If you like the cut of @codastory.com’s jib and wit of @thecontinent.org’s jibes, please consider adding their new team-up crossover newspaporial extravaganza to your diet. The Atlas is a vibe. And newspaporial is totally a legit word, thank you very much.

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Two of my favorite media are combining to produce this new publication, The Atlas. 👌 The Atlas is a publication launched by the independent journalism organization Coda Story, operating in collaboration with the pan-African newspaper @thecontinent.org.

This paper explicitly linking bilingualism with sex hormones in the study of cognitive decline was… unexpected.

Say a few words from an old TV commercial that some of us will remember. “Hi. I’m the loo from Jayes Blue - the simple toilet cleaner with germicide and a *sniff* smashing fresh fragrance”

David Attenborough is 100. He’s a beloved natural historian & defender of wildlife but let’s be honest, this was a woefully misconceived project on every level.

Wow. And I fell over getting dressed this morning when my foot got stuck in my leggings.

So, friends: I promised I'd tell the story. Now I shall. Let a (former) psych nurse tell you the true (gods help us) story of a night in a big-time NYC emergency room: and the arrival of The Man With The Bloomingdales Bag. (1/n)

Happy 13th anniversary to that terrible misunderstanding at a WI meeting.

ME. COMPLETELY ME.

I’m reading this week’s now. The Continent is one of the best weekly reads there is. Fast, broad, intelligent, analytical, factual. Hell of a deal, to be shown a continent in an hour for free in your inbox.

Someones are hammering, Lord.

Someone’s chiseling, Lord.

Bluesky Carousel: What goes around comes around.

Makes you wonder if Keats and Yeats were ever really on our side.

21h later....

I hope you know that this will go down on your permanent record.

And if you're underread on the subject and also am not feeling up to the task of exposing yourself to a pretty gory list of atrocities, I feel like this IG reel perfectly captures Asian foreign relations re: Japanese war crimes www.instagram.com/reel/DPIpNyq...

Thr South Korean president criticized Israel, Israel got super mad about the mention of the Holocaust, and not the far worse reference. The president compared them to imperial Japan, which is like the worst thing a Korean can call anyone or anything www.theverge.com/policy/91358...

I used to repatriate looted artefacts like you until I took an arrow to the knee. (via @thecontinent.org)

I’m so out of the loop these days.

Managed to reference Bad Religion, Diana Ross AND a popular brand of toilet paper in one single headline today, so according to the rules that means I can take the rest of the month off, right?

All right. But who exactly are all these other constipated people in space who AREN’T astronauts?

losing contact with the earth for 40 minutes sounds nice

He’s just itching to drop a nuke, isn’t he.

A different perspective. Always helpful.

@lynley.bsky.social what do we call the eye-of-the-storm moment when we’ve finished prep and handed over the draft AFS but the auditors haven’t yet sent any queries, notes or sample lists? Easter?

Sure but come on now that’s TERRIBLE wordling.

In my defence, your honour, I really didn't think anyone would bother to check for spoonerisms.

“The rain falls on the just And on the unjust fella; But mainly on the just. Because the unjust has the just’s umbrella.” ~ Charles Bowen

Could murder a pie, round about now.

All Protocol Observed | Welcome to Issue 233 of The Continent This week, we meet an aspiring chef from Botswana. He was promised a job in a Russian hotel - only to end up in a remote military training camp, with dozens more Africans. Download your copy here: www.thecontinent.org/_files/ugd/2...

Spoiler for this week's edition of @thecontinent.org - I've been told to stop trying to make "making 'fetch' happen" happen.

The "in front of Zendaya" elevates this to art, for me

You're welcome. (Everyone else: you know the rules.)

I find it so interesting that, suddenly, job posts try their darndest to avoid mentioning that it involves AI Literally just saw one say "Share examples of materials you’ve created [and] provide context on how these materials were developed" Sir, that's just training your model

Anyone around who's taken a course in a different timezone with online classes at, like, 3am on a Sunday morning? Seriously considering a 5-week course like that and I *think* it's doable if I stay awake afterwards and zombie through Sunday so I'm ok for work on Monday? Am I deluding myself?

Deep respect for Tony Moore.

Starting The Wire season 5. One of the main stories is about how completely gutted the Baltimore Sun newsroom is. Yet every American paper other than the NY Times would probably weep for the resources Gus had at his disposal at the time.

Someone needs to send an ambulance to X

My Ides of March fun fact is that the place where Caesar was stabbed is now a cat sanctuary, and I think it’s beautiful that creatures with tiny knives on their feet live there

The first rule of hermit club is you DO NOT invite people to hermit club The second rule of Hermit Club is do not accept any invitations to hermit club

Mulling mulling some wine.

We’re going to need a bigger Mothra.

The latest White House thinking on the Strait of Hormuz.

With our luck it won’t even stop.

Slew a bunch of these that time I was a Witcher.