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A rail platform sign saying: Platform 2 / Suggestus II No Smoking / Noli Fumare
Today I learned that in Newcastle's metro system they have a station called Wallsend because it's the end of Hadrian's Wall
And since it's the edge of the Roman Empire, the signs have Latin on them
no book only cat
Covering parking lots with solar is one of the all-time win-win no brainers
Black and white photo of a blonde, white, somewhat disheveled little girl holding a shorthaired tabby cat highly in her arms. She seem to be inside a boat as there are riveted metal walls behind her, and she's sitting on a makeshift bed of blankets and hay. The cat seems surprisingly calm, the girl looks like she is very tired and perhaps in shock but not actively distressed.
Dutch girl clutching her cat after they were evacuated from the North Sea Flood in 1953. geheugen.delpher.nl/en/geheugen/...
Some of the weakest meme game I’ve ever seen
“Before taking a plea deal earlier this year, Kizer, now 24, was facing a possible life sentence for shooting 34-year-old Randall Volar III when she was 17. Volar, who was White, had been filming his sexual abuse of Kizer, who is Black, for more than a year.”
Give her a medal of valor.
Outdoor sign for movie theater. It reads: It Ends with Us My Penguin Friend
me, hiding from the apocalypse in antarctica:
broiled salmon! field peas! cherry tomato relish! sourdough!
i am excited because this was exceptional
Very striking how much of a gap has opened up between left and right in concern over immigration.
Look at the average and it’s “Britons are getting pretty concerned about immigration”.
Split by party and it becomes “Some Britons are now extremely concerned about immigration, others much less so”.
May, 1980.
Look at that face. A lifelong entitled asshole.
Something people are sleeping on: One of the 4 state justices who voted to make abortion illegal in Iowa in late June, David May, is up for retention this fall.
This was a 4-3 decision.
One of 3 states in which justices who upheld bans this year are up: boltsmag.org/your-state-b...
Who wants updates on France?
—Macron sent a letter to all households, saying "no one won the elections" & he wants a "solid & plural" alliance
—LR (conservative head) says he's opposed to a "coalition" but wants "legislative pact"
—Left still hasn't proposed a Prime Minister...
RIP to the mighty William Russell, our original time travelling school teacher hero, Ian Chesterfield... Chesterton.
NEW: Many universities have ended DEI this year in states without DEI ban laws. Not a coincidence—and just the tip of the iceberg. New PEN America piece from Jeffrey Adam Sachs and me on "jawboning," the new, covert way state governments censor universities. pen.org/jawboning-wh...
A DoorDash driver hit, and ultimately killed, a Philly woman.
That driver was then able to make nearly 1,000 deliveries on DoorDash.
My story:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/cyrusfarivar/2023/05/10/lawsuit-alleges-gig-economy-companies-poor-vetting-resulted-in-hit-and-run-death/?sh=d694913987d8
I wrote patriotically today. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/a-republic...
I’ve seen a LOT of people on the skyline talking about having, or recovering from, covid lately. Please stay safe out there, everyone.
scanned magazine ad from 1986 for a product called "laser stripper." it could print barcode with up to 16K of information, which were then scannable by a separate $99 hardware device. That's about $300 in 2024 dollars.
the 80s were a hell of a time
Ad from the usps for the official usps podcast but it's about a criminal case
we've escalated from "the US Postal Service Inspection Service has a SWAT team" to "the US Postal Service Inspection Service has its own true crime podcast"
joe biden must seek out a rare blue flower growing only on the eastern slopes of the mountains in bhutan and carry it to the top of the mountain
lol
Lmao they just changed the title of the piece from “Why I don’t vote” to “Why I won’t vote” rather than tell readers that the guy actually does vote
My understanding is that Reese-Moog has agreed to drop by with a selection of leeches, tinctures, poultices, and ointments to help rebalance her humours.
Rishi Sunak giving his resignation speech with his oddly-dressed wife standing stiffly like the ghost of a child in an old horror movie.
Sunak's wife looks like a vengeful ghost standing there.
