Some of our supposedly Christian festive traditions actually date back to Anglo Saxons arguing whether or not Beowulf was a solstice poem.

Harsh but fair. (Source: www.ft.com/content/11a8...)

Once again the "press" failing the most simple test. If you can replace 'President' or 'Trump' with 'Local Idiot' and the headline still works maybe don't write the piece Local Idiot Says Construction of Boats With Lasers And Railguns To Begin Immediately See?

Remember when even a hint of antisemitism in a party required statutory investigation and years of press comment?

In the battle between people who are proud to be called Nazis and Nazis who would rather not be called Nazis, JD Vance is neutral and believes in a big tent.

Today is 2025-12-22, the sun sets at 16:08:16 and the grand auld stretch tonight was 02 mins and 33 secs. #GrandStretch #TheGrandStretchIsBack

Typografie ist wichtig!

It will be so pleasant to see this vile sack of shite hanged.

Пока-пока, москаль! Blocked & reported.

They’re not attacking “their own”. They’re attacking collaborators. A Democrat unwilling to fight for the physical destruction (metaphorically, of course) of the Republican conspiracy against America is neither a Democrat nor an American. Republicans know they are at war. Why don’t you?

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How the f”ck can they seriously complain that they they haven’t “seen a peace plan” when all they have to do is take their attack orcs back to their own borders.

Should we all be racist now, Father Trump? What's the Church's position? I'm so busy down on the farm I won't have much time for the ould racism.

Do it

Conservatives gonna conservative.

The most brutal way of telling someone they’re a few sandwiches short of a picnic that I’ve heard in French is t’es pas la truite la plus oxygénée de la rivière. It means “you’re not the most oxygenated trout in the river.” * read on for similar insults from around the world (a thread)…

Oh, so now bomb threats are bad. She didn't seem to give a shit when she incited them against schools and Children's hospitals.

At least one academic publisher is now outsourcing article production to an AI firm. How's it going?

Today is my last foray into the public sphere as I will be taking part in Portview Christmas Market. And then it is holiday times!

This Christmas as always we ask the question, is Die Hard a sandwich?

“I doubt Trump understands even the most elementary statistical concepts, but what I’m certain about is that he doesn’t care about whether he’s saying is true, or even minimally coherent.” No. Not hanging. Too quick, too clean. Impalement, or breaking on the wheel.

For certain values of “replaced”, absolutely.

It becomes ever more clear that normal people and conservatives cannot coexist. They must be eliminated, or else they will eliminate us. I know which option I prefer.

Day 1393 of my 3 day war. I will be first man in history to fund the defence of the country he is invading. I remain a master strategist.

That short last paragraph: <chef's kiss>.

Do this. Absolutely DO THIS. (The EU should be taking the second measure even without regard to its usefulness as a weapon against Trump and his techbro clients.)

Peak post-punk perfection. But the best part? It's this. I am an Old, true. But my son came to me and said: "Look, Da, you're an Old. But have you heard of a band called Pixies? They're really very good."

Good practice for coming missions over Kaliningrad and St Petersburg.

JFC, is this even open to question? Republicans scream “AOC is Stalin” because she says in words what _Norman f*cking Rockwell_ said in paint? Republicans are right to see AOC as their enemy, though. Because she is American, and Republicans are the enemy of all Americans.

Important. Are there Muslims who are violent theocratic headbangers? Sure! Similarly, there are Christians who are the same. But we must not equate “Religion X” with “headbangers from Religion X”. And anyway, in the USA? The value of X for Christian headbangers is orders of magnitude larger.

I’ve no idea who Foley is, and less than no familiarity with the world of pro wrestling. And so what? Good man, Mick Foley! Well done! Refuse to pretend they are legitimate. Refuse to pretend they are normal. Refuse to howl with the wolves.

Forget, for a moment, that AI is a plagiarism machine and a psychotic environmental vandal (though it is both those things). Of particular importance in the aesthetic sphere (though of course not only there) is that AI is also, as @himself.bsky.social* has pointed out**, a mediocrity engine.

Why, though? Really, I don't want to be a dick to British students. Certainly I'd not insist they remain ineligible for Erasmus unless and until the UK (or what remains of it at that time) becomes a member state. Make Erasmus a perk of filing an art. 49 application, absolutely; but #NoCake.

We’re going to share it with The Atlantic on Signal. 🤡

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Wie immer, blind am rechten Auge.

Guarantees from the Trump junta are worthless. The thing to is keep stringing the US along until Trump and his mob are turfed out (and, ideally, frogmarched directly to an array of guillotines awaiting them on the White House lawn).

we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫

🇱🇻 Latvia’s parliament, the Saeima, has approved the reallocation of five million euros from the state budget to purchase drone systems for Ukraine.

Investigators concluded Monday that South Korea’s ousted conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol plotted to impose martial law to eliminate his political rivals & monopolize power — Yoon is currently in jail while standing trial One day America — one day 🤞🏼

Hey, you European leaders! Wise up! Trump hates the #EU and despises Europeans as weak. That includes you lot. Trump is doing the Devil Putin’s work, to weaken Europe by divide and rule. So stop your bickering, show a united front, push the clown back in his box 🇪🇺✌️ giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Have noticed people IRL being casually anti-Semitic of late in a way I don't ever remember before - dropping things like "oh, shur they control the media, I saw it on Facebook" etc, largely via right-wing propaganda. Wherever it comes from or whatever the reason, it's real and it's so, so dangerous.

Come the Restoration, hang them all. Or, if you don’t like capital punishment? Take their thumbs and tongues, brand “ICE” on their foreheads and declare them aquae et igni interdicti. I’m not against a measure of mercy, when appropriate.

Hmm, fair enough, Elon. Now let’s work with your line of thought: If you have a functioning penis, you are a man. Otherwise, you are not. Oof, Elon! Hard luck, ma’am.

Well played, villagers of Hampton Poyle #Putin

Very good @nytimes.com investigation of crypto deregulation and who benefits. The next wave of stories will be about the consumers who were ripped off www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...

As they are hanging together now, let them hang together when the Shire is Scoured.

They used to "laugh and call him names." Now they're all dead

I’m not Jewish. But I lived two of the happiest years of my life in Park Slope. So I’ll be there in spirit: mourning, celebrating, hoping that the people send Brad to DC to represent them.