Today marks the 44th anniversary of the single most sanity-warping print error ever committed to print.
The gnawing, eldritch, Lovecraftian horror of this Peterborough Standard society page from April 18, 1980.
Theremony at tremony at the liremony indeed.
First saw this story over on Threads, and people really, really, really did not like anyone correcting misinformation about their misreading of the story. We seem to be moving to some sort of post-reality where people just want fake stories that reinforce their beliefs.
pete hegseth is so bad at his job that we're like one tick away from the gray zone being like "actually, pete hegseth is good, because he effectively stands against american imperialism"
i wonder if some of the greens’ comms problems arise from having to make big policy announcements etc fit into the co-leadership model
say you met a Beatles skeptic, which songs would you pick to try and change their mind
this is very cute but i simply do not believe these names are real
one time i had to download an app and create an account (including providing credit card details) to wash some clothes at a laundromat 🙃
I think the general drying up of social media might be a healthy thing for me. It has become a constant idle distraction when I really should be focusing on my fantasy football team.
New Zealand continues to punch above its weight on the world stage 🙃
with all the rumours of a caucus coup I would like a journalist to introduce the phrase “on manoeuvres” into the NZ political lexicon pls
it is now *nineteen years* since I graduated from music school and I still occasionally have anxiety dreams about not knowing the music in a concert I’m about to play 🙃
“may have” … “i bet”. ok cool discourse i guess
Fighting here now is like playing chess by mail
like it’s PSYCH101 that you don’t even know shit about your *own mind* but apparently people’s reckons on the economy are beyond doubt and actually it’s the actual data that’s wrong. idk.
idk what the deal is with the vibecession discourse but it is kinda weird that it’s generally accepted people can be very wrong about their reckons on pretty much everything except, apparently, the US economy?
is this … true though?
i mean maybe it’s different in the USA but a very basic rule of media management is “never trust a journalist when they’re being friendly” so idk 🤷
i mean i could be wrong here but i don’t really think this means they like him and think he’s a good guy?
some absolutely dogshit saddle-stitching, however; don’t zoom in! 😅
little practice project to get my hand back in. beautiful pull-up on this leather!
back on my bullshit
logging onto bluesky dot com
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hah, you can tell the tankies are absolutely fuming but have to pretend they aren’t bothered
Superb for Hungary, good for Europe and bad for Putin and Trump.
Let’s celebrate tonight. And tomorrow fight on.
eat shit, Orbán
wait. the RAVIOLI MOON. the RAVIOLI MOON in the fucking SKY?
