"You are probably wondering why I, a simple French cafe owner, am dressed in the uniform of a fictional Mandalorian mercenary...."

Muting. I didn’t ask for workarounds, I just wanted to express my displeasure about having a tool forced on me that could cause real harm to my academic reputation.

To be fair, he'd shuffled out of the bog asking for a fresh roll.

This goes a long way towards explaining why/how many perceive Eastern Europe as more corrupt than other regions even when it isn’t— the local media talks about corruption all the time and calls it corruption too (sometimes even when the word is actually unwarranted)

An ancient residual evil. 😆

Mask of the Red Queen : 672 A.D., Maya, Mexico, Chiapas Jadeite, malachite, obsidian, limestone The funeral assemblage of Palenque’s Lady Tz’akbu Ajaw, nicknamed the Red Queen because she was found covered in cinnabar, is one of the richest known burials of a female Maya ruler. Further info 👇👇

I'm sorry, what? In writing my first monograph, I spent six weeks trying to track down a citation in TWO languages I didn't know. And good thing too, because the citation was wrong. That's scholarship. That's research. You know, the thing we're trained to do?!?

At Pompeii, they have announced that new X-Rays and CT analysis of one of the victims—later cast in plaster—from the Orto dei Fuggiaschi was a doctor 🩺 (a medicus). His doctor bag (see pic below) had medical tools & he fled with coins as well. Full article is here: pompeiisites.org/e-journal-de...

I feel like maybe some people are skipping over the bit where Helen of Troy was HATCHED FROM AN EGG. I'll just leave this depiction from Metaponto here in case anyone needs it. (Photo by @diffendale.bsky.social)

Putin signed a decree simplifying Russian citizenship for residents of Transnistria. The move follows Russia’s adoption of a law allowing the army to be used to “protect Russians” abroad, creating a direct threat near Ukraine’s southern border with Moldova. #Russia

🎵 Secret Far-Right Black-Tie Dinner...🎵

Two Roman era babies buried at York (late 3rd or early 4th centuries CE) were wrapped in Tyrian purple. It’s less about the cost than the fact that, for me, this makes the assertion that high infant mortality=babies weren’t loved as much as today, even more ridiculous. www.york.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

He then went on to go in some detail through the procedure for sexing whitebait.

Easily the best way to get screwed by Donald Trump's America is to be a democratic and free state which just wants to live peacefully within its own borders.

This is correct. But why is the interviewer in a centrifuge?

Sounds like they're rewilding a rare buffalo.

Arise Lord Simons

So rare for unfounded I'm sure allegations to be swirling round this name.

#PortraitThursday - Roman Egyptian mummy portrait of a girl wearing a laurel wreath and a white tunic. Encaustic painting on sycamore wood, dated AD 120-150. Liebieghaus, Frankfurt am Main.

Saw an AI bro refer to "brain-only writers" lol

Just realised that Wes Streeting looks like Mr. Benn without his hat.

I can be both petty and small minded on occasion and I think I might be in love.

This comic is from 2017. Incredible to see it has since become reality.

Getting into the shower too quickly and having to wait for the water to warm up…

"Oh absolutely, tell Iran to call me back whenever they’re out of the shower."

Good fucking god

A pal just said to me that Musk looks more like Kim Jong Un every day that passes and now I can’t unsee it 😂 Photo from WaPo today, credit Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images.

We have friends everywhere.

COMPETITION: Using your skill and judgment, place an X at the exact point you think the bank-holiday weekend starts on this weather chart.

Whoever came up with the name “Ewok Powell” to describe Tommy Robinson should take the rest of the year off.

I fundamentally do not like this man. Anyone who is incapable of talking about a crime or event without going ‘but what about THIS’ doesn’t care about either.

I think we’ve all spent a lot of time half buying in to vague statements about what universities are for (skills! leadership!) when ultimately everyone would be far more comfortable and honest just talking about producing knowledge.

I’ve just bought a block of Cathedral Cheddar so big that my fridge has now gained city status.

As Sky News reporter Stone rightfully noted, the UK flag was upside down during the King's visit to Arlington earlier today

HM the K coming back for the longest shower of his life

I wrote a whole post in response to Owen Jones, and then thought: what’s the fucking point? Some people are just never going to be in the business of having opinions that could be changed through good faith debate and a willingness to learn from other perspectives, experiences and feelings.

Supermarket Crash.

The distracted boyfriend where Trump is the boyfriend and the girlfriend is Iran and the other girl is a ballroom, except the girlfriend is also a ballroom and Trump is a ballroom and there are a hundred other ballrooms and everything is a ballroom.

I thought I had one biscuit left but it turned out to be a figroll of my imagination.

Everything about this Trump quote makes me want to form a regiment of dragoons.

Y'know, I was worried they would do something tacky with the design, but they've actually nailed it. Classy.

youtube.com/watch?v=Ij9c64k6Dhs OK, a year old, but made me smirk anyhoo.

Another one.

My dad being stoic and gracious when I said I was going to major in linguistics

I need a Ballroom! I need a Ballroom till the end of the night! It's gotta be strong, gotta be long Armoured gold where the bullets may strike! Need a Ballroom! You need to buy me a Ballroom that my ego will like! I'll steal all the cash, the WhiteHouse I'll smash! Built a Palace from taxes I hike