Give me ribberty or give me death.

This jar stands at an impressive height of 75 cm. The painted decoration depicts an octopus, swimming in an abstract seascape. The jar comes from the Minoan palace at Knossos, on the island of Crete, and was created in the 15th century BCE.

Posting this for @darthbluesky.bsky.social to see when he comes back from his weekend off

Eugenics is about collectively demarcating who among us is “inferior” enough, in the “right” ways, to be actively or passively cut out of society. It relies on us not caring about disability justice & also encourages people to disable each other to the point they can be easily,wordlessly left behind

Bethan's Rock to be displayed the soon to be reopening @poolemuseum.bsky.social Huzzah 😊🥳 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I love this image.

Seeing Ms. Rachel say exactly what needs to be said to Obama is so damn refreshing

Tonight in “war ravaged” Portland… a frog brigade standing guard outside the ICE facility. Trump says there’s “nowhere worse than Portland”… and the frogs magically multiply. They’re showing that he’s not only a liar, but Portland is still safe, still weird and still full of people resisting.

This Halloween, we were thinking of going trick or treating with our friend's kids. I have been trying to come up with a costume and I now think I have an idea! Hint:

A ceasefire in Gaza is necessary. But we cannot stop here. We need immediate aid, accountability for those who committed genocide & more crimes, and yes—Palestinian statehood. Sign the global petition to demand the US Government recognize the state of Palestine: www.qasimrashid.com/p/peace-for-...

“There's been a responsibility for world leaders including Canada to uphold International Humanitarian Law and that doesn't simply go away at the flip of a switch or the announcement of a peace agreement,” says @sana.msf.ca, Executive Director of MSF.

BREAKING NEWS: MIT is the first college to formally reject Trump’s higher education compact, citing that they meet/exceed most of the expectations already set forth + that they are not interested in having their free speech/expression restricted. #AcademicSky #BreakingNews

the DOGE-ification of CBS news

Trump crudely mocks transgender people in front of Canadian Prime Minister, one of whose children is nonbinary. Keep it classy, America. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

It takes discipline, insight into the mind of the authoritarian, and a sense of humor to lay a protective barrier between your community & federal agents trying to start a riot by wearing a unicorn costume. We will win.

PRITZKER: "I genuinely think there is something wrong with him. I wish that his family would intervene, because I do think he needs mental health help."

Is it Jessica Mitford? Ilsa in Casablanca? Ruth Draper? All the girls and women from the French, Dutch, Belgian, and Polish WW2 Resistance in case they had a boyfriend? Mrs Stalin? The possibilities are senseless.

Every "Give Trump the Nobel" op-ed has the tone of an exhausted parent arguing with the other about letting their tantrum fueled toddler have the toy so they can just get the hell out of Target without child services being alerted.

How very Pocockian. The only parliamentarian to have captained an elite national sports team got expelled from the parliamentary sports club for expressing principles about the sinister cavortings of the gambling industry.

Pope: Information is "a public good" that must be protected... A “virtuous circle” is created when the public actively supports serious & independent journalism, contributing to the health of civic life www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

this is art 🥹

New study in @thelancet.com “After nearly 2 years of war and severe restrictions in humanitarian aid, tens of thousands of preschool-aged children in the Gaza Strip are suffering from preventable acute malnutrition and facing an increased risk of mortality” www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

"You wouldn't know her, she's from Canada"

If your grandpa did this you’d be setting up a medical decision maker, adding safeguards so he couldn’t drain his bank account getting scammed, and ask his neighbors to keep an eye on him and call you or 911 if things get hairy…😳😳😳

A neo-Nazi just sat in a White House meeting with the president and described the resistance to Nazis in 1920’s-30’s Germany as the bad guys (“Antifa”) Holy shit. 😳🚨😳🚨

"Van Jones is an utter disgrace - but he’s one manifestation of how Palestinians have been completely dehumanised during Israel’s genocide. The real disinformation comes from Israel’s cheerleaders - and more and more people see through it every single day." #GazaGenocide

America's last best defence against tyranny continues to be the gobsmacking laziness and stupidity of its dear leader

I’ve said it many times & I’m gonna say it again: putting wealthy folks in charge of complex problems they have no inner knowledge of is bad for everyone, especially those navigating the very problem the wealthy are tasked to fix. We get dumb policies. It’s veneer, nothing else.

F*cking hell. As @amyremeikis.bsky.social notes, this is WHY we need IR regulations. live.australiainstitute.org.au

Cool with me.

Tell me you’re a serious educational institution when you tell an infectious disease educator that they can’t talk about real, current infectious disease outbreaks

Everyone says they want a traditional marriage until they get a traditional marriage.

Canaries. My @smh cartoon.

One tiny smidgen of positive news. #NobelPeacePrize

JFC the man has not one ounce of shame in him. He went to private school and Cambridge. He owns three homes and rents a fourth!

Turn a medical phrase into a food by changing a few letters: cardiac tapenade

Badenoch reading Vimes' Boots Theory of Socio-economic Unfairness and thinking how much more economic growth comes from making poorer people buy cheap boots over and over

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

Heseltine at the Tory conf: "Fascists of the 30s are back... Trump's language coincides with words here... The immigrant has replaced the Jew as the problem. We must make clear we will never have any part in the populist extremism of Farage... We don't need Trump's mouthpiece anywhere near No. 10.”

Mourning those murdered by Hamas isn't incompatible with mourning those murdered by the Israeli state. Demanding that the hostages return isn't incompatible with naming & demanding an end to genocide. Naming the power imbalance & impact thereof doesn't desecrate those murdered two years ago today.

This young man’s uncle is the chief of police and is being sued for retaliating against an employee complaining about sexual harassment. It’s also worth noting that Vincent was released after questioning, despite the fact that he didn’t even have a driver’s license.

So according to Jenrick, 'not integrated' means black/brown faces outnumbering white faces. How very dare they. Nothing to do with whether they're actually integrated – just what they look like. Absolutely shameful. He'll probably become Tory leader.

So to summarise, this is a white politician blaming a black journalist for the racism he is now actively helping to promote, after receiving the full endorsement of his own party leader

NY Times Feb 4, 1939

Finally!!! The real scandal of the asylum hotels. Why, instead of shining the light on these parasites, months were spent on demonising vulnerable people at their mercy? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

If you don't understand that a civilization can't survive systematic degradation of information like this, you are no friend of mine. Not "by" Christina Perri in "2019," for fuck's sake. By Louisiana governor Jimmy Davis, in 1940. Seriously: this shit is death to culture and knowledge. A bludgeon.

Thinking today about some less well-known (but still important!) ancient #Roman deities: Cardea: goddess of door hinges Suadela: goddess of persuasion Fornax: divine personification of ovens & properly-baked bread Verminus: god who protected cattle from worms 🏺 #AncientBlueSky #MythologyMonday