106 years ago today, on May 7th, an undergraduate at Christchurch College, Oxford, drank a glass of port then left through the main gates for a walk. I've been thinking about him, & his walk, for years now. It's taken a long time for me to figure out why - why I've kept returning, near obsessed.

Worth reading every single part of this thread

Poor Charlie Mouse is going to do his empty nut 🥶

American here. Don't do that. Just trust us on this one. You don't want to watch your people die because they lost their job and now have to ration their insulin and play death roulette until they can get new insurance.

Speaking as a US citizen, that is NOT what you want unless you hate your fellow citizens. I can't afford to treat any but the simplest and cheapest of health problems. A single night in the hospital would bankrupt me. And no, most Western nations do NOT use the US model. So H-B is a liar.

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Speaking of firms that need to be investigated (as well as cut ties with), Mothership Strategies is an example right here below where just 1.6% went to actual campaigns. To me, that's very disturbing where spam PACs don't do a very good job of donating to the candidates. bsky.app/profile/adam...

I worked for ActBlue for 3 years & while the platform isn’t problematic, the organization allows a lot of abusive fundraising. They passively profit from bad-faith mega-fundraisers like Mothership Strategies who trick elders out of tens of thousands of dollars regularly.

Jordan Wood has the most insufferably obnoxious email presence of any Democratic candidate in the country by a long shot.

I'm getting very, very close to being single-issue in promising my 2028 primary vote to whoever promises to burn Mothership Strategies to the ground.

I just did some googling and found a bunch of stuff. Here's an article from Politico. www.politico.com/news/2023/11...

At this point I'm starting to believe they're moles. They claim that they use strong tactics because they work. And that the rest of us need to get comfortable with that. But...they're not espousing progressive beliefs! They're using assholish aporoaches to support middle-of-the-road Dems!

Can we take a moment to express just HOW F***ING ANNOYING emails like this are? Did TurnoutPAC actually put “crying so hard it hurts” in your email name? Yes, yes they did. Come on now, I roll my eyes every time I see something and finally I unsubscribed completely. GTFO with this nonsense.

Hey @democrats.org this alarmist bullshit 15 times a day both by text and email isn’t getting you anywhere. Organize a protest and I’ll come. Stop sending me bullshit fundraising texts and emails.

If you are turned off by the use of click-bait by progressive organizations - and the flooding of donation requests, here's one to avoid: Progressive Turnout Project. I've included a screen-shot of part of the email they sent. The rest of the email was more loud demands and guilting for donations.

The Blade Itself is 20 years old today. Some thoughts on two decades in publishing... joeabercrombie.com/20-years/

every mushroom foraging guidebook: This is Woodland Pot Roast, a tasty little mushroom that adds a delightful flavour to soups and stews. Note that it is often mistaken for Satan’s Fistula, a mushroom that erases the last 9 generations of your family from God’s ledgers.

I must be going to different restaurants. I have never been asked to show ID to eat.

"No one could stop the US raiding modern shipping, but it doesn't because it knows it benefits far more from unmolested maritime trade than any potential piracy spoils", used to be my go-to example illustrating how international law works. Will need to update with a "fucking idiot" caveat.

Reminder that Mahmood's policies are straight out of the National Front playbook circa 1981. She's rawdogging racism's rancid corpse and humping it in hope of winning the nazi vote. Wears the Hugo Boss uniform and jackboots well, is the only positive thing I can say about her.

Big court date for the InfoWars takeover tomorrow. Cross fingers, knock on wood, send one up. We're hoping our agreement with the families and receiver is greenlit by the judge, despite Alex's hate campaign against them all. If we win, expect an Emergency Broadcast. Stay tuned, and wish us luck.

chemohero.enthuse.com/pf/ness-diep... It has been brought to my attention that I might be about to embark on another crazy mission so poss a good idea to raise some funds for a good cause. Chemohero are truly that. So if you can, please share a bit of love to them for me. They are my heros.

Get them to read Bleak House

Your reminder that while he’s now entirely impaired by dementia, Trump was always a moron. He never understood tariffs or percentages, which is how he bankrupted 6 companies. “It’s a different kind of calculation,” he said. Correct. One is accurate, and the other wildly wrong.

We don’t do political stories, but the answer to this is “you got fined for driving in a bus lane because you drove in a bus lane”.

“We observed that, as opposed to their predecessors, young adults today seldom venture out to their local mead hall and socialize with tavern wenches,” said lead researcher Michael Kempe, noting that the study’s conclusions also align with a recent downswing in attendance at jousting matches.

The Short and Ridiculous Trial of a Protester Arrested in an Inflatable Penis Costume An Alabama cop who confronted the No Kings protester claimed she posed a risk to public safety. The judge was unconvinced. theintercept.com/2026/04/22/r...

Ebury Spotlight has acquired Pea Green Boat, a new book by comedian Stewart Lee, illustrated by David Waywell. It is set for publication on 3rd September 2026 👇 #BookSky

Justice Department announces purely procedural bullshit to convince you it's doing something about the Epstein files, which it absolutely isn't.

elon won this referendum for the Dems

Just checking on how the Invisible Hand of the Market is doing

A reminder that Reform UK policy is that ILR will be abolished and anyone currently on ILR will be deported if they fail to reach/remain at a certain income or if they fail to reach a certain level of English that's much higher than today's requirements.

Help Our Pollinators

We sold fragrance oils and cosmetic chemicals to soapmakers and crafters, with two-thirds of our business being to customers in Europe. So we were canaries in the Brexit coalmine, and warned people well ahead of the vote what leaving the Single Market/Customs Union would mean for UK business. 3/18

You're in a desert walking along when you see a tortoise crawling towards you. You flip the tortoise over on its back, it lays there, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over but it can't, not without your help, but you're not helping. Why is that?

Crows remember human faces. For years. If you wrong one, it will tell other crows about you — and they'll harass you too. Even crows that never met you! This is not just a bird. This is one of the most intelligent animals on the planet. #birds #crows #animas #nature

this feels like the envy rage of someone with low cultural capital and high material capital against someone with the relative opposite

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Yeah, that's bad. Dumb populism. Think about it this way: If you had a pot of cash to hand out, who would you send it to? I'm guessing you wouldn't say: “Folks who drive a lot are obviously the neediest; that's who deserves my cash.. Also, I would love to subsidize reliance on foreign oil.”

Anxious about starting ADHD medication today, anyone else been through this?

Back in 2022 I was inspired by the book "The Last Days of the Dinosaurs" by @restingdinoface.bsky.social to trek from my mossy cave in the PNW to touch the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary in Colorado. A moment, marked geologically in time, when the non-avian dinosaurs were murdered by space.

I spent 16, SIXTEEN years fighting this crap. I can’t believe it 😭

This is what Times Square will look like when Congress or a cheeseburger finally does its job

After a hard day of praying and spiritual reflection it is nearly the weekend and we think we deserve a nice pint or eleven in the sunshine for our VIRTUOUSNESS 😇

He literally said *yesterday* that he was considering a “joint venture” to help Iran charge people for using the Strait. He said the day before that he didn’t care if they made a little money off of it. Someone give pawpaw his dementia meds.

I'm going to try to take most of the rest of the day off to enjoy some family time in Oregon. Have a good one ✌️

Ok I'm bored and want to procrastinate work so let's do a thread instead. Wanna hear a story? Alright then, story it is. So gather around, children, because now we're going to talk about the most important science book you've probably never heard of. Ready? Off we go, then.

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Rodent out in public 😀

One day, "It" will happen, by which I mean sudden and unexpected news that you want to celebrate. In such cases, you will want the right outfit. 🧵