This, combined with "vice signaling" (taking pride in antisocial behavior) has given us the reign of the Stupid Asshole, something most people are against, but can only be remedied if we're not too polite to talk about it

Have spent most of the day picking flowers in KC:D

From "Democrats should abandon trans rights" to "I want to have sex with a computer." Wake up, honey, it's the worst takes of the year.

“I’m gonna do an evil playthrough this time” [15 minutes of gameplay later] “Being mean is not nice”

I'm a firm believer that this liminal period between the holidays and New Year's is how we're supposed to live. It's peak existence. May the word "efficiency" die in 2026 and all its horrible relatives "innovating" to solve the perceived problems of rest, joy, creativity, and humanity.

dune 3: let's get dune to business

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See if you can use your powers of deduction to pinpoint when in 2025 my dad became seriously ill 🙃

Nothing but contempt for the dishonorable "Takes Merchant" who, like the sophists of old, charges money for divine knowledge. I follow the tradition of the great Socrates, an ugly man who bothers you for free

FOUR! She's on to EPISODE FOUR!

My favorite thing about Frog and Toad is that it is the story of two men deeply and obviously in love with one another, drawn as a tribute to his lifelong partner by a gay man long before their relationship was socially sanctioned.

Got to explain to my mother again about how movies deliver information in a structured and deliberate way in order to produce dramatic effect.

These two images of Chinese train driver Han Junjia were taken less than 30 years apart. Transformative change is possible when it is relentlessly pursued.

Chatted to my great uncle yesterday – a northern, working-class guy, not that political. I told him my job involved exposing Farage. His first question was: “who funds him?” Investigations into Farage’s donors can have a major impact on Reform’s support – as this research has already shown 👇

Google advertising with the slogan “search like never before” prompts the reaction “No, I’d like to search like before, when it used to actually work”.

Really enjoyed Michelle Paver's Dark Matter last winter, so curled up with Thin Air a few weeks ago, am now about 1/3rd through Wakenhyrst and am gutted because this is her most recent and after finishing it I will be bereft. michellepaver.com/wakenhyrst/

THINK ABOTU IT - dashare.zone ADMIN

A friend made her 71 year old Dad watch A Very Jonas Christmas Movie. I asked him if he liked it & he said ‘John Lennon was assassinated and yet those three live’

Omg I love sports

Stared playing Kingdom Come today and this afternoon bought Kingdom Come II just cos you can do gay stuff in it. (I have zero interest in down ng gay stuff IRL)

HAHAHAHA pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30101594/

SmorgasBorg

Fisherman's Worf

Oh I'm being targeted today, am I?

Darmok And Salad At Tanagra

We need a Heated Rivalry about Turkish oil wrestling

the two genders

Who indeed?

Law never made men a whit more just; and, by means of their respect for it, even the well-disposed are daily made the agents of injustice. - Henry David Thoreau

me telling myself my daily affirmations:

As a 'rural' person who grew up with hunts as a regular presence, there's little more alienating than a bunch of sociopathic posh people on horseback descending upon your community with a pack of jittery hounds, in order to dismember a small woodland animal usually encountered in children's stories

another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

Yes

And to all a good night and enjoy the fish.

unironically a good idea

My fave 2025 comic is THE POWER FANTASY (@kierongillen.bsky.social, @casparw.bsky.social). The book has it all: neat characters, real surprises, big themes, and lovely art. Whenever I’m asked what I’m reading, this is what I’m effusive about. #comics #ComicSky #comicbooks #BestOf2025 #Comics2025

#OtD 27 Dec 1797 the crew of the Royal Navy ship Marie Antoinette murdered their officers and took their ship into a French port in the Caribbean. It was part of a wave of mutinies in the British fleet at the time stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9886...

Obsessed with the vibes around these hoodies. What a time to be alive

I often think about how it was cheaper for my ex to fly to Vilnius and back than for me to get a train to Reading. Absolutely mental you’d think someone would do something about this obvious issue that’s strangling our economy.

JUST LIKE THEY DID WHEN MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTED A WEALTH TAX OH WAIT THEY DIDN'T MASSACHUSETTS ACTUALLY HAS MORE RICH PEOPLE NOW BECAUSE THE STATE CAN AFFORD TO BE A NICER PLACE FOR EVERYONE TO LIVE

"Did you see what Mark Cuban posted? Oh did you see the clapb—" You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.

(daft punk One More Time voice) Auld Lang Syne

joining the "cybertruck owners only" group on fb is one of the best decisions i've ever made. every so often when i'm scrolling through fb getting pissed off, i get to see a little treat like this

Today at @nerdsofafeather.bsky.social I reviewed The Wolf and his King by Finn Longman. It's a gorgeously prosey retelling of Bisclavret, and one that feels deeply embedded in the stories of its 12th century inspiration.

Watching THE GREEN KNIGHT again

“See each individual person as a gift from God” Quaker Rhiannon Grant shares a reflection on ‘the greatest gift’. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...