Another year, another plea for help from someone whose work is the basis for a $200m blockbuster movie.

medical miracle: this 75 year old man was born yesterday

This man is a thief, coward and hypocrite. He argues the U.S. can't afford to protect workers from scammy corporations through the CFPB, but it CAN afford to pay millions and millions robbed from three different agencies to pay for his imperial guard. #stopvought www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...

‘The destruction of thermal power plants, as well as substations and the distribution network, which has taken place throughout this winter has now coincided with the coldest weather Ukraine has had in years, with temperatures dropping below -20ºC.’ Jen Stout in Kyiv. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick

Was driving my kids to school and the first thing on the radio was reporting about Trump's video depicting the Obamas as apes and I think many people still don't fully appreciate what it means to have to raise Black children in a country where the president is so brazenly and consistently racist

Is this what the advice"dress for the job you want" gets you when the job you want is paramilitary death squad? 😬

The nominal subject of this painting by Albrecht Altdorfer is the tiny St George and the Dragon in the foreground, but the real hero is the dense, restless forest where every leaf seems charged with energy (1510, Pinakothek, Munich)

X is hiring a creative writing specialist at $40 an hour to make Grok better at writing and a true LOL at the qualifications

The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.

The book “Challenger” by Adam Higginbotham lays it out spectacularly. NASA management dealing with severe funding cuts & fearing more pushed the program & its people beyond limits to the point that safety questions that once were deal breakers were considered acceptable. A needless tragedy.

40 years ago today: on 28 January 1986, Space Shuttle Challenger (STS-51-L) exploded 73 seconds after launch, killing all six astronauts and teacher Christa McAuliffe. I was 7 at the time. I highly recommend the 2024 book Challenger by @adamhigginbotham.bsky.social.

When i leave the bedroom, the first piece of art I see is this, and it sets me up for the rest of the day-

While the pasty incels who work the federal agencies continue to churn out feeble, bloodless AI pastiches of Axis propaganda, here’s how a living breathing artist powerfully invokes design history. This is by illustrator Emily K in South Philly, a free poster-sized download on her website: →

Finally. Expert yacht-buying advice.

I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen *Everyone has stories like this*

Welcome to new Bluesky users. Here’s how we do things: 1. Always observe the Hambledon Protocol 2. No flisking 3. If someone tealights you, rink them without apology 4. I don’t mind them so much, but tissue-posts are generally frowned on 5. No questions Good luck!

RIP Erich von Däniken, whose CHARIOTS OF THE GODS is beloved by every aficionado of '70s crank books. (Yes, I know it originally came out in 1968. In America, it's a '70s book.)

Utterly magnificent 🙏

Thus redacted Zarathustra

If you're still out there looking for a holiday gift — or something to ask for yourself, here's my roundup of great books from this past year:

A+ trolling from Zelenskyy

So good (via @kottke.org)

First the humidifier. Now this?

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.

It’s that time of year. Time to celebrate the Yuletide season with @tomgauld.bsky.social ‘s John Le Carre advent calendar.

I hope if you're shopping today, you stop by a local indie bookstore. Here's my list of my favorite 25 books from this past year, some old, some new, fiction, history, and current events — something for almost anyone on your list (and, of course, yourself!): www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/my-favorit...

A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:

Critics have claimed the recipe requires half a dozen eggs, while others have noted that only six eggs are required

The territories Ukraine holds are Ukraine, you absolute genocidal maniac

What time do you get in?

Absolutely terrifying perfect about what happened when one editor started digging into a pitch that was too good to be true, and uncovered countless AI-generated fake articles in international outlets under the same byline A plea to all outlets - start training people to spot this stuff

Unlike most apps these days, Scrivener does not use AI in any way. However, if you’re on a Mac, you may see an AI prompt. . Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL

Really shocked to hear about the death of the brilliant Observer writer Rachel Cooke - what a terrible loss. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Post an image that will always make you laugh

What a stitch-up www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

❤️‍🔥 In Brooklyn, a police officer on horseback overheard people speaking Ukrainian and surprised them by reciting a poem by Taras Shevchenko. He said he learned Ukrainian in college and still remembers the poem. 📹: bonsoir_laboureur

An annual event, Paddlebuard witches Oregon US #WomensArt (Photo D.Caslick) #Halloween #Samhain

1. Russia has a slightly bigger stockpile than the U.S. 2. No one has tested nukes aboveground since 1980. 3. Since 1998 only N. Korea has tested nukes (underground). 4. Obama launched the renovation of the U.S. stockpile. It's not complete; timeline stretches into the 2040s ($ is headed for $2T).

Yay. Priceless. The right column at the right time. And a gleefully English two fingers to the haters.

Ukrainian forces conducted a long-range operation against Russian military industrial facilities in Chelyabinsk, Russia. The city is more than 1,800 km (1,100 miles) from the Ukrainian border.

It’s going to take ages to pay all these people

Lord North in 1775:

What bollocks this is.

My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve.news We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now. Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏

The idea that someone can become British but never English is so agonisingly stupid that it makes me fear for the future of the species.