"Then slept Eriol, and through his dreams there came a music thinner and more pure than any he heard before, and it was full of longing... but as I listened I wished to follow I know not whom, I know not wither, out into the magic of the world beneath the stars." - Tolkien

The rich: “if you want to help the poor then have you considered making the rich richer instead? We promise it will trickle down this time”.

every generation loves Rumours. it’s fucking Rumours

This is how the US and UK have always behaved with regards to Israel. It's generational and bone deep. They cannot consider another way. The Israel blindspot is bipartisan and all encompassing. They'll never admit it was a mistake from its inception. Never. Too big to fail.

Discworld QOTD, from The Fifth Elephant "‘I don’t know how to do officering.’ ‘No one knows how to do officering, Fred. That’s why they’re officers. If they knew anything, they’d be sergeants.’"

Discworld QOTD, from Thief of Time “‘Dojo! What is Rule One?’ Even the cowering challenger mumbled along to the chorus: ‘Do not act incautiously when confronting little bald wrinkly smiling men!’”

The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.

The Symphony of the Cat, Moritz von Schwind, 1868. #Caturday

My health baseline is so shit, I felt better than usual today, the day after my covid and flu jags, after 4 hours sleep, with both arms a bit achy. Anyway, in bed now. Very tired.

EXCLUSIVE: An Edinburgh court case involving members of Scotland’s aristocracy was kept from the public record, enshrining an anti-trans bias in law for more than 50 years Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...

"The moment you allow AI to write a sentence for you, you lose your voice." Francesca Barbini @lunapress.bsky.social nailing it in her guest of honour interview with @megintransition.bsky.social. #pictcon

When you don't experience shame and have no moral compass, this is the end result.

Everyone who has ever worked in retail knows that corporate memos are nonsense handed down by nitwits who have never worked at the business' front lines and have no idea how ridiculous their demands are.

another great Scottish invention

If you’re wondering what a “least weasel” is, they absolutely live up to the name. This is the least amount of animal you can have that can still meet the bar for “is weasel”

The hilarious thing is that expression does not make me think “I will always love you.” It makes me think “I will kill you when you turn your back on me.”

Oh look, neurodivergent hell!

Yeah, save that shit for the front of abortion clinics where consenting adults are receiving health care!

TERFs aren't punk, they're the establishment. They're also not witches, they're the ones doing the pricking and holding the matches. And their entire movement is grounded in the belief that women are always weaker than men.

I made a “how do you do, fellow kids?” joke to someone in their mid 20s who, it turns out, was too young to have heard of that meme. So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”

Watch as he slowly realises he's describing himself and not Mamdani. Can almost here the THIS VEHICLE IS REVERSING warning alarm in his ket-addled brain.

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It's telling that Sex Matters and For Women Scotland have basically turned their entire attention into trying to legally bully women's organisations into either excluding trans people or being driven out of existence. They'd prefer all women and girls to suffer than for trans people to just live.

From over on the tumblr...

Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶

“And people did this, just like you, you and me... it was not Hitler who arrested me, not Goering, not Goebbels. The grocer, the janitor, the tailor, the shoemaker, the baker, they suddenly got a uniform, a swastika armband, and there they were, the master race...” Karl Stojka, Auschwitz survivor

I've woken up after about 4 hours sleep feeling too warm but I don't know if it's from the covid and flu jags or if it's because I've wrapped my blankie around my neck. And yet, I have not removed my soft, yellow comfort blankie from my neck because it feels nice. My arms are moderately achy.

Rosalind Franklin came from a distinguished Jewish family (some of the first Jews to serve in cabinet, first to attend some esteemed public schools, etc.) and her uncle Hugh was a rather vocal radical activist bsky.app/profile/saba...

The Thing 2: You've Got Another Thing Coming!

They want you to leave your phones at home so you can’t take video of them. If you leave your phone at home, take a go-pro with you. Cameras out, America!

Harding literally died from stress at the prospect of facing accountability for an infinitesimal slice of the corruption that happens every day in this administration.

🧵Cornell University gives $60 million to Trump administration in obvious extortion scheme. That's the real headline. Not even just that, it's worse.

Robots don't need to look like people. It's ridiculous to want them to look and act like people. Anyone who is excited about humanoid robots is just someone who wishes they could own slaves, tbh.

I was horribly fatigued yesterday, crashed on the couch at 5pm, and crawled into bed about 6pm then slept on and off until 5.30am this morning and yet, I've found another note in my phone for a story idea and - predictably - it's another vampire story. I'm basically 5000 vampire stories in a hoody.

While Musk gets a trillion dollars for being fucking terrible at everything and making decisions that killed 100s of 1000s of needy people, workers in the US are relying on charity and mutual aid. Capitalism is pure, unadulterated evil. It's a pestilence, a rot, a canker, a festering abomination.

I was curious after doing a similar commission, so hand finished one of the Klimt my buns prints with gold ink to give it the full Gustav style Midas touch. Might do a limited run. If anyone would like it, shout up BUN ME below A4 - £55 + uk postage #bunny #art #bsnm #artforsale #ukgiftam

The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday urged a New York appeals court to overturn Donald Trump's felony conviction – an "extraordinary" move by federal officials on behalf of the sitting president as he seeks to erase his criminal conviction.

Tomorrow's front page 📰 Ceasefire violations are 'repeated and deliberate'

These guys always project what they’d like to do with power. I doubt the idea of using his office to convert a single person to Islam has ever crossed Mamdani’s mind. But Tuberville sure would try it with whatever cross burning Christian sect he belongs to.

am reminded of the old joke: what did James Watson discover? Rosalind Franklin’s notes.

I'd rather give someone a "handout" than watch them die in front of me and I think my opinion on this is probably the majority.

HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE

OK, as a lifelong Frankenstein lover, I was really hoping this GdT one was going to be good and holy fuck, it really is. That was an excellent version. I'm very fond of the '94 Branagh version and I adore the book to a painful extent but I enjoyed it without needing to compare it to them...

Covid arm has begun to ache. Here we go. Very glad I remembered to put clean bedding on after I got home or I'd likely be sleeping on a bare mattress tonight.

"I'm used to being able to speak to people in power whenever I want and getting them to do whatever I want because I'm rich and the very first time that doesn't work I'm going to have the biggest tantrum you've ever seen in your life."

Watson’s death is a fantastic reminder that you can be intelligent without being a good person.

‘Biological pronouns’, now part of a decision in the US courts, was workshopped in plain sight by British GCs. British GCs have been ascendant in large part due to US funding of their associated fake charities and activist orgs. Transphobia is an organised, international war effort.