starting to think the male loneliness crisis could be alleviated by men getting a fucking library card

this is such a good and astute way to put it; so much gender critical feminism seems to stem from the belief that being a woman is a uniquely awful thing, and I mean no one's arguing that living in a patriarchal society as a woman is always a riot but what a depressing and pessismistic view of life!

Again.

Beautiful tribute to Borges by Argentina (trapped in horrifying labyrinth, no goal, over in about fifteen minutes)

I don't understand Isn't the game supposed to be over Is this forever

Couldn't agree more. They're a scourge.

I have found this piece of art/jewellery that is so surreal, sexy, and creepy and of course I want it.

Flower Kat (1973) by David Weidman

This was damn bananas and I love it. Just effing love this match.

"Lads let's give them a four goal lead and see if we can still win".

Well it's not fair if they're actually going to play.

One more and we keep the Bayeux Tapestry!

Thus, then, in our hearts’ honeymoon, lay I and Queequeg—a cosy, loving pair.

MOM MOM MOM LOOK MOOOOM LOOK LOOK MOOOOM MOM ARE YOU LOOKING

I have reached a new exciting point in my life. Butterflies and dragonflies keep coming into the conservatory. (we have the door open as it gets so hot in there) I ordered a telescopic butterfly net. I am now in my caftan with a giant net catching butterflies!!

seattle soft power

proclamation to celebrate the majestic jimothy

Dang they really got a category for everything

A girl I was in ballet school with is now running for county commissioner where we grew up. I love that. (local races count for a lot. You don't just have to leap up and run for senator.)

NEW: A second ex-wife of David Brouillette, the ICE agent who killed Joan Durán Guerrero in Maine, Lucinda Brouillette, issued a statement this morning. "If you were to ask me whether I believe David Brouillette is capable of this level of extreme violence, my answer is unequivocally yes." /

I once asked a priest to bless a printer that I was in the middle of fighting with and he went "I only bless things when there's a chance it'll take" and then turned and walked out of the room.

‘The gnawing loneliness that had pushed Waugh and converts from Newman to Spark into the Church meant they were never joiners.’ @michaelledgerlomas.bsky.social on literary conversions. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

It is amazing to read something where someone is truly terrible at interacting with another person. Also the interviewer doesn't know the meaning of the word camp. Or taste.

I am having a moment where I swore I owned a specific LP. I swore I remember playing it a number of times. Of course I can't find it. And now I am facing the reality of organizing/tidying the LPs. I did this to myself.

Robin Hood is a movie that reminds you of just how much attention to detail there is in Disney movies. Because while we don't know if King John sucked his thumb, we definitely know that Mummy did indeed like Richard best.

I was waiting for a phone call, so when my phone rang I picked up up... Only it was spam. It was something related to pets. They did their thing and asked a question. I went silent. They said, "hello?" and I whispered, "dear god... the raccoons." and shrieked. Then I hung up.

Common sense, and love. Keep growing it and spreading it to fight the bigots.

I went into the garden. I picked and ate a tomato that I had grown. It was warm and perfect. This is what I have been waiting for.

Yesterday while stuck in traffic I saw a red late 80s volvo station wagon. I felt such nostalgia. THAT was a car.

Frank is right. I‘ve spent a lot of time and effort trying to convince people who might be able to change things that teachers should not be expected to be able to produce resources without appropriate support or training. There should be a masters in education resource production, for example.

“Canciones” is one of her best. But even after all the money Linda made for her label, they hated the idea of a Spanish-language album. “You owe me this,” she said. “Canciones” was for years “the biggest-selling non-English language album in US history, going double platinum and earning a Grammy” ✨

BREAKING: Investigators have linked Taylor Farms lettuce supplied to Taco Bell to the parasitic outbreak that has sickened thousands across the country. More than 4,300 cases have already been reported in Michigan alone.

Sometimes this bit from Groove Tube comes to mind. Now it may come to your minds. www.youtube.com/watch?v=si1J...

Beautiful work.

Okay okay okay let’s go

Homan in January after Renee Good was killed: "There will be more bloodshed unless we decrease the hateful rhetoric.” www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

Just had meeting with kiddo's school. She has been fully supported, treated with full equality & dignity for years. All of that changes from September. Full segregation & humiliation across the board. The school staff cried in the meeting. This will absolutely lead to children's deaths 1/2

Well it is official. My home is officially too goth. We discovered a dead bat face down in the dining room. It wasn't the cats as they don't have access to that room these days. We have had windows and doors open a lot in the heat.

Well. Today is the day my home became too goth. A dead bat was discovered on the floor of the dining room. The cats are not responsible. We have had windows and doors open a lot. Something happened in the night.

The whole "high testosterone military" thing is especially unsettling because this was initially a Nazi idea.

Tory govt wasted £10bn on PPE, Covid inquiry finds. Its “VIP lane” gave high priority for PPE contracts to companies with connections to the Tories. Baroness Mone's PPE Medpro was one example of crony contracts. Most of the money won't be recovered.

Tommy Curtains, and Tony Whisk. I feel like Tommy Curtains had a real mouth on him. Always saying shit to mess with whoever was at bat.

Amelia is right. I do not have words. I didn't do a fundraiser when I was going through pancreatic cancer treatment and I certainly didn't want to have to do this one. But I am very fortunate to have friends who bully with love. And never forget the fact I need this at all is a systemic failure!

That goal was worth it just for this tbh

Well there were three of us in that goal routine #WorldCup

god damn, I get one giant dragonfly out of my conservatory and another shows up. (tiny window that can never entirely close.)

The Luddites' actual argument was that automated looms meant expensive, skilled workers were being replaced with literal children, who were then getting maimed and killed, and maybe this is bad.

One doesn't always have to be a bitch, but it does help to be just this side of intimidating.

My fellow Antidepressants Army. Remember be careful in the high temps today

I have a serious task to attend to today. So to distract myself from the overwhelming anxiety, I am defrosting the freezer.