Hey Oliver, when will folks in the US be able to get hold of a copy?
20.02.2026 23:07
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Hey Oliver, when will folks in the US be able to get hold of a copy?
@hugolowell.bsky.social Please tell your editors that it's "USAID" (Agency for International Development) and not "USAid" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Every time you share a "The Conversation" post I want to remind you that they have a multi-million dollar annual budget and pay writers zero dollars, including adjuncts and grad students. We cannot rely on exploited labor to achieve a better public humanities.
www.patreon.com/posts/better...
Great pod this week from @lewisgoodall.com and @thenewsagents.com on whale hunting in the Faroe Islands and what responsibility one has for the activities of foreign countries that they visit. www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/epi...
Thoughtful essay from Tom Stevenson about how Trump's real break with the US foreign policy establishment is his "withdrawal of the justificatory ideology of American power": "Trump is not an isolationist, to the extent the term has any useful meaning."
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Honestly, though, what can you *not* still get in Moscow?
Is the scooter aspect of it confirmed? Social media are showing photos where the (a) scooter looks largely undamaged
Sarcasm. Totally deserved. And yet -- very much like that last Rolling Stones album -- expectations were impossibly low, I bet I listening to it more than anything from the preceding 20 years by them.
#top24of24
my dudes, it is only the 2nd of December. there's a whole month left in this year. (i'm not ready!)
Did the friendship not last or did the recipient die, that's the question
Since the US election I have largely eschewed all news of any kind except that specifically needed for my job and frankly I think it's been good for my mental health.
First try to win the election. If you can't win, then strip the your opponent of the power they've won. Democracy in the US in on its last legs.
For the $7 million CNN was paying Chris Wallace, the network can afford to hire 46 journalists at pretty decent salaries. It seems like a no-brainer to me that those journalists could provide a lot more value for the company's new digital subscription strategy than any one anchor.
If you hadn't learned the lesson long ago: the Russian exile opposition class deserves our sympathy as people who have suffered tremendous loss. if they share facts about things still going on among the emigrant community, listen. But they can't be treated like a serious force for change
Thanks!
I came over a while ago (and starter packs are a new thing) but the easiest way to catch up is probably to grab all of @kevinrothrock.me's follows
"The algorithm" feeding me this tweet with an amazingly on-point yet completely random article that I then wanted to share with all my friends, for a moment made me feel like it was 2014 and not rapidly approaching some kind of civilizational cliff-edge.
I was going to like this until I thought, "Oh wait, I've rated 'Roundabout' since I was 14-15."
There's so much we don't know - but sadly, based on what I've seen in other countries taken over by authoritarian-leaning kleptocrats, this is a plausible scenario.
davekarpf.substack.com/p/what-the-f...
Three rows of double panels depicting a raccoon, drawn by RedGoldSparks: - when you feel like everyone hates you // sleep - when you feel like you hate everyone // eat - when you feel like you hate yourself // shower
A reminder for the next few days when each of these may be harder than normal to remember
Marisa Monte - Maria de Verdade (single released in 1995, album 1994)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwGC...
#UncoolTwo50
I remember when this song was EVERYWHERE for months. Hated it. Years later, though, you kind of realize the genius.
I had this on a great Q magazine sampler that I picked up on my first trip to London. Almost everything on it was new to me.
Gilberto Gil - Andar Com Fé
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg5q...
#UncoolTwo50
(It would be tempting to try and keep this up for all 50 days, but it's not really in the spirit of the game, and it would also probably be confining all my entries to oblivion.)
Maria Bethânia & Gal Costa - Sonho Meu (1979)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvyQ...
#UncoolTwo50
The best way we can all honor the memory of Pete Rose is by banning sports betting again
regular reminder bodily autonomy is a “house divided” issue. it is neither politically nor constitutionally tenable to allow each state to determine the legal rights a pregnant person has. www.cnn.com/2024/09/23/h...
Photo of the Daily Mail page containing the above piece.
A Daily Mail piece titled "Is nanny-state Starmer set to cut pub hours?" ends with this health department statement:
"It is categorically untrue that the Government is considering changing licensing hours." ~AA
Unless you’re living in the EU, all @LinkedIn users have been automatically opted into the platform’s shitty new program to use your data to train its shitty AI tool.
Opt out steps: Settings and Privacy > Data Privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement (OFF)
Yes, but... "A spokesperson for the Toronto Police Service told Global News the decision to suspend the screenings were made by TIFF organizers “and was not based on any recommendation from Toronto Police,” who are not aware of any active threats." globalnews.ca/news/1075295...