Just had the most wonderful realization that Simon Russell Beale has played Richard III AND Widmerpool. Will wonders never cease
I’m doing berets now!
My friend just fuckin showed up with a corncob pipe & that’s when it hit me that we are all in our 40s which means we get one new accessory slot
November 23, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I’m doing berets now!
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these people basically just take luxury government jets and go to fancy events like make a wish kids while their minions flashbang your elderly neighbors
November 23, 2025 at 4:26 AM
these people basically just take luxury government jets and go to fancy events like make a wish kids while their minions flashbang your elderly neighbors
Anyone who is thinking of an annual FT subscription doesn't need one to read this Substack but this is a good reminder that the FT is an incredible newspaper.
It’s been a long time coming, but FT Alphaville is finally on Substack. You can subscribe and read for free, here: on.ft.com/49D7nIl
November 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Anyone who is thinking of an annual FT subscription doesn't need one to read this Substack but this is a good reminder that the FT is an incredible newspaper.