I've had my This Is Fine mug so long that the dog has become a ghost and all that remain are flames

The headline does not convey how completely batshit this story is. The Archive Today (archive.ph etc) admin weaponized the site's captcha to attack a blogger who wrote about them and *altered archived screenshots* as part of the attack. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

This is a sword in the stone situation, this person is the true king of Britain

Kind of makes sense. I mean, we haven't had the outbreak of a new and deadly worldwide pandemic in almost five years.

Dentist: Have you been flossing? Me: *deflects by consulting my burn book of dentist insults* Big talk from a guy who looks at tongues all day

I drew a face on a paper plate. Who could even begin to understand how it perceives the world or what it dreams of?

Okay, I’ve heard all the criticisms. I agree now that my plan to create a Jonestown on Mars was foolish and dangerous. I will instead be building a much more achievable Jonestown on the Moon

if a game turns your cursor into a little gauntlet, it automatically gets +1 point

Mongolia and Haiti correctly identified that the Winter Olympics are primarily a chance to design baller cold weather uniforms

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I wish the internet was more about people 3D printing whistling mortar bombs for their very happy dogs to chase than arseholes secretly filming unsuspecting people for grifting and humiliation but I guess that ship has sailed

Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step. 1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish. 2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.

The NYT reports that Air Force One has turned around due to a situation officials are describing as “creature on the wing”

Brooklyn Beckham: it's time to address the shadowy shape that's difficult to photograph in the room

My dentist can do it all, from a simple cleaning to identifying my charred remains

Happy 40th Birthda to Mr chips as #onthisday back in 1986 Catchphrase with Roy Walker was broadcast for the first time.

Nobody in The Moral Maze gets eaten by the Moral Minotaur, which is a fundamental flaw in the programme.

Jan 1: this is the year of new Me Jan 12: [eating shredded cheese directly from the bag] new years resolutions are a bourgeois construct for disciplining bodies into productive units for capital

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Art by Cliff Chiang

Jodie Foster: They should have sent a poet Poet: Aliens ahoy! A galactic sight. When you’re in space all day is night

sometimes i’ll suggest to my wife that we stay up past eleven and watch one more episode because i want her to know there’s still a little of the bad boy in me

Just in case you’re one of the 5 people in the UK who’ve somehow never seen this www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0Wi...

If I can’t prevent myself from being a horror movie protagonist, I can at least be one where the audience doesn’t feel I deserve it for being a total dumbass.

“Be sure to set me to ‘delicate,’ Alison. It’d be a shame to ruin that sweater, you know, in case it ever comes back in style.”

One of my favorite social media posts of all time:

"Either stop giving me directions or you do the driving, Thomas. Oh right. You CAN'T. Because your arm is in Naples. So SHUT THE FUCK UP."

Dazzle Ships in Drydock, Liverpool, 1919, painting by Edward Wadsworth. Dazzle camouflage was created in WW1 to protect British ships from German artillery, making it difficult to estimate speed and direction. Wadsworth supervised design of camouflage patterns. #NorthernArt

Nobody. I do not think you can eat chair

He looks like he’s trying to stop his dog from leaving him

Nine years ago Mike Fitzgerald wrote up an extraordinarily fascinating breakdown of the differences between the Tom Stoppard shooting script and the original Jeffrey Boam draft of Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade. It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...

Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread

#3157 A helpful tutorial

I've been collecting pandemic era signs that nobody can be bothered to take down or remove. There's something grimly fascinating about this. Putting them up was urgent and important; removing them is nobody's job. How long will some of these hang around?

Happy partially muscled skeleton screaming before vanishing day to all those who celebrate.

Artist Ian Miller (1946-) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... #scifi #sciencefiction Cover: 1975

The difference in time between now and I can has cheezburger Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling

ok this is what a bunch of sesame street characters would look like without their fur

We now have multiple visualizations of this phenomenon from various news organizations. Which one is the best?

"Dear Sir, Your good name has been bought to my attention as a trustworthy man and a believer in God. I am the son of the late Queen Elizabeth II, ruler of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. My mother left me forty-five million pounds and the city of York but I am unable ..."

‘Just when you thought the water you wanted to go back in might be safe’

"... The former Prince will be moved to a private residence on the Sandringham Estate owned by the King."