Vysočina.

Mural of David Attenborough in the streets of Prague.

Fascinating article with Don McCullin talking about 19 of his greatest photos. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

The threat against Pope Leo by Trump’s Pentagon is exactly why Francis shaped him for the job open.substack.com/pub/signoril...

The ending of Burn After Reading came into my head this morning. Sums things up well. (profanity warning, though nothing you haven't heard from Trump)

So, about those Eid prayers in London... "What's the highest thing in Trafalgar Square?" "Nelson's column, innit?" "And the highest thing on the column?" "Nelson." "And on Nelson?" "His hat." "And the highest thing on his hat?" "That bit that sticks up." 1/8

Let's try this again 👋 Hi Bluesky - I'm Massachusetts' Attorney General. You might know me from suing President Trump nearly 50 times, beating Uber and Lyft in court, or being the first woman of color elected to statewide office in MA. I officially left X today - help me find my MA people?

How and why police actually support the federal invasions—I have been working on this article for ~6 months, trying to make sense of Trump’s nationwide surge of DHS officers, how it has evolved, what brought us here, and what will remain after it ends.

I wonder what the artists or catalogue owners were told about the Melania documentary. I refuse to believe that the Tears for Fears, Johnny Greenwood of Radiohead or Aretha Franklin estate would be ok with serving as the soundtrack to Melania Trump’s self-adulation.

Mark your calendars. This week marks the beginning of the end for Trump. Unfortunately, thanks to his ugly blundering, it also marks the end for an era of American leadership and international partnership that shall be sorely missed. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...

Snow in Oxford Street, 1941

“We are the only nation able to keep Greenland safe” is such a Putinesque argument. Coming to save a troubled country from whatever enemy has been Russian invasion MO for decades. We in the former Czechoslovakia could tell you all about it… and so can Ukrainians, Georgians… #trump #davos

Lots of big life anxiety comes from worrying about your future self. Combat it by telling your future self to fuck off at least twice every day.

The irony.

6/ This new betting obsession is especially harmful for young men. Millions of young men are withdrawing from social life and into solitary lives of betting - losing connection and thousands of dollars.

Legalise Freedom? St Agnes Place, Vauxhall, 1984 - photo by Peter Marshall.

Preparing to build Sir Giles Gilbert Scott's Bankside Power Station (now the Tate Modern) in 1947

Good morning. Let's make a collective resolution: this will be the year in which we start to turn things round.

“It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air.” - W.T. Ellis. Photographer Paul Trevor, Christmas Day, Petrus Community Hostel, Everton, Liverpool, 1974.

An amateur wildlife photographer off the coast of Seattle captured the dramatic moment when a seal narrowly escaped a pod of killer whales by hitching a ride on her boat.

Now on at The Photographers’ Gallery Zofia Rydet: Sociological Record. One of the most astonishing photographic projects ever undertaken, as she set out to photograph the inside of every household in Poland over three decades thephotographersgallery.org.uk/whats-on/zof...

The new version of John Bulmer’s book The North looks fantastic but will only happen if it hits its target on Kickstarter. This is a book which needs to be published, please support it if you can www.kickstarter.com/projects/fru...

Hosted by @lewisgoodall.com ‘Coining It’ is a gripping six-part #podcast series that tells the extraordinary true story of James Parker, a man from a dingy flat in Blackpool who stumbled across a Bitcoin glitch that made him millions and changed his life forever.

1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it). But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that

A volcano on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula has begun erupting for the first time in 600 years. According to local scientists, the eruption of the Krasheninnikov volcano sent an ash plume up to 6,000 meters into the sky.

A disconcerting number of high status people upended their worldviews because other people did not affirm that status in the way they thought appropriate. And social media accelerated this because for high status people it is often the experience of people telling you that you are wrong.

“Nervously, Mario approached the Vatican gates. ‘I rang the bell and said, “Good morning, I'm the Pope's barber. Who called you?” they asked. “The Pope,” I said. “The Pope called you? One moment, please.” ...

Morning all. Photograph by Michael Bennett, North Wales 1979.

Starting to look like a major Ukrainian offensive. Now explosions have been reported in Severomorsk, where the Russian Northern Fleet, including subs with nukes, is based. #explodey

Vance's Easter visit to Rome clogged its streets with a 40-vehicle entourage. He also demanded the Coliseum be closed so he and his family could tour it alone. Tourists who properly booked slots in advance got screwed. He's apparently the first to make that demand. Then he didn't bother to show up.

Facebook is blocking readers from sharing The Nerd Reich newsletter. I assumed this was a simple error rather than nefarious censorship. But Meta support says my newsletter might be blocked because it "addresses topics like the 'Network State' concept and critiques of tech industry figures." 👀

You can’t make this up.

Když se ohlídneme za vládou premiéra Sobotky, možná jednou oceníme, jak dobrý období to bylo? Díky Tomášovi Prouzovi za připomenutí téhle iniciativy. Z dnešního pohledu byla v roce 2017 (po Brexitu, po nástupu Trumpa) prorocká. zpravy.aktualne.cz/zahranici/so...

What we watched in British Parliament today, was as close to “yippee-ki-yay, mother***er” as Brits can ever get. Thank you, Britain.

This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell. This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

if you were accidentally fired while transporting a nuclear warhead and currently need a place to stay with said warhead please know that i have a sizable backyard and an abiding desire to be a nuclear power

Paris in 1959 by Saul Leiter. Sharpness in photography is overrated.

Was literally talking to the union representing federal air traffic controllers earlier today about how there’s already a major shortage of air traffic controllers and the resignation offers they all just got from OPM could seriously endanger public safety.

The Welsh told the Saxons this hill was called "pen" (meaning "hill"). The Saxons added their word for hill, "tor," and called it Torpen (hill hill). Later the Norse added their world for hill. So it became Torpen Haugr (Hill Hill Hill). Now the English call it Torpenhow Hill (Hill Hill Hill Hill)

Luigi Mangione case: Killing people to seek justice is never acceptable. Yellowstone in literally every episode:

Ukrainian soldier Taras Stolyar recently won Metallica's endorsement for playing Nothing Else Matters on the bandura, a traditional Ukrainian folk instrument. Now have a look at who sings to him as he plays Shape of My Heart.

R.I.E. Rest in Euphoria od #LaPutyka na #Jatka78. Do 12. ledna, než se tahle úžasná company zase rozprchne do všech koutů světa. Jo, a zpívá v tom Katarzia, živě. To chcete vidět!

First day of Christmas at the Prague Castle. Hezký začátek adventu.

After all this time? Always. #prague

This is love.

Hello there, Bluesky.