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So if Austria loses in the #HabsburgRematch today against Spain in the #WorldCup, Belgium, Milan, Mantua, Naples, and Sardinia will be transferred again to Vienna, right?

Hello, police, I'd like to report that I've been Blueskyed.

Always good when @dieworkwear.bsky.social explains why the fascists' clothes fit so badly. Short answer: they're dumb & they don't know any better. Longer answer: they're dumb, don't know any better, & also are shaped like threatened anteaters. In a world with justice, Derek Guy would be in charge.

My response to D&Q's statement:

Brought to you by the Department of Things You Never Thought Would Need Saying.

This is wonderful. www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56156/...

Excellent explainer of the SSPX's revolting history (and continuing practice of) antisemitism: liturgyandtruth.substack.com/p/perfidis-j...

Ahhhh, fine dining. I mean, really, imagine 99.9% cultures in the world trying to understand you boosting your country by saying 'You can eat in your car.'

🧵 on tolerance for the intolerant. Initially about the Pope, but ends more broadly.

Hey @royalsociety.org, do you approve of one of your Fellows effectively approving the murder of Jo Cox? Seems like you do!

The country that brought you Nickelback. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair.

It's always the ones you absolutely suspect...

I'm sorry, what?

A very useful explanation of the current church battle between the real world and the crazies by @robincdouglas.bsky.social (I'd have liked more information on their teeny-weeny 20th-c. and beyond Nazi problem, but hey, that's just me.) religionoffthebeatentrack.substack.com/p/four-bisho...

The USA: Genital examinations before children play sports; genital examinations before people use bathrooms; genital examinations for women at airports. The party of perverts.

Men are just too emotional to run companies.

Last plug for this: Tonight, two great translators will be discussing SMALLTOWNNOVELLA. uglyducklingpresse.org/product/smal...

Useful advice on mosquito repellent—and fashion.

Democracy Inc - 🇨🇦 THIS IS A MORE COMPLETE LIST OF POILIEVRE’S “ACCOMPLISHMENTS “ #cdnpoli

Still drawing a blank on solid sources for this! Any tips / reposts appreciated (@scotmed.bsky.social @iainmacinnesuhi.bsky.social)

Yesterday, for Mel Brooks' 100th birthday, 7,000 fans gathered in the main square of Bologna, Italy, to sing “Happy Birthday” to him. Mel himself replied with a video message, and then the crowd watched Young Frankenstein together. ❤️ #Filmsky 📽️

Where Pierogi Man leads, the Supreme Court can only follow.

Welcome to the Great American State Fair.

Outdoor types: is it bug spray first, then sunscreen, or sunscreen then bug spray? I can never remember.

Bet you didn’t know that Québec leads the world in *checks notes* microtonal math rock. Oh, and also in weird. Québec excels in weird. À Montréal, la consécration d’Angine de Poitrine et du rock étrange www.ledevoir.com/culture/musi...

UK authors! If you haven't done it yet (I haven't) it's time to update your PLR account! The deadline is June 30th!

ArcHiTEctUrAl DeSiGN iS mY PAsSiON!

Bingo. As much as I love the stories about Freddy, the Tartan Army, & the Viking Row, the idea that this World Cup has disproven the criticisms of Trump’s America is laughable. If anything, it’s confirmed them a thousand times over.

And I don’t even have to speak Dutch to agree with ‘wat een loser’ Trump is.

Update on the situation at Dundee where the Philosophy Department is inexplicably on the chopping block. If you have not signed already, pls consider doing so:

‘the Musical Ride has also become an internationally recognized symbol of Canada.’ I’m Canadian. I’ve never heard of the RCMP’s ‘Musical Ride’. Nor have any foreigners confided, ‘Y’know, the thing I’ve always wanted to see is your RCMP’s Musical Ride.’

someone buy this script ASAP

Donald Trump is so stupid aged 80 that he is boasting that he was still in high school aged 20.

'Do vandalism'. The conjugation runs: I beautify You renovate He/she does vandalism

Agree with all this, but I genuinely believe that we need to spend more time pointing out just how clownish, how buffoon-like and genuinely moronic these people are. We know they're evil. But they're so DUMB, too.

Competition over, we have a winner

The way I've gotten this across in talks to US audiences is to explain that by the time the Battle of Gettysburg was fought... ...the London Underground had already been open for six months.

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Anyone still on Facebook, please read this and get your dumb asses OFF Facebook. (And to my friends continuing to use WhatsApp, I am begging you to switch to Signal. WhatsApp = Facebook. You are aiding and abetting.)

‘The Reflecting Pool is not a place for reflection. Thank you for your attention to this matter.’

Archeologists accuse N.L. government of 'colonial logic' in dispute with Innu

Sir, the inauguration is in January. That’s a perfectly reasonable month to take the Christmas decorations down.

Ok, we can now close down the internet. We have the final and supreme winner. Queen!

THIS is the kind of tech we need.

Royal Ballet and Opera getting rid of 5% of their staff, in part by replacing staff with 'volunteers'. Really shocking that a national institution thinks that it should just--not pay people who work for them. CEO Alex Beard earns £343,000. Maybe he could 'volunteer'? archive.ph/bWO5R

Thieves: Hey, other thieves are stealing from us! Cry more, you kleptocratic shitheads.

I had no idea Tucker Carlson was doing standup these days.

I’ve just seen the name of Ecuador in French—l’Écuateur—and realized it simply means ’Equator’. You learn something new every day.