Found this little snippet about nationalist Charles Maurras. He got conned by a counterfeit during the Dreyfus affair and rather than admit his error decided it was good the evidence was fake. Not sure if he was a fascist but this sort of thinking seems to be everywhere now.

America in 2026: 34 people control 12% of the income. gzucman.substack.com/p/standing-u...

Won't you please think about how hard it is on us on us poor thugs if everyone gets to see lawyer?

The ideal male body. You may not like it but this is what peak performance looks like.

Striking description of Mussolini's fascism: Nationalism plus mythology plus aesthetics. This may as well have been written about Trump's rise to the presidency. Especially the 2016 meme wars.

Tony Blair opposing Republican projects: impossible

Tooze is precisely attuned and picks up signals in conversations that would pass completely undetected by the less observant. Such fine tuning requires him to retreat to a completely darkened room around midday to keep his brain away from overstimulation.

I always thought Trump offered Taiwan to Xi in exchange for China's help in 2024 so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

When toothpaste is outlawed, only outlaws will have toothpaste

Honestly this whole thing is kinda metal, tho certainly not intended that way

So now the pedo protectors care about climate change

Osedax worms dismantle bones molecule by molecule, no spectacle, no force. Long-term change often looks boring if you don’t understand the process.

Meet Duobrachium sparksae: a newly described comb jelly that looks like a glowing hot-air balloon drifting just above the deep seafloor. Transparent, delicate, and unmistakably transfixing, it reminds us how much biodiversity is in the deep oceans. www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor...

Glass sponge. Builds the equivalent of a tree. Accommodates multiple species together

Happy National Bagel Day! The Montreal-style bagel is famous across Canada, and is the only style of bagel to have ventured into space. But what makes a bagel...Montreal-style? This is the story! 🧵 1/8

Thinking how the war on Minneapolis has nothing to do with recent events. The administration has been planning this since they took office. Maybe not Minneapolis specifically, but war on cities generally. www.npr.org/2025/09/30/n...

Good teeth are gay

Potathulhu

"Won't somebody think of the economy" shouldn't be the main point, but also it can't be good for an economy that is barely treading water is it? Grinding down some of America's most productive cities one after another can't remain someone else's financial problem can it?

My mother who was born in the 1930s told me about her Indiana farm cousins. They would rise before 5AM, eat piles of ham, sausage, and bacon, potatoes, pancakes, and eggs. They drank coffee and milk and I am surprised they didn't drink pancake batter.

oh well if you put it that way

Mike Konczal: Released this morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ labor share of income for Q3 2025 is the lowest on record.

Even in a situation where they face someone with a deadly weapon the onus is on police to de-escalate & avoid loss of life. They could just *not be there* & *not murder people* if there is no imminent threat to public safety. The remit is to protect people not create life deadly hazards for them

I just realized Granta has a collection of stories on their site. Cute 1 pager from Italo Calvino: "There was once a country where everyone was a thief. At night each inhabitant went out armed with a crowbar and a lantern, and broke into a neighbour’s house..." granta.com/the-black-sh...

I'm no expert but this doesn't sound great. "in utero SARS-CoV-2 viral exposure was associated with decreased cognitive skills in toddlers at age 2" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

you did not see this kitty pull a glizzy heist good morning

Looks like somebody got suspended

Greg Palast relates how a black soldier saved Hugo Chavez in a 2002 coup. It reminds me of how Brazilian musician Caetano Veloso had conjugal visits during his time in a military prison.

It would be interesting to know the identity of the harbingers of Trump's campaign against our allies are. I'm guessing Don Jr, Miller, Vance, Bannon, or Flynn.

MSM is desperately trying to label it an "extraction". I don't think they realize the implication that has if Trump has "extracted" the man because they've got a quid pro quo going where he gets a comfy private life in exchange for giving Venezuela to American control. Art of the deal, indeed.

One funny thing Elon Musk figured out about the media is if, instead of providing comment to reporters, you email back an automated reply saying "go fuck yourself," the reporters will just invent their own plausible-sounding defense of your conduct to balance their stories instead of punishing you

America is rich and the UK is poor… True but this statistic shocked me… The average wealth per American adult is $620k but the median is only $124k! The average wealth per UK adult is $339k and the median is $176k. 🧵

just saw a billionaire pack all his things in a bindle and start leaving new york city on foot. he turned and looked at me with tears in his eyes and said “maybe one day when this city is safe we’ll return” before walking away

"I can no longer afford to have a car. I have to go to the pantry every week or we won't make it. I don't vote because the elections are a sham and no one actually cares about the people" Incredible despair, cynicism, and alienation from a Maryland survey about food affordability.

Patricia Arquette, early 1990s.

Seattle Man Leaves Out Plate of Cheese for When St. Rat Comes Up Through Toilet Tonight: tinyurl.com/nhf8cr8s

National Liberation Front (NLF) of Vietnam poster in solidarity with the Black Panther Party, 1968

There is really no evidence that Biden was interested in prosecuting Trump. But some people believe that Biden was betrayed by Garland anyway.

The boss loving the employee and while customers hate the employee is an everyday experience. Anyone living in the real world understands why.

Kitchen tip: It's actually very easy to turn grungy chicken stock a crystal clear liquid. All you need are egg whites. I don't usually clarify my stock, but had an extra while and some stock in the refrigerator. This is how it turned out.

People forget this. Once claims got to a certain level, insurers would scour your application and would simply cancel the policy and refuse payment. "7 years ago, you went to urgent care and diagnosed with hives. You failed to disclose this on your application. We are revoking the policy"

Chicago is having none of this administration's BS.

There is no stopping the progress of #science. "In a First, Photos Show Moths Sipping a Moose’s Tears" www.scientificamerican.com/article/phot...

Made a site comparing the sizes of living things :) The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used > neal.fun/size-of-life/