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Theophilus, Amadeus, and Gottlieb walk into a pub. The barman looks up and mutters "Oh, for the love of god..."

A world without spelling errors has never existed and never will.

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I think the FDA would strongly advise against this.

Prompt Brush is like Midjourney, but human.

I’m Japanese American, and I would have fallen for this!

Musical Interlude: m.youtube.com/watch?v=GDgq...

Oh my GOD. Went for coffee with an old publishing mate and he told me the tale of his latest mugging. Brace for this. (To note, my mate is a 75yo man, short, obviously quite posh, and deaf in one ear. He gets mugged a lot. It rarely works out for the muggers, for reasons that will become obvious.)

Just let it sink in, I’ll wait.

Gordon Parks was contracted by the US government to photograph these servicemen as part of multiple efforts to solidify war support. Southern segregationist senators flipped out that Black men might be considered war heroes and blocked Parks from going to Europe to photograph them in action.

Four of the right wing justices encouraged Abbott’s lawless behavior at the border, but they should probably consider what happens in the long run when the Court sends the message that the Constitution and the law are optional for the majority’s ideological allies www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

I need this service, too!

every time i open twitter (once every two weeks roughly) its all blue check crypto guys, the nastiest most hateful posts you've ever seen, and this

Moments ago, The Islamic Republic of Iran murdered Sabah’s dad by hanging him, per state media. (Please see my other posts for information about the other Kurdish dissidents who were also executed)

Oh, NYC. Never change!

Today’s bake for brother’s 40th. I believe I have outdone myself.

A Twitter favorite on E. Jean

imagine making a William Shakespeare biopic and not casting Anne Hathaway as Anne Hathaway, shameful, pull the plug now

On Holocaust Memorial Day, let’s remember the millions of people murdered during the Holocaust and in the following genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia, Darfur and Gaza. Today isn't just about remembering the past, it's about shaping our future too. #NeverAgain 🖤🖤

OH GOD SOMEONE PLEASE HIRE HER TO PLAY A SCIENTIST AND REMIND RACIST HOLLYWOOD THAT SOME SCIENTISTS HAVE ACCENTS GAH #%*€£¥%#

The US embassy in London has weighed in on the controversy created by a US scientist's suggestion that tea needs a pinch of salt.

This is how you write a headline. 👇

Perfect opening by the (British) Guardian in an article on an (American) professor claiming to have found the best way to brew tea 😄 www.theguardian.com/food/2024/ja...

It’s so telling that you can build a media career on this and not on being, say, “Britain’s kindest teacher”. Absolute bunch of child haters

The invention of the air friar (colorized).

has anyone ever figured out our emotional attachment to coffee mugs

'Many a winter's night she flies through the streets and peeps in at the windows, and then the ice freezes on the panes into wonderful patterns like flowers.' Illustration from The Snow Queen, Edmund Dulac. From Stories from Hans Andersen, 1911. #BookWormSat

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Bug Thread xkcd.com/2881

'For a bet whilst drunk, former Marine Thomas Fitzpatrick stole a small plane from New Jersey and then landed it perfectly on a narrow Manhattan street in front of the bar he had been drinking at.' 1956 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_...

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Ew!! “Online retailer eBay Inc., will pay a $3 million fine to resolve criminal charges over a harassment campaign waged by employees who sent live spiders, cockroaches and other disturbing items to the home of a Massachusetts couple, per court papers filed Thursday.” apnews.com/article/9ac2...

Props to @ProofReadJulia

The five stages of wedding grief

Oh gosh, this embroidered piece by Narumi Takada is so so lovely. “Stepping on Fresh Snow”

Just saying…

If you want to make the case that authors are hurting because of the BL attack, maybe don’t lead with the one who has no doubt earned enough from his tv production career (and paperback sales) to keep him and family very comfortable www.theguardian.com/books/2024/j...

Happy New Year! Have a cartoon (and a rant): ivacheung.com/2024/01/haza... #AmEditing

Dorothy Parker to Robert Benchley, December 31, 1929. Happy New Year!

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