If you thought Elon Musk's “Grok” chatbot couldn't get worse, read my latest article: Grok isn't just undressing women, it's now putting swastika bikinis on them. One woman who was targeted is a recently-deceased Holocaust survivor.

Okay so there actually HAS been a case of someone getting pregnant after she gave a blowjob, swallowed, and then got shot in the stomach later I am sorry for making you read that sentence but now you all know also there’s a very obvious joke here that I get to make but none of y’all do

I wish I was joking but no I am a pan-European militarist at this fucking point

I was planning to visit South America in the fall but maybe I should go to Cuba and/or Mexico this spring, while we still can? Because I'm not sure that what happened on Saturday was an outlier.

amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders

babe wake up, they're doing insider trading on war crimes

After this, the EU should absolutely proceed on the assumption that Trump meant what he said about Greenland. Nothing is off the table anymore.

this was basically Russia’s original plan in Ukraine they just couldn’t make it to Kyiv

hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison

It’s old-fashioned to defend mainstream journalism these days but some of the most reliable reporting from people actually on the ground will be the AP and Reuters the next 24 hours. Your Substack journalist writing takes will be using frontline reporting from them.

Finally watched the entirety of Decalogue this year, I highly recommend it.

Our Solar System is orbiting the center of our Galaxy at about 220 km/s so in 2025 we collectively traveled something like 7 billion kilometers across the Milky Way. Once in a while, when you have a moment, it’s worthwhile to take a look around, see where you are, and appreciate how far you’ve come.

My friend had to cancel our NYE plans so I'm back to Legos and hockey podcasts

so there's a sentiment that we can't demand from ordinary russians to take arms against government because of possible repressions. to which i'm saying: bullshit. russsians lost more than a million killed or wounded russian soldiers in ukraine; are you telling me their government could kill more?

Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up. I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.

I'm doing post-Christmas catching up and once again I'm upset about everything that happened to Twitter. It was my messy home for years and as much as I enjoy bsky, it's just not the same. Also, I agree with Michael, Peter was torturing us with those Elon clips.

Imagine interviewing a victim of torture and independently confirming the details of his torture and then being told you can’t broadcast it because the people who ordered the torture wouldn’t give their side of the story.

I sincerely love how the BBC solidifies the canon of British culture. Like to me Chris Rea is the Road to Hell because I was living in Kent when the M25 opened, but also and of course youtu.be/H0WiwB1Cjbg?...

HR mentions homophobia in Russia as a reason why Ilya is scared to come out, but goes out of its way to ignore locker room culture, which just baffles me! I know it's a wish fulfilment fantasy but they're taking the central tension out of the story. Why's Shane scared? You'll never know! Great 🧵:

Another beautiful Shchedryk performance amidst ruins. It was set in what used to be a DTEK thermal power plant — now destroyed by russia. The contrast between russia’s destructive nature and the Ukrainian will to create beauty even in the darkest times is palpable.

A Dutch person always appears to say “that’s not true, we only ate their livers” and I love that they think that makes it okay, more of that mentality please.

I've tracked 145 cases of sabotage and disruption @apnews.com that Western officials blame on Russia. They say Moscow wants to drain Europe's security resources and identify weak spots. Arson & explosives plots particularly increased: 2023: 1 2024: 26 2025: 6 apnews.com/projects/rus...

I was obsessed with Hades in 2020, now I have to say Cyberpunk.

Russian drone crashed 20 minutes from my parents' house, but sure, it's delusional

Eligiuszu Niewiadomski jesteś zdrajcą całej Polski Spójrz na ciało prezydenta, jego krew na twoich rękach (ale że będę pogować w Zachęcie to się nie spodziewałam) youtube.com/watch?v=mHFg...

This entire weekend

The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing. All from his movies.

Zelensky arrived in Kupyansk, which Putin claims is "under Russian control."

This is why I'm baffled by Westerners who are opposed to tearing down statues of slave owners, because we do similar things all the time. Times change, values change, monuments can also change.

Europe is not ancient. It is seventy years old, still fragile, and has to be tended with careful, caring hands. Proponents of a racial, let alone religious fundamentalist, vision of European civilisation are an inherent enemy of that concept.

Snow on Sumida River - Tsuchiya Koitsu

If I could talk to my very Catholic grandma she would throw a fit and call it devil's work so the answer is clear no.

Norman Fucking Rockwell Actual bluesky challenge: post your favourite work of art from 50 years before you were born (strictly accurate edition)

My cousin was denied entry because she visited China and Iran, I'm not eligible for a visa because I memed too hard, love it.

this is a good excuse to post my all time favorite Star Trek meme

"Like you, I was born. Like you, I was raised in the institution of dreaming. Hand on my heart. Hand on my stupid heart."

I fucking love memes you can understand through the language barrier, holy shit

2018, Russia: "Fuck this, I'm not watching a World Cup in a fascist country. I'll just wait four years." 2022, Qatar: "Fuck this, I'm not watching a World Cup in a fascist country. I guess I'll wait another four years..." 2026: So I guess the joke is on me.

Polish artist NeSpoon from Warsaw, known for her street art featuring traditional lace pattern imagery #womensart

I'm watching the new season of Stranger Things and every time David Harbour is on screen Pussy Palace starts playing in my head. The power of women!

Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat

What a great headline

I'm obsessed with Deutsche Post - I needed a password to open zip files, they said no problem, we'll send it via PHYSICAL mail. I said sure, that's exactly what I expected from the German Post Office. I just got the letter and the password is not working 🙃

The Polish prime minister reacts

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He said "Amen" straight into the drop Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible

Dignity and freedom have a name - Ukraine. What began 21 years ago, and what was defended again 12 years ago on Maidan, is what Ukraine is still fighting for today with unimaginable courage. Happy Day of Dignity and Freedom, Ukrainians.

What Trump's doing to Ukraine right now is horrible but they can still count on the rest of us to do the right thing. Slava Ukraini!

“Winter may be beautiful, but bed is much better.”

Is he trying to work out how to resurrect Sean Connery or...? We don't need continuity, we need a hot man shooting bad guys, that's literally it.