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.

If People Magazine wants to restore their credibility, they'll recognize me as Sexiest Man Alive. I've earned it.

Our authoritarianism is run on clichés borrowed from the Eastern Europe of twenty years ago. Paid protestors, disloyal cities, evil Soros, vast conspiracies — it was all tiresome then and there, and now it’s pathetic.

Reminds me of this excellent sign that I saw at the Tubman African American Museum in Macon, Georgia.

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE Truth: No cars rammed ICE Claim: She boxed ICE in Truth: ICE boxed her in Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE Truth: She did not have a rifle Claim: ICE returned fire Truth: Only ICE fired Claim: She drove herself to the hospital Truth: Paramedics found her

This is what the Stasi did in East Germany - it's crazy how fast and how unopposed the US is falling into this

A blackout at Chornobyl, while serious, is not of immediate concern as it's not an operating plant, and power is only needed to operate the cooling-pond pumps where its spent nuclear fuel is stored. It would take weeks for the water there to boil off. Worry about Zaporizhzhya.

Sadiq Khan bringing Sharia Law to London like

This is not a thing — there is no “domestic terror organization” designation — and the president doesn’t have this power. (State does terror designations!) So media: Please make all that clear in any coverage. This is a random tweet on White House letterhead. That’s all.

46 years ago today Pennie Smith photographed Paul Simonon of The Clash at the New York Palladium, September 20, 1979. She made one of the most famous images in (punk) rock history. #punk #punks #punkrock #theclash #PaulSimonon #penniesmith #history #punkrockhistory #otd

I’ve never felt so disheartened. My small business means everything to me and I want to keep going. Please have a look at my website. Buy things, commission me or repost. www.gailmyerscough.co.uk Thank you.

It's full steam ahead for NASA, according to Sean Duffy, the agency's acting administrator. During an internal employee town hall, Duffy warned of "letting safety be the enemy of progress" when it comes to winning the space race, according to a recording obtained by NBC News.

There's so much bad news in the world. So, here's some wrapping paper designed by Japanese artist Ippei Tsujio that turns everything into bread. A delightful (delicious?) distraction. More info: spoon-tamago.com/bread-wrappi...

We built a calculator that doesn't work, but don't worry, it's also a plagiarism machine that will tell you to kill yourself. It runs on the world's oceans and costs 10 trillion dollars.

The gun that was used to kill Emmett Till goes on display today in Mississippi. Wright Thompson on how it got there—and why it’s a rebuke of attempts to erase history:

Tonight one of the CDC’s top public health leaders, Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, has resigned from his post. Below is his full resignation letter. You should read every word. This is a truly scary moment for public health in America. 1/2

Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!

Imagine doing a deal with a bunch of fundamentalist crazies with no interest in the rule of law. Don't know what the Taliban are thinking.

I loved the movie OPPENHEIMER about the race to build that world-changing negotiation.

Homeland Security guys and Treasury agents...going after fare evasion. The nominal excuses to flood the city with cops and feds are absurd.