i want to do some acrylic painting but can't be bothered to go fetch the paints lol

anti-curse by boygenius is er genius

i've been doing loads of life drawing, and i'm bored of it. might do some painting

Thinking about the social stigma against eating fast food in a country where poor people are being starved by the govt, the cost of groceries and fresh vegetables are astronomical, and a cheeseburger at McDonald’s costs $3.50. “Clean” and “healthy” eating rhetoric is racist, ableist, and classist.

Having an epiphany. For me, Meeting for Worship is hard because the unpredictable nature of people feels magnified by the silence. So I can't find myself 'spacious' enough to worship; I get all crammed

A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death. Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written." Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating. 🧪🧬🧫

I've got several games to play on the Switch, so I just play No Man's Sky

it's funny, for my specific flavour of neurodivergent, lockdowns were both good and terrifying - good because i could be Safe at home, and terrifying because of the illness itself. i think it's had a permanent impact on my brain? i also get weirded out by how little we talk about the trauma of it

i make a point of listening to Common People regularly, like a pilgrimage. it's just so *concise* and on point. uni was a weird time. i knew a lot of privately educated kids, and grammar school people - only two other comp kids. yeah, Common People nails it

Oh and Philip Pullman, in his capacity as President of the Society of Authors, said some absolutely heinous shit about those women of colour. The whole thing was an excellent illustration of how whiteness protects itself.

A reminder Kate Clanchy received justified criticism for what she wrote, tried to set a twitter mob on a Goodreads reviewer because of it, then denied that she'd written what she wrote, then accepted it while setting a Twitter mob on three women of colour who criticised her.

Rosalind Franklin and some seals in my sketchbook

OVER A MILLION USERS DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT EVERY *WEEK* what the fuck are we DOING here

some Beatles songs are deeply annoying

When I was a kid, my dad pulled me aside and told me that the people I need to be kindest to are the poorest because this capitalist world we live in forgives you anything but it shames you deeply and never forgives you for being poor. It made me realise how deeply fucked up the world is very early.

Every Watson obituary should begin with some variant of "James Watson, whose uncredited use of Rosalind Franklin's research led to fame, fortune, and the Nobel Prize..."

With alt text

Do you know how much tea costs now?! I live on it. They're* trying to murder me *Capitalism

Not now, carnivorous death ball

I feel v moomin today 😌 Specifically, the 1980s stop motion version

The truly maddening thing is that, unlike when I was a young man in science and the materials and engineering just weren’t there yet, the future is *right there.* The problem is *solved*. What’s holding us back is not just greed, but this bizarre nostalgia, an obsession with petro- masculinity.

Who lets people round here have explosives

SINGING

That the *Green Party* is now considered far left wing is a big thing! For me, a working class practical communist, they were always v middle class and centre left. I just like hope in politics, in anything. I like that it's bringing people together, less to win, more to *do*

As I've said before, all you really need to know about the left/right division is that people on the left feel happy when they see a high election turnout, while people on the right feel scared

This is really important. I have an uncle who was president of the NZ Labour party, and he really decries 'identity politics', as detracting from class struggle. I don't understand that?

ushering in an era of bold socialist leaders who support trans rights and make really great font choices

No matter how much you blame us, disabled people didn't design capitalism www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This is good! You can listen on BBC Sounds

Worth pointing out the biggest supporters of trans people (which is who bigots mean by “gender ideology”) are bisexual & lesbian women. All the public “concerns” about trans people (phase, indoctrination, regret, etc) are recycled forms of homophobia. This is why LGB solidarity with the T is strong.

phil mitchell's really hard to draw; a lot of head, not much face

Cheney will be mourned; who you choose to actively mourn says a lot about you, and passive 'all death is sad'-ism needs thinking about, carefully. Make better choices, white people

when I was a teenager in Pakistan I was painfully aware of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney as the two people who decided where, when and how Muslims died

Quakers are joining with others to call on the NEC not to host the SDSC arms fair in 2026. SDSC was kicked out of recent venues because of persistent protests. Let's make sure it doesn't find a home at the NEC. Please share especially with folk in the West Midlands www.stop-sdsc.uk/campaign-let...

NHS Sussex are forcibly detransitioning trans people. These patients need full restoration of their healthcare, and everyone involved in doing this needs to be sacked.

Outstanding, no notes

[train stabbings] i worry about stuff like this incident, from the perspective of someone with several mental illness diagnoses. people like a simple explanation, and mental illness/race/immigration seem to offer that to people. it's not simple though, is it? it's nuanced, and not headline-able

Japan's "Mundane Halloween" costume contest is back! Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary. Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest! #MundaneHalloween

Sometimes I think the Quaker propensity for anything goes steps over into not being able to say that is not reasonable behaviour

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Jesus Christ. We go mad about one bloke we wrongly released, yet hear next to nothing about this horror? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

i get up everyday at 5am, even at the weekend, because i have to start work about 7.30am - i can't risk getting out of the habit of an early start. i can't let myself nap - if i start that, i'll never stop. i have to have routine!

Sometimes you just have to listen to Cass Elliott ✨

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