Folklore does not just comprise old practices. Modern folklore exists and is created and revised everyday. Rituals, customs, celebrations, legends; all of those also appear and evolve in our modern context as they have in previous ones. And they deserve as much study and appreciation as ancient ones

Stephen Miller allegedly urged Department of Homeland Security agents to “force confrontations” with protesters in Minneapolis in order to win a “PR battle." trib.al/NcbpdiX

Every sentence brings something new to the madness. Stick it on CEEFAX.

Thank you for speaking up on behalf of those who cannot, Charles Barkley.

Love it

Trump: "Sure I managed to fuck up a war of choice so badly that I gave Iran the means to permanently increase the global cost of oil & shipping by providing them w a financial lifeline they didn't have before, but at least I *also* managed to not destroy their nuclear program either."

In ancient China, the future was read in the fractures of fire-scorched tortoise shells. This divination rite, described in Detailed Examination of Divination Methods, drew on the full harmony of the Five Elements: water in a bowl, a coin of metal, wooden rulers forming the frame, 1/2

He’s making me tap the sign, isn’t he? — Jeff

Christopher Dawson won hundreds of millions in federal contracts, promising to help Native Hawaiians. Documents suggest he pocketed the profits to invest in a beachfront horse farm and luxury homes. (Published Dec. 2025 with @civilbeat.bsky.social)

Goodnight from the Temple Hill Marshalling Yard, its train shunters spooked by the sound of hissing steam despite all its engines being diesel. Goodnight from Jim Hankins, trying to capture felled hazel’s anger against axe in the Wood Sprite puppet he’s carving. Goodnight from Hookland.

Not everything is terrible:

MY FAV TIME OF YEAR!!! TIMBERDOODLE SEASON!

🍉 about Xiao Zhan flying to Qindao on April 2nd to join the crew 👀 April 8th will be his solo announcement.

🐰WangXian Fic Rec of the Day🐰 That "Wangji" guy's profile pic was obviously fake, but Wei Ying admired his art skills by @kizukatana.bsky.social Podfic by Faeriel_LovesCats A very tasty 1 night stand to lovers😤😤😤 Fic: archiveofourown.org/works/340691... Podfic: archiveofourown.org/works/782455...

Do not live in constant fear of being wrong. Don't berate yourself for erring. You may regret past mistakes, but a true warrior knows that if you learn from them you may one day be grateful that you made them.

Bat listening to good music on an expensive record player while pretending to like wine

Smiley Wang Yibo is too much for my heart 🥹🫠🫠🫠💚 1/4 #WANGYIBO_GT3PT26 #WangYibo王一博 #85RACING #YIBO85

Behind-the-scenes moments of Xiao Zhan as Mo Dexian in #GezhiTown 😍❤️ Cr. Tan Yulong (Chinese film/drama still photographer) xhslink.com/o/4AMTsSvOe8G #XiaoZhan肖战 #cdrama

"Between light and shadow, hope endures." 😍❤️ Cr. Tan Yulong (Chinese film/drama still photographer) xhslink.com/o/75GO8VHQkx1 #XiaoZhan肖战 #GezhiTown #cdrama

6️⃣ Sixth week of sign-ups! 6️⃣ It's almost April, and we still have people joining us, and you know what it means? 3 weeks until Summary Submissions open! Standing at 130, will we hit the 150 participants mark? We shall see! Sign-up now and come be part of the event 🔥

Please spread if you can. I have a limited time to make this happen and I DESPERATELY don't want to lose my boy 😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿

No matter how overwhelming the world feels, you have to keep going, "Yiling Laozu" 🥹🥹🥹❤️ #TheUntamed/ #CQL #WeiWuxian #XiaoZhan肖战 #cdrama

Yibo's and Xiao Zhan's Douyin accounts are matching now

so much depends upon an ancient roman gemstone featuring a grasshopper driving a butterfly-led chariot

This month marks the 9th anniversary of my Patreon and the wonderful little family we've built there. To note the occasion, we have the first new tier in all those years, featuring my misadventures in carpentry & Ancient Home Repair--all the details are here! www.patreon.com/posts/154332...

What's also fabulous about this is that the grasshopper's not driving a parade chariot. This is a *racing* chariot appropriate for the Circus Maximus—or a thousand other ancient Roman racetracks. (And leaves the informed viewer wondering what the other racers are driving...) 😅

A powerful conversation with @democracyforward.org CEO @skyeperryman.bsky.social on their ongoing fight to hold the Trump administration accountable in the courts—and how their efforts have been far more successful than you probably think.

Since the outbreak has grown, and Raw Farm still is not recalling their products, even though 5/9 cases are kids under five years old, it's probably worth reupping this.

if you drew something for my fic or if you drew follow up art for my art or if you wrote fic for my art or if you wrote fic for my fic i would be beside myself with joy. to be clear.

Police are looking for a break. (Yes, I stole that.)

🐰 mdzs 🩵 wangxian

One of the most iconic shots you'll ever see

The people who toiled night and day to put astronauts on the moon during Apollo are thrilled that NASA is finally going back.

NASA is planning to launch four astronauts around the moon on its Artemis II mission on Wednesday! Follow all our coverage here

I am very pleased with my decision to cancel home delivery of the NYTimes and instead get The Onion

How amazing is this????

The Handmaids of Nashville, carrying signs with the names of the men who are in the Epstein files.🔥🗽

"ICE agents will be stationed outside graduation events for the nation’s newest Marines to identify whether any of their family members are undocumented, according to the Marine Corps."

Four-byline alert: 🚨 “.. A broker for Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary, attempted to make a big investment in major defence companies in the weeks leading up to the US-Israeli attack on Iran, according to three people familiar with the matter.” www.ft.com/content/744e...

Please enjoy the two minute crucible that is this turtle trying to get on to a log that other turtles are on.

I’m reading War and Peace, and you know, probably a lot more people would read it if they knew just how extremely cunty the dialogue is

That's an awful lot of money for a “hoax.” Press charges against all those involved.

"Isle Navigator : Seven Animist Tales", an original Taiwanese animated series of 7 short film by 6 different studios. 2D, 3D & stop-motion from Taiwan. It doesn't happen that often. More info >> www.catsuka.com/news/2026-03...

A program that 47.3 million children and pregnant women depend on uses AI facial recognition software that cannot compensate for changes in a person's face due to illness, pregnancy, or aging. As a result, the program denies needed food to pregnant women and children who qualify and are registered.

The strongest knights went first. Large hands on the hilt, feet firmly planted on the stone, muscles bulging... The sword would not budge. One by one they failed, knights and nobles. They laughed when a maid walked up and patted the stone fondly. "Sweetie, can you please let go for me?" It did.

reading a book about iran. apparently the gov there is run by a Supreme Leader who has conducted mass deportations, sent forces into cities, uses state licenses to control media, labeled protestors "enemies," slapped tariffs on industries, and is supported by religious extremists. didn't know this.

“He told officials that anti-ICE could not be viewed as successful, and repeatedly said that demonstrators “need to be vanquished by any force necessary,” another DHS source told the Mail.“

Texas is officially in play, thanks to some serious self-owns by the GOP that provide a unique opportunity for an economic populist nice guy like James Talarico. Come track the makings of a perfect political storm for the GOP in today’s piece, link in the replies.