TIL "sidewalk sheds"
TIL "sidewalk sheds"
Ceausescuesque
Zwei vergilbte Tulpen, ΓΌber Kreuz vor Rauhfasertapete.
Zwei Tulpen in die Tage gekommen
but you are a pastry chef and a poet of dough
Brussels Midi before it was wrecked to receive high-speed trains. It lost the restaurant, the tower and the dome of a thousand glass bricks. Design by Adrien & Yvan Blomme with Fernand Petit
*in my pocket π₯°
Israel is bombarding, literally bombarding, two Middle East capitals, Beirut and Tehran, killing 100s of civilians, and yet the US and UK media continue to portray Iran as the threat to the region.
Israel has nukes, but Iran is the nuclear threat.
We live in Orwellian times.
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'He is to conservatism what candyfloss is to sugar: a spectacular manifestation. For nearly 40 years he has sat in the upper chamber, eloquently tutting in the face of progress.'
Brilliant writing by @henrymance.ft.com
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LIke reading that Jarndyce v Jarndyce has been settled out of court. Can it really be true?
Yes, he really is godawful.
Interesting (and accurate) social media expert observation in this about Belgium's defence secretary: 'X is Theo Francken's local' ('X is het stamcafΓ© van Theo Francken). Prompted in part by his recent brain fart about 'queers for Khamenei' not yet having had the time to stage a protest.
Ouch. That stings π π
Thank you for your service π΄π₯°
Insult, outrage, injury laid down generation upon generation like sedimentary layers. Where do they think that simmering anger goes? Eventually it must resurface, black as coal, hard as diamond.
this post deserves to be presented to you by having an index card moved down word by word with photos taken of your face after every new reveal
My ICQ and mIRC username was RtHon π₯Ή
Iran hits Amazon data centres in jolt to Gulf AI drive ft.trib.al/OANrek0
South Dakota's "Meth. We're on it" campaign
I'll always remember Kristi Noem for the "Meth. We're on it." campaign.
Thank you for your service π΄π₯°
Although it would be doctrinally impermissible to assert definitively that any particular person is the anti-Christ, he is an anti-Christ.
Come work with me (ish)! Two-year fellowship at @kingsdh.bsky.social! www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/140165-...
Humiliating women is the single* thing Trump has been 100% consistent, 100% reliable throughout his life and career.
*okay, maybe one of the two things.
Bright orange sock with the words 'HOT & WRONG' in plain white lettering
Let my sock be the judge
Oh, look. Another example of how English literature is totally outdated & irrelevant in modern life. And also how great & trustworthy AI is at sourcing quotes. Deffo trusting this tech and not reading books anymore myself!
What I will never understand is....Twitter was *never* a good gauge of public opinion! I genuinely cannot understand the people who have clearly been using it as a measure of something other than 'internal leadership contests' (where it was genuinely useful' or 'ways to discover cool links'.
this is praxis