Male Loneliness Crisis temporarily solved by World Cup

Types of Tornado Alert xkcd.com/3267/

TIL the world's new favorite himbo once bought a 13th century copy of one of the Norse Sagas for $150,000, then donated it to the library because "I'm not much of a reader."

Haaland! Haaland! Yorkshire-born Norwegian lad, Roy Keane tried to kill his dad Ha ha ha Haaland! youtu.be/cixr-7fMWwU

French Hydration Break.

Aww, damn it. Brave, gutsy play by our team; couldn’t be prouder. #CANMNT

The greatest of respect for #CaboVerde. Legends.

Ad Rock: you can disagree with the current All: POPE MCA: but if you push his buttons then you’re a All: DOPE Mike D: ordain yourself a bishop and you’re All: SCHISMATIC Ad Rock: excommunication is All: AUTOMATIC

Penalty shootout. Thank all the little gods neither one is “my team” or I would be completely nonfunctional.

I'm spending this summer drafting my next nonfiction book: TYPO, coming soon from Bloomsbury's Object Lessons series! As part of my research, I'm collecting stories and anecdotes about memorable typos and similar errors from other writers/readers, if you'd like to contribute. More at the link!

I was sitting on my porch, reading Green City Wars by @aptshadow.bsky.social, when I looked over and saw this:

Pride weekend is one of my favourite times of the year, as I get to watch so many people sharing the joy of just being themselves. May it ever be.

On March 26, 2026, during a debate on violence against women in Germany’s Bundestag, left-wing MP Kathrin Gebel was repeatedly interrupted by AfD MP Martin Reichardt. She responded: “Mr. Reichardt, the clitoris has 3,000 nerve endings, and you’re still more sensitive. That’s quite an achievement.”

That thunderclap sounded very close.

Not my circus, not my monkeys. Not my circus, not my monkeys. Not my circus…

Part of a recovery effort following the 2024 earthquake, a new Pokémon-themed airport is coming to Noto — one of the most joyful travel news stories of the year. #japan #pokemon #airportdesign

BBC News went live to Cabo Verde and then Cabo Verde scored a goal. Absolute scenes.

Get well soon Ismaël Koné x

Jonathan David, goleador!

Messi looked so relaxed; huge grins even when he missed the goal, and seemed to be having the time of his life just playing. And his play was a joy to behold. Football is life.

I am laughing until tears run down my face. I cannot show this to my teenager lest he be inspired.

iran peace deal final final FINAL 2.5 revisions

So there I was, minding my own business, walking on a major street, when I was suddenly enveloped by a ridiculously thick cloud of gnats. The gods smiled upon me for my mouth was not open, but I am still unsure if I didn’t breathe a few in. It’s a risky business some days, going out your door.

The Bengali Knicks poet and the Sikh dholi guys combined forces for a follow-up! Now we just need the sewing machine guy and the ride a bike with stuff on his head guy to meet.

It's possible to derive joy from other people's joy.

HAPPY PRIDE KNICKS IN FIVE

Oh hey, this looks like my new favourite show. youtu.be/O-o_VPBAJSk?...

Happy Pride Month. If you're a gay man, please remember your power. People often think that gay men are innately fashionable, which means if you wear some stupid shit for long enough, straight people, including homophobes, will copy you and then you can laugh at them.

Coped with the world by going for a 17.5 km bike ride with @poslfit.bsky.social. We had affogatos and then burned them off biking through the lower Don valley, and adding birds to our life lists (woo hoo, least flycatcher, gray catbird, eastern warbling vireo and northern yellow warbler). 1/2

My lilacs are in bloom, and it is the Glorious 25th of May. Truth, justice, freedom, reasonably priced love, and a hard-boiled egg. We can all move the dial, even a little bit.

Reposting so he can get better viewing numbers than whatever CBS is replacing him with. And because it’s hilarious.

Beeeeees!

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT.

My son and his girlfriend have a new kitten. This is my grand-kitten, Orion. He is a chill and glorious void. Expect more photos in future.

Went to the Brickworks: added three or four birds to my new and growing life list, saw an awful lot of turtles, and witnessed two red winged blackbirds harassing a great egret until it decided it was time to fly off. All that plus an excellent bike ride to work off the affogato we had. 10/10 day.

I loved working on this. These booksellers are amazing, please take a look and consider buying your books from these stores! #booksky

"I would not be a journalist if I wanted a fawning, mendacious robot to construct my understanding of events rather than investigating them myself." Yup, my feelings exactly. By my excellent colleague @michellecyca.com thewalrus.ca/the-new-york...

And young Vikings should be Viklings.

FINALLY

I, an editor, just read this out loud to my friend, an author. We agree, this sounds very, very real.

"Balls to the walls" derives from the Old English "Manparts to the ramparts".

"Pope Leo is WEAK on Crime" is objectively a funny thing to write.

Welcome back to the Artemis II crew :) Such a huge relief watching them arrive safely!

I am wheezing.

Shut down the internet, we’re done here.

all these universities kept axing medieval history departments as if they thought tyrants beefing with the Pope was going to stop being relevant

I made an end-of-the-world playlist back in 2020, when plague was the problem. The songs on the list are versatile enough to be meaningful at other terrible times. open.spotify.com/playlist/44H...

Before playing Kamancheh, he says: 'Hello, I'm Mohammad-Reza Afarideh, the director of the ed. institute that has now been destroyed. I wanted the last sound coming from my institute not to be of missiles and war; (I want the) final sound to be of the instrument that I played in it. Thank you'.