Coward www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

It’s 8 a.m., and I’ve already misplaced my sanity.

My hopelessness waves to your hopelessness.

🦇 #Petition Please take action for #FlyingFoxes in #Queensland batsoc.org.au/flying-fox-s...

Three million people live in Caracas, five million in the metro area. It's one of the densest cities in South America. Remember this in the morning when they try to spin this as anything other than a cold-blooded attack on a major civilian center.

The #FIFA Peace Prize entitles you to one free military campaign in the CONMEBOL state of your choice.

queen

early discworld is not as polished as later discworld but I'm going to go out on a limb and say that it's still pretty good

I’m excited

Biljana Đurđević The Last Days Santa Claus, 2001

Killing the Dead by John Blair review – a gloriously gruesome history of vampires www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...

Terror, androgyny and benevolence: a brief history of angels in Christianity theconversation.com/terror-andro...

Nigel Thomson Cliff, 1981

Medieval peasants probably enjoyed their holiday festivities more than you do theconversation.com/medieval-pea...

We became smug and complacent about gun control.

What happened at Bondi is a tragedy and a crime. If there's one thing I hope for, it's that we don't fall into "now is not the time to talk about gun control" bullshit. Now is EXACTLY the time to talk about gun control. We need to stop this from happening again. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

I don’t understand why people ask you a question if they don’t want an honest answer. I was asked by someone what I would like for Christmas, but apparently a secluded castle on the Scottish coast “isn’t realistic.”

Death as a Rider, 1897 Christian Griepenkerl

Eyes open 🥹 Recently we were asked if we could show the size of a microbat newborn; this pup was around 5 days old and weighed just 1.3 grams. We were lucky enough to capture this photo just as her eyes were opening for the first time!

The Stiperstones in Shropshire are a series of distinctive rocks that include 'The Devil’s Chair'. The Devil was carrying the stones in his apron when a string broke, causing him to drop them. Annually, on 21st December, local ghosts meet at the stones for their spooky AGM 👻 #FolkloreThursday

So good www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Ryoko Kimura Beauty of my Dish - Banquet of Mermaids (2018)

“…two things can be true at once: one can acknowledge that Meghan was treated poorly while also noting that she and Harry seem awfully keen to enjoy all the privileges of royalty, without many of the responsibilities.” 👏 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Garden of memory: the house of a dictator www.meer.com/en/100165-ga...

Operation Condor: the secret system that terrorised exiled South American dissidents 50 years ago theconversation.com/operation-co...

The news has been coming so fast, I did another later which might not otherwise see the light.

The Tragedy of the Seas (1841) — a colourful compendium of thirty-seven nautical catastrophes that took place in bodies of water around the world between 1803 and 1840: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-tragedy-of-the-seas-1841

Rafaela Ottiano in The Devil-Doll (1936)

"Whoever is in your life, those who harm you, those who help you; those whom you know and those whom you do not know — let them off the hook, help them off the hook." Leonard Cohen on the antidote to anger and the meaning of resistance www.themarginalian.org/2024/07/18/l...

Rules for Murder: The Detection Club and the Evolution of the Murder Mystery www.mentalfloss.com/crime/detect...

me: can I try before I buy? a test drive if you will cemetery manager: you've gotta get out of that hole, that's not yours

Owls on a wall, glaring at a peacock. Theo Von Hoytema, 1895.

Protect this child at all costs 🖤

#TheVictorianBookoftheDead The Empty/Vacant Chair was a popular design for funeral flower arrangements. They were made on wire frames stuffed with damp moss to keep the inserted flowers fresh. These examples c. 1908 "We shall meet but we shall miss him. There will be one vacant chair...."

Les Vampires (1915)

""Mr. Stainton pursued as fast as he could follow. Up the easy steps he ran at the top of his speed; but, fast as he went, the child went faster." Illustration To Mrs. Riddell's Ghost Story, "Walnut-Tree House."" The Illustrated London News 28.12.1878. #PhantomsFriday #Ghost #GhostStory #1870s

Folklore Meets Murder Ballad: Six Retellings of “The Cruel Sister” reactormag.com/folklore-mee...

Our “eSafety commissioner” is a fucking joke. www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...

Claude Monet Weeping Willow, 1918-1919

The Suicide Cemetery www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-s...