Spermaceti, the original gender fluid…

Good lord…this picture.

He really should consult a doctor about that crotch goitre though. Looks ominous.

Dappled sunshine in Epping Forest.

Went for a walk in Epping Forest today. Would buy again.

You put your tanker in, your tanker out
In, out, in, out, you shake it all about
You do the Straits of Hormuz and you turn around
That’s what it’s all about!

When they write the history of this administration’s lurch into war they really should call it The Worst and The Thickest.

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Sad to hear about Andy Kershaw. He was just enthusiasm in human form. Went to one of his impromptu kitchen concerts in Crouch End once. Can’t have been easy being his downstairs neighbour, but God it was fun.

“Two shameless confessions to the real crime here, members of the jury: Making. A. Joke. Your only possible verdict is ‘Guilty’.”

Headline on BBC News website: "Chinese carmaker patents voice-controlled 'in-vehicle toilet'."

What could possibly go wrong?

What I Saw Inside the Kennedy Center I spent 10 months working at the institution because I thought I could help protect it. What I observed there is far worse than the public knows.

Heartbreaking description of the pointless, thoughtless damage being done to the Kennedy Center. It was such an important part of life in Washington, and is now being destroyed for no reason

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eliot looks a bit angry, woolf suspicious

i like this photo where it looks like you've interrupted t.s. eliot and virginia woolf in the middle of planning your murder

God...I remember that. I got a very whiskery hug afterwards (non-consensual).

James Lasdun · Reality Instruction: In Court and on the Road The idea of a road trip organised around trials and hearings at court houses across the US had been in my head for years...

Fascinating judicial road-trip. And a must-read if you've watched Sovereign... www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Spreadsheet cell showing the number 48,699 alongside a graph that flatlines at first and then climbs steeply, rising and falling.

This graph (and number) represents articles about Donald Trump in the New York Times between 2000 and 2024. One day he'll flatline again. Source: tedalcorn.github.io/nyt/

The unbridled arrogance running America is what made that Titan bloke think his submersible could defy the laws of physics.

Hand lettered sign on a pedestrian crossing pole: “POKER. Friendly Weekly Low Stakes Game. Every Monday and Thursday. 7pm to 11:0pm”

Chumps wanted.

The Umbrella Man and Other Stories is released in exactly 2 weeks. Here's a selection of endorsements so far.

Featuring @almurray.bsky.social, @robinince.bsky.social, @chrischibnall.bsky.social, @knoxharrington.bsky.social, @coldwarpod.bsky.social, @gauthamrao.bsky.social, @quantick.bsky.social

I learn the word "aposematic", an adjective denoting warning colouration in animals (from Gr apo, away, and sema, sign). And think at once of the alarming orange hue of the Lesser American President.

Meta builds AI version of Mark Zuckerberg to interact with staff [FREE TO READ] Chief executive is training and testing his own character as part of wider push to develop ‘personal superintelligence’

But will staff be comfortable with a version that actually seems engaged and interested in them?

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As little as I already thought of the man I'm in awe of what he's accomplished in 15 short months. Historic run. Basically threw away all his fire extinguishers and told every firefighter in town to eat shit, and then set his house on fire. We need a separate Mount Rushmore for morons

When a person loses 1 sense the others are heightened. That's why people who have no sense of humor have an amazing sense of self-importance.

Artemis II has made me feel very old. The cliffhanger of re-entry? Done that. So many times we got blasé about it.

Secret? Rachel was a huge bitch

I'm sorry I said you weren't very scary.

Old enough to remember whole years in which I barely thought about the American president.

‘Luggage’ is an everyday word I don’t really think about and then I realise it means ‘stuff I lug around’ and now I am very fond of the word luggage.

A commenter notes that "Trump managed to be both Hitler and Chamberlain in the same negotiation. An unprecedented feat." 😭

Never interrupt your mistakes when you’re making enemies.