Or the philosopher that aligns themself with whichever state they were born in, I’m sorry, so stupid. ‘From first principles and the iron laws of history I have discovered a purportedly historically contingent social arrangement is in fact necessary and could not have been otherwise.’ No you haven’t

Twitter implemented a new feature last night that displayed the country an account is in. So many of the ‘America First’ accounts were from foreign countries that they had to disable the feature within hours. 🙄

Was just musing about an Odysseus movie and thinking that the perfect casting would be Robert Redford - chosen by the gods, but very very skeptical of divinity and his place in it. And then I remembered All Is Lost...Redford's Odysseus movie.

In what little is left of his authentic self, Trump is two things: A New Yorker, and an interior decorator. The only head of state he considers impressive is the Mayor of New York City, and the only thing he really feels pride in, is his interior decorating choices. Mamdani hit him in the heart.

A new piece up at ¡AU! about a company doing great work intercepting workplace harassment in the media industry.

It probably would be prudent to assume that there is going to be a Mad King "burn them all" moment and to have a plan in place.

Source: www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

The grok stuff is pathetic but it’s also a perfect and undeniable illustration of chatbots as ideology. It’s no less true for chatgpt or other bots, but sometimes not as visible.

So I guess these Epstein files are going to make Donald Trump look really bad, huh.

H. R. Giger website in 1996 in Netscape Navigator 2.0 #WebDesignHistory

@klonick.bsky.social neatly summarizing a problem that affects anyone who creates or consumes content that appears on the Internet, which is a number of people.

Sublime perfection

Someone somewhere right now is drafting up the AI company (and Nvidia) bailout package in preparation for the bubble bursting. You're going to love it.

I guess the real moral of this cautionary tale is: Don't believe ChatGPT when it tells you how genius your new book is.

Theory: Olivia Nuzzi uploaded all her morning pages since college into ChatGPT to train a virtual writer model of herself. Then did three weeks of prompts. And presto.

Gosh no one could write like that. What writing that is. It’s words that were written

New York City billboards are displaying the president’s 91 felony charges.

Finally attended @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social - what took me so long? Great to talk to so many amazing folk, including @etheringtonbros.bsky.social @stoutstoat.co.uk @selfmadehero.bsky.social @sharkbitesteve.bsky.social & @decadencecomics.bsky.social !

The BBC is the biggest thump of soft power the UK has and its reach and influence to the benefit of the country is extraordinary. Destroy it, hugely damage the UK. The same people who helped weaken us over Brexit are seeking to do it again.

The only thing Bluesky has taught me is that most people are undiagnosed

Good morning. If you read one thing this Sunday, let it be this prescient warning from Carole Cadwalladr. Nobody has better grasp of inner workings of Techbroligarchy & how it's about to do to our economy what it already did to our politics 👇 "This emperor has $1 trillion and not a stitch to wear."

things are so much cooler in theory

Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope. Yes, THAT Pope.

Jesus having the term “in-app purchases” explained to him and just wordlessly filling a sock with nickels

Here’s something that’s really important for everyone to understand. If we design our cities just for cars, they fail everyone, including drivers. If we design our cities with many great CHOICES in how to get around, they work better for everyone, including drivers. Spread the word.

“To the historically oriented, the fight for the minds of decision-makers and noncombatants does not expand the battlespace, but it does expand or at least challenge long-held Western conceptions about war.” A superb review of cognitive warfare from Frank Hoffman smallwarsjournal.com/2025/11/14/a...

I'm headed up to @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social this weekend! My first time there after many, many years of saying "I'm definitely going next year". Looking forward to seeing the amazing creations amazing creatives are creating and doing networking & hobnobbing & enjoying the heck out of myself.

Inspiring: Worlds Most Influential Pedophile Could’t Read or Write

And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.

Holy shit! That’s who David Ellison looks like! This has been bothering me for months.

I threw a boomerang and it lopped off 900 heads as it flew around. It lopped off 1300 heads now. As long as I keep ducking when it comes back, it goes around in circles catching everyone by the neck and cleanly chopping off their heads with ease. 2400.

"Books are often slow to materialise, and can be months or years in the making. They can also arise from next to nothing and take shape in a matter of days. Small Publishers Fair is both an incentive and a deadline." On the 2025 Small Publishers Fair longbarrowpress.substack.com/p/the-exchange

Bookmark it

I saw the yellow m&m walking down Vermont avenue in a swans tshirt wolf whistling at teenagers. His hair was perfect

Holst really wrote Saturn the planet that makes you old

🧵On our revelations today about the BBC Coup and the Prescott Dossier. The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12

Defend the BBC before it’s gone – an open letter The BBC isn’t perfect – but it’s ours. If we don’t defend it now, we may lose a cornerstone of British democracy By Dr Russell Jackson @yorkshirebylines.co.uk @docrussjackson.bsky.social

The James Bond franchise faces a big problem: me, the viewer, has been shot at the start of the movie through the barrel of my gun, and I'm dripping blood over my own eye balls (they're in the gun)

Carved in Stone is officially out! In this comprehensive setting guide you'll be able to see, touch, taste, hear and smell your way through everything that modern-day scholars currently know of the enigmatic culture of the Picts, from the perspective of someone living in the late 7th Century.

On the sustainability side: UK broadcasters signed the Climate Content Pledge at the Glasgow COP, committing to more sustainable practice onscreen. There’s been some good work, but the Traitors SUVs are a real fuck you. And I fully understand the storytelling, but it’s such a failure of imagination.

DESPITE ALL MY RAGE LET'S CIRCLE BACK AND GET ON THE SAME PAGE DESPITE ALL MY RAGE THERE ARE STILL SEVERAL METRICS TO GAUGE SOMEONE WILL SAY TURN THIS IN BY THE END OF THE DAY DESPITE ALL MY RAGE YOU DON'T NEED MY SIGN-OFF AT THIS STAGE

Since the ceasefire took effect one month ago, Israeli attacks have killed at least 242 Palestinians and injured 622.

Return Of The Jedi is ultimately about middle aged men deciding to wake up and throw fascists into a pit. I think @markhamillofficial.bsky.social would back me up on this.

Some setbacks in time over the past month, and overthinking how I wanted to ink the most recent row, but 20/30 panels done on the origin of the solar system - the pantheon is taking shape... Excited to see it all coming together! #Nostos #Unflattening 2

We got a new lakeman after Gary got killed by Hunters. Its name is Trevor. Maybe its just this new generation. No pride in their work. Idk, but hes all wrong. I mean ya he's wet but his skin isnt loose and slimey like my old Gary. When Gary was in the reeds i felt watched, sure, but i also felt SEEN

The Telegraph routinely spreads myths about a range of subjects - especially climate change. It has been forced to publish over 100 corrections this year so far. Yet it has the gall to lecture the BBC - and whip up a national panic - about journalistic standards

Why, you kids just have no idea what a big deal Barry Levinson was in the 80s and 90s.

One thing not being said - indeed, I think everyone misses this - but the requirement for the BBC to show impartiality and balance relates to the politics of *this* country, there’s no requirement to show some mythical balance globally, only to report the truth without fear or favour.