may you live in interesting times, they said

moby-dick, his eyes enormous: from hell's heart you STAB at moby? for hate's sake you spit your last BREATH at moby? oh! oh! the great shroud of the sea for ahab! the great shroud of the sea rolling on as it rolled five thousand years ago!!!!

@markpopham John, John! It's Marvin! Your cousin, Marvin Cage! You know that new sound you were looking for? Well listen to THIS! *hangs up phone*

Onion headline that reads “I work very hard, and I would like to try cake” by A Horse

Best money I spend every month

and she could see ghosts!

this is tragic

also making me remember a middle grades series from the 90s about a girl named Nina Tanleven who went by Nine

wait what is it

Emily is so smart

Tweet from tara shoe (@tarashoe): moon should be wearing the sunglasses. sun should not have the sunglasses. yet another thing i gotta fuckin deal with

It’s actually FEWER Misérables

Incredible art of gritty playing fiddle on the roof of a west Philadelphia row home. In Yiddish it says Fidler Oyfn Fakh פֿידלער אױפֿן דאַך)

We put on an all-Yiddish community production of fiddler on the roof in Philadelphia and cast member and local artist Sofie Rose Seymour created the most amazing show poster that ever was

what if french people in the 90s just thought marky mark was our way of referring to marcel marceau

a poster for le chat botté, the french translation of puss in boots

next time you think “not everything is better in french,” please consider you could have chatbots OR you could have

years and years ago i interviewed Tom Stoppard and he told me writing is like playing table tennis with himself and i just loved that

As COP30 debates just energy transition, Brazil’s lithium towns suffer As COP30 debates just energy transition, Brazil’s lithium towns suffer

In Poço Dantas, a Canadian mining company’s lithium project has transformed daily life — just as COP30 debates how to make the energy transition “just.”

the problem is i love The Traitors and i cannot stand the phrase “played a blinder” and these two things are in constant opposition

Time for a rally in global debt reform Time for a rally in global debt reform

Opinion: U.K. parliamentarian Noah Law argues that money going to debt servicing is keeping low-income countries from taking care of their citizens.

do itttttt

blue prince is such a good game it’s ruining my life

just watching this over and over and sobbing

Why ‘integration’ has become a ‘dirty word’ in HIV programming In light of international aid cuts and ideological reform, there are concerns that people at high risk of contracting HIV will be forced into overcrowded public health systems and may face stigma.

In light of international aid cuts and ideological reform, there are concerns that people at high risk of contracting HIV will be forced into overcrowded public health systems and may face stigma. www.devex.com/news/why-int...

these scientists never hung out with old tom and it shows en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Tom...

nothing feels as good as declaring tab bankruptcy

NOT NOW BEES

are you wearing the…
the chanel boots? yeah, I am.

Museum display recreating a Saxon burial, with a notice reading: For your safety, please do not touch the items in the Saxon burial or attempt to climb into the grave. (Red House Museum, Christchurch)

If M.R. James wrote safety signage

why are they all saying “the new pontiff is from Chicago” when it could be:
Pope.
Six.
Squish.
Uh-uh.

Scoop: Cyprus takes on Palestine for UN General Assembly presidency A Palestinian victory would risk roiling U.S. relations with the United Nations.

The annual election for the UN Gen Assembly presidency is generally a sleeper. But Palestine's bid for the top U.N. post in 2026-27 has set the stage for a clash with Washington that could risk US funding to wider UN. Now Cyprus is mounting a challenge. Scoop.
www.devex.com/news/scoop-c...

you sea anemone; i sea a friend

Europe is cutting development spending, and it's not because of Trump Europe is cutting development spending, and it's not because of Trump

Europe is restructuring its development aid, shifting from traditional grants to investment-driven funding while cutting budgets and prioritizing defense, raising concerns about the future of global development.