My kids keep begging for an elf to visit our house like they do their friends’ houses but like I’m sorry you will not be pleased when you wake up and the milk has curdled and our cattle die of miasma exposure but that’s what happens when you invite the duine uasal into your home.

As far as nineteenth century horror-story-ending mortalities go, I think "musically induced to recall that you're descended from Selkies and challenging an angry seal to a fight to the death" is a hall-of-famer (Fiona Macleod, 'The Dan-Nan-Ron')

When an organisation gets those letters claiming that Transphobia “is the law of the land” you can just reply with the polite version of this meme:

KEVIN: Good morning, best thing that ever happened to me! ME: I had a dream about a cult leader who was convincing his followers to roam the streets mutilating themselves so I dosed him with shrooms and compiled a soundscape to give someone a really bad trip. KEVIN: …Alrighty then.

It is so sad to see new exclusionary policies from Girlguiding, where trans girls had been so included before. The Woodcraft Folk is a brilliant, inclusive, non-segregated alternative for young people seeking fun, adventure and community! woodcraft.org.uk/woodcraft-fo...

BREAKING: Employee who demand a trans-exclusive toilet policy loses employment tribunal. All claims, direct and indirect discrimination, harassment, and 1992 Regs, dismissed. Judgment: www.gov.uk/employment-t...

The masked burglar broke into the closed Virginia liquor store early on Saturday and hit the bottom shelf. The bandit was something of a nocturnal menace: bottles were smashed and alcohol pooled on the floor. The suspect acted like an animal because, in fact, he's a raccoon.

If Trans girls want to put on sashes and pledge to 'serve their king' in their townhall whilst doing 1930s era hobbies THAT IS THEIR RIGHT

The article explicitly notes WI had had a trans-inclusive policy *since the 1970s*!

RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women". Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.

I love this!

Can't believe anyone would take a soulless megachurch over this.

Mindboggling: how some of the most vulnerable people in Britain face what can only be described as outrageous abuse by the private providers whom the NHS outsources critical care services like wheelchairs to. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Obviously this is impossible because Alan Moore looks like he's genetically a wizard, it's simply impossible to imagine what he would look like as a schoolboy oh there he is.

ditching adobe is really hard when every alternative is either Flunkly™️ which is *almost* feature complete except for that one thing you do in Photoshop every single day or G.R.O.N.K., a FOSS app with the worst fucking UX you have ever seen in your life and no support for JPEGs for ethical reasons

anyone need anything while i have the cat drawer open

tuesday

Man, the live cam on Midway Atoll (Kuaihelani) is mindblowing right now if you're into Laysan albatrosses. You likely heard that Wisdom, at ~75 years old, returned to the nesting site in late November. Her mate showed up as well. 1/

while we are at it: regular reminder that in scotland, legally, both under older legislation and uncrc, parents do not have *rights* they have *responsibilities*. it's children who have rights. "parents' rights" are as made up as "sex based rights" and for the same reasons

ODYSSEUS: wife I am home after 20 years PENELOPE: oh shit I mean honey you are home how wonderful ODYSSEUS: who are all these strange men PENELOPE: well, I'll tell you what they're definitely not, which is a 300 person polycule ruling in your absence

firefox AI and slop disablers from tumblr for the people from local hero mckitterick. Tried it on my end and the browser is significantly faster now (copy paste-able in the alt text)

I thought "Hallucination verification" was when your mate had a bad trip and you promised to watch the door so the badgers didn't get them.

This is *positiv(ist)ly* cool.

to diminish the humanities is to miss out on a lot of little guys. that’s no way to live.

when Michael Phelps was dominating US swimming there was endless coverage of all his genetic advantages. His wingspan, the way his body processed lactic acid, on and on and on. Nobody, not one person, floated the idea of kicking him out of the sport for genetic advantages

Me whispering "he's a murderer, he's a murderer, he's a murderer" like I'm trying to kick a habit every time they drop another Luigi set.

Recently, as I was doing some deep breathing exercises in the vestry to cope with some nonsense at church, someone came up to me and said "these days I have to ask God for patience, because if I ask him for strength I'll deck a bitch." and honestly? Biblical levels of wisdom there.

She changed my life.

Henry Ford was a terrible human being, but at least he understood that the economy would be unworkable and unsustainable unless the workers who made Model T's were paid enough to buy Model T's.

I'll say it again -- I'm on my firm's AI committee: every canned demo has had brutal, malpractice-level errors, and every live trial has required more time and care to vet the output than to just do it, like working with an unteachably incompetent associate you'd need to sit down for a Hard Talk.

I was diagnosed with #HIV in 1998, when I was 30. Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50. I’m 58 now. HIV treatment works. Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex. Ensure HIV treatment for all. End HIV stigma. #WorldAIDSDay

This is a useful thread on the controversy today. But away from the detail, when BBC Verify have to effectively fact-check their own Political Editor (who is *not* a columnist but an Editor at a public broadcaster!), you know there is something of a problem.

Fuck aye

‘Black’ isn’t the original main English word for this colour. In Old English, that was ‘sweart’. It’s the ancestor of ‘swart’, the now archaic cognate of German ‘schwarz’, Dutch ‘zwart’, and Swedish ‘svart’. ‘Black’ gradually displaced ‘swart’ during the late Middle Ages. Zoom in for more: 1/

Just finished up this beautiful commission! Daisy is modeling. Extruded Japanese glass in black and stunning matte rainbow polychrome with elegant gray silver-lined Miyuki seed beads with a vitreous finish. So slinky! Commission yours at varanidparadise.com or check out my Cyber Monday sale!

I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.

Every year we treat ourselves to a new decoration or two for the Christmas tree and this year’s additions are just absolutely outstanding Tempted to not add anything else as we basically have a muppet Christmas tree

This is low down on Stoppard's list of literary accomplishments, but this might be the best joke in any Spielberg film and I'm fairly certain it's a Stoppard insert.

Coming soon

As of today, St Andrew's Day, Scotland has three official languages www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

“We need an image to go alongside the gig promo” “Oh, just get AI to do it” “Alright, how’s this” “Looks fine to me” (This was ACTUALLY used on a Facebook post)

Cat and kitten door knocker in Clun, England. Found on Tumblr - sleepyheathen.tumblr.com/post/8014691... #cats #bronze

The thing is right, there is some wee auld wifey out there, who bought her house in the 70s, for nowt, who scrapes by on her pension, & never moved cos this is her home, it's where she raised her kids etc not her fault the value of it exploded. Someone actually sympathetic. This is not that person.

Explore the history and condition of St Tyfrydog's, Llandyfrydog, Anglesey with our Director, Rachel Morley.

💯 this. Thatcher & Kinnock were probably no cleverer than most politicians today. But read their speeches: they made serious arguments about the nature of the state & the meaning of democracy. No one wants philosophers in charge. But you do need a compass if you're going to steer in a straight line

Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.

They done finally laid Duolingo to rest