In highly important news from history today, it’s the 80th anniversary of the 21st birthday of Christopher Tolkien, notable now for the wording (especially the small print) of the invitation to the party

Calling for an independent inquiry into the Hong Kong fire is apparently sedition.

“It has always seemed to me that people vote in a new government not because they actually agree with their politics but just because they want a change. Somehow they think that things will be better under the new lot. Well, people are stupid”

As an Oxford comma lover, this is actually a great point that hadn’t occurred to me before.

Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment

Fucking lol 'Now, I’m thinking about digging deeper into other stuff I performatively do—indie films, activism, and my friendships.'

If you want to understand how recent our current conception of marriage is, I *highly* recommend Stephanie Coontz’s fascinating book “Marriage: A History”. Relationships today have laughably unrealistic expectations of partners and I’m unsurprised singlehood is on the rise.

Lost power at 9am this morning, after the hurricane had long past. I know they sometimes have to turn circuits off to fix other ones, but that was 3 hours ago now. WTF?

“If you are not frightened, you are not paying attention”

The Bermuda hurricane magnet has been turned on again.

"But here you are, voting for President Burn-It-To-The-Ground and acting all surprised when he actually lights a match. I saw this coming miles away, and I don’t even have eyes or a central fucking nervous system."

Onto the last book in my Iain M. Banks re-read. Don’t remember loving this one the first time I read it, but hopefully it lands differently this time. #BookSky #Books

Very clever.

Having a refugee program that preferences individuals who oppose migration involves a level of cognitive dissonance I didn't think possible.

Good for MIT. About time institutions started standing up to Trump. Hopefully this will inspire other universities to reject the compact too. (Gift link)

Things you can’t bring to a PSAT test. One of these things is not like the others… 🙄

“A third of Republicans support deporting citizens who disagree with Donald Trump” (gift link, but it’s the Economist, so it may not work by the time you click on it)

😂 "What if Kristi Noem gets mad and decides that Cards Against Humanity Explains the Joke is not informational material?" Answer: "She can fuck right off, because we got a binding ruling from Trump’s own government that confirms this product is informational and 100% exempt from his stupid tariffs."

Welcome to the United States of China.

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

Is it me, or are BELCO being slower than usual to get the power back on? I didn’t see much damage from the storm, but 5,363 customers are still out at 7pm. Including me. 🙁 #Bermuda

I may have no power and no AC after hurricane Imelda smacked Bermuda last night, but the Iain M. Banks re-read continues regardless! Just two books left now. Leaving the Hydrogen Sonata for last given it was his last SF work, so instead, the short story collection. #Books #Booksky

“At one point, [Trump] mentioned that the Atomic Energy Commission had confirmed that his strike on Iran had destroyed Tehran’s nuclear program. (Iran still has a nuclear program, and the AEC hasn’t existed since the mid-’70s.)”

One of the reasons why I don’t think there will be fair elections again is that everyone in the administration is acting like there won’t be. *So many* are going to jail if they’re ousted and I honestly can’t see them letting that happen.

Living in Bermuda isn’t all sunshine and sand. Getting 1-2 punched by Humberto and Imelda this week. 🙁

Via @economist.com

Really inspiring speech from Kimmel. I’d like to think it encourages more corporations and news outlets and universities to stand up to Trump and start explicitly calling out the awfulness of the things he’s doing.

Swear to God, my teeth usually hurt more when I come out of the dentist than they did when I went in.

The UN shouldn’t allow anyone to address it who is in arrears.

Gabrielle seems pissed she missed us, and is sending backup.

Just been told to “fuck off back to pedo Britain” by someone replying to a comment I made saying wading through far left replies on Bluesky was almost as bad as wading through far right ones on X. Thanks for ironically making my point, poster!

In a less insane time, if it was discovered that the President of the United States said this privately to their AG, it would’ve triggered an all-encompassing, impeachable corruption scandal. Here, Trump is saying it publicly and it’s just another Saturday.

Nobody talks about his hard it is to be both a people pleaser and a committed curmudgeon

Disappointed that the anti-Trump protest in London only attracted around 5,000 people but Tommy Robinson got nearer 150,000. Very worried about the direction the UK, and the world, is heading now.

This actually could help explain where he got the inflated number of wars he supposedly helped avert.

I scored a mere 3/10. 💀

If I was still living in London I’d be going to this. Hope they get a big turnout and that the violence yesterday doesn’t put people off.

“It’s a big decision, how one prefers to die”

This episode is extremely relevant right now.

Elon Musk: “Whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you. You either fight back or your die” Sure sounds like incitement to violence to me.

“Every political movement in history, including the most bloodthirsty, has condemned political violence by its opponents. The only real test is whether you also oppose political violence by your allies. This is a test Trump has repeatedly failed.”

Oh the irony.

Brutal. “What was once before you - an exciting, mysterious future - is now behind you. Lived; understood; disappointing. You realize you are not special. You have struggled into existence, and are now slipping silently out of it. This is everyone's experience. Every single one.”

Good to see you can still rely on the PLP to be rude and churlish. Why not just congratulate King on his victory and say you’re looking forward to working with him for the betterment of Bermuda?

Both these stories are currently on the BBC News homepage right now. In case you needed a reminder of just how shameless the Trump regime is.

I’d love to see where Proust would be on this chart. #booksky

Labour & Reform three years ago v now is just crazy www.economist.com/britain/2025...