Someone a decade+ younger than I asked me if I saw the Matrix in theaters and how cool that must have been

Film director Carlos Saura's empathetic lens on the poverty striken Spain of the early 1950s. Perhaps many of these people had moved to the cities within a decade. Many on today's Spanish right seem nostalgic for the social relations, deference and power structure which governed those years.

All historians everywhere unite to tell far more insane tales

I reckon the last time the son of a sovereign was taken into custody in Britain was the Duke of Monmouth in 1685.

On his BIRTHDAY 10/10

I bought jeans online, and they just... fit? And are the right length?? And are just... comfy???

the Black Panthers were right

It's the eye of the hog, it's the thrill of the fight Risin' up to the challenge of our rival And the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night And he's watching us all with the eye of the hoooooog

Reminder: to leave twitter, you delete your account, stop pretending there needs to be some managed retreat. Unless you like swimming with pedophiles.

The headline with the breaking news banner is fitting

The Titanic chef who survived the sinking by getting completely wasted on booze is such a fascinating story because half the time ppl are like "he actually survived 2 hrs in water that killed ppl in 10 min wow" no he was probably in there for 2 min & it felt like 2 hrs because he was fully shitfaced

me in any conversation about anything lately:

Lovely hot pink dragonfly I saw in Serra da Capivara National Park, Piaui, Brazil 💘 No idea of species - I was there studying the capuchin monkeys so I’m only sure it’s not a monkey

So this is how it went down? #nzpol > plans made to keep poo out of water > "SEPARATING POO FROM WATER IS RACIST AGAINST WHITE PEOPLE! ELECT US GOVERNMENT TO STOP IT!" > they are elected > poo is in the water

CURLING BEEF! CURLING BEEF! CURLING BEEF! CURLING BEEF! (I never post Olympic videos bc the IOC will hunt you down but I am taking that risk so that you can hear the Canadian curling cursing)

Never underestimate the amount of time spent disassociating while staring at your keyboard when writing a book.

🚨 NEWSFLASH 1 in 100 year rainfall recorded for the 2nd time this year (it's February)🤦🏻‍♂️ DON'T LOOK UP #kikorangi

New Zealand never needed this rule because we grew up with an ice cream commercial that taught us "if you can't see the water, you're in underpants"

Our weather has been saying thunder and heavy rain all day, and I've gone and turned on my sprinklers because absolutely nothing has happened today

This is bathrobe girl. She is outside in the frigid AF midwestern winter sporting nothing but a comfy robe, fuzzy slippers and a thirst for justice. Be like bathrobe girl.

My power bill for the month, in summer, is $916. And the government wants to add extra taxes to our bills?

I watched the Italian Winter Olympics with my son when he turned one, and now we are doing the same for his 21st. I had planned to drive up to Turin for the 2006 Games with my 2 and 1yo boys, but my third pregnancy was brutal, so I was so we stayed home. Bit far to travel this time 😞

been watching the olympics and i think i found a solution to the male loneliness crisis

Not Dawson 😥 He wasn't much older than me

A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years

Anti-trans hate is an industry. Not a movement, not a moral concern, not an organic uprising of worried parents — an industry, deliberately constructed, lavishly funded, & strategically deployed to protect the interests of the powerful men who finance it culture-centered.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...

My son is 21 today, and it has me a bit teary.

Summer 1936 portrait of an unknown Gitano/Roma militiaman with anarchist scarf. One of many remarkable photos of Barcelona in Spanish Civil War by Antoni Campañà. Beautifully colourised by Julius Backman. (Insgrm). Working class power saying no pasarán.

Time for a lil treat. I just completed a small task that takes two minutes, and that I have put off since October.

Bribe me or China will steal Canada's ice hockey. Wow.

Time for a wealth levy it’s not a tax it’s fine don’t worry about it

Wealthy individuals paid €80,000–€100,000 (in today’s value) to be taken to Bosnian Serb sniper positions overlooking Sarajevo and shoot civilians, with witnesses describing a price list based on shot difficulty; children were cited as the most expensive targets. #OpDeathEaters

Someone tell the supposed pain management specialist who told my daughter that AI is great for managing symptoms and pain relief

30 years today since my stepbrother drowned in the Waikato. Stay away from the river, kids, because something like that devastates forever.

Bad Bunny has a consulting historian. news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...

My discovery of the day: the Martin Luther Random Insult Generator! ergofabulous.org/luther/

The number of women telling me that Lindsey Vonn should have stepped down to allow another to compete is MIND BOGGLING. This criticism is rarely (if ever?) leveled at male athletes. Vonn earned that spot. It was her decision to take the risk. Only women are expected to "make space" for others.

Sight in San Francisco (from a friend)

What a way to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the original dildo throw. So proud of you, Minnesota

This is true for so many of these performers. As a kid, I got to hear Big Bird say very not Big Bird things

Mad Men > Breaking Bad Not even close.

David Attenborough voice: this rare spectacle is how the ruling class in Aotearoa chooses its leader for the next election cycle.

IMPORTANT OLYMPIC NEWS: THE POLISH FIGURE SKATING TEAM HAS A PLUSH PIEROGI

When you're on bottle 6 of baby oil and there are somehow still bits that aren't shiny, and the swimsuit round is in 4 minutes!! 👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums "Carlos V and Fury, without Armor" by Leone Leoni and Pompeo Leoni, c1551, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid. Thanks @griffithstephen for sharing 😁

Epstein is like the evil Forrest Gump, somehow present and responsible for every terrible thing of the last twenty years.